Zhousheng

Federal Republic of Zhousheng Federalƞi Republika Зөшeng
Flag Greater coat of arms
Motto: Through the ages towards future (Zhoushi: Peꝛez doby fu buducnoшꞇ)
Anthem: The Wake of Unity
Capital	Kandan
Largest city	Zhousheng City
Official languages	Zhoushi
Ethnic groups	Zhoushi Zheng, Zhoushi Bogmian
Demonym(s)	Zhoushi
Government	Federal Constitutional Republic
• President	Sergei Napichu
• Prime Minister	Jeliþo Pogөf
Legislature	Parliament of Zhousheng Senate of Zhousheng
History of Zhousheng
• Bogmian Empire wars	760 CE - 880 CE
• The Dark Ages	1200 CE - 1600 CE
• The Empire of Three Kings	1773 CE - November 18th 1862
• Bogmian Independence	December 1st 1862
• Zhengian Independence	January 3rd 1863
• Zhoushi Union	February 4th 1912 - May 8th 1925
• War of the Council	May 9th 1937 - September 5th 1942
• Zhoushi Federation declared	September 6th 1943
• Official National Integration	December 31st 1984
• Mustelarian Federation formed	August 23rd 2020
Area
• Total	1,515,360 km2 (585,080 sq mi)
• Water (%)	4
Population
• 2020 estimate	149,350,000
• 2012 census	146,412,000
• Density	98,557/km2 (255,261.5/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$3,7 Trillion
• Per capita	$25,271
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$3.8 Trillion
• Per capita	$25,444
HDI (2019)	0.934 very high
Currency	Sekinar (SEK)
Time zone	UTC-4; -5 (PMT; PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4, -5 (not observed)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+720
Internet TLD	.zs

Zhousheng is a independent country bordering Gadorien, Prei Meas, Slovanska Kraj, Elenias, Bakyern & Monte Blanco. It is a member of the Mustelarian Federation along with Monte Blanco. It was formed in 1943 shortly after the War of the Council from the Zhoushi Union, which consisted of semi-independent countries of Bogmia and Zhengia, and the 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 Inner Circle and a proud actor in the Initiative for Global Peace.

History

History of Zhousheng can not be told as a single timeline, rather as a logical conclusion of two timelines.

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 Bogmanci/Bogmian, Slovanci/Slovans and 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 Slovanska Kraj. The empire is seen as a beggining 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, majority of local Bogmian warlords adopted Christianity, which spread into the area through Gadorien. In 1520's, new movement began to sprung up. Over the span of 3 centuries, minor duchies, kingdoms and even electorates slowly merged into 3 large entities: Kingdom of Bogmia (controlling the center and north of present day Zhousheng), Kingdom of Zhengia (controlling southern and coastal areas of present day Zhousheng) & Kingdom of Haldenia (controlling 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 to 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 Kingdom of Monte Blanco, Kingdom of Bogmia & Kingdom of Zhengia into the Empire of Three Kings, lead by Chepichkik dynasty, 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 became operating as independent entities. On the wake of the 19th century, monarchies in Zhengia, Bogmia and Monte Blanco fell one by one, transforming countries into parliamentary democracies.

Historical flag of Zhengia

Historical flag of Bogmia

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, collaterally called "The Council" (Old Bogmian: ⲣⲁⲇⲁ (rada), Latin Bogmian: Rada), therefore the war is called "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, 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, 2020, a Empire of Three Kings was reformed for 2 minutes, named the Empire of Mustelaria, which allowed 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 Federation of Mustelaria.

Zhengian perspective

Expected migration period

The southern areas of Zhousheng called Zhengia were settled by Zhengs, which are linguistically descendant to Prei Means and Phnoms. They crossed the mountain range separating Prei Meas from Mustelaria in about 1st century BCE, although no records of it from the time can be found and this information comes from the 5th century first written historical records of the Kingdom of Zhengia (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 Prei Mean root to Bogmian one, religion remains predominantly Kammist (Records from 1560 show, that although about 70% of recorded populace spoke some 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

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 Empire of Three Kings after a civil war decimated their army and the victorious Jamgic (Standard Zhengian: ចាជី (cha chi), Bogemised Zhengian: ទ្ឝ​ម្ត្ឝ​វ្ចិ (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 Empire, Zhengians tied themselves to new Bogmian state and formed a political Union by 1912. In 1915, Zhengians officially abandoned the old Prei Mean 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)

Demographics

Language

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 grammar. Because of the Zhengian accents profilerating, Zhoushi language has 40 unique phonemes, 2 of which are exclusive to Zhoushi language.

Official Zhoushi alphabet	Latinised Zhoushi alphabet	IPA Symbol	Example of a english word with the sound
A a	A a	[a]	After
B b	B b	[b]	Label
C c	C c	[t͡s]	Cicada
D d	D d	[d]	Done
Đ đ	Ď ď	[ɟ]	Voiced palatal plosive (not in english)
Ƌ ƌ	Ḋ ḋ	[d͡z]	Voiced alveolar affricate (not in english)
E e	E e	[ɛ]	Bed (General American accent)
Є є	Ě ě	[e]	Bed (Australian accent)
F f	F f	[f]	Fine
G g	G g	[g]	Game
Г г	Ǧ ǧ	[d͡ʒ]	Jam
H h	H h	[h]	Hello
Ȝ ȝ	Ḣ ḣ	[ɣ]/[x]	Velar fricative (not in english: Voiceless, Voiced)
I i	I i	[i]/[ɪ]	Free / Bit (General American)
J j	J j	[j]	You
K k	K k	[k]	Key
L l	L l	[l]	Later
Λ λ	Ľ ľ	[ȴ]	Million
M m	M m	[m]	Mother
N n	N n	[n]	Month
Ƞ ƞ	Ň ň	[ɲ]	New
O o	O o	[o]/[ɔ]	Yawn / Not
Ө ө	Ǒ ǒ	[u͡o]	Not in english. Examples are is Slovak as Ô
P p	P p	[p]	Play
Q q	Q q	[k͡v]	A bigram of [k] and [v], for example in Question
R r	R r	[r]	Bright
Ꝛ ꝛ	Ř ř	[r̝]/[r̝̊]	Voiced and voiceless alveolar fricative trills (not in english)
S s	S s	[s]	Surprise
Ш ш	Š š	[ʃ]	Show
T t	T t	[t]	Time
Ꞇ ꞇ	Ť ť	[c]	Voiceless palatal plosive (not in english)
Þ þ	Ṫ ṫ	[ð] / [θ]	This / Thin
U u	U u	[u]	Boot
V v	V v	[v]	Valve
Ƿ ƿ	W w	[w]	Weep
X x	X x	[k͡s]	A bigram of [k] and [s], for example in Maximal
Y y	Y y	[ɨ]	Lip (London accent)
Z z	Z z	[z]	ZOO
З з	Ž ž	[ʒ]	Pleasure

People

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Religion

Zhousheng is split almost equally among Christianity and Kammism

Religion Affiliation in Zhousheng (2018)

  Protestant Christian (40.2%)

  Kammist (39.7%)

  Agnosticism/Ateism/Non-affiliated (13.6%)

  Catholic Christian (4.3%)

  Other religions (1.0%)

  Connection religions (0.2%)

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 Protestant Christianity and Kammism, trying to find a missing step, so called "Religious bridge (Nabөзeƞski 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.

Family Structure

Father is often seen as the 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 homosexuality, pansexuality, asexuality or any fetishes, which can work with consent of both partners (such as BDSM practices with both/all sides consenting or any clothing fetishes), however sexual practices in which both sides can not consent (pedophilia, zoophilia, 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 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

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Government and Politics

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Elections

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Military

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The Executive Branch

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Foreign relations

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"

Country/Union/Autonomous District	Status (Scale 1-5)	Notes on relations	Mutual Embassies
Ateenia	1	Country is considered the biggest threat to Zhousheng in the world and is threated as such	No
Aziallis	5	Country is the closest Zhoushi ally outside of the Sekidean Union	Yes
Bakyern	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng, however, it is also criticised for some government practices	Yes
Bretislavia	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng, however, it is also criticised for some government practices	Only via SU consulates
Canton River Delta	5	Country is considered as a close Zhoushi ally both within and outside of the Sekidean Union	Only via SU consulates
Elenias	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng, but lacks sustainable governmental activity	Only via SU consulates
Ereska	1	This nation is despised for unforgivable war crimes committed by the government during the civil war	No
Foxomexra	2	Country is disliked by the general Zhoushi populace for the speeches against the Sekidean Union done by Foxomexran politicians	No
Gadorien	5	Country is the closest ally of Zhousheng and both countries actively maintain national minority autonomies of each other country	Yes
Gassasinia	3	Country is considered as a hypothetical ally in the future	No
Gorabo	3	Country is considered as a hypothetical ally in the future	No
Great Golden Raj	5	Country is considered as a close Zhoushi ally both within and outside of the Sekidean Union	Only via SU consulates
Kentalis	5	Country is considered as a close Zhoushi ally both within and outside of the Sekidean Union	Yes
Mehrava	3	Country is considered as a hypothetical ally in the future	No
Neferheim	2	Country is generally disliked by Zhousheng because of the authoritarianism and recent scam on Zhoushi investments	No
New Sebronia	4	Country is considered a good ally to Zhousheng when it comes to the relations of South Anterian Defense Alliance	No
Polder Eiland	5	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng via the Inner Sekidean Union	Yes
Prei Meas	5	Country is historically closely tied to Zhousheng and is treated as a above all reliable ally who can be trusted no matter what	Yes
Qazhshava	3	Country is considered as a hypothetical ally in the future	No
Suoden	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng via the Sekidean Union	Only via SU consulates
Torvon	4	Country is considered an ally of Zhousheng via the Sekidean Union	Only via SU consulates

Also, Zhousheng often ties the international relations to unions and alliances.

Supranational entity	Status (Scale 1-5)	Notes on relations
Dokodo Union	5	The Union is conisdered a trustable ally and many cooperation projects are current under way between Zhousheng and DU countries.
Midwestern Thrismari Cooperation Organisation	4	Countryies of the Organisations are considered as a trustable and reputable when it comes to stable relations
North Anterian Defense Union	2	Organisation is seen as a hostile organisation, but is remote enough to be overseen
South Anterian Defense Union	3	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

Infrastructure

Transportation

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Culture

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Food

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Literature, Philosophy, and Art

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