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===Modern era=== | ===Modern era=== | ||
====Disintegration of Imperial authority==== | ====Disintegration of Imperial authority==== | ||
The 19th century saw the Qian dynasty increasingly turn its focus away from the continent and towards eastern conquests. This neglect was nowhere more evident than in Guangbei. Heavy taxation on cattle heads angered the [[Degei Confederation|Degei]] people and drove food prices up, equally angering the population of the urban centers. Sentiments of ethnic separatism began to be nourished by the writings of authors such as Wen Yaobu and Eldegai Bor who advocated for a separate Tiao identity and for a [[Degei Confederation|Degei]] homeland respectively, and later for cooperation between their two groups to achieve their ends. The Prince of Guangbei during the 1890's detailed to the imperial court in several letters, the dire state of his administration including the disrepair of many border forts and of two thirds of the bridges across the river, the built up of silt due to soil erosions, desertion and dereliction from border guardsand increased banditry. The response from the center of [[Palace of Columns]] is not recorded but is assumed to not have resulted in much help being given to Guangbei, as the problems enumerated in the Prince's missives are recorded to have continued well into the Great Wars. | |||
====Independence==== | ====Independence==== | ||
====Government of National Emergency==== | ====Government of National Emergency==== | ||
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Following the formation of the government of national emergency, the lower house was abolished and all its powers and duties were transferred to the High Council of State. The council is the nation's sole legislature, composed of six hundred members. Of these, a third are chosen by the sitting president, 330 are elected by direct vote of the population and the remaining 70 are elected from proportional lists according to each parties voting results. All members of the council serve for five year terms and there is no limit on how many terms a legislator can serve. Current criticism of the legislative focuses on its submission to the executive under the current system of dominant party, moreover the abolition of the lower house removed more of the safeguards of plurality and against undue accumulation of authority by the executive. | Following the formation of the government of national emergency, the lower house was abolished and all its powers and duties were transferred to the High Council of State. The council is the nation's sole legislature, composed of six hundred members. Of these, a third are chosen by the sitting president, 330 are elected by direct vote of the population and the remaining 70 are elected from proportional lists according to each parties voting results. All members of the council serve for five year terms and there is no limit on how many terms a legislator can serve. Current criticism of the legislative focuses on its submission to the executive under the current system of dominant party, moreover the abolition of the lower house removed more of the safeguards of plurality and against undue accumulation of authority by the executive. | ||
===Politics=== | ===Politics=== | ||
The National Union of Canpei(NUC) is the largest and oldest party in the High Council of State. An avowed conservative party, it leans towards traditional values and moderate state intervention in economic affairs. However unlike typical conservative parties, the NUC does not heavily feature nationalist themes in its ideology. After the [[Daxia]]n invasion that restored it into government, the party 'sanitized' its foundational documents and adopted an almost subservient direction to [[Daxia]]n priorities. The NUC has a two thirds majority on the High Council. Opposition to the ruling NUC comes from a variety of smaller parties such as the centrist Party of the Democratic Center and the leftist Broad Leftist Front. Both of these parties are under constant political and judicial pressure, losing their party registry several times, having some of their leaders and lawmakers arrested under various charges such as 'slandering the judiciary'. Another smaller party that has gained in popularity with some sectors is the Unification Party, its main goal being unification with [[Daxia]], for reasons of historical ties and claims that Canpei would be much better off economically in a real union with its southern neighbor. | The National Union of Canpei (NUC) is the largest and oldest party in the High Council of State. An avowed conservative party, it leans towards traditional values and moderate state intervention in economic affairs. However unlike typical conservative parties, the NUC does not heavily feature nationalist themes in its ideology. After the [[Daxia]]n invasion that restored it into government, the party 'sanitized' its foundational documents and adopted an almost subservient direction to [[Daxia]]n priorities. The NUC has a two thirds majority on the High Council in alliance with the [[Green Party of Canpei]]. Opposition to the ruling NUC comes from a variety of smaller parties such as the centrist Party of the Democratic Center and the leftist Broad Leftist Front. Both of these parties are under constant political and judicial pressure, losing their party registry several times, having some of their leaders and lawmakers arrested under various charges such as 'slandering the judiciary'. Another smaller party that has gained in popularity with some sectors is the Unification Party, its main goal being unification with [[Daxia]], for reasons of historical ties and claims that Canpei would be much better off economically in a real union with its southern neighbor. | ||
===Provinces=== | ===Provinces=== | ||
[[File:UB_downtown.jpg|thumb|City of [[Brink]], capital and important economic hub of Canpei.]] | [[File:UB_downtown.jpg|thumb|City of [[Brink]], capital and important economic hub of Canpei.]] | ||