Charkao

**Charkao**, officially named the "State of Charkao." is the third largest country in the Zedician continent, it borders both the Socialist Republic of Charuan and Markbourough. They also border a Minted Islands city, between both of the borders is considered to be one of the most dangerous places to live in Charkao.

Charkao is a populous country in the world, they are a very advanced and urbanized country. About seven eighths of the country's terrain is rainforest, concentrating its majorly populated areas of 108

million on narrow coastal plains. Charkao is divided into eight states (Khuga, Taidao, Zhendong, Xutao, Bagas, Yugatori, Yasaki and Jeyong. Charkao still retain to being one of the richest countries in Zedici, despite their deal with Charuan in the early 6

Throughout the land's history, it has had hundreds of Dynasties and Republics, although it was only unified twice in it's history, both in 1688 whereabouts the Kaminaki Empire started and 1902, Charkao has been in 4 civil wars in its entirety history. In 1902 it was split into warlord states whereabouts multiple countries fought for stability and power over Charkao. By 1907 the Kou's had significant power over the country, and united it later on in the year as a monarchy.

## History and Facts

Charkao was first inhabitated by a small population of Dabatoids but they quickly fled the land once the Chinese conquerers arrived in the late 10th Century. Since then most Charkaonese Dynasties has been unified and run by an Emperor. When the Spengalians came to Charkao in the 16th century and fought the Liu Dynasty, the Treaty of Vilakai was signed a puppet state was formed named Charkcity. The Charkaonese Dynasties have unified twice throughout their history.

Charkao's peak in power was in 1688 during the Kaminaki Empire in the Kaminaki Dynasty when they temporarily owned practically all of East Zedici, including Charkcity. During that time, they fought with the Oroji Empire and the Slavic Empire in what is now known as the War of the Three Titans. In the 1800s, a independent Country in the Charkaonese region known as the Charkaonese Democratic Republic. The CDR eventually defeated the Kaminaki Empire in 1881. The CDR signed a deal with Charkao in 1909, which let too Charkao annexing them. In 1941, Charkao entered The Second World War against Dorianstreet, after being pummeled by the Slavic Fleet, they refused to surrender, although in 1944 after being nuked they finally gave in.

A total of 3 Empires have existed during the lands history, the first one being the Won Empire which became an empire after they conquered the Yakui Dynasty, the Kaminaki Empire. And the Kou Empire from 1907-1944, which is considered an empire by the UN.

Charkao is a great power and a member of numerous international organizations, including the United Nations, ZATO and the ZU. The country maintains a modern military ranked as the world's eight most powerful country. Following World War II, Charkao was tossed into more political instability in with the newly formed country of Socialist Republic of Charuan, which were willing to thrown themselves into another war to secure the freedom of their country, Charkao ended up giving them independence which tanked their economy. Charkao has the world's eleventh highest population expectency, that being 80.8 years of age, although they experience a heavy decline in popultation too. Charkao is also renowned for its art and music.

## Military

Charkao has a modern military which can compare to countries such as Spain, Italy or Turkey. They use modern weaponry designed by Charkaonese weaponry factories, they take European and Asian inspiration into their weapons, with designs. Using the U33 Assault Rifle with 5.56 NATO caliber rounds, and a MD4 pistol loaded with 9x19mm caliber rounds. They have the ninth largest army in the world, the fourth largest airforce and the tenth largest navy.

## Imports and Exports

Charkao imports mostly from China and the Z.U. They also import a lot of goods from The United States, Brazil, the E.U. and Japan. The same goes for their exports. Their biggest import is electrical machinery, pharmaceuticals and vehicles. Their biggest export is raw metals and other minerals/ores. They also export plasma and machinery. They imported 1.1 Trillion USD worth of products and exported 1.07 Trillion USD worth of products in 2021.

## Climate

Charkao is renowned worldwide for its humid rainforest climate. Although the rainforest has been cleared out where the cities are located, they still experience heavy rain and high temperatures. The record highest temperature ever recorded in Charkao was 38 Degrees Celsius, this was recorded in the middle of a heatwave in the Rainforest that caused forest fires. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Charkao was 3 degrees at night in the Chanurin Rainforest. The average temperature in the summer is 26 degrees Celcius in the rainforest. In the winter it averages at 19 degrees Celcius. The Chanurin Rainforest in Charkcity is moderately different due to the highly active volcano Mount Ponsendao/Mount Pundervig. The Volcano spews lava into the rainforest and destroys and replenishes the rainforest, replacing the wildlife. In the last 20 years, Mount Ponsendao has erupted 5 times, the ash and lava causing long term temperture changes in the country.