Yudong

Yudong 域东 (Yudongese) Yùdōng
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: "卿雲歌" "Qīng Yún Gē" "Song to the Auspicious Cloud"
Seal of Yudong "域东之璽" "Seal of Yudong"
Capital and largest city	Dongcheng
Official languages	Yudongese
Official script	Yudongese characters
Demonym(s)	Yudongese
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
• President	Lin Hanying
• Prime Minister	Teng Lingxin
Legislature	Legislative Yuan
Establishment
• Mong Dynasty	c. 200 BC
Population
• 2020 estimate	123,284,452
• 2018 census	123,274,320
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$3.727 trillion
• Per capita	$30,238
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$2.680 trillion
• Per capita	$21,743
Gini (2017)	33.1 medium
HDI (2020)	0.910 very high
Currency	Yudongese Yuan (¥) (YYN)
Date format	YYYY/MM/DD
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.yg

Yudong (Yudongese: 域东; pinyin: Yùdōng) is a country in Pamira that borders clockwise Sumigen, Valimia, Chasun and the Pamiran Federation, while shares maritime borders with Kenlong and Melasia. It is the second largest countries in the world by territorial expansion and population, being home to approximately 123,284,452 inhabitants, of which a majority lives in the coastal areas and the eastern regions. Yudong is officially divided in _ provinces and three cities that count with a special status; Dongcheng is the capital and largest city as well as one of the most populous metropolitan regions, while Baoping, Jiangping and Liaoping are considered important financial centres.

Yudong traces its origins back to some of the first civilizations in the world, when numerous dynasties ruled the territory under a rigid power structures. It was near 200 BC when the expansion of the Mong Dynasty across the eastern regions and inland provoked the establishment of the Mong Emperor over the rest of regional leaders under the structure of the Yudongese Empire. The period was going to be severely marked by the creation of advanced technology, art and literature, which made its way to Berea through the several commerce routes, from where several knowledge was also introduced to Yudong. Several civil wars against the ruling family were going to conclude with a new period of territorial fragmentation that was going to expand several centuries through territorial disputes; with the flourish of feudal societies, better agriculture and the advances on medicine, numerous dynasties were going to surge and consolidate power in Dongcheng over the years. During the early 17th century, the Fen Dynasty achieved power and introduced a strict isolationist policy that severely harmed Yudong and left it disarmed and technologically behind surrounding empires; with the Chasunese Empire at its height having conquered most northern Yudongese territories and with an important advance on its east, Yudong was forced to sign several commercial treaties to Berean powers in order to advance against the Charasŏn.

Between the late 17th and the 18th centuries, Yudong achieved a rapid restoration but civil unrest an political instability due to Fen's concessions to Bereans took it back to a long period of isolation and restructuration of its political panorama. As a result, the society of Yudong grew reticent to Bereans until its longest isolation period was broken by a fleet from Sarrac, Lavaria and Mascylla, which forced a gradual and restricted opening of commerce in specified ports. During the 19th century, a rapid but scarce industrialisation process took over the largest cities and ports. At the start of the 20th century, Yudong fought alongside the Armala Coalition during Great War, although it retired shortly before its formal cease of fire due to internal unrest, which forced the fall of the dynastic monarchy and the division of Yudong between the Republic of Yudong, also known as Baoping Republic, and the socialist Democratic People's Republic of Yudong until the fall of the last during the 1980s. The period was severely marked by Berean investment and a rapid economic boom in the Baoping Republic while the DPRY was under an important influence from Kodesh and Dulebia. During the Melasian Crisis, Yudong remained a key geopolitical partner of Mascylla and Falland in Pamira, which took it to exercise influence against Cuthland-Waldrich in Melasia, Kenlong and Chasun.

Since the reunification of the two Yudongese republics, the country has advanced on its democratic quality and robust industrial economy. Yudong is considered a developed country and ranks high in different metrics like life expactancy, civil liberties, education and health care as well as in Human Development Index. The country is one of the largest economies in the world and ranks near or at the top in nominal and PPP figures of gross domestic product. Yudong is a founding member of the Assembly of Nations and a strategic partner and observer of the Berean Defence Treaty Association.

History

Prehistory and antiquity

Xiang era Guang used during rituals with rice wine, Dongcheng History Museum.

Yudongese civilizations are believed to have found their cradle on the eastern regions of the country. Although Homo Sapiens presence is dated from at least 35-30,000 years ago, records prove that the region has been inhabited by several other hominids before, that continued their path towards the Chasunese peninsula and _ island. Over the years, most fossils like the Dongcheng Man and Lin Woman have been found along the Tao River, the cradle of Yudongese civilization, which played a crucial role in the improvement of agriculture, rice farming and creation of technology over the next centuries.

Ancient records and excavations have concluded with the Xiang Dynasty being the first to have ruled a portion of Yudongese territory; although texts remain vague in the establishment of the Xiang, fossils and artefacts have shown the early existence of early markings of ancestral Yudongese characters and advanced methods to stop floods.

Politics and government

Lin Hanying
President of Yudong

Teng Lingxin
Prime Minister of Yudong

Yudong is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic led by a Head of Sate, the President, and a Head of Government, the Prime Minister, whose sovereignty of both is vested on the Yudongese people as specified on the Constitution of Yudong. The power of the President is, in the practice, merely ceremonial and it is the Prime Minister who exercises most of executive duties. Yudong counts with one of the oldest constitutions and judicial structures, having been modified over the centuries by the numerous dynasties and democratic regimes; the last major reform concluded with the reunification between the Republic of Yudong and the Democratic People's Republic of Yudong, which set the bases for the current political system. Yudong's political scene has been largely dominated by the centre-right Democratic Party and the centre-left Progressive-Liberal Alliance, although in recent years minor parties have achieved visibility and formed electoral coalitions in parliament and governments.

Based in the Three Principles of the People, power in Yudong is separated in five branches or Yuans (院) based in the imperial legacy of the nation with western elements:

• Executive Yuan: ceremonially led by the President, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, who appoints the Prime Minister on behalf of the confidence of the Legislative Yuan and the members of the cabinet, which are proposed by the later and appointed by the former.
• Legislative Yuan: consists in the bicameral legislature of Yudong, composed by 465 members on the lower chamber and 245 in the higher chamber; all of them elected directly by the population. The Legislative Yuan is tasked with making and passing laws, approving budgets, the interpellation of ministers and government officials, among others.
• Judicial Yuan: refers to the judiciary of Yudong that is composed by a Constitutional Court, which interpretes the Constitution and impeaches Presidents, the ordinary courts (Supreme Courts, High Courts and District Courts) and the specialised courts in family, labour and others.
• Control Yuan: is considered an investigatory and auditory branch; its main purpose is to adjudicate impeachments, censure government members and audit budgets.
• Examination Yuan: is the civil service commission and is in charge of validating the qualifications of civil servants.

Foreign relations

Deng Zedong, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yudong during a press conference of the BDTA in Falland.

Yudong has an active role in the foreign relations scenario and its presence in Pamira and the world in general are important to balance the power of the Mageiros League and Kodesh in a strategically important region. Its main allies are Falland, Sarrac and Mascylla, which have contributed militarily and financially before and after the reunification of Yudong; the country is a strategic ally of the Berean Defence Treaty Association and has multiple signed commercial agreements with its members.