Tusing
Republic of Tusing | |
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| Motto: កិរិត លត ឣម្បុត មិជេក្ Land of the Sun and Moon | |
| Anthem: ន្យន្គ្មិជេក្ត ន្យន្គ្ទកមន្ឆួ Nyangmijekto nyangdakamanchua Hymn of the Republic  | |
 Tusing in Coius. | |
| Capital and largest city | Mingdak |
| Official languages | Mijekbi Hua |
| Recognised regional languages | Pei |
| Ethnic groups | Mijekbi 41% Hua 39% Pei 15% Other 5% |
| Demonym(s) | Tusingese |
| Government | Federal Presidential Republic |
| Mia Chunkya | |
| Meiji Merek | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly |
| Independence from Xiaodong | |
| 24 February 1880 | |
| 1 April 1931 | |
| April 23 1935 | |
| Population | |
• 2018 census | 78,031,303 |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | $293.5 billion |
• Per capita | $3,762 |
| HDI (2018) | 0.582 medium |
| Currency | Tusingese Tang (TUT) |
| Calling code | +34 |
| Internet TLD | .tu |
The Republic of Tusing (Mijekbi: តុសិន្គ្ត ន្យន្គ្មិជេក្ Tusingto Nyangmijek, Hua: កោ ភេ ន្តៅ តុ សិន្គ្ Koom phej ntawm Tu sivng), commonly known as Tusing, is a sovereign state in Coius. It shares land borders with Ajahadya to the north, Kituk to the northwest, Phula to the west, Xiaodong to the south, and Baekjeong to the east. It is entirely landlocked. As of 2017, Tusing's population was approximately 78 million. Its capital city is Mingdak, which is also the largest city in the country.
Continuous habitation within the area of modern Tusing began in the neolithic era, with the Matu culture being the first emergence of what is commonly considered to be a proto-Hua ethnic group in the Miatsua valley in approximately 3000 BCE. The first of the proto-Mijekbi arrived in the ninth century BCE, settling among the Hua states through a mixture of peaceful settlement and violent conquest. They established their own small states within the fertile valleys, expanding towards the mountainous regions. These states would eventually flourish in the Thousand-Flower Epoch of the fifth century BCE, where the various city-states of the Miatsua valley became a fertile crossroads of Xiaodongese, Phulan and Satarian philosophical traditions. Different schools of thought emerged, with a great plurality of acceptance. However, this era was ended around the middle of the third century BCE with the ascension of Keikeige as a local power. Keikeige, the patron state of the Kadawist school, overpowered its neighbours and became the hegemon of the Miatsua region. Under Keikeige, Kiriyambo quickly grew to be the dominant influence in religious and political life, while the united nature of the region permitted the growth of agriculture and population. Tusing fell under the control of the First Phuli empire in 102 BCE, it would remain more or less affiliated with Phula for the next few centuries. During the medieval era, Tusing was regarded as a border state between Satria and the successive Tao and Jiao dynasties. While these states often claimed the Miatsua valley, their control was largely nominal and while cultural influences were seen in this period Tusing is widely considered to have developed independently.
This status quo of de-facto independence ended in 1880, when the Holy Xiaodongese Empire claimed their rights over Tusing and crushed their resistance in several battles. Despite the presence of a developed Tusingese national identity, independence would wait until the Great War when the Tusingese National Liberation Organisation launched a guerilla uprising against Xiaodongese rule. While the uprising was not able to fully liberate the nation, Tusingese independence was granted by the Treaty of Keisi. Tusing soon developed itself to be an open democratic state, with an open economy and a non-partisan foreign policy which was guaranteed with their independence deal. Tusing would eventually form a defensive pact with COMSED, becoming an economic partner to the organisation. Despite this, trade relations with Xiaodong grew, resulting in a thaw of relations in 1985 following market reforms, and Xiaodong soon became highly influential in Tusingese politics. In 2003, a political crisis resulting from corruption allegations led to a hung parliament, with a military coup resulting from the chaos. The coup brought stability, but resulted in crackdowns on the democratic system and closer ties with Xiaodong. In 2010, Tusing dissolved its defensive treaty with COMSED and joined the IFDS.
In the modern day, Tusing is widely regarded as a puppet state of Xiaodong. Its government is dominated by the Tusingese Fatherland Society, who are highly linked to the military and have strong ties to Xiaodong. Political freedoms have been scaled back dramatically in recent years, with several widely criticised cases of journalists being imprisoned and opposition political parties disbanded. Economically, Tusing is a developing nation, but is dependent on Xiaodong for the majority of its exports and imports. Corruption has grown in recent years.