Zhousheng

Federal Republic of Zhousheng Federalƞi Republika Зөшeng
Flag Greater coat of arms
Motto: Through the ages towards future (Zhoushi: Peꝛez doby fu buducnoшꞇ)
Anthem: The Wake of Unity
Capital	Kandan
Largest city	Zhousheng City
Official languages	Zhoushi
Ethnic groups	Zhoushi Zheng, Zhoushi Bogmian
Demonym(s)	Zhoushi
Government	Federal Constitutional Republic
• President	Sergej Napiчu
• Prime Minister	Jeliþo Pogөf
Legislature	Parliament of Zhousheng Senate of Zhousheng
History of Zhousheng
• Bogmian Empire wars	760 CE - 880 CE
• The Dark Ages	1200 CE - 1600 CE
• The Empire of Three Kings	1773 CE - November 18th 1862
• Bogmian Independence	December 1st 1862
• Zhengian Independence	January 3rd 1863
• Zhoushi Union	February 4th 1912 - May 8th 1925
• War of the Council	May 9th 1938 - September 5th 1941
• Zhoushi Federation declared	September 6th 1943
• Official National Integration	December 31st 1984
• Mustelarian Federation formed	August 23rd 2017
Area
• Total	1,515,360 km2 (585,080 sq mi)
• Water (%)	4
Population
• 2020 estimate	152,350,000
• 2012 census	146,412,000
• Density	98,557/km2 (255,261.5/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	5.3 Trillion ACU
• Per capita	34,788 ACU
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	3.8 Trillion ACU
• Per capita	25,444 ACU
HDI (2019)	0.934 very high
Currency	Sekinar (SEK)
Time zone	UTC-4; -5 (PMT; PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4, -5 (not observed)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+720
Internet TLD	.zs

Zhousheng is a independent country in Anteria bordering Gadorien, Prei Meas, Slovanska Kraj, Elenias, Bakyern & Monte Blanco. It is a member of the Mustelarian Federation along with Monte Blanco. It was formed in 1943 shortly after the War of the Council from the Zhoushi Union, which consisted of semi-independent countries of Bogmia and Zhengia, and the Zhoushi Council State. It officially turned into a homogenous country via integration act of 1984. It is a proud member of the Sekidean Union's Inner Circle and a proud actor in the Anterian World Assembly.

History

History of Zhousheng can not be told as a single timeline, rather as a logical conclusion of two timelines.

Bogmian perspective

Ancient history and Bogmian Empire

Polyanshi were a branch of Slavic descent, which migrated at around 20 CE from the area of present-day Nerany to Zhousheng. From the 3rd to 15th centuries, cultural separation caused the Polyashi people to split into Bogmanci/Bogmian, Slovanci/Slovans and Belgorci/Monte Blancans. In around 760 AD, Bogmians were able to consolidate themselves and form the Bogmian Empire, which spanned from southern Monte Blanco across Zhengian and Bogmian linguistic areas and southern Slovanska Kraj. The empire is seen as a beginning of the integration of Bogmian and Zhengian cultures.

The Dark Ages

After 300 years, Bogmian Empire slowly deteriorated and region after region started to break away from the central government. As of 1200 AD, Zhousheng slowly transformed into a huge area of infighting between tens, if not hundreds, of local dukes and kings. Around this time, the majority of local Bogmian warlords adopted Christianity, which spread into the area through Gadorien. In the 1520's, a new movement began to spring up. Over the span of 3 centuries, minor duchies, kingdoms and even electorates slowly merged into 3 large entities: Kingdom of Bogmia (controlling the center and north of present day Zhousheng), Kingdom of Zhengia (controlling the southern and coastal areas of present day Zhousheng) & Kingdom of Haldenia (controlling the west areas separated from the rest of Zhousheng by mountains). Haldenia and Bogmia attempted to control each other's church positions, which lead to a huge distrust of the church by the general populace. That lead to multiple wars of religious reformations, which in the end resulted in creating a unitary church with a round table council not influenced by any king or royal of sorts.

Empire of Three Kings

In 1773, this era of instability was ended by unification of the Kingdom of Monte Blanco, Kingdom of Bogmia & Kingdom of Zhengia into the Empire of Three Kings, lead by the Chepichkik dynasty, the former royal family of Monte Blanco, which became the imperial dynasty. The empire is seen as a golden era of Zhoushi history and is de facto a founding stone for the present day Mustelaria. The Empire tried enforcing one artificial language as a base. This language was based on the old proto-polyanshi southern dialects. In around 1800, Haldenia was integrated into the Empire as a part of Bogmia. This language, called the "Imperial Mustelarian" was later dropped. Empire collapsed on 18th November 1862 with a dispute over bloodline purity of the Chepichkik dynasty. Following that, all of the three kingdoms began operating as independent entities. On the wake of the 19th century, monarchies in Zhengia, Bogmia and Monte Blanco fell one by one, transforming their countries into parliamentary democracies.

Historical flag of Bogmia

Historical flag of Zhengia

Flag of the Empire of Three Kings and present day flag of the Federation of Mustelaria

Recent History

In 1912, Zhengia and Bogmia, entered a political union, which connected their foreign relations and monetary policies into one. On the same time, a writing reformation of Bogmian occured, abandoning the long-used Coptic script (which is still used in literar Monte Blancan) in favor of a new Latin alphabet. On May 9th, 1932, western provinces of Bogmia declared independence and officially established a communist government, collaboratively called "The Council" (Old Bogmian: ⲣⲁⲇⲁ (rada), Latin Bogmian: Rada), therefore the war was called "The War of the Council". The civil war dragged Zhengia into the conflict as well, de facto unifying the two nations in weapon. On September 5th 1942, the Council State surrendered when Zhoushi troops (Zhoushi standing army was formed in 1940) raised a Union flag over the Worker's Counsulate (Literary Bogmian: Pracovny Konzulat, Literary Zhengian: Praƌofƞi Gonsulaat (as you can see, Zhengian took a lot from Bogmian grammar and culture)). The war was a push for a federation of Zhousheng, which was formed in 1943. In the next decades, the country integrated first into the Shanghou Pact and later into the Sekidean Union. On December 31st 1984, a New Year's Integration Bill was passed, officially recognizing the hybrid language of Bogmian and Zhengian as a official language of Zhousheng. On August 23rd 2020, a Empire of Three Kings was reformed for 2 minutes, named the Empire of Mustelaria, which allowed the Chepichkik dynasty head to officially surrender the crown to the people by laying it on the wheat wreath. By this act, the Empire was abolished and new Federation of Zhousheng and Monte Blanco was formed, named the Federation of Mustelaria.

Zhengian perspective

Expected migration period

The southern areas of Zhousheng called Zhengia were settled by Zhengs, which are linguistically descendants of Prei Means and Phnoms. Zhengian people migrated across the mountains from Prei Meas to southern Mustelaria in 1st century BCE. No records from 1st century about this migration can be found, therefore this part of the history relies on 5th century historical records from Zhengian Kingdom's scrolls (Old Zhengian dialect of Prei Mean: នគរហ្សេង (nokr hsae ng).

Bogmian integration

The Kingdom was conquered by Bogmians in about 800 AD and integrated into the Bogmian Empire. At this time, the old Zhengian started to give their way to the older Bogmian-Zhengian dialects, which dominated lower classes of most of the Zhengian states during the Dark Ages. Although linguistically shifting from Prei Mean root to Bogmian one, religion remains predominantly Kammist (Records from 1560 show, that although about 70% of recorded populace spoke some macaronic hybrid of Zhengian and Bogmian language, more than 90% of the populace were actively practicing Kammist religion).

Zhengian kingdom and The Empire of Three Kings

Zhengian Kingdom was formed in around 1720 CE and was quickly tied in a constant struggle over the culture. Zhengian language was actively dying as Zhengian intelligence was migrating to Bogmia, which was far more open to foreign ideals (Zhengian attempt to salvage the ancient Zhengian language backfired, because most of the intelligence felt oppressed by the draconic laws enforcing Zhengian language only). The Kingdom was integrated to the Empire of Three Kings after a civil war decimated their army and the victorious Jamgic (Standard Zhengian: ចាជី (cha chi), Bogemised Zhengian: ទ្ឝ​ម្ត្ឝ​វ្ចិ (Dzhamzhovtsi) declared their intention on salvaging the Zhengian culture by integrating it with Bogmians, not by subjecting it to Bogmian. The era of the Zhengian presence in the Empire of Three Kings is seen as a quick pace of destruction of former Zhengian grammar, but salvation of their philosophy and culture and its proliferation across Bogmian territories.

Post-Imperial history

After the fall of the Empire, Zhengians tied themselves to new Bogmian state and formed a political Union by 1912. In 1915, Zhengians officially abandoned the old Prei Mean writing system in favor of the new Latin alphabet. After the War of the Council, Zhengians officially founded the Federation of Zhousheng with Bogmians, officially integrating Zhengian accents on the Macaronic language into the new Pan-Zhoushi dialects (which is a reason, why current Zhoushi alphabet has 40 separate phonemes, which is the most of any langauge from the whole of Anteria). During the Prei Mean civil war, Zhengian areas were heavily fortified by Zhoushi army and later used as a bridgehead in the involvement.

Demographics

Language

Introduction

Zhoushi language is a part of Kento-Poylash subgroup of Slavic languages.
The language has a slavic root and grammar, however, unlike other slavic languages, has 8 grammatical cases (other have 7 or 6). Also, there are about 700 Zhengian words in present day Zhoushi language, they are declined using Bogmian grammar. Because of the Zhengian accents profilerating, Zhoushi language has 40 unique phonemes, 2 of which are exclusive to Zhoushi language.

N	Official Zhoushi alphabet	Latinised Zhoushi alphabet	IPA Symbol	Example of a english word with the sound
1	A a	A a	/a/	After
2	B b	B b	/b/	Label
3	C c	C c	/t͡s/	Cicada
4	Ч ч	Č č	/t͡ʃ/	Check
5	D d	D d	/d/	Done
6	Đ đ	Ď ď	/ɟ/	Voiced palatal plosive (not in english)
7	Ƌ ƌ	D́ d́	/d͡z/	Voiced alveolar affricate (not in english)
8	E e	E e	/ɛ/	Bed (General American accent)
9	Є є	Ě ě	/e/	Bed (Australian accent)
10	F f	F f	/f/	Fine
11	G g	G g	/g/	Game
12	Г г	Ǧ ǧ	/d͡ʒ/	Jam
13	H h	H h	/h/	Hello
14	Ȝ ȝ	Ȟ ȟ	/ɣ/ /x/	Velar fricative (not in english: Voiceless, Voiced)
15	I i	I i	/i/ /ɪ/	Free / Bit (General American)
16	J j	J j	/j/	You
17	K k	K k	/k/	Key
18	L l	L l	/l/	Later
19	Λ λ	Ľ ľ	/ȴ/	Million
20	M m	M m	/m/	Mother
21	N n	N n	/n/	Month
22	Ƞ ƞ	Ň ň	/ɲ/	New
23	O o	O o	/o/ /ɔ/	Yawn / Not
24	Ө ө	Ǒ ǒ	/u͡o/	Not in english. Examples is for example Ô
25	P p	P p	/p/	Play
26	Q q	Q q	/k͡v/	A bigram of /k/ and /v/, for example in Question
27	R r	R r	/r/	Bright
28	Ꝛ ꝛ	Ř ř	/r̝/ /r̝̊/	Voiced and voiceless alveolar fricative trills (not in english)
29	S s	S s	/s/	Surprise
30	Ш ш	Š š	/ʃ/	Show
31	T t	T t	/t/	Time
32	Ꞇ ꞇ	Ť ť	/c/	Voiceless palatal plosive (not in english)
33	Þ þ	T́ t́	/ð/ /θ/	This / Thin
34	U u	U u	/u/	Boot
35	V v	V v	/v/	Valve
36	Ƿ ƿ	W w	/w/	Weep
37	X x	X x	/k͡s/	A bigram of [k] and [s], for example in Maximal
38	Y y	Y y	/ɨ/	Lip (London accent)
39	Z z	Z z	/z/	ZOO
40	З з	Ž ž	/ʒ/	Pleasure

Zhoushi, although not officially using it, sometimes uses lenghtened marks for vowels and syllabic consonants:

N	Official Zhoushi alphabet	Latinised Zhoushi alphabet	IPA Symbol	Example of a english word with the sound
1x	Ꜳ ꜳ	Á á	/aː/	Ask
2x	Ѥ ѥ	É é	/ɛː/	Air
3x	Э э	È è	/eː/	Not in english
4x	I i	Í í	/iː/ /ɪː/	Wheel
5x	Ł ł	Ĺ ĺ	/l̩/	Not in english
6x	Л л	L̀ l̀	/ȴ̩/	Not in english
7x	Ꝏ ꝏ	Ó ó	/oː/ /ɔː/	Not in english
8x	Ꝋ ꝋ	Ò ò	/u͡oː/	Not in english
9x	Ԗ ԗ	Ŕ ŕ	/r̩/	Not in english
10x	Ɯ ɯ	Ú ú	/uː/	Doom
11x	Ү ү	Ý ý	/ɨː/	Not in english

Example of Zhoushi language (Lord's prayer)

English language	Zhoushi language	Zhoushi diacritic	Belgorian language	Belgorian latin	Slovanic langauge
Our Father in heaven,	Oþчe naш, kitory jesꞇєш na ƞieby,	Ot́če naš, kitory jesťěš na ňieby,	ⲟⲧⲕⲓ ⲛⲁϣⲓ, ⲧⲓϣ ⲓⲥⲉϣ ⲛⲁ ⲛⲓⲉⲃϣⲓⲭⲁⲭ,	Otki naši, tiš iseš na niebšichach,	Otče náš, ktorý si na nebesiach,
hallowed be your name.	mino Tiƿe buđ posviƌeno,	mino Tiwe buď posvid́eno,	ⲡⲟⲥⲫⲁⲧⲓⲓ ⲥⲁ ⲙⲉⲛⲟ ⲧⲯⲟⲓⲟ,	Posfatii sa meno Tvoio,	posväť sa meno Tvoje,
Your kingdom come.	Tiƿoje guo pꝛiȝađ,	Tiwoje guo přiȟaď,	ⲡⲣⲓⲓⲭⲟⲇⲓⲓ ⲕⲣⲁⲗⲫⲥⲧⲯⲟ ⲧⲯⲟⲓⲟ,	Priichodii kralfstvo Tvoio,	príď kráľovstvo Tvoje,
Your will be done,	biduч Tiƿuj janг,	biduč Tiwuj janǧ,	ⲃⲓⲓ ⲯⲩⲟⲗⲁ ⲧⲯⲟⲓⲁ,	bii vuola Tvoia,	buď vôľa Tvoja,
on earth as it is in heaven.	jak fu ƞeby, tak aj na zөmi.	jak fu ňeby, tak aj na zǒmi.	ⲓⲁⲕ ⲯ ⲛⲓⲉⲃⲓ, ⲧⲁⲕ ⲁⲓ ⲛⲁ ⲍⲉⲙⲛⲓ.	iak v niebi, tak ai na zemni.	ako v nebi, tak i na zemi.
Give us this day our daily bread	Ȝilab maш tudejшij divaj mam dƞes	Ȟilab maš tudejšij divaj mam dňes	ⲭⲗⲓⲉⲃⲓⲕ ⲛⲁϣ ⲯⲍⲇⲉⲓϣⲁⲓ ⲇⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲙ ⲇⲛⲓⲉⲥ	Chliebik naš daj nam dnies	Chlieb náš daj nám dnes
and forgive us our debts,	aj ƿypujuшꞇaj mam гriȝy maшije,	aj wypujušťaj mam ğriȟy mašije,	ⲓ ⲟⲇⲡⲩϣⲧⲓ ⲛⲁⲙ ⲛⲁϣⲓⲉ ⲯⲓⲛⲓⲉ,	i odpušti nam našie vinie,	a odpusť nám naše viny,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.	jak aj my ƿypujuшamy mašim huoqum.	jak aj my wypujušamy mašim huoqum.	ⲓⲁⲕ ⲓ ⲙⲓ ⲟⲇⲡⲩϣⲧⲓⲁⲙⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲓⲙ ⲯⲓⲛⲓⲕⲁⲙ.	iak i mi odpuštiame našim vinikam.	ako i my odpúšťame svojim vinníkom.
And do not bring us into temptation,	Aj ƞevydaj mas fu pakuшenji,	Aj ňevydaj mas fu pakušenji,	ⲓ ⲛⲓⲉⲍⲯⲓⲉⲇⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲥ ⲯ ⲡⲟⲕⲩϣⲓⲉⲛⲓⲉ,	I nezvidai nas v pokušenie,	A neuveď nás do pokušenia,
but rescue us from the evil one.	le zibafuj mas ƿy Jingu.	le zibafuj mas wy Jingu.	ⲁⲗⲓⲉ ⲭⲣⲁⲛⲓⲓ ⲛⲁⲥ ⲟⲇ ⲍⲗⲟⲅⲟ.	ale chrani nas od Zlogo.	ale zbav nás Zlého.

Grammatical cases

Zhoushi langauge works with 2 grammatical numbers (singular and plural, some dual forms are still present for some words) 8 separate grammatical cases (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Locative, Instrumentative, Ablative & Vocative) and there are 16 Inflection patterns (4 for Masculine animate, 4 for Masculina animate, 4 for Feminine and 4 for Neuter) with 16 Inflectional paradigms, example shows only pradigms Muз (Man, masculine animate), Шtat (State, masculine inanimate), Зona (Woman, feminine)) & Moꝛe (Sea, neuter):

Order	Name of the case	Number	Muз	Шtat	Зona	Moꝛe
1sg	Nominative	Singular	Muз	Шtat	Зona	Moꝛe
2sg	Genitive	Singular	Muзe	Шtatu	Зony	Moꝛe
3sg	Dative	Singular	Muзi	Шtatu	Зonje	Moꝛi
4sg	Accusative	Singular	Muзє	Шtat	Зonu	Moꝛє
5sg	Locative	Singular	Muзi	Шtatu	Зonє	Moꝛi
6sg	Instrumentative	Singular	Muзem	Шtatem	Зonө	Moꝛem
7sg	Ablative	Singular	Muзi	Шtaty	Зoni	Moꝛy
8sg	Vocative	Singular	Muзi!	Шtate!	Зono!	Moꝛe!
1pl	Nominative	Plural	Muзy	Шtaty	Зoni	Moꝛe
2pl	Genitive	Plural	Muзө	Шtaty	Зon	Moꝛi
3pl	Dative	Plural	Muзum	Шtatom	Зonam	Moꝛim
4pl	Accusative	Plural	Muзe	Шtaty	Зony	Moꝛe
5pl	Locative	Plural	Muзyȝ	Шtateȝ	Зonaȝ	Moꝛiȝ
6pl	Instrumentative	Plural	Muзmy/Muзemy	Шtatmy/Шtatamy	Зonami/Зonama	Moꝛima/Moꝛema
7pl	Ablative	Plural	Muзymy	Шtatemy	Зonimi/Зonima	Moꝛimi
8pl	Vocative	Plural	Muзy!	Шtaty!	Зoniє!	Moꝛe!

People

In Zhousheng, most of the people are combination of Prei-Phnom and Sivuk-Slavogermanic genetic groups. Zhoushi people, have, however, one rarity. It is now widely believed, that hexadactyly originated in Zaprei region and by 9th century AD spread thanks to trade routes in Bogmian Empire into most of present-day Zhousheng. In present days, about 36% of Zhoushi populace have five fingers and one thumb on each hand.

Counting system

As stated above, thanks to the prominence of hexadactyly between the Zhoushi populace, Zhousheng is one of the few nations, that developed a dozenal system. Zhousheng officially used latinized dozenal system until 1978, when the government officially decided to abandon the system and move towards a decimal system. In school, both systems are told in a paralel to each other, which helps Zhoushi students to better understand numbers and aren't tied to just one graphical representation of the number, supporting abstract thinking. However, this also causes some problems with education, therefore math is being told in kindergarden as well to balance the pressure kids would be subjected during math exams.

Decimal (Base 10)	Dozenal (Base 12)	Old Zhengian Numerals	Zhoushi dozenal	Prei Meas numerals	Decimal term (Common)	Dozenal term (Common)	Decimal term (Zhoushi)	Dozenal term (Zhoushi)
0	0	០	0	០	Zero	Zero	Nula	Nula
1	1	១	1	១	One	One	Oden	Oden
2	2	໒	2	២	Two	Two	Dva	Dva
3	3	៣	3	៣	Three	Three	Tꝛi	Tꝛi
4	4	൪	4	៤	Four	Four	Чotyꝛi	Чotyꝛi
5	5	૫	5	៥	Five	Five	Peꞇ	Peꞇ
6	6	૬	6	៦	Six	Six	Шosꞇ	Шosꞇ
7	7	൭	7	៧	Seven	Seven	Sydem	Sydem
8	8	൮	8	៨	Eight	Eight	Өsem	Өsem
9	9	໙	9	៩	Nine	Nine	Đeveꞇ	Đeveꞇ
10	↊ (International); χ (USA); A (Code)	൰	ᚴ	១០	Ten	Dek	Deseꞇ	Deseꞇ
11	↋ (International); ℇ (USA); B (Code)	൯	ⵒ	១១	Eleven	El	Jedenasꞇ	Hєlet
12	10	൫ (Cyclical) ១០	ᘐ (Cyclical) 10	១២	Twelve	Do	Dvanasꞇ	Ceλet (Cyclical) Tuƌet

Currently, dozenal system is used only sparsely in common use, but for example clocks still retained their original cyclic description (that is 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-ᚴ-ⵒ-ᘐ), some translations of the Kaȝin Canon still use dozenal naming, especially in the Book of Revelation.

Religion

Zhousheng is split almost equally among Christianity and Kammism

Religion Affiliation in Zhousheng (2018)

  Kaȝin Christian (40.2%)

  Kammist (39.7%)

  Agnosticism/Ateism/Non-affiliated (13.6%)

  Catholic Christian (2.3%)

  Protestant Christian (2%)

  Other religions (1.5%)

  Connection religions (0.7%)

Although Christianity is prominent in the North and West, Kammism has a prime role in the South and Southeast. The "Connection religions" is a term used by Zhoushi government to qualify all philosophical relgion hybrids of Kaȝin Christianity and Kammism, trying to find a missing step, so called "Religious bridge (Nabөзeƞski mөst in modern Zhoushi). This effort comes from the idea, that there is only one truth, but multiple ways to reach it. Those movements (either philosophical and theoretical or even religious cults) are trying to find a connection between Kammist and Christian doctrines, bases & sacred texts. Those movements are supervised by the Zhoushi government in order to prevent spread of dangerous cults to the general populace.

Kaȝin Christian

Kaȝin Christianity has the plurality in Zhousheng. It was formed during a protestant reformation during the Dark Ages, having been protesting mostly against the prominence of Church and their wealth. Kaȝin Canon was officially codified by the Empire of Three Kings, having been decided to include multiple various gnostical apocrypha gospels into the Bible. The current composition of the Zhoushi Kaȝin Bible is:

-=-=-=The Old Testament=-=-=-

• -=Torah=-
• • Genesis
• • Exodus
• • Leviticus
• • Numbers
• • Deuteronomy
• -=Nevi'im=-
• • Joshua
• • Judges
• • Ruth
• • 1^st and 2^nd Samuel
• • 1^st and 2^nd Kings
• • 1^st and 2^nd Chronicles
• • Prayer of Manasseh
• • 1^st Ezra
• • 2^nd Ezra (Nehemiah)
• • 3^rd Ezra (1^st Esdras)
• • 4^th Ezra (2^nd Esdras)
• • Esther
• • Jubilees
• • Enoch
• • Isaiah
• • Jeremiah
• • Lamentations
• • Daniel
• • Ezekiel
• -=Deuterocanonical books=-
• • Tobit
• • Judith
• • 1^st Baruch
• • 2^nd Baruch
• • 3^rd Baruch
• • Sirach
• • 1^st Maccabees
• • 2^nd Maccabees
• • 3^rd Maccabees
• • 4^th Maccabees
• • Wisdom
• • Esther (additions)
• • Daniel (additions)
• • Letter of Jeremiah
• -=Ketuvim=-
• • Job
• • Psalms (including 151-155)
• • Proverbs
• • Ecclesiastes
• • Song of Songs
• -=Twelve Minor Prophets=-
• • Hosea
• • Joel
• • Amos
• • Obadiah
• • Jonah
• • Micah
• • Nahum
• • Habbakkuk
• • Zephaniah
• • Haggai
• • Zechariah
• • Malachi

-=-=-=The New Testament=-=-=-

• -=Gospels & Apostolic history=-
• • Birth of Mary
• • James
• • Matthew
• • Mark
• • Luke
• • John
• • Mary
• • Thomas
• • Acts of the Apostles
• -=Pauline epistles=-
• • Romans
• • 1^st Corinthians
• • 2^nd Corinthians
• • 3^rd Corinthians
• • Corinthians to Paul
• • Galatians
• • Ephesians
• • Philippians
• • Colossians
• • 1^st Thessalonians
• • 2^nd Thessalonians
• • 1^st Timothy
• • 2^nd Timothy
• • Titus
• • Philemon
• -=General epistles=-
• • Hebrews
• • James
• • 1^st Peter
• • 2^nd Peter
• • 1^st John
• • 2^nd John
• • 3^rd John
• • Jude
• -=Apocalypse=-
• • Revelation of John
• • Revelation of Peter

Family Structure

Father is often seen as the leading role in the family via tradition, however, mother is seen as a holder of the family tradition and is expected to hold a leading voice when it comes to family planning and spending of free time (although this isn't a rule, rather a stereotype). Youngs are expected to obey family rules and respect both parents, no matter if they are different or same sexes. Young adults are expected to enjoy the world, meaning travelling and gaining new experiences and then find a partner and partially settle down. There is almost no sexual stigma when it comes to homosexuality, bisexuality, pansexuality, asexuality or any fetishes, which can work with consent of both partners (such as BDSM practices with both/all sides consenting or any clothing fetishes), however sexual practices in which both sides can not consent ([1] pedophilia, zoophilia, necrophilia, rape fetish...) are not tolerated and people having them are ostracised by the society. Although polygamous marriage is not allowed under the law, there are many polygamous relationships (which are supervised if they are consentual by all partners). There is no social stigma when it comes to getting sexual toys, including anticonception (condoms, pills, vasectomy...), however, abortion is considered complicated, although is completely legal. Home abuse is considered to be crime as any else, but there must be enough evidence to conclusively prove, that it is happening.

Geography

Zhousheng is mostly mountainous and split by a mountain range in the middle. Southern areas of the country are mostly mountainous and mineral-rich with a subduction tectonic zone, which allows Zhoushi populace to find diamonds and heavier elements in this region. The mountain range follows the border with Prei Meas and later moves through Zhousheng to the tri-border point of Zhousheng, Gadorien & Slovanska Kraj, continuing in the Duchy of Louzeni in Gadorien. North and East of the country as well as Western areas near Gadorieni border are mostly flat, however, highly elevated (on average 1200 meters above sea).

Climate

Zhousheng lies in a tropical area and is split by a equator in half. Although the country is supposed to be mostly hot, thanks to the high elevation and high temperate, average temperature is about 23°C (73°F). West of the country is quite often hit by monsoons, which are halted by the mountain range. Therefore, western area of the country is filled with many rivers and lakes, as well as rainforests. Middle of the country is highly elevated, tips of mountains reaching almost 6500 meters above sea. Area is mostly a combination of valleys and hills, which are cut by wild water mountainous rivers, increasing humidity in the region. Eastern half of the country is mostly hilly and flat without major mountains, filled with arid and semi-arid forests. Here, most of the water comes from the mountain ranges because a lot of air water is stopped by mountains and rains there. In the north, forests and grasslands give their ways to steppes and pampas. This area has only rarely rivers.

Government and Politics

Government uses a bicameral legislative system.

Elections

Elections are held:

President: Every 4 years
Senate: Every 2 years ⅓ of the senate is replaced in a vote
Parliament: Every 4 years
Regional and municipal: Every 3 years

Process of elections

Elections are held for 36 hours. Voting rooms open at 7AM PMT on Friday and close on 7PM PMT on Saturday (6AM to 6PM PST). People can vote in the voting rooms (every municipality must have at least one voting room. In larger cities, there must be a minimum of one voting room per 10,000 people), by post (voters recieve special ballots with multiple watermarks and then they send a latter to a dedicated place by post (voting letter have purple stripe on them and are required to be delivered in less than 24 hours after the rooms close) or by a electronic device (voters enter their ID with their national passport into a specialised voting app and cast their vote from their home. Vote can be changed during the period of voting).

No campaign time

5 days before elections, it is prohibited to air political campaign rallys, do those rallys or spread any advertisement concerning the elections. 3 days before elections, media are prohibited from posting last-minute public opinion polls. Those rules are put in place to ensure, that there isn't a last-minute propoaganda push that can sway people's emotions and not their rationality.

Upper House (Senate)

Zhoushi Senate has 99 seats, which are distributed proportionally per votes, but only third of the seats are replaced every 2 years and votes are offset by 2 years (meaning that it takes a minimum of 6 years to completely change a senate). Political party can get 45 seats max, ensuring the need for coalition to control the parliament.

Color	Name of the Political Party	Nick used by the Political Party	Political direction	Number of seats	Opposition/coalition/unaffiliated
	Liberal Democratic Party of Zhousheng	Liberals	Liberal centre-left	29	Coalition
	Zhoushi Green Party	Greens	Eco-centric centre-left	32	Coalition
	Party for Better Tommorows	ZALEZI (Za Lepшє Zitꝛky)	Industrial centre-right	12	Coalition
	Social Democratic Party of Zhousheng	Social Democrats	Populist mid-left	10	Unaffiliated
	Zhoushi Patriotic Party	Lagovci (based on the party leader Vladimir Laga)	Populist mid-right	6	Opposition
	Zhoushi Conservative Party	Conservatives	Conservative right	5	Unaffiliated
	The Right Movement	Rightenists (Pravaƞi in Zhoushi)	Far right	4	Opposition
	Religious Teocratic Party	Teocrats	Teocratic far right	1	Unaffiliated

Lower House (Parliament)

Zhoushi Parliament has 250 seats, which are distributed proportionally per votes.

Color	Name of the Political Party	Nick used by the Political Party	Political direction	Number of seats	Opposition/coalition/unaffiliated
	Liberal Democratic Party of Zhousheng	Liberals	Liberal centre-left	98	Coalition
	Zhoushi Green Party	Greens	Eco-centric centre-left	63	Coalition
	Party for Better Tommorows	ZALEZI (Za Lepшє Zitꝛky)	Industrial centre-right	34	Coalition
	Social Democratic Party of Zhousheng	Social Democrats	Populist mid-left	16	Unaffiliated
	Zhoushi Patriotic Party	Lagovci (based on the party leader Vladimir Laga)	Populist mid-right	11	Opposition
	Zhoushi Conservative Party	Conservatives	Conservative right	9	Unaffiliated
	The Right Movement	Rightenists (Pravaƞi in Zhoushi)	Far right	8	Opposition
	Religious Teocratic Party	Teocrats	Teocratic far right	5	Unaffiliated
	Zhoushi Communist Party	Communists	Marxist far left	4	Opposition
	New Evolution Party	Technocratic far right	NE	2	Opposition

Military

Zhoushi military (MUZHRA = Mustelarian Zhoushi Regional Army) is one of the four armed organs of Mustelaria and is responsible in guarding Zhousheng and Zhoushi territory as well as participating in foreign missions encouraged by Zhousheng. Remaining 3 organs are MUMBRA (Mustelarian Monte Blancan Regional Army), which is Monte Blancan branch of the military in function same as MUZHRA, MUFETA (Mustelarian Federal Task Army), which is responsible for foreign missions and guarding of the Federal District of Mustelaria in Dumtapolis, and MUDAMI (Mustelarian Dead Arm Militia), para-military units prepared to defend Mustelaria in case the regular militaries fail in protecting the homeland and foreign country takes over the territory.

Land forces

MUZHRA land forces are currently consisting mostly of motorised and motorifle divisions, has total of 650,000 active personnel with 2.3 million in reserve. Current land army leader is Brigade General Mikoλaш Rukaƿiч.

Aerial forces

MUZHRA aerial forces are currently focusing on fighter and paratroop forces, it has about 50,000 active personnel with 10,000 more in reserve. Current aerial forces leader is General Fraƞчiшek Ganƌa.

Naval forces

MUZHRA naval forces are by far the smallest branch of Zhoushi military. They operate a total of 5 frigates and 3 submarines and have a total of 10,000 active personnel with 5,000 reserve personnel. Current admiral is Laгislaƿ Ƌurk.

Special forces

MUZHRA special forces, in a Zhoushi HQ names called the "Draconic platoons" are a elite branch of Zhoushi military designed to operate deep behind enemy lines and break their will and/or capability to fight. Total number of special personnel is classified, but there is a total of 31 special units (whose sides is classified). Leader of those forces is a Brigade General Roman Balag.

Nuclear forces

Nuclear weaponry and protection from nuclear weapons as well as space forces are part of MUFETA.

The Executive Branch (Government)

The Government is currently consisting of 18 ministries, a office of Prime Minister (which is shared federally) and office of President.

Ministries

Name of the ministry	Minister	Purpose of the ministry
Ministry of Finance	Peter Moλaч	Ministry is supposed to control Zhoushi government budget and check national loan
Ministry of Defence	Ivan Jerven	Ministry is supposed to work to ensure security of Zhousheng from both physical and cybernethical threats
Ministry of the Interior	Lukaш Pєtrof	Ministry is supposed to control local issues and check work of local regional governments
Ministry of Foreign Relations	Þeodor Шmєl	Ministry is supposed to maintain diplomatic relations and keep embassies running
Ministry of Federal Relations	Lukaш Гoƞin	Ministry is supposed to coordinate the work with Monte Blancan organs
Ministry of the Enviroment	Roman Petroviч	Ministry is supposed to supervise the ecological situation and prevent as much pollution as possible
Ministry of Labor and Welfare	Jan Borƞeƌki	Ministry is supposed to work with social welfare programmes and support, takes care of the homeless people
Ministry of Autonomies	Nyck Hjorelfilt	Ministry is supposed to maintain order and law in autonomous regions of Grad, Storvan and Zaprei and ensure minority rights are preserved
Ministry of Justice	Markus Porȝaλ	Ministry is supposed to supervise following of the law and work with courts on enforcing it. It runs the police
Ministry of Education	Milena Karnov	Ministry is supposed to run and maintain schools, keep unbiased information in public TV channels and radios and run the national archive
Ministry of Trade	Ingriþ Volny	Ministry is supposed to maintain trade relations with companies and foreign countries, sets tariff policies and decides on inflation
Ministry of Culture	Terheza Laꞇov	Ministry is supposed to support cultural movements across Zhousheng, support theatres and movies, runs annual national cultural exhibition
Ministry of Transport	Гejkob Diꝛen	Ministry is supposed to run and maintain train lines and airports and provide funding to public transport. Maintains highways and waterways
Ministry of Health	Pitr Karmen	Ministry is supposed to maintain national health, prevent obesity and regulate consumption of unhealthy food
Ministry of Agriculture	Karol Maskem	Ministry is supposed to help the agricultural production of the country and control GMO nutrition
Ministry of Research	Beatrix Novak	Ministry is supposed to research new inventions in energetics, food and space reasearch, and find new talents that could be helpful in this field
Ministry of Energetics	Daƞel Ꞇikovsky	Ministry is supposed to maintain acceptable energy consumption, develop projects and prepare a transition to fully-renewable energy
Ministry of the Cyberspace	Guaj Mondag	Ministry is supposed to maintain cybersecurity and ensure personal anonymity on the internet. It is also responsible for exposing Fake News

President

Official portrait of the President Sergej Napiчu

Currently, president is Sergej Napiчu, entering a second term in May 2020. President can be elected for maximum of 3 terms and can be removed by impeachement by the High Court of Zhousheng. In the state of war, control over the armed forces (MUZHRA), go to the hands of the president. President is responsible for representation of Zhousheng behind the borders as well as doing ceremonies for Zhousheng (awarding vetarans, giving awards to people who deserved it for the service to Zhousheng, seeing play premiers in the national theatres, communicating with foreign ambassadors...)

List of Presidents

Name of the president	Term	In office	Country	Note
Ivan Lukaviƌ	1st Term	1972-1976	Federation of Zhousheng	'
Oleg Pogөf	1st Term	1976-1980	Federation of Zhousheng	'
Oleg Pogөf	2nd Term	1980-1984	Federation of Zhousheng	'
Ulman Чuчlik	1st Term	1984-1988	Federal Republic of Zhousheng	New Year's Integration Bill passed
Ulman Чuчlik	2nd Term	1988-1992	Federal Republic of Zhousheng	'
Ulman Чuчlik	3rd Term	1992-1996	Federal Republic of Zhousheng	Sekidean Union formed
Ogƞislav Paшek	1st Term	1996-2000	Federal Republic of Zhousheng	President refused to run for a second turn do to controversies
Kyriλ Шapek	1st Term	2000-2004	Federal Republic of Zhousheng	'
Kyriλ Шapek	2nd Term	2004-2008	Federal Republic of Zhousheng	Nuclear weaponry developed
Viktor Noƿak	1st Term	2008-2012	Federal Republic of Zhousheng	Inner Sekidean Union formed
Viktor Noƿak	2nd Term	2012-2016	Federal Republic of Zhousheng	Velharian war, Sekinar adopted
Sergej Napiчu	1st Term	2016-2020	Federal Republic of Zhousheng	The land reform and War of the Council settlement
Sergej Napiчu	2nd Term	2020-2024	Federal Republic of Zhousheng	Mustelarian federation formed in this term

Current president

Sergej Napiчu is known for being extrovert without any filter on what he is saying and has caused multiple controversies by saying things he shouldn't have said. He is also known for a strict dislike of formal suits, which he wears only when he musts.

Foreign relations

Zhousheng's official foreign policy is "Ally is better than neutral country. Neutral country is better than enemy. Enemy is a threat and will be threated as such"

Country/Union/Autonomous District	Status (Scale 1-5)	Notes on relations	Mutual Embassies	Canonity
Ateenia	1	Country is considered the biggest threat to Zhousheng in the world and is threated as such	No	Non-canon
Aziallis	5	Country is the closest Zhoushi ally outside of the Sekidean Union	Yes	Canon
Bakyern	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng, however, it is also criticised for some government practices	Yes	Canon
Blechingia	3	Country is considered as a hypothetical ally in the future	Yes	Canon
Bretislavia	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng, however, it is also criticised for some government practices	Only via SU consulates	Canon
Canton River Delta	5	Country is considered as a close Zhoushi ally both within and outside of the Sekidean Union	Only via SU consulates	Canon
Cocuryeo	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng, however, some parties lay concern on the decentralised system currently in place	Yes	Canon
Elenias	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng, but lacks sustainable governmental activity	Only via SU consulates	Questionable
Ereska	1	This nation is despised for unforgivable war crimes committed by the government during the civil war	No	Non-canon
Foxomexra	2	Country is disliked by the general Zhoushi populace for the speeches against the Sekidean Union done by Foxomexran politicians	No	Canon
Gadorien	5	Country is the closest ally of Zhousheng and both countries actively maintain national minority autonomies of each other country	Yes	Canon
Gassasinia	3	Country is considered as a hypothetical ally in the future	No	Canon
Gorabo	3	Country is considered as a hypothetical ally in the future	No	Canon
Great Golden Raj	5	Country is considered as a close Zhoushi ally both within and outside of the Sekidean Union	Only via SU consulates	Canon
Kentalis	5	Country is considered as a close Zhoushi ally both within and outside of the Sekidean Union	Yes	Canon
Mehrava	3	Country is considered as a hypothetical ally in the future	No	Canon
New Sebronia	4	Country is considered a good ally to Zhousheng when it comes to the relations of South Anterian Defense Alliance	No	Canon
Polder Eiland	5	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng via the Inner Sekidean Union	Yes	Non-canon
Prei Meas	5	Country is historically closely tied to Zhousheng and is treated as a above all reliable ally who can be trusted no matter what	Yes	Canon
Qazhshava	3	Country is considered as a hypothetical ally in the future	Yes	Questionable
Slovanska Kraj	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng, but is often criticised for its authoritarian regime.	Only via SU consulates	Non-canon
Suoden	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng via the Sekidean Union	Only via SU consulates	Canon
Torvon	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng via the Sekidean Union	Only via SU consulates	Canon

Also, Zhousheng often ties the international relations to unions and alliances.

Supranational entity	Status (Scale 1-5)	Notes on relations
Dokodo Union	5	The Union is conisdered a trustable ally and many cooperation projects are current under way between Zhousheng and DU countries. Only real problem between the two would most likely be membership of a communist authoritarian Aenglicia in this union.
Midwestern Thrismari Cooperation Organisation	4	Countryies of the Organisations are considered as a trustable and reputable when it comes to stable relations
North Anterian Defense Alliance	2	Organisation is seen as a hostile organisation, but is remote enough to be overseen
South Anterian Defense Alliance	3	Organisation is seen as a good union under bad management and is seen as a organisation, that is trying naturally inclined towards cooperation, but is anxiously avoiding to do so

Infrastructure

Transportation

Zhoushi government adopted a pro-green policy eversince 2008 elections and protection of nature has been ratified even into Mustelarian Constitution in 2020. One of the policies is providing affortable public transport and taxing gas. Highways are built in order to save driver's time and therefore gas consumption, but there are strict governmental regulations on emissions allowed to be produced by a car. Public transport, both in the city and on the countryside is very good, with trams/streetcarts being in every city with over 200 thousand inhabitants and metro being built in every city with over 1 million inhabitants. Air travel is hardly used for interstate travel, but is prominent when it comes to flying to faraway countries. The Colonia-Pinžak Canal Complex ensures functional naval connection from Gadorien through Zhousheng into Slovanska Kraj and Monte Blancan lake Pinžak

Energy production in Zhousheng (2018)

  Nuclear (uranium and thorium) plants (54.3%)

  Water and solar plants (22.8%)

  Coal and oil power plants (18.8%)

  Geothermal energy (4.0%)

  Other (0.1%)

Energy

Energy consumption is mostly held by 14 nuclear power plants (12 uranium and 2 thorium plants) with pushes to limit coal and oil consumption to a minimimum with getting rid of it by 2050. Currently, water and solar plants are not being built because of the lack of sustainability, as their construction effectively makes the same pollution as coal energy would. However, so called water batteries are being constructed (those pump the water up to a hill when there is a surplus energy avialable, creating potential energy that is later released once there is more demand for energy than can be produced). Geothermal power plants are built on the Thuadio-Sekidean tectonic plate border.

Culture

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Literature, Philosophy, and Art

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Holidays

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