Yeosan

Yeosan
Flag
Motto: Steadfast in Loyalty
Anthem: Land of Hope and Glory Royal anthem: God Save the King
Capital	Quxing
Official languages	Anglish
Demonym(s)	Yeosanese
Government	Monarchy
• Emperor	Alfred Xiang
Legislature	Parliament
Establishment
• First Settlers to the Isle	1550-1600
• Founding of the Xiang Dynasty	Late 17th century
• Great Leap Forward	1897-1908
• Establishment of the Constitutional Monarchy	1943
Population
• 2018 census	8,357,288
Currency	Yeosan Pan (回) (PAN)
Time zone	UTC -3
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+88
Internet TLD	.ysn

Yeosan, is a sovereign island nation in equatorial Alharu. It is an island state on a INSERT NUMBER HERE thousand km² island formed by volcanic activity about 82 million years ago. At 8 million inhabitants, Yeosan is one of the smaller nations in Alharu. Its capital is Quxing and is resident to just over 3.5 million of the 8 million inhabitants of the nation. The nation is known for its distinct mix of Europan and Sino culture which leads to interesting design, music, architecture, and many other things.

The Yeosanese are directly related to the Burlingtonians as they originally hail from Great Burlington and made their way to their current island after they were persecuted for their religion.

Due to it's close proximity to the Yellow Empire at its founding, it has had a great influx of Sino culture into its own, creating one of its defining features as aforementioned.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, the nation went through a huge change and transitioned from a highly rural agrarian lifestyle to a far more urban and industrialised lifestyle through a large social and economic campaign created by Emperor George Xiang deemed The Great Leap Forward by himself.

Later, in the middle of the 20th century, Emperor Charles Xiang, under demands from the people and his advisors, signed the New Power Treaty which created a parliamentary house and constitution to keep the Emperor in check after some economic missteps from the previous Emperor went unchecked.

Etymology

The name Yeosan comes from the mix of Sino-Europan culture and the many loan words that have been taken into the Yeosanese dialect of Anglish. Modern scholars believe the name was intended to mean Settlers but there is a lack of substantial evidence for the claim to be treated as fact.

Geography

Mount Zhenxi a holy mountain in Yeosanese culture and society, and the volcano which created the island on which Yeosan sits.

A row of terraced housing in Quxing displaying Yeosan's unique style of architecture and design.

The Emperor's Palace in Quxing also serving to display Yeosan's unique style of architecture.

Yeosan is located on an island created by a volcano (Mount Zhenxi) approximately 82 million years ago. Its geography is quite drastic as its landscape ascends from sea level to around 5000 metres.

The geographic location of the island near Alharu and the Yellow Empire caused much of the culture of the area to make its way into the culture of the settlers through both trade and communication with nearby civilisations, as well as interactions with the original inhabitants of the island, most of whom fled back to the Yellow Empire after the original settlers arrived.

The climate in Yeosan varies wildly depending on where one is on the island due to its unique geography. In the north, east, and south near the sea, it is hot and humid with plenty of rainfall. Whereas in the west near the sea the climate is more near to a Savanna, with sparse rains and typically warm temperatures. However, as one progresses inland the climate becomes harsher until the summit of the volcano is reached which is sub-zero year-round.

Cities

City	Population	Location	Description
Quxing	3,587,749	West Yeosan	Capital and most populous city in Yeosan, serving as the administrative and economic centre. Known for its unique architecture, and the home of the Emperor's Royal Palace.
Xiangfei	1,754,317	South Yeosan	Intellectual capital of Yeosan, and home to the most prestigious university in the nation known as The Royal University.
Chenming	1,437,751	Northeast Yeosan	A large port city established by the original settlers facing the Adlantic Ocean to facilitate easy trade with the civilsations east of Yeosan.
Shanjing	534,872	North Yeosan	One of the smaller urban centres of Yeosan known for its cuisine due to its long history as an agricultural hub.
Guangjin	384,963	Central East Yeosan	Guangjin was a heavily agricultural city before The Great Leap after which it became nearly split in half between the two sectors, although in recent years industrialisation has overtaken agriculture.
Hanzhou	267,983	Northwest Yeosan	A remnant of pre-Great Leap Yeosan and a still very agricultural city, known for its historical buildings, and highly traditionalist population.
Shaogong	243,756	Central South Yeosan	A small industrial city lying between Quxing and Xiangfei which has lost a large amount of its population due to migration from residents to the two aforementioned cities.
Yanguang	145,897	Central West Yeosan	A small alpine village situated upon the flanks of Mount Zhenxi, and a popular tourist attraction in Yeosan for its interesting culture, music, design, architecture, etc.

History

The history of Yeosan is short due to its relatively recent creation by the original settlers in the mid to late 16th century.

Before the Voyage

Before Yeosan existed its original founders were a group of Burlingtonians who upon converting to a new religion, were driven from their home by religious persecution and thought it best to sail away from their homelands to the land in which their newfound religion was rumoured to have come from.

Early Civilisation and Establishment of the Monarchy

After an intense, long, voyage through the Adlantic, the settlers found they had landed upon a most beautiful island whose centre was a magnificent mountain (unknown to them at the time that the mountain was actually a volcano). So magnificent that they made it a sacred site in their religion. The settlers soon made contact with small settlements of people from the Yellow Empire who, due to sickness being unknowingly spread by the settlers, fled back to mainland Alharu and the Yellow Empire, although some who were not effect stayed behind and joined the settlers in establishing their new nation. With this, the settlers began repopulating the villages for their own and began to absorb the motifs, and other cultural aspects left behind in the villages as they saw most aspects of their old culture as barbaric after their staunch persecution. During this time (1550s-1750s) the nation was incredibly open and saw a massive influx of Sino culture into their nation creating a unique mesh of Europan and Sino cultures which Yeosan is known for today.

In the late 17th century a prominent family rose to power in the nation, this family was the Xiang family whom the dynasty is still ruled by to this day. The Xiang family was very wealthy and in turn very powerful in the government and politics and rose to power quickly by popular support of the people due to the families contributions to public works, culture, and society, among other things. After coming to power they offered the people a deal wherein they would be rulers for life in a dynastical line of succession in return for all of the great things which they had done for the people themselves. The people joyfully agreed and the Xiang dynasty and monarchy were established in Yeosan.

Isolationism

In the mid to late 18th century, Emperor Edward Xiang introduced the nation to a period of isolationism lasting from the 1760s to the 1810s and the populous widely supported it as they began to see their unique culture becoming totally overrun by Sino culture and thought it to be a threat. Thus cultural and social reforms were enacted to restore the culture nationwide to its previous amalgamation of Europan and Sino culture. Modern historians believe that if this wouldn't have happened Yeosanese culture would have been totally wiped out and replace by Sino culture.

Establishment of a Constitutional Monarchy

In 1943, due to tensions between the people and the government, Emperor Charles Xiang issued and enacted the New Power Treaty which established both a parliament and a constitution in Yeosan and turned the nation from an absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy. This was done because the people were highly distrustful of sole power being bestowed upon the Emperor after the previous Emperor went rogue with royal spending; funding new palaces and recreation spots for himself and the royal family, and generally removing royal funding from the people, a thing which his family had promised not to do in order to retain power. Thus a powershift, and a new era is seen in Yeosan.

Demographics

Yet to be determined

Politics

Composition of the Parliament of Yeosan

Yeosan is a constitutional monarchy with a single body 150 seat parliament wherein the Emperor is the speaker. Political power in the nation is split into three branches, Legislative (Parliament, Executive (Emperor), and Judicial (High Court). Laws and other such things do have to be approved by a majority in parliament, but with a massive representation of the Royalist party in parliament, the Emperor and the party have control over the nation. Parliamentary elections occur every 6 years. Yeosan has five main political parties represented in parliament, although more do exist, but do not win elections. The five are: The Royalist Party; who are loyal to the king and wish to uphold the monarchy as well as tradition within Yeosan, The Agrarian Party; who fight for programmes to stimulate agricultural production and social programmes for farmers, The Green Party; who are an environmental party who in the past were very successful at mitigating the environmental effects of mass industrialisation during the Great Leap, but now have fallen out of popularity, The Yeosan National Front; a far-right nationalist group who promote traditionalist but want to restore total monarchy or another form of totalist rule, and finally The Yeosan Democratic Party; who wish to either abolish the monarch outright or relinquish the monarchy to ceremonial duties exclusively in place of a prime minister and a two-house parliament.

Political parties

Symbol	Results	Description
The Royalist Party	57.3%	The Royalist Party was founded by members of the public who, after the signing of the New Power treaty, sought to uphold the monarchy and advise the Emperor, as well as uphold tradition in Yeosan.
The Agrarian Party	21.3%	The Agrarian Party is a party dedicated to the farmers of Yeosan and protecting the agricultural industry after the Great Leap drastically reduced that sector. The party works to create programmes to stimulate agricultural production, as well as social programmes to benefit farmers in Yeosan.
The Yeosan National Front	6%	The Yeosan National Front is a recently created party who seek to restore total monarchy in Yeosan, or install their own total leader if total monarchy is not a choice, they are not a popular party among voters and most Yeosanese would not openly admit voting for them.
The Yeosan Democratic Party	5.3%	The Yeosan Democratic Party is another recently created party who seek to abolish the monarchy outright or relinquish the monarchy to ceremonial duties exclusively in place of a prime minister and a two-house parliament, similarly this party is very unpopular, and most Yeosanese would never admit voting for them.

Defence policy

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Foreign relations

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Economy

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Education

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Energy

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Infrastructure

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Culture

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Language

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Architechture

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Religion

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