User:Sentinel/Sungtap

Empire of Sungtap 庭霅純 Sûngta̍pthêng
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Motto: 帆百飛中風 Hongdong hui pehhuâm ("Hundred sails flowing in the wind")
Capital	Laukeng
Largest city	Thianglau
Official languages	Sungese
Demonym(s)	Sungese
Government
• Emperor	Emperor Tsiukeng (帝景周)
Legislature	Hundred Colors
History
Population
• 2023 census	46,043,519
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Total	high 1t?
Currency	Sungese bung (文) (STB)
Time zone	UTC+8
Date format	yyyy/mm/dd (SE)
ISO 3166 code	ST
Internet TLD	.st

Sungtap (Sungese: 霅純 Sûngta̍p), formally the Empire of Sungtap (庭霅純 Sûngta̍pthêng), is a country located on the eastern coastline of the continent Atusia. It is bordered to the south by Dongguo; It has a population around 46 million, the vast majority of which is urbanized and living in the Sungese Megalopolitan Zone. Its capital is Laukeng, the seat of the Sungese government and the House of Jiam (冉家), the imperial family; its largest city and financial capital is the coastal Thianglau.

Being the cultural heartland of the Sungese people, the region which Sungtap now encompasses was the site of numerous ancient Sungese kingdoms, beginning with the mythical Sianmai (先邁) in the 100s CE and succeeded by various ascendant branches of the original dynasty. Between the 5th and 12th centuries, the Sungese would be conquered by the southern ???, thereon alternating in status between an annexed territory and client state of the ???, beginning the belligerent history between the two states. In 1193, Sungtap emerged independent under the rule of the modern imperial dynasty, establishing itself as a notable thalassocratic power across much of Atusia and parts of Muanbia, best known for its Blossoming Fleets - an expeditionary navy and mercantile fleet which connected it to much of the Orient. This rise in mercantile power would however weaken the authority of the imperial dynasty, leading to the rise of the Argent Princes, urban aristocrats which established their own capitals and covertly contended against the imperial house and one another for power. After a palace coup in 1668, the House of Hau (濠家) would be ascend as the regental custodian over the imperial dynasty and be acclaimed "first among equals" between the princedoms.