Guang Republic

The Guang Republic is a sizable nation-state North of the Vietnamese Republic and South of the People's Republic of China, of which it has tense or even hostile relations. The Guang Republic is a break-away state from continental China, aligning itself with the Republic of Taiwan on the Chinese Question. It has much economic sway throughout South-East Asia, many of its investors developing South East Asia and it's resources.

'''Today, the Guang Republic is a highly hierarchical, conservative and traditionalist country with numerous parties that would be considered fascistic or far-right today and moderately left parties considered 'far-left' by their own standards. Guang has a few issues with it's sizable Vietnamese population, many Vietnamese parties declaring an intent to reunify with Vietnam. '''

'''The harsh Guang treatment of the Vietnamese villages has recently come to public light, with many in the West and on the leftward side of the political spectrum drumming up support for reparations and investment into Vietnamese communities affected by Guang activities. The living standards in Guang is relatively high, comparable to S. Korea and Japan and wages are well-paying thanks to the resources of the nation. '''

'''LGBT relationships have been legalized but LGBT unions (Marriage, etc) haven't been nationally recognized and Guang, due to its highly conservative nature has very low birthrates in its youth and little in the way of sex education. Whilst middle-aged and elderly couples make up the majority of the birthrate.'''

'''Similarly to South Korea and Taiwan, Guang has its own conscription policy towards the youth of 18 years (Unless they're the recipient of a scholarship) and military training throughout schooling in place of much of Physical Health. '''

'''The elders and veterans of the conflicts with the enemies of China and Guang are treated very well and even idolized in the highly elder-oriented Guang Republic. The relatively well-managed, liberal and progressive Guang economy has handily outpaced the PRC's own economy, with Macau and Hong Kong helping greatly in national growth.'''

1948 '''Li Zongren, seeing that Chiang and KMT will not support him-allows all willing KMT members to flee to Taiwan (Many remain) and declares Guangxi, managing to create an uneasy non-aggression pact with the CCP. The negotiations would have Guangxi supported heavily by the USA, UK, and France, with guns and money flowing into Guang fortification lines for a point to retreat to and hold-out in case of failure of the non-aggression pact.'''

'''1949 - The temporary non-aggression pact would be secured, allowing Li Zongren to tour in the USA to negotiate with America. This would yield him much needed weapons and money to finish Guang fortification efforts and move onto border-fortifications in addition to repairing and constructing infrastructure that would've been constructed if not for Chiang fleeing to Taiwan. Throughout the year, Li Zongren would eventually consolidate power in the nation and party, enact further reforms and eventually creating a Fascist state.'''

'''1950-1956 Li Zongren and Chiang Kai-Shek would simultaneously supply Guerrillas and commit smuggling operations to get many Chinese out of the People's Republic of China despite their differences. With the assassination of Mao Tsteung at the hands of a pro-KMT suicide bomber, leading to nation-wide and party instability, leading to many skirmishes between the various factions within the party. This eventually settled when a _successor_ came to power, reconsolidating. During this instability, Guang was able to move westwards and capture some neighboring territories in the Yunnan province which would eventually be found rich in natural resources like aluminum, lead, tin, copper and more. The South Chinese economy continued to rapidly grow, the natural resources giving Li Zongren much needed breathing room on top of American subsidies. This would lead to the rapid development of infrastructure, industry, and fortification.'''

'''1957-1960 Intervention into the Vietnam war, experienced Guerrilla fighters from the civil war and campaigns against the CCP provide much-needed training to ANZUS troops and act as experienced fighters against the Viet Cong. The Guang State mobilizes several million soldiers to the Vietnam front. The war is especially brutal in the North for the Vietnamese people, with Communist Chinese gun supplies being very limited or completely devoid thanks to the state's presence, the Viet Cong is all but destroyed by the early 60s with only pockets of resistance remaining. The Guang occupy the Northeast, Northwest and Red River Delta in their entirety. This enrages the CCP, but with Guang fortifications, army size, economy and heavy Western support-the four close-calls never come to war.'''

'''1961-1970 The economy continues to rapidly develop, a booming and rapidly growing economy and heavy Western support and investment, the Guang State become a power in of its own right, it's population growth surprisingly outpacing the Chinese behemoth but it's economic growth significantly slower than the 'Taiwan Miracle', whilst being more consistent and long-lasting. Under Li Zongren, two 5-year plans went ahead with mixed results on the first plan and a lot of success on the second. 30th of January, 1969, Li Zongren passed away after losing his fight with Duodenal cancer. A year of military rule retarded economic growth temporarily but gave way to the declaration of a republic.'''

'''1970-2019 The following 50 years would be a period of general growth in the Guang Republic, with the occasional larger stride forward economically and with two minor recessions in the early 1990s due to multiple governmental and party mistakes and issues and another minor recession during the Great Recession in 2007 as a carry-on effect from the USA, blunted only by earlier initiatives by national parties and Li Zongren into national self-sufficiency and competent economic management by the South Youth Party. '''