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'''Zhijun''' (Daxian: ''知君省''), officially the '''Zhijun Special Federal District''', is a territory of the [[Republic of Daxia]] in [[Australis]] consisting of two islands off the northern coast of the [[Peratra]] region. The main island is named Zhijun while the smaller of the two is named Tang. Colonized in the | '''Zhijun''' (Daxian: ''知君省''), officially the '''Zhijun Special Federal District''', is a territory of the [[Republic of Daxia]] in [[Australis]] consisting of two islands off the northern coast of the [[Peratra]] region. The main island is named Zhijun while the smaller of the two is named Tang. Colonized in the 1590's by the [[Daxia]]n Qian dynasty, the islands were extensively populated by transplanted colonists brought over from mainland [[Daxia]]. It grew in importance as a base of operations for the [[South Seas Development Company|South Seas Trading Company]] and a trading outpost with the native tribes of [[Peratra]], and later would be used as a staging point for a conquest of the subcontinent and as the foremost base of [[Daxia]]n power projection in the western [[Ocean of Cathay]] and the [[Polynesian Sea]] especially during the [[Daxian Polynesian Wars]]. Zhijun was a key stopping point of the first leg of the trip for the flow of slaves of the [[Southern slave trade]]. | ||
In the modern day Zhijun remains an important center of sugar production and a regional tourist hub especially for gambling related activities for which there is an especially favorable fiscal regime in place. It is home to the [[Daxia]]n Navy's [[Australis]] Squadron which operates in the area in anti-piracy and anti-smuggling operations. | |||
==Geography and Climate== | ==Geography and Climate== |