Republic Of China

Foundation
The ROC was founded in Jiangsu province; in Nanking and Shanghai. A unification of the two town's to form a republic marked its creation. It's capital is Nanking; however the economic center is Shanghai.

Historical Events
The Taiping revolution from October-April 1964-5 established the Taiping military dictatorship; effectively dissolving Chinese democracy. Beginning in the Quanzhou uprising; the religious tensions spread to southern and central china; who quickly revolted and subsequently took Nanjing.

The Revolution was largely peaceful; with the secular government collapsing under it's mass expansion and majority christian population.

Jiangsu (1,400,000)
[City] [Jiangsu's capital] [Empirical Capital] Nanjing: Pop 500,000. Nanjing is the capital of the republic.

Nanjing wiki: http://empires-of-earth-reborn.wikia.com/wiki/Nanjing

[City] [Self Governing City] Shanghai: Pop 650,000. Shanghai is the financial capital of China, along with Hong-Kong. And a founding city of the republic that would later become the Taiping empire. [Wiki Page WIP]

Jiangsu's resources include:
 * Salt Mines
 * Mineral mining ; Iron;Copper;Lead;Zinc
 * Rich in water
 * Quartz and Marble mining

Railways currently in service:
 * Jinghsu - Nanjing to Shanghai
 * Qingdao Railway - Nanjing to Qingdao
 * Shanghai - Quanzho - Hongkong ; eastern railway link

Guangdong (1,330,000)
[Small City] [Provincial Capital] Hong-Kong: Pop 350,000. Capital of Guangdong. Founded shortly after the formation of the republic on the Hong-Kong island. Southern financial hub.

[Small City] Guangzho: Pop 350,000. Formed on the banks of the pearl river under President Lee's manifest destiny plan. Scientific hub of china. Large university.

[ Town] Meizhou: Pop 200,000. Formed near the rich mineral deposits as a mining town; after the end of the Manifest destiny program.

[ Town] Shaogun: Pop 200,000. Formed at the convergence of Wuijang and Zhenshui rivers; it grew from a trade node into a thriving inland port.

Guangdong's resources include:
 * Coal and Manganese mining


 * Tungsten mining

Guangdong's major industries include: Railways currently in service:
 * Uranium mining
 * Light Industry [e.g textiles]
 * Electronics
 * Shipping
 * Automobile Production
 * Rice farming
 * Research and development
 * Hongkong - Quanzho - Shanghai ; eastern railway link

Shandong (800,000)
[Small-City] Qingdao: Pop 350000. The first outpost ever formed by the now defunct republic. On the southern coast of the Shandong peninsula; one of the larger containerized ports of China.

[Provincial Capital][Town] Jinan: Pop 200000. formed on the Yellow river; a major inland port and provincial capital of Shandong.

Major resources include: Major industries include:
 * Gold mining
 * Diamond mining
 * Sapphire mining
 * Bromine wells
 * Off-shore salt
 * Major wine production
 * Major agricultural growth
 * Food processing
 * Oil refining

Sichuan (600,000)
[Town][Provincial Capital] Chengdu. Pop 200000. - Formed along the Jinjiang river as part of President lee's campaign to settle formerly important capitals; it's a major inland port and capital of Sichuan.

[Town] Chongqing. Pop 200000 - Formed at the meeting point of two major trade-flow rivers [Yangtze;Jialing] ; it serves as a major trade node in Sichuan.

Major resources include: Major industries include:
 * Water resources
 * Coal mining
 * Iron mining
 * Titanium mining
 * Vanadium mining
 * Cobalt mining
 * Natural gas extraction
 * Food production
 * Food processiong
 * Wine manufacturing
 * Steel making
 * Textiles
 * Electronics production