Chang

The first of the Warlord-led factions, the Chang emerged out of a China broken by the Superforts and the abandonment of the People's Liberation Army. In the year 2017, they formed the Survivalist Coalition with the Beng, eventually gathering the Luo, the Huang, and the Che under their banner as well.
Led by the wise and charismatic Chang Jian, the Chang were poised to become the undisputed leader of mainland China when the Great Hibernation happened, allowing the Coalition to retake land from the Superforts.
==History and Status==
The Chang formed around the charismatic Chang Jian in the year 2017, shortly after the PLA completely abandoned the former Chinese citizens to their fate. Starting off as a caravan evading the Superforts as it headed north to less dangerous territories, it increased in population to the point of making its former mobility impossible.
Setting up a city in Inner Mongolia, Chang found success in organizing a force strong enough to rout Superforts and keep them at bay. As they dug in, they made contact with the Beng, and aided them in their defense and growth. Eventually, the two factions formed the Survivalist Coalition, seeking to unite the people of China and rebuild their country.
After the Great Hibernation, the Chang aggressively expanded to obtain Beijing, believing the former capital to be auspicious for the rebuilding of China. Heavily strained in terms of logistics and morale, they only held onto Beijing through sheer tenacity and the powerful leadership of Chang Jian.
During the Che Wedding Massacre, Chang Jian's only son, Chang Xing died of poisoning. Heartbroken, Chang Jian passed away shortly after due to heart problems. The citizens of the Chang was then absorbed into the Beng, making the faction defunct.
==Population, Industry and Military==
Originally numbering 20 million in its peak, the Chang put the relatively Superfort-free lands of Inner Mongolia to full use, producing food such as wheat and dairy using modern agricultural technologies. This surplus in food allowed the Chang to live in relative comfort, with their only issues being the Superforts invading from the South.
This was balanced out by Chang's high number of former military-industry techs, which quickly set up factories to produce the rather rudimentary but proven weaponry and ammunition used to repel Superforts through the tactics of mass bombardment.
The Chang's military leadership mostly composed of suit users, tasked with leading large numbers of foot infantry into positions and directing attacks on targets, instead of entering the fight themselves. Chang Jian himself believed that suit users serve better in the rearguard, as points of communication and leadership and/or as ranged support. While good for defending against Superforts in wide, open plains common to Inner Mongolia, this strategy caused his army to fare poorly in the urban and restricted terrain of Beijing.
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