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The Republic of Lungha

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Motto:

"Onwards Lungha!" 即日起龍蝦

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National Anthem:

Glory be to thee, Lungha

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Capital: Haicheng

Largest City: Xujing

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National Languages

Lunghanese-Lóngyǔ-龍話

English

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Demonyms: Lunghayun-龍蝦人

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Government:
Federal Dominant-party Parliamentary Republic

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Currency: Lunghan Dollar (L$)

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Mains electricity: 230V-50hz

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Driving side: Right

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Date format 年– 月- 日, Year - Month - Day

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Internet TLD .Lh

The Lunghan Republic is a federal parliamentary government with an executive head, often titled "Chairman" or retaining their armed forces title, being elected through popular vote by the people. Following the South Osean Wars, The United Democratic League have maintained a super majority in the Republics parliament for almost 50 years. The stability the government has provided has led to leaps in national modernization of infrastructure, defense capabilities and human rights. Critics of the Republic utter that it is not a true democracy calling out voter suppression sponsored by the UDL. While criticism of the party has continues counter critics cite the massive growth in personal wealth and economic freedom the government has given to the people. Easily accessible capital in the form of loans and credit is not restricted by class or ethnicity, gender or religious preference and has enabled the creation of a robust and diversified manufacturing and service based economy based around domestic and international consumerism.

Lungha is a recognized nuclear weapons state, boasting an array of short and medium range ballistic missiles. The extremely high defense budget of Lungha's focuses primarily on naval power projection to protect its maritime trade interests abroad.

Ancient Lungha

Ancient Lunghan Bronzes Circa 12th-14th Century BCE

This history of Lungha is truly vast. Legend tells that Lungha is told to be descended from an ancient civilization that ruled over Osea, other more fantastical tales say that a great dragon rose from the sea looking to eat shrimp near the surface. It was in such a rush to devour the shrimp that its tail became trapped in seaweed. Using all its strength the mighty dragon dragged the seafloor up creating the islands of Lungha. While creative and whimsical, the scientific evidence points to a very different story of Lungha and its people.

Through rigorous archeological studies of the area the Islands of Lungha remained largely unpopulated until approximately 3500BCE. It is around this time that archeologists have discovered human remains and artifacts. From this fairly ancient time burial rituals became more common where the dead were given funerary artifacts such as pottery, bone jewelry often engraved with a rudimentary form of the sophisticated language that has persisted to this day, called 廣東話(Cantonese). DNA studies of human remains found at burial site where these relics were located show evidence that Lunghayun and peoples from Beigoujia have distinct common ancestors. The diverse range of where these DNA groups have settled indicate there may have been a prehistoric diaspora caused by a currently unknown phenomenon.

Scientists now hypothesize that Lungha saw exploration groups from Northern Osea as early as 3200 BCE near the beginning of the bronze age. Buried ship hulls and bronzes indicate there was a significant number of migrants to the islands during the first hundred years of the bronze age. These groups of people were able to establish small fishing villages along the Lunghan coast and adding to their diet though foraging for tubers and gathering fruit. They constructed their villages primarily of bamboo and softwoods with important cultural gathering sites made of stone.

Following the discovery of these ancient fishing villages, researchers at the Xuijing University Department of Anthropology were able to date the introduction of agriculture to Lungha. By 2000 BCE rice agriculture exploded on the river deltas and plains of the home island, agricultural villages based societies cropped up all over Maomado in an explosion of population. At this time written records became more common, depicting clans, their harvests and agreements made with other clans. A system of hierarchy based on clan strength took root through out Maomaodo and the first rice kingdoms formed. Skirmishing between clans became more frequent as competition for metals intensified. It is during this period that Lunghan bronze work became more elaborate than ever before. Everything from arrowheads to vessels and jewelry were constructed from bronze. A small but talented artisan class was beginning to emerge. The population of Lungha began to increase rapidly, perhaps with a 10-fold rise over this time period. Calculations of the population size of this period have varied from 1 to 4 million. Archaeological sites possess large structures suggestive of grain storehouses. This shift was accompanied by an increase in both the stratification of society and tribal warfare, indicated by segregated gravesites and military fortifications.

Classical and Imperial Lungha

14th century Fujin Castle, Shanxi Province, Maomadao.

A militarism that remains in the spirit of the nation today began to form with the numerous wars between clans eventually forming the classical kingdoms of Lungha. In 300 BCE, developments in furnaces transformed iron and steel working from a curiosity to a valuable skill. Iron artifacts of the period include farm implements, arrowheads, and rarely a knife blade.

allowing for the creation of the deadliest swordsmen to serve their kingdoms in battle. Harnessing the strength of steel a warrior prince named, Yui Shan, launched an attack on the three remaining kingdoms unifying the Home Islands for the first time. This was the creation of the first Lunghan dynasty, the Yui Dynasty.

The Enlightened Revolution and the Republic

Destruction of the Imperial Fleet during the
Enlightened Revolution of 1828

The Enlightened Revolution was a movement in Lungha far older than the revolution itself. In the 16th and 17th centuries the scientific revolution was taking hold in Anea. The period saw a fundamental transformation in scientific ideas across mathematics, physics, astronomy, and biology in institutions supporting scientific investigation and in the more widely held picture of the universe. Spurring from this was a second movement that would have a lasting influence on Lunghan societal development.

The Enlightenment was a movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide assent throughout Osea and that instigated revolutionary developments in art, philosophy, and politics. Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and celebration of reason, the power by which humans understand the universe and improve their own condition. The goals of rational humanity were considered to be knowledge, freedom, and happiness.

While Confusionist dogma had dominated Lunghan politics and society for millenia, it was becoming more and more challenged by scholars who returned from abroad with ideas of the Enlightenment. Philosopher Sam Ting Wong effectively challenged the Emperors Mandate of Heaven in his First Treatise of Civil Government (1785), propounding the idea of a social contract between the ruler and his subject and affirming the principle that the people had the right to challenge unjust imperial power.

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As time progressed foreign influence as well as drug trafficking in the Empire prompted and uprising to remove foreigners. In the five year uprising foreigners were expelled and the nation closed itself off from the world only to be forced open after suffering a great defeat at the hands of imperialist powers crippling the Maisung Dynasty prompting the 1828 Enlightened Revolution which forcibly abolished the monarchy and formed the Republic of Lungha.

The opening of Lungha to foreign trade and ideas lead to the integration of various ethnic groups in Lunghan society. Whether they are naturalized or foreign workers there is a tolerance between one another with a guarantee of equal treatment by the government of the Home Islands. In order to serve the many different ethnic groups the government of Lungha has declared four national languages with English being the primary language of government and business.

The Atomic Age and the Space Race

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The South Osean Collapse

The 1998 GIV-1 Pandemic also known as GIV-1 Crisis or GIV-1 Plague, was an unusually deadly viral pandemic, the third of the three pandemics involving the GIV-1 virus. It infected 1.3 billion people around the world, and resulted in the deaths of 60 to 89 million, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in Strangerealite history. The repercussions of the pandemic was widespread causing unrest and civil strife through out Strangereal.

Toshavo, the dominant power in South Osea, took the brunt the pandemic unable to effectively close its borders and mitigate damage from this disaster. In a matter of months Toshavo collapsed into chaos as a new Global Socialist Party attempting to consolidated power. On New Years Eve 1999 Global Socialist Republic forces opened with a barrage of artillery signalling the start of the South Osean wars.

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Government

Geography

There is a long held beliefs that individuals beliefs should be respected so long as others are not harmed. A saying that comes to mind with this is, “your right to swing your fist ends where my face begins.” With this in mind the government is very tolerant towards religious practice throughout the Republic.

Religions Recognized through the Republic:

With a vast assortment of religious beliefs the Government has opted to decline a declaration of a national religion in favor of allowing free practice. As a show of good faith to all religions. Each faith is given two days of holidays each, while also allowing all faiths to participate in the week long celebrations of the Lunar New Year.

MEGACITIES

All major cities and settlements of Lungha are ranked based on economic diversity, population, cultural influence and in general where you want to be.

The tier 1 mega cities are amongst the largest and densely populated citiesl, boasting over 30 million population each with Xujing alone at 52 million. Extreme civil planning as well as forward thinking by the government was needed to build the massive spider web of public transportation and housing needed to keep the citizens of these massive cities housed and moving. The use of elevated light rails, electric busses and extensive subway systems are the veins and arteries of these cities. With a complete ban on non luxury civilian gasoline vehicles and an extreme carbon tax on luxury import civilian vehicles traffic, congestion and pollution from automobiles has been combated effectively.

Efforts to improve the lives of citizens of Lungha has been a steady process, from providing clean energy to recycling initiatives increased public measures of surveillance and safety, as well and providing for the welfare of the people by constructing and subsidizing housing. Citizens of the Home Island enjoy unprecedented privilege such as government subsidized housing, education and mixed private and single payer healthcare.

TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS

National Holidays

The Republic observes 16 nationwide paid holidays per year, although provinces often recognize additional due to local tradition. The most important of these national holidays is the Lunar New Year.

The Lunar New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional luni-solar Lunghan calendar and is one of the most important holidays in Lunghan Culture. The festival was traditionally a time to honor deities as well as ancestors. Within Lungha regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the New Year vary widely, and the evening preceding the New Year's Day is frequently regarded as an occasion for Lunghan families to gather for the annual reunion dinner. It is also a tradition for every family to thoroughly clean their house, in order to sweep away any ill fortune and to make way for incoming good luck. Another custom is the decoration of windows and doors with red paper-cuts and couplets. Popular themes among these paper-cuts and couplets include good fortune or happiness, wealth, and longevity. Other activities include lighting firecrackers and giving money in red envelopes.

LUNGHANLUXURY

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