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People's Union of Yingok
燕華人民國 (Yinese)
Flag of Louwan
Flag
Coat of arms of Louwan
Coat of arms
Anthem: 
前進,燕國
Chìhnjeun, Yingwok
"Forward, Yingok"
Seal
燕國國璽 (Yingwok Gwoksáai)
"National Seal of Yingok"
Yingok Seal.png
Location of territories administered by the PUY (green), with Mainland Area claims (light green)
Location of territories administered by the PUY (green), with Mainland Area claims (light green)
Capital
and largest city
Senging
Official languagesYinese
Recognised national languagesTanic
Shanese
Ethnic groups
(2019)[1]
82% Yinese
11% Tanic
5.7% Shanese
1.3% Others
Religion
(2022)[2]
52% Irreligious
36.4% Sendou
10.3% Gregorianism
2.1% Others
Demonym(s)Louwanese[3]
GovernmentUnitary Arvidsenist one-party socialist republic
Yip Cinying
• Premier
Cheui Houyin
Fung Jiwei
Gu Git
LegislaturePeople's National Council
History
5 July 1475
1 November 1913
c. September 1969
12 April 1970
18 January 1978 – c. December 1981
2 February 2009
Area
• Total
181,196 km2 (69,960 sq mi)
Population
• 2021 estimate
Neutral increase2,241,400[4]
• 2011 census
Neutral increase2,187,953[5]
• Density
12.37/km2 (32.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase$106.189 billion[6]
• Per capita
Increase$47,376[6]
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase$86.948 billion[6]
• Per capita
Increase$38,792[6]
Gini (2023)Positive decrease 38.3[7]
medium
HDI (2022)Steady 0.794[8]
high
CurrencyLouwanese Yun (圓; LWY)
Time zoneUTC+10:30 (Louwan Mean Time, LMT)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+11:30 (Louwan Summer Mean Time, LSMT)
Date formatdd-mm-yyyy
Driving sideleft
Calling code+57
ISO 3166 codeLW
Internet TLD.lw

Louwan, officially the People's Union of Yingok (Yinese: 燕華人民國; Jinping: Jin3 Waa4 Jan4 Man4 Gwok3; Yinese Hungshui Hernicisation: Yin-wàh Yàhn-màhn-gwok; PUY), is an island country situated between the Alconian Ocean to the south and the Glacian Ocean to the north. Although the Louwanese archipelago is designated as part of Elia Borealis, the country is more culturally and politically linked with Abaria. The capital and largest city of Louwan is Senging, home to about 32.5% of the country's population of 2,241,400 as of 2021.

The island was formed by a series of volcanic eruptions in the Mid-Alconian Ridge some 20 million years ago. Since then, such volcanism as well as geysers have characterised the geological activity of Louwan. For much of world history, Louwan was virtually uninhabited until the arrival of Yinese settlers led by Chiang Fai in 1405, establishing the eponymous port town of Louwan. However, Louwan did not grow due to its nature as a fringe settlement on the edge of the known world and was eventually abandoned in 1438. This was until when the fragmentation of the Artuchid Empire and the collapse of trade on the Silk Road to Calesia drove the Hon Dynasty to seek western routes across the ocean. Thus, Louwan was recolonised in 1475 while Elia Borealis itself would be discovered a few years later. Louwan prospered over the next few centuries, due to its position as a natural outpost and entrepót between Western Abaria, the Elias, and Calesia. During the 18th to 19th century, Louwan acted as a penal colony for various ethnic minorities who rebelled on the mainland.

During the Fourth Winter Period, the Confederacy Coalition assumed control over the island following the Louwanese War between 1902 to 1906, later being integrated into the Second Yinese Republic in 1913. During the Yinese Civil War, the Kongchangtong took over the colony in the Louwanese Campaign in 1969. In the conflicts aftermath, the defeated combinationalist government was forced evacuated to Louwan in an event known as the Great Retreat, where they established a new government-in-exile under martial law. Since then, the jurisdiction of the PUY have been limited to Louwan, Leimun, and other islands in the archipelago. Since the 1990s, Louwan has experienced significant internal development, entering a period of large-scale industrialisation and economic growth known as the Senging Miracle. By the late-2000s, Louwan had established itself as a strong export-oriented industrial economy, ranking highly in GDP per capita and economically focusing on steel, machinery, electronics, and chemicals manufacturing.

The international political status of Louwan is contentious. The PUY maintained its claim of being the sole legitimate government of Yingok despite the existence of the official government of the Fourth Republic on the mainland until 2008, when it officially acknowledged its control over mainland Yingok. Despite this, the PUY continues to recognise itself as the rightful government of Yingok and that the ROY is a "usurper regime". Louwan maintains normal diplomatic ties with many of the world's nations although very few recognise the PUY as the legitimate administration of Yingok.

Etymology

History

Geography

Politics

Economy

Demographics

Culture

See also

References

  1. "Annual Yearbook 2019". Louwan Government. 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. Yun, Salgado (2022). "Religions of Abaria in the Modern Day". Religion and Society Abaria. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  3. Fernando Albacete (ed.). Encyclopedia Louwan (19 ed.). World Factbook.
  4. 2021 Revision of World Population Prospects. United Congress.
  5. Hong, Datyoeng (16 October 2011). "Why the Population of Louwan is Declining". South Yinese Post. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "2022-2023 Economic Analysis" (PDF). Louwan Government. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  7. "Gini index – Louwan". Gini index. 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  8. "HDI Report 2021-2022" (PDF). United Congress Development Programme. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.