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[[Dai Hanjian]] did not live long enough to develop a cult of personality but he was fond of pomp and toadyism so it is possible he would have attempted to start one around him. [[Qiu Heng]] however did quietly foment one around him not necessarily out of vanity but as a tool for political control. With every passing year in office, his personal qualities seemed to grow to include an endless list of positive adjectives. The man was honest, diligent, far-sighted, compassionate, luminous, sagacious, persevering, unbending, towering, etc. [[Qiu Heng]] became a veritable sun around which orbited the nation, paeans in his honor were composed and then sung by schoolchildren, works of art were commissioned to depict his likeness be it paintings, sculptures, statues. His face was used in postage stamps, money, lunchboxes and a plethora of other items of daily use. The increasing fervor and pitch of the cult suddenly dropped with [[Qiu Heng]]'s death in 1964, and it seemed to die after his entombment. And then the malformed remains coalesced back into the very same thing, this time for the new president [[Chi Long Qua]]. It became the prerogative of each successive leader to be treated as the Sun God during their time in office, being at the apex of their power and luminosity at the start and waning as power slipped away towards the end of their terms. Some [[Daxia]]ns believed the propaganda but most apparently simply went through the motions as part of their jobs, thus the cult of adoration of the leaders became more and more hollowed out as time went on and the fortunes of the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|NRF]] dwindled. By the end of the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|NRF]]'s rule, its last president was complaining that his political rallies were only half full and that attendees began leaving before he was done speaking; the reverence was gone and he was just a man.

The adoration of the masses, now again real and potent, moved as a wave to fall at the feet of the demagogue [[Linge Chen]] and his vociferous [[Party of Daxian Democrats|party of extremes]]. The hangman of the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|NRF]], Chen had no need for artifice and elaborate background work, the masses came to him willingly to lap from the fountain of energetic and direct despotism he represented, anything to do away with the crawling inaction and overripe corruption of past governments.

The adoration of the masses, now again real and potent, moved as a wave to fall at the feet of the demagogue [[Linge Chen]] and his vociferous [[Party of Daxian Democrats|party of extremes]]. The hangman of the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|NRF]], Chen had no need for artifice and elaborate background work, the masses came to him willingly to lap from the fountain of energetic and direct despotism he represented, anything to do away with the crawling inaction and overripe corruption of past governments. Unlike the party that preceded it, the [[Party of Daxian Democrats]] has so far not attempted to build an extensive cult for [[Prib Dodd]], who despite his steady leadership is seen as a guardian of [[Linge Chen]]'s legacy, who is still by far the most popular politician of [[Daxia]]'s modern history.

==Demographics==

===Diaspora===

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 [[Dai Hanjian]] did not live long enough to develop a cult of personality but he was fond of pomp and toadyism so it is possible he would have attempted to start one around him. [[Qiu Heng]] however did quietly foment one around him not necessarily out of vanity but as a tool for political control. With every passing year in office, his personal qualities seemed to grow to include an endless list of positive adjectives. The man was honest, diligent, far-sighted, compassionate, luminous, sagacious, persevering, unbending, towering, etc. [[Qiu Heng]] became a veritable sun around which orbited the nation, paeans in his honor were composed and then sung by schoolchildren, works of art were commissioned to depict his likeness be it paintings, sculptures, statues. His face was used in postage stamps, money, lunchboxes and a plethora of other items of daily use. The increasing fervor and pitch of the cult suddenly dropped with [[Qiu Heng]]'s death in 1964, and it seemed to die after his entombment. And then the malformed remains coalesced back into the very same thing, this time for the new president [[Chi Long Qua]]. It became the prerogative of each successive leader to be treated as the Sun God during their time in office, being at the apex of their power and luminosity at the start and waning as power slipped away towards the end of their terms. Some [[Daxia]]ns believed the propaganda but most apparently simply went through the motions as part of their jobs, thus the cult of adoration of the leaders became more and more hollowed out as time went on and the fortunes of the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|NRF]] dwindled. By the end of the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|NRF]]'s rule, its last president was complaining that his political rallies were only half full and that attendees began leaving before he was done speaking; the reverence was gone and he was just a man.
-The adoration of the masses, now again real and potent, moved as a wave to fall at the feet of the demagogue [[Linge Chen]] and his vociferous [[Party of Daxian Democrats|party of extremes]]. The hangman of the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|NRF]], Chen had no need for artifice and elaborate background work, the masses came to him willingly to lap from the fountain of energetic and direct despotism he represented, anything to do away with the crawling inaction and overripe corruption of past governments.
+The adoration of the masses, now again real and potent, moved as a wave to fall at the feet of the demagogue [[Linge Chen]] and his vociferous [[Party of Daxian Democrats|party of extremes]]. The hangman of the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|NRF]], Chen had no need for artifice and elaborate background work, the masses came to him willingly to lap from the fountain of energetic and direct despotism he represented, anything to do away with the crawling inaction and overripe corruption of past governments. Unlike the party that preceded it, the [[Party of Daxian Democrats]] has so far not attempted to build an extensive cult for [[Prib Dodd]], who despite his steady leadership is seen as a guardian of [[Linge Chen]]'s legacy, who is still by far the most popular politician of [[Daxia]]'s modern history.
 ==Demographics==
 ===Diaspora===

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