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The southern kingdom remained especially resilient, keeping mostly in one piece duting that century and a half under a revolving door of generals and nobles which earned it the nickname of ''Kingdom of a Thousand Dynastie''s. Meanwhile, the north kepy dividing into smaller pieces until the late 2nd century and war was endemic to the region. Amongst the chaos, many turned to the solace of religion and especially toward [[Ju Tianism]], a school of thought advocating for radical change and teaching that inaction when faced with chaos was tantamount to creating chaos yourself. Under the leadership of monks, peasants of the Raotuan kingdom in modern day Beifang rose in rebellion, quickly taking over and moving across the north where more and more people rose against their tyrannical king. In 195 CE, Fen Huotong was proclaimed king, founding the Neng dynasty. The north was unified under his rule quickly after. Most remaining states fearing what would happen to their leading class their peasant should rebel, bowed to the ascendant Neng Kingdom. Despite their resilience, the south lack of political stability led to an easy conquest by a deeply motivated northern army. By 198 CE, the old territories of the Yuesung were united again at long last. Under the Neng, Tianism took a central place in politic and the deeply spiritual style of rule would come to define the Liang for their entire history. Their rites and ceremonies would play a key role during the Heavenly Empire period and later during the Lunar Empire.

===Daxian Settlement===

[[File:Brink.jpg|thumb|Old town of ~~Brink~~ circa 628 CE]]

[[File:Brink.jpg|thumb|Old town of Bianyuan circa 628 CE]]

The very first attested instance of organized habitation of the Guangbei plains is from an Shang dynasty imperial proclamation in 520 CE; granting official town status to the city of Brink which sits at the southern mouth of the Hongse river. Imperial surveyors traveled northbound along the eastern bank of the river encountering small nomadic settlements, its people probably related to the Degei ~~confederation~~ to the ~~east~~. Imperial authorities erected five wooden forts alongside the river to serve as frontier posts, this territory would be known thereafter as the ~~Left~~-Bank Frontier province with ~~Brink~~ serving as its first seat. ~~Brink~~ and its hinterlands were dominated by the Houxi clan, linked by marriage to the Imperial family by marriage to a second ~~cousing~~ of the Emperor Cao Mei. The Houxi were thus the beneficiaries of imperial patronage and their province received generous subventions that it otherwise would not be granted given its low population. From 803 CE onwards the Houxi held a monopoly on the office of Imperial Viceroy. It was Viceroy Chang Houxi who first ordered an expedition be mounted across to the other side of the Hongse into what is known as the ~~Mongshe~~ forest, where Huoxi began setting up numerous logging camps. The ~~explotation~~ of forested areas became an important source of revenue for the Houxi family who built a palisade and town named Hochi across the river to serve as the logistic center of the operation.

The very first attested instance of organized habitation of the Guangbei plains is from an Shang dynasty imperial proclamation in 520 CE; granting official town status to the city of Brink which sits at the southern mouth of the Hongse river. Imperial surveyors traveled northbound along the eastern bank of the river encountering small nomadic settlements, its people probably related to the [[Degei Confederation]] to the northwest. Imperial authorities erected five wooden forts alongside the river to serve as frontier posts, this territory would be known thereafter as the Right-Bank Frontier province with [[Bianyuan]] serving as its first seat. [[Bianyuan]] and its hinterlands were dominated by the Houxi clan, linked by marriage to the Imperial family by marriage to a second cousin of the Emperor Cao Mei. The Houxi were thus the beneficiaries of imperial patronage and their province received generous subventions that it otherwise would not be granted given its low population. From 803 CE onwards the Houxi held a monopoly on the office of Imperial Viceroy. It was Viceroy Chang Houxi who first ordered an expedition be mounted across to the other side of the Hongse into what is known as the Koron forest, where Huoxi began setting up numerous logging camps. The exploitation of forested areas became an important source of revenue for the Houxi family who built a palisade and town named Hochi across the river to serve as the logistic center of the operation.

The region held special importance due to the conquests of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]], which advanced to the borders of Guangbei which required the Chen dynasty to expend precious resources to garrison the border and the as of yet fairly depopulated province. The crumbling of Oduniyyad central authority in [[Alshar]] during 860 brought no respite as the new Muslim dynasties proved equally inclined to wage holy wars.

===United Cities era===

Generalized unrest within the [[Daxia|Chen dynasty]] began in 877 with a seriers 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 Brink 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 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 ~~of Brink~~.

Generalized unrest within the [[Daxia|Chen dynasty]] began in 877 with a seriers 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 [[Bianyuan]]'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 [[Bianyuan]] 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.

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'''~~Hao~~''': The majority group in Canpei is a group of people called ~~Hao~~, which is a term that only distinctly emerged in the mid-1800's. Roughly signifying 'northerners', the ~~Hao~~ are assumed to be comprised of the descendants of Canpei before the Zhong reconquest of the province, that is the original settlers who intermixed with the native nomad populations. Those that came after the fall of the [[United Cities]] were traditionally seen as colonizers and treated with suspicion since they displaced the locals from most positions of power and influence. The independence movement and first governments of Canpei were dominated by the ~~Hao~~ but after the Daxian invasion, policies that disadvantaged other groups were dropped. Daxian anthropologists do not recognize the ~~Hao~~ as a distinct group, instead using the term of Plains Daxian.

'''Tiao''': The majority group in Canpei is a group of people called Tiao, which is a term that only distinctly emerged in the mid-1800's. Roughly signifying 'northerners', the Tiao are assumed to be comprised of the descendants of Canpei before the Zhong reconquest of the province, that is the original Daxian settlers who intermixed with the native nomad populations and Liang peoples. Those that came after the fall of the [[United Cities]] were traditionally seen as colonizers and treated with suspicion since they displaced the locals from most positions of power and influence. The independence movement and first governments of Canpei were dominated by the Tiao but after the Daxian invasion, policies that disadvantaged other groups were dropped. Daxian anthropologists do not recognize the Tiao as a distinct group, instead using the term of Plains Daxian.

'''Daxian''': For political purposes, the Canpei government separated part of its population ~~fron~~ the main ~~Zuiyuan~~ group after independence. Those whose descent did not go back far enough in time were barred from self-identifying as ~~Zuiyuan~~ and therefore had less standing before the state. This system of tiered citizenship eventually became intolerable for ~~Daxian~~ on both sides of the border, leading to the collapse of the post-independence government by armed force. Today ~~Daxian~~ 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.

'''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.

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 The southern kingdom remained especially resilient, keeping mostly in one piece duting that century and a half under a revolving door of generals and nobles which earned it the nickname of ''Kingdom of a Thousand Dynastie''s. Meanwhile, the north kepy dividing into smaller pieces until the late 2nd century and war was endemic to the region. Amongst the chaos, many turned to the solace of religion and especially toward [[Ju Tianism]], a school of thought advocating for radical change and teaching that inaction when faced with chaos was tantamount to creating chaos yourself. Under the leadership of monks, peasants of the Raotuan kingdom in modern day Beifang rose in rebellion, quickly taking over and moving across the north where more and more people rose against their tyrannical king. In 195 CE, Fen Huotong was proclaimed king, founding the Neng dynasty. The north was unified under his rule quickly after. Most remaining states fearing what would happen to their leading class their peasant should rebel, bowed to the ascendant Neng Kingdom. Despite their resilience, the south lack of political stability led to an easy conquest by a deeply motivated northern army. By 198 CE, the old territories of the Yuesung were united again at long last. Under the Neng, Tianism took a central place in politic and the deeply spiritual style of rule would come to define the Liang for their entire history. Their rites and ceremonies would play a key role during the Heavenly Empire period and later during the Lunar Empire.
 ===Daxian Settlement===
-[[File:Brink.jpg|thumb|Old town of Brink circa 628 CE]]
+[[File:Brink.jpg|thumb|Old town of Bianyuan circa 628 CE]]
-The very first attested instance of organized habitation of the Guangbei plains is from an Shang dynasty imperial proclamation in 520 CE; granting official town status to the city of Brink which sits at the southern mouth of the Hongse river. Imperial surveyors traveled northbound along the eastern bank of the river encountering small nomadic settlements, its people probably related to the Degei confederation to the east. Imperial authorities erected five wooden forts alongside the river to serve as frontier posts, this territory would be known thereafter as the Left-Bank Frontier province with Brink serving as its first seat. Brink and its hinterlands were dominated by the Houxi clan, linked by marriage to the Imperial family by marriage to a second cousing of the Emperor Cao Mei. The Houxi were thus the beneficiaries of imperial patronage and their province received generous subventions that it otherwise would not be granted given its low population. From 803 CE onwards the Houxi held a monopoly on the office of Imperial Viceroy. It was Viceroy Chang Houxi who first ordered an expedition be mounted across to the other side of the Hongse into what is known as the Mongshe forest, where Huoxi began setting up numerous logging camps. The explotation of forested areas became an important source of revenue for the Houxi family who built a palisade and town named Hochi across the river to serve as the logistic center of the operation.
+The very first attested instance of organized habitation of the Guangbei plains is from an Shang dynasty imperial proclamation in 520 CE; granting official town status to the city of Brink which sits at the southern mouth of the Hongse river. Imperial surveyors traveled northbound along the eastern bank of the river encountering small nomadic settlements, its people probably related to the [[Degei Confederation]] to the northwest. Imperial authorities erected five wooden forts alongside the river to serve as frontier posts, this territory would be known thereafter as the Right-Bank Frontier province with [[Bianyuan]] serving as its first seat. [[Bianyuan]] and its hinterlands were dominated by the Houxi clan, linked by marriage to the Imperial family by marriage to a second cousin of the Emperor Cao Mei. The Houxi were thus the beneficiaries of imperial patronage and their province received generous subventions that it otherwise would not be granted given its low population. From 803 CE onwards the Houxi held a monopoly on the office of Imperial Viceroy. It was Viceroy Chang Houxi who first ordered an expedition be mounted across to the other side of the Hongse into what is known as the Koron forest, where Huoxi began setting up numerous logging camps. The exploitation of forested areas became an important source of revenue for the Houxi family who built a palisade and town named Hochi across the river to serve as the logistic center of the operation.
 The region held special importance due to the conquests of the [[Oduniyyad Caliphate]], which advanced to the borders of Guangbei which required the Chen dynasty to expend precious resources to garrison the border and the as of yet fairly depopulated province. The crumbling of Oduniyyad central authority in [[Alshar]] during 860 brought no respite as the new Muslim dynasties proved equally inclined to wage holy wars.
 ===United Cities era===
-Generalized unrest within the [[Daxia|Chen dynasty]] began in 877 with a seriers 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 Brink 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 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 of Brink.
+Generalized unrest within the [[Daxia|Chen dynasty]] began in 877 with a seriers 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 [[Bianyuan]]'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 [[Bianyuan]] 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.
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+| label1 = Tiao
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-'''Hao''': The majority group in Canpei is a group of people called Hao, which is a term that only distinctly emerged in the mid-1800's. Roughly signifying 'northerners', the Hao are assumed to be comprised of the descendants of Canpei before the Zhong reconquest of the province, that is the original settlers who intermixed with the native nomad populations. Those that came after the fall of the [[United Cities]] were traditionally seen as colonizers and treated with suspicion since they displaced the locals from most positions of power and influence. The independence movement and first governments of Canpei were dominated by the Hao but after the Daxian invasion, policies that disadvantaged other groups were dropped. Daxian anthropologists do not recognize the Hao as a distinct group, instead using the term of Plains Daxian.
+'''Tiao''': The majority group in Canpei is a group of people called Tiao, which is a term that only distinctly emerged in the mid-1800's. Roughly signifying 'northerners', the Tiao are assumed to be comprised of the descendants of Canpei before the Zhong reconquest of the province, that is the original Daxian settlers who intermixed with the native nomad populations and Liang peoples. Those that came after the fall of the [[United Cities]] were traditionally seen as colonizers and treated with suspicion since they displaced the locals from most positions of power and influence. The independence movement and first governments of Canpei were dominated by the Tiao but after the Daxian invasion, policies that disadvantaged other groups were dropped. Daxian anthropologists do not recognize the Tiao as a distinct group, instead using the term of Plains Daxian.
-'''Daxian''': For political purposes, the Canpei government separated part of its population fron the main Zuiyuan group after independence. Those whose descent did not go back far enough in time were barred from self-identifying as Zuiyuan and therefore had less standing before the state. This system of tiered citizenship eventually became intolerable for Daxian on both sides of the border, leading to the collapse of the post-independence government by armed force. Today Daxian 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.
+'''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.

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