'''Zhousheng''' is a independent country in [[Anteria]], on the continent of [[Thuadia]], bordering [[Gadorien]], [[Prei Meas]]<!--, [https://www.nationstates.net/nation=cocuryeo/detail=factbook/id=main Cocuryeo]-->, [[Speke]], <!--[https://www.nationstates.net/nation=elenias Elenias],--> [[Qazhshava]], [[Bakyern]] & [[Monte Blanco]]. It is a member of the [[Mustelaria|Mustelarian Federation]] along with [[Monte Blanco]]. It was formed in 1943 shortly after [[War of the Council|the War of the Council]] from the Zhoushi Union, which consisted of semi-independent countries of [[Bogmia]] and [[Zhengia]], and the [https://iiwiki.us/wiki/War_of_the_Council#War_begins_-_1938 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 [[Sekidean Union#Inner Sekidean Union|Inner Circle]] and a proud actor in the [[Anterian World Assembly]].
'''Zhousheng''' is a independent country in [[Elezia]], on the continent of TBD, bordering TBD. It was formed in TBD shortly after [[World War I (Elezia)|World War I]] from the Zhoushi Union, which was a colony. It is officially an unitary democratic state.
|footnotes = '''ㅤPreceded byㅤ''' {{align|right|'''ㅤPart ofㅤ'''}}<br>{{align|center|''Zhousheng's existence as a sovereign entity:''<ref>Although being member of the both [[Sekidean Union#Inner Sekidean Union|Inner Sekidean Union]] and the [[Mustelaria|Mustelarian Federation]], Zhousheng still technically exists as a sovereign country.</ref>}}
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← {{flag|Bogmia}} ''(1943)'' {{align|right|[[Sekidean Union#Inner Sekidean Union|Inner Sekidean Union]]<ref>Technically, the [[Sekidean Union#Inner Sekidean Union|Inner Sekidean Union]] has aspects of both a country and a political union, as it shares aspects of a single country (unified [[Sekidean Union#High Court|supreme court]], [[Sekidean Union#Sekidean Parliament|parliament]], [[Sekidean Union#Sekidean Council|governance]] and unified [[Sekinar|currency]].</ref> ''(2012)'' [[file:SekideanUnionNoStarsFlag.png|border|link=|23px]] ⊂}}<br>← {{flag|Zhengia}} ''(1943)'' {{align|right| [[Mustelaria]] ''(2017)'' [[file:FlagMustelaria.png|border|link=|23px]] ⊂}}
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==History==
==History==
History of Zhousheng can not be told as a single timeline, rather as a logical conclusion of two timelines.
TBD
===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 [[Bogmia|Bogmanci/Bogmian]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovaks Slovanci/Slovans] and [[Monte Blanco|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 [[Bakyern]]. 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 [[Religion in Anteria|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: [[Bogmia|Kingdom of Bogmia]] (controlling the center and north of present day Zhousheng), [[Zhengia|Kingdom of Zhengia]] (controlling the southern and coastal areas of present day Zhousheng) & [[Haldenia|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 [[Monte Blanco|Kingdom of Monte Blanco]], [[Bogmia|Kingdom of Bogmia]] & [[Zhengia|Kingdom of Zhengia]] into the [[Mustelaria#The Empire of Three Kings|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.
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====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 "[[War of the Council|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 2017, a [[Mustelaria#The Empire of Three Kings|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 [[Mustelaria|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 Meas|Preimeais]] and [[Phnom language|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 [[Zhengia|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 Preimeai root to Bogmian one, religion remains [[Kammism|predominantly Kammist]] (Records from 1560 show, that although about 70% of recorded populace spoke some [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaronic_language 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====
[[Zhengia|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 [[Mustelaria#The Empire of Three Kings|Empire of Three Kings]] after a civil war decimated their army and the victorious Jamgic (Standard Zhengian: ''ចាជី (cha chi)'', Bogemised Zhengian: ''ទ្ឝម្ត្ឝវ្ចិ (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 [[Mustelaria#The Empire of Three Kings|Empire]], Zhengians tied themselves to new Bogmian state and formed a political Union by 1912. In 1915, Zhengians officially abandoned the old Preimeai 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 Preimeai civil war, Zhengian areas were heavily fortified by Zhoushi army and later used as a bridgehead in the involvement.
==Demographics==
==Demographics==
===Language===
===Language===
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====Introduction====
====Introduction====
[[Zhoushi language]] is a part of [[Kento-Polyash languages|Kento-Polyash]] subgroup of Slavic languages.
[[Zhoushi language]] is a part of the Slavic languages.
The language has a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_languages 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.
The language has a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_languages 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/Suiden grammar. Because of the Zhengian accents profilerating, Zhoushi language has 40 unique phonemes, 2 of which are exclusive to Zhoushi language.
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 (''Nabөʒeƞski 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.
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 (''Nabөʒeƞski 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.
====Zhengian Kammism====
Zhengians, being descendant from [[Prei Meas|Preimeais]] adopted [[Kammism]] as their state religion. During the ages, but especially during the [[Mustelaria#The Empire of Three Kings||Empire of Three Kings]], religion developed more towards spritualism and self-preservation, rather than literal interpretation and ortodoxy. Some factions of Kammist belief in Zhousheng claim to have multiple other texts not included in the main religion, that depicts the interraction of Preah in the region across the mountains from Prei Meas.
Only real claim, that has awaken a real controversy even between more ortodox Zhoushi Kammists refers to the holy wars between Zhengians and a undisclosed nationality reffered to as "The Marks", which, according to the script, did practice a polygamous polyteistic religion and were able to incarnate demons from the mud of valleys. This ideology goes both against Kammism (both Zhengian and Preimeai branches), any branch of Christianity developed in Zhousheng, as well as archeological discoveries from the area.
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 [[Mustelaria#The Empire of Three Kings||Empire of Three Kings]],<ref>See article about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_canon Biblical canons] on Wikipedia</ref> having been decided to include multiple various gnostical apocrypha gospels into the Bible. The current composition of the Zhoushi Kaȝin Bible is:
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|title=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament The Old Testament] <small>''(Collapsible list, click on [show] to open)''</small>
|37=• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation Revelation of John]
|38=• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_of_Peter Revelation of Peter]}}
Among many controversial Kaȝin Christian ideals is most prominent the idea, that every person judges themselves on their sin. The idea is, that after death, you are retrospectively played your life not only from your point of view, but from the point of view of all people you ever met and then, you are asked to judge yourself with honesty.
Other controversial ideal is, that Hell is not permanent, but works rather as a prison, where damned souls undergo their punishment before being allowed to enter throught the Pearly Gates into Heaven. The idea also comes away from physical punishment to a psylogical one. Although not being an official doctrine, some Kaȝin theologists suggest, that the punishment might be particapory and allegorical to the sin committed. Popular culture showed some interesting ideas for the afterlife based on the Kaȝin conception (of course neither of those is official), such as:
* Cheating gamblers are forced to lay out every possible combination of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_card Poker cards]. That value is equal to 52!=80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000<ref>I recommend seeing examples of how ridicilously high 52! really is [https://czep.net/weblog/52cards.html →here←]</ref>
* Corrupt politicians, officers and oligarchs are made to pay back the bribes and all the money it took from people as a worst payed job they allowed to exist (minimal wage and worst conditions possible)
* Desinformators, liars and fake prophets are made to read and memorize every book, article or text they ever misattributed, took out of context or knowingly didn't give credit to for selfish reasons, such as personal gain.
====Pangodism====
Pangodism (Zhoushi: ''Vшebөʒeƞictvi'') is the most prominent of the Connection religions and is currently listed as harmless by both Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Culture. The main idea stands on the assumption, that Abrahamic/Christian God (especially referring to the Kaȝin Christian God) is the same entity as Preah from [[Kammism]] and that the name of the God from the Old Testiment was misinterpreted and that the original [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton Tetragrammaton] was "פּרעה", standing for PRJH (Preah).
Pangodists do not pray as a group in rituals, but rather spontainously in the moments they feel obligated to thank God for his gifts to them. Their principles come from a interpretation of the rules stated in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments Decalogue], but have shifted to a more vague indifferent definitions. An example of this can be "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy" is often understood in Pangodist circles as a example of Preah wanting them to not only be productive, but not harm themselves by overworking themselves. Many contradictions between Kammism and Abrahamic faiths have been explained as interraction errors, transcription errors or difference of thinking of the people across [[Anteria]].
Among Pangodist ideals belong idea, that God is inherrently good and that hell does not exist. Unlike most of the Christian churches, Pangodists recognize purgatory as a pre-step before Heaven. Many Pangodist philosophes (most famous of them could be Jesƞislav Џomula) often tend to question the afterlife as a concept and often tend to come to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation reincarnation] as a solution. According to that explanation, the time spent in heaven is based upon each person's decision and every soul gets the option to re-incarnate and live another life.
Some philosophes disputed this idea and came with a alternative, where every sould, after it goes through purgatory, stays in Heaven for a set amount of time and then, God finishes the old Universe, concludes, and creates a new one. According to this explanation, the emergence of first cells is a imminence as soul can not be destroyed. This idea, however, comes with a lot of conflicts on it own. Some scientists analysing this issue came to a conclusion, that if any future recreation of the Universe would unavoidably have to have more life in it, this ideology could be scrapped if the universe is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_geometry Spherical]. Current observations however rather suggest the universe is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_geometry Euclidean].
===Family Structure===
Father is often seen as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchy 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality homosexuality], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexuality bisexuality], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansexuality pansexuality], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality asexuality] or any fetishes, which can work with consent of both partners (such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM BDSM practices with both/all sides consenting] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fetishism any clothing fetishes]), however sexual practices in which both sides can not consent ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia pedophilia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia zoophilia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrophilia necrophilia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_fantasy 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy 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==
==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).
TBD
==Climate==
==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.
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 Blanco|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 [[Dumtapolis|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====
====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.
TBD
====Aerial forces====
====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.
TBD
====Naval forces====
====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 Laџislaƿ Ƌurk.
TBD
====Special forces====
====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.
TBD
====Nuclear forces====
Nuclear weaponry and protection from nuclear weapons as well as space forces are part of MUFETA.
===The Executive Branch (Government)===
===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.
TBD
====Ministries====
====Ministries====
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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...)
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...)
=====History of the presidency=====
=====History of the presidency=====
The role of the president developed as a compromise from the role of the Chairman of the Union Assembly, a figure presiding the Zhoushi Union Assembly, a cooperative organ. This organ was created as as a reaction to a overwhealming victory of Unified Council Movement in [[Zhengia|Zhengian]] elections of 1909 and [[Bogmia|Bogmian]] elections of 1910. That role was a symbolical person without most of the rights in the peacetime, however, in the wartime, a chairman was given a role over both armies, being given a "military" term, which didn't count up to the three term limits of the role to remove a pressure from the person and give them breathing room to better organize defence of the Union.
TBD
During the Zhoushi Union, the military term has been enacted twice. First during [[Zhoushi Troubles|The Troubles]] and second during the [[War of the Council]], both of which ended successfully. Both military chairmen (Þeodor Korolin and Benjamin Totoj) later went to have a successful careers and turned to be impactful to the present Zhoushi society.
=====Continuity=====
=====Continuity=====
Currently, the president is the only official representative of Zhousheng, that is given his [https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Flag_of_Zhousheng#Zhoushi_Presidential_standard vexillological standard], giving him a historical continuation tracable back to 1912 and the creation of Zhoushi Union, and by extension through the Unified Council Movement and Чepiчkik link back to the [[Mustelaria#The Empire of Three Kings|Empire of Three Kings]].
TBD
=====Þeodor Korolin=====
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The first military chairman, Þeodor Korolin, ascended to prevent a civil war during the time of political instability.
The first military chairman, Þeodor Korolin, ascended to prevent a civil war during the time of political instability.
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| ''The land reform and [[War of the Council]] settlement''
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====Current president====
====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.
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===
<small>''Main article: [[Political relations of Zhousheng]]''</small>
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''"
| 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
| 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
|bgcolor=#B1FFA6|Canon
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==Infrastructure==
==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
===Transportation===
Zhoushi government adopted a pro-green policy eversince 2008 elections and protection of nature has been ratified even into Mustelarian Constitution in 2017. 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 Blanco|Monte Blancan]] lake Pinžak
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===Energy===
===Energy===
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==See also==
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*[[Sekidean Union]]
*[[Inner Sekidean Union]]
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Zhousheng is a independent country in Elezia, on the continent of TBD, bordering TBD. It was formed in TBD shortly after World War I from the Zhoushi Union, which was a colony. It is officially an unitary democratic state.
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/Suiden grammar. Because of the Zhengian accents profilerating, Zhoushi language has 40 unique phonemes, 2 of which are exclusive to Zhoushi language.
In Zhousheng, most of the people are combination of Prei-Phnom and Thuado-Thrismaran 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.
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.
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), so called cyclical symbol, noted as "ᘐ" in new Zhoushi numerals refers to a number in a twelve-step cycle. Example could be clock, where numerals 10, 11 and 12 are replaced by ᚴ, ⵒ and ᘐ to this day. Some translations of the Kaȝin Canon still use dozenal naming, especially in the Book of Revelation of John.
Religion
Zhousheng is split almost equally among Christianity and Kammism
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 (Nabөʒeƞski 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.
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.
NE (sometimes called "ȠE" to parody it as a negative)
Technocratic far right
2
Opposition
Military
TBD
Land forces
TBD
Aerial forces
TBD
Naval forces
TBD
Special forces
TBD
The Executive Branch (Government)
TBD
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 Џoƞin
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
Џejkob 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...)
History of the presidency
TBD
Continuity
TBD
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.
Infrastructure
Transportation
TBD
Energy
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 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.
↑Mostly represented by Pangodists. The percentage of people believing some hybrid of Christianity and Kammism is probably way higher, some studies estimate between 30 and 50 per cent, but most of the people rather declare they are part of one of the main religions
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