Legation Cities

= Legation Cities =
Legation Cities
Legation Cities
Official Languages	Chinese, English
Capital 	Shanghai
Head of State 	Cecil Clementi
Head of Government	Stirling Fessenden
Establishment
  - Establishment of the Legation Cities	
  1927
Government 	Independent union of economical concessions
Currency 	East Asian Dollar
Area 	31 560 km²
Population 	About 7 millions
The Legation Cities are an union of independent cities along the South-east coast of China, eastablished for trading with foreign nations. They border the Qing Empire and Algostasien GmbH.
== History ==
Following the 1926 German Intervention in China and the Treaty of Nanjing signed in November of that year, foreign trade was left to the richest cities of the coast, under a joint control of world powers owning interests in China. The independence of these consortium of cities was guaranteed by the major local and international powers, such as the Qing Empire, AlgOstAsien GmbH, Japan, Australasia, Canada, United States and Germany. Initially the Legation Cities flourished, not only through foreign trade but also thanks to smuggling into AlgOstAsien and Qing territories. Unfortunately, this lead to an increasing corruption and the creation of secret criminal fraternities. The approaching economic crisis is threatening the profits of the Legation Council and the criminals bosses might try to take advantage of this situation to increase their power and gain control over the government.
== Politics ==
Governor-General: Cecil Clementi
Prime Minister: Stirling Fessenden
Foreign Minister: Sir Reginald Stubbs
Minister of Armament: T. Sassoon
Minister of Security: Huang Jinrong
Head of Military Intelligence: Tu Yueh-sen
Chief of Staff: Cecil Clementi
Chief of Army: Huang Jinrong
== Military ==
The Army of the Legation Cities comprise only one infantry division, deployed in Shanghai. In the remaining areas (Hong Kong, Bao'an, Fuzhou, Ningbo) there are various units of para-military type forces consisting of soldiers trained for police duties, called Constabulary.
Quite surprisingly, the Legation Cities can boast about the possession of one squadron of tactical bombers, a gift from the German Kaiser.
== Foreign relations ==
Friendly relations with AlgOstAsien GmbH, Qing Empire, Germany, Australasia, Canada, United States and Japan.