Yeosan

Yeosan 业国 or 業國
Flag
Motto: Steadfast in Loyalty
Anthem: Land of Hope and Glory Royal anthem: God Save the King
Capital	Quxing
Official languages	Yeosanese Huang
Demonym(s)	Yeosanese
Government	Monarchy
• Emperor	Alfred Xiang
Legislature	Parliament
Establishment
• First Europan Settlers to the Isle	1550-1600
• Founding of the Xiang Dynasty	Late 17th century
• Beginning of the Protectorate of Yeosan	1875
• Great Leap Forward (Industrialisation)	1881-1889
• End of the Proctorate of Yeosan	1923
• Establishment of the Constitutional Monarchy	1943
Population
• 2018 census	8,357,288
Currency	Yeosan Pan (回) (PAN)
Time zone	UTC -3
Date format	dd。mm。yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+88
ISO 3166 code	YSN
Internet TLD	.ysn

Yeosan(Huang: 业国 or 業國), is a sovereign island nation in equatorial Alharu. It is an island state on a 1,352,000 km² island formed by volcanic activity about 82 million years ago. At 8 million inhabitants, Yeosan is one of the smaller nations in Alharu. Its capital is Quxing and is resident to just over 3.5 million of the 8 million inhabitants of the nation. The nation is known for its distinct mix of Europan and Huang culture which leads to interesting design, music, architecture, and many other things.

The Yeosanese are directly related to the Burlingtonians as they originally hail from Great Burlington and made their way to their home island after they were persecuted for their religion in their original land. Due to it's close proximity to the Yellow Empire at its founding, it has had a great influx of Huang culture into its own, creating one of its defining features as aforementioned.

In 1875 Yeosan came under the rule of the Fulgistan, and was put under a provisional government titled the Reorganised National Government of Yeosan. As a result of this, from 1881 to 1889 the nation went through a huge change and transitioned not only from a highly rural agrarian lifestyle to a far more urban and industrialised lifestyle, but completely changed their language from their previous dialect of Anglish, to a new, Yeosanese dialect of Huang through a large social and economic campaign created by Emperor George Xiang deemed The Great Leap Forward, which was an eight year plan to urbanise and industrialise the nation, along with the dropping of Anglish and adopting of Huang, with help of the Fulgistani government. Because of this, Yeosan was very friendly and connected with their colonial masters and in turn Yeosan and the Yeosanese were made colonial administrators and were given duties to oversee plantations on Lauhi, the Spice Islands, and Yeosan itself. This period ended in 1923 after Fulgistan's goverment experienced a communist revolution and the nation subsequently dropped all colonial possesions. Later, in 1943, Emperor Charles Xiang, under demands from the people and his advisors, signed the New Power Treaty which created a parliamentary house and constitution to keep the Emperor in check after some economic missteps from the previous Emperor went unchecked and lead to reckless spending and an overall poor face for monarchy in Yeosan.

Etymology

The name Yeosan comes from the mix of Euro-Huang culture and the many loan words that had been taken into the old Yeosanese dialect of Anglish. Modern scholars believe the name was intended to mean Settlers of the Island of Yeo, but there is a lack of substantial evidence for the claim to be treated as fact. Though, in the modern era, after the language reforms under colonial rule the island was renamed to 业国 or 業國: yèguó in standard Huang—though in the Yeosanese dialect of Huang, they have their own character for yè—which means Land of Industry.

Geography

Mount Zhenxi a holy mountain in Yeosanese culture and society, and the volcano which created the island on which Yeosan sits.

A row of terraced housing in Quxing displaying Yeosan's unique style of architecture and design.

The Emperor's Palace in Quxing also serving to display Yeosan's unique style of architecture.

Yeosan is located on an island created by a volcano (Mount Zhenxi) approximately 82 million years ago. Its geography is quite drastic as its landscape ascends from sea level to around 5000 metres.

The geographic location of the island near Alharu and the Yellow Empire caused much of the culture of the area to make its way into the culture of the settlers through both trade and communication with nearby civilisations, as well as interactions with the original inhabitants of the island, most of whom fled back to the Yellow Empire after the original settlers arrived.

The climate in Yeosan varies wildly depending on where one is on the island due to its unique geography. In the north, east, and south near the sea, it is hot and humid with plenty of rainfall. Whereas in the west near the sea the climate is more near to a Savanna, with sparse rains and typically warm temperatures. However, as one progresses inland the climate becomes harsher until the summit of the volcano is reached which is sub-zero year-round.

Cities

City	Population	Location	Description
Quxing	3,587,749	West Yeosan	Capital and most populous city in Yeosan, serving as the administrative and economic centre. Known for its unique architecture, and the home of the Emperor's Royal Palace.
Xiangfei	1,754,317	South Yeosan	Intellectual capital of Yeosan, and home to the most prestigious university in the nation known as The Royal University.
Chenming	1,437,751	Northeast Yeosan	A large port city established by the original settlers facing the Adlantic Ocean to facilitate easy trade with the civilsations east of Yeosan.
Shanjing	534,872	North Yeosan	One of the smaller urban centres of Yeosan known for its cuisine due to its long history as an agricultural hub.
Guangjin	384,963	Central East Yeosan	Guangjin was a heavily agricultural city before The Great Leap after which it became nearly split in half between the two sectors, although in recent years industrialisation has overtaken agriculture.
Hanzhou	267,983	Northwest Yeosan	A remnant of pre-Great Leap Yeosan and a still very agricultural city, known for its historical buildings, and highly traditionalist population.
Shaogong	243,756	Central South Yeosan	A small industrial city lying between Quxing and Xiangfei which has lost a large amount of its population due to migration from residents to the two aforementioned cities.
Yanguang	145,897	Central West Yeosan	A small alpine village situated upon the flanks of Mount Zhenxi, and a popular tourist attraction in Yeosan for its interesting culture, music, design, architecture, etc.

History

The history of Yeosan is relatively short due to its recent creation by the original settlers in the mid to late 16th century.

Before the Voyage

Little is actually known about the original settlerr's origins other than that before Yeosan was founded, its original founders were a group of Burlingtonians who upon converting to a new religion, were driven from their home by religious persecution and thought it best to sail away from their homelands to the land in which their newfound religion was rumoured to have come from.

Early Civilisation and Establishment of the Monarchy

After an intense, long, voyage through the Adlantic, the settlers found they had landed upon a most beautiful island whose centre was a magnificent mountain (unknown to them at the time that the mountain was actually a volcano). So magnificent that they made it a sacred site in their religion. The settlers soon made contact with small settlements of people from the Yellow Empire who, due to sickness being unknowingly spread by the settlers, fled back to mainland Alharu and the Yellow Empire, although some who were not effect stayed behind and joined the settlers in establishing their new nation. With this, the settlers began repopulating the villages for their own and began to absorb the motifs, and other cultural aspects left behind in the villages as they saw most aspects of their old culture as barbaric after their staunch persecution. During this time (1550s-1750s) the nation was incredibly open and saw a massive influx of Huang culture into their nation creating a unique mesh of Europan and Huang cultures which Yeosan is known for today.

In the late 17th century a prominent clan rose to power in the nation, this family was the Xiang family whom the dynasty is still ruled by to this day. The Xiang family was very wealthy and in turn very powerful in the government and politics and rose to power quickly by popular support of the people due to the families contributions to public works, culture, and society, among other things. After coming to power they offered the people a deal wherein they would be rulers for life in a dynastical line of succession in return for all of the great things which they had done for the people themselves. The people agreed and the Xiang dynasty and monarchy were established.

The flag of Yeosan under Fulgistani rule from 1875-1908. The text on the pennant reads Protectorate of Yeosan.

The flag of Yeosan under Fulgistani rule from 1908-1923. The colours represent the 5 races of the Fulgisani Empire, with white being dominant to represent the Yeosanese.

Captain Millard J. Li and the crew of the cruiser Wang Jinjian , Guihai Fleet, 1887.

The Protectorate of Yeosan

In 1875, Yeosan was brought into the Fulgistani Sultanate as a colonial territory because of its, although at the time few, factories and, most importantly, its vast amounts of fields for agricultural land, as well as its strategic position in between the Tortoise and Synthe Seas, and for reasons according to Fulgistan itself to unify Huang people's under one nation. Fulgistan also cites Yeosan's mines and other such natural resources as further reasoning.

Under the new government, officially called the Reorganised National Government of Yeosan, the nation came under large change both economically and culturally. Starting in 1881, just six years after their incorporation into the Empire, Yeosan underwent a huge shift in both language and industry. Through the eight year programme set in action by Emperor Alfred Xiang's, deemed The Great Leap Forward, the nation transitioned from a predominantly rural and agricultural economy to a fully industrialised and urban economy in a very short time. Along with this, language reforms were brought forward so as to bring more unity to the Empire itself. Yeosan's dialect of Anglish was completely dropped and replaced with a new dialect of Huang using traditional Huang characters, as well as characters unique to Yeosan, for example the first character used in Yeosanese for the name of the nation yè.

Because of the overhaulling of their economy, Yeosan was very thankful towards Fulgistan and became incredibly friendly and connected with their rulers, who, in turn, made them colonial administrators over Lauhi, and the Spice Islands, along with setting up vast plantations amongst the remaning rural areas on the island. The Yeosanese were made effectively first class citizens in Imperial Society and many went on to become high ranking officers in the Fulgistani military, as well as the owners of corporations, and composed most of the class of urban professionals in the Empire. During this time, a system of indentured servitude was established by the Fulgistani and Yeosan government to import foreign workers from the Spice Islands and Lauhi to serve as labourers on the many plantations in Yeosan, as well as performing duties of menial labour; such as mining, farming, fishing, and other such things.

Shortly before the fall of the Fulgistani Empire, due to its distance from the mainland, Yeosan's capital city Quxing was used as an area for underground organisation of activities by the Fulgistani communist revolutionaries, and as a consquence the provisional government ended in 1923, after their successful communist revolution swept mainland Fulgistan causing it to relinquish all of its colonial possessions. Yeosan, now completely free, greatly prospered off of its well balanced agricultural and industrial economy and returned to its business as a small island nation.

Establishment of a Constitutional Monarchy

In 1943, due to tensions between the people and the government, Emperor Charles Xiang issued and enacted the New Power Treaty which established both a parliament and a constitution in Yeosan and transformed the nation from an effective absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy. This act was put forward due to complaints in the years leading up to it from the populous demanding that change be brought after the royal family has missappropriated funds, causing the population to become wary and distrustful of the monarchy. Because of the agreement reached between the people of Yeosan and the Xiang family which brought them to power, Alfred saw this as his only choice and deicded it best to give power to the people. Thus a powershift was brought forth, and a new era fell upon Yeosan.

Demographics

The population of Yeosan is mostly concentrated in its urban centres like Quxing, Xiangfei, or Chenming. Though, there is a substaintial population outside of cities who maintain the agricultural aspect of the nation's economy. Rising life expectancy makes the median age of the population increase from year to year. This demographic change is expected to put a heavy tax load on the younger generations in the forseeable future.

The demographics of Yeosan are quite normal, with Yeosanese comprising a majority of the nation, and small minority groups of other Huang populations existing in various areas throughout the nation due to its time as a colonial gem under the Fulgistani Empire and remnant populations of the many indentured servants imported to the island are still present. Non-Huang foreign minorities do exist in several of the larger cities in the nation, though they are very small and comprise almost none of the major population of Yeosan.

Politics

Composition of the Parliament of Yeosan

Yeosan is a constitutional monarchy with a single body 150 seat parliament wherein the Emperor is the speaker. Political power in the nation is split into three branches, Legislative (Parliament, Executive (Emperor), and Judicial (High Court). Laws and other such things do have to be approved by a majority in parliament, but with a massive representation of the Royalist party in parliament, the Emperor and the party have control over the nation. Parliamentary elections occur every six years. Yeosan has five main political parties represented in parliament, although more do exist, but do not win elections. The five are: The Royalist Party; who are loyal to the king and wish to uphold the monarchy as well as tradition within Yeosan, The Agrarian Party; who fight for programmes to stimulate agricultural production and social programmes for farmers, The Green Party; who are an environmental party who in the past were very successful at mitigating the environmental effects of mass industrialisation during the Great Leap, but now have fallen out of popularity, The Yeosan National Front; a far-right nationalist group who promote traditionalist but want to restore total monarchy or another form of totalist rule, and finally The Yeosan Democratic Party; who wish to either abolish the monarch outright or relinquish the monarchy to ceremonial duties exclusively in place of a prime minister and a two-house parliament.

Political Parties

Symbol	Results	Description
The Royalist Party	57.3%	The Royalist Party was founded by members of the public who, after the signing of the New Power treaty, sought to uphold the monarchy and advise the Emperor, as well as uphold tradition in Yeosan.
The Agrarian Party	21.3%	The Agrarian Party is a party dedicated to the farmers of Yeosan and protecting the agricultural industry after the Great Leap drastically reduced that sector. The party works to create programmes to stimulate agricultural production, as well as social programmes to benefit farmers in Yeosan.
The Yeosan National Front	6%	The Yeosan National Front is a recently created party who seek to restore total monarchy in Yeosan, or install their own total leader if total monarchy is not a choice, they are not a popular party among voters and most Yeosanese would not openly admit voting for them.
The Yeosan Democratic Party	5.3%	The Yeosan Democratic Party is another recently created party who seek to abolish the monarchy outright or relinquish the monarchy to ceremonial duties exclusively in place of a prime minister and a two-house parliament, similarly this party is very unpopular, and most Yeosanese would never admit voting for them.

Foreign Relations

Yeosan's foreign relations are somewhat minimal outside of relations with Huang states and former possesions of the Fulgistani Empire, due to its former imperial connections. Yeosan in recent years however, has mentioned that it has brought into consideration the idea of joining several international organisations like ATARA and others for both economy, and defence.

Economy

Yeosan's economy is a balance between industry in urban centres and agricultre in rural areas. This concept was proposed and established by Alfred Xiang during his Great Leap Forward and brought huge economic gains to the Fulgistani Empire and, after its fall, Yeosan itself. Along with this Yeosan has a steady influx of capital through tourism to the island as its unique culture and aesthetic draws in visitors from all over Eurth.

Education

Education in Yeosan is considered to be crucial to living a fulfilling life by the populous of the nation, and education is taken very seriously by families. Schooling in the nation is public and students who attend schools in their city have free tuition. However, if a student wishes to board to another school (in secondary and tertiary levels) they may do so but will be expected to pay a small tuition fee equal to what taxpayers in the city pay. Students in Yeosan typically begin preschool between the ages of 3-4 and graduate university in their early 20's.

The Yeosanese education system is split into five levels: preschool (3 years), primary school (5 years), junior secondary school (3 years), senior secondary school (3 years), and tertiary university (3-6 years depending upon degree). The preschool curriculum is focused on speaking, reading, and writing so as to prepare students for primary school. In primary school students are taught broad knowledge regarding maths, the sciences, history, reading, writing, as well as music and the arts. Once students move into junior secondary they begin to choose some of their courses and start the process of deciding what subject they want to go into. In senior secondary school students are allowed to choose every course they desire to take to put them on the best path into the subject matter they desire to study, and by the end of senior secondary schooling the student is taking subjet specific courses to prepare them for tertiary education.

At the end of their senior secondary schooling, all students must take two standarised tests. The first, titled the National University Subject Entrance Exam is given to all students and taken across the nation at the same time. These exam dates are famous as it causes the entire nation to effectively shut down as planes are grounded and general business is postponed so as not to distract exam takers. There have been several notable instances of police escort students to their testing centres so they will not be late. The second test which students take immediately after the NUSEE is titled The Tertiary ______ Exam and differs on subject. Each student will have different exams concerning whatever subject matter they wil to go into. After these exams are complete they are sent to universities who then review them and then offer students spots in their universities according to their cumulative scores on the tests.

Tertiatry education in Yeosan lasts anywhere from three to six years depending both on the subject matter, and what degree a student wishes to obtain. Several notable degrees in recent years have been: Engineering, Architecture, Business, and several different science related degrees. The most popular degree in the nation is a Bachelor's level although recently Master's level degrees have been rising in popularity.

Energy

Mount Zhenxi, located in the near centre of the island, is the main provider of Yeosan's energy via geothermal reactors taking advantage of the active volcano's lava. After the effects on the environment of dirty methods of power generation were observed in the years following the Great Leap, Yeosan has, in recent years, turned to renewable energy and has a growing nuclear energy programme.

Infrastructure

Due to its previous industrialisation and colony status, Yeosan's infrastructure is highly developed and most major cities have several forms of public transport such as buses, trams, tube lines, etc. Along with this, the nation has two international airports located in Quxing and Xiangfei. There is also an extensive railway system which was mostly constructed during the Great Leap with the help of Fulgistan.

Culture

Yeosan's culture is very unique and one of its defining characteristics. Due to its past as a colonial territory of Fulgistan, as well as its original inhabitants hailing from Europa, the nation is rife with interesting music, language, architecture, motifs, and much more.

Language

Faculty of the Royal University Department of Anglish Literature, Xiangfei, 1913.

The Yeosanese speak a special dialect of Huang which originated in the language reforms enacted by the Reformed National Government in 1881. Yeosanese Huang is unique in that is has several characters which are not present in standard Huang, as well as the language's use of traditional characters rather than the more modern simplified set of characters. In the past however, Yeosan spoke a dialect of Anglish heavily influenced by Huang dialects of nearby nations and used a specialised writing system that resembled Huang characters, but were unreadable to Huang readers and speakers. The old way of writing included the combination of strokes into single block characters which represented one word, read from left to right, top to bottom, and in to out. These characters are still present on the nation's flag despite them not being used at all in normal life.

Although Yeosanese Anglish was abolished following the language reforms, it had a revival in the early 20th century and several large universities created departments concerning the study and analysation of Old Yeosanese writing and literature.

Architecture

Similar to Old Yeosanese, the architecture of Yeosan is an interesting mix of the nation's European and Huang spirit. Many building feature motifs such as columns, entablatures, etc. present on Europan styles of architecture. But these buildings also feature many motifs of Huang architecture such as the curved roof, Duogong, and other such things. The Yeosanese pride themselves on their unique vernacular styles and continue to build in them in the modern era. Buildings around Yeosan like the Emperor's Palace, and the many shophouses in the nation are a flocking ground for tourists interested in the culture of the nation.

Religion

Although the religion of the Yeosanese was what brought them to the island initially, religiousity in the nation has, for the most part, begun a downward trend. The original religion of the Yeosanese is not well known as it morphed into and coagulated with the surrounding sects of Buddhism surrounding the civilisation. After the protectorate was established, the Fulgistani government endorsed Buddhism in the nation and most religious people in modern Yeosan practice Buddhism. The modern government of Yeosan does not condemn religion, but it does not promote religion in general life. Instead, the population has turned to Old Yeosanese texts which list moral codes the authors believe one must live by, making Yeosan an interesting nation in that many people art not overtly religious, but follow religious values.

Gallery

Yeosanese landing party in the Spice Islands during the Furong Rebellion, 1886.

Buddhist shrine, with altars to Mazu and Guan Yu, Spice Islands, 1904

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