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|religion = [[Macakkanism]] <br> [[Perendism]] <br> [[Jiuism]] <br> Neo-Macakkanism <br> [[Chinese folk religion|folk religion]]
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The Kingdom of Bian was founded by the Huranian officer [[Dujue]], Viceroy of Bian before the Civil War and leader of the uprising against the Tan Dynasty. While he was still alive, Dujue remained the real hegemon of the Grand Covenant. Afterward, the position of Bian within the alliance would continue to diminish with each passing generation of ruler.
The Kingdom of Bian was founded by the Huranian officer [[Dujue]], Viceroy of Bian before the Civil War and leader of the uprising against the Tan Dynasty. While he was still alive, Dujue remained the real hegemon of the Grand Covenant. Afterward, the position of Bian within the alliance would continue to diminish with each passing generation of ruler.


while the Later Tan fell into the hands of private companies, local councils, and trade associations, Bian retained the magistrate-based social structure traditional of Neidi but with a twist: it's the military magistrature that took proeminence over its civilian counterpart. Military Commanderies and Prefectures replaced Mandarins, 10 years of military service was demanded of anyone who wished to make a political career, and the state was “rationalized” with the explicit purpose of making the military more efficient to the point that Bian was characterized by observers as an “Army with a state” (軍有國家, jūn yǒu guójiā, ''L’armée à l’état-nation''). Bian would dominate the early decades of the Grand Covenant. But as the Principean League took over as the proeminent faction within the Covenant, Bian was left with a dual Hua elite: a military-political elite who was trained, formed, and served in a Principean-dominated military and a financiary-economic elite who was dominated by pro-Covenant actors and foreign institutions. Civil strife would sign the end of the Kingdom of Bian as a major player and the "Bian Question" was one of the factor which led to the [[Social War]].
while the Later Tan fell into the hands of private companies, local councils, and trade associations, Bian retained the magistrate-based social structure traditional of Neidi but with a twist: it's the military magistrature that took proeminence over its civilian counterpart. Military Commanderies and Prefectures replaced Mandarins, 10 years of military service was demanded of anyone who wished to make a political career, and the state was “rationalized” with the explicit purpose of making the military more efficient to the point that Bian was characterized by observers as an “Army with a state” (軍有國家, jūn yǒu guójiā, ''L’armée à l’état-nation''). Bian would dominate the early decades of the Grand Covenant.
===Khitay===
===Khitay===
{{see also|Khitan (Levilion)}}
===Posterior Tan Dynasty===
===Posterior Tan Dynasty===
===Principean League===
In 1792, when [[Tan Mingdi]] took over the throne as King-Hegemon of Neidi, his main concern was the rapid growth of [[Perendism]] in his kingdom which he perceived as a threat to his authority. There was an estimated 360,000 converted Perendists, present in both urban and rural areas, forming a network of potential rebels. There were 56 foreign missionaries helped by 121 Huranian priests structuring those missions. In parallel, there were Blaykish and Principean adventurers and soldiers serving as ministers and administrators within the Tan state. The Principean community had especially strong ties with the military and the navy of the Tan state, among other supporters tied by blood or economic relations.
 
===Principean League===  
 
===Shanlu===
===Shanlu===
===Tabgachia===
===Tabgachia===
{{see also|Tabgach (Levilion)}}
==Structure==
==Structure==
===Grand Army===
===Grand Army===

Revision as of 15:50, 17 November 2023

Great Covenant

大盟
1807–1861
CapitalPort-Fleuri
Hóngzhàng
Vives-Eaux
Religion
Macakkanism
Perendism
Jiuism
Neo-Macakkanism
folk religion
GovernmentConfederation
History 
1807
1861
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tan Dynasty
Shang Fa

The Great Covenant (大盟, Dàméng) was a Supranational political and Economic union located primarily within modern Shang Fa, or northern Huran. Established in the aftermath of the Tan Civil War, it was composed of Anchu, the Kingdom of Bian, Khitay, the Republic of Lu, the Principean League, Tabgachia, and the Tan Dynasty. Each union member was still recognized as a sovereign and independent country internationally, but who agreed to form a joint diplomatic front in Surucia. The Principean League notably had a special status as part of Blayk colonial empire.

History

Membership

Anshu

Kingdom of Bian

The Kingdom of Bian was founded by the Huranian officer Dujue, Viceroy of Bian before the Civil War and leader of the uprising against the Tan Dynasty. While he was still alive, Dujue remained the real hegemon of the Grand Covenant. Afterward, the position of Bian within the alliance would continue to diminish with each passing generation of ruler.

while the Later Tan fell into the hands of private companies, local councils, and trade associations, Bian retained the magistrate-based social structure traditional of Neidi but with a twist: it's the military magistrature that took proeminence over its civilian counterpart. Military Commanderies and Prefectures replaced Mandarins, 10 years of military service was demanded of anyone who wished to make a political career, and the state was “rationalized” with the explicit purpose of making the military more efficient to the point that Bian was characterized by observers as an “Army with a state” (軍有國家, jūn yǒu guójiā, L’armée à l’état-nation). Bian would dominate the early decades of the Grand Covenant.

Khitay

Posterior Tan Dynasty

In 1792, when Tan Mingdi took over the throne as King-Hegemon of Neidi, his main concern was the rapid growth of Perendism in his kingdom which he perceived as a threat to his authority. There was an estimated 360,000 converted Perendists, present in both urban and rural areas, forming a network of potential rebels. There were 56 foreign missionaries helped by 121 Huranian priests structuring those missions. In parallel, there were Blaykish and Principean adventurers and soldiers serving as ministers and administrators within the Tan state. The Principean community had especially strong ties with the military and the navy of the Tan state, among other supporters tied by blood or economic relations.

Principean League

Shanlu

Tabgachia

Structure

Grand Army