Kechuajog
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Republic of Kechuaju Qunqyakuki Qhichwa Mitmapa 케추아주 공화국 噶民国 Kechuaju Gonghwaguk | |||||
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Motto: "단흑협화"("檀黑協和") (English: Danheuk Hyeophwa) "Jeongmians and Negroes in Collaboration" | |||||
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Anthem: 「통일렬차 달린다」 (English: Tongillyeolcha dallinda) "The Unification Train Rushes On"  | |||||
 Location of Kechuaju (dark green) in Tiandi | |||||
 Location of Kechuaju (dark green) in Cheongju | |||||
| Capital and largest city | Seondeoksi | ||||
| Official languages | Jeongmian | ||||
| Recognised national languages | Q'ispisimi | ||||
| Ethnic groups (2018) |
Jeongmian (87.5%) Quechuan (12.5%) | ||||
| Demonym(s) | Kechuajumin | ||||
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic | ||||
| Dang Hyo-yeon | |||||
| Gim Myeong-soo | |||||
| Yoo Nam-seok | |||||
| Legislature | Baekseonghoe (백성회) | ||||
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Hyeophoe (협회) Gwijokhoe (귀족회) | |||||
| Jeongchiinhoe (정치인회) | |||||
| Independence from the Jeongmi Empire | |||||
• Republic | 4 March 1801 | ||||
| 8 May 1801 | |||||
| Area | |||||
• Total | 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi) | ||||
• Water (%) | 0.41 | ||||
| Population | |||||
• 2015 estimate | 2,862,427 (83rd) | ||||
• 2008 census | 2,341,481 | ||||
• Density | 23/km2 (59.6/sq mi) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate | ||||
• Total | 圓87.773 billion (82nd) | ||||
• Per capita | 圓30,650 (32nd) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate | ||||
• Total | 圓130.543 billion (65th) | ||||
• Per capita | 圓45,606 (11th) | ||||
| Inequality (2008) |
 53.3high | ||||
| HDI (2015) |
 0.663medium | ||||
| Currency | Kechuajuan Hwan (噶民圜) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Cheongju Standard Time) | ||||
| Date format |
yyyy년 m월 d일 yyyy-mm-dd | ||||
| Driving side | right | ||||
| Calling code | +28 | ||||
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Kechuaju (Jeongja: 케추아주; Q'ispisimi: Qhichwa Mitmapa), officially the Republic of Kechuaju (Jeongja: 케추아주 공화국; Q'ispisimi: Qunqyakuki Qhichwa) and colloquially known as Kechuajog (케추아족), is a sovereign state in east-central Cheongju. It is bordered in the north by Qichwa and in the east by the Mulberry Ocean. Kechuaju is a megadiverse country with a typically uniform arid climate. The population of 2.9 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the south-central plateaued mainland. Its mountain range divides the land diagonally into two uneven areas; the more sizeable urbanized north and, on the other side of the mountains, the lush sparsely populated south. Kechuaju's capital and largest city is Seondeokdosi. The country's other metropolitan areas include Yojeong, Neukdaesi and Hallpajuyohada.
Indigenous Kechuajumindeul inhabited the land for about 14,000 years prior to the first arrival of Jeongmian explorers in the early 15th century, who named it Samaguittang (사막의땅; "desert land"). In 1660, Kechuaju's northern half was claimed by Imperial Jeongmi and initially settled for land exploitation. The population grew steadily in subsequent decades and by the time of the Jeongmian Industrial Revolution, most of the land had been explored and additional colonies established. On 4 March 1801, post the dissolution of the Empire, all the Kechuajuan colonies united, forming the Republic of Kechuaju. Kechuaju has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a unitary presidential constitutional republic divided into thirteen provinces.
Kechuaju is classified as an emerging market with a medium level of human development, a high-income economy and significant income inequality with a poverty rate around 17 percent. Kechuaju has one of the fastest industrial growth rates at an average of 9.6% and its main economic activities include fishing, mining, manufacturing and telecommunications; along with other growing sectors such as biotechnology and aerospace engineering. Despite ranking high in democracy, Kechuaju suffers from racial segregation against the indigenous populace, while the majority of economic and civil liberties are reserved only for Sinjuan-descent residents. Kechuaju is one of the regional powers in Cheongju and an active member in the Congress of Nations.
Name[edit]
The name Kechuaju (pronounced /'ket͡ɕʰwaˑd͡ʑu/ in Jeongmian) is derived from a combination of the Runasimi Qhichwa ("[people of] the valley") and the Jeongmian Ju (주; "state"). It was first used to describe the indigenous administration, but was soon officially adopted for the Jeongmian colony too. Until the establishment of contact with the Quechuan peoples, the land was simply referred to as Samaguittang (사막의땅), the Jeongmian for "desert land". The preferred colloquial term among Kechuajumindeul denoting the land is Kechuajog (케추아족; "Quechuan ethnicity"), which rose in popularity during the 20th century, probably due to sayings such as 「케추아족 보러 가자!」 ("Let us go see the Quechuans!") that are actually used up to this day to refer to the suburbs and villages of Kechuaju. The adoption of Kechuajog is also present in official documents directed to the public, but whether its use should be expanded to governmental and diplomatic bodies is still controversially discussed.
History[edit]
Prehistory and Pre-Jeongmian Kechuajog[edit]
The earliest evidences of human presence in Kechuajuan territory have been dated to approximately 12,500 BCE in the Saetbaram settlement. Anchisuan societies were based on agriculture, using techniques such as irrigation and terracing; camelid husbandry and fishing were also important. Organization relied on reciprocity and redistribution because these societies had no notion of market or money. The oldest known complex society in Kechuaju, the Yuchung civilization, flourished along the coast of the Unhae Ocean between 3,000 to 1,800 BCE. These early developments were followed by archaeological cultures that developed mostly around the coastal and Anchisuan regions throughout Kechuaju. The Chupunje culture which flourished from around 1,000 to 200 BCE along what is now Kechuaju's Unhaean Coast was an example of early pre-Quechuan culture.
The Warichan culture that developed from 1,500 to 300 BCE was probably more of a religious than political phenomenon, with their religious centre in Warichanui Dosi. After the decline of the Warichan culture around the beginning of the 1st century CE, a series of localized and specialized cultures rose and fell, both on the coast and in the highlands, during the next thousand years. On the coast, these included the civilizations of the Parajog and Naesojog, and the more outstanding Mochusekka. The Mochusekka, who flourished between 1140 to 1450 CE, were renowned for their irrigation system which fertilized their arid terrain, their sophisticated tapestry, their lofty buildings, and clever metalwork. Their capital was at Jian Jian outside of modern-day Ayllupakuchappa.
In the 15th century, the Pik'chukkakuna emerged as a powerful state which, in the span of a century, formed the largest indigenous empire in Kechuaju within their capital in Gusuku. The Pik'chukkakuna of Gusuku originally represented one of the small and relatively minor ethnic groups, the Quechuans. Gradually, as early as the thirteenth century, they began to expand and incorporate their neighbours. Pak'chukka expansion was slow until about the middle of the fifteenth century, when the pace of conquest began to accelerate, particularly under the rule of the emperor Amachayiq Inkka Yupanki. Under his rule, the Pik'chukkakuna came to control most of southern and Anchisuan regions, with a population of 7 to 14 million inhabitants under their rule. Amachayiq also promulgated a comprehensive code of laws to govern his far-flung empire, while consolidating his absolute temporal and spiritual authority as the God of Weather who ruled from a magnificently rebuilt Gusuku. From 1448 to 1522, the Pik'chukkakuna used a variety of methods, from conquest to peaceful assimilation, to incorporate other cultures into their empire, which they referred to as Mamallaqtapukallpaypa ("motherland with red dirt"). Many local forms of worship persisted in the empire, most of them concerning local sacred Wak'akuna, but the Pik'chukka leadership encouraged the worship of Sunqinti, the sun god, and imposed its sovereignty above all other cults such as that of Tiksiñasa. The Pik'chukkakuna considered their Emperor, the Chiqap Apu Inkka, to be the "mediator of the natural forces".
Jeongmian Arrival[edit]
The first recorded Sinjuan sighting of the Cheongju continent, and the first recorded Sinjuan landfall on the Kechuaju mainland (in 1606 CE), are attributed to the Jeongmians. The first ship and crew to chart the Kechuajuan coast and meet with indigenous peoples was the Dongdo captained by Jeongmian navigator, Byeon Soo-hyuk. He sighted the Blue Wiphalla Peninsula in 1606, and made landfall on 5 October at the Imjin River near the modern town of Chirawmit'a on Wiphalla Parang-gu. Later that year, Fusenese explorer Yuichi Saito also made brief landfall. The Jeongmians charted the whole of Kechuaju and named the land "Samaguittang" during the late 16th century, but made no attempt at settlement until 1660, when the uninhabited northern half was claimed for Jeongmi under imperial orders.
A camp was set up and the Jeongmian flag raised at the Port of Hallpaseo on 15 February 1660, a date which later became one of Kechuaju's national days, Founder's Day. The Jeongmi Empire formally claimed the northern part of Western Kechuaju (modern-day Dinggochon) in 1685, northern and central Kechuaju in 1703, and the remainder land up to the Anchisu mountain range in 1708. As the oldest of the settlements began to fortify, they would gradually form smaller penal colonies within their area of influence, through the reception of prisoner and dissenter indenturees. This practice continued until the downfall of the Jeongmi Empire and the abolition of slavery in Kechuaju in 1801.
The indigenous populace declined for 150 years following settlement, mainly due to infectious disease. Thousands more died as a result of frontier conflict with settlers. A government policy of "assimilation" beginning with the Negro Integration Act 1822 resulted in the coercive relocation of many Quechuan families and communities, the resistance and eventual failure thereof constituting to the decline in the indigenous population. As a result of the 1984 Referendum, the republican government would conform to the making of laws with respect to the Quechuans. Traditional ownership of land was not recognized in law until 1997, when the Parliament invalidated the colonial idea of amudoui ttang ("land belonging to no one") upon which the expansion was formerly justified.
Colonial Expansion[edit]
Kutiyumallpa, the last Chiqap Apu Inkka, was killed in battle during the Wamink'akuna Mirkupa War in 1728, a clash between colonial Kechuajumindeul descending the Anchisu mountains and the Pik'chukkakuna defending their borders. It is unknown which side initiated the war. It is the only conflict that has been officially documented and acknowledged by the post-colonial republic. Following Kutiyumallpa's death, the Quechuans surrendered to the Jeongmians. To accommodate for the new annexation, Kechuaju was placed under the leadership of an imperially appointed chongdok ("governor-general").
The establishment of a viceroyalty with its capital on the southernmost settlement of Seondeoksi was the first step into the unification of the Kechuajuan colonies. Seondeoksi was quickly acclaimed as a military town, with more fragile settlements essentially becoming Seondeoksian protectorates. Chongdok Gim Jong-yeol reorganized the colonies in the 1740's with gold and silver mining as their main economic activity and Quechuan forced labor (mink'a) as their primary workforce. With the discovery and export of great gold and silver lodes at Hallpajuyohada and Kaebio, the viceroyalty flourished as an important provider of mineral resources. Kechuajuan bullion provided revenue for the Jeongmian Throne and enlarged the preexisting Kechuaju-Jeongmi trade network. The expansion of a colonial administrative apparatus and bureaucracy paralleled the economic reorganization. Surplus labor, for example, was the primary reason for the drop in income taxation and allowed for greater slavemaster freedom. Consequently, Jeongmian merchants were often tempted to reside in the viceroyal colonies.
With the conquest started the spread of Buddhism in Cheongju; most people were forcefully converted to Keimongyo, taking only a generation to convert the population. Inkka temples were demolished and salvaged to construct Buddhist temples. During this period of conversion (CE 1730 - 1770), the Kaebiojong enacted a policy of Geomsa ("examination"), employing torture to ensure that newly converted Buddhists did not stray to other religions or beliefs. Kechuajuan Buddhism is syncretic, with religious native rituals being integrated with Buddhist celebrations. In this endeavor, the Kaebio Order came to play an important role in the acculturation of the natives, drawing them into the cultural orbit of the Jeongmian settlers.
By the 19th century, declining silver production and economic diversification greatly diminished viceroyal income. At the same time, political turmoil in Jeongmi led to the dissolution of the Empire. The Kechuajuan declaration of independence in 1801 and the reimplementation of former taxation oversaw an increase in indigenous and half-caste (Ma'stiskuna) local small-size protests. The Negro Integration Act 1822 was enacted to partially emancipate the populace, abolishing slavery, documenting their identities, constructing hospitals and public schools and permitting their registration for healthcare and insurance services. The initiative was successful and the protests quieted, despite full suffrage and autonomy never technically granted.
Nationhood[edit]
In the late 1790's, Jeongmi suffered from harsh winters and poor harvest seasons, which posed a substantial impediment to the Kechuajuan economy and trade. To balance the colony's expenditures, short-term austerity measures had to be adopted, which devastated many small businesses. Following the collapse of the Jeongmi Empire, the independentist movements grew stronger and stronger.
At the height of devastation, elections where held on 16 February 1801. Delegates for the Parliament were chosen and Gim Tae-yeon, a woman scholar loyal to the independentist party and born to a middle-class family, was elected for President for her reputation in stirring up the folk. On 4 March 1801, the newly elected administration declared independence and renegotiated terms of commerce with the early Republic of Jeongmi. In one of his speeches, Jeongmian President An Gung-muk commented on the decisions of his political predecessors, saying he deeply regretted their approval of Kechuaju's parting from the Jeongmian realm, but was nonetheless at peace with the Kechuajumindeul's determination to keep good relations.
When the Constitution of Kechuaju was written on 8 May 1801, Gim Tae-yeon and her partisan delegates ensured that a bipartist system would be discouraged and that women's rights would be placed at constitutional forefront priority, on the philosophy of libertarian feminism. Consequently, some men's rights were deprived with the enactment of mandatory circumcision and sperm donation, the legalization of rape on men, the prohibition of gun ownership for men and coercive marital property cession post-divorce, while the colonial educational system had to be overhauled in favor of Buddhist feminocentrism. These policies further reinforced the Jeongmian matrilineality traditionally passed over to Kechuaju and paved the way to the contemporary matriarchal hyeongsang ("state of affairs").
Under Gim Tae-yeon's administration, Kechuaju reentered a period of stability through a series of autarkic policies, lowering corporate tax and subsidizing business initiatives. To this day, the terms Juche ("self-reliance") and Gimtaeyeonism are used to describe the reforms that incentivize the ascent of diverse businesses supplying for a variety of demands. In this school of thought, corporations are the patrons of the people and the upholders of democracy. At the height of her presidency in 1804, a transcription of the then code of law was published to the public, which was also reformed according to the Constitution and the principles of gojeunghak ("evidence-search") and tumyeongdo ("transparency"). It has remained for the most part intact ever since.
Kechuaju kept neutral throughout the Eulhae War, but with suspicions of an Independence Front of Qichwa-led insurrection in Meisaani Qichwa spreading onto the land, ordinary domestic production plants were largely repurposed in preparation for a war. Military equipment corporately produced in Kechuaju were primarily sold to the Kechuajuan Armed Forces, the Jeongmian Armed Forces and with precautions also to the Meisaan Armed Forces situated in Qichwa. It is also acknowledged nowadays that several nationalist Kechuajumindeul volunteered in the Jeongmian Armed Forces during the War, most likely while also faking their identity, an estimated total number of 80,000 volunteers. Kechuaju joined the Congress of Nations shortly after its founding and expressed enthusiasm in providing manpower for a peacekeeping force. In 1948, Kechuaju sent two facilitators in the peace-negotiation that split Qichwa into West- and East Qichwa.
In 1988, the Ministry of Science welcomed a new subordinate department, the Kechuajuan Space Administration, which (on top of full state-funding) received domestic corporate support until the construction of the Kechuajuan Space Station was completed in 2000.
Geography[edit]
General characteristics[edit]
Kechuaju is located on the central eastern coast of Cheongju touching the Unhae Ocean. It covers 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi) of Cheongju and lies wholly in the southern hemisphere, between the latitudes of 24° and 29° S. It borders Qichwa to the north and the Unhae Ocean to the southeast. The Anchisu mountains run horizontally through the country, defining the two regions traditionally used to describe Kechuaju geographically.
The goji ("highlands") from the north until the central south are mountainous and partially forested, with infertile soil and harsh winters. The samak ("desert") on the southern side of the Anchisu range is generally flat and characterized by long droughts and dispersed oases. The Anchisu mountain range is encircled by rainforests and lush soil, while also featuring over twenty endorheic basins and sixteen plateaux in total, that enable life. There is only one exorheic mountainous basin formation, that is the Lake Paranghosu. The highest point is Mt. Albaksan with an altitude of 3,859 m (12,662 ft).
Due to a lack of natural rivers, several reservoirs have been constructed near the centralmost mountainous basins, as well as dykes on the Unhae Coast. Lake Jantana is the largest reservoir in Kechuaju with a surface area of 1,500 km2 (370,000 acres).
Geology[edit]
Kechuaju is tectonically stable, having infrequent moderate earthquakes but a singular dormant stratovolcano, the Akkuhyuhwasan, near the southeastern border. An eruption thereof was recorded in the year 1743 CE with no casualties, presumed nowadays to have been a colossal explosion (VEI-6) on the Volcanic Explosivity Index. Volcanic ash from this eruption blanketed the surrounding land, fertilizing the soil and creating fresh new oases, thus opening up the opportunities for south nomadicity.
Climate[edit]
Kechuaju primarily has a warm- to cold semi-arid climate and is affected by the East Chongju monsoon, with precipitation heavier in geonyeol ("harmattan") during a short rainy season called jangma ("lengthy rain"), which begins end of June through end of July. Winters can be rather dry with the minimum temperature dropping below -5 °C (23 °F) in the inland region of the country: in Seondeoksi, the average January temperature range is -3 to 2 °C (26.6 to 35.6 °F), and the average August temperature range is 27 to 41 °C (80.6 to 105.8 °F). Winter temperatures are higher along the Unhae Coast and considerably lower in the mountain range. Geonyeol can be excruciatingly hot and humid, with temperatures exceeding 45 °C (113 °F) in most parts of the country. Kechuaju has three distinct seasons: bom ("springtime"), geonyeol ("dry heat season; harmattan"), gyeoul ("winter"). Bom usually lasts from late March to early May, geonyeol from mid-May to late November, and gyeoul from early December to mid-March.
Rainfall is concentrated in the geonyeol months of June through September. The southeastern coast is subject to late-geonyeol typhoons that bring strong winds, heavy rains and sometime floods. The average precipitation varies from 1,370 millimeters (54 in) in Seondeoksi to 1,470 millimeters (58 in) in Yojeong. In August 1994, the Keunsamak Desert reached 81 °C (177.8 °F), the highest recorded temperature point in Kechuaju to this day.
| Climate table of Seondeoksi, 1971-2001 | |||||
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| Month | Lowest Avg. Temperature | Highest Avg. Temperature | Avg. Precipitation | ||
| January | -3 °C (26.6 °F) | 2 °C (35.6 °F) | 22 mm (0.9 in) | ||
| February | -1 °C (30.2 °F) | 4 °C (39.2 °F) | 24 mm (0.9 in) | ||
| March | 1 °C (33.8 °F) | 14 °C (57.2 °F) | 46 mm (1.8 mm) | ||
| April | 15 °C (59 °F) | 26 °C (78.8 °F) | 77 mm (3 in) | ||
| May | 20 °C (68 °F) | 31 °C (87.8 °F) | 102 mm (4 in) | ||
| June | 26 °C (78.8 °F) | 37 °C (98.6 °F) | 133 mm (5.2 in) | ||
| July | 24 °C (75.2 °F) | 39 °C (102.2 °F) | 328 mm (13 in) | ||
| August | 27 °C (80.6 °F) | 41 °C (105.8 °F) | 348 mm (14 in) | ||
| September | 22 °C (71.6 °F) | 32 °C (89.6 °F) | 138 mm (5.4 in) | ||
| October | 13 °C (55.4 °F) | 21 °C (69.8 °F) | 49 mm (1.9 in) | ||
| November | 4 °C (39.2 °F) | 11 °C (51.8 °F) | 53 mm (2.1 in) | ||
| December | -4 °C (24.8 °F) | 0 °C (32 °F) | 25 mm (1 in) | ||
Biodiversity[edit]
Despite principally being semi-arid, Kechuaju includes a diverse range of habitats. An estimated 250,000 species of birds, of which only 5% have been described, occur in Kechuaju and typify that diversity. Because of continent Cheongju's great age, extremely variable weather patterns, and long-term geographic isolation, much of Kechuaju's biota is unique. About 85% of flowering plants, 84% of mammals and more than 45% of reptiles are endemic. Contrary to urban myths, feral cats are not indigenous and were probably brought to the country by early Jeongmian settlers.
Kechuajuan forests are mostly made up of coniferous trees, particularly cedars in the less arid regions; mahogany trees replace them as the dominant species in drier regions and deserts. Among well-known Kechuajuan animals are the camelids (alpaca), capreolinae (gray brocket and pwodu), marsupials (numbat and mahogany glider), and birds (blue-throated piping guan and hwachin). The dingo was introduced by Meisaani traders around 1900. Kechuaju is home to the largest variety of venomous fish. Many animal and plant species became extinct soon after first human settlement, including the Kechuajuan megafauna; others have disappeared since Jeongmian settlement, among them the geomydidae.
Many of Kechuaju's ecoregions, as well as the species within said regions, are threatened by human activities and introduced animal, chromistan and plant species. All of these factors have led to Kechuaju's having the highest mammal extinction rate of any country in Tiandi. The Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 is the legal framework for the protection of threatened species. Numerous protected areas have been created under the National Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation to protect and preserve unique ecosystems, among them 16 established CONSECO world heritage sites. Kechuaju was ranked 21st out of 46 countries in Tiandi on the 2018 Environmental Performance Index. There are more than 1,800 animals and plants on Kechuaju's threatened species list, including more than 500 animals.
Government and politics[edit]
Government[edit]
Kechuaju is a unitary presidential constitutional republic with a multi-party system. The country has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system under its constitution, which denominates the President of the Jeongchiinhoe as both head of state and government and bestows them executive power. A presidential term lasts four years, but the president may not serve consecutive terms. The Prime Minister cannot be a member of the Parliament nor be elected by the President. They are instead appointed by the religious Kaebiojong, on the mission to provide counsel to the president in governmental and religious matters, as well as replace them when they are incapacitated. Consequently, Kechuaju has been oftentimes referred to as a somewhat theodemocratic state.
The Baekseonghoe (백성회; "Commoners' Assembly") is the tricameral parliamentary body that assumes legislative power and is comprised of 250 members (50 in Hyeophoe, 50 in Gwijokhoe and 150 in Jeongchiinhoe), all thereof elected for four-year terms. Bills may be proposed by either the executive or the legislative branch; they become law after being passed by the respective chambers and promulgated by the president.
Legislative power is shared by all three chambers:
- The Jeongchiinhoe (정치인회; "Politicians' Assembly") is regarded as the lower house and central government of Kechuaju and comprises the political parties, which all citizens of Kechuajuan-descent past the voting age of twenty may indirectly elect by single-member voting and without a voting acquisition exam; electing only the party and not provincial representatives. Coalition of parties is forbidden under the Constitution and there are no limitations in regards to political party funding, whose largest contributor is the private sector. After the end of the general elections, the parties that have won by plurality and overcome the 5% electoral threshold may enter the Jeongchiinhoe. Only the members of the party that has accumulated the most votes by absolute value may proceed to elect a new President and provincial representatives. The President then appoints ministers. Bills that are proposed in this chamber concern common law and the Constitution, infrastructure, national institutions, and general internal and external affairs.
- The Gwijokhoe (귀족회; "Noblemen's Assembly") is the first of two upper houses and is reserved for any and all landowners, landlords and sole prioprietors, which are elected by any and all tenants of Kechuajuan- or Sinju-descent, regardless of citizenship, who at the time of voting must however have an active apartment lease surpassing a three-year threshold. Bills that are proposed in this chamber typically concern infrastructure, property law, consumer protection, taxation and tariffs, although it isn't unusual that the Gwijokhoe proposes nonsequitous bills, in which case they are to be redirected to the Jeongchiinhoe.
- The Hyeophoe (협회; "Societies") is the last of two upper houses and is reserved for the top 50 domestically headquartered private limited companies by average revenue, each holding a single seat and being represented by their corporate ambassador. They are thus not elected, but may choose to decline their seat, and additionally they must forfeit it after sinking below the top fifty list or if they turn bankrupt. Bills proposed in this chamber exclusively concern corporate law.
The President also holds the power to challenge to bugyeol ("veto") a certain bill, coercing the respective chamber to retry for a majority vote and annulling the bill when this consensus is not met a second time. Similarly, the Supreme Court of Kechuaju is the body that assumes judicial power and the four-year term Chief Justice appointed by the President acts as the head of the branch.
Active suffrage to the Jeongchiinhoe is granted to all Sinju-descent and Sinjuan half-caste citizens, for whom voting is compulsory from ages 20 to 71. Traditional racial segregation policies against the indigenous Quechuans forbid their voting to this day.
The Baekseonghoe is currently composed of Singjimidang (53 seats), Jasinsijangdang (36 seats), Keimongyodang (22 seats), Bukdang (22 seats), Kechuadang (10 seats) and Daeandang (7 seats).
| Party Name | Ruling or Opposition | Seats in the Jeongchiinhoe | Ideological Tenets | |
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| Democratic Party 식민지당 |
ruling party | 53 / 150 |
Radical centrism, Industrial democracy, Government intervention, Capitalism | |
| Liberal Party 자신시장당 |
opposition | 36 / 150 |
Center-right, Economic democracy, Laissez-faire, Capitalism | |
| Buddhist Party 케이몬쿄당 |
opposition | 22 / 150 |
Far-right, Religious democracy, Government intervention, Capitalism | |
| North Party 북당 |
opposition | 22 / 150 |
Far-left, Guided democracy, Government intervention, Socialism | |
| Quechua Party 케추아당 |
opposition | 10 / 150 |
Center-left, Ethnic democracy, Government intervention, Capitalism | |
| Alternative Party 대안당 |
opposition | 7 / 150 |
Far-right, Fascism, Government intervention, Capitalism |
Law[edit]
Kechuaju has a civil law system based on Ullyeong law. The Heonbeobjaepanso is the Kechuajuan Constitutional Court with the power of constitutional and judicial review. Kechuaju's supreme court system is not specialized: the highest court of appeal for all civil, criminal, labor, social security, fiscal and administrative law cases is the inquisitorial Daebeobwon. The Supreme Court consists of fifteen judges, appointed meritorcratically and exclusively by the prime minister from a list of all active judges in order of experience. Judges, including Supreme Court judges and the Chief Justice may serve until the age of 75, the mandatory retirement age in Kechuaju.
Criminal and private laws are codified on the national level in the Hyeongbeolchaek ("penal book") and the Minbeopchaek ("civil law book") respectively. The Kechuajuan penal system seeks primarily the protection of the public and secondly the regression from a crime's outcomes. Except for petty crimes, which are tried before a single keunbeobgwan ("great judge; professional judge"), and serious political crimes, all charges are tried before mixed tribunals on which botong-beobgwandeul ("lay judges") sit side by side with professional judges.
Kwariwamin ("quariwarmi; two-spirit") rights and same-sex marriage were protected and legalized under the constitution of 1801, while in the same year, capital punishment was outlawed. Torture is nonetheless still legal and employed in select severe charges, most notably treason. Kechuaju continues to have a high yearly incarceration rate (442 per 100,000 people in 2014) and a sizeable prison population (12,652 people in 2014), while the national prison system is completely private. In a later study in 2015 it was discovered that Kechuaju's intentional homicide rate was 5.0 per 100,000 people (143 murders yearly), with adult male Quechuans making up 70% of the perpetrators. Youth crime is increasing exponentially (552,000 total cases in 2015), the majority of which are status offences regarding recreational drug possession such as cannabis.
Foreign relations[edit]
Over recent decades, Kechuaju's foreign relations have been driven by a close association with the Republic of Jeongmi firstly through the Kechuajog-Jeongmi Security Treaty (KECHUJEO), a collective security non-binding bilateral agreement signed in 1937 as a response to the threat of communism during the Eulhae War, and secondly through the Kechuajog-Jeongmi Free Trade Agreement (KEJEFTA) in 1984, a generous preferential trade agreement that sought to decrement tariffs to a negligible symbolic value. The Kechuajuan Ministry of Tourism has since 1998 effected a program that promises immediate citizenship and rapid integration in Kechuaju for all Jeongmian citizens.
As an active member in the Congress of Nations and its organs, Kechuaju has been employing soft power diplomacy to repair disputatious relations with relatively proximate communist states such as Qichwa and Nochtlico. This was particularly evident during Kechuajuan Gim Jong-in's service as CoN Secretary General from 1987 to 1997. In addition, 1.6% of Kechuaju's expenditures go to the international aid programs of the World Food Programme and CONICEF.
Jeongmi, Meisaan and Manaban are the most favorably viewed countries in the world by the Kechuajumindeul. Kechuaju ranks fifteenth overall in the CoN Secretariat's 2012 Commitment to Development Index (CDI).
Military and law enforcement[edit]
The Kechuajuan Armed Forces comprise four independent components: the Imperial Army, the Imperial Navy, the Imperial Air Force and the Imperial Space Force. The latter was introduced to the forces in 2003, in order to defend the integrity of the Kechuajuan Space Station. In total, they approximately number 476,000 personnel (including 56,000 regulars and 420,000 reservists) as of November 2015. The titular role of Commander-in-Chief is vested in the President, who appoints a Chief of Defence from one of the armed services on the advice of the government. Day-to-day force operations are under the command of the Chief, while broader administration and the formulation of defence policy is undertaken by the Ministry of Defence and its respective Minister.
In the 2016-17 budget, defence spending comprised 11.7% of GDP, one of Tiandi's largest defence budgets. Kechuaju has been attentively involved in CoN and regional peacekeeping, disaster relief and armed conflict, with a total of 2,241 currently deployed personnel in international operations.
Administrative divisions[edit]
Kechuaju is divided into 3 districts that contain a total of 13 provinces. These divisions are not autonomous and do not feature governorships. Instead, people may make individual or unionized appeals to the parliament or the respective ministry. Oftentimes, such an appeal is unnecessary, as corporations competing for providing patronage to the people will conduct surveys and carry the proper legislative appeal for them. Districts are nonetheless subjectively categorized in order of importance and receive political attention accordingly. Most significant is Baljeongu or Palchayq'u ("developing [industrial] district"; marked mustard brown), the only district with metropolitan areas and a meager ethnically Quechuan population. In second place is the Chwiyaggu or Chiwiyaq'u ("vulnerable [agrarian] district"; marked dark red), which is moderately inhabited and notorious (according to the Congress of Nations General Assembly) for its wage slavery policies onto indigenous populace. Lastly, the Binkan or Ch'usaq p'ulin ("empty space") denotes the areas with little to inexistent infrastructure and minuscule, in some provinces even entirely indigenous (see: Negro Integration Act 1822), population.
| Largest cities of Kechuajog Central Census Bureau | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | City name | Province | Pop. | ||||||
 Seondeoksi |
1 | Seondeoksi | Seouldo | 757,361 |  Neukdaesi | ||||
| 2 | Yojeong | Anchisu | 299,989 | ||||||
| 3 | Neukdaesi | Hanpaseo | 205,892 | ||||||
| 4 | Hallpajuyohada | Hanpaseo | 200,889 | ||||||
| 5 | Wamanllaqta | Kechuadong | 196,324 | ||||||
| 6 | Cheollaqta | Supri | 194,147 | ||||||
| 7 | Kaebio | Jeongeup | 129,065 | ||||||
| 8 | Q'asamarqa | Samagsi | 127,438 | ||||||
| 9 | Pik'chukwillka | Yeomsudo | 125,632 | ||||||
| 10 | Ayak'uchu | Hanpaseo | 106,245 | ||||||
Economy and infrastracture[edit]
A wealthy country, Kechuaju has a market economy and monetary sovereignty, with the Hwan as the national currency. In 2019, Kechuaju was ranked 13th in the world in terms of Purchasing Power Parity and 23rd in terms of Gross Domestic Product per capita. Kechuaju's poverty rate increased from 10.2% to 11.8% from 2001 to 2013. In 2006, the Imperial Kechuajuan Stock Exchange merged with Neukdae Futures Exchange, forming the Kechuajuan Securities Exchange, which is Kechuaju's primary PLC securities exchange.
Kechuaju has an average Human Development Index of 0.66, which has seen a steady improvement since the start of the second millennium. Historically, the country's economic performance has been tied to exports, which provide hard currency to finance imports and external debt payments. Although privatization has been an essential practice since the independence of Kechuaju, it wasn't until 2006 when the last remaining national services were conceded to the private sector. This change was welcomed by the general public, considering at that time, Sinjuan-descent citizens made up 96% of the middle-class. Foreign direct investment is somewhat restricted from strong domestic corporations, but it exists as a phenomenon nonetheless, with investors situated in Jeongmi taking the most interest.
Manufacturing accounts for 53% of Kechuajuan gross domestic product, followed by extractive industries (22.3%), services (15%) and taxes (9.7%). Recent economic growth has been fueled by macroeconomic stability, improved terms of trade, and rising investment and consumption. Kechuaju's main exports are copper, silver, zinc, sapphire, textiles, and cheese; its major trade partners are Jeongmi, Meisaan, Qichwa and Roden.
Demographics[edit]
Ethnic groups[edit]
Prior to its colonization, Kechuaju used to be a multiethnic nation including, among Quechuans, other correlated indigenous tribes with rich history and tradition. The Pik'chukkakuna Empire incorporated lesser indigenous tribes but preserved their identity overall. With the conquest of Jeongmians, the population decreased drastically in mere decades due to infectious diseases, resulting in the cultural extinction of the majority of these tribes. The ultimate assimilation of the remainder tribes into the Quechuan society occurred under the Negro Integration Act 1822, which coercively sought to bring distant and nomadic tribes near suburban centers of interest. The goal of the Act was to eventually acculturate the indigenous population to the Jeongmian lifestyle, but it was strongly repulsed.
In 2018, the first census to include indigenous Quechuans was conducted, with 100% of the inquired populace identifying as Pik'chukkawkikunapa ("of Pik'chukka lineage"). However, the same census claims the Jeongmian population comprised 87.5%, which is deemed biased or at the very least exaggerated, according to the Congress of Nations, which as a result has led to doubt regarding the indigenous surveys. While the strict immigration laws could justify the wholeness of the ethnically Jeongmian population, it is speculated that work-permit immigrants, exclusively from the Sinju Union, make up a generous 3.5% of the population, but have been carelessly categorized as connate Jeongmians.
Language[edit]
Although Kechuaju has no official language, Jeongmian is the siljero ("de facto") national language. Kechuajuan Jeongmian is a major variety of the language with a distinctive accent and lexicon, and differs slightly from other varieties of Jeongmian in grammar and spelling. Standard Kechuajuan Jeongmian serves as the standard dialect.
The current writing system of the indigenous language Q'ispisimi ("transparent language") was devised by the Kechuajuan linguist and polyglot scholar Lee Jang-woo, who first utilized the Dok alphabet (犢字) after deducing Jeongja wasn't true to the pronunciation. Prior to this, the language was never written, but rather knotted in qhipu. After this reform, the language became standardized soon, coinciding with the surge of a Ma'stiskuna intelligentsia, but ultimately never achieving national recognition. Q'ispisimi is however inofficially used in many contexts, including political campaigns, advertisements targeting the indigenous public, and urgent governmental announcements.
Kechuajuan Jeongmian has a sign language known as Kechsuhwa, which is the main language of about 11,000 deaf people who reported that they spoke Kechsuhwa at home in the 2016 census.
Religion[edit]
Keimongyo is the state religion of Kechuaju. It originates from the spiritual customs of central-eastern Yoju, which were adopted in Jeongmi's early history and passed down to Kechuaju during colonization. Just like in Jeongmi, Keimongyo in Kechuaju is syncretic and tolerant of local indigenous traditions. As of the 2018 census, 73.8% of the population over 12 years old described themselves as believers in Keimongyo, while 54.2% supported their faith religiocentrically.
The Kaebiojong Order, the autonomous Keimongyo organization located in Kaebio, plays a huge role in Kechuaju's politics and the people's everyday lives. It has the authority to elect the prime minister and advocates for its tenets in parliament under the Keimongyodang. Moreover, the Constitution grants the Order absolute control over the religious curriculum in public schools. As a result, the majority of believers are very devout and some may even resort to religious extremism. While freedom of religion is protected under the constitution, there is no concrete law against religious discrimination, and instances thereof are common for people of other faith. It is therefore estimated that the amount of true believers is lesser than the survey's.
Religions outside of Keimongyo are not officially recognized, and as per the 2018 census the irreligious population of 12.5% could very well be, apart from agnostic, Inkka-shamanist or atheist. Indigenous rituals are restricted to familial and domestic practices, as the construction of non-Keimongyo places of worship and the worship in public areas is strictly prohibited.
Education[edit]
During the viceroyalty, schools were built as private institutions to ensure competent education for the colonial families. The indigenous population was restricted from formal education, tutelage and apprenticeships. Enrollment carried hefty tuition fees even for middle-class Jeongmians, and as such, families would typically send their children to study in Jeongmi under the supervision of a trustee. Therefore, schools in Kechuaju served a small demand and were sparse in nature.
The administration of Gim Tae-yeon first erected schools daelyangeulo ("en masse"), abolished tuition and subsidized the construction of religious, Keimongyist schools. Home education was made illegal in 1846. Nowadays Kechuaju has compulsory public education under the Constitution and formal education comprises three educational stages. Yuchiwon ("nursery school") is also included in compulsory education. Children start sohaggyo ("primary school") aged six and remain there for six years, until they graduate to junghaggyo ("middle school"). Compulsory education ends after three years in junghaggyo, where the children may choose to drop out or enroll in a jigeobhaggyo ("vocational school") or godeunghaggyo ("high school") according to their success in the yearly national beomkechuajeok ("pan-Kechuajuan [placement test]"). Godeunghaggyo is the only branch of secondary education that leads to daehak ("university").
Public schools are free of charge however, and muljil-yogeumdeul ("material fees") are levied for the usage and insurance of school-property textbooks and technologies. Tetriary education is completely private, with the exception of the only state-university in Hanpaseo. The attainment thereof is quite low at 17% and the general literacy rate is at 89.5% among adults and at 98.2% among youngsters, as of the 2013 census of CONESCO. Competition for a position in universities is fierce and hakbi ("tuition") is exponentially more expensive than the material fees. To compensate for youth unemployment, state intervention in 2003 mandated that employers must meet a national haldangnyang ("quota") of apprenticeships, through recruiting school drop-outs and people with disabilities. These apprenticeships, commonly referred to as haengdong-hagseub ("active learning"), partially constitute salaried work and thus are not generally considered tetriary education. As of 2019, the Ministry of Education is allocating funds for the digitization of education, including the founding of school websites, the publication of digital textbooks and the transition to e-learning, exemplarily through university-affiliated online courses.
Health[edit]
Kechuaju has a life expectancy of 75.2 years (72.4 for males and 77.7 for females) according to the latest data for the year 2016 from the World Bank Group. Health insurance is entirely private and non-compulsory, and insurance policy holders account for 56% of the population. Kechuaju has the highest rates of breast cancer in the world, while cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and disease, responsible for 7.8% of the total mortality and disease. Ranked second in preventable causes is hypertension at 7.6%, with obesity third at 7.5%. Nearly two thirds (63%) of its adult population is either overweight or obese. Total expediture on health (exclusively through private sector funding) is around 9.8% of GDP. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is a program of the Kechuajuan government in cooperation with private pharmaceutical companies that provides subsidized prescription drugs to Sinjuan-descent residents and foreign visitors of Kechuaju.
Culture[edit]
Since 1606, the primary influence behind Kechuajuan culture has been Jeongmian culture, with some Indigenous influences. The divergence and evolution that has occurred in the ensuing centuries has resulted in a distinctive Kechuajuan culture. Other cultural influences come from foreign-born Kechuajuan residents and migrants, especially from the Sinju Union.
Arts[edit]
Contemporary Kechuajuan art is entirely colonial. Historically, art was merely a hobby and an occupation on demand, while indigenous art had minuscule influence on Kechuajuan culture. The Namsung School of Art was an impressionistic movement in the early 19th century that gave expression to a burgeoning Kechuajuan nationalism and came to be the first "distinctively Kechuajuan" movement in Shillan art.
With the Keimongyo belief came also the art of hwado, the proper sorting of flowers in a pot. Nowadays, this art of home furnishing is synonymous in the Kechuajuan society with the art of pungsu, although the latter came much later, with the solidification of Meisaani Qichwa-Kechuaju trade. The Kaebio Museum of Furniture Art was erected in 1982 specifically to preserve the harmonious unity of the two arts, as more modern and diverse ways of living appeared from Jeongmian influence.
Kechuajuan literature grew slowly, lagging in comparison to visual arts, and comprised mostly fiction and poetry. It spiked during the early 20th century with the construction of the first railroad from Seondeoksi to Hallpajuyohada. Railroads and trains are most notably used symbolically in the poetry of O Chong-yol, the poet behind the national anthem ("Tongillyeolcha dallinda"), and signify the unity, readiness and immortality of Kechuaju.
Town plays were usually played in national celebrations and for the most part brought the literature into life. The modern National Opera, built after its Jeongmian namesake, is conservative and hosts plays and opera works only in traditional settings and in their original, Jeongmian or Kechuajuan, editions. Many of Kechuaju's performing art companies receive funding through non-governmental organizations and there is a symphony orchestra in every Kechuajuan province.
Media[edit]
With the evergrowing interest in filmmaking and the introduction thereof to Kechuaju in the late 20th century, private cinemas were constructed and oftentimes entirely replaced theater stages. The filmmaking industry is to this day very prestigious, with Kechuajuan actors like Park Seo-joon and Jun Ji-hyun also renowned outside of the country. Domestic film production touches only two subjects, namely yeonsokgeuk ("soap operas") and gongpo-yeonghwa ("horror movies"). Other genres of animated pictures, including popular Fusenese dokai (動畫; "animations"), are imported and almost always dubbed into Jeongmian. Geumgil ("Gold Road") is a straight road that connects popular actors' byeoljang ("villas") with yeonghwa-jageopsil ("movie-workplaces; studios") and is hailed as the center of Kechuajuan filmmaking.
Colonial music took the form of melodized poems and was therefore closely related to Kechuajuan literature, with singers primarily female as this career carried prestige. In the decades prior and ulterior to the Independence of Kechuaju, nationalist music deviated from expressionist poetry and took the form of nangmanjuui ("romanticism"). The land of Kechuaju was personified as a muscular virgin man and love songs to the figure alluded to the strength and beauty of the country. From this trend originated modern gangajigayo ("puppy music; schlager"), a form of bak music that attempts to serenade and elicit sexual favors from a person. General pop music following Jeongmian examples is referred to as yuhaenggayo ("vogue music") and employs hapseonggi ("synthesizers") and various voice-enhancing equipment. GSY is by far the most popular yuhaenggayo-artist in Kechuaju.
Information is completely privatized and the newspaper industry copious but rather centralized, with business and lifestyle reportages more prevalent than political coverage. Instead, political information occurs through the Hapcheonhoesa-owned Kechuajog National News either on the susjamang ("internet") or the jeonsilyeog ("television"). As a result, deliberate misinformation can be commonplace, and in 2010 the NGO Gija Guggyeongeobsi ("Reporters Without Borders") remarked a lower than average press freedom. Eumhyanggi ("radio") service is carried out through subscription and illegitimate stations are strongly fined. Despite this system, the radio remains a pivotal piece of everyday technology.
Cuisine[edit]
Kechuayori (케추아주요리; "Kechuajuan cuisine") for the most part developed parallelly to jeongmiyori, the Jeongmian counterpart. Rice, noodles, fish and other meats were elementary to the colonists' sustenance. Prior to the discovery and domestication of the alpaca, tofu would be imported from the Sinju Union. Kechuajuan cuisine would gradually become more independent through contact with and inspiration from the indigenous. For instance, peppers that constituted kimchi were soon replaced with native, more spicy chilies, while legumes (beans and lupins) were added to traditional rice dishes and soups. In addition, potatoes and tomatoes were cultivated to be used domestically or to be exported to the rest of the world. Seafood has been steadily increasing in popularity since the industrial revolution, due to population growth and higher life expectancy in maritime areas. It is served along with corn and kinuwa, and it is seasoned with sesame oil. Kechuajuan cuisine features very little provincial deviations, as communities are very close to one another.
Sports and recreation[edit]
In Kechuaju, mainstream sport such as association football, basketball and baseball are played only at an amateur level and are not hosted professionally. As a result, Kechuaju has no designated sport stadiums other than the ones constructed near schools. This is due to a strict malgdaungong ("clear exercise") policy that grants professional status and permits funding to sports that are culturally relevant to the history of Kechuaju. Incidentally, the declared national sport kumdo (검도; "sword manners") was borrowed from Fusen around 1850, but is now considered traditional along with martial arts like taegwondo. This policy has been criticized heavily for being too vague, as well as for the recent concession of President Dang Hyo-yeon in excluding saiche ("vehicle competition") from this rule. Kechuajuan saiche is part of a new culture that is centered around modifying automobiles for competitive use, and has since the 2000s received corporate attention.
See also[edit]
- Foreign relations of Kechuajog
- LGBT rights in Kechuajog
- Indigenous rights in Kechuajog
- Police brutality in Kechuajog
