East Kuiju

The Democratic Republic of Kuiju (Kuiju Irgejengge Gungheg'o), commonly known as East Kuiju or the KIG, is a in northern Escar. It borders West Kuiju to the west, Liang to the south, and Arshavat to the east. To the north it faces the Jade Sea. East Kuiju has a population of 26.78 million. The capital is Ambagemun, though the largest city is Aisingurun, located on the eastern shore of Lake Aisin, which forms part of the border with West Kuiju. The vast majority (over 70%) of the population is concentrated in the North Kuijuan Plain, which forms the northern half of the country, while the southern highlands and the Wuluk Plateau are rural and sparsely populated. Much of the south consists of reservations for the 7.5% of the population that remains.

In 1945, following the defeat of the Kingdom of Kuiju in the Second Escar-Varunan War, the Treaty of Lâm Đồng divided the country into eastern and western occupation zones. The east, then constituting the majority of the country, was occupied by Arshavat, while the west was occupied by Chisei. Originally, it was intended that the two occupation zones would eventually be reunited, but Arshavati-Chiseian talks soon broke down as neither could agree on the composition of the country's government. In 1947, the Democratic Republic of Kuiju ('East Kuiju') was proclaimed in Aisingurun, shortly followed by the creation of the Union of Kuiju ('West Kuiju').

While West Kuiju remained for much of the time thereafter an effective of Chisei, the East with its greater resources was able to eventually attain a relatively high degree of self-governance and prosperity. However trouble began to arise as the economy stagnated in the late 1950s. From 1961, pressure on the East Kuijuan government mounted, with protests in the capital and the beginnings of an among the Tsahar and Aqsart minorities in the southern provinces, known as the Green Turban Movement. Although initially kept under control, the retreat of Arshavati troops from Kuiju in response to the First Merzani Entefaze in 1971 resulted in an explosion of rebel activity. In 1975, the Green Turbans launched the Hilin Uprising, effectively throwing East Kuiju into a state of civil war. The situation increasingly deterioriated until 1977, when the army garrison of Aisingurun launched a military coup and forced the government to flee to Ambagemun. The chaos in the East prompted an invasion by West Kuiju, informally backed by HECO, beginning the Kuijuan War.

Pinned between the Green Turbans and the West, the KIG rapidly lost ground from 1977 to 1978. It was briefly able to stabilise the frontline in summer of 1978, before HECO began to greatly increase its supply of "volunteers", emboldened by the lack of Arshavati reaction. By winter of 1979, East Kuiju was effectively reduced to a rump state only a few hundred kilometres across - only prevented from collapsing entirely by the hesitancy of HECO troops to approach the Arshavati border. In 1980, Arshavat finally intervened in the conflict, and launched the Great Western Offensive, which relieved the East Kuijuan army and reclaimed large swathes of the country. On account of the rapidly spiralling situation between CODEX and HECO, the Ordic League negotiated an armistice in early 1981, establishing the modern borders of the two Kuijuan republics.

The war left East Kuiju devastated, and heavily dependent on Arshavat and CODEX states for economic aid. The government underwent a series of massive of the military and bureaucracy, which provoked further protests and resulted in the Ambagemun Crisis of 1985. From 1981 to 1988, East Kuiju was ruled by 13 Presidents and 15 Prime Ministers, and twice declared periods of. Facing immense Arshavati pressure to reestablish order, in 1989 the government of Baidar Ayan executed the Hundred Day Reform, a radical series of constitutional changes which improved civil rights in some areas while increasing repression in others, reformed the country into a with bureaucratic quotas for ethnic minorities, reduced the power of the military and secret police, and further liberalised the economy. The Reform successfully ended the postwar political-economic crisis, and allowed for East Kuiju to begin a long process of recovery.

Today, East Kuiju is a, ,. It is made up of nine provinces. Though some civil rights and freedom of expression have increased since the 1989, the state as a whole remains authoritarian. All political parties outside of those represented in the Kuijuan National Democratic Caucus are outlawed, and censorship of information (including limits to internet access) is extensive. Elections take place but they are not democratic. In 2013 East Kuiju was rated as the worst country in Escar for press freedom by the Association for Free Media.

East Kuiju is a, ranking XXrd in the. It has a,  along the absolutist model. East Kuiju is a founding member of the Ordic League, CODEX and FETO. In terms of foreign policy, East Kuiju's closest ally is Arshavat, and it is highly politically and economically dependent on its eastern neighbor. Arshavati troops continue to be based throughout the country.