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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Xisheng sits in the far eastern end of the [[Nysdra Sea]], the Shengoi peninsula comprising the majority of its seaboard. Said peninsula is dominated by the Korum mountains which cover approximately 30% of its surface and from which spring many minor rivers that empty into the Nysdra itself. The ethnic [[Daxian people|Daxian]] population is concentrated in the coastal plains of the peninsula. To the east of the peninsula is an area known as the Bowl of Ixa'Taka, a mostly flat plain irrigated by rivers that is the most populated region of Xisheng. The Bowl is bound to the east and south by the Mountains of the Sun which formed the traditional border with [[Varshan]] and to the west by a tributary river which originates from the Okapu'u lake in [[Quetzenkel]]. After the end of the war with [[Varshan]] a new area south of the Mountains of the Sun was annexed, the Ajaw plain is bisected by the Amox river and abuts to the south with the Chautempan mountain range. The presence of the Mountains of the Sun traditionally protected the Ajaw plain from domination from groups beyond the mountain, several tunnels are now in the construction stages to supplement the highway that goes through the mountains. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Classic period=== | ===Classic period=== | ||
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From 1750 to 1830 approximately fifty new towns were founded on the territory, important cities such as the port of Yuzhen in the Bay of Honghai, Tuzicheng and Luwei on Chimor territory, Goumao and Chouma southeast by the Ajaw lands and Hewen as a garrison town northeast of Rixis. Rixis itself was completely transformed from the former capital of [[Ixa'Taka]] into a center of Qian power, the majority of its original population was pushed outside the city boundaries and later pushed even further into outlying villages to farm there and work the new mines and plantations. The Pinghai Department at this time also became one of the main 'tributaries' that fed the vast stream of slaves that were sent into the [[Southern slave trade]]. Slavery became a mainstay of the economy of coastal Xisheng until limitations were put in place, too many native men of working age were being sold away and shortages of labor were affecting the profitability of many local enterprises. The extension of formal slavery to Xisheng carried out serious consequences for the colony in the form of slave revolts. The excessive cruelty of the settler slavers erupted in rebellions in 1812, 1835, 1875 and a last great slave uprising in 1892. | From 1750 to 1830 approximately fifty new towns were founded on the territory, important cities such as the port of Yuzhen in the Bay of Honghai, Tuzicheng and Luwei on Chimor territory, Goumao and Chouma southeast by the Ajaw lands and Hewen as a garrison town northeast of Rixis. Rixis itself was completely transformed from the former capital of [[Ixa'Taka]] into a center of Qian power, the majority of its original population was pushed outside the city boundaries and later pushed even further into outlying villages to farm there and work the new mines and plantations. The Pinghai Department at this time also became one of the main 'tributaries' that fed the vast stream of slaves that were sent into the [[Southern slave trade]]. Slavery became a mainstay of the economy of coastal Xisheng until limitations were put in place, too many native men of working age were being sold away and shortages of labor were affecting the profitability of many local enterprises. The extension of formal slavery to Xisheng carried out serious consequences for the colony in the form of slave revolts. The excessive cruelty of the settler slavers erupted in rebellions in 1812, 1835, 1875 and a last great slave uprising in 1892. | ||
===Autonomy under the Army of Conquest=== | ===Autonomy under the Army of Conquest=== | ||
The military requirements of the campaigns of the Qian dynasty in [[Australis]] and internal revolts in the mainland necessitated by 1770 the gradual withdrawal and redeployment of regular Qian forces from Xisheng. To maintain a sufficiently strong force of deterrence in the colony, the Qian bureaucracy empowered the Governor-General, the local elites and the [[Xisheng Trading Company]] to recruit and equip its own military formations. Ostensibly under the authority of the Ministry of War, in practice these private armies were obedient only to whoever armed and paid them. After a period of tension and skirmishes, a realignment of the interests of local actors led to a process of centralization that coalesced all disparate armies into a single entity dubbed the [[Army of Conquest]]. By the 1850's the power of the [[Army of Conquest]] began to outpace the capacity of the factions that created it to maintain their control over it. The military authority of successive Governor-Generals crumbled away as they only had direct control over at most two thousand troops, the [[Army of Conquest]] numbered some 30,000 at this point. The impetus to construct the [[Great Arsenal]] allowed the army to build its own arms factories and foundries in Xisheng to equip its forces, becoming an entirely self sufficient native military force. With private financial support, the [[Army of Conquest]] founded the Xisheng Military College to train its own officer cadres independently from the Qian army. This institution recruited from all the layers of settler society regardless of class and instructed them in the army's political goals of territorial expansion, strategic autonomy from the mainland and local hegemony over civilian authorities. The most famous alumni of this institution was [[Hong Huanxiong]] who eventually rose to the highest rank attainable in the army, that of Great Marshal. | |||
[[File:Yuan Shikai in uniform.jpg|thumb|Hong Huanxiong, Great Marshal of the [[Army of Conquest]] in the early 20th century.]] | [[File:Yuan Shikai in uniform.jpg|thumb|Hong Huanxiong, Great Marshal of the [[Army of Conquest]] in the early 20th century.]] | ||
In 1891 Hong secured the governorship of Xisheng in exchange for a payment of two million silver coins to the Grand Vizier and a notarized promise not to seek more autonomy, thus finally combining the nominal supreme political authority of the Governor-General and the military power of the Great Marshal of the [[Army of Conquest]], he also ignored the eight year limit for serving as governor. Hong's authority was now so great that he began enacting a program to disempower the [[Xisheng Trading Company]] by seizing many of the critical assets it had built or acquired for decades, including railways, factories and ports; in this way Hong began securing the productive and economic base for himself and was no longer beholden to the approval of the plutocrats. The sudden and forceful loss of its vast holdings in Xisheng led the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] into a downward spiral that forced it to divest itself of other assets in order to raise funds to survive, one such asset was the [[Harmonious Flotilla Invincible]] which it could no longer afford to operate autonomously; the fleet was sold to the Qian navy at a significant loss. By 1905 Huanxiong was interested in expanding his territory to northern [[Varshan]], specifically the land inhabited by the sedentary Ajaw people. Nominally subordinate to the emperor in [[Daxia]], Hong telegraphed the mainland to 'request permission' for his plans, a mere formality in his eyes. The answer that came back in the name of Emperor [[Zhishun]] not only denied his request but also rebuked him for engaging in unsanctioned adventurism, insufficient deference to the imperial court and for expelling imperial auditors. In fury Hong delayed returning a response for six months and began making serious preparations to create his own dynasty and secede from Qian control (albeit nominal at this point). Given their vastly modernized [[Great Arsenal|armed forces]], the Qian were in no mood to negotiate with their unruly vassal and were confident of defeating him and retaking Xisheng by force. Hong began making preparations to crown himself as the emperor of the new Shan dynasty, made overtures to [[Varshan]] to create an anti Qian alliance and began planning an operation to take over [[Cao]] to prevent any naval movement towards Xisheng. The march to war was interrupted with the sudden death of Huanxiong to stomach cancer and a struggle to succeed him among the top ranks of the [[Army of Conquest]]. | |||
The internecine conflict lasted until 1909 when general [[Pan Zexian]] sidelined his rivals for control and reestablished contact with Qian officials. What followed was a period where Zexian began walking back some of the most extreme autonomist policies of his predecessor and nurtured back ties with the mainland, including welcoming back imperial civil officials. [[Pan Zexian]] was received in [[Mirzak]] and formally appointed as Governor-General in 1911. Zexian did not walk back however the economic and military domination of Xisheng by his army which would continue to function as a state within a state for the next 50 years and neither would his successors let their grip slip of the two highest offices in the province. Zexian maintained the territorial status quo, at times propping up [[Nanzitolclatl|Nanzitolclatl]] as a buffer with [[Kiravia]]n colonial territory; he also established working contacts with the Malan-Zar clan of north [[Varshan]] to help him manage the Ajaw raiders. The outbreak of the [[Second Great War]] brought a degree of economic deprivation as [[Urcea]]n naval forces managed to severe communication between Xisheng and the mainland in the later stages of the war. The [[Army of Conquest]] prepared itself for naval invasion that never came about, spending a great deal of resources on fortifications that served no ultimate purpose. The economic plantation system employed locally rapidly decayed during and immediately after the war due to the temporary severing from its main market, the [[Daxia]]n mainland. This in turn led to an economic decline of the province's economy and a hole in the budget that the top brass was unable to fill without the assistance of the central bank. Using the threat of withholding critical funds and closing of the mainland markets to tighten the screws on the [[Army of Conquest]], coupled with heavy losses during the [[March into the mountains]] campaign, the post-Qian government managed to finally get the army back into a position of subordination by 1962. | |||
===The Deluge=== | ===The Deluge=== | ||
attack western | The early 21st century saw increased international tension and armed conflict all over north and central [[Crona]], a period known as [[The Deluge|the Deluge]]. [[Daxia]] for its part saw the chaotic situation to advance its interests and settle some territorial ambitions. Agreeing during negotiations in [[Touxian]] on a memorandum of understanding with the [[Kiravia|Kiravian Federacy]] in 2010, that secretly divided the territory between Xisheng and [[Mid-Atrassic Crona]]. The agreement formalized the future control of [[Daxia]] over the entirety of the [[Ixa'Taka]]n rump and moreover apportioned western [[Nanseetucket|Nanzitolclatl]] and formalized the western half of the capital city of Rigo for Daxian control under the [[Rigo Joint Security Area]]. Within weeks of the agreement, [[Daxia]]n border forces began making incursions under the premise of protecting ethnic [[Chimoche|Chimor]] from being oppressed on the other side of the border. Ixa'Taka's monarch, King Cacama protested these violations before the [[League of Nations]] to no avail, [[Daxia]] even contrived to secure a mandate from the Security Council to 'secure' these territories. In any case a full fledge military attack was well underway while these proceedings were taking place, [[Chimoche|Chimor]] irregular forces moved in small numbers into western [[Ixa'Taka]] followed shortly after by a strong mechanized [[Daxia]]n assault that overwhelmed [[Ixa'Taka]]n static defenses at numerous points of the frontline and caused a mass rout among Ixa'Takan forces. [[Ixa'Taka]]n remants regrouped at the capital of Rixis which soon came itself under aerial attack; mass use of glide bombs rendered all of the capitals defenses into debris within two weeks. As the [[Daxia]]n armored thrust pushed north and south of the city, the risk of encirclement became a coming certainty. King Cacama got in touch with the [[Daxia]]n High Command and requested an armistice, which was granted. The statelet of [[Ixa'Taka]] was thereafter under strict military occupation while its dismantling was carried out; the monarchy was abolished, the remains of its defense forces were demobilized and its independence snuffed out. Only in 2015 would it regain a semblance of self rule with the passing and implementation of the Law on Autonomies, however instead of King Cacama a new ruler was installed over [[Ixa'Taka]], an outsider with no local ties named Gurban Mamedow would act as a strongman closely monitored by the [[Daxia]]ns. There are certain theories that [[Ixa'Taka]] and the other Autonomies currently function as laboratories for new ways of politically organizing the many [[Crona]]n peoples under [[Daxia]]n rule. | ||
[[File:BoomBoomTank.jpg|thumb|[[Daxia]]n army tank during a skirmish in north [[Varshan]]]] | |||
[[Nanseetucket|Nanzitolclatl]] for its part was subject to its own tribulations during this period. The government of Mirek Alaganek was under attack by Kiravia's 45th Army corps, fighting on behalf of the Chappaquiddick Peace Council and its drive for independence. Alaganek's forces were demoralized and losing ground quickly in the face of Kiravian technological superiority. Tragically for [[Nanseetucket|Nanzitolclatl]] the past assurances of [[Daxia]] that it would not involve itself in affairs east of [[Ixa'Taka]] were shelved in favor of the full implementation of he [[Touxian]] Agreement. The following attack on [[Nanseetucket|Nanzitolclatl]]'s western flank proved catastrophic for its strategic position, as the bulk of its combat worthy units were in the east of the country. The rapid [[Daxia]]n advance towards [[Rigo Joint Security Area|Rigo]] from the west soon turned the military situation untenable for the government as it simply lacked the reserves or logistics to mount a proper defense against the surprise attack. Under pressure by two militarily superior foes, the regime of Mirek Alaganek began dissolving, the leader himself attempting to escape hidden inside of a fridge before his capture. The collapse and debellation of [[Nanseetucket|Nanzitolclatl]] was propagandized as a great victory for the international order, the elimination of a vain and cruel regime with a very narrow band of ethnic support. With multiple Security Council resolutions in hand, [[Daxia]] and [[Kiravia]] proceeded to carve out the territory between them, [[Daxia]]'s half being absorbed into Xisheng and the [[Kiravia]]n half eventually evolving into the [[Mid-Atrassic_States]]. | |||
The start of hostilities between [[Daxia]] and [[Varshan]] can be pointed to a border delimitation dispute between both nations following the fall of [[Nanzitolclatl]]. Both nations began a policy of aggressive military build-up and posturing on the disputed border of Xisheng and north Varshan, including several clashes that resulted in deaths from the two sides. [[Daxia]]n forces began the hasty construction of a set of four strong defensive lines, collectively known as the [[Chen Line]]; the fortification was considered too resilient to even countenance an attempt by Varshan's forces to breach it. As [[Urcea]] and its dependencies were dragged into a shooting war with [[Varshan]], forcing the latter to withdraw numerous units from the Xisheng frontier region, the [[Daxia]]n political leadership committed to an opportunistic attack of its own to settle the border issue by force, as had happened with [[Nanzitolclatl]]. Even with the shift in resources to [[Cetsencalia]], [[Daxia]]n forces were still numerically inferior to their [[Varshan]]i counterparts. A large portion of [[Daxia]]n strength in [[Crona]] represented in the main body of the [[Army of Conquest]] was still engaged north in a simmering conflict with the [[Alpachnia|Alpachnee Confederation]]. [[Daxia]]n High Command believed its air assets on hand, partial element of surprise and the qualitative edge of its forces would be enough to nullify the [[Varshan]]i advantage in numbers. On May 25, 2021, [[Daxia]]n artillery alongside drones began an intensive bombardment of [[Varshan]]i positions south of the Amox river. By May 29, [[Daxia]]n forces had constructed several pontoon bridges and were crossing over the Amox into [[Varshan]] proper. Pushing back light counter-attacks, a mechanized thrust aided by irregular detachments and drone sorties, secured several bridgeheads allowing [[Daxia]]n forces to continue pouring forth. Initially unable to hold back the [[Daxia]]n advance, [[Varshan]]'s Northern zone commander [[Shai Malan-Zar]] adopted a strategy of defense in depth, quickly ordering his forces to fall back to prepared defensive lines north of Shimrra, further out of range of [[Daxia]]n artillery. As [[Varshan]]'s own invasion of [[Cetsencalia]] found increased battlefield gains, [[Varshan]] command saw fit to transfer back significant forces to the fighting on Xisheng, where the [[Daxia]]n offensive was bogged down 35 km north of the city of Shimrra. The sudden influx of battle hardened reinforcements saw the reversal of the limited [[Daxia]]n gains within two months, forcing them back to the Amox river, and then forcing them to conduct a hasty fighting retreat back across it. These setbacks forced field marshal [[Bort Borg]] to finally recall the bulk of the [[Army of Conquest]] from the north in order to salvage the worsening situation and stabilize the front. With local superiority [[Varshan]] forces successfully crossed the Amox after several abortive and costly landing attempts and began capturing several towns and strongpoints south of the [[Chen Line]] while [[Daxia]]n retreated to avoid being destroyed in pitched battle by overwhelming numbers. | |||
[[File:Nukey.jpg|thumb|Detonation of a nuclear device over Shimrra city.]] | |||
Within a month the [[Daxia]]n army fought to hold and then abandoned the towns of Khaw, Hong Guo, Mian, Baiga, Shul, Cheshen, Waguo, Chongzi and Anqi alongside most of the first line of defense. [[Daxia]]n forces repositioned alongside the Wajj-Chan-Sagnu defensive axis to try and prevent a breakthrough. [[Varshan]] conducted pinning attacks on the towns of Wajj and Sagnu while pushing towards the transport hub of Gatua. This attack marked the high point of [[Varshan]]'s offensive inside Xisheng and was the furthest it managed to advance into [[Daxia]]n territory. The initial [[Varshan]]i attempt to capture the centrally located town of Gatua saw them overrun the defenders and take almost 80% of the city, leaving the [[Daxia]]ns only in control of the northern industrial district and the airport. A higher tempo of drone sorties and the first massive use of chemical weapons in the war managed to stop the city from falling completely. Deployed by the [[Army of Conquest]] through rockets, chlorine gas attacks led to thousands of [[Varshan]]i soldiers suffocating in the southernmost districts of the city. Brutal urban combat raged for two months as both sides fought over every street, sewer and ruined building. Most of the ethnic Daxians had been previously evacuated, but the [[Crona]]n inhabitants were left to fend for themselves during the battle, resulting in thousands of casualties at the hands of both armies. Continued chemical attacks, missile attacks on supply depots and the grinding of their forces by artillery pushed the [[Varshan]]i command to retreat from the city and order their forces south to preserve its battle worthiness. | |||
The heavy losses incurred in Gatua brought the [[Varshan]]i counteroffensive to a halt, as depleted units were forced to abandon their positions and be removed from the front to be replenished and refitted. The war on Xisheng took a decisive turn after [[Varshan]] ordered a [[Atomic bombing of Zakan Rot|nuclear strike on Zakan Rot]] in the [[Seneca Islands]]. Fearing [[Varshan]] would use its nuclear arsenal next against a [[Daxia]]n target, Chancellor [[Prib Dodd]], without consulting LoN command, authorized a retaliatory nuclear strike to reestablish deterrence. The target decided on was the city of Shimrra, a major city in north [[Varshan]] and a key logistical base and transport hub for its forces fighting on Xisheng. The [[Atomic bombing of Shimrra]] killed over 600,000 people and injured another 200,000, it also vaporized most of the Northern Command's command and control and its supplies. Varshani commander [[Shai Malan-Zar]], fearful of a direct nuclear strike on his forces and with communication with the interior broken, opted instead to abandon the northern defenses and to the retreat from the border. This decision was compounded by a desire to not be outflanked by [[Kiravia]]n forces gaining ground in the Mountains of Terror. [[Daxia]]n forces would continue operating from Xisheng until the end of the war in 2024. | |||
===Modern period=== | |||
The end of the war against [[Varshan]], concluded via the [[Treaty of Electorsbourg (2024)|Treaty of Electorsbourg]] brought back peace to Xisheng. The region was enlarged to the south by the treaty, extending past the Meroe Mountains and into the Ajaw plains; the new natural border was the Torobatl river. [[Daxia]] expelled most of the ethnic Varshani population from this zone immediately after war's end, deeming them a hostile burden capable of mounting an insurrection. The Ajaw people on the other hand were deemed a 'liberated' people and were given assistance and eventually, residence of a sort. Laws have been enacted to settle the restless situation between the government and various ethnic groups, namely the Law on Autonomies, which has granted limited forms of autonomy to various majoritarian [[Crona]]n groups. Reconstruction of southern Xisheng continued for several years, being deemed complete by 2030 thanks to the prolific use of involuntary labor, a new four lane highway was constructed between Xisheng and the [[Zanoma Regional Administration]] to promote interconnectivity and trading. Xisheng continues to act as a vital lifeline to the ZRA of food, reconstruction materials and most importantly funds. Security assistance is also rendered from bases in Xisheng, especially through the use of both manned and unmanned drones to strike residual Arzalist pockets of armed resistance. Experts believe that [[Daxia]] is laying the groundwork for a future annexation of the ZRA or for propping it as a newly independent state under [[Daxia]]n protection in order to weaken [[Varshan]] permanently. Xisheng remains the most militarized region of [[Daxia]] due to continued instability in both [[Varshan]] and [[Alpachnia]], [[Daxia]]n forces routinely violate the latter's territorial sovereignty to pursue poachers and supranational guerrilla groups. The creation of the [[Xisheng Office of Contentment]] has also led to a direct increase in contentedness and enthusiasm for [[Daxia]]n rule among all ethnic groups. | |||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||
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Xisheng is home to many local ethnicities whose ranges of habitation have fluctuated over time; their locations affected by various [[Daxia]]n policies designed to acquire richer and more geographically advantageous land for settlement and limit their material prosperity. The Ixa'Takan people dominated most of present northwestern Xisheng before the arrival of [[Daxia]] forced them inland. Their population of some four million currently reside near exclusively within the borders of the [[Ixa'Taka|Ixa'Taka Autonomy]] and have been granted limited forms of autonomy to conduct their affairs. Following them in numbers are the Chimor people who inhabit the region of [[Chimoche]] which abuts [[Mid-Atrassic Crona]]. At a population of 3.7 million people they are the second most numerous indigenous people on the region. The Ajaw, Nuun and Varshani peoples are more recent additions, the Ajaw falling under Daxian domination in the | Xisheng is home to many local ethnicities whose ranges of habitation have fluctuated over time; their locations affected by various [[Daxia]]n policies designed to acquire richer and more geographically advantageous land for settlement and limit their material prosperity. The Ixa'Takan people dominated most of present northwestern Xisheng before the arrival of [[Daxia]] forced them inland. Their population of some four million currently reside near exclusively within the borders of the [[Ixa'Taka|Ixa'Taka Autonomy]] and have been granted limited forms of autonomy to conduct their affairs. Following them in numbers are the Chimor people who inhabit the region of [[Chimoche]] which abuts [[Mid-Atrassic Crona]]. At a population of 3.7 million people they are the second most numerous indigenous people on the region. The Ajaw, Nuun and Varshani peoples are more recent additions, the Ajaw falling under Daxian domination in the 20th century after the [[March into the mountains]] and the Nuun and Varshani being added after the territories they lived in were cut off from [[Varshan]] and attached to Xisheng at the end of [[the Deluge]]. There are plans to carve an autonomous region for the Nuun and transplant all the remaining Varshanis inside it so the Nuun majority keeps them in check. | ||
Xisheng has never been as widely and intensively settled as [[Cao]] was. [[Daxian people|Daxians]] constitute a mere sixteen percent and are outnumbered by [[Crona]]n ethnicities by a proportion of 4 to 1, yet have the majority of the land. Daxians mostly live on the coast and in fortified cities dotted across geographically advantegous locations such as hilltops. | Xisheng has never been as widely and intensively settled as [[Cao]] was. [[Daxian people|Daxians]] constitute a mere sixteen percent and are outnumbered by [[Crona]]n ethnicities by a proportion of 4 to 1, yet have the majority of the land. Daxians mostly live on the coast and in fortified cities dotted across geographically advantegous locations such as hilltops. | ||
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