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'''Huoxia''' is a country located in [[Audonia]]. It borders [[Canpei]] to the west, [[Daxia]] to the south, [[Metzetta]] by sea and islands to the northwest, | '''Huoxia''' is a country located in [[Audonia]]. It borders [[Canpei]] to the west, [[Daxia]] to the south, [[Metzetta]] by sea and islands to the northwest, Ugioh to the north, and the [[Ocean of Cathay]] to the east. Its name derives from the Huotan Strip, a large, tropical coastal region separated by the from the Tangsha (sometimes aenglicized as Tanxia) Desert by the Tai She Hills, which remains largely deforested due to human activities, salt flats, and short, torrential seasonal rains. Its capital is the coastal city of Nuran, which is also the largest city by size and population, and it has a total population of roughly 44 million people. | ||
Since 1968, Huoxia has been considered by the [[League of Nations]] to be an authoritarian state, with varying periods of liberalization and crackdowns related to the often complex clan dynamics that have a controlling interest in the economy, politics, and military of the country. Regardless, Huoxia has remained a coherent, albeit corrupt, country through several recent civil conflicts and international pressure both abroad and from its larger neighbors. | Since 1968, Huoxia has been considered by the [[League of Nations]] to be an authoritarian state, with varying periods of liberalization and crackdowns related to the often complex clan dynamics that have a controlling interest in the economy, politics, and military of the country. Regardless, Huoxia has remained a coherent, albeit corrupt, country through several recent civil conflicts and international pressure both abroad and from its larger neighbors. | ||
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==== Zuolihi and Tanhese States ==== | ==== Zuolihi and Tanhese States ==== | ||
The largest early states of modern Huoxia were Tanhai, Zuolihi, Tai She, and Yueguo, | |||
==== Daxian Conquest ==== | ==== Daxian Conquest ==== | ||
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After the Jangmu War, repression against Hurch peopels intensified, with the Tsakas also curtailing the political power of the Ciangiya where possible and expanding their personal army, subordinating the air forces to the Red Banner in 2008. The only family to escape these curtailments entirely were the Mahalr, who saw their previously moderate holdings expand into a major house, adding shipbuilding, additional arms and supplies manufacturing, and resource extraction businesses to their belongings, as well as transferring administrative authority of the city of Changsi to them directly - a privilege previously only held by the Ciangiya and the Tsaka. | After the Jangmu War, repression against Hurch peopels intensified, with the Tsakas also curtailing the political power of the Ciangiya where possible and expanding their personal army, subordinating the air forces to the Red Banner in 2008. The only family to escape these curtailments entirely were the Mahalr, who saw their previously moderate holdings expand into a major house, adding shipbuilding, additional arms and supplies manufacturing, and resource extraction businesses to their belongings, as well as transferring administrative authority of the city of Changsi to them directly - a privilege previously only held by the Ciangiya and the Tsaka. | ||
1893 Sailghi Rebellion (indep.) | |||
1978-1982 - Yuhuru Rebellion (Yuhuru+Republicans vs Basun) Basun win | |||
1998-99 - Huoxian CIvil War (Basun vs Tsaka) Tsaka win | |||
2000-2001 Zuoxia-Huoxia War (Huoxia win) | |||
2004-2006 Jangmu War (Jangmu vs Tsaka) tsaka win | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Huoxia rests in the lowland cradle between two large mountain ranges, with the Daxian Arik mountain range to the south and the Hueho mountains to the north in Ugioh. The country covers the central and eastern end of a belt of lowlands which stretches west into Canpei and north into Ugioh known as the Dolong Gap, which formed one of the major migration routes of nomadic peoples in eastern Audonia. The climate of the region is largely sparsely wooded steppe in the north and interior leading into wet tropics along the coast and the southern third of the Tanhai Peninsula, which is the terminus of the geological divide. | |||
Smaller geographic features in the region include the Tai She, a dry, hilly region which separates the northern coast from the steppe interior, and the two primary drainage basins of the river Tangsha and [[Lake Kocho]]. Lake Kocho sits on the western end of Huoxia and is fed by the Hongse and Hanbu rivers from Canespa and Ugioh, which form the majority of the country's western border. The Nenhua river in the northwest and the heights of the Hueho mountains outline the northern border, while the Tangsha splits the Tanhai Peninsula and demarcates the modern southern border with Daxia. Hydrologically, the Tangsha (from Tánggū shā, the Hundred Sands) is the most important feature in the country, and supports most of the ecology in the peninsular region. | |||
====Coastline==== | ====Coastline==== | ||
*''Changsi - second largest and center of Mahalr family, rebuilt on slightly different spots after Tanxi Rebellion, CAZ'' | *''Changsi - second largest and center of Mahalr family, rebuilt on slightly different spots after Tanxi Rebellion, CAZ'' | ||
*''Tanxi - innermost city from coast, named for Tanxia Desert, def not a CAZ'' | *''Tanxi - innermost city from coast, named for Tanxia Desert, def not a CAZ'' | ||
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*''Ulut - smaller city, CAZ'' | *''Ulut - smaller city, CAZ'' | ||
*''Sailghi Iju - major port, CAZ'' | *''Sailghi Iju - major port, CAZ'' | ||
==Demographics== | |||
The majority of the Huoxian population lives along the coastline or along the Tangsha river, with generally poor development of infrastructure in the continental interior. Most Huoxians are poor by international standards, with extremely high wealth inequality and differing degrees of representation and rights for minority groups within the country. Roughly twenty-six percent of the population were categorized as living in poverty by League of Nations standards in 2035, though estimates of statistics such as the poverty rate are often obfuscated by the Huoxian government. | |||
====Ethnic groups==== | |||
= | The largest ethnic groups in the country, the Menzhou and Tiauska, both claim descent from the Hurch tribes which invaded the Tanhai region in the 14th Century; the Menzhou are interrelated with the Tanhese, whereas the Tiauska are primarily descended from [[Daxian people|Daxian-Yuenan]] colonists and captives. Smaller groups of Tanhese, Hurch, Metzettan, and Daxian peoples exist within Huoxia, but primarily live in the northern and western fringes of the country, with the Hurch being the majority population surrounding the western border. Though Huric is the national language and the largest ethnic groups in the country are related to the Hurch, Huoxia's government has for decades pursued a policy of discrimination and occasional outright violence against the Hurch and Tanhese. This policy began in 1982 after an attempted coup against the government failed, and military action against the Hurch was escalated following the 2004-2006 Jangmu War. Discrimination against Hurch and Tanhese people includes a lack of political representation, a ban on speaking Tanhese in government buildings, laws prohibiting Hurch from owning businesses unless they marry a Tiauska or Menzhou spouse, stop-and-question loyalty exams, and unneccessary and excessive use of eminent domain laws without compensation against targeted communities. | ||
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Huoxia's government has pursued a policy of discrimination against the Hurch since the 2004-2006 Jangmu War, in which the Hurch supported the Jangmu family opposing the sitting government. This is largely considered an intensification of the previous revocation of statehood of these same areas in 1982, but with the addition of laws pressuring the Hurch to marry into Tiauska and Menzhou families through business licensing and random 'loyalty exams'. The Eyemben have also been accused of abuses against Hurch civilians in the name of pacifying rebel groups from 2004-2018, after which point no acts of terror in relation to Hurch independence have been noted following the relaxation of the most repressive policies and an expansion of Eyemben numbers since 2022. | Huoxia's government has pursued a policy of discrimination against the Hurch since the 2004-2006 Jangmu War, in which the Hurch supported the Jangmu family opposing the sitting government. This is largely considered an intensification of the previous revocation of statehood of these same areas in 1982, but with the addition of laws pressuring the Hurch to marry into Tiauska and Menzhou families through business licensing and random 'loyalty exams'. The Eyemben have also been accused of abuses against Hurch civilians in the name of pacifying rebel groups from 2004-2018, after which point no acts of terror in relation to Hurch independence have been noted following the relaxation of the most repressive policies and an expansion of Eyemben numbers since 2022. | ||