Haeseo

Republic of Haeseo 해서공화국
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Capital and largest city	Haegyeong
Official languages	Korean
Recognised national languages	Korean, English
Ethnic groups (2023)	Koreans (75%) Singi-ins (13%) Others (12%)
Demonym(s)	Haeseoans(s)
Government	Dual Executive System Republic
• President	Lee Hwa-Yeon
• Prime Minister	Amit Rogers
Legislature	National Assembly
Establishment
• Construction completed of the Haedo settlement	1656
• Establishment of Haeseo Province	1901
• Independence from Joseon	1969
Population
• 2023 estimate	65,000,000
• 2023 census	65,761,708
GDP (nominal)	2023 estimate
• Total	5,859,696,991,340 (5.85 Trillion)
• Per capita	89,105 $
HDI (2023)	0.978 very high
Currency	Won
Date format	yyyy-mm-dd
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.hs

Haeseo(Republic of Haeseo, natively-해서공화국) is a dual executive system republic, located in the Levanora Vastness, a transitory region of the world. Its borders Katuffiat Federation with the sea in between to the north.

Haeseo began to be pioneered by Joseon's King Lee Ho's overseas territorial development plan in the 17th century. During the following 18th and 19th centuries, Haeseo continued to expand, and by the second half of the 20th century, today's borders were completed. Haeseo gained independence from Joseon in 1969, and is now classified as a sovereign state.

Haeseo was built as Joseon's first offshore autonomous territory and the first base in Levanora. Based on the diverse biodiversity of the area where Haeseo is located and its rapid economic growth through abundant underground and fish stocks. Haeseo's economy, which has developed due to these factors, is classified as an advanced country today.

History

In 1654, King Lee Ho of Joseon ordered an expedition to the island region of Levanora as part of a plan to improve national power. Levanora was a very unfamiliar land at the time, and exploring and pioneering it was considered a big adventure. However, reformist officials, who helped Lee Ho to control the government at the time, actively supported the plan. In 1655, Joseon's first expedition arrived in Levanora, and the construction of the first settlement, Haedo, was completed in 1656.

In 1657, the settlers of Haedo first encountered the 'Singi-in', an indigenous people who closely resembled humanity. The first encounter ended with no conflict between the two sides, but over the next nearly 200 years, Joseon settlers and the Singi-ins encountered hundreds of clashes, large and small. Joseon officials studied and observed the Singi-ins, and as a result, they were able to obtain substantial data on the Singi-ins. These data contributed to Joseon's future relationship with the Singi-ins.

Until the industrialization of Joseon began in 1789, the technological gap between Joseon and the Singi-ins was not large. Joseon had an advantage over the Singi-ins for having gunpowder weapons, but the gap between the two sides in other technical aspects was only decades apart. When Joseon's industrialization began in 1789, the technological gap between Joseon and the Singi-ins began to widen. Joseon pushed out the Singi-ins countries that challenged Joseon based on their overwhelming technological superiority and expanded settlements. While this process of expansion has contributed significantly to the formation of today's Haeseo, there is controversy that it violated the rights and will of Singi-ins.

By the 19th and early 20th centuries, the settlements of Haedo were greatly expanded and formed a huge province. In 1901, the Joseon Imperial Government established Haeseo Province, which united the settlements of Haedo, and proclaimed the first settlement city of Haedo as Haegyeong.

In the second half of the 20th century, as the Protests of 1968 spread throughout Joseon, improving human rights within Joseon and guaranteeing the autonomy of overseas territories emerged as major issues. Also, residents of Haeseo, who have long begun to build their own identity, have consistently advocated for independence since the early 20th century. This has evolved into a pan-regional nonviolent independence movement with a wide range throughout Haeseo. In response, Kim Dae-Jun, then the prime minister of Joseon, approved Haeseo's independence based on referendums held on the mainland of Joseon and the Haeseo region.

Geography

Biodiversity

In Haeseo, there is a mixture of creatures that have migrated from the mainland of Joseon and existing indigenous species. Regarding the biomes of Heaseo, academia and experts explain that this is because the Park Jung-Chul administration's Haeseo development plan did not consider protecting indigenous biomes. Since 1966, at least 90 species of indigenous species have been reported to have disappeared or gone extinct in Haeseo.

Since 1990, the Joseon government has established environmental regulations and enacted laws to limit the habitats of livestock from the mainland of Joseon to prevent ecosystem destruction and the extinction of indigenous species in Haeseo. As a result, the indigenous species population in Haeseo has increased dramatically to 150 percent as of 2023 compared to before 1990.

Currently, Haeseo coexists with species introduced from the mainland of Joseon and indigenous species living in the wild. Among the indigenous species, some species are kept as pets, such as Nal-Myo, and species that are raised as livestock, such as Hornfalo.

Society

A view of Haegyeong Metropolitan City.

Haeseo's society is very similar to that of the mainland of Joseon. In Haeseo, it is believed that there is little overall discrimination, including discrimination between men and women. Since Singi-ins were granted citizenship in 1969, there has also been a sharp decline in discrimination between people from the mainland of Joseon and those from the Singi-ins. However, people from the Singi-ins are considered to be at a disadvantage compared to those from the mainland in terms of political advancement, etc. This is why implicit discrimination against people from the Singi-ins is considered to be the only remaining glass ceiling in the Joseon.

Haeseo's public security is very stable, and it is better compared to the mainland of Joseon, which is considered to be very stable in public security worldwide. Haeseo's crime rate is the lowest among the regions in Joseon, and the evaluation indicators related to public security are also very good. However, just like the mainland of Joseon, there is a controversy over privacy infringement due to the high CCTV ratio to the population in Haeseo.

Largest cities or towns in Haeseo Special Self-Governing Authority Taken from Joseon Census 2023
	Rank		State	Pop.	Rank		State	Pop.
Haegyeong Myeongcheon	1	Haegyeong	Haegyeong Metropolitan City	8,532,400	11	TBA	TBA	TBA	Woon-Gyeong Mujin
	2	Myeongcheon	Myeongcheon Metropolitan City	5,432,350	12	TBA	TBA	TBA
	3	Woon-Gyeong	Woon-Gyeong Metropolitan City	TBA	13	TBA	TBA	TBA
	4	Mujin	Mujin Metropolitan City	TBA	14	TBA	TBA	TBA
	5	TBA	TBA	TBA	15	TBA	TBA	TBA
	6	TBA	TBA	TBA	16	TBA	TBA	TBA
	7	TBA	TBA	TBA	17	TBA	TBA	TBA
	8	TBA	TBA	TBA	18	TBA	TBA	TBA
	9	TBA	TBA	TBA	19	TBA	TBA	TBA
	10	TBA	TBA	TBA	20	TBA	TBA	TBA

Military

Main article: Haeseo National Defense Forces

Foreign Relations

Main article: Foreign relations of Haeseo