Jupon

Jupon (Honju: 朝本), officially the Republic of Jupon (Honju: 朝本民囯; Jupon-Mingukku) is a sovereign state located in western Bangju, it borders Igu to the west, Sihu to the northwest, and Basanreseri to the east. Jupon is also bordered by Shojin to the southwest.

Jupon's name "朝本; Ju-pon" loosely means "land of the morning's root". It was given this name due to the ancient belief that the Jupon was the first land to ever be touched by the sun's rays. 2 CE, the kingdom of Hai-Jupon (Honju: 韩朝本) was formed, so in order to differentiate present-day Jupon from the ancient kingdom, the prefix "韩; Hai", which means ancient, was added.

Human migration to Jupon occurred an estimated 13 million years ago when homo-erectus nomads came to the continent of Bangju after migrating from Jeongmi, Fusen, and northwest Bangju. These nomadic tribes mainly settled on and around the coast of the country and constructed small villages.

In the present, Jupon is a technologically advanced and economic powerhouse. It's a notable political power in western Yeongju, having many economic ties with more powerful countries also located in Yeongju. Jupon is a presidential republic governed by a semi-presidential system which was established in 1946 via the Ksuryong Constitution. Citizens enjoy many civil liberties, though the government closely monitors residents, with public surveillance being widely criticized. Most of Jupon is urbanized with the majority of the country's population living in the capital city of Konggei.

Etymology
Jupon's name "朝本; Ju-pon" loosely means "land of the morning's root". It was given this name due to the ancient belief that the Jupon was the first land to ever be touched by the sun's rays. 2 CE, the kingdom of Hai-Jupon (Honju: 韩朝本) was formed, so in order to differentiate present-day Jupon from the ancient kingdom, the prefix "韩; Hai", which means ancient, was added.

=History=

Jupon is a country located in western Bangju. Historically. Jupon has been a somewhat isolationist country, casually interacting with neighboring states, but never with foreign powers. During the 1650's. Jupon isolated itself from the rest of the world, but not entirely, in response to diplomatic issues with Lionggong. In the early 1830's Shojin forced Jupon to increase foreign trade and end its Anti-Lionggong Trade Policy. In 1901 the Empire of Jupon was founded. Mass poverty and famine had caused much tension between the Juponese people and their government during the 1940's. The Republic of Jupon was founded in 1946 when protestors and activists of the Urarigokyu Protests stormed Taiguj Palace and forced the government to surrender its power.

Prehistory
Human migrated to Jupon occurred an estimated 13 million years ago when homo-erectus nomads came to the continent of Bangju after migrating from Jeongmi, Fusen, and west Bangju. These nomadic tribes mainly settled on and around the coast of the country and constructed small villages. These small villages consisted of simplistic one-story dorms in which up to nine families would live. Many of these homes contained metal axes, animal furs, animal skins, and iron weapons.

In 2002, archaeologists from Ryongju National Research Center excavated an ancient Kamirakagei-era village near Insasoku city. During the excavation, archaeologist Kai Todasaga discovered well-preserved human remains of a woman. Upon further inspection at the research center,it was discovered that the woman was of proto-Basanreserian ethnic origin, genealogists eventually came to the speculation that human migration from Sinju and northeast Yeongju occurred simultaneously.

Kamirakagei States Period
The Kamirakagei period, which began around 574 BCE, was the period in Juponese history in which the first Juponese kingdoms first appeared. In total, there were an estimated twenty-six states, each ruled by a ruler referred to as a "Kamirakogun". Many of the Kamirakogun were warlords who invaded small villages and founded small city-states, some of the Kamirakogun were wealthy villagers who peacefully founded city-states.

By 100 BCE, the number of Kamirakagei states had dramatically been reduced to thirteen, with only two of the original twenty-six still remaining. The two original states, Onsan and Jukokung, merged together to form the Sujin state.

Some time during the year 80 BCE, Jupon writing system, Honju, was invented. It is generally unknown which Kamirakagei state invented the script, and it is still a heavy topic of debate amongst historians today, though it is theorized that the Bushan state was most likely the inventor. Bushan was one of the most advanced states in terms of technology, agriculture, and education.

After spending hundreds of years going unnoticed, the Sujin state rose to prominence after invading and conquering five of its neighboring states: Kujo, Sansara, Hokokaido, Danshi, Uyan, and Meijukku. Sujin quickly moved throughout the Ankikao Valley conquering state after state, and amassing a mighty empire.

In early November of 45 BC, the Sujin state had managed to conquer eight of the previously existing Kamirakagei states, which in turn left the remaining five states greatly reduced in size, military power, and resources. The newly formed Sujin Kingdom forced the remaining five states into subjugation deeming the five states to be one protectorate state, "Sonkyuryushi".

Sujin Kingdom
The Sujin Kingdom was the first dynastic kingdom in Juponese history. It was founded 45 BC during the Kamirakagei-Era. Early on in the Kingdom's tenure, it's government was rife with corruption, especially amongst the eunuchs of the imperial court. Most monarchs of the Sujin kingdom spent their time raising armies to conquer smaller neighboring states. Many of the powerful clans that ruled during the Kamirakagei-Era still resided in Sujin, as well as there being many Kamirakagei supporters, the Sujin royal family perceived these clans continued existence as a threat. In an attempt to dispose of the perceived threat to his power, the emperor demanded that all former Kamirakogun be arrested and brought to him so that he may execute them personally. To successfully track down and capture the former Kamirakogun, the emperor hired elite warriors called "Shigētai"(Honju: 汰蛏大). Though initially successful in capturing three of the former Kamirakogun,the remaining ones fled west into the Sonkyuryushi protectorate state. Sujin continued it main ambition of increasing its territory, with its borders extending past present-day Shojin. Sujin expansion was met with heavy resistance, especially from Sonkyuryushi, the emperor had completely absolved Sonkyuryushi of all autonomy it had and incorporated it into the kingdom. Many Sonkyuryushi elites moved further southwest into central Shojin where they established their own microstate of "Chuhon", though Chuhon was short-lived only lasting for an estimated four weeks before being conquered by Sujin. Sujin’s expansion was heavily enabled by its status as a Cheonje tributary, though Sujin expansion into Shojin was met with heavy retaliation. For the next two-hundred years the kingdom endured poverty, crime, and rebellion. Hungry and malnourished peasants would march through the streets and loot local markets. In the wake of all the chaos rose an anti-Sujin movement. Elites who disliked the monarchy's oppressive restrictions often paid peasants to steal expensive items which were often gifted to the royal family. The chaos finally ended in the year 278 CE when Emperor Sanakka fell ill and died, upon his death, the socially divided kingdom of Sujin divided itself into four kingdoms: Sujin (successor state), Hai-Jupon, Gisu, and Taisan.

Warring States Period
The Warring States Period (Honju: 示大囯 民⽙; Santaigukku Minhanū) was the period directly succeeding the Sujin-era. Following the death of Emperor Sanakka, Sujin split apart into four kingdoms: Sujin (successor state), Hai-Jupon, Gisu, and Taisan. Quickly, Hai-Jupon conquered the majority of Sujin’s former territory, even going as far as to enlist Taisan, Gisu, and Sujin as tributaries. Hai-Jupon occupied all of central Jupon, thus it had the most resources, and also due to Hai-Jupon’s location meant that the other states were severely weaker. Hai-Jupon eventually came to conquer the much smaller and weaker states.

Hai-Jupon
Shortly after conquering the other three states, Hai-Jupon renounced its status as a coalition of city-states, and declared itself a dynastic kingdom ruled by a monarch. In the first few decades of Hai-Jupon's tenure, there was heavy resistance in the areas where former warring states once occupied, to quell the growing tension, the emperor dispatched legionaries to the areas, anyone who opposed the emperor's rule was to be executed.

Nearing the end of Hai-Jupon's tenure, the kingdom devolved into an outright dictatorship. Hai-Jupon sought to seize control of Shojin, though at the time Shojin was under Cheonje jurisdiction. Constant attempts to invade Shojin, and sometimes Igu, had caused mass conflict between Hai-Jupon and Cheonje.

In 900 CE the emperor fell ill and died later that same year, from then one his eunuchs ruled in the emperor's place. Eunuchs constantly tried to usurp power from one another and consolidate the power for themselves, this meant that residents of the kingdom often went malnourished, hungry, and vulnerable.

In 918, a massive nation-wide rebellion against the government began, Jupon was plunged into a 160 year civil war.

Sosandin Period
The Sosandin Period was a long period of civil war in Jupon. Sosandin began in 918 when a nation-wide rebellion against the government occurred, and by 920 all eunichs had been killed or gone into hiding.

The was much debate and violence pertaining to who should ascend to the throne and take place as Jupon's new monarch. Some wanted anarchy, where as most wanted to install their local town lord as the emperor. The Sosandin period would've been considered another warring states period if not for the fact that there was no form of legitimate government in Jupon at the time.

In 1061 a group of town lords from the Ashijang area (present-day Fujung Prefecture formed a coalition. They steadily increased surpluses of food and fabrics in their area, then sold those materials to neighboring areas via merchants. By 1076 most of the fighting had stopped and Jupon was relatively peaceful, so the coalition of town lords took control of the government. In late spring of 1078, Meika Goubon crowned himself emperor and founded the Shodai Kingdom.

Shodai Kingdom
The Shodai Kingdom was a Juponese kingdom that was founded in 1078 by Meika Goubon, a town lord from the city of Sannang (present-day Ryongjyong). Preceding the kingdom's establishment was 160 years of civil war, contrastingly the Shodai Kingdom's tenure was mostly peaceful. Juponese culture and literature were at its prime, Shodai was incredibly wealthy and had many trade partners. Shodai often traded its rare, high quality silk with Lionggong in exchange for things such as tea.

In 1501 Shodai and Lionggong met in Seninkosa to sign a trade agreement between the two countries. Per terms of the agreement, Lionggong was prohibited from exploiting Jupon for its natural resources, nor was Lionggong permitted to create counterfeit or resell Juponese silk. Initially, Lionggong agreed to the set terms, though after a few decades Lionggong began reselling Juponese silk to Meisaan and Fusen. Lionggong merchants also created counterfeit Juponese silk which were then sold to many of Jeongmi's outlying colonies, like Namju.

In June of 1547, Juponese empress-consort Aima Soukto met with Lionggongese ambassador X to discuss Lionggong's multiple violations of the previously established trade agreement. Due to the empress-consort and ambassador unable to reach an agreement, Jupon implemented a temporary ban on Lionggong, the ban stated that Lionggong was temporarily unable to have access to Juponese materials. Lionggong on multiple occasions raided costal Juponese villages and stole high quality jewelry. After months of raids, Jupon officially ended all trade between Jupon and Lionggong.

Juponese and Lionggongese relations remained relatively calm, up until the 1590's when Lionggong launched a mass raid of Jupon's central coast. After a series of raids on Jupon's southern coast, Juponese soldiers were dispatched to the coast to quell them. Despite Jupon's various attempts, Lionggongese raids continued to occur.

On 19 May 1607 eighteen Lionggongese junks arrived on the shores of Jupon and launched a mass invasion of Jupon's coast. Typically, Juponese silk was stored in coastal cities. Days after the mass invasion of the coast, which Lionggong still occupied, Jupon declared war on Lionggong. Throughout the seventeenth-nineteenth century Jupon and Lionggong would constantly be engaged in a period of war. Due to the Seninkosa Policy and Jupon becoming isolationist, the Shodai kingdom began to massively decline, up until 1901 when Juponese Empress Sormai founded the Empire of Jupon.

Seninoksa and the Hermit Decade
The Seninkosa Policy, also known as the Anti-Lionggong Policy (Honju: 亮江 給賣抗; Ryangkong Ishokikmiong) was an Anti-Lionggong trade policy established after the end of the Seninkosa War. The Seninkosa War occurred as a result of Lionggong violating multiple trade agreements established between Jupon and Lionggong. Per terms of the policy, all trade between Lionggong and Jupon ceased, and trade with other Sinjuan countries was heavily limited. Juponese residents were banned from leaving the country, nor were any foreigners permitted to establish permanent residency in Jupon.

In 1795, Shojin initiated trade talks between them and Jupon, though Jupon did sell basic necessities like rice, Shojin was unable to obtain access to Jupon’s more lucrative items. Multiple negotiation talks between Shojin and Jupon were unsuccessful, as Jupon was adamant on maintaining low trade, as well as low contact with mainland Sinju, as well as mainland-Sinju-aligned countries. In 1805, Shojinese navy raided the costal Juponese village of Kyoruji, stealing materials such as fine silk, rice, and precious metals. From 1805 to 1820 Shojin, allied with Lionggong, constantly raided costal villages, and in certain instances Lionggongese navy soldiers managed to obtain resources from Aikansansu Valley. In September of 1820, Juponese military finally gained control of the situation and managed to force all foreigners out of the country.

For the next ten years Jupon entered a period of absolute isolation. Jupon was entirely self-sufficient, and anyone who crossed the border into Jupon would be killed. Advancements in Juponese military had also been made, with Basanreserian-style military influencing major reforms. During the decade, Shojin made multiple attempts to infiltrate the Juponese coast, though was unsuccessful.

On 28 August 1830, Shojin navy completely surrounded the Juponese coast, Shojinese army also crossed the Shojin-Jupon border. Shojinese military made their way to the imperial palace in Konggei. At the imperial palace, Shojinese forces quickly mowed through the roves of palace guards. With the Juponese monarch cornered, the emperor folded and decreed that Jupon would allow for full foreign trade, even resuming trade with Lionggong.

Empire of Jupon
The Empire of Jupon (Honju: 朝本帝国;Jupon-Chegokku) was a Juponese kingdom directly preceding Jupon's modern republic. It was founded by Empress Sormai in late November of 1901. Immediately after founding the empire, Empress Sormai initiated the Chinchok Reforms (Honju: 進捗改術; Chinchok-Kaijksu) which were a series of massive reforms meant to industrialize the country and boost its economy. During the time of the Great Depression, Jupon was ranked as the second poorest country in all of Tiandi, many Juponese residents suffered from malnutrition as a result of the mass famine and lack of funds from the government. Things took a turn for the worst when the Great Eulhae War began in 1935, all able-bodied men were drafted to serve in the Hairokpu-Dairyun Defense Forces of the Empire of Jupon via mandate of the emperor. Thousands of men were enlisted in the military and sent off to Tosan, Basanreseri and Jeongmi. In some instances, Juponese soldiers would be shipped off to Lionggong and Namju.

As a result of major investment in the Eulhae War, Jupon was economically devastated, soldiers who had fought in the war quickly became street-dwelling beggars. Women often sold themselves into prostitution so that they could provide at least a small amount of money for their families. The birth rate dramatically dropped all throughout the country, married spouses already had barely any money to provide for themselves, let alone a small child. Hungry and malnourished people begged and pleaded with the government to do something, but to no avail. The emperor and his posse continued to have access to food and decent plumbing, which greatly infuriated the Juponese people. In early January of 1946 a group of peasants took to the streets to protest the government and criticize the emperor for his abhorrent abuse of power and neglecting the needs of the people. The government responded by sending spies and secret police to major cities where protests occurred and silence all political opposition. By May of the same year the entire country had fallen into chaos, and the government started to lose control over the situation. Peasants rampaged through the streets, defacing buildings and homes, as well as attacking wealthy citizens. On July 29, 1946, the residents of Konggei marched to the Taiguj Palace and broke in. People quickly made their way throughout the palace, leaving a path of blood and destruction in their wake. Peasants decapitated the empress-consort while she was fleeing the palace, the emperor and his children were shot dead while in the palace garden. Seeing as how there were no successors to the thrown available, the Juponese people quickly established a provisional government to help the country transition from a monarchy to a republic.

Republic of Jupon
The Republic of Jupon is the current form of the country of Jupon, it was declared on September 13, 1946 shortly after the Provisional Government of Jupon fully completed its transition period. Gunji Sougyi was installed as the first president of Jupon. Within the first five years of the republic's establishment, poverty and hunger in Jupon had drastically decreased, more people were able to find work and food became more available, President Sougyi even signed a new trade agreement with Lionggong.

Due to economic incentives in the 1960's Jupon's economic wealth drastically increased, by August of 1979, Jupon was ranked in the twenty-five richest countries in the world, and placed tenth in the twenty richest countries in Bangju. Since then, Jupon's economy has continued to grow.

=Geography and Climate=

Geography
Jupon has a very mountainous terrain, most of its mountains lie in the north and northeast region of the country. In fact, Jupon's highest peak, Tainamrin Mountain (Honju: 大男人山; Tainamrin-san, literally meaning Great Man's Mountain) is located near the Jupon-Basanreseri border. In the southern region of the country lies a slightly humid climate, things such as corn and rice can grow there.

Climate
Jupon has a subtropical climate and marine tropical climate and is affected by the Sinjuan monsoon, with precipitation heavier in summer during a short rainy season called zuiyu, and winters that can be cold and dry. It is subjected to late summer typhoons that bring strong winds and heavy rains. Natural hazards such as typhoons, tsunamis and earthquakes are common in the region.

=Government=

The Government of the Republic of Jupon (Honju: 統囯委朝本; Tōgukkuwei-Jupon) is the unitary government that exercises control over Jupon and its outlying islands in the free area. The president is the head of state. The government consists of Presidency and five branches (Jir): the Executive Jir, Legislative Jir, Judicial Jir, Examination Jir, and Control Jir.

Military
=Economy=

Poverty in Jupon
=Education and Healthcare=

Healthcare
=Demographics=

Socioeconomic Status
=Culture=

Juponese culture, the culture native to the Juponese, is said to have blossomed during Jupon's Shodai dynasty. As is common in many other Sinjuan cultures, politeness, respect towards elders and social conformity is ingrained into the minds of the Juponese. Historians believe that Jupon's culture is heavily related to Fusenese culture and Jeongmian culture. In the 1709 Fusenese book, First Fusenese Description of Jupon, many of the Fusenese were pleasantly surprised at how similar Juponese and Fusenese culture are. When Jeongmians came to Jupon in 1845, Jeongmian military general Sim Deung-wook described Jupon as a "calm and peaceful place with lovely and generous people". Cultural customs in Jupon, such as saying "hanahaksui" (which loosely means 'thank you for the meal) before eating, and even bowing at various angles are ingrained into the minds of young Juponese. In Juponese society, one who causes a public scene is looked down upon, also people who sit on the side of the road are viewed as being poorly raised. Honor is a core ideology in Juponese society, one mustn't do anything that could dishonor the family, or one's self. Juponese are often seen as being very considerate of others' feelings and don't generally prefer to say anything rude, though they will subtly judge others.

Cuisine
Juponese cuisine consists of rice, game meat, and fish. Traditional Juponese dishes such as Kyuton and Okkau are still very popular in Jupon. Jupon has one of the more unique ecosystems in Bangju, animals such as moose, reindeer, bison, and sheep are essential parts of many Juponese dishes. Juponese seafoods often contain carp and squid.

Sports
=Tourism=

International Tourism
=Judicial System=

Supreme Court
=Television and Media=