Oyashima

Oyashima is a nation in northeastern Alshar entirely composed of the small northeastern portion of the continent - a region known as Danehong - as well as the majority of the Oyashima Archipelago on the edge of the Ocean of Cathay. In addition to its mainland portion, it covers seventeen major islands and approximately twenty smaller habitable islands (as well as numerous pseudo-islands) divided into seven States (Shū/州). The majority of people within Oyashima reside in the archipelago, which serves as the main economic and political center of the country.

Burgoignesc colonial era
The region now known as Oyashima and its fragmented states came under the gradual sway of the Burgoignesc Kandahar-Kandara Trading Company. The entire area was reorganized as the "Far East Colony".

Democratic People's Republic
The Burgundie-aligned Royal Family was killed in the Coup of 1967 and the monarchy quickly overthrown, bringing about the revolutionary Democratic People's Republic of Oyashima (DPRO), a regime. The revolution triggered the so-called War of the Islands as part of Operation Kipling.

The coup lead to the rise of the Danehong Liberation Front, a paramilitary organization sponsored by Burgundie and Urcea in the Danehong region. While the group was effective in combat, Burgundie's withdrawal from the country in 1969 resulted in international support for the group coming to an end. It continued fighting until 1971 when it was destroyed. Danehong was subject to crimes against humanity by the DPRO forces, atrocities that have been since condemned by the League of Nations as genocide. In 1996, the Oyashima government issued an official acknowledgement of the crimes and convened a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Mustard Revolution
Following two and a half decades of single party communist rule, the Democratic People's Republic of Oyashima was deposed and the traditional line of monarchs was restored in the popular Mustard Revolution. A new constitution was inaugurated in 1992. As part of the constitution, the Danehong region was given some autonomy.

Politics
Oyashima is governed by the Constitution of 1992, which inaugurated the period of under the leadership of the Omo no Ryōshu.

Executive
The roles of head of state and head of government are consolidated in the position of the Omo no Ryōshu (Lord of Lords), who acts as Speaker for the Assembly and chief executive. The Ryōshu's power is checked by the Assembly of Lords, the Assembly of Justices, and the Assembly of Control, and the budget is primarily decided by the Assembly.

Assembly
The Assembly of Lords is a unicameral legislature of 147 representatives elected by local direct first past the post elections; administrative regions are organized partly along island lines, partly along clan lines, and partly along municipal lines. This results in a very unbalanced spread of political power that is concentrated in seven of the eleven major islands of the nation. Terms are six years with no limit to the number of terms, and every two years, roughly a third of the legislature is put up for elections.

Political Factions
Political allegiance in Oyashima is better reflected by faction than party, as there are 86 registered parties, the most relevant of which operate in three broad wings: the conservative, minarchist Homeland faction, the urbanite and centrist Five Islands faction, and the rural and clan-based All Isles faction. Each of these contains a fluctuating web of parties, with the Five Islands being the dominant faction and the Homeland faction being the predominant opposition.