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A curiosity of [[Daxian people|Daxia]]n settlement in Zhijun is that intermarriage with the island natives was not banned for many years unlike the case in other colonies, resulting in many mixed marriages and as a result a large share of the population was of mixed origin. These genetic mutts were called 'Hluttaw' after an especially juicy local fruit. The practice of intermixing was much more rampant in the more remote interior of the islands compared to the coast and over time these Hluttaw would diverge from their Daxian progenitors in various ways that would prove a problem for imperial control. The colony would repel more enemy raids until the 1728 [[Truce of Caserges]] that ended most fighting between the Qian dynasty and other seafaring powers in the Cathay. The following period of peace allowed the Qian dynasty to build Zhijun into a prosperous hub of commerce between the mainland, the colonies of [[Peratra]] and the nations on the far east end of the [[Polynesian Sea]]. The [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] built dedicated facilities to handle its regional interests and handle all manner of transactions on the islands to the extent that two out of ten people were employed by the company. | A curiosity of [[Daxian people|Daxia]]n settlement in Zhijun is that intermarriage with the island natives was not banned for many years unlike the case in other colonies, resulting in many mixed marriages and as a result a large share of the population was of mixed origin. These genetic mutts were called 'Hluttaw' after an especially juicy local fruit. The practice of intermixing was much more rampant in the more remote interior of the islands compared to the coast and over time these Hluttaw would diverge from their Daxian progenitors in various ways that would prove a problem for imperial control. The colony would repel more enemy raids until the 1728 [[Truce of Caserges]] that ended most fighting between the Qian dynasty and other seafaring powers in the Cathay. The following period of peace allowed the Qian dynasty to build Zhijun into a prosperous hub of commerce between the mainland, the colonies of [[Peratra]] and the nations on the far east end of the [[Polynesian Sea]]. The [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] built dedicated facilities to handle its regional interests and handle all manner of transactions on the islands to the extent that two out of ten people were employed by the company. | ||
===Modern period=== | ===Modern period=== | ||
[[File:File:Tang Jiyao 9.jpg|thumb|Tang Jun, Imperial | [[File:File:Tang Jiyao 9.jpg|thumb|Tang Jun, Imperial Viceroy of Zhijun. Nicknamed 'the Tiger of Peratra' he remained a loyalist of the Qian dynasty after its fall in 1946 and resisted the new Republic until 1950.]] | ||
The Republican era saw renewed attention on the island by metropolitan authorities due to its vulnerability during the [[Second Great War]]. Heavy handed military government was imposed, which would lead to periodic outbreaks of civil disobedience and armed rebellion. The Hluttaw rebellion (named after an ethnic group of people of mixed Daxian and Polynesian origin) of the late 1980's was the longest and most severe period of unrest on the island leading to the increased militarization of the island. | The Republican era saw renewed attention on the island by metropolitan authorities due to its vulnerability during the [[Second Great War]]. Heavy handed military government was imposed, which would lead to periodic outbreaks of civil disobedience and armed rebellion. The Hluttaw rebellion (named after an ethnic group of people of mixed Daxian and Polynesian origin) of the late 1980's was the longest and most severe period of unrest on the island leading to the increased militarization of the island. | ||
The end of the Hluttaw Rebellion saw a negotiated settlement take place and the co-optation and installation of [[Green Army]] bureaucrats as the island's administrators and their institutionalization as part of the Daxian government. | The end of the Hluttaw Rebellion saw a negotiated settlement take place and the co-optation and installation of [[Green Army]] bureaucrats as the island's administrators and their institutionalization as part of the Daxian government. | ||