Zhousheng
Federal Republic of Zhousheng Federalƞi Republika Зөшeng | |
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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 |
1773 CE - November 18th 1862 | |
• Bogmian Independence | December 1st 1862 |
• Zhengian Independence | January 3rd 1863 |
• Zhoushi Union | February 4th 1912 - May 8th 1925 |
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.
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: ទ្ឝម្ត្ឝវ្ចិ (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
Introduction
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 |
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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 |
Example of Zhoushi language (Lord's prayer)
English language | Zhoushi language | Zhoushi diacritic | Belgorian language | Belgorian latin | Slovanic langauge |
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Our Father in heaven, | Oþчe naш, kitory jesꞇєш na ƞieby, | Oṫče naš, kitory jesťěš na ňieby, | ⲟⲧⲕⲓ ⲛⲁϣⲓ, ⲧⲓϣ ⲓⲥⲉϣ ⲛⲁ ⲛⲓⲉⲃϣⲓⲭⲁⲭ, | Otki našim tiš iseš na niebšichach, | Otče náš, ktorý si na nebesiach, |
hallowed be your name. | mino Tiƿe buđ posviƌeno, | mino Tiwe buď posviḋeno, | ⲡⲟⲥⲫⲁⲧⲓⲓ ⲥⲁ ⲙⲉⲛⲟ ⲧⲯⲟⲓⲟ, | Posfitii sa meno Tvoio, | posväť sa meno Tvoje, |
Your kingdom come. | Tiƿoje guo pꝛiȝađ, | Tiwoje guo přiḣaď, | ⲡⲣⲓⲓⲭⲟⲇⲓⲓ ⲕⲣⲁⲗⲫⲥⲧⲯⲟ ⲧⲯⲟⲓⲟ, | Priichodii kralfstvo Tvoio, | príď kráľovstvo Tvoje, |
Your will be done, | biduч Tiƿuj janг, | biduč Tiwuj janǧ, | ⲃⲓⲓ ⲯⲩⲟⲗⲁ ⲧⲯⲟⲓⲁ, | bii vuola Tvoia, | buď vôľa Tvoja, |
on earth as it is in heaven. | jak fu ƞeby, tak aj na zөmi. | jak fu ňeby, tak aj na zǒmi. | ⲓⲁⲕ ⲯ ⲛⲓⲉⲃⲓ, ⲧⲁⲕ ⲁⲓ ⲛⲁ ⲍⲉⲙⲛⲓ. | iak v niebi, tak ai na zemni. | ako v nebi, tak i na zemi. |
Give us this day our daily bread | Ȝilab maш tudejшij divaj mam dƞes | Ḣilab maš tudejšij divaj mam dňes | ⲭⲗⲓⲉⲃⲓⲕ ⲛⲁϣ ⲯⲍⲇⲉⲓϣⲁⲓ ⲇⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲙ ⲇⲛⲓⲉⲥ | Chliebik naš daj nam dnies | Chlieb náš daj nám dnes |
and forgive us our debts, | aj ƿypujuшꞇaj mam гriȝy maшije, | aj wypujušťaj mam ğriḣy mašije, | ⲓ ⲟⲇⲡⲩϣⲧⲓ ⲛⲁⲙ ⲛⲁϣⲓⲉ ⲯⲓⲛⲓⲉ, | i odpušti nam našie vinie, | a odpusť nám naše viny, |
as we also have forgiven our debtors. | jak aj my ƿypujuшamy mašim huoqum. | jak aj my wypujušamy mašim huoqum. | ⲓⲁⲕ ⲓ ⲙⲓ ⲟⲇⲡⲩϣⲧⲓⲁⲙⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲓⲙ ⲯⲓⲛⲓⲕⲁⲙ. | iak i mi odpuštiame našim vinikam. | ako i my odpúšťame svojim vinníkom. |
And do not bring us into temptation, | Aj ƞevydaj mas fu pakuшenji, | Aj ňevydaj mas fu pakušenji, | ⲓ ⲛⲓⲉⲍⲯⲓⲉⲇⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲥ ⲯ ⲡⲟⲕⲩϣⲓⲉⲛⲓⲉ, | I nezvidai nas v pokušenie, | A neuveď nás do pokušenia, |
but rescue us from the evil one. | le zibafuj mas ƿy Jingu. | le zibafuj mas wy Jingu. | ⲁⲗⲓⲉ ⲭⲣⲁⲛⲓⲓ ⲛⲁⲥ ⲟⲇ ⲍⲗⲟⲅⲟ. | ale chrani nas od Zlogo. | ale zbav nás Zlého. |
People
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Religion
Zhousheng is split almost equally among Christianity and Kammism
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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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