East Hiakemiria

East Hiakemiria

Ethnic groups	List of East Hiakemirian Ethnic Groups
Religions	Kigenism, Others
Demonym	"Hiakemirian" "East Hiakemirian"
Countries	Neo-Korea Janpia Svetvostok Joseon Matsumae Veliksaria
Dependencies	Kaihima Chamorro Islands Jungg'o Administrative Territory
Unrecognised states	Fukuyama
Languages	List of East Hiakemirian Languages
Time zones	PMT+4, PMT+5, PMT+6, PMT+7, PMT+8, PMT+9, PMT+10, PMT+11 Worldtime (Neo-Korea)
Largest cities	Omiskan, Krasnaya Gora, Seoul, Kalingrad City

East Hiakemiria is one of the two or three major cultural and political regions of the Hiakemirian continent, comprising the states of Neo-Korea, Janpia, Svetvostok, Joseon, Matsumae, Veliksaria, and the unrecognized state of Fukuyama, alongside the three autonomous territories of Neo-Korea. East Hiakemiria contains a number of globally relevant international economies, including the aforementioned Janpia and Joseon, and borders West Hiakemiria to the West and Nordurland to the North. It additionally borders the Marinan Ocean, the Mare Noctus, and the Northern Ocean.

East Hiakemiria has historically been notable for its early adoption of international trade and colonialism, with the Jungg'oan Empire having possessed foreign holdings in modern-day Chilokver and Jin Yi since the early 500BCE period. This prominence allowed it to spread and receive notable cultural and political discoveries, allowing for such technological innovations as the first firearms and cannons - alongside a number of other non-military innovations. Despite this advantage, political disputes and mass conflicts would weaken the region to an extent that allowed for colonial ventures to be established, first by Aureumterra and then by states such as Marquesan. These colonial developments would have a distinct impact on the development of the region.

Major religions include the Kigenist faith, imported religions from the colonial period, and a number of others. Major languages include the Hiakemirian Constructed Language, Jien, Janpian, and a number of others. The region is home to major economic and political centers, including a number of globally prominent cities.

History

Prehistory

The first recorded traces of settlement in East Hiakemiria can be traced back to approximately 8,000BCE through pottery - with the beginning of human inhabitation, although larger scale centralization and construction of early structures of civilization would not occur until approximately 4000BCE, with the centralization and expansion of existing agriculture. The first entities recognizable as a distinct state would emerge in approximately 2000BCE, in the territory of modern-day Jungg'o. This early entity would expand to the modern-day Nán Yánshēn, influencing the development of Kāichrén protostates in the process. Especially crucial in this process of development was the beginning of shared cultural understanding of early philosophies of the period, including the spreading of concepts such as the Bùxiyǎnxì (Immortal Belief System), a system of ethical and logical development focused on universal altruism and utilitarianism within the framework of such. To some extent, this would come to merge with aspects of the Kigenist faith.

Culture and jewelry would also spread throughout the period, with the Widaehan Nala being a notable producer of the latter alongside a number of other artistic works, being responsible for the spreading of a number of techniques for the creation of such throughout the region. This would include the early art of Kowaūri, the art of taken broken and items and repairing them with a precious resource of some variety, usually either gold, silver, or Kaolinite.

Pre-Collapse Era

Jungg'o would incorporate the majority of Kāichrén-territories into itself by the early 800BCE period - with the newly gathered control of the coastal areas of East Hiakemiria's south allowing it to begin investigation into the construction of greater naval and fleet structures. This process would take decades under a succession of navally-minded rulers, but by the end of such the Dànfāduì, or the Great Southern Fleet would be fully constructed - and would see its first actions in the beginning of the colonization of Chilokver under the reign of the Húlí Nǚwáng in 530BCE. While she would be later vilified, especially by those members of Jien high society who fled to Jin Yi, she would be a generally popular ruler in her day - with her gradual removal from the throne in the early 450BCE period leading to the collapse of many of the Jungg'oan state's foreign policy and occupation policies. Indeed, the brash and ineffective rulership of her sons would lead to the earliest sparks which would form the later success of republican and anti-monarchical movements in the region.

During this time, the massive wealth of the Jungg'oan state through its extraction of resources and labor from surrounding statelets would lead to a cultural and political golden age. This entailed a massive increase in civil and domestic projects, advancements in metallurgy and cultural production, and the spreading of philosophy to further-flung parts of the world as the Jungg'oan state entered early interaction with Arcadie traders who came to the region.

Territorial Definitions

Nordurland Border

The modern border with Nordurland is positioned at the Kalkin Canal, although the peninsula such sits upon had been used as a general border throughout many years of history. This division was born from a number of factors, including supply concerns in pushing past such for many early civilizations, the lack of major efforts from Nordurland to push southwards in that direction due to a general focus on the Inner Sea, and general academic consensus that such made a reasonable stopping point. The first recorded utilization of the region as the line of the border is unknown, although it is presumed to trace back to Svetvostok or Joseon, both of whom possessed greater interaction with the region than Jungg'o or the Kāichrén states of the era.