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===United Cities era=== | ===United Cities era=== | ||
[[File:Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute Objectnumber 2766-3 Smeedijzeren slavenhalsboei.jpg|thumb|Slave collar used during the [[United Cities]] period. Slavery was the mainstay of the economy of the [[United Cities]].]] | [[File:Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute Objectnumber 2766-3 Smeedijzeren slavenhalsboei.jpg|thumb|Slave collar used during the [[United Cities]] period. Slavery was the mainstay of the economy of the [[United Cities]].]] | ||
Generalized unrest within the [[Daxia|Chen dynasty]] began in 877 with a series of would be usurpers, collectively known as the Four Great Impostors. The most powerful of this was a nobleman by the name of Tengu Peg-Leg who took control over the city of [[Heng]]. His rebellion spread like wildfire across the north and [[ | Generalized unrest within the [[Daxia|Chen dynasty]] began in 877 with a series of would be usurpers, collectively known as the Four Great Impostors. The most powerful of this was a nobleman by the name of Tengu Peg-Leg who took control over the city of [[Heng]]. His rebellion spread like wildfire across the north and [[Brink]]'s Huoxi clan were among the first noble families to pay him homage. Tengu's assassination marked the end of his Northern Shang state and its transformation into the confederation of the [[United Cities]], of which [[Brink]] and its environs were a founding member. In this period the city of [[Bianyuan]] was known as Brink and functioned as a mostly independent city-state and all the territory in the northwest of the [[United Cities]] was under its hegemony. The practice of slavery was imported from [[Heng]] and the Huoxi clan became one of the great slaver families of the region, taking people into bondage from far and wide. Under the loose coalition of cities, taxation was much lower than under Imperial rule, boosting the economy of the city. Brink-Bianyuan began establishing colonies and cities across modern day Canpei to feed itself and source whatever it could not acquire locally. Over time a localized identity would emerge, with interlocking feelings of patriotism between the colonies and the mother city. | ||
During the wars of reclamation by the [[Daxia|Zhong dynasty]], Brink and its colonies supplied a great deal of resources and manpower to the armies of the [[United Cities]], with the Warmaster who fought the second invasion to a standstill being of Brink's Huoxi clan. The deterioration of the United Citie's ruling class into despotism and debauchery, the degeneration of its armies into mobs of armed slaves with no morale and conflict between the cities marked the entry of the confederation into a terminal spiral that would see it conquered in the third Zhong invasion. As the furthest from the frontier, Brink was the last major city to come under attack, being starved into submission in 1215. The Huoxi clan was exterminated and almost half of the city's inhabitants expelled from the city. For the next hundred years Brink would become nothing more than a frontier outpost and backwater. | During the wars of reclamation by the [[Daxia|Zhong dynasty]], Brink and its colonies supplied a great deal of resources and manpower to the armies of the [[United Cities]], with the Warmaster who fought the second invasion to a standstill being of Brink's Huoxi clan. The deterioration of the United Citie's ruling class into despotism and debauchery, the degeneration of its armies into mobs of armed slaves with no morale and conflict between the cities marked the entry of the confederation into a terminal spiral that would see it conquered in the third Zhong invasion. As the furthest from the frontier, Brink was the last major city to come under attack, being starved into submission in 1215. The Huoxi clan was exterminated and almost half of the city's inhabitants expelled from the city. For the next hundred years Brink would become nothing more than a frontier outpost and backwater. | ||
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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 five hundred members. Of these, a third are chosen by the sitting president and the rest are elected by direct vote of the population. 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 five hundred members. Of these, a third are chosen by the sitting president and the rest are elected by direct vote of the population. 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'. | 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. | ||
===Provinces=== | ===Provinces=== | ||
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==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
[[File:UB_downtown.jpg|thumb|City of [[Brink]], important economic hub of Canpei.]] | |||
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. | |||
===Industry=== | |||
Canpei's automotive industry has long focused on the production of trucks of various types, so as to not compete with [[Daxia]]n carmaking firms which are deeply entrenched and have much greater resources. This specialization has allowed Canpei's niche truck companies to grow and prosper in the [[Daxia]]n market by offering sturdy 6x4 diesel trucks used to haul goods, refuse trucks, concrete mixers and dump trucks among other types. Canpei has defended its internal trucking market by slapping anti-dumping tariffs on foreign vehicles, especially from [[Metzetta]]n firms. The automotive sector employs over 400,000 people as of 2030. | |||
Another significant employer is the footwear industry, it employs some 150,000 people as of 2030. Canpei produces roughly forty million pairs of footwear between formal shoes, tennis, sandals and slippers. As the demand for sustainable footwear continues to increase worldwide, Canpei is a leading nation in coming up with innovative eco-friendly materials and green shoe production methods. Canpei is also a producer of socks which complements well with its textiles and shoewear production chains, sock market value growth was 0.68% in 2030. | |||
===Energy=== | ===Energy=== | ||
Canpei is a net importer of energy at present. Most of its domestic energy production comes from wind generators, which Canpei's flat geography is especially well suited for. Wing energy fulfills at present 35% of the country's domestic energy needs, with enough power generating capacity being planned to come online in the next fifteen years to take that percentage up to 45%. Canpei also has some older coal powered power plants which consume [[Daxia]]n coal, at present they represent some 12% of the country's energy. The rest of the energy is bought from [[Daxia]], which supplies it mostly from the excess power generated by its nuclear power plants. [[Daxia]]n supplied electricity is not cheap, but on this regard Canpei does not have many options other than expanding its wind farms. Canpei does not possess significant oil or gas deposits nor does it have the technical capability to employ nuclear energy, neither do its policymakers wish to rely on coal due to policy goals to employ greener energies. | |||
===Agriculture=== | |||
==Military== | ==Military== | ||