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Canpei's history is deeply enmeshed with that of its southern [[Daxia]]n neighbor as the latter began expanding into the area in the early 8th century. Expansion into the plains was slow at first but gathered pace as nomad tribes were either pushed further north or brought to heel by military or diplomatic means.  

Reorganized as a frontier military province under the name of Guangbei, the region began to gather the renewed attention of central authorities due to the military advances of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]] successor states in western [[Audonia]] and the fall of the reconstituted Nasrid state, which was under vassalage of the [[Daxia|Zhong dynasty]]. Hundreds of thousands of settler families were moved into the province to reinforce its defenses, quickly tilting the demographic trends against the original nomad inhabitants who ended up almost wholly absorbed by the newcomers. The fall of the new kingdom of Nasrad in 1278 turned Guangbei into an active front against the [[Ghanim]] sultanate and an imperial army was stationed there on a permanent basis. Most of the province west of the Hongse was once again devastated in the first Zhong-Ghanim war which saw Muslim forces push east up to the river before their crossing attempts were defeated. At this point the province of Guangbei became an hereditary appanage of Emperor [[Huichen]]'s only full blood brother, Prince Tao. As ruler of Guangbei, Tao also had command of significant military forces to protect the western and northern borders of the empire from invading forces circumventing the Arik mountains to the south and attacking through the flat plains. The rule of Tao and his descendants over the province brought much development to the localities under their possession, a royal paved road was built from Sui province in the south all the way to the old lands of the Liang in the far north and a system of ferries were built to traverse and ferry goods via the Hongse river. Many stone bridges were constructed across and forts built on both ends for defense and customs checks during this period. Over the years the court of the Princes of Guangbei also began to adopt some of the cultural practices of the [[Degei Confederation|Degei]] and 'Northern Daxian' peoples that were their subjects, for example they adopted as one of their titles the [[Degei Confederation|Degei]]'s Atabeg and certain Liang fashion styles. In general the Princes of Guangbei were faithful to the imperial center even as their original Zhong blood diluted over time. By the fall of the Zhong dynasty, the old loyalty was frayed and there was only a desultory act of support for the Zong against the rising tide of the Qian dynasty. When Qian messengers arrived at [[Brink]] to demand the submission of Guangbei, the Prince Tong acquiesced without fuss, an act which the Qian rewarded with confirmation of his position and a scepter of carved jade.

====Disintegration of Imperial authority====

====Independence====

====Government of National Emergency====

====Revolution of Dignity====

Executive power is held and exercised by the President of the Republic, who is head of the government and supreme commander of the military forces of the State. The president is elected by universal suffrage for a term of six years and he can be reelected for a further two consecutive terms. A sitting president can only be removed from office by a qualified majority in the High Council of State. Successive revisions to the constitution have greatly strenghtened the office, while stripping the legislature of many attributions and tools of oversight. The current President is Dong Bao, elected with 68% of the vote in 2026.

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.

'''Xingkai''': The Xingkai are a mongolic ethnic group that are native to northwestern Canpei who are speakers of the Xingkai language. They constitute the largest indigenous group in Canpei. Traditionally semi nomadic herders, around one third of Canpei's Xingkai people still maintain this lifestyle. The rest of their group inhabit the northern provinces where they form the majority of the population.

'''Other''': The Other category includes Muslim [[Rusana|Rusanis]] who migrated to Canpei during the [[Rusani Civil War|Rusani civil war]] and their descendants.  

Adherents of Islam constitute the third largest religious group, comprised of 13.6% of the population in 2030. Canpei's sizable  Muslim community are either the descendants of settlers brought by the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate|Oduniyyad]] during their brief rule of the western bank of the Hongse river, or they are more recent economic migrants from [[Rusana]]; converts are as of this time a small minority. The majority of Canpei's Muslims are overwhelmingly Sunni with small pockets of Shi'a and [[Qustanti_Islam|Qustantis]]. Muslims are concentrate on the west bank and the capital of [[Bianyuan]].

Canpei has a gross domestic product of $851 billion, a robust and growing economy despite the disadvantage of being landlocked. Canpei's economy grew by 4.2% on 2030 and the lowest growth in the previous ten years was 2.2 in 2015. Canpei is a mid level income country with a GDP per capita of $26,624. Canpei's most important economic partners are [[Rusana]], [[Huoxia]], Ankivara and [[Daxia]]. The country has adopted [[Daxia]]'s currency to facilitate trading and financial transactions with its most important partner. As it has no independent access to the sea, Canpei makes use of the port of [[Zong]] to transport all of its international trade, under an economic compact with [[Daxia]] all truckers from Canpei have expedited border passage and custom checks on their way to [[Zong]]. Canpei's economy is highly dependent on exports, major products for export include diesel trucks, construction equipment, shoewear, textiles, wind generator technology rubber and agricultural products.