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Tiandao (Chinese: 天道; pinyin: Tiāndào, meaning "Heaven's Way") is the official ideology of The Empire of Amenria. The first ideas that would spawn it came to the mind of the first Heavenly Emperor of Amenria, Tianshi, around 2018, but is considered "founded" as a complete ideology in 2030 with his publishing of A Nation's Road to Enlightenment: the 56 Principles, the book that defines and outlines the thoughts around the ideology.
Tiandao was defined in the aforementioned book as an ideology that aims to establish and maintain a moral, just, prosperous, and advanced society under a leader who derives his/her authority from God's will. It has thus been characterized as an authoritarian centrist ideology with emphasis on religion, order, technological developments and technocracy and moderatism.
Etymology
The name Tiandao was chosen as it was created as a means for a leader to rule as the representative of God wherever they may be, and take both themselves and their subjects to "a blissful existence" in their current lives, and Heaven in their next.
Philosophy and components
Globalism
Tiandao does not consider itself as a permanent solution to society's ills. Instead, it serves to guide sentient beings of the current era to the inevitable point where society has progressed past the need for multiple states in one planet and where the average citizen has reached a level of spiritual enlightenment to be trusted with a chance at governance. When a unified planet under a benevolent leader has been achieved, Tiandao is considered to have succeeded.
Balance
Tiandao considers extremes to be undesirable, encouraging moderation in all things.
Pacifism
While Tiandao sees war and violence in general to be a component of sentience and cannot be ended lest every sentient life form in the multiverse is killed, it considers violence as a last resort. It values all life and encouages one to do no harm with one's words or actions except in situations where it is absolutely necessary for self-defence. It is for this reason that the Imperial Amenrian Armed Forces is rarely used offensively, and in cases where it is, it is done to contain multiversal threats.