Kāichrén Democratic State

Kāichrén Democratic State Kāichrén Minshu Kuni
1929–1961
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Motto: Tōitsu to Kaihō Unity and Liberation
Status	Abolished in 1961 by the Idaina Shūfuku Bunsho, ceased to functionally exist in 1951.
Capital	Fuzan
Common languages	Hiakemirian Constructed Language, Kāichrén-Gengo, Kaizuei, Kaihiman, Jien
Religion	N/A (officially)
Demonym(s)	Kāichrén
Government	Unitary Parliamentary Republic (1929-1945) Unitary Dictatorship (1945-1951)
Prime Minister / Kantoku
• 1929-1945	Kurokawa Isao
• 1945-1951	Ogata Katsu
Legislature	Kokuminkai
• Unitary House	Kokkahyōkan
Historical era	1929-1951/61
• Established	April 18th, 1929
• Start of the Great War	22nd January, 1931
• Ogata Katsu's Coup	January 6th, 1945
• Death of Ogata Katsu	January 1st, 1951
• Disestablished	September 6th, 1961
Currency	Hanabikoin
Today part of	Neo-Korea Matsumae Fukuyama

The Kāichrén Democratic State (HCL: Kāichrén Minshu Kuni) was a historical Kāichrén Nation-State existing from 1929 to 1951 (or 1961), following the abolishing of the State of Kaesong. It was the state which would start the Great War, and would through such severely delegitimize the concept of democracy within the Kāichrén socio-political mindset, with its rapid fall into violent authoritarianism under even the more-benevolent leadership of Kurokawa Isao being seen as proof that such a system was not sustainable or broadly beneficial for the population. Despite this negative reputation in the modern era, the KDS also played a key role in the development of a number of cultural and political works in Kāichrén culture, with its preservation of Kigenist shrines and artistic-linguistic works being crucial to said faith's mild revival in the modern era.

The KDS as a state entity, would cease functioning in 1951 with the start of the Kāichrén Civil War, although it would only officially cease to exist with the Idaina Shūfuku Bunsho, which officially declared Neo-Korea the only true successor state to the KDS. It also abolished the Kakumei Dōmeitō as a political entity, meaning that the singular ruling party of the KDS was also abolished. Before the end of the KCW, a number of exile organizations abroad claimed successorship to the KDS as an entity.

Etymolgy

The circumstances cessation of Kaesong's existence would lead to the decision that the new name for the nation would need to be entirely seperate from such. Therefore, a number of names would be mooted - including the Pan-Hiakemirian Federation, the Democratic State of Hiakemiria, The Yanshen-Jungg'o Federation, and a number of others. All of these names would be rejected on a popular level - therefore leading to the decision that the state should fundamentally prioritize the Kāichrén in the naming of such as a form of appeasement to the population, a result of the general decrease in popular fervor for the democratic experiment as economic changes began to be enacted. As a result of this appeasement, and of the general historical tendency of disregarding the Jungg'oan population, the state would be named the Kāichrén Democratic Republic.

Throughout the course of the Great War, the state would often be referred to as the "Fuzan Republic" - owing to the centralization of state power in Fuzan following the Second Kāichrén Revolution.

History

Background

Following the death of Hamamoto Jaeon, his unwanted successor Masaki Atsushi would be unable to adequately resist the push towards forcible democratization voiced by a number of partisan groups. While the success of the Chamorro War brought relief for a few years, it would still not prevent the Second Kāichrén Revolution - which saw the abolishing of the State of Kaesong and the formation of a provisional government. This provisional government would gradually orient itself towards the goal of hosting fair elections - a dream which would not be manifested due to the sudden death of Kita Hajime and the appointment of Kurokawa Isao. While a notable democratic figure himself, Isao's willingness to work with ex-military figures of Kaesong, and especially his willingness to form the Kakumei Domeito as a "Mass Party" which overtly stated its intentions of vanguardism would lead to the seizure of state power by unrepentant figures of Kaesong such as Ogata Katsu - and eventually would lead to his own overthrow.

The first and only elections in the KDS would see the colossal victory of the Kakumei - as it had absorbed all non-marginal opposition groupings to create a big-tent "national unity" platform. This absorption of all other parties was due to a number of factors - including the revolutionary prestige of Kurokawa Isao, the belief that it would grant them a greater voice within the government than if they attempted to form an anti-Kakumei coalition, and the lack of experience in the democratic system possessed by all parties. While this would not manifest, two internal groups / former parties - the Aikoku-sha, born from a party of the same name and aligned to the right of the political sphere, and the Minshujiyūtō, a center-left party which was the first to incorporate itself with the Kakumei - would both exhibit major policy influence.

Isao would begin to rapidly implement a series of Sukoist political and economic policies in the wake of his election - this rationalization of labor putting him in a state of opposition to the Iminchebol. Following a series of legal conflicts, paramilitary violence conducted by pro-Isao workers against Iminchebol leadership, and bribery of certain neutral bodies, Isao would be able to pass the Gyōkisei, or the "Amendments to General Industry Regulations" - which called for the mandatory state-unionization of Iminchebol workforces, mandated a number of restrictions on the amount of time individuals were allowed to work, and established a number of other regulatory structures. This victory would solidify his position, and Isao would go on to pass a number of other reforms in the few years before the Great War, including a minimum wage and a pension for people of 60 years or older. During this period, his foreign policy would be highly similar to Kaesong - including continued deepening of the Anagonian economic relationship (made easier by the adoption of market systems), and general support of decolonization, especially against Marquesan - who Isao possessed a notable grudge against.

This series of policies would lead to the 1931 Incident, and the beginning of the Great War.

Great War

The Great War would begin on the 22nd of January, following the breakdown of negotiations between Marquesan, Anagonia, and the KDS.

Economic Developments

Throughout the lifetime of the KDS, it would see the implementation of Sukoist economic policy - the consolidation of Iminchebol production into massively standardized lines for the purposes of mass production, the implementation of the earliest concepts of mass-consumption. These policies, based on those enacted by Suko himself, based themselves fundamentally on the cultural concept of the industrialization of humankind - that is to say that it fundamentally believed that social change could be enacted by "rationalization" of culturally and politically odious elements. It was this fundamental perspective that saw it eagerly adopted by military figures during the Great War, who believed it could be used to remove resistance to their policies by working class or minority populations, especially in the case of Ogata Katsu and his perspective on Jungg'o.

These policies would see natural dissent during the course of the war, especially by those few union structures which existed in the KDS - but ultimately they would be ignored or surpressed as the need of mobilization within the nation overturned any desire to attempt to care for or otherwise assist the population in withstanding the transformative societal effects such changes in production would have. Ultimately, they would provide the basis for the modern Neo-Korean economic structures of the state, with the majority of Iminchebol continuing to run along Sukoist lines until the 1995 Economic Reforms and the abolishing of currency such entailed.