Democratic Federation of Liberated States (FT)

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- Qin Yingjie, Chairman of the Chunmin Revolutionary Party, 250

The Democratic Federation of Liberated States (民主解放國联邦; DFLS), commonly known as the Liberated States (LS) or Greater Zhushan, is an interstellar country and a member of the Interstellar Union of Revolutionary States. The country is a single-party Hezuoist state led by the People's Liberation Party, and consists of twelve states and several territories across Interstellar Union space. It is the largest country in the Interstellar Union, with a population of 7.595 billion. The Liberated States also controls the largest terrestrial territory in the Interstellar Union, most notably the Tiantang System, which is unique phenomenon in the Human Sphere for having two naturally inhabitable planets, Zhushan and Cuilin. The Liberated States also controls some territory on Libertad, as well as numerous minor holdings throughout Interstellar Union space. The national capital is the metropolis of Yujing on Zhushan, and the most populous city is the equatorial spaceport city Haibian, also on Zhushan.

During the colonial era, the area currently occupied by the Liberated State of Zudi (祖地) on the planet Prospect was colonised by people predominantly from southern Escar and Valeya. During the Union War of Independence, revolutionary leader Chen Liaoning led the Revolutionary People's Army against the Federation of Sovereign States for an independent Prospect, forming the Liberated States of Baidao and Kinwan on 8 Junbi 62 AT upon the end of the war. The Liberated States joined the Interstellar Union as a founding member when it was formed later that year. Following independence, the Liberated States experienced a massive population boom that caused severe overpopulation.

In 90 AT, Liberated States explorers led by Zhou Jiaying discovered the Tiantang System with its two inhabitable planets. The Liberated States immediately laid claim to the system and began colonising the planets to alleviate the overpopulation at home. On 8 Junbi 120, the colonies on Zhushan and Cuilin were elevated to Liberated State status and the Democratic Federation of Liberated States was officially founded. Baidao and Kinwan were consolidated into the Liberated State of Zudi, the ancestral home of the Liberated States. Control over the Tiantang System granted vast amounts of resources and wealth to the Liberated States, which quickly became one of the dominant powers within the Interstellar Union. Rather than attempting to impose themselves on the rest of the Interstellar Union like some of the other dominant powers, the Liberated States wielded its considerable power and influence to maintain a unique position of "quasi-independence", avoiding various centralisation attempts while still reaping the benefits of Interstellar Union membership. The Liberated States remained a major contributor to the Interstellar Union's foreign policy and overseas military activities, with the People's Army of the Liberated States participating in the First and Second Venturan Conflicts, and the Empire-Union War as part of the United Front.

During the Second Hyperpower War, the Liberated States were largely unscathed as no fighting occurred in the Tiantang System, though the Liberated State of Zudi on Libertad was devastated during the Federation's invasion of the planet. Following the war, the Liberated States emerged in a dominant position due to its fully intact industries and great prestige from the People's Army's major contributions throughout the conflict. Since then, the Liberated States has contributed to overseas Interstellar Union operations to an even greater degree. During the Coreward Frontier Crisis, Liberated States forces represented the Union's entire participation in the conflict.

Non Canon (Old Canon)
The modern Independent Republic has its roots in the Revolutionary State of Yazhou, one of the founding members of the Interstellar Union, originally located on the Yazhou region on Unificado. As the Interstellar Union expanded, Yazhou filled an important niche as an agricultural hub for Unificado and the burgeoning Interstellar Union's colonial sphere. However, its lack of spaceward ambitions left Yazhou lagging behind the other member states in terms of power and influence within the federation, exacerbated as the other states began shedding their reliance on Yazhou's agricultural exports.

In 120, explorers from Yazhou discovered the Zhushan System, a scientific marvel with two inhabitable bodies within the same system, alongside abundant mineral resources. Yazhou rapidly staked its claim on the system, officially colonising the planet Zhusan in 122, though they kept the existence of the inhabitable moon Cuilin a secret from the rest of the Interstellar Union. The outbreak of the First Hyperpower War in 145 took a heavy toll on Yazhou, with their territories on Unificado left scarred by the Federation Starfleet's orbital bombardment, and the Yazhouan government officially shifted their government apparatus to Zhushan in 147. Their territories on Unificado slowly began to rebuild, continuing to act as the breadbasket for the Interstellar Union's capital planet.

Following the Second Federation Civil War, the Interstellar Union in general suddenly faced a rise in the neo-culturalist movements inspired by the sudden and rapid success of the Empire's Yashiman Cultural Lobby. While the other Revolutionary States dealt with these movements in their own ways, Yazhou was faced with a particularly large neo-culturalist movement which arose from war-displaced farming communities on the Unificado territories as well as disgruntled veterans. Led by the political activist Yan Huian, the Chunmin Movement espoused that the people of Yazhou were the true vanguards of the neo-socialist revolution due to their severe struggles, and that the other member states of the Interstellar Union were revisionists who sought to keep Yazhou weak for their own ambitions.

The Interstellar Union's Central Committee for State Security (SEGCOM) began activities to crack down on the Chunmin Movement, which already had numerous supporters within the Yazhou government apparatus. As relations between the Interstellar Union and the Empire naturally deteriorated, the need to obtain Haruhium for

In 122, the Zhushan System was colonised by the Revolutionary State of Yazhou, an Interstellar Union member state at the time. Initially kept a complete secret from the rest of the Human Sphere by the Interstellar Union, it was only after the first settlements were fully established that the colonisation of the system was announced to the rest of the Human Sphere in 175, sparking international scientific interest and boosting the Interstellar Union's prestige for a short time.

In 183,

The Union was undergoing a period of decline ever since the whole Chorus debacle and the split between Yucheng and the rest of the Union was growing immensely. The leaders of Yucheng were denounced as counter-revolutionaries, and the Yucheng leaders retaliated with labelling the rest of the Union leadership reactionaries.

Trying to maintain control of the situation, the Union entered a war with the Federation, which the Empire joined to help out. So the Union invaded the Empire too, but were repelled from both fronts, and peace was declared shortly after. During the war, the Chunmin People's Army failed to reinforce the Union's position in the Empire.

On 10 Jugatsu 249, the Revolutionary State of Yazhou officially seceded from the Interstellar Union with the Treaty of Yujing, signed by Chang Feng and Emigdo San Miguel. Under the treaty, the Revolutionary State of Yazhou would become entirely independent from the Interstellar Union, maintaining full sovereignty over the entire Zhushan System and retaining control over the Yazhouan units of the United Front. In return, Yazhou's territories on Unificado were handed over to the newly-formed Revolutionary State of Costa Dorada, a satellite state of the Cordilleran Revolutionary State, to secure the food supply of Unificado. Yazhou also promised to maintain trade of Gongium to the Interstellar Union in the treaty.

Following the Treaty of Yujing, the Revolutionary State of Yazhou underwent a political reorganisation, renaming itself the Chunmin Revolutionary People's Republic. Chang Feng was appointed the Chairman of the Commission for Self-Determination, the highest body in the government of the new People's Republic. In addition, the recalled Yazhouan elements of the United Front were reorganised into the new Chunmin People's Army. The formation of the Chunmin Republic was considered unprecedented at the time, and a sign by Empire and Federation analysts that the Interstellar Union was indeed in its final years, though this would be quickly disproved by Emigdo San Miguel's leadership.

Relations between the Chunmin Republic and the Interstellar Union initially remained strong, largely due to the strong ties Chang had with San Miguel. Trade between the states actually increased beyond levels prior to independence. In 250, a joint military exercise was held between the Chunmin People's Army Space Force and the United Front Space Force, and Chunmin technicians were invited to observe and assist with war reconstruction work on Antillia. However, just one year into independence, Chang was suddenly assassinated by an unknown party during a visit to the Dandong Industrial Zone. Believed to be the work of extremists within the Chunmin Republic that were displeased with Chang's continued close ties with the Interstellar Union and refusal to open up to the rest of the Human Sphere, a space-to-surface missile of indeterminable origin was fired at the Dandong Industrial Zone, killing 47 including the Chairman.

With the death of Chang, and allegedly to avoid to avoid a power struggle, the Chunmin Worker's Party rapidly appointed the former Premier Han Jianjun as the next Chairman. Han began pursuing a "reverse-course policy" with regards to the Interstellar Union, leading to the "Red Divide" between the Interstellar Union and the Chunmin Republic. One of Han's first actions was to cancel the trade agreements guaranteeing subsidies on the Gongium trade for the Interstellar Union. In a landmark shift in policy, Han also began talks with the Empire, Federation, and Commonwealth to begin formal diplomatic relations and the establishment of proper trade ties. These policies were encapsulated by Han's new ideological direction for the Chunmin Worker's Party; the "Great Leap Outward".

Han and his Great Leap Outward were received coldly in the Interstellar Union, which threatened retaliation for their betrayal of the previously-signed treaties. For several months, both sides began building up their military forces, and the Chunmin Worker's Party even entered into covert talks with the Empire for military assistance. In Igatsu 251, a very brief day-long border conflict occurred, an event sometimes referred to as the Chunmin War of Independence. However, the threat of losing access to Gongium was too great and the Interstellar Union was forced to back down in the matter.

In 299, the brief Frontier Crisis occurred between the Chunmin Republic and the Empire. Tensions between the two countries with regards to operations in the Coreward Frontier region were already heightened, and increased drastically following the destruction of the Sanzu-registered civilian ice hauler Salisbury by unknown parties. Shortly after, the Xunlei, one of the CPASF's Jiangnan-class cruiser, was attacked and boarded by an unknown party, forcing the ship's crew to scuttle the vessel. Shortly after, a series of incidents occurred that eventually broke out into sporadic fighting between the Imperial Navy and CPASF throughout the Coreward Frontier, exacerbated by terror attacks and piracy actions by parties within the Coreward Frontier itself.

Admiral Chang caused this until he was killed.

Ultimately, the Chunmin Republic and the Empire held peace talks on Kenjiri, ending the conflict and restoring peace to the region. Subsequent investigations revealed that Interstellar Union agitators were behind some of the incidents that led to the conflict, aiming to spark a major war between the Chunmin Republic and the Empire.

Astrography
See also: Tiantang System, Zhushan, Cuilin

The Liberated States is the largest member of the Interstellar Union in terms of territorial size, controlling one star system, territories on the planet Libertad, and numerous other minor holdings across Union Space. The bulk of the Liberated States' territory is located in the famous Tiantang System, which orbits the star Youxing (优星), a yellow main-sequence star.

The Tiantang System is the only star system in the Human Sphere and the known galaxy to have two naturally inhabitable planets, Zhushan and Cuilin. Both planets are tidally locked to each other, with Zhushan slightly smaller than Cuilin. Both planets have a combined population of 5.7 billion people. Zhushan is the location of the capital of the Liberated States and is considered the heart of the Liberated States' government, culture, and economy, while Cuilin is home to vast farms and industrial concerns that are some of the most productive and important in the Union as a whole. The Tiantang System is considered an extremely important part of the Interstellar Union.

On Libertad, the Liberated States maintains sovereignty over their ancestral territory, the Liberated State of Zudi, which covers some 9.597 million km² on the continent Tierra Azul.

Elsewhere, the Democratic Federation also controls various lunar outposts, space stations, and minor territories on the uninhabitable worlds and moons of the system.

Politics and government
The Chunmin Republic functions as a highly centralised one-party state, and is self-described in the Hongmen Constitution as "a neo-socialist state governed by a people's democratic dictatorship that is led by the working class, and based on an alliance of workers and peasants, working towards full self-determination". The Chunmin Republic is fully governed by the the Chunmin Worker's Party, which dominates all aspects of the government and society. The Chunmin Worker's Party has been variously described as communist, socialist, authoritarian, and corporatist, with heavy restrictions in many areas. These include restrictions against free access to the Exonet, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, free formation of social organisations, and freedom of religion.

According to the Hongmen Constitution, the Commission for Self-Determination acts as "the supreme national guidance organ of state sovereignty and self-determination of the Chunmin People". The Commission for Self-Determination de facto exercises total control over the government and the military in the name of self-determination, and is headed by the Chairman of the Commission for Self-Determination. Since the inception of the Chunmin Republic, this position has always been automatically held by the General Secretary of the Chunmin Worker's Party. This is currently Dr. Cheng Guang, who is also the Chairman of the Commission for the State Military, the organ which governs the Chunmin People's Army.

Executive power is vested in the State Council, which has been headed by the Premier of the Chunmin Republic. The Premier presides over four vice premiers and the heads of ministries and commissions. Legislative power is nominally held by the unicameral National People's Assembly, modeled after that of the Interstellar Union, and headed by the Chairman of the National People's Assembly, who also represents the state in relations with foreign countries. The People's Assembly passes laws, establishes domestic and foreign policies, appoints members of the cabinet, reviews and approves the state economic plan, among others. The People's Assembly itself cannot initiate any legislation independently of party or state organs.

Foreign relations
The Chunmin Republic maintains relations with most of the other Human Sphere states. It is considered on of the Human Sphere's major powers, though does not rank as a hyperpower.

Since 290, the Chunmin Republic has constantly portrayed itself as the "leader of the Second Sphere", with attempts to create a coalition of lesser Human Sphere states to compete with the hyperpowers. However, the Chunmin Republic has not made much progress in this area.

Military
The military of the Democratic Federation is the People's Army of the Liberated States, which is the armed wing of the People's Liberation Party and is governed by the Central Military Commission. The commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary People's Army is the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, a position concurrently held by the General-Secretary of the People's Liberation Party since the inception of the Democratic Federation. The Revolutionary People's Army consists of four main branches, the Revolutionary People's Army Ground Force (RPAGF), the Revolutionary People's Army Space Force (RPASF), the Revolutionary People's Armed Police Force (RPAPF), and the Revolutionary People's Army Strategic Intelligence Corps (SIC).

With a total manpower of around 50.96 million personnel, the Revolutionary People's Army is the second-largest of the Union's state military forces consolidated under the United Front, and due to the political clout of the Democratic Federation enjoys a high degree of autonomy and leadership within the United Front. The Revolutionary People's Army is widely considered to be the most technologically advanced force within the Interstellar Union, supplied by both state-owned and private industrial conglomerates and development corporations. The Democratic Federation also exports its military technology to other members of the Union and purchases weapons from other Union members as well, though it notably has one of the highest rates of indigenous equipment use among the state armed forces in the United Front.

Economy
Since 300, the Chunmin Republic is estimated to be the fifth-largest economy in the Human Sphere in terms of nominal GDP. The Chunmin Republic's economic growth has consistently been above 6% annually since the introduction of economic reforms in 268. The Chunmin Republic is also the third-largest exporter and fourth-largest importer of goods.

Technology
Alternating Magnetic-Oscillation Generation Unit (Sublight) - A better Epstein Drive than what everyone uses, because it uses an alternating, oscillating magnetic field and handwavium to be more efficient and deliver better thrust

Languages
Though the Democratic Federation recognises the NuHys as the official lingua franca of the Interstellar Union, the official national language of the Democratic Federation is Minyu. This is an evolution of old Ordic distinct from modern Jing-descendants used elsewhere in the Human Sphere or even in the Union itself (with these other Jing-evolutions typically referred to in general as Liangyu). Besides Minyu, various regional languages are also used in the Democratic Federation, with the largest being Tieng Gio, and.

Tieng Gio is an evolution of a Songese-based creole that emerged in the Greater Crosswind Republic on Ordis, incorporating elements of Songese, Tampan, Daic, and Jing. Chan and Hok remain largely similar to their Ordic predecessors, with the typical minor accent and vocabulary shifts.