Chinese Union State

Chinese Union State is a fictional country in the background world of Psysonic Omega, and it does not appear in the game.

## General

### Ideology

* Chinese Nationalism
* Anti-communism
* Economic Liberalism
* Conservative Authoritarianism

## Lore

### Foundation

After the Empire of the Rising Sun was utterly defeated, China, as the largest part of the Imperial colony, inevitably walked on the path to independence. Initially, a unified state with western democratic parliamentary government was founded. But the state was soon torn by warlords and different interest groups. In the northern China, where most of the heavy industries are located, the left-wing movement was very popular. By regional election and armed struggle, the leftists formed their own government and armed forces in the north, named the United People Government, aiming to spread the revolution to the entire China. On the other hand, in the south, the pro-west politicians managed to keep the fragile parliamentary democracy, until the outburst of the civil war.

### Republic

Republic of China is the first name of this country. Its social hierarchy like the mixture of Japanese zaibatsu and western democracy. A few of the big corporations backed by the government controls most of the resources in the society, and those corporations are tightly controlled by several families that are also influential in the government. The collapse of the original Imperial government system made the society highly unstable.

In this short and peaceful period, due to the conflict between the warlords and the government's pro-capital reform, the wealth gap was widened to the extent that are more serious than that in the Japanese colonial period. In addition, due to the anti-communism ideology, religion was increasingly popular in the republic, and became the last hope of most of the poor people.

#### Civil War

In the 3rd year of the Republic, with the support of the North, the workers and university students in Shanghai initiated an anti-government protest, named *the Movement of Shanghai Commune.* As the republican government decided to use armed forces to quell the movement, the civil war began.

At the very beginning, with the advanced armour forces and Airforce, the troops of the United People government blitzed and occupied most of the North China Plain. When the tank divisions of the National Red Army crossed Yangtze River, the republican government shamefully evacuated from Nanjing to Hangzhou, which indirectly led to another military defeat.

Things changed when a general and his forces successfully defended the attack. Yaohua Li, a general from Gui Clique, defeated the famous 4th Armour division in the battle of Xuzhou. Then, his forces successfully defeated 7th division and 8th Armour division that were isolated and encircled a small troop in Suqian. A series of military miracles brought the republic sufficient time to mobilize the economy, and also gave the general unprecedented influence. By the spring of the 4th year of the Republic, the state had fully taken war economy, and the frontline was stabilized near the Huai River.

### Chinese Empire

Initially, general Li is not a person with great political ambition. But his increasing influence and unwillingness to cooperate with the capital made the government suspect his loyalty. As the frontline stabilized, he was removed from the leader of a troop, and "promoted" to be a deputy National Defense minister. Meanwhile, the monarchists found and convinced him that China can only be unified under a powerful Emperor, just like what happened in the past 2,000 years. On November 9th of the 4th year of the Republic, general Li and the monarchists, along with some troops that were loyal to Li, initiated a coup against the government of the republic. The bloodless coup terminated the short-lived republic and started the rise of Chinese Empire.

Yaohua Li, known as Emperor Li, continued to brought victory to his people. He led the armour forces broke through the Huai River, resulting in an encirclement of National Red Army troops in the vicinity of Huaibei. The Battle of Huaibei was the turning point of the civil war. Around three quarters of the armoured forces of National Red Army were annihilated, and the People United government faced the internal crisis after the battle.

Domestically, thanks to the high prestige of the emperor, the administrative efficiency of bureaucracy was greatly improved by anti-corruption movement and legislation. Families that controlled the business conglomerates and parliament were purged, and several private monopolized corporations were nationalized or separated. As the emperor brought more victories to the country, the capital market's confidence recovered. At the same time, Li made use of his prestige to increase the welfare and perfect the rule of law, which rebalanced the power of capitalists and labourers.

Internationally, Li was dedicated to improving the relationship between China and Japan, for the sake of anti-communism. Li sent troops to help the Empire of Japan pacify the uprising of Vietnam communists. When COS sent troops to support the North, he decided to seek help from Japan, and reach a mutual assistance agreement in which specified that several naval ports in the coast of Japan and China were shared by the two countries' naval forces. In this period, the Chinese Empire also helped Japan suppress the communist movement in Myanmar and the Indochina Sotokufu, ensuring that it would not be surrounded by any other communist countries to the south.

Politically, Li was famous for his solid anti-communism policy. On the one hand, he revisited the Labour Law and empowered the judicial efficiency by his personal prestige, which alleviated the class conflict. On the other hand, traditional values, religion and torture were brought back to the country. He mimicked the west and rebuilt the noble system in China, making his relatives and friends officially recognized nobles.

In the 5th year of the Empire, Li was assassinated when he visited Shanghai.

### Theocratic Government

Under Emperor Li's rulership, religious fundamentalism became very popular in South China. After Emperor Li was assassinated, the power vacancy was soon filled by the fundamentalists. They supported one of the distant relatives of Li as a puppet emperor and formed a de facto theocratic government.

Although the rulership of the theocratic government was reactionary, what really toppled it was war. Since the United People government was reorganized into a pro-COS regime, COS directly sent tens of thousands of ground forces to the Chinese battlefield, deterring the war situation again. Within 9 months, the theocratic government confronted a coup from the military, and was eventually toppled.

### Military Government

The populism and reactionary policy of the theocratic government may be very welcome by the people, but it could not save the country from war. The military knew the fact, and so did the old subordinates of general Li. They resembled the troops and overthrew the Imperial government. As a result, the Revolutionary Military Committee became the leader of the country, and most of the radical policies proposed by fundamentalists abolished. To balance the internal politics, the junta also cancel the controversial institution and laws that were established by Li, including aristocracy and monarchy. In the chairman's word, China under their rule is neither an Empire nor a republic, but a state that exists and struggles for national unification.

As COS has sent ground forces to interfere the civil war, the military government had to turn to its old enemy, the Empire of the Rising Sun, to form a coalition against the red menace. For the nationalists, it is unacceptable to see Japanese soldiers stepping on the streets of China again, but those pragmatists in the government clearly knew that it is the only way to secure their country and power.