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The arrangement and pact between forces that held until independence did not last long after it. By 1948 King Jiaohua chafed at having to answer to a parliament and its control over his finances, while the groups represented in parliament distrusted the king who had once been a loyal pawn of the Qian, and also distrusted one another. A brief battle erupted in 1950 that resulted in the deposal of king Jiaohua and his exile back to [[Daxia]] where kept a mini court as the 'rightful King of Canpei' until he ran out of money and died in obscurity. In response to the dismantling of the monarchy, [[Daxia]] claimed that Canpei's continuing existence was a legal fiction, as no agreement had been signed with another republic. Prime minister Wen Yishi of the Tiao National Congress who rose to run the new republic in a broad coalition with the Degei People's Party and the Ruralism Union, feared an invasion was imminent and tried to prepare Canpei's ragtag defenses. In any case it proved that noise was all the [[Daxia]]ns were interested in, as [[Qiu Heng]] had reorganized the government and was running in the first ever democratic election; Canpei and its 'toy independence' was a useful punching bag with the electorate. As president [[Qiu Heng]] secured from Canpei's government the assent to establish military bases on its territory, using the specter of intervention if refused, as happened in [[Rusana]] during the [[the Little Incursion]]. This was a middle of the road solution in [[Qiu Heng]]'s opinion, control of strategic locations and the country's growing economic dependence rendered any need for actual possession of Canpei superfluous.

A popular movement emerged in the 1970's that clamored for the withdrawal of [[Daxia]]'s military presence. The government attempted to play down the importance of the movement until it simply could not due to the critical mass it was reaching. President Ma Ying promised there would be consultations on the matter with [[Daxia]], without alerting the authorities at [[Mirzak]] first. The declaration outraged President Min Bib Doda who ordered an operation to put down the popular movement in Canpei and at the same time replace the government. Operation Zhēnkōng involved tens of thousands of troops who streamed into Canpei, while its own troops stood paralyzed in their bases without orders thanks to bribery or fear. Some units were even forced by the [[Daxia]]ns to join them on their march to the capital. Roadblocks set up by protestors were destroyed and the tent camps of the protesters in [[Brink]]'s city center were cleared with extreme violence by the [[Daxia]]ns. President Ma Ying was airlifted to [[Mirzak]] were he was forced to sign the transfer of powers to a government of national salvation composed of smaller pro-Daxian parties such as the National Union of Canpei.

A popular movement emerged in the 1970's that clamored for the withdrawal of [[Daxia]]'s military presence. The government attempted to play down the importance of the movement until it simply could not due to the critical mass it was reaching. President Ma Ying promised there would be consultations on the matter with [[Daxia]], without alerting the authorities at [[Mirzak]] first. The declaration outraged President Min Bib Doda who ordered an operation to put down the popular movement in Canpei and at the same time replace the government. Operation Zhēnkōng involved tens of thousands of troops who streamed into Canpei, while its own troops stood paralyzed in their bases without orders thanks to bribery or fear. Some units were even forced by the [[Daxia]]ns to join them on their march to the capital. Roadblocks set up by protestors were destroyed and the tent camps of the protesters in [[Brink]]'s city center were cleared with extreme violence by the [[Daxia]]ns. President Ma Ying was airlifted to [[Mirzak]] were he was forced to sign the transfer of powers to a government of national salvation composed of smaller pro-Daxian parties such as the National Union of Canpei. The invasion of 1975 was a corrective measure that altered the government of Canpei towards a decisively pro-[[Daxia]]n inclination but left much of the population ambivalent or hostile towards their giant neighbor for decades.

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'''Daxian''': For political purposes, the Canpei government separated part of its population from the main Tiao group after independence. Those whose descent did not go back far enough in time were barred from self-identifying as Tiao and therefore had less standing before the state. This system of tiered citizenship eventually became intolerable for Daxians on both sides of the border, leading to the collapse of the post-independence government by armed force. Today pure Daxians are just over 20% of the population, have equal standing to other ethnic groups and due to their connections to [[Daxia]], are a very significant economic and political force.

'''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.

'''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 a significant part of the population. They are called [[Degei Confederation|Degei]] in [[Daxia]].

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

'''Other''': The Other category includes Muslim [[Rusana|Rusanis]] who migrated to Canpei during the [[Rusani Civil War|Rusani civil war]] and their descendants, some scattered communities of [[Zorfashazi|Jews]] and Blacks.

===Language===

As a reflection of Canpei's ethnic makeup, there are various languages that are in use among the population. The constitution of the country specifies two languages as the official ones: the Liang language, which is recognized by most scholars as a dialect of [[Daxia]]n and is mostly mutually intelligible with said language; [[Daxia]]n scholars call the Liang dialect 'Northern [[Daxia]]n'. The second official language is of course, [[Daxia]]n itself which is spoken by the [[Daxia]]n minority and a great many Tiao people. One of the characteristics that sets the two dialects apart is Liang's greater user of [[Degei Confederation|Xingkai]] loanwords. As for unrecognized languages or with regional status at best, the language of the [[Degei Confederation|Xingkai]] has recognition in 3 provinces, [[Rusana|Rusani]] is not recognized but is a lingua franca of the Muslim community.

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 The arrangement and pact between forces that held until independence did not last long after it. By 1948 King Jiaohua chafed at having to answer to a parliament and its control over his finances, while the groups represented in parliament distrusted the king who had once been a loyal pawn of the Qian, and also distrusted one another. A brief battle erupted in 1950 that resulted in the deposal of king Jiaohua and his exile back to [[Daxia]] where kept a mini court as the 'rightful King of Canpei' until he ran out of money and died in obscurity. In response to the dismantling of the monarchy, [[Daxia]] claimed that Canpei's continuing existence was a legal fiction, as no agreement had been signed with another republic. Prime minister Wen Yishi of the Tiao National Congress who rose to run the new republic in a broad coalition with the Degei People's Party and the Ruralism Union, feared an invasion was imminent and tried to prepare Canpei's ragtag defenses. In any case it proved that noise was all the [[Daxia]]ns were interested in, as [[Qiu Heng]] had reorganized the government and was running in the first ever democratic election; Canpei and its 'toy independence' was a useful punching bag with the electorate. As president [[Qiu Heng]] secured from Canpei's government the assent to establish military bases on its territory, using the specter of intervention if refused, as happened in [[Rusana]] during the [[the Little Incursion]]. This was a middle of the road solution in [[Qiu Heng]]'s opinion, control of strategic locations and the country's growing economic dependence rendered any need for actual possession of Canpei superfluous.
-A popular movement emerged in the 1970's that clamored for the withdrawal of [[Daxia]]'s military presence. The government attempted to play down the importance of the movement until it simply could not due to the critical mass it was reaching. President Ma Ying promised there would be consultations on the matter with [[Daxia]], without alerting the authorities at [[Mirzak]] first. The declaration outraged President Min Bib Doda who ordered an operation to put down the popular movement in Canpei and at the same time replace the government. Operation Zhēnkōng involved tens of thousands of troops who streamed into Canpei, while its own troops stood paralyzed in their bases without orders thanks to bribery or fear. Some units were even forced by the [[Daxia]]ns to join them on their march to the capital. Roadblocks set up by protestors were destroyed and the tent camps of the protesters in [[Brink]]'s city center were cleared with extreme violence by the [[Daxia]]ns. President Ma Ying was airlifted to [[Mirzak]] were he was forced to sign the transfer of powers to a government of national salvation composed of smaller pro-Daxian parties such as the National Union of Canpei.
+A popular movement emerged in the 1970's that clamored for the withdrawal of [[Daxia]]'s military presence. The government attempted to play down the importance of the movement until it simply could not due to the critical mass it was reaching. President Ma Ying promised there would be consultations on the matter with [[Daxia]], without alerting the authorities at [[Mirzak]] first. The declaration outraged President Min Bib Doda who ordered an operation to put down the popular movement in Canpei and at the same time replace the government. Operation Zhēnkōng involved tens of thousands of troops who streamed into Canpei, while its own troops stood paralyzed in their bases without orders thanks to bribery or fear. Some units were even forced by the [[Daxia]]ns to join them on their march to the capital. Roadblocks set up by protestors were destroyed and the tent camps of the protesters in [[Brink]]'s city center were cleared with extreme violence by the [[Daxia]]ns. President Ma Ying was airlifted to [[Mirzak]] were he was forced to sign the transfer of powers to a government of national salvation composed of smaller pro-Daxian parties such as the National Union of Canpei. The invasion of 1975 was a corrective measure that altered the government of Canpei towards a decisively pro-[[Daxia]]n inclination but left much of the population ambivalent or hostile towards their giant neighbor for decades.
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 '''Daxian''': For political purposes, the Canpei government separated part of its population from the main Tiao group after independence. Those whose descent did not go back far enough in time were barred from self-identifying as Tiao and therefore had less standing before the state. This system of tiered citizenship eventually became intolerable for Daxians on both sides of the border, leading to the collapse of the post-independence government by armed force. Today pure Daxians are just over 20% of the population, have equal standing to other ethnic groups and due to their connections to [[Daxia]], are a very significant economic and political force.
-'''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.
+'''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 a significant part of the population. They are called [[Degei Confederation|Degei]] in [[Daxia]].
-'''Other''': The Other category includes Muslim [[Rusana|Rusanis]] who migrated to Canpei during the [[Rusani Civil War|Rusani civil war]] and their descendants.
+'''Other''': The Other category includes Muslim [[Rusana|Rusanis]] who migrated to Canpei during the [[Rusani Civil War|Rusani civil war]] and their descendants, some scattered communities of [[Zorfashazi|Jews]] and Blacks.
 ===Language===
 As a reflection of Canpei's ethnic makeup, there are various languages that are in use among the population. The constitution of the country specifies two languages as the official ones: the Liang language, which is recognized by most scholars as a dialect of [[Daxia]]n and is mostly mutually intelligible with said language; [[Daxia]]n scholars call the Liang dialect 'Northern [[Daxia]]n'. The second official language is of course, [[Daxia]]n itself which is spoken by the [[Daxia]]n minority and a great many Tiao people. One of the characteristics that sets the two dialects apart is Liang's greater user of [[Degei Confederation|Xingkai]] loanwords. As for unrecognized languages or with regional status at best, the language of the [[Degei Confederation|Xingkai]] has recognition in 3 provinces, [[Rusana|Rusani]] is not recognized but is a lingua franca of the Muslim community.

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