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Bai Lung

Flag of Bai Lung
Motto: Two Countries, One System
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Region	The East Pacific
Capital	Pyongjing
Official Language(s)	Mandarin (De Jure), Korean and English. (De Facto)
Leader	Chen Jung Sun
Population	18,000,000 (Officially)
Currency	Da Dentrite
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The People's Republic of Bai Lung (Chinese: 白色龙人民共和国; Pinyin: Bai Lōng Rénmín Gònghéguó) also known as Bai Lung is a country in The East Pacific. Colloquially, it is known as Gao Gao meaning "Big, Big" and is referred to the size of the island by the locals. It is an island nation in the south western nation of the East Pacific, located 800 miles west of Dannistaan. Currently, they are arguing on a small island (Jong Il Shan in Bai Lung; Lord Howard Island in Dannistaan) to the east of Bai Lung. It has been in hands from both countries since 1975.

Headed by Chen Jong Sun since 1962, it is well noted for it's oppressive regime by banning practically everything from elections to Nazi ideologies. Previously, Bai Lung had been ruled under a military junta from 1950 to 1962.

A Bai Lung resident is referred as a Bai Lungese.

History

Main Article: The History of Bai Lung

Previously an independent nation before 1820 mostly inhabited by animals notably fridge owls and a local Aboriginal group. The island, then called Tuk Ma, was invaded by the Koreans and was made part of Korean empire. It was ruled under the king's tenure for the next 20 years, who re-named it Hana Hanguk ("One Korea") and ordered the mass culling of the fridge owls. The island was since then unheard of right up to 1840, when the island was rediscovered by a Chinese merchant ship stopping by to gather supplies for the crew. Accidently, the crew bumped into a few angry natives and ended up beheading much of the crew. When the Chinese King heard news of barbaric activities, he ordered an army to head over to the obscure island and ordered an attack. It was eventually taken by the Chinese in 1845 but not before a very long and bloody battle between the Chinese and Koreans using huge number of cavalry and chopping one anothers heads off. In all, around 450,000 lives were lost in 5 years. A king was declared leader.

Many of the previous residents felt very upset by their new "neighbours" and anti-Chinese sentiment was fairly common, despite the fact many Koreans descended from Chinese origins. Discriminations takes in the forms of intimidation, systematic intimidation with the aim of kicking out ethnic Chinese and often lynching them, general harassment and burning their houses. Eventually, the tensions gotten reached it's nadir, a long riot lasted 3 months. It was one of the most bloodiest riots since the invasion. Around 4,000 died just to claim one rock. Eventually many Koreans were fed up of this bloody battle between and decided to move back to Korea. It was a victory for the Chinese although many Korean decided to stay and integrate with the Chinese. This is why many of the Bai Lungese have Chinese and Korean names. In 1847, the island was declared as Bai Lung meaning White Dragon in Mandarin Chinese.

Because of the discovery of many valuable materials found on the island, the Bai Lungese King is reluctant to accept the existence of the island in order to "avoid any troubles from outsiders". During the 1st and 2nd world wars, many army forces from different countries occupied the island ranging from Americans to Japanese. The Americans gave the Bai Lungese supplies and the Japanese took the supplies and shot some of the residents in order to clear space and set up camp. A high ranking officer was sent there to monitor the movements of all the Bai Lungese people and often bosses if they even look at him in the wrong way.

Bai Lung was ruined by the constant occupation by the different army forces, many people were killed and much of the buildings were destroyed as a result of the bombings by the Japanese. It was in 1946, Chen Chui Sik, a reformist, managed to win the heart of many Bai Lungese by holding the 1st ever elections and won by a landslide. He formed his first government, managed to get the troubles over between Chinese and Korean residents and reformed much of the country. His party, the Bai Lungese National Party was very popular in the 1st 2 years, showing a lot of promise to the public. 1949 was a disasterous year for the National party, when Mao's Communist Party of China establish the People's Republic of China. Mao ZeDong decided to take control of Bai Lung and renamed it as the People's Republic of Bai Lung much to the Bai Lungese's chagrin.

In 15th March 1950, a militia group (named "Hanguk Zhonguo Liberation Front ") made an attempt to overthrow Mao's representative for Bai Lung. A long bloody battle followed lasting 8 months with frequent shellings and shooting. The militia group finally suceeded on 16th November 1950 and installed a military junta for the next 12 years.

The military junta came to end in 1962 when the Chairman of People's Democratic Republican Worker's Party of Bai Lung, Chen Jong Sun won a land slide victory claiming 95% of votes. The military junta refused to step down and made an attempt to void it. The paramilitary group prevented them from voiding the victory and a very bloody battle followed lasting only 3 days, the paramilitary group killed all of the generals leaving many of the soldiers confused. When the WPBL focused their attention towards the soldiers, they were simply given 2 choices: be executed or join the party for better privilages. Many of the soldiers chose the latter for better treatment, however, many did not get the treatment they deserved and instead, were sent to Jong Il island.

Politics of Bai Lung

Bai Lung's government has been dominated by the People's Democratic Republican Workers Party of Bai Lung since 1962 when the military junta had been overthrown by the paramilitary group. It's ideology is mixture of both Korean and Russsian. The People's Worker Party continue to uphold the ideologies of Juche (pronounced Joo-Cheh) and Stalinism. Bai Lung is dominated by a party bureaucracy that claims to represent the will of the people. The RWP blended mentions of Marxism-Leninism in the North Korean constitution with Juche seemlessly. Critics of the RPWP deny that it is a communist state but a fascist state under a new name. Minor political parties used to exist, but they are often purged by the RPWP and no longer pose any threats and only exist in exile. Unlike their North Korean cousins, which their extact power of the country is unclear, it is very clear in Bai Lung who's goverment has complete grasp of the nation and many critics of the country have coined the term of "Power Hungry Capital of the World".

Nominally, the Premier is the head of government, but the real power lies towards Chen Jong Sun, head of the People's Democratic Republican Workers Party and military. Chen holds several official titles, most importantly Great Leader of the Republican Worker Party and Chairman of the National Defense Commission and Supreme Commander of the Bai Lungese Army. Within the country, he is often known by the affectionate titles of The Leader or Supreme Leader.

Bai Lung's constitution is amended no fewer than 15 times in 1962-1967, 1975, 1980, 1982-1984, 1993, 1998, 2004 and 2005. The most notable amendment was in 2005 when Chen Jong Sun bestowed the title Eternal President of the People's Republic to himself. The government is supposedly lead by Prime Minister and the Cabinet but in practice 98% of power goes to Chen, 1.5% goes to Prime Minster Roh Jhoo Sing and 0.5% Chancellor of the Exchequer Kim Lai Biu. Every 1-3 years (often 1.5 years), Chen "purges" both the Premier and the Chancellor on the basis they might overthrow him and reform the government and are replaced by hard liners. The top policy making body, the Central People's Bank (CPB) headed by the President is responsible for enacting the laws and nominating other committee members. It is a very selective procedure and those who don't have the right looks and temperment are not chosen. All applications are viewed by Chen himself and he will reject and accept applicants as he sees fit.

Unlike in North Korea, which has a parliament which elects 687 members every 5 years, Chen outlawed any Members of Parliament, fearing they may overthrow him and replace the government for a more liberal one. On the trivial side. the last proper election held was 1970, when Chen announced it will only be held every 15 years. The latest one, held in 2000, 100% of the votes went to Chen, a change from the 1985 elections were 99.6% voted for him. Many of the minor parties which accounted for the 0.4% share had been diminished afterwards by Chen's military and now live in exile.

As of 2005, Chen Jong Sun has no intentions to step down.

Foreign Relations of Bai Lung

Except for the multiple invasion during the 2 world wars, Bai Lung has very little concerns with the outside world except for 4 countries, China, Dannistaan, North Korea and the United States. China and North Korea have been allies since the end of the second world war and have since established embassies in each others places as a polite gesture. Both countries frequently delivers food supplies to Bai Lung in exchange for some of the people to the countryside to perform farm labour. Because of this, Bai Lung has excellent relations with both countries and the economy has since been very strong.

By contrast, the relationship between the Bai Lungese and Dannistrians is very poor. Poor relationships have going on since 1975, all because of a dispute between Dannistaan and Bai Lung over control of an island located 350 miles east of Bai Lung (See Territorial Disputes).

Relationships between the U.S. and Bai Lung have been fairly solid and kept close links between them. In 2005, the President gave $50 million in aid, an increase of 200%. Around the same time, 50 tanks, 40 artilleries and 5 fighters were donated to Bai Lung.

Territorial Disputes

Bai Lung has an on going feud with Dannistaan over the ownership of a small island to the east of Bai Lung. It is called Jong Il Shan by the locals but the Dannistrians call it Lord Howard Island. The Bai Lungese occupies the western half while the Dannistrians holds the eatern half. As a result of over the extent of the territorial claims, there have been 2 small scale conflicts from both sides. Despite this, there were only 10 casualties, all of them being accidents. Daily border skirmishes were common in the past but the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) is since filled with land mines to prevent further skirmish. All military personnel must cross a bridge in order to gain access to the eastern half and vice versa. The island has large deposits of gold found beneaths the rocky terrain and amongst many valuable minerals. The reason for this conflict. According to the Bai Lungese, they claim that they were there first. The Dannistrians claimed the island was conquered by the British and gave the island to Dannistaan as they were granted independence. By the time Dannistrians troops arrived, the Bai Lungese took the western half. As of 2005, the UN are trying to mediate the situaton and both sides agreed to a ceasefire ratified in 5th March 1994.

Bai Lungians or Bai Lungese?

Bai Lungian is an old term used by the western world during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries but has since been dated and now deemed offensive. It is a common racial slur used by the Dannistrians as an obscure reference to Jong Il/Lord Howard island (Bai Chinky/White Chinamen are also an alternative slur). Bai Lungese is the current term used by the western world. Bai Lungese refer themselves as Bai hànzú (白汉族) or Bai Lung Ren (白色龙人).

Administrative Regions

The People's Republic of Bai Lung has 4 islands which consists of 8 administrative regions (省) and two Municipalities (直辖市) directly governed by the PRBL. The main island of Bai Lung is Mao which constitutes 95% of the population, leaving 5% living in the smaller islands. Mao is a predominately urban area while Deng, Hu and Jong Il are predominately rural areas. There has been a lot of controversy regarding the ownership of the 4th island since Bai Lung and Dannistaan has "co-ownership" of the island since 1975. Army forces from both sides have since occuppied the island. See Territorial Disputes.

The following are a list of administrative divisions of areas under the control of the People's Republic of China. (Note: The characters used are based on a dialect used exclusively in Bai Lung)

Geography

The area size of Mao is 36,600km², 90% of the total area is land with the remaining 10% consisting of water. Deng and Hu are 4000km² each with 50/50 land and water.

Although an island, it is mostly dominated by flatlands with lots of buildings and swarmed with vehicles. It is located in the South West area of The East Pacific. 80 miles west of Mao island (the main island of Bai Lung) are the two smaller islands, Deng and Hu both which are 150 miles apart from each other; and on the east is Jong Il island located 350 miles from Mao island. On Mao island, there are large patches of rain forest found on the north with a medium sized mountain called Chen Shan and on the south are large areas of raw materials. In the west, east and central parts used to consist of large patches of rain forests and rocky grassland but were cut down and replaced by roads and new buildings.

As of 2005, Chen has made no efforts in spending more public transport. In fact, the atmosphere is ranked as one of the worst polluted countries in the world. As a result of the appalling statistics, evironmental groups have shown grave concern on how environmentally friendly the country is. Outraged by the statistics, Chen ordered many of the groups to be arrested by his military group. Protests in any form have been banned altogether. (See Human Rights of Bai Lung)

Chen Shan

Chen Shan is a mountain found in the northeast of Bai Lung. It is medium-large sized mountain which is rocky. The highest is point is 3150 metres. Previously, the peak of the mountain was pointy until Chen ordered the clearence. Many of the right hand side of the mountain is destroyed, the peak of the mountain lies a very large crates which now acts as a natural lake that provides much of the water for the river which flows south east. Initially, it caused huge floods to many cities, Chen authorised the building of dams to divert the river south east. Chen Shan means Chen's Mountain in Mandarin and is a reference to the Leader and the power he possesses. Popular to contrary, it is not a tourist hot spot and is frequently guarded by Chen's military.

Climate

Despite the dangerous levels of sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide, climate is similar to Dannistaan. Generally, it is humid and warm during spring and summer followed by very cold and wet winters. It has been known to snown in November and very warm in March. Typhoons are very common during the hottest summers and this can cause huge disruption to the transport network. Snow also causes the same problems during the early days of November. The hottest month is July with average high of 33ºc and an average low of 21ºc. The coldest month is January with an average high of -3ºc and an average low of -10ºc. Bai Lung averages around 6,000 mm of rainfall a year.

Human Rights of Bai Lung

The country is well noted for it's lack of human rights and has the worst human and civil rights in the developed country according to a survey done by Power, a local Dannistaan magazine. Reports by various human rights organistion and foreign governments frequently accuse the government (specifically Chen Jong Sun) of failing to protect the human rights of the Bai Lungese. Chen is often accused of severely restricting nearly all freedoms, including freedom of speech and freedom of movement, both within the country and abroad. Capital and corporal punishments are very common with no opposition. Those who refuse to work, forgetting to pray Chen or not addressing him as Sir or The Leader are often whipped and occaissionally executed. Most crimes such as murder, rape and theft are punishable by hanging or firing squad. Political activists are routinely executed. The exception to this is drug possession and dealing in which the offender is often injected with heroin forcibly until death or if the drug is cannibis, the offender is hung. No trials are held instead the accused is put before Chen and personally sentences each one. On the trivial side, Chen refuses to use lethal injections on the basis that they are considered to be American gimmickry.

As a result of nearly no human rights, many of Chen's notorius laws often go very far including censoring many advertisements, newspapers and pornography (See Laws of Bai Lung). All forms of media have to be checked by the goverment and approved. Foods are severly rationed and usually residents are denied weekly allowences if the worker looks at the officials in the wrong way. They are either gun butted by soldiers or shot.

Bai Lung had recieved a lot of media coverage (and gained notoriety) when a human rights actvist went under-cover as an aid worker discovered a concentration camp near the capital of Pyongjing. The building was supposedly a food packing factory but found a secret floor trap which housed more than 2000 people. It is unknown how many more of these camps are there in Bai Lung numerous reports suggest as much as 500 camps with 10% found in the capital. They house at least 300,000 people in total including children of so-called "God's unwanted", many protesters and even families of up to 5 generations. Children are forced to clean the machinery, men operated the machinery via brute force and women sewed clothing for export purposes. Nobody is paid in any amount and those who object are often executed on the spot and replaced with more obedient workers. Everyone works 18 hours a day with 5 hours sleep.

The activist, Alex Johnston Ford managed to tape enough evidence of the atrocious conditions before guards arrived, he was given several medals for his bravery. The video footage was shown as a documentary film and was critically acclaimed, earning several awards around the world. When the footage gained notoriety regarding the treatment of many Bai Lungese, the UN made several attempts to place sanctions against the government but there was no discernible effect since many of the foods go to Chen directly. In addition, Chen denies any cruelty towards his people and insisted it was the Dannistriaans trying to "Hollywoodising" his country. Lack of human rights also means Chen could see fit by sending many of his people to his 2 allied countries, China and North Korea (especially the latter) to perform farm labour in exchange for food supplies.

The World Food Program gave Bai Lung $2.5 million in emergency aid in 2005, an increase of 60% from last years $1.5 million. By comparison, the defence budget is $10.3 million.

Economy

Unlike most places, which has a free market, Bai Lung has one of the most restrictive free trades in the world. Chen had stated that all Private Enterprises are a "form of terrorism that have the potential to overthrow the government". All Private Enterprises are illegal and all companies are nationalised and approved by Chen himself. Coporations are monitored by the local governor who is appointed by Chen. He/she has the right to shut down corporations if they cause a huge problem to the economy or are liable to Chen (details are unknown by his definition of "liable"). Because all corporations are nationalised, the overall economy is thriving, thanks to Chen's reforms. Citizens pay a flat 44% income tax which can vary unpredictably. All citizens are required to pay the same amount regardless of their income and those who refuse to pay or have insufficient funds are usually sent to concentration camps until they pay the full amount.

The local currency is Da Dendrite with the smaller denominations called Xiao Dendrite. 1 Da Dentrite is worth $0.56. Dendrite notes come in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000. Dendrite coins come in 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 Xiao Dentrites. High value coins comes in denominations of 1, 2 and 5 Dendrites.

Bai Lung is rich in minerals and rare materials. In 2005, a large desposit of Uranium was found deep underground in the Shaanzhen forest which generated many interest and excitement from Chen. A Uranium company proposed to cut down many forests which Chen authorised. Because of this, more jobs were created for many Bai Lungese. Supposedly, the jobs meant a lot to them as they hoped to get rich overnight. However, this hype lasted only days when Chen limited employment to only 500 people, all went to Chen's loyal members (600,000 people applied). A short riot started because of this. In the end, around 1000 people who participated in the riots were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

Species

Bai Lung is free of drop-rats thanks to the pervasive use of rat poison and constant clearence. However, like many parts of the East Pacific, it is home to 2 million fridge owls. They are mostly found in densly packed urban areas where many people have fridges in their homes. The structure of most flats are poorly made giving fridge owls the perfect opportunity to inhabit fridges quietly. Since owl free fridges are unheard of, locals phone pest control to lure out the pests. 50 people die each year from trying to remove them by their own. It is illegal to own a fridge owl and possession will result in 5 years in a concentration camp (Chen exempts himself from this law and keeps several of them).

Another pest in Bai Lung is the fire mosquito. They are basically fire ants with the wings of a mosquito the stinging mechanism of a bee. All fire mosquitoes carry the protozoan disease, malaria and this is a major health threat worldwide. They have 2 mechanisms; stings and bites. The stinger located on the bottom of the fire mosquitoes, is not poisonous but can cause painful stings if the person moves. This is used as a deterent if they wish to suck blood or if they are just irritated by movement. When they first bite a human, it transfers anti-coagulants and an irritating saliva containing concentrated maitic acid. Bites are much less painful than stings as the procedure is done quickly. When one is bitten, there is a large red mark where the bite was. Many of the Bai Lungese often head to the hospital in hopes for a cure. Unfortunately, the hospital only issues via waiting list with the most important people first. The population of fire mosquitoes are being control but with great difficultly. Many insect repellent which proved to be effective are now useless because of DNA traits the mosquitoes inherited which makes them immune to current repellent. Subsequent offsprings have inherited the same trait from their parents.

The national animal is the dragon. It is on the brink of extinction due to the constant uranium mining.

Society

Demographics

The last census held in 1993 estimated around 18 million people in Bai Lung. The 1998 constitution banned any forms of census meaning that population count is difficult to determine but estimate guesses suggest that Bai Lung has a population of 80 million. 90% of this population live in the urban areas. Literacy is near 100% due to the mandatory education system which require all citizens to graduate before 18. After that, military service is compulsory for nearly all males (except females who are taught culinary classes for 5 years although some males take them unofficialy) and tour of duty lasts for approx 5 years.

Bai Lung has one of the most biracially populated places in the world with around 85% of residents being of Chinese and Korean descent with many of the residents bear a mixture of Chinese and Korean names (Chen Jong Sun is a notable example). Depending on whether the maid or is Korean or Chinese, they tend to adopt the surname of their husbands and give their offsprings Korean or Chinese given names. Some couples give their children English forenames instead although Chen is considering amending the constitution to outlaw couples giving English forenames to their children in fears that they might not speak their mother's tongue.

The majority of the population are Chinese-Koreans with the remaining percentage being pure blooded Chinese and Koreans. There is a minute population of Americans who are only temporary residents, the majority being aid workers. Other residents include Dannistrians (majority are aid workers), Australians, Indonesians and British. Australians and British can migrate to Bai Lung with relatively few objections while nearly all Dannistrians are denied entry by contrast.

Mandarin Chinese (directly ported from the Beijing dialect) is the official language and is spoken by 80% of the population. Korean is spoken by 19.9% of the population and is spoken mostly in the Chen Jong Sun and Dokwai provinces. English is taught in schools but proficiency is only 0.01% (around 1800 speakers). It is mostly used in tourist areas specifically Pyongjing and spoken by tour guides and translators. Bilingual signs are found in Chen Jong Sun and Dokwai provinces, trilingual sign are found only in the Chen Jong Sun province. Chen is considering outlawing English altogether as it is closely associated with Dannistaan.

Approximately 17.9% of the entire population are bilingual while 0.01% are trilingual. A fourth dialect is used from 1880-1934 has been used but is now considered archaic.