Five Civilized Nations
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| Flag of Five Civilized Nations | |
| Motto: "Létat, cest moi!" | |
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| Region | Extra Solar Union of Systems |
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| Capital | Cala, The Citadel of |
| Official Language(s) | Mandarin Chinese, Shanghai Chinese Dialect, English, Civil Basic |
| Leader | The August Emperor Leto Crusade |
| Population | 2.884 Billion as of October 19, 2004 |
| Currency | The Mu (μ) |
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Introduction
The Star Realm of the Five Civilized Nations celebrated its first year anniversary on NationStates on June 13, 2004, marking a year of successful participation on NationStates. As a member of numerous alliances, the Five Civilized Nations plays a major political and economic role within the nations that exist today.
Founding
Founded originally by Aero Crusade, great grandson of one of the nobles to survive the reign of Qin Shi Huang in the year 217 BCE, upon the philosophic principles espoused by the famous Lance Crusade, it soon became a bastion for those oppressed under the harsh Qin regime. Originally named the Kingdom of Azal, it flourished, becoming a beacon for freedom, liberty, justice, and honor. By the year 206 BCE, the citizens of the Kingdom was given a constitution, laying down the framework of government for thousands of years to come. The Kingdom was renamed the Five Civilized Nations, marking the five different ethnic groups/cultures that formed the nucleus of the people of the nation.
The Democracy
For more than two thousand years, the Five Civilized Nations flourished, its population and its wealth growing. As the longest lasting constitutional democracy, it entered the modern era with little hesitation, its burgeoning information and computer technology sectors, it soon became a major powerhouse in the world economy, outstripping the productivity of many fully modernized nations. It became clear to the citizens of nation that the wealth and prosperity that they were witnessing was the zenith of the culture and society of the Five Civilized Nations.
Troubles Arise
However with the global economic slump, the Five Civilized Nations entered into a serious recession that greatly damaged its confidence. Unable to see the nation dissolve under the chaos and turmoil resulting from the recession, the previously powerless figurehead ruler of the Five Civilized Nations, the Emperor Levan Crusade, attempted to take control of the government and exercise an emergency powers clause within the constitution.
Soon a civil war began, between the Royalists who wanted the House of Cala, the Imperial Family, to take control over the country and the Democratic Front who feared the creation of an autocratic empire.
In a brutal civil war that lasted nearly twenty years, the Royalists led by the militant Emperor finally won, taking the surrender of the last soldiers of the Democratic Front in the capital city of Zhongshan. To honor the glory, honor, and ability of the Emperor, a empowering ceremony was scheduled to give Levan Crusade unparalleled power in the handling of the government, along with a major revision in the constitution.
But before the ceremony could occur, Levan Crusade died. A previously undetected brain tumor had taken its toll. Levan's son, Amerigo Crusade, a brilliant man in the image of his esteemed ancestor, Lance Crusade, took the throne and was coronated as the first August Emperor of the Five Civilized Nations.
