Second Tibetan Empire

Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་), officially the Tibetan Empire (Tibetan: བོད་ཆེན་པོ) or sometimes called the Second Tibetan Empire is a country in East Asia on the Tibetan Plateau. The nation is governed by the Dalai Lama, with currently the 14th Dalai Lama on the throne, but has cooperation with the Tibetan Council, the political block of Tibet. It exercises jurisdiction over 16 provinces and one direct-controlled municipality (Lhasa). Despite its large size but small population, it has great control over its territory, and is recognized as a regional power within Asia due to its historical significance. It is bordered by the People's Republic of China and East Turkestan to the north; the Xiao Dynasty to the east; Burma, the North Indian Federation and Nepal to the south and Pakistan to the southwest.
The First Tibetan Empire emerged in the 7th century, but with the fall of the empire the region soon divided into a variety of territories. During the Mongol conquests, it became part of the Yuan Dynasty. Following the fall of the Yuan Dynasty by the Ming, Tai Situ Chagchub Gyaltsen revolted against the Mongols and established a native Tibetan dynasty. The Phagmodrupa Dynasty established by him was overthrown by Rinpungpa family, later known as the Ringpungpa dynasty. However, one hundred years later, they were also overthrown by the Tsangpa Dynasty. Later on, the Ganden Phodrang was established by the Dalai Lama that originally got the position from the Altan Khan of Tümed Mongols.
Tibet was changed from Mongol overlordship to Chinese overlordship with the Qing dynasty in 1720, and it remained as an autonomous area until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912 and the reestablishment of a Tibetan sovereign nation under the Dalai Lama because of the Tibetan Revolution happening at the same time as the Xiao Revolution. Tibet didn't participate in neither world wars, despite being close to Japanese occupation zones in the Second World War.
The Tibetan Empire has a quickly growing economy, enjoying great prosperity since its creation. It is also considered one of the healthiest countries in the world because of the average height of human-lived territories. To defend itself from its northern and eastern neighbors, Tibet created a relatively large army. The Tibetan Empire is a member of the EC, the WTO, the APEC and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
 - part of the alternate Qing ending, along with the People's Republic of China and East Turkestan and the Xiao Dynasty.
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