天命 (Chinese) ("Mandate of Heaven") | |||||||
| Anthem | "Praise the Sun Flag" | ||||||
| Capital | Nanking | ||||||
| Largest city | Kyoto | ||||||
| Other cities | Shanghai, Pyongyang, Saigon, Bangkok, Taipei, Seri Begawan | ||||||
| Language official |
Chinese (official) Vietnamese, Japanese (co-official) | ||||||
| others | Thai, Khmer, Lao, Russian, Malay, Tamil, English, Dutch | ||||||
| Religion | 48.9% Buddhism 30.1% Sinitic Folk 7.2% Taoism 5.9% Catholicism 2.3% Islam 2.1% Eastern Orthodox 1.5% Hinduism 1.3% Protestantism 0.7% Others | ||||||
| Ethnic Group | 21.32% Han 20.17% Japanese 18.51% Vietnamese 11.18% Korean 7.80% Thai 7.64% Malay 5.33% Lao 4.10% Bamar 1.15% Russian 1.89% Others 0.91% Indian | ||||||
| Demonym | Flowerian Hua/Hoa/Hwa people | ||||||
| Government | federal parliamentary constitutional elective monarchy | ||||||
| Legislature | Legislative Yuan | ||||||
| Emperor | Naruhito (德仁) | ||||||
| Elected since: | 2015 | ||||||
| Prime Minister | Yingluck Shinawatra (People Power Coalition) | ||||||
| Area | 3.6 million km² | ||||||
| Population | 1 billion(2023 Census) | ||||||
| GDP Total: |
$18.24 trillion | ||||||
| per capita | $18,243 | ||||||
| Established | 1683 | ||||||
| Currency | Flowerian Qian (q) | ||||||
| Timezone | 5 different timezones | ||||||
| Driving Side | Right | ||||||
| Calling Code | +888 | ||||||
| Internet TLD | .fl | ||||||
| Organizations | G8, UN Security Council, United Nations | ||||||
The Confederation of Sinitic States (華邦聯合會, lit: United Flower/Hua/Chinese States), commonly known as Floweria (華邦), is a sovereign state in East and Southeast Asia. It is the world's second most populous country behind India, with a population exceeding 1 billion. With an area of approximately 3.6 million square kilometres, it is the world's fifth largest country by total land area. The national capital is Nanking while the most populous city is Kyoto.
Emerged in the aftermath of the late 17th century Manchu conquest of Northern China, the current Flowerian state is a personal union of six princely states united under an Emperor who is elected for every 20 years; the current being Naruhito from the Royal House of Yamato in Japan. In practice, Floweria is a constitutional monarchy with a federal parliamentary system of government led by a Chancellor of the Realm who must have confidence from a majority of the Legislative Yuan (established in 1889). The princely states, each being a parliamentary constitutional monarchy on its own, have considerable autonomy in conducting their own internal affairs. Floweria is a multiethnic supranational country, with more than 120 recognized ethnic groups and dozens of religions and languages—all bounded by a strong connection to the Sinitic civilization, with China, Vietnam and Japan being historically regarded as the "core" of the empire.
Floweria is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and a founding member of several multilateral and regional cooperation organizations such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Silk Road Cooperation Organisation, and the RCEP. It is also a member of the G8, the G20, the APEC, and the East Asia Summit. It ranks among the highest in measurements of democracy, civil liberties, government transparency, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and the human rights of ethnic minorities.
Making up around one-fifth of the world economy, the Confederation is the world's largest economy by GDP at purchasing power parity, the second-largest economy by nominal GDP, and the second-wealthiest country. The country is one of the fastest-growing major economies and is the world's largest manufacturer and exporter, as well as the second-largest importer. Floweria is a recognized nuclear-weapon state with the world's largest standing army by military personnel and the second-largest defense budget. It is considered to be a superpower due to its high level of innovation, economic prowess, military strength, and long-standing influence in international affairs.
History[]
The modern Flowerian state was born during the Manchu conquest of the Qing dynasty (1618–1683), when the fallen Ming dynasty sought help from Chinese vassal states in East Asia to help it retain control of southern China in the name of defending the Sinitic civilization. Initially dominated by Ming China (now reduced to the territories south of the Yangtze River), Floweria maintained a harmonic cooperation between monarch and vassals similar to that of the Holy Roman Empire, in which the Ming emperors were given the privilege of primus inter pares (first among equal) among other princes, who pledged de jure loyalty to the Ming emperors but retained sovereignty over their territories.
During the late 18th century, Ming China experienced a decline while other member states gained power. The Taiping Revolution in 1840 saw the collapse of the Ming dynasty, which was replaced by the short-lived Hong dynasty before being reinstalled into power after military intervention led by Vietnam and Japan. This put the Vietnamese and Japanese on an equal footing with the Chinese and led to the Confederation Treaty of 1865, which reformed the Confederation into elective monarchy of equal princely states, with China, Japan, and Vietnam being seen as the senior partners of the union. However, the Confederation was severely weakened after decades of wars, which was exacerbated by the Great Famine of the 1870s.
In the late 19th century, the Confederation experienced violent unrests while facing the threats of Western domination, who saw Floweria as yet another collapsing Ottoman Empire of the East. Under the rule of Meiji, who was elected monarch in 1880, Floweria underwent a period of industrialization and militarization in what became known as the Meiji Restoration, often regarded as the fastest modernisation of any country to date. All of these aspects contributed to Floweria's emergence as a great power and the establishment of a colonial empire in Southeast Asia, the conquest of the Qing Empire, the Russo-Flowerian War, and World War I. Economic and political turmoil in the 1920s, including the Great Depression, led to the rise of militarism and nationalism, eventually culminating in Floweria's membership in the Allied powers and the conquest of a large part of the Asia-Pacific in World War II. Despite its economic growth after the war, Floweria underwent a period of intense tumults in the 1960s that led to significant reforms in its political system, leading to the first democratic election in 1968 and the constitutionalization of its government, wherein the monarch (chosen by the six prince-electors) was reduced to a ceremonial role.