Cheun

Cheun (Daxian: 桃籃) formerly known as Ayermer is an island territory of the Republic of Daxia. The island is lies just south of the Daxian western coast. Previously a possession of Burgundie, the island was captured by Daxian forces during the Second Great War after a blockade of the island by the Harmonious Flotilla Invincible and a grueling four month siege. All of the population of Levantian descent was expelled from the island after its capture. Nowadays the island and surrounding waters are closed off to foreign tourists. Many medium and high ranking Party and government functionaries have resort homes in Cheun, as a result it has one of the highest per capita incomes by household in the country.

Geography and Climate
Cheun is an island with a tropical wet climate, also known as a tropical rainforest climate, it has high temperatures and high levels of rainfall throughout the year. The warm ocean currents help to maintain high temperatures and abundant moisture in the air. The weather is often described by tourists as warm and muggy. The island has a lush, green landscape, with a diverse array of plants and animals, many of which have been transplanted from the mainland for their colorful feathers or fur.

Early Modern Period
Main article: Rusana Levantine Exploration

Administered as part of the Ayermer Colony with parts of mainland Rusana from 1616 - ???? by the Ularien Trading Company, which was renamed the Marialanii Ularien Trading Company in 1705. After the Marialanii Ularien Trading Company lost the mainland provinces in the 1800s it maintained the island of Ayermer as a trading post and as a part of La Garrote to control trade and fight piracy in the Puhktun Sea. This primarily impacted Daxiaese trading traversing westerly.

Later Modern Period
In this period Daxia and Burgundie sparred over the island a number of times with Daxia finally capturing the island in the Second Great War.

Second Great War
Main article: Battle of Ayermer (1936)

Government
Originally the governance of Cheunn was regulated by the Cheun Statute in 1938, which was implemented after the end of rule by Burgundie. The 1938 Statute created a bicameral legislative assembly for the island, the Cheunn Island Council that served for triennial terms and the Advisory Assembly that served four years. Executive authority was vested in the Chief Bureaucratic Officer who was elected every five years from a slate of ten bureaucratic functionaries.

The institutions established by the 1938 statute were replaced in 2007 with the Improved Cheun Statute. The new legislative body is the unicameral Assembly of Homeowners Associations, which as the name implies, gathers all of the registered homeowners associations into a legislative body. The elite Green Villas Residential Association has several built in advantages such as veto power and guaranteed seats in most committees. The new executive was renamed to the Supreme Bureaucratic Officer, and it was stipulated only a resident of Green Villas Residential can be nominated for the post. The current Supreme Bureaucratic Officer is Gula Linlin.

The Green Villas Residential Homeowners Association and its organs is where most of the island's political hopefuls cut their teeth and gain experience.

Economy
Approximately thirty-five percent of Cheun's seasonal residents are government employees. The majority of those work in the Republic's various ministries, are members of the security organs or serve in elected positions. The most prominent government lobbying firms have regional offices on the island and there are many businesses operating in relation to such activities such as conference venues, private security providers, fine dining restaurants, gift shops and companies dealing in office supplies such as printer toner and sharpies.

High end tourism and retail are also important to the local economy, Daxian xenophobia is such that the upper crust of society prefers to vacation locally rather than travel to foreign destinations. In this regard Cheun has risen to the top of national destinations for wealthy tourists.