Xinjiang

Flag of Xinjiang

The **Xinjiang KMT Government**, is the last remnant of the Kuomintang in China. It is a Unitary Presidential Republic with a one party state underneath Sheng Shicai. Xinjiang has faced several crises in the last few years with the rebellion of the Uyghrs and also the one of the Kumul Khanate. This Xinjiang Civil War, also called the Kumul Rebellion, was one of the less devastating conflicts in China but locally it was very deadly, Xinjiang is the weakest out of all of the Chinese Claimants. Xinjiang was formed in 1911 in the aftermath of the Xinhai revolution and has mostly been left out of the politics of Peking, however it is soon to get involved. Xinjiang did not enter into the Second weltkrieg but nearly had to during 1942 with a scare along the border as Russia looked like it was going to Intervene in China. Xinjiang aligns mostly with the Entente however due to its Radical Socialist tendencies it is mostly supported by India. Ma of course is supported by Russia witch will be its main opponent. Xinjiang is not prepared for the upcoming war and will rely on its ally to supply it with enough volunteers to win the war.

## History

In 1936 the Xinjiang Clique was hit with the same wave of turmoil that struck China all across 1936. Its leader Yang was quite paranoid and one day would end up going into hiding. However he was drawn back into the public life with a banquet hosted by the general Fan. Fan would end up executing his former boss and Jin Shuren would soon overthrow him in return establishing a brutal regime in Xinjiang. He oppressed the Kumul and Uyghur populations while enforcing the usage of Mandarin Chinese. This would spark widespread protests in these countries and after a few more incidents Xinjiang erupted into all out civil war. The Xinjiang Civil war was long and brutal due to the terrain of the region and as the war dragged on Jin became less and less popular at home as several battles latter Xinjiang was still on the losing end of the war. After nearly a year worth of Fighting the people were fed up with Jin and another coup would occur in 1937 with the current ruler Sheng Chicai. Sheng would quickly begin negotiations with the two rebelling factions while he would begin to reform Xinjiang into the image of Sun-Yat-Sen and other socialist leaders to create a Democratic Socialist haven for people looking to flee the damages done to the rest of China. However Sheng was not a fool and realized very quickly that he needed to purge much of the old leadership if this was to happen. And part of this purge were the former rebel leaders who while waiting for the arrival of Sheng were burned alive inside of the house and they would all perish in the flames. This allowed Sheng to openly declare Xinjiang in support of the Kuomintang. However the Kuomintag had basically been purged from everywhere but the Guangzhou government and so only the more radical end of the part would end up joining the new claimant in Xinjiang. However it would take time for the nation to heal and when the Fifth Zhili-Fengtian war and the Zhili-Guangzhou war broke out their was little that they could do. The outbreak of the Second Weltkrieg and the war to the east forced many refuges to the west and while Ma would catch most of them some would trickle through into Xinjiang rising its population to 6 million out of a population that had nearly halved due to the Xinjiang civil war. In 1942 as Xinjiang was preparing for potential conflict with the neighboring Ma clique the Russian State would suddenly send troops to the border as they were supporting Ma and wished to end Xinjiang. However the rest of the Chinese states immediately stated that they would halt the war and band together should Xinjiang be attacked. This forced another pause in the region witch has lasted into 1948 as the threat of Russian intervention still looms. China is getting ready for the war to define its fate and it does not look good for the KMT remnant state as they barely have a functioning army and with Russia still willing to intervene despite the losses incurred during the Second Weltkrieg.

## Military

The military situation of Xinjiang is in a sorry state with little to boast about. The army while well organized and centralized compared to the other factions is still quite small and not suited to the types of frontal wars that have been fought further east. Xinjiang however does have a large force of Partisans and insurgents it may call upon and could potentially pull off another Mingnan insurgency. Xinjiang is landlocked and thus does not have a navy. Xinjiang however does have a small air force that while palpable compared to the other factions it does hold a larger industrial base given that these planes have been supplied by India.