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The Heavenly Republic | (First) Yin-Tsu Republic | Respublik Çinnetu

 * Government: Theocratic Republic
 * Heavenly Messenger: The Heavenly Messenger is elected by the people (all adult males with no history of criminal activity) every 5 years. Although there is no official limit of terms as Heavenly Messenger, Yuen Çin's resignation in 1377 has set a precedent in which Heavenly Messengers are expected to serve no more than 2 terms.
 * Yuen Çin [I] (elected 1367-77)
 * Wang Nëng [I] (elected 1377-1382)
 * Hëng Sin [J] (elected 1382-)
 * The Mandatories (Yin-tsu Parliaments/Congress):
 * Senate: The Senate is elected by the people (all adult males with no history of criminal activity) every 2 years. Senators can serve unlimited terms, provided they are re-elected. A senator serves a single senatory. The Senate currently has 213 members.
 * House of Lords: 1 representative from the 3 most influential noble families in each parish is chosen (from within the families) to stand in the House of Lords. The Heavenly Messenger can also apppoint life peerages. The House of Lords currently has 104 members.
 * Ecclesiastic Chamber: The Ecclesiastic Chamber is handpicked by the Patriarch of Constatinople and the Archbishop of Chiko. The Ecclesiastic Chamber mostly consists of priests and bishops of influential churches across the country. The Ecclesiastic Chamber currently has 147 members.
 * Political Parties: While there are no official political parties, there have been several ideological blocs within the Mandatories. These are:
 * The Old Families: The Old Families are comprised of much of the noble classes of Yin-tsu society. They have substantial power in the govermment, and have a supermajority in the House of Lords. The Old Families generally take a conservative and even reactionary stance, supporting the feudal system, high taxes, and a strong military based on feudal levies. The Old Families hold sway over many rural areas of the Republic (but only because peasants can't read). In 1390, the Old Families hold 111 seats in the Mandatories (32in the Senate, 73 in the House of Lords, and 6in the Ecclesiastic Chamber)
 * The Jungñen: The Jungñen (lit. city dwellers) are very similar to the burghers/bourgeoisie/merchant guilds in the rest of Europe. The Jungñen have a healthy amount of power in the Senate, and own most of the seats in the House of Lords not part of the Old Families. The Jungñen generally campaign on free trade, lower taxes, improving infrastructure in the realm, building alliances with neighbors, and a small but well-trained military. The Jungñen hold sway over most urban or impoverished areas in the Republic. In 1390, the Jungñen hold 100 seats in the Mandatories (81 in the Senate, 15 in the House of Lords, and 4 in the Ecclesiastic Chamber).
 * The Religious Front: The Religious Front are mostly made up of either Orthodox clergymen or very religious senators or nobles. The Religious Front all but own the Ecclesiastic Chamber, as well as having moderate influence in the Senate and minimal influence in the House of Lords. As the religious right wing' of the Yin-tsu Republic, the Religious Front generally campaign on integration of the Church into the state, setting up religious schools across the Republic, setting up a proto-welfare system to aid the poor, disenfranchisement of heretics and heathens, and a strong military ready to defend the cause of Christ'. The Religious Front is heavily supported in the poorer regions of the country, as well as overwhelmingly in much of the northwest. In 1390, the Religious Front hold 153 seats in the Mandatories (27 in the Senate, 5 in the House of Lords, and 121 in the Ecclesiastic Chamber).
 * The Militarists: Composed of mainly generals and admirals in the Yin-tsu military, the Militarists are the largest of the fringe parties, enjoying moderate representation in the Senate. The Militarists mainly campaign on conservative social policies, a large military, a priority of defense of the nation, and the shifting of the economy to a military-industrial complex. The Militarists enjoy good amounts of support in frontier regions of the empire, especially in the east. In 1390, the Militarists hold 20 seats in the Mandatories (17 in the Senate, 1 in the House of Lords, and 2 in the Ecclesiastic Chamber)
 * The Minorities: Consisting of nobles, merchants, and people from all walks of life who happen to not be Yin-tsu, the Minorities can really be split into 3 distinct groups: the Goths, the Varangians, and the Davano-Khazars or Bonrics. The Minorities are a big tent political faction, with no clear agreement on economic and social policies, and mainly focus on the rights of said minorities in the greater Yin-tsu Republic.
 * The Goths: This faction represents the interests of the Crimean Gothic population (numbering around 80,000 within the Yin-tsu nation). In 1390, the Goths hold 19 seats (15 in the Senate, 1 in the House of Lords, and 3 in the Ecclesiastic Chamber).
 * The Varangians: This faction represents the interests of the Varangian population (numbering around 60,000 within the Yin-tsu nation). In 1390, the Varangians hold 14 seats (9 in the Senate, 2 in the House of Lords, and 3 in the Ecclesiastic Chamber).
 * The Bonrics: This faction represents the interests of the Davans and Khazars of Yin-tsu (numbering around 20,000 and 10,000 respectively), as well as the interests of other steppe peoples in the country. In 1390, the Bonrics hold 9 seats (7 in the Senate, 1 in the House of Lords, and 1 in the Ecclesiastic Chamber).
 * The Radicals: By far the smallest and least influential of the political factions in the Yin-tsu realm are the Radicals. The Radicals are people with ideologies that are (ahem) ahead of their time. Champoining ideas such as ending serfdom (gasp), women's rights (oh my god!) and separating church and state (oh, the blasphemy!), no one really takes them seriously. The Radicals hold 3 seats in the Senate. One of the more influential Radical senators would be Zyën Çu, who would later write "The Mandate of Heaven", one of the first political satires ever written (see Events).
 * The Independents: Covering a wide range of ideologies, the Independents are those Mandators (term analogous to MPs or Congressmen/women) who have not, for one reason or another, aligned themselves with a political bloc. In 1390, Independents hold 35 seats (22 in the Senate, 6 in the House of Lords, and 7 in the Ecclesiastic Chamber).
 * Capital: Chiko
 * Economy: We are mostly agrarian, but dabble in trade in the Black Sea a bit. Considering our position at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, we have begun investing more on trade.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: 425k
 * Chiko: 28k
 * Kamo: 11k
 * Armafa: 9k
 * Aragat: 25k
 * Taganrog: 39k
 * Arri: 14k
 * Religion: 93% Orthodox Christianity, 4% Khazarite Judaism, 2% Catholicism, 1% other (mostly foreign traders)
 * Ethnicity: 55% Çumñen (Yin-tsu), 19% Crimean Gothic, 13% Varangian, 8% Davanic, 4% Khazar, 3% other (mostly foreign traders and refugees fleeing the fall of the Altaic Empire)
 * Military:
 * Army: 4200 swordsmen, 1600 archers, 1150 cavalry
 * Navy: 4 heavy ships, 7 galleys, 12 transports, ~212 merchant ships
 * Wars and Conflicts: N/A
 * Events:
 * Administrative Changes: Now that we have secured peace for our time, we begin looking at the nitty-gritty of governance. Based on several factors, including noble estates, geographic boundaries, and ethnic lines, the Republic is divided into 34 parishes, grouped together into 7 regions (the regions are for census purposes only; political power lies with the parishes). Proportional representation is also introduced into the Senate (with it having no clear rule about who is represented beforehand), with the parishes further broken up into senatories, with 1 senator representing a single senatory. The senatories are drawn so that each senatory contains roughly 2,000 people each.
 * The Soul of the People: With the Yin-tsu people having finally thrown off the shackles of foreign conquerers and opressors after centuries, a flowering in Yin-tsu literature and the arts has begun. During the late 14th and early 15th centuries, many literary and artistic works would come out of the Yin-tsu Republic, with this era in Yin-tsu history often being called "The Republican Renaissance".
 * The Mandate of Heaven: The most famous work written during the Republican Renaissance was "The Mandate of Heaven", a comedy composed by Zyën Çu in 1388, showing a Heaven in which angels elect one of their own to be God for 5 years. Considered one of the first works of political satire in European history, "The Mandate of Heaven" ridicules the Yin-tsu political system of the time, and points out the flaws of politicians and people in power at the time, from charged Senatorial debates, usually involving copious amounts of insults demeaning the mothers and daughters of senators, to rampant corruption amongst the nobility, to the hypocrisy of the Orthodox Church having a hand in secular affairs when "the Bible said, 'Render upon Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's'". "The Mandate of Heaven" is also notable for its publication in the vernacular Yin-tsu tongue, instead of Latin.
 * Admiral of the Steppes (pt. 0): A young couple, Aisha and Qasul, arrive on the outskirts of Taganrog and buy a mid-sized apartment on the outskirts of the city in the autumn of 1390. At the time, they were just two out of the multitudes of refugees fleeing the fall of the Altaic Empire, but in time, they will become much more than just refugees...
 * Diplomacy:
 * ​​​​​​​Vedena: The offer for an alliance is wholeheartedly accepted. May our two nations step forward in tandem.
 * Circassia, Don, Astrakhan, Saratov: We are surrounded by powers much mightier and stronger than we are, or can hope to be for the time being. If we stand divided, these stronger nations can roll over us with ease. However, no matter how weak we are individually, we are strong together. We ask for a mutual alliance and free trade agreement, so that our people can prosper together, and repel any threat the powers surrounding us can make.
 * Inkeri: We come in peace.