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

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. 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 Christianism, 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. 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. 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, 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

The southern areas of Zhousheng called Zhengia were settled by Zhengs, which are linguistically descendant to Prei Means.

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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

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