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Marlakcor, also known locally by many different names depending on language and/or culture, is a continent of Qirsyllviar.

Divided into three main subcontinents, Marlakcor lies between Fuso to the west and Soligaia to the east, separated from both by sea. The eastern sea is called the Yinyue Sea (音樂滄海/Yinyue Canghai) by the Wan and the Muisca Sea by the Soligaians.

South of Marlakcor is the Chidao Sea, which is cut off at the Grand Line, the equator of Qirsyllviar. Further south beyond the Grand Line is the Maritymiri Ocean.

At the heart of Marlakcese history is the Empire of Tianchao, whose wars of conquest, along with periods of chaos and civil war, have shaped the lion's share of Marlakese history, as well as spread Wanzu culture and language to all corners of the continent.

Sovereign States

Sergeekh Bogino Khanate

The Sergeekh Bogino Khanate (ᠰᠡᠷᠭᠡᠡᠬ ᠪᠣᠭᠢᠨᠣ ᠬᠠᠠᠨᠲ ᠤᠯᠰ/Restored Bogino Khanate), also called the Boginotan Khanate (ᠪᠣᠭᠢᠨᠣᠲᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠠᠨᠲ ᠤᠯᠰ) or simply "Bogino (ᠪᠣᠭᠢᠨᠣ)", is the eponymous nation of Bogino people, a distant subgroup of the Arslan and Tukhii. It is a peninsular nation, occupying the tundra peninsula of the same name in western Pianpilu, the northern subcontinent, and much of the land beyond it. It borders the Empire of Tianchao and the north side of the Holy City of Shangri-la to the east.

Bogino zenith — Over modern borders: Bogino at its territorial zenith before the Tukhii-Tianzu conflicts, around the beginning of the Zhai dynasty of Tianchao.

History

The Bogino rump state as a vassal of Tianchao.

Bogino was once one of the nations dominating the high mountains and tundras of the northwestern continent before the Tukhii, cousins of the Arslans like themselves, came into conflict with them. At its zenith, Bogino once controlled the western half of the northern continent, up to the northern peninsula surrounding Daimao Bay and bordering Dongshui Guibei, while the tribes of the former Tukhii inhabited the center. By that point the Zhai dynasty of Tianchao had just established. When the now-defunct Tukhii Khanate came into being not long after, these two powers fought for land and power on-and-off for centuries before Tianchao invaded.

As a result of the wars with Tukhii Khanate and then Tianchao, Bogino was territorially reduced to the peninsula from whence it originated, while the Tukhii, and then Tianchao, secured its hold on the former lands of Bogino. Bogino was at one point the vassal of Tianchao, forcing them to surrender base independence in the face of the ferocity of the Tianzu Imperial Army & Navy and threats of further invasion. Bogino lost it's sovereignty and ceased to be an political entity when the Gergazartan Khaganate rose to dominance and conquered the whole of Pianpilu. However, the independence of the Shuang dynasty during the Fragmentation of the Gergazartan Khaganate allowed former loyalists of Bogino to reform break off from the yoke of Tianchao and reclaim at least some of their lost territory and prestige through warring with the Shuang Empire, which was eventually conquered by the Lei dynasty of Tianchao. It was for this reason that the resurgent Khanate added the word "Sergeekh (ᠰᠡᠷᠭᠡᠡᠬ/Restored)" to the country's name to mark their resurgence to grandure, while they still were unable to recover all of their former territorial holdings.

Being a cold country of mostly tundra and mountain, similarly to the northern mainland, Bogino has only a small amount of fertile land for farming and is mostly dependent on the sea and imports for food, but has a large economy thanks to rich mining on the island and elsewhere.

While still in a tense diplomatic relationship with Tianchao, Bogino also maintains the rights to mine and farm certain areas within Tianchao's borders, in exchange for Tianchao receiving 25% of the profits as tribute annually.

Kingdom of Baoshi

The Kingdom of Baoshi (寶石) is a dwarf-ruled island nation in northeastern Marlakcor.

It borders Tianchao to the south on the island of Qiulu, and share's maritime borders with Gergazar to the east and Tibet to the southeast. It also shares maritime borders with a cluster of neutral islands to the west.

History

Ruled by the self-styled Xinlei dynasty, Baoshi styles itself a continuation of the former Lei dynasty of Tianchao. When the Lei dynasty collapsed, a cadet branch of the Kuangshi clan fled as far as they could to escape the chaos, ending up in northern Qiulu where they set up a new government as a continuation of the Lei dynasty in defiance of the new Cui dynasty. War ensued and Baoshi was left in the northeastern corner of Qiulu.

After peace was established, the kingdom looked toward the newly discovered mineral-rich islands to the northeast for expansion.

Dongnan Baquan Banglian

Dongnan Baquan Banglian (東南霸權邦聯/Southeastern Hegemonic Confederation), also known as Dongnan Wangguo (東南王國/Southeastern Kingdoms), or simply Dongbalian (東霸聯), is a large state in the Dongnan region of southeast Huaxia, the central subcontinent of Marlakcor.

It borders Tianchao to the northwest and the Miaogui Republic (formerly colonial territory of Solaria) to the northeast, the border marked by Mulan's Wall. To the west it shares borders the high elven Empire of Gaoliang. First in the northwest it indirectly borders it via Zhonglibozi, a neutral zone separating it from Gaoliang; and down southwest, on the other side of the Jingshen Sea (精神海/Spiritual Sea), it controls the Lingzhai (灵宅) region, which directly borders Gaoliang.

Down south, it shares maritime borders with the island Nation of Renyu Dao, which was briefly part of the confederacy before it seceded in favor of retaining independence. To the west, it shares borders with the Conglie, which it has gone to war with for territory and other issues many times.

On the northern land border with Tianchao and down and northwestern coast, spaced varyingly (mostly between ten to twenty miles), are a series of fortresses and castles that defend the empire from invasion. The ones along the border with Tianchao were built in the aftermath of the last great war with Tianchao. The ones along the northwestern coast are relatively recent constructions. When Tianchao solidified its grip on the Laoying Peninsula, the fortifications were constructed down the northwestern coast. The final fortress, dubbed Bianjie Castle, situated almost right on the border with Gaoliang, also serves as one of several border crossing points between Dongbalian and Gaoliang. The northernmost of these fortresses is Qingwa Castle, which is also the westernmost fortress along the northern border fortifications.

To the east along the border with the Miaogui Republic stands Mulan's Wall, named for Li Mulan, the legendary female general who spearheaded the defense of Dongbalian during the Solarii Invasion, and also led the recapture of much of the occupied territories before the wall's construction, and served as the wall's architect. These massive fortifications of 25m-high stone walls, fortresses and castles, which runs along the entire length of the border and took nearly ten years each to build, were constructed to prevent any further invasion by Solaria. Mulan's Wall was built some centuries later in the wake of the Solarii Invasion of Dongbalian. Mulan's Wall, to block any further invasion by sea via some other fortifications along the coasts beyond the wall's end points, known respectively as Xiangxi Bao (向西堡) and Nanchao Kanguan (南超看管).

The wall has fulfilled its purpose throughout its existence, even while Solarii influence has since been removed from Marlakcor with the independence of the Miaogui Republic.

History

The area that eventually became Dongbalian was originally a collection of independent kingdoms, city-states and tribes struggling for land and dominance. But in the face of Tianzu aggression and expansion during the Tianzu Wars of Conquest, many of the northern states banded together to resist the expansion of Tianchao, eventually becoming a confederated state.

However, the wars with Tianchao were met with repeated defeats on the battlefield, and Dongbalian was pushed back until it was ultimately defeated and fully annexed.

Much of modern Dongbalian (mostly the north and central area; Tianchao never reached very far south) remained under Tianzu rule for centuries.

During the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period that followed the collapse of the Jun dynasty of Tianchao, the lands that became modern Dongbalian broke away from Tianchao to form a pair of rival dynasties and were never recovered. Said dynasties are known to history as the Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom, two of the states counted among the twelve kingdoms of said period.

During said period, two nobles who were descendants of former Dongbalian rulers found a chance to revolt, now known to history as the Red Dragon Rebellion, and set up their own empires. By the time the period ended, the Hang and Sang empires were firmly entrenched and conquered up to the edge of Jing bu Xibei (what is now northwestern Dongbalian).

The first true peace treaty ended with Tianchao still in control of Jing bu Xibei.

While originally two empires fighting for the same thing, when the conflicts with Tianchao ended they quickly turned on each other and warred for dominance in the region, even while members of their centralized governments were fighting for control of them. Their governments grew unstable from constant infighting and soon collapsed into many dozens of independent kingdoms, dukedoms, counties and city-states struggling for land and dominance. Eventually some concurrence was reached and a directorial confederation, in which all lords have equal say, was set up. However, the directorial confederation eventually turned hegemonic, with Lan Kingdom taking the lead role as hegemon of Dongbalian under the title of Zuigao Bazhu (Supreme Overlord).

A few centuries after the peace treaty that left Tianchao in control of Jing bu Xibei, Tianchao descended into chaos during the civil war taking place during the transition between the Hang and Tun dynasties (known in Tianchao as the Hang–Tun War (航–吞戰/Hang–Tun Zhan)), Dongbalian seized the chance to reconquer the region from Tianchao, and did so with minimal resistance, achieving its modern northern and western borders. Aside from that, Dongbalian has mostly avoided taking advantage or getting involved in Tianchao's near-constant internal strife.

Even while going to war with Tianchao on and off for years, they turned their attentions toward expanding west and south, uniting many other states and tribes under their banner through treaty and conquest. Dongbalian even managed to steal some territory from Gaoliang, the Lingzhai (灵宅) region. That region joined Dongbalian after seceding following a war for secession, which was secretly organized by Dongbalian.

Dongbalian remains at odds with Tianchao to this day, and the two powers go to war almost every other decade for one reason or another. Its relations with Gaoliang and Đế Quốc Mưa are cold too, but diplomacy has avoided too many wars.

Dongbalian eventually lost some of its northeastern territories to Solaria. While Dongbalian anticipated an invasion when Solaria all but defeated Tianchao, it was still unable to resist the ferocity of the Imperial Solarii Army in the initial invasion, despite years of preparation. This changed when a female warrior, known to history as Li Mulan (李木蘭); styled Guowei (國衛), came to prominence. Li Mulan, an ethnic Gao peasant woman born in Tianchao, and an alleged descendant of Xiangrikui Gongchen, had been taken as a war slave by a Solarii officer during the invasion. During her time as a slave – after learning their language – she learned all about Solarii war tactics both from watching the battles from afar and from listening to the Solarii commanders talk. After managing to escape, she disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Dongnan army. Her determination and mettle, along with her knowledge of Solarii war strategies, allowed her to quickly rise through the ranks until she became a general.

Once a general, Mulan took charge of an army and her widely successful anti-Solarii tactics allowed her to turn the tide of the war, culminating when she fully defended against the Solarii army in a decisive battle that changed history forever, now known to history as the Battle of Qiuling Pingyuan. Mulan's true gender was accidentally exposed not long after, but her loyal troops defended her from any punishment. The High King of the time – known to history as Chang Guizhou (常規週) – was so impressed with her and her record that he let her retain her position and rank. Mulan then led another successful campaign that saw the reclamation of much territory before a peace treaty ending the war was signed.

Governance & Politics

The head of state is the Zuigao Bazhu, the main ruler of the nation. The incumbent High King holds the rulership of his kingdom concurrently. The title is held for life and at first Lan Kingdom held the position of hegemon. There were attempts early on to make it hereditary, but when the first holder died there was no clear heir. And so, the next High King is elected from the rulers of one of the kingdoms or the heir to the kingdom of the previous holder when the incumbent one dies.

The head of the government of Dongbalian is the Zhengfu Buzhang (Minister of Government), but the office is mostly ceremonial in practice and holds little actual power.

The legislature of the confederacy is the Canyuan (Senate), which is divided into the Shangyuan (Upper House) and the Xiayuan (Lower House), the upper and lower house respectively. Members of both houses of the Senate are referred to as Canyiyuan (議員/Senators), and are directly appointed by leaders of the political divisions, and higher level states are permitted more senators in the Senate. Representation in the Lower House is determined by population, which is determined by a nationwide census taken every twenty years.

Political Divisions

Dongbalian is divided into many territories termed one of several things depending on the rank held upon accession to the confederation.

From highest to lowest they are:
States
Territory	Ruler title	Succession method	Senators to the Shangyuan
Wangguo 王國 Kingdom	Wang 王 King	Hereditary	10
Wangguo 王國 Kingdom	The highest political division of Dongbalian. Only the Kings can be elected to the position of High King,
Gongguo 公國 Duchy	Gongjue 公爵 Duke	Hereditary	7
Jun 郡 Region	Houjue 侯爵 Marquis	Hereditary	5
Boguo 伯國 County (1st level)	Bojue 伯爵 Count	Hereditary	4
Xian 縣 County (2nd level)	Bojue 伯爵 Count	Hereditary	4
Zilingdi 子領地 Sub-county	Zijue 子爵 Viscount	Hereditary	3
Guizu 貴族 Barony	Nanjue 男爵 Baron	Hereditary	3
Tai 態 State	Zhongdu 總督 Governor	Election	2
Chengbang 城邦 City-State	Shizhang 市長 City Govenor	Election	2
	Lingzhu 領主 Seignior	Hareditary	2
	A single city and surrounding territory. Their leaders can be either elected or hereditary.
Junqu 軍區 Military Region	Zhong-jiang 中将 Lieutenant General	Military appointment	1
Junqu 軍區 Military Region	A military region along Mulan's Wall or the fortress regions along the borders and northwestern seaboard. The leader title is a military rank.

States of Dongbalian
Name	Administrative Level	Ruling Family
Name	Administrative Level	Surname	Race	Ethnicity
Lan 藍	Wangguo	Pie 苤
Lan 藍	Wangguo	Lan was the original hegemon of Dongbalian before the modern succession methods were made law.
Hanjin 漢晉	Chengbang
Tangming 唐明	Chengbang
Tuanjie 團結	Chengbang	None, ruler elected
Tuanjie 團結	Chengbang	Tuanjie is a city-state founded as the capital of Dongbalian, and has a special status compared to the rest of the nation's city-states.
Weishuwu 魏蜀吳	Chengbang	Jin 晉
Xiangxi Bao 向西堡	Junqu	None, military appointment
Xiangxi Bao 向西堡	Junqu	The northernmost fortification along Mulan's Wall.
Nanchao Kanguan 南超看管	Junqu	None, military appointment
Nanchao Kanguan 南超看管	Junqu	The southernmost fortification along Mulan's Wall.

Conglin Liedao Wangguo

Conglin Liedao Wangguo (叢林列島王國/Kingdom of the Jungle Islands), commonly known by its abbreviation Conglie (叢列), is a nation in southeastern Marlakcor, occupying the tropical jungle islands of the southeast. It solely borders Dongbalian to the west, by land on three islands and the rest by sea.

Conglie has been resisting Dongnan expansion into the southeast for centuries. Not once ever did Conglie accept joining the hegemony, rebuking every single invitation. More than once these rebukes turned into open confrontation and war. These wars were repeatedly met with defeat and truce, reducing Conglie to a handful of islands.

When Dongbalian found itself occupied by the Solarii Invasions, Conglie took a chance to reclaim much of its lost territory.

Empire of Gaoliang

The Empire of Gaoliang (高魎) is a large confederated high elven empire occupying the dense Jingling Jungles of Xiaoyu, the lands of southern Huaxia, the central subcontinent of Marlakcor.

It borders Dongbalian to the east, indirectly via Zhonglibozi, a neutral region, and directly via the Lingzhai region; Tianchao to the north via the Jingling Peninsula; the wood elven Senxiao kingdoms to the southwest, and shares maritime borders with Đế Quốc Mưa to the west across the Jingling Sea.

A country occupying mostly jungle, the Jingling Jungles of Gaoliang is home to the largest river basin in the world, much of which originates from the Gaojixue (高積雪) mountain range along the north side of the empire, which acts as a natural border between Tianchao and Gaoliang.

Khaganate of Gergazar

The Khaganate of Gergazar (ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ), or the Gergazartan Khaganate (ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷᠲᠤᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ᠎ᠠ ᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ), is a large nation in eastern Pianpilu – called Övöggazar (ᠡᠪᠦᠭᠡᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ) by the Arslan – and the homeland of the Arslan people, dominating the mountains, tundras and steppes that make up most of their homelands.

It borders Tianchao to the west and south, and shares maritime borders with the dwarven nation of Baoshi to the southwest.

History

A relatively recent empire of Marlakcor, Gergazar first coming together as a union of khanates under Selemchin Khagan (ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠮᠡᠴᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ) of the Altanzul (ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠽᠤᠯ) clan. At its height, the Gergazartan Khaganate controlled vast territories across most of the continent, including the whole of Pianpilu (even conquering what remained of the Bogino Khanate of the time), most of Zanghuan (establishing the Lin dynasty of Tianchao), and half of Guangdai. It is from these conquests that the Lin dynasty of Tianchao was founded as a division of the greater khaganate, taking advantage of the ongoing Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to expand. Gergazar seemed unstoppable, and even mounted an attempted invasion of Fuso, but these campaigns, while successful at first, were met with utter failure, a failure that changed the course of history for the khaganate forever.

The downward turning point for the empire came with the sudden death of Khundet Khagan (ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠳ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ) – the ninth Khagan of Gergazar and the third huangdi of the Lin dynasty – during the Siege of Hansei against the defending forces of the Yamato Empire. His sudden demise not only resulted in a succession dispute but the fragmentation of the Khaganate.

Khundet Khagan died far from home without naming an heir, and the kurultai could not reach a consensus on the election of a new Khagan, and so a war of succession erupted between his sons and generals. Within a year the Gergazar holdings in Fuso were recaptured by Yamatai and the Khaganate in Marlakcor broke into five independent states – the Lin dynasty among them – while the Altanzul clan was ousted from rulership of Gergazar and replaced by the Tunadas (ᠲᠤᠨᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ) clan under Tuimer Khagan (ᠲᠦᠢᠮᠡᠷ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ), while the Lin dynasty branch Altanzul clan continued to rule the Lin dynasty for the rest of its existence. The other states to emerge from the fragmentation of the khaganate were Bogino and the Shengwai-ruled Shuang (雙) dynasty in western and central Pianpilu; the Sinjok-ruled Gwan (관/棺) dynasty in Guangdai; and the Xiyi-ruled Pan (磐) dynasty on the Island of Qiulu. Gwan and Pan were soon reconquered by the Lin dynasty, but the Shuang dynasty resisted until it capitulated to the dwarf-ruled Lei dynasty of Tianchao four centuries later. Gergazar itself just barely managed to avoid complete disintegration during the civil war but was greatly weakened.

The loss of most of its empire greatly weakened the khaganate and reduced its territorial holdings back to the homelands. It eventually recovered enough of its strength and integrity to prevent other powers from conquering it despite repeated invasions and some further loss of territory. But, despite many efforts, it never reached such a vast territorial extant again.

Politics & Governance

Gergazar is a collection of autonomous khanates, each ruled by a Khan (ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ) subordinate to the Khagan. The title khan is also an honorific granted to prestigious or outstanding, yet non-ruling, members of the Khagan's family, the practice of which dates back to before the Khaganate.

The Khagan is formally elected to its throne by a body called Kurultai (ᠻᠦᠷᠦᠯᠳᠠᠶ) , a council of khans from every major clan whose job it is to chose the successor of the khaganate. The next khagan is generally chosen from among the previous khagan's children, but their relatives like brothers, nephews, cousins or uncles may be chosen as well – making the position hereditary in all but practice – but even a khan from a different clan may be elected, removing the previous ruling clan from the throne altogether.

Prominent Clans of the Khaganate
Clan	Ruling Khanate		Notes
Clan	Name	Capital	Notes
Altanzul ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠽᠤᠯ	Erdeniin ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠨᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ	Unet Chuluu ᠦᠨᠡᠲᠦ ᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤ	The Altanzul clan was the first ruling clan of the Khaganate. The clan that currently rules the Erdeniin Khanate is a branch descended from Zusegch Khan (ᠵᠦᠰᠦᠭᠴᠢ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ), whom was an older brother of Baatar Khagan, the fourth Huangdi of the Lin dynasty and the first to be independent of Gergazar. Both of them were sons of Khundet Khagan, the last Khagan of the Gergazar from the Altanzul clan.
Burged ᠪᠦᠷᠭᠦᠳ
Chono ᠴᠢᠨᠣ᠎ᠠ	Khavtgai ᠬᠠᠪᠲᠠᠭᠠᠢ
Delkhii ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ
Gereltekh ᠭᠡᠷᠡᠯ ᠳᠦ ᠬᠢ	Naidvar ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠳᠠᠪᠤᠷᠢ
Nurgeen ᠨᠦᠷᠭᠡᠬᠡᠨ
Shuukh ᠰᠢᠭᠦᠬᠦ	Sokhor ᠰᠣᠬᠣᠷ	Shilen Sav ᠰᠢᠯᠢᠨ ᠰᠠᠪᠠ
Tatvar ᠲᠠᠲᠠᠪᠤᠷᠢ	Khandiv ᠬᠠᠨᠳᠢᠪ
Tsasan ᠴᠠᠰᠤᠨ	Ovliin ᠡᠪᠦᠯ ᠦᠨ
Tunadas ᠲᠤᠨᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ	Khyanagch ᠬᠢᠨᠠᠭᠴᠢ	Shiltgeen ᠰᠢᠯᠲᠦᠭᠡᠨ	The Tunadas clan is the current ruling family of the Khaganate, ruling directly from the capital of the khaganate. The Tunadas clan came to power under Tuimer Khagan after ousting the Altanzul clan during the succession dispute that followed in the wake of the untimely death Khundet Khagan.
Tsin ᠴᠢᠨ	Khatuu ᠬᠠᠲᠠᠭᠤ
Other Prominent/Non-ruling Clans
Name	Notes
Ayanga ᠠᠶᠤᠩᠭ᠎ᠠ	Longtime vassals of the Nurgeen clan.
Tavtsan ᠲᠠᠪᠴᠠᠩ

Empire of Goryeo

The Empire of Goryeo (고려) is a nation in the northwest corner of Yesttang (Guangdai), the northern lands of Gudaelyuk (Xinshijie), the western subcontinent of Marlakcor. It is currently ruled by the Song dynasty. Goryeo occupies the island of the same name and some mainland territories. It shares maritime borders with the Morokoshi provinces of Yamatai to the south, and borders Tianchao on land via it's mainland territories to the east. North of the home island controls the island of Jinjuui (진주의). The Yosae (요새) peninsula to the east is its gateway to its mainland territories and its land border with Tianchao. Farther north it occupies to islands, Masul Seojjog (마술 서쪽) & Masul Dongjjog (마술 동쪽).

Once controlling great swathes of the northern half of the western continent, down to at least the central regions of Yesttang, the homeland of the Sinjok people, Goryeo is the last independent and sovereign Sinjok nation on Marlakcor. It was once one of the dominant nations on western lands of Marlakcor, and seemed primed for ultimate domination before Tianchao invaded. As a result of the Tianzu Wars of Conquest, Goryeo was territorially reduced to the island from whence it originated. The Yosae peninsula, which is governed from the fortress city of Jeohang (저항), was for a time Goryeo's only remaining mainland holdout against Tianchao. Goryeo managed to stave off the threat of invasion and retain full sovereignty, while its neighbors weren't so fortunate.

When Yamatai invaded western Guangdai – conquering the last independent Sinjok nations in the region – and came into conflict with Tianchao, Goryeo took a chance to invade and reconquer some of its lost lands from Tianchao under the guise of a friendship and military alliance with Yamatai. However, when Yamatai entered into a ceasefire with Tianchao at the end of their first war, Goryeo betrayed Yamatai and invaded some of the latter's occupied lands. However, spies and defectors leaked military plans to the Yamato military governors and Yamatai was able to prevent Goryeo from doing too much damage. The only thing that stopped the fighting was a change of regime in Goryeo, when the then-incumbent war-hawk Myeok (멱) dynasty was supplanted by the pro-peace Jang (장) dynasty in a coup.

However, while peace between the two empires was restored by the Jang dynasty's rise to power, they were foreign in origin and so their rule was almost universally unaccepted, resulting in a civil war for the throne. The Song dynasty was among the contending factions that arose to the most prominence and power in the war, yet a series of sudden defeats cost them much of their influence. It was then that the Song asked signed a new treaty of trade and alliance with Yamatai, asking them to intervene on their side. Yamatai accepted, and with their help the Song won the war to become rulers of Goryeo.

Goryeo has fostered equal trade relations with Yamatai ever since.

Democratic Republic of Miaogui

The Democratic Republic of Miaogui (妙瑰民主共和国/Miaogui Minzhu Gongheguo) is a republican Wanzu-Incolo state in eastern Marlakcor, occupying the island of Daludao and some islands and lands to the north and south. It borders Tianchao on Shengfen Island to the west – occupying most of it – and on the eastern southern peninsula of Qiulu (虬陆) Island to the north. On the mainland to the southwest, it borders Dongbalian, marked by Mulan's Wall.

Miaogui is the only republican state in Marlakcor.

As a state that had Incolo customs impressed upon them during the Solarii Occupation, Miaogui has a unique culture that is a blend of Wanzu and Incolo.

History

The entirety of what is now Miaogui was once the Solarii colonial state of Serica. The Serica Provinciae was the collective name of the colonies & provinces of the Solarii Empire in Marlakcor, occupying a cluster of islands and a part of the mainland in eastern Marlakcor on the west side of the Yinyue Sea, called the Musica Sea by the Soligaians.

The island of Daludao was formerly known as the kingdom of the same name, which was a suzerainty of Tianchao following the Tianzu Wars of Conquest, Serica was established as a result of the Solarii Conquest of Daludao. Solaria continued to expand Serica in as many ways as it could, warring against Tianchao and Dongbalian until they were stopped for political and logistical reasons.

Solaria's rule in Marlakcor came to an end when, after being forced to pull much of its army out to deal with affairs in the homeland, a long-suppressed independence movement took the chance to break free from foreign rule. The Miaogui War for Independence (妙瑰独立战争/Miaogui Duli Zhanzheng) seemed primed to succeed at the start, but the sudden return of the Imperial Solarii Army & Navy saw the Miaogui Independence Army suffer a series of defeats. Just as it seemed that freedom would be lost, Tianchao intervened on behalf of Miaogui, albeit not for altruistic reasons, and soon Solaria was forced out of Marlakcor for good.

While Tianchao never liked the idea of an eastern neighbor that was formerly foreign controlled, Miaogui has since fostered a prosperous trade and diplomatic relationship with both Tianchao and Dongbalian.

Politics & Government

The governing body of the republic is the 177-member council called the Guowu Weiyuanhui (国务委员会/Council of State). Members are called Daibiao (代表).

Guowu Weiyuanhui arrangement — Seating arrangement of the Guowu Weiyuanhui. Red circles are the Zuiyao Cengci; the dark-red circle is where the Zongcai sits. Blue circles are the Cuiji Cengci; the dark-blue circle is where the Yizhang of the Cuiji Cengci sits. Green circles are the Yueguo Cengci; the dark-green circle is where the Yizheng of the Yueguo Cengci sits.

The Guowu Weiyuanhui, which is constitutionally unicameral but technically tricameral – though all members are seated in the same room – is divided into three Cengci (层次/Rank);

Zuiyao Cengci (最要层次/Alpha Echelon), 7 members, elected to their positions from among the daibiao of the Cuiji Cengci or regional Zongdu (总督/governors) every five years. Members are allowed two consecutive terms.
Cuiji Cengci (倅级层次/Second Echelon), 69 members, elected to their positions from among the daibiao of the Yueguo Cengci or regional Zongdu every three years. Members are allowed three consecutive terms.
Yueguo Cengci (越过层次/Entry Echelon), 101 members, elected from the various lower-ranked public figures of the state such as Shizhang (市长/mayors), Lushi (律师/lawyers), etc, two years. Members are allowed four consecutive terms.

The Guowu Weiyuanhui as a whole is chaired by the Zongcai (总裁/President) as a first among equals with little power above his/her fellow members. The secondary position is the Fu Zongcai (副总裁/Vice-President). The positions rotate among the Zuiyao Cengci seven times a year.

Similarly to the Zongcai of the Zuiyao Cengci, the Yueguo and Cuiji Cengci each have a Yizhang (议长/speaker) to represent the groups as a whole in meetings, but any daibiao of any Cengci may speak if granted clearance to hold the floor. The positions rotate among the incumbent members Cuiji Cengci every week, and every day in the Yuegao Cengci.

Laws and motions can be proposed by any daibiao of any Cengci of the government, but passage into law always start at the bottom in the Yueguo Cengci, and each Cengci has an odd number to prevent a deadlocking tie. A simple majority vote is required in the Yueguo Cengci for law/motion to be passed to the Cuiji Cengci. A supermajority vote (two-thirds, 46:23) is required to pass in the Cuiji Cengci before it is passed to the Zuiyao Cengci. Once a law/motion is in the hands of the Zuiyao Cengci, a the type of vote required depends on the type of motion they're voting on; i.e. a simple 4:3 majority vote is required for most motions/laws to pass, but military-based bills, an emergency motion, declaring martial law or a state of emergency requires a 5:2 majority, while a unanimous vote is required for things like a declaration of war. Passing a motion is followed by the signatures of all current members, with the Zongcai signing first, and the motion/law to carries the full weight of law.

Voting by any of the cengci are typically done by a voice vote, raiing one's hand and saying either with Shi (是/aye) or Fou (否/nay), but sometimes the vote is done by ballot.

Empire of Đế Quốc Mưa

The Empire of Đế Quốc Mưa (帝國𩅹), diplomatically known as "Redai" by Wan nations, is an ethnic Mưa Nhân nation in southwestern Marlakcor, occupying the tropical jungle island of the same name and much of the east coast of Yuchang (called Đất Mưa (坦𩅹) by the Mưa Nhân and called Amehara (雨原) by the Genjin), the southern lands of Xinshijie, including both of the major peninsulas of the east coast. By land it borders Raimei to the west, Xiahuo Niaonan of the Sisheng Chengshi to the northeast and Tianchao the extreme north via the Isthmus of Caihong, and shares maritime borders with high elven Gaoliang Empire and the wood elven Senxiao kingdoms to the east across the Jingling Sea, and the neutral island of Hei'an Zhidi to the southeast via its island territories in the Chidao Sea.

History

Unencumbered from encroachment from major nations or other ethnicities throughout most of history until relatively recent times, nor effected by the chaotic tumultuous history of Tianchao, the Mưa Nhân kingdoms of Đất Mưa mostly warred and traded with each other for many centuries. Most of the now defunct Mưa Nhân tribes and kingdoms had proper relations with Tianchao and the since at least the Zan dynasty, including various division-period breakaway states, and have had relations with the Sinjok kingdoms of the north for even longer.

Đế Quốc Mưa, originating from its home island after overthrowing and replacing the Gừng (羌) dynasty, invaded the mainland and managed to expand and conquer nearly all of the other Mưa Nhân states of Đất Mưa, reaching its zenith roughly around the time of the the inception of the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty of Tianchao, then a division of the Gergazartan Khaganate.

Relations between the two empires became tense as the Arslan expanded their territory and power into Guangdai, the northern lands of Xinshijie. The Arslan had their eye in the southern region since they conquered the north, but careful diplomacy and concessions kept the Gergazartan Khaganate from attempting to conquer the region. Following the fragmentation of the khaganate, Đế Quốc Mưa maintained cordial relations with the newly independent Lin dynasty and the Sinjok-ruled Gwan dynasty, but late in the latter's tenure relations with Gwan turned nasty due to a scandal between the Đế Quốc Mưa and Gwan royal families that soured ralations to the point of war. After Lin reconquered Gwan, ending the Nhiệt–Gwan conflict, careful diplomacy again kept Tianchao from taking advantage of the chaos of the recent conflict and encroaching on Đất Mưa, while Đế Quốc Mưa rebuilt itself in the aftermath of the conflict.

At its zenith, Đế Quốc Mưa controlled almost the entirety of Đất Mưa, and the only remaining Mưa Nhân states that Đế Quốc Mưa didn't conquer were on the west coast. Those kingdoms submitted to vassaldom in an effort to be spared conquest, yet they were conquered by the Yamato Empire a few centuries later.

When Yamatai invaded, Đế Quốc Mưa's western vassals were quickly conquered and Đế Quốc Mưa itself was unable to match up the unfamiliar tactics of Yamato Imperial Army. Within a few years the once dominant empire in the region and was territorially reduced to its home island and some scattered territories along the east coast, and was reduced to a vassal state of the Yamato empire in the face of possible total conquest. When Raimei revolted and declared independence from Yamatai, Đế Quốc Mưa took a chance to reclaim some of its lost lands as part of an alliance deal with Raimei to help them gain independence from Yamatai. Since then it has enjoyed a restoration of full sovereignty and trade relations with Raimei, albeit in a vastly reduced territory from it's former zenith.

Empire of Raimei

The Empire of Raimei (雷鳴), also called Sấm (𩆐), sometimes known as the Thunder Empire to countries outside Marlakcor, is a large monarchical state in southwestern Marlakcor, occupying much of central Yuchang (called Amehara by the Genjin and Đất Mưa by the Mưa Nhân), the southern lands of Xinshijie, the western subcontinent of Marlakcor.

Raimei borders the Yamato territories of Morokoshi to the west, Tianchao to the north via the Isthmus of Caihong, and Đế Quốc Mưa to the east.

History

Raimei was once part of the Morokoshi Ryoiki of Yuchang, and therefore sovereign territory of Yamatai, until a rebellion led by one renegade clan, the Rairyu clan, a family of Genjin-Mưa Nhân origin – also called the Sấmrồng clan in Tiếng Mưa – established the new independent empire, which took ten years of war, now known as the Raimin War for Independence (2514 – 2524TR/4232 – 4242PCZ), to achieve.

Said war began while Yamatai was preoccupied fighting the Fukko War (2513 – 2516TR/4230 – 4233PCZ) to overthrow the Goku Bakufu and restore imperial power. With the capitulation of the Goku, the imperial court wasted no time in initiating campaigns to relcaim the region, as a show of strength was necessary to restore confidence in Yamato rule. While Yamatai managed to put up a good fight for years, more than a decade of constant war left the Yamato weary and the Raimin gained the upper hand. Finally, large losses forced Yamatai to sign a peace treaty recognozing Raimin independence.

Raimei remains at odds with Yamatai, and have fought several more wars with the empire since its founding, but careful diplomacy has prevented the empires from outright destroying each other. The Rairyu clan still rules Raimei to this day.

As an empire made up of lands that were formerly part of Đế Quốc Mưa and formerly under Genjin rule, Raimei has its own unique culture that is a blend of both Genjin and Mưa Nhân culture, and has names for everything in both languages.

State of Renyu Dao

The State of Renyu Dao (人魚島) is an island nation occupying the island of the same name in the Chidao Sea of southern Marlakcor, sharing maritime borders with solely Dongbalian.

Renyu Dao is a nation where merpeople live alongside humans in harmony. Renyu Dao was originally founded when a clan of humans got washed up on the shores, and have lived alongside the merfolk together in harmony from then on.

When Dongbalian expanded to their waters, they at first signed a treaty to come under Dongnan sovereignty, but pulled out of the confederacy less than a year later. The separation wasn't welcomed at first, leading to a brief military confrontation, but Dongbalian's government caved in and drew back within weeks.

Kingdoms of Senxiao

The Senxiao kingdoms is the collective term for the dozens of independent wood elven tribal chiefdoms led by different clans in southwestern Huaxia.

Holy City of Shangri-la

Kingdom of Shayuwei Dao

The Kingdom of Shayuwei Dao (鲨鱼尾岛/Shayuwei Dao Wangguo) is an island nation on the island of the same name in the Yinyue Sea off of Huaxia in western Marlakcor.

As Dongbalian expanded, Shayuwei Dao rejected all offers to join the expanding confederacy and even managed to repel an invasion when negotiations with one regime turned hostile. After the only war it ever fought with Dongbalian, Shayuwei Dao experienced a golden age of prosperity due to the soon established trade and military alliance that followed a change of management to both nations. However, this ended with the invasions of Solaria.

When Solaria exerted its control of western Marlakcor, Shayuwei Dao was no exception to the ever opportunistic Solarii Empire. After losing almost half the island to the invaders, Shayuwei Dao signed a submissive peace treaty with Solaria, retaining nominal sovereignty while still a vassal of the empire.

When wars back in Soligaia forced Solaria to recall some of its forces, Shayuwei Dao took the chance to reassert its independence and reconquer its lost territory.

However, even after reasserting its sovereignty, Shayuwei Dao was unable to restore its relations with Dongbalian, as Solaria prevented all trade and communications from reaching the mainland, forcing Shayuwei Dao into an unequal trade alliance. This restrictive alliance ended following the end of Solarii influence in Marlakcor with the independence of the Miaogui Republic, allowing Sayuwei Dao to restore its lost relations with Dongbalian and forge a new one with Miaogui.

Part of the source of it's name is the ever present shark schools around the island. Alongside the sharks are also pods of shark merfolk, the largest anywhere on Qirsyllviar.

Sisheng Chengshi

Sisheng Chengshi (四聖城市/四圣城市/Four Holy Cities), is the collective name for a quartet of religious city-states spread around Marlakcor. Although in four separate locations around the continent, and are mostly autonomous from one another, the four cities are considered a single state. Deeply religious states, the holy cities are controlled by a religious order that governs the Shenshou facet of Linglun faith, and each houses a main temple dedicated to one of the four to represent their cardinal direction.

Although mostly autonomous from one another, the Sige Gashou (Four Masters), the individual leaders of each city, meet every year around New Year's for prayer and to discuss agendas for the coming year; taking turns to host the meeting in each of the four cities over the course of four years.

History

The cities are rumored to be as old as Wanzu civilization, but this is not true; the Shoushengzhi (獸聖秩), the religious order that governs the cities, is as old as Wanzu civilization, dating back to the early-Mei dynasty at least; but the cities themselves weren't founded until long after Four Kingdoms period.

The history of the four cites began during the Wars at the end of the Zhai dynasty, when members of the order scattered every direction beyond the then borders of the empire to escape the constant state of civil war that was engulfing the country with the collapse of the Zhai dynasty's authority, taking large contingents of followers with them. Only a handful of members of the order remained behind.

The Sisheng Chengshi were founded at different times after the descendants of those groups – which now included followers of other ethnic groups – spent decades nomadically wandering the lands to find good places to settle down. Historians continue to debate the order in which the cities were founded as reliable written records from that time are scarce, but it is generally agreed that the Sisheng Chengshi were founded at various points during the late-Xuan to early-Hun dynasties.

It wasn't until sometime during the Kai dynasty that the Sisheng Chengshi finally established communication with each other, courtesy of Wan mages who were visiting the cities at roughly the same time. With real-time communication now availble to them, it was then that the Sige Gaoshou established the formal doctrines for the governenace of the Sisheng Chengshi as a whole, effectively merging the cities as one state made up of four separate exclaves around the continent.

As Tianchao continued to expand in every direction, the Sisheng Chengshi were spared any threat of conquest or vassalization, as not even the huangdi of the time dared to threaten the sanctity of such holy places.

The eastern and western cities were also spared conquest of vassalization by Solaria and Yamatai respectively when the two empires formed Serica Provinciae (now the Republic of Miaogui) and Morokoshi respectively. Despite the former's usual policy to impose their culture and religion on conquered or visited lands, Solaria respected the eastern city's neutrality and honored the sanctity of a holy place, and Yamatai gave the same courtesy to the western city.

The Sisheng Chengshi, which are known by one of several names depending on culture/language.
Wan	Arslan	Sinjok	Genjin	Mưa Nhân
Collective Names of the State
Sisheng Chengshi 四聖城市四圣城市	Dörvön Ariun Khotuud ᠳᠥᠷᠪᠡᠨ ᠠᠷᠢᠭᠤᠨᠬᠣᠲᠠ ᠨᠤᠭᠤᠳ	Ne Seongseuleo Dosi 네 성스러 도시	Yottsu Seina Toshi 四つ聖な都市	Bốn Thành thị Thánh 𦊚城市圣

The Four Cities
Dongshui Guibei 冬水龜北冬水龟北	Khoid Melkhii Chamarkhai ᠬᠣᠶᠢᠳ ᠮᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢᠴᠢᠮᠠᠷᠬᠠᠢ	Gyeoul Mul Geobuk Bukjjok 겨울 물 거북 북쪽	Toki to Mizugame no Hokubu 冬季と水亀の北部	Mùa đông Nước Rùa Bắc 务冬渃𧒍北
Dongshui Guibei is the northern city of the order and serves as the base for the Temple of the Black Turtle. Dongshui Guibei is situated on the southwest shore of Daimao Bay (玳瑁灣/Daimao Wan) in central Pianpilu, the northern subcontinent of Marlakcor. It shares borders solely with Tianchao to the southwest. Of the four cities, Dongsui Guibei is the largest, both by land area and population.

Chunmu Longdong 春木龍東春木龙東	Dornyn Luu Chamarkhai ᠳᠣᠷᠣᠨ᠎ᠠ ᠶᠢᠨᠯᠤᠤ ᠴᠢᠮᠠᠷᠬᠠᠢ	Bom Mokjae Yong Dongjjok 봄 목재 용 동쪽	Shunki to Kiryu no Tomen 春季と木竜の東面	Mùa xuân Gỗ Rồng Đông 务春楛龍東
Chunmu Longdong is the eastern city of the order and serves as the base for the Temple of the Azure Dragon. Chunmu Longdong is situated mainly on the Shengzhe peninsula (聖者半島/圣者半岛) of Qiulu Island on the west side the Bay of Xiaolong. It shares land borders with Tianchao to the northwest and maritime borders with Miaogui to the southeast.

Xiahuo Niaonan 夏火鳥南夏火鸟南	Ömnöd Bürged Chamarkhai ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠲᠦ ᠪᠦᠷᠭᠦᠳᠴᠢᠮᠠᠷᠬᠠᠢ	Yeoleum Bul Sae Namjjok 여름 불 새 남쪽	Kaki to Hidori no Nanpo 夏季と火鳥の南方	Mùa hè Lửa Chim Nam 务夏焒𪀄南
Xiahuo Niaonan is the southern city of the order and serves as the base for the Temple of the Vermilion Bird. Xiahuo Niaonan is situated on the western shore of the Jingling Sea. It shares borders solely with Đế Quốc Mưa to the west.

Qiujin Huxi 秋金虎西	Örnödiin Bar Chamarkhai ᠥᠷᠥᠨᠡᠲᠦ ᠶᠢᠨᠪᠠᠷᠰ ᠴᠢᠮᠠᠷᠬᠠᠢ	Ga-eul Geum Beom Seojjok 가을 금 범 서쪽	Shuki to Kanetora no Seiyo 秋季と金虎の西洋	Mùa thu Kim loại Hổ Tây 务秋金類虎西
Qiujin Huxi is the western city of the order and serves as the base for the Temple of the White Tiger. Qiujin Huxi is situated on the Washi Peninsula of Guangdai, the northern lands of Xinshijie, the western subcontinent. It shares land borders solely with the Morokoshi Provinces of Yamatai to the west, and shares maritime borders soely with Goryeo to the north.

Empire of Tianchao

The Empire of Tianchao (天朝) is the dominant and largest state of Marlakcor.

Tianchao has been known by many names since before and throughout its existence. It is often known locally by whichever dynasty is currently ruling it, while it is known as the name for the country prevalent for foreigners from Geminos (Soligaia and Aquilonis) is Cathay, at least for diplomatic purposes. Other names for the empire include Wanbang (完邦) and Wanyu (完宇), both used in reference for the dominant ethnic group, Wan. The name "Tianchao" dates back the the Ying dynasty, meant to illustrate the achievement of the Mandate of Heaven (天命/Tianming) and rulership of Tianxia (the whole world, or all under heaven, in ancient Wan perception), but the name did not enter common use for over two thousand years. It was used somewhat sparingly during the Mei, Qiang, Yue and Jing dynasties, but it wasn't until the mid-Zhai dynasty that the name was adopted by law as the official legal name of the empire.

It occupies much of the continent, controlling northern and western Huaxia (the central subcontinent), most of Guangdai (the northern lands of Xinshijie, the western subcontinent), and two thirds of Pianpilu (the northern continent). In the Zanghuan Provinces, the capital regions, it borders Dongbalian to the south, and shares borders with the Wanzu-Incolo Miaogui Republic on Shengfen Island and on the eastern peninsula of Qiulu (虯陸) Island. It also shares borders with Baoshi in the northeastern corner of the latter island. East of Qiulu, Tianchao chares borders with Tibet.

Via the Jingling Peninsula, it borders Gaoliang to the south, and on the western continent, the Xifang Regions, it borders Raimei to the south and Yamato-Morokoshi to the west.

On Pianpilu, it borders Bogino to the west and Gergazar, whom still resists Tianzu expansion with all its might, to the east. These lands were hotly contested between Tianchao and other powers for many centuries. First it was contested by the Boginotan Khanate and the Tukhii Khanate, but they still refer to themselves by their mother term in their mother language and in conversation with their cousins, the Arslan) before Tiancho finally conquered most of it during the Kai dynasty. It was again contested territory during the Twenty Kingdoms and Western, Central & Northern Dynasties periods before reconsolidation under the Zan dynasty restored order. Some time after Tianchao broke up again during the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period, the recently-united Gergazartan Khaganate took advantage of the chaos to conquer Pianpilu and most of Tianchao. Following the Fragmentation of the Gergazartan Khaganate, the central lands were controlled by the Shuang dynasty for several centuries until they were reconquered by the Lei dynasty. Tianchao still rules the lands to this day.

In the northwest it shares maritime and land borders with the empire of Goryeo, from whom it conquered most of the western continent.

Tianchao also shares borders with two of the four island city-states: In the north, on the southwest shore of Daimao Bay, Tianchao shares maritime borders with the Holy City of Dongshui Guibei. To the east, on the Shengzhe peninsula (聖者半島) of Qiulu Island on the west side the Bay of Xiaolong, via what territories Tianchao still controls after the wars with Solaria, Tianchao shares borders with the Holy City of Chunmu Longdong.

In northern Pianpilu, Tianchao also borders the city of Shangri-la, making it an enclave, which is nestled in a tropical jungle valley surrounded by an impassible mountain range. The mountains around the valley are frigid and snow-covered almost year-round, but the valley is kept warm by geothermal activity. Becuase Tianchao can't get to it, as the only way into the city is via hidden caves that only the people of Shangri-la know the location of, the empire leaves it alone. At one point Tianchao territorially surrounded it, but various conflicts resulted in the loss of the lands north of the city.

Tianchao was at one point the suzerain of Bogino, forcing them to surrender base sovereignty in the face of the ferocity of the Tianzu Imperial Army & Navy and threats of invasion. But the independence of the former Shuang dynasty allowed them to break off from the yoke of Tianchao and reclaim some of their lost territory. At one point Tianchao held the now-defunct Daludao Kingdom (大陸島王國) as a suzerainty as well, but it was conquered and renamed Serica by Solaria. Said territories have since declared independence as the Republic of Miaogui.

Tianchao spared the Holy Cities from conquest or vassalization, as not even the huangdi of the time dared to threaten or desecrate the sanctity of such holy places. All this is a result of the Tianzu Wars of Conquest (a collective term for the many wars of expansion Tianchao has fought throughout its history.).

On the western border with Yamato-Morokoshi stands the Great Wall of Guangdai. This massive fortification of 25m-high stone walls, fortresses, and castles, which runs along the entire length of the Morokoshi-Tianchao border. This wall far surpasses Dongbalian's Mulan's Wall, which was built for similar reasons against Solaria.

Running through the middle of Zanghuan is the Qingjiang (清江/Green River) river. The Qingjiang is a life-giving river that gets its name from the green hue of the water. The Qingjiang river valley (青江河谷/Qingjiang Hegu), traditionally called Gaoyu (皋峪), is the traditional homeland of the Gao, the dominant ethnic group of the Wan peoples. It is along this river that most early Wan civilization was formed and has served Tianchao culturally, politically, and militarily since time immemorial. The river runs from northeastern Zanghuan and down the center of the land before splitting into two pathways and emptying into the oceans in two different places,

History

The empire is currently under the rule of the Cui dynasty, run by the Sun clan, which took power in 4903TJH after supplanting the collapsing dwarf-ruled Lei dynasty and reconquering the state of Dongji, a northern Shengwai secessionist kingdom. Cui is the latest of many dynasties that have ruled all or part of Tianchao.

An unnatural creation with thousands of years of reliable history, what became Tianchao was originally a collection of quarreling wangguo (王國/kingdoms) in what is now the Zanghuan Provinces thousands of years ago. There were eleven major states and several minor states under vassal hegemony of a few of the major ones.

Modern scholars agree that the events that led to the founding of the modern empire began following the collapse of what is known to history as the Mei dynasty into the various states at the end of an era historians call the Predynastic Era. The previous recorded dynasties prior to Mei were, in practice, just fragile hegemonic alliances under the lordship of a stronger state. The Mei dynasty, a kingdom of magic ruled by magicians, was the first kingdom to exercise centralized authority over the rest of the kingdoms, and lasted longer than any dynasty in Tianzu history. After its initial founding, Mei held supreme authority over the other kingdoms; however, during the second half of its reign, the Mei dynasty lost control over its subjects as the first experiments and attempts at federalization were poorly executed and cost the wang (king) and his court their authority. This time is an era termed the Summer & Winter period (夏季和冬季). This attempt at federalization involved redrawing the internal borders and establishing states and elevating the statuses of the vassal wangs as rulers of them, granting them more governing authority to levy their own taxes, keep troops, and make their own individual laws. But this had the unintended side-effect of reducing their obligation to their liege and invoking disputes, territorial and personal. The loss of influence cost the central authorities their control over the newly formed constituent kingdoms, erupting a period of civil war.

While the Mei dynasty didn't actually collapse until near the end of the ensuing period of civil war, the instability triggered the beginning of an era of near constant warfare for survival and supremacy, shifting alliances, and brief periods of peace between conflicts; ending the Summer & Winter period and beginning a period of chaos and civil war known to history as the Warring States period. Even before then the rulers of the territories were going to war with one another for one reason or another, but it wasn't until the aftermath of an event known as the Heita Shijian (黑塔事件/Black Tower Incident), that all the states, having stewed in fierce rivalries for decades, declared war on each other in a bid for dominance over the realm, beginning the Warring States period.

About a hundred years later, a warlord known to history as Jian Zheng (劍政): styled Zhugong (主公), a general from what was then Kingdom of Qiang and an alleged descendant of Xiangrikui Gongchen, usurped control of the kingdom in a military coup d'état, overthrowing the inept and complacent wang and the Zhi family, becoming wang himself. Jian Zheng then led his followers to conquer or politically assimilate all of Qiang's rivals, thus founding the first imperial dynasty of newly-formed Empire of Tianchao, under the rule of the Qiang dynasty with himself as the first Huangdi (皇帝/Emperor). His posthumous name was Chuangjian (創見) and his temple name is Kaiguo (開國). He is more commonly known by his posthumous name, but is also known in history as Qiang Shou Di (薔首帝). His conquests ended the Warring States period and the Prydynastic Era in one stroke and began the Classical stage of the Imperial Era.

While the name "Tianchao" was used as the official name for the empire of the time, with the end of the Qiang dynasty, the name fell out of use. The name "Tianchao" was adopted as the official name of the empire during the Zhai dynasty.

The early imperial dynasties up to the mid-Bei dynasty, only ruled areas of the modern-day Zanghuan Provinces. From the mid-Bei dynasty onward began expanding Tianchao beyond its cradle of civilization. In the subsequent collective Tianzu Wars of Conquest, Tianchao expanded in every direction and grew into one of the largest and wealthiest empires on Qirsyllviar. ^{(It is outclassed only by Yamatai in the latter aspect)}

The empire has a chaotic history of various pretender dynasties, breakaway states, or usurpations by rebellion or coup d'état, and many other types of crises besides. For example, the Cuan dynasty, the first dynasty of the Predynastic Era (前王朝紀元), prior-founding Tianchao, collapsed and was usurped by the Zao dynasty, which began the cycle for a successive change of dynasties.

The reason for the constant changes of dynasties and wars is all in part due to a dynastic cycle influenced by a religiopolitical concept known as the Mandate of Heaven (天命/Tianming), a philosophical concept of the circumstances under which a ruler is allowed to rule ^{(see the two links to the Wikipedia articles for the full explanation on both concepts)}. The concept dates back to the Ying dynasty.

While most dynasty's came to power by overthrowing the preceeding dynasty, not all of the dynasties came to power by violence: sometimes power was peacefully handed over to a new dynasty when the previous dynasty's final huangdi abdicated in favor of a favored person or named such a person as his sole heir; though they were soemtimes tricked, pressured, or forced into doing do. This avoided a power vacuum in most cases, but such dynasty's often didn't have a smooth transition and faced rebllions soon after. Either way civil wars were still a common occurrence, especially so if the nearest relatives of the last huangdi of the dynasty (such as a brother, nephew, cousin or a son of a concubine) made claims to the throne.

Founders of several dynasties were descendants of great heroes from Tianzu history and/or folklore; i.e, the founders of five different dynasties were allegedly descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first Abjaksan of Marlakcor.

Alongside the successive change of dynasties, Tianchao has also fractured into separate independent states and rival dynasties as a result of wars of succession, rebellions for independence, or other crises many times in the past.

Main article: Chaotic Periods of Tianchao

Tianchao's territorial control of Guangdai never reached all the way across the continent to the western sea; its armies stretched too thin by that time, it stopped its conquests roughly eight-hundred miles from the westernmost coast of the continent. Instead, it vassalized the native kingdoms to use as buffer states.

A few hundred years before present day (throughout the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign), Tianchao lost its western vassals and control of its westernmost territories to Genjin conquerors during the Yamato Invasions of Marlakcor (4431 – 4533TJH/2293 – 2395TR/4010 – 4112PCZ), which the Empire of Yamatai of Fuso – then under the rule of the Goku Bakufu – initiated to expand Yamtao rule. In the wake of the Third Yamato–Tianzu War (4521 – 4533TJH/2383 – 2395TR/4100 – 4112PCZ) – which Yamatai declared in hopes of taking advantage of the anarchy and aftermath of the Hang–Tun War – following a peace treaty with the Tun dynasty (which fully usurped the Hang dynasty in 4523TJH following a 14-year civil war), the Great Wall of Guangdai was constructed to prevent any further expansion eastward by the Yamato into the western continent. The wall took nearly a century to build (and the rulership of Tianchao passed from the Tun dynasty to the Geng dynasty during that time, in part becuase the project was so economically costly that it contributed to the already weak and strained Tun dynasty's collapse), and it has so far fulfilled that purpose, save for very brief occupations of various fortresses at various periods during several wars throughout its history.

The last major war between Yamatai and Tianchao was fought from 4716 – 4728TJH (2578 – 2590TR/4295 – 4307PCZ), during the dwarf-ruled Lei dynasty. Tianchao initiated the war by the opening of several gates along the Great Wall in an attempted invasion Morokoshi, managing to conquer a hold a sizeable chunk of Yamato-held territory for more than a decade. Tianchao even managed to bring the war to the streets of Gekyo (外京), the unofficial yet de facto capital of Morokoshi, until the tide turned and they were kicked out of the west side of the Great Wall in the last year of the conflict. Said war was also the first and last time since the Arslan Invasions of Fuso that Tianchao attempted an invasion of Fuso, a maneuver meant to divide Yamato attentions. Tianchao managed to land on southern Suisho, but never made it farther than the walls of the city of Kato (華都), the seat of power of the Arslan-originating Hanasaku clan. Defeated without breaching the walls, the Tianzu army was expelled from Fuso for the third time in Yamato-Tianzu history. There have been several wars since, but nothing on that scale.

Tianchao also lost the former Daludao Kingdom as a suzerainty, along with some of its southeastern territories, when the Solarii Empire invaded and conquered Daludao, renaming it Serica. Tianchao later helped the territories throw off Solarii rule when they declared independence as the Republic of Miaogui, albeit not for altruistic reasons.

Despite these flaws and a recent decline in power, it maintains its status as Marlakcor's dominant empire, a title rivaled by both Dongbalian and Yamatai.

List of Dynasties

Dynasties of Tianzu history before and during the imperial period – which
scholars and historians traditionally divide into the Classical, Medieval, and Modern periods –
along with the periods of disunity mentioned above, are included in the list below.
	Dynasty					Period of Rule		Founder	Final ruler
	Name	Origin of name	Ruling House			Period of Rule
	Name	Origin of name	Surname	Race	Ethnicity	Years	Term
Semi-Legendary Era
	Lang 狼	Tribe name	Lang 狼	Human	???	???? – 1371TJQ	???
	Tong 通	Tribe name	Shang 上	???	???	???? – 1371TJQ	???
	Cong 葱	Tribe name	Cai 菜	???	???	???? – 1371TJQ	???
	Chi 遲	Tribe name	Hong 紅	???	???	???? – 1371TJQ	???
Predynastic Era 前王朝紀元 Qian Wangchao Jiyuan
	Wan 完	"All"	Lang, later Su 狼, → 素	Human	Gao	1371 – 1286TJQ	85yrs	Qiu Zun 狼尊酋	Qiu Jin 集金酋
	Zao 燥	Tribe name	Fu 富	Human	Gao	1286 – 953TJQ	333yrs	Qiuwang Shixin 燥獅心酋王
	Gao 皋	Toponym	Chajing 茶晶	Human	Gao	954 – 713TJQ	241yrs	Wang Cuiruo 皋脆弱王
	Mei 魅	"Magic"	Xi 覡	Human	Gao	733 – 11TJQ	722yrs	Wupi Shanmei 魅善媚巫辟	Wupi Fenghuang 魅鳳凰巫辟
	Warring States 戰國	See the table above for involved powers.				101TJQ – 0TJH	101yrs
Classical Imperial Era 古典英制紀元 Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan
	Qiang 薔	Tribe Name & Noble title	Jian 劍	Human	Gao	0 – 100TJH	100yrs	Huangdi Chuangjian 薔創見皇帝	Huangdi Chuantong 薔傳統皇帝
	Fan 飯	Toponym & Noble title	Kan 看	Human	Gao	103 – 141TJH	38yrs	Huangdi Cui of Fan 飯粹皇帝
	Chang 昌	Toponym & Noble title	Fa 發	Human	Gao	138 – 346TJH	208yrs	Huangdi Haohan 昌好漢皇帝
	Can 燦	Noble title	Fa 發	Human	Gao	296 – 302TJH	6yrs	Fa Tao 發陶
	Hua 畫	Toponym & Noble title	Ding 頂	Faun		346 – 428TJH	82yrs
	Yue 悅	Toponym	Qingse 青色	Human	Gao	427 – 727TJH	300yrs	Huangdi Kongyo 悅控唷皇帝	Huangdi Jiaoyong 悅教涌皇帝
	Bei 悲	Noble title	Fan 繁	Human	Gao	715 – 1032TJH	317yrs	Huangdi Tanlan 悲貪婪皇帝	Huangdi Zhuping 悲主平皇帝
	Shu 樹	Toponym & Noble title	Shan 善	Gargoyle		1032 – 1119TJH	87yrs	Huangdi Xinjing 樹心經皇帝	Huangdi Xinruan 樹心軟皇帝
	Zhai 斎	Toponym & Noble title	Wei 薇	Human	Gao	1120 – 1539TJH	419yrs	Huangdi Tongyi 斎統一皇帝	Huangdi Ang 斎昂皇帝
	Fei 匪	"Bandit"	Lin 霖	Human	Gao	1519 – 1524TJH	5yrs	Huangdi Liang 匪亮皇帝
	Huang 黃	From Huang kingdom	Xin 信	Human	Gao	1530 – 1532TJH	1yr, 6mo	Huangdi Jiuzhu 黃救主皇帝
	Dian 靛	Toponym	San 傘	Human	Senzai	1535 – 1537TJH	2yrs	Huangdi Jingling 靛精靈皇帝
	Four Kingdoms 四國					1539 – 1589TJH	50yrs
	Gan 感	Noble title	Kong 孔	Human	Gao	1539 – 1581TJH	42yrs	Huangdi Gengxin 感更新皇帝	Kong Jiong 孔炯
	Yong Zhai 永斎	From Zhai dynasty	Wei 薇	Human	Gao	1539 – 1574TJH	35yrs	Huangdi Qianbei 永斎謙卑皇帝	Huangdi Heshan 永斎和善皇帝
	Lu 露	Noble title	Xue 學	Faun	Gao	1540 – 1588TJH	48yrs	Xue Tai 學鈦	Xue Han 學含
	Zan 攢	Noble title	Chan 缠	Human	Gao	1546 – 1589TJH	43yrs	Huangdi Jinyue 攢勁樂皇帝	Huangdi Haolong 攢好龍皇帝
	Xuan 軒	Noble title	Shenji 身幾	Human	Gao	1587 – 1742TJH	155yrs	Huangdi Shanyu 軒善于皇帝
	Lai 騋	Noble title	Sa 薩	Centaur	Gao	1746 – 1766TJH	20yrs	Huangdi Mashu 騋馬術皇帝
	Hun 昏	Noble title	Huang 衁	Vampire (Chunzheng)	Gao	1763 – 2289TJH	526yrs	Huangxun Qishi 昏騎士皇曛	Huangxun Lucao 昏綠草皇曛
	Jian 鍵	Noble title	Tang 瑭	Human	Gao	1941 – 1997TJH	56yrs
	Zhao 照	Toponym & Noble title	Yan 眼	Vampire (Chenzou)	Gao	1944 – 1991TJH	47yrs	Yan Tang 眼糖
Medieval Imperial Era 中世紀英制紀元 Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan
	Kai 愷	Noble title	Tai 泰	Human	Gao	2288 – 2734TJH	446yrs	Huangdi Wan 愷玩皇帝	Huangdi Dang 愷黨皇帝
	Twenty Kingdoms 二十王國					2594 – 2734TJH	140yrs
	Jiong 炯		Tian 田	Human	Gao
	Tie 鐵		Xiaoyu 小雨	Human	Gao


















	Western Dynasties 西朝					2736 – 2934TJH	198yrs
	Sai 塞 새	Noble title	Long 롱	Human	Sinjok	2736 – 2816TJH	80yrs
	Northern Sai 北塞 북새	Sai dynasty	Aeng 앵	Human	Sinjok	2816 – 2872TJH	56yrs
	Southern Sai 南塞 남새	Sai dynasty	Baek 백	Human	Sinjok	2815 – 2900TJH	85yrs
	Rao 饒	Toponym	Shu 書	Human	Enhuai	2872 – 2911TJH	39yrs
	Chao 炒	Noble title	Wan 萬	Human	Enhuai	2911 – 2930TJH	19yrs
	Fang 枋	Noble title	Yao 葯	Human	Enhuai	2900 – 2935TJH	35yrs
	Central Dynasties 中朝					2734 – 2938TJH	204yrs
	Tan 探	Toponym	Mingliu 名流	Human	Gao	2734 – 2790TJH	56yrs
	Western Tan 西探	Tan dynasty	Mingliu 名流	Human	Gao	2790 – 2912TJH	122yrs
	Eastern Tan 東探	Tan dynasty	Mingliu 名流	Human	Gao	2790 – 2920TJH	130yrs
	Ling 令	Noble title	Ruan 軟	Human	Gao	2920 – 2930TJH	10yrs
	Kang 康	Noble title	Gua 刮	Human	Tonglu	2912 – 2938TJH	26yrs
	Northern Dynasties 北朝					2735 – 2940TJH	205yrs
	Yutian 雨天	Toponym	Senlin 森林	Human	Tukhii	2735 – 2809TJH	74yrs
	Boroo ᠪᠣᠷᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ	Toponym	Oin ᠣᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ	Human	Tukhii	2735 – 2809TJH	74yrs
	Xiatian 夏天	Noble title	Zao 燥	Human	Tukhii	2809 – 2905TJH	96yrs
	Zuny ᠵᠤᠨ ᠤ	Noble title	Khuurai ᠬᠠᠭᠤᠷᠠᠢ	Human	Tukhii	2809 – 2905TJH	96yrs
	Jiu 酒	Noble title	Gongtang 貢糖	Human	Senzai	2809 – 2864TJH	55yrs
	Dan 蛋	Toponym	Zhugan 主幹	Human	Senzai	2864 – 2904TJH	40yrs
	Qingwa 青挖	Noble title	Hexie 和諧	Human	Tukhii	2905 – 2940TJH	35yrs
	Maltakh ᠮᠠᠯᠲᠤᠬᠤ	Noble title	Taaramj ᠲᠠᠭᠠᠷᠠᠮᠵᠢ	Human	Tukhii	2905 – 2940TJH	35yrs
	Zan 簪	Toponym	Yang 杨	Human	Tonglu	2938 – 2986TJH	48yrs	Huangdi Zhaoze 簪沼澤皇帝	Huangdi Caoze 簪草澤皇帝
	Qiu 虯	Toponym	Xunyicao 薰衣草	Human	Xiyi	2976 – 3165TJH	189yrs	Longdi Pachong 虯爬蟲龍帝	Wuming Fenghuang 無名瘋皇
	Jia 麚	Noble title	Pang 滂	Human	Gao	3164 – 3191TJH	27yrs	Huangdi Zui 麚醉皇帝	Huangdi Xiong 麚熊皇帝
	Pian 楩	Noble title	Sui 虽	Centaur	Gao	3181 – 3188TJH	7yrs	Sui Han 虽韩
	Nian 年	Noble title	Ren 稔	Vampire (Chenzou)	Gao	3181 – 3192TJH	11yrs	Ren Jizhi 稔機智
	San 傘	Noble title	Na 拿	Human	Gao	3181 – 3196TJH	15yrs	Na Bin 拿斌	Na Ao 拿澳
	Gun 磙	Noble title	Song 松	Human	Gao	3189 – 3284TJH	105yrs	Huangdi Chunzhen 磙純真皇帝	Huangdi Tanpan 磙談判皇帝
	Jing 晶	Toponym	Yuan 苑	Human	Gao	3277 – 3939TJH	662yrs	Niangdi Cuilu 晶翠綠娘帝	Niangdi Chuai 晶踹娘帝
	Jun 菌	Noble title	Luo 蓏	Human	Gao	3939 – 4020TJH	81yrs	Huangdi Ganju 菌柑橘皇帝	Huangdi Yangguo 菌蘋果皇帝
	Seven Dynasties 七朝					3980 – 4076TJH	96yrs
	Yin 胤			Human	Gao
	An 暗		Jiu 鷲	Human
	Qu 曲			Human	Gao
	Tai 泰			Human	Gao
	Gui 姽			Human	Tonglu
	Geng 耿			Human	Gao			Huangdi Cheng 耿誠皇帝
	Man 滿			Human	Gao	[…] – 4076TJH
	Twelve Kingdoms 十二國記					4020 – 4121TJH	101yrs
	Hang 航	Noble title	Sikong 司空	Human	Gao
	Sang 桑	Noble title	Yuma 域馬	Human	Fujian
	Zhang Chi 張遲	From Chi dynasty	Zhang 張	Human	Gao		30yrs
				Human	Shengwai
				Human	Shengwai
				Human	Sinjok
	Tao 陶		Kaiselin 凱瑟琳	Human	Xiyi
	Zhaoze 招擇		Sou 藪	Human	Tonglu
	Wen 雯		Meng 孟	Human	Senzai
	Mian 眠		Die 蝶	Human	Gao
				Human	Human
Modern Imperial Era 現代英制紀元 Xiandai Yingzhi Jiyuan
	Lin 霖 ᠯᠢᠨ	Noble title	Altanzul 阿壇族勒ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠽᠤᠯ	Human	Arslan	4076 – 4430TJH	354yrs	Huangdi Diqi Zuichu 第七最初皇帝	Huangdi Yanjiuyuan 研究員皇帝
	Lin 霖 ᠯᠢᠨ	Noble title	Altanzul 阿壇族勒ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠽᠤᠯ	Human	Arslan	4076 – 4430TJH	354yrs	Möngtai Khagan 門泰卡幹ᠮᠥᠩᠲᠠᠢ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ	Oyuutan Khagan 大嶼山卡幹ᠣᠶᠤᠤᠲᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ
	Gwan 관 館	Toponym & Noble title	Chang 창 倉	Human	Sinjok	4174 – 4295TJH	121yrs
	Pan 磐	Noble title	Molihua 茉莉花	Human	Xiyi	4174 – 4283TJH	109yrs
	Shuang 雙	"Twin"	Hanleng 寒冷	Human	Shengwai	4174 – 4642TJH	468yrs	Zongdi Chiyi 雙熾翼棕帝
	Shuang 雙	"Twin"	Hanleng 寒冷	Human	Shengwai	4174 – 4642TJH	468yrs	Chengdi Donggu 雙凍骨橙帝
	Hang 航	Noble title	Qiao 俏	Human	Gao	4428 – 4523TJH	95yrs	Huangdi Zhanshi 航戰時皇帝
	Tun 吞	Noble title	Shicheju 矢車菊	Human	Xiyi	4509 – 4576TJH	67yrs
	Lei 雷	Toponym & Noble title	Kuangshi 礦石	Dwarf	Gao	4576 – 4902TJH	326yrs	Huangdi Geng 雷耿皇帝
	Nao 嫐	Toponym	Jiao 交	Faun	Gao	4776 – 4802TJH	26yrs
	Dongji 冬季	Toponym	Jixue 積雪	Human	Shengwai	4880 – 4906TJH	26yrs
	Cui 翠	Toponym & Noble title	Sun 笋	Human	Gao	4903TJH – Incum	60+yrs	Huangdi Shiwu 翠飾物皇帝
Key:
Unity periods are in a normal row. A dark gray highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty. Gold in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures. Division/civil war periods are Italics and highlighted silver. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period. Dark Red in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Four Kingdoms." Green in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twenty Kingdoms." Purple in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Western dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties." Blue in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Central dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties." Orange in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Northern dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties." Magenta in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Seven Dynasties" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms." Cyan in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twelve Kingdoms" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms." Dark Green in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao folowing the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.
Notes:
Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history. The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty. The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty. The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples. The "Predynastic Era" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era. The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alledged descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first abjaksan of Marlakcor. The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one. The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan repectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule. Aside for the preimperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties. The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally. It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years. The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human. Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty, Some unity dynasties were established a few years before the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war. One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on. Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time after the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count. The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period were never recovered and were eventually suceeded by modern Dongbalian. The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to conquer Tianchao. The Lin dyasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty. The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty. Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather thana simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan. Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had two co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木). Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced. On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin. And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime ecomonic collapase, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523TJH following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the Hang–Tun War, after less than a century on the throne. That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian. On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the Hang–Tun War and the Third Yamato–Tianzu War left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the Great Wall of Guangdai, for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a centuy in power. The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.

The Semi-Legendary dynasties
Wan dynasty
Zao dynasty
Gao dynasty
Mei dynasty
The Warring States period
Qiang dynasty
Fan dynasty
The Fan–Chang Contention
Chang dynasty before Chang-Can schism.
Imperial Schism of the Chang dynasty
Chang dynasty at its zenith.
Hua dynasty
Yue dynasty
Bei dynasty
Shu dynasty
Zhai dynasty
The Four Kingdoms period
Xuan dynasty
Lai dynasty
Hun dynasty, before the Crisis of the 20th Century.
Crisis of the 20th Century
Hun dynasty at its zenith.
Kai dynasty

Government & Politics

See also: List of Rulers of Tianchao

Tianchao is an imperial hereditary monarchy ruled by a Huangdi (皇帝/Emperor). Female rulers also used the title. The heir apparent is titled Taizi (太子/Crown Prince). In the instance of a female ruler, the titles do not usually change; the exception being the rulers of the women-ruled Jing dynasty, whom used the title Niangdi (娘帝). The only title that does change is the title of the female hunagdi's spouse: husbands of female huangdi and rulers of the Jing dynasty and are titled Yufuma (御駙馬/Imperial Prince Consort).

Rulers of Arslan-ruled division era states and rulers of the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty were titled Khagan (卡幹/ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ) as well as huangdi. This was discontinued from the Hang dynasty onward with the return of Wan rule.

Important female titles include the Huanghou (皇後/Empress), the legal wife of the huangdi, and the Huang-Taihou (皇太後/Empress Dowager), the title of the widow of the prior huangdi and mother of the current one. Both women control the Huogong (后宮/Imperial Harem) and can exercise a great degree on the politics of Tianchao, mainly through the huangdi, if given the chance. Both control the Huogong, yet the huang-taihou generally has more power over it than the huanghou. The title of huanghou is generally discarded in the event of a female ruler, during which the standard title of hunagdi is used.

Aside for the Taizi, sons and daughters of the huangdi, as well as brothers and sisters, are referred to as Wangzi (王子/Prince) and Wangfei (王妃/Princess) respectively. All other relatives, such as nephews, nieces & cousins, are titled Gongjue (公爵/Prince, Duke) and Gongzhu (公主/Princess) respectively. Husbands of wangfei and gongzhu are titled Fuma (駙馬).

Gong (公/Duke) and Gongnu (公女/Duchess) are titles of the highest-tier noblemen unrelated to the hunagdi. Often these are just prestigious titles with power limited to command troops, but they can also given power to autonomously administer the territories they're granted, either from the seat of the territory or the imperial capital; but this is not without risk of the empowered person from becoming a threat to the central government. Holders of such titles may also be enfeoffed to the rank of Wang (王/King).

Succession of the huangdi is generally straightforward. The heir to the throne, the taizi, is generally appointed by either favoritism or by merit. Often it is the eldest son of the huangdi is appointed the taizi, whether they are from the huanghou or a concubine, yet this is not automatically so; a daughter can be chosen as well. If the huangdi feels that his eldest is not up to the task or simply favors someone else, a younger son or daughter, a nephew, niece, brother, sister or cousin can be appointed taizi instead. Generally, while there is only one huanghou at a time, the huangdi's harem of many dozens of concubines, if any in the first place, often result in there being any number of children to choose from.

Yet, if the huangdi dies before or without appointing a successor, the huang-taihou generally has the sole right to appoint one of the late huangdi's surviving sons or relatives to the position. Most often the successor chosen in this fashion is a minor, thus the huang-taihou serves as regent over the government. Other times, responsibility for appointing a new ruler from among the deceased huangdi's relatives falls to the government, generally the liugexia. Sometimes the huangdi will not announce an heir during their reign, instead writing it down and keeping it secret for it to be discovered upon his death. However, it's not uncommon for the deceased hunagdi's wishes to be disregarded or unannounced, leaving a vacuum to be filled one way or another.

The event a new huangdi can not be appointed in a timely fashion, the late-huangdi's various relatives generally tend make claims to the throne, resulting in a heated – and often deadly – strife to fill the power vacuum and even wars of succession in the extreme cases. These power-struggles often start smoldering even before the huangdi dies, and tend to shape the future of the dynasty for generations afterwards.

Sometimes the huangdi is succeeded without dying. Sometimes the huangdi will abdicate without ending the dynasty; in other words, retire. Huangdi who abdicate to retirement are titled Taishang Huangdi (太上皇帝/Retired Emperor). However, while most huangdi who do retire go into quiet retirement for the rest of their days, the huangdi sometimes doesn't always give up actual power despite retiring; sometimes they will act as the power behind the throne through his official successor.

As a religious leader, the huangdi also bears the title of Tianzi (天子/Son of Heaven); Tianfei (天妃/Daughter of Heaven) in the case of female rulers. While anyone can found a dynasty and claim the imperial title, the title of tianzi is only conferred upon by the high priests to the true ruler of the realm; i.e. the one who is believed to have the grace of the gods and been granted the Mandate of Heaven, usually the ones who rule a unified dynasty or succeed in reunifying the empire and ending a period of disunity. The title is hereditarily passed on until it is believed that the dynasty has lost the Mandate, only bestowed upon again to the one it is believed has attained the Mandate of Heaven.

Incumbent and abdicated huangdi are referred to by their courtesy name while living; after death, huangdi are also bestowed with a posthumous name and a temple name.

Posthumous names can mean anything, and usually illustrate the huangdi or his reign in some way or follow a particular naming scheme associated with previous rulers. Temple names are similar but are a selection of names chosen with more care. Even ancestors of dynasty founders, especially those who laid the foundation for the dynasty's founding, are sometimes posthumously promoted to huangdi and honored with temple names by their descendants, even if they did not rule as huangdi, or even claim the imperial title, in their lifetime.

Not all huangdi were given either name after death; in fact, there were many instances throughout Tianzu history where the practice of giving either one or both names were abandoned altogether until it was revived later, in particular during disunity periods. There were other reasons for not bestowing either to an huangdi, including the belief that a particular ruler was not worthy of one.

Well known/used temple names include:
Name	Notes
Temple names of dynasty founders or huagndi of a new line within an existing one are suffixed with either "jian (建/founder)" or "zu (祖/ancestor)," with a couple rare exceptions. All other temple names are suffixed with "pi (辟/monarch)," with a few rare exceptions.
Dynasty Founder names
Bianjian 變建 Rebellion Founder	Typically used for dynasty founders who came to power by revolt and/or civil war.
Dazu 大祖 Great Ancestor	Can also be used for ancestors who laid the foundation for a dynasty's founding, even if they did not rule themselves.
Kaiguo 開國 Founder of a country	More rare than others, as it it typically used to refer to Jian Zheng, the founder of the Qiang dynasty and the first huangdi of Tianchao.
Kaijian 凱建 Triumphant Founder	Used for dynastic founders who created their dynasty by conquest. Examples: the Zan dynasty, the Qiu dynasty, and the Lin dynasty
Xinjian 新建 New Founder	The more commonly generic temple names for founders or huangdi of a new line within an existing dynasty.
Xinzu 新祖 New Ancestor
Yaozu 耀祖 Glorious ancestor	Can also be used for ancestors who laid the foundation for a dynasty's founding, even if they did not rule themselves.
Yongzu 永祖 Eternal ancestor	Used for founders deemed worthy of eternal remembrance.
Other names
Fanpi 反辟 Rebel King	Typically used for monarchs who came to power by revolt and/or civil war.
Fuxing 復興 Revival	Honored to sovereigns who revitalized their realm following a period of decline. Can also be used for dynastic founders.
Huaipi 壞辟 Wicked King	Originating from the tyrant Huai Gui (壞貴), it is a rarer temple name typically given to particularly tyrannical rulers.
Jiuxing 救星 Liberator	Typically given to an huangdi who overthrew a tyrannical predecessor. Can also be used for dynasty founders if the overthrown huangdi was the last huangdi of the previous dynasty.
Kaipi 凱辟 Triumphant King	Used for Huangdi who came to power by conquest.
Lieshi 烈士 Martyr	Used for Huangdi were murdered by their successor or unjustly overthrown. Typically bestowed long after death following the death of their successor.
Supi 穌辟 Revival King	Honored to sovereigns who revitalized their realm following a period of decline.
Weipi 偉辟 Great King	One of the more commonly generic temple names.
Junpi 軍辟 Army King	Typically used for huangdi who gave remarkable military achievements or greatly expanded the empire's sovereign territory during his reign.
Xiongpi 雄辟 Mighty King
Yongpi 永辟 Forever King	Used for huangdi deemed worthy of eternal remembrance.
Zhepi 哲辟 Sagacious Monarch	Typically given to huangdi who were known for being very wise or religious.
Zuangli 壯麗 Magnificent	Typically given to huangdi who had a particularly prosperous reign or ushered in a golden age.
Zuihou 最後 Final	Reserved for huangdi who were the last ruler of their dynasty. First used for Huangdi Chuantong, the last Huangdi of the Qiang dynasty.

Beneath the huangdi is the bureaucracy of the Guohui (國會/Congress).

The six senior members of the guohui are referred to as the Liugexia (六閣下/Six Excellencies):
Office	Description & Responsibility
Chengxiang 丞相 Imperial Chancellor	The de jure highest political office beneath the huangdi, the highest of the liugexia. The chengxiang is in charge of presiding over the guohui when it meets. Also leads the armies alongside or on behalf of the huangdi.
Taiwei 太尉 Grand Marshal	Leads the armies, alongside or on behalf of the chengxiang and huangdi.
Taifu 太傅 Grand Tutor	Responsible for maintaining the Imperial Household on behalf, or at the discretion, of the huangdi.
Taibao 太保 Grand Protector	Oversees security of the capital and its residing province. Also the head of the Imperial Guard.
Situ 司徒 Minister of the Masses	In charge of maintaining the government's relations with the general public and between the various regional lords of the empire.
Sikong 司空 Minister of the Works	in charge of maintaining the empire's finances and overseeing government projects—construction of the Great Wall of Guangdai being a notable example.

Beneath the huangdi and the liugexia are the titleless chen (臣/statesmen), whom make up the majority of the officials; there may be as many as five hundred or a few as fifty, depending on the policies and/or events of the time. They participate by suggesting laws and decrees, and even possible courses of action in times of crises; as well as bringing the huangdi and the liugexia up to date on what is going on around the empire, including instances of which may or may not have already reached their attention. Otherwise, they are generally powerless, yet enjoy a substantial government salary. Members are chosen based on scores taken from the Guomin Buji Kaoshi (國民部級考試/National Ministerial Examination), which is held every four years.

Throughout Tianzu history the power of the huangdi and the bureaucracy has constantly fluctuated. Sometimes the huangdi had all the power while the bureaucrats had limited or no power; other times the huangdi and the bureaucrats shared the power, creating a system of checks and balances on each other; and sometimes the power of the huangdi was curtailed, leaving the true power in the hands of the bureaucrats, the chengxiang, a regent or some other person while the huangdi was a ceremonial figurehead.

Armed Forces

Tianchao maintains one of the largest known standing armed forces on Qirsyllviar, but the empire's sheer size, and constant threat of rebellions and foreign incursions in the outer territories furthest from Xiazhou – the capital region – causes it to be spread thin.

Beneath the huangdi, chengxiang and taiwei, Tianchao has five main generals, referred to as the Wuzhi Laohu (五隻老虎/Five Tigers), in charge of the land forces of the Tianzu Imperial Army, and one in charge of the toops along the military zones that line the east side of the Great Wall of Guangdai. Including any number of officers in charge of various detachments spread around their zones, each has at least 700,000+ troops under their command at any given time.

Title	Responsibility
Wuzhi Laohu (五隻老虎/Five Tigers)
Beiyu Siling 北域司令 Commander of the North	Responsible for troops in Pianpilu.
Nanyu Siling 南域司令 Commander of the South	Responisble for troops in the southern regions of Zanghuan and along the borders with Dongbalian and Gaoliang.
Dongyu Siling 東域司令 Commander of the East	Responisble for troops in eastern Zanghuan and seaboard and the border regions of the islands shared with Miaogui.
Xiyu Siling 西域司令 Commander of the West	Responsible for troops in Guangdai.
Zhongxin Siling 中心司令 Commander of the Center	Responisble for troops in central Zanghuan and around the capital.
Other
Wei Qiangbi Siling 偉牆壁司令 Commander of the Great Wall	Responsible for troops stationed in every fort and castle along the entire length Great Wall of Guangdai.

There are also sizeable detachments of naval forces in every body of water controlled by Tianchao.

Political Divisions

Tianchao today is divided into sixteen zhou (provinces). Those are in turn divided into several jun (commanderies), when are further divided into three or four xian (counties).

Provinces and their subdivisions include:
Zhou (州)		Jun (郡)	Xian (縣)	Notes
Name	Capital	Name	Name	Notes
Angzhou 昂州	Gongwu 共舞
Baozhou 宝州
Hanzhou 汗州	Tongtong 統統
Jinzhou 金州	Songqi 送氣
Leizhou 雷州				Leizhou has the most and largest producing mines of all types in the entire empire, producing 60% of the total supply of minable substances.
Mingzhou 名州	Hongqian 弘前
Meizhou 魅州	Guangyi 光邑			The outskirts of the province capital hosts Wushu Xueyuan (巫術學院), the oldest and most prestigious academy of magic in Tianchao.
Qinzhou 琴州
Shuzhou 書州
Songzhou 頌州	Zhengdu 整度
Suizhou 穗州	Shenyun 神韻
Tangzhou 堂州	Hongshan 紅山
Tianzhou 天州
Weizhou 味州
Wuzhou 五州
Xiazhou 轄州	Tangzhai 瑭寨			Xiazhou and its constituent jun and xian are directly administrated by the huangdi and the government.
Yuanzhou 原州	Hangzhai 航窄

Empire of Tibet

The Empire of Tibet, also called "Bod" (བོད་) locally, the the nation of Zlasnyi people. It is an island nation occupying the vast island of the same name in eastern Marlakcor. It shares maritime borders with the Empire of Tianchao to the west and Baoshi to the northwest.

Tibet whole — The whole of Tibet, which is partially cut off on the map above.

Constituent Territories

Yamato Dependencies

Akantai

Akantai (亜寒帯) the collective term for the Ryoiki (regions) and Gun (Provinces) of the Yamato Empire in the archipelagic territory northeast of Yamatai in the northwestern waters of Marlakcor, bounded by the Shinkyu (新旧) Sea to the southwest, the Namako (海鼠) Sea to the south and the Aojiroi (青白い) Sea to the north.

Like the main empire in Fuso, Akantai is divided into several ryoiki ruled by an appointed sotoku pledging fealty to the Tenno of Yamatai, and smaller gun ruled by chiji. Some clans and daimyo are from Fuso, whether by immigration or land grants. Most other daimyo are more local compared to the clans of Fuso, as the majority are descendants of families that cooperated, and even helped, the invading Yamato Imperial Armies during the invasions; many even married into Genjin families, adopted Genjin names customs and traditions, and even their religion, to varying extents.

Though Teikyo in Fuso is the capital of the empire, and therefore Akantai, the city of Kosetsu-to serves as the unofficial capital of Akantai for the locals as the political, cultural, economic and military center of Yamatai's northeastern island provinces.

Morokoshi

Morokoshi (唐土) is the collective term for the Ryoiki (regions) and Gun (Provinces) of the Yamato Empire on Xinshijie (called Higashimoto (東本) by the Genjin), the western subcontinent of Marlakcor, taking up great portions of both Guangdai (Hirotai) and Yuchang (Amehara), and two large islands between them. The Morokoshi land closest to Fuso is a Y-shaped island named Makigaijima (巻貝島), which is also the name of a gun.

Though Teikyo in Fuso is the capital of the empire, and therefore Morokoshi, the city of Gekyo serves as the unofficial capital of Morokoshi for the locals as the political cultural, economic and military center of Yamatai's mainland Marlakese provinces.

The easternmost lands of the empire, Morokoshi borders Tianchao and Raimei to the east, and sharing maritime borders with Goryeo to the north. It was first established as a result of the Yamato Invasions of Marlakcor (4010 – 4100PCZ), which in turn sparked the First Yamato-Tianzu War (4010 – 4019PCZ). Over the course of the conflicts, Yamatai conquered the states referred to as the Xifang Wangguo (西方王國/Western Kingdoms), which included some of Tianchao's vassals, and the much of Tianchao's western territories. The Third Yamato-Tianzu War (4100 – 4112PCZ) ended with Morokoshi's furthest northern and eastward expansion into the westernmost parts of the western continent, and resulted in the construction of the Great Wall of Guangdai by Hauxia, preventing any further expansion. Yamatai instead turned its attentions to the southern lands, and several wars with Đế Quốc Mưa over several generations led to the conquest of the entire southern portion of the western continent.

Some time after, Morokoshi then experienced an insurrection in the southeast by Yamato settlers, led by the Ikazuchi clan, rivals of the Toyotomi clan, which led to the Raimin War for Independence (4235 – 4245PCZ), and the establishment of the separate Empire of Raimei. Morokoshi remain at odds with Tianchao and Raimei, yet has managed to secure a relatively peaceful existence in Marlakcor.

Like the main empire in Fuso, Morokoshi are divided into several ryoiki ruled by an appointed sotoku pledging fealty to the Tenno of Yamatai, and smaller gun ruled by chiji. Some clans and daimyo are from Fuso, whether by immigration or land grants. Other daimyo, particularly the western ones, are more local compared to the clans of Fuso, as the majority are descendants of families that cooperated, and even helped, the invading Yamato Imperial Armies during the Yamato Invasions of Marlakcor; many even married into Genjin families, adopted Genjin names, customs and traditions, and even their religion, to varying extents.

Neutral Territories

Hei'an Zhidi

Hei'an Zhidi (黑暗之地/Darklands) is a tropical jungle island, in the Chidao Sea of southern Marlakcor. The place is reportedly a place of terror, allegedly home to monstrous creatures and carnivorous plant life, and the island is surrounded by a noxious, almost toxic, miasma of unknown origin, preventing any real exploration. What is actually on the island remains a mystery into modern day.

Few have dared to venture there, and fewer have returned alive. Those who did were either too far mentally gone or were in no condition to give any meaningful accounts.

Khünii Gazargüi

Khünii Gazargüi (ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ/No Man's Land) is a neutral island northeast of Gergazar and north of the dwarven Kingdom of Baoshi. It is sepearted from the Arslan mainland to the west by the small island of Tsetseg (ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠭ). The reason the island is neutral is becuase no one can set foot on it without risking being burned by lava. The island is heavily volcanic with many large volcanoes of several types dominating the landscape. Most of them have been erupting on and off constantly since even before the inception of Gergazar, hence why the Khagante has never bothered to claim the island; it's just not worth the risk. While no people or terrestrial animals live there as a result of the constant eruptions, phoenixes have been known to fly in and out of the island's airspace constantly, leading to the belief that the island is a phoenix nesting ground.

Zhonglibozi

Zhonglibozi (中壢脖子/中坜脖子/Middle Neck) is a stretch of neutral land between Dongbalian to the northeast and the high elven empire of Gaoliang to the southwest.

The zone was established as a result of border disputes between Dongbalian and Gaoliang, established by the treaty that ended the Third Gaoliang–Dongbalian War, in an attempt to permanently separate the two countries from fighting over the land again. The terms of the treaty stipulate that while the zone is demilitarized and military presence in the zone is forbidden, both countries are responsible for the safety of the people who live there. Military forces are only allowed into the zone for humanitarian purposes, such as relief from the effects of natural disasters, and armed conflict between the two countries within the zone is forbidden, even in times of war. That clause of the treaty has been tested ever since it was established, as relations between Dongbalian and Gaoliang have devolved into war multiple times since.

Within the zone there are three large cities, Baolan (寶藍/宝蓝), Feicui (翡翠) & Hongbao (紅寶/红宝), each with their own governments and dozens of villages and small towns under their sphere of influence. Each is technically a city-state in its own right, but they don't claim any form sovereignty.

Notes & Trivia

There are two known demonyms for people from Marlakcor:
- The exonym is "Marlakcese".
- The endonym is "Tianxiaren" (天下人).
Because of how the Chinese language – which the language "Wanyu" is based on – works, the titles and any other nouns are both singular and plural.
- Addi tonally, where appropriate or needed, simplified characters are displayed underneath or after traditional ones. Tianchao uses traditional characters while Miaogui uses simplified, and both states use their favored characters when referring to something in writing, unless, in Miaogui's case, a simplified version of a character doesn't exist.
While the name was used sparingly since the Ying dynasty, Ji Zheng used "Tianchao" as the name for his empire for diplomatic purposes, but with the end of the Qiang dynasty the name fell out of use. Other more ethnic names were adopted as a representation of the nation of the collective Wan peoples until the Zhai dynasty adopted Tianchao as the official name of the country. Until then, Tianchao was simply known by whatever dynasty was currently in power; though even today it still is.
While they are both given posthumously, a posthumous name and a temple name should not be confused with each other. See Wikipedia articles for better explanations.
Marlakcor and Tianxia come from two separate sources:
- Marlakcor, the foreign exonym for the continent, originated from the Wan phrase "Maran la kecheng o ren" (罵人啦課程哦人), which roughly translates as "Oh course people curse it", which was then shortened to Marlakcor. Historians and linguists believe this happened due to a miscommunication between translators at some point in the past.
- Tianxia (天下), the local endonym for the continent, which roughly means "all under heaven", came from the historical belief that the farthest shores of the continent and those of the closest islands, were the edge of the world.
  - Another common local name for the continent is Sanzhou (三洲/lit. Three Continents), to describe the three main landmasses that make up the continent as a whole.
Most of the years used on the page are those of the Luan calendar. There is a 421-year difference between the Luan calendar and the Solramese calendar. I.e. 0TJH = 421ACZ. To get the equivalent year tot he Solramese calendar, subtract 421 from the year. Note: Solramese years before 0 are suffixed ACZ, while years 0 and after are suffixed PCZ.
The reason Fuso is greyed out is becuase it isn't, cartographically, part of the continent. It's just the areas that are closest to Marlakcor.
Marlakcor is divided into three subcontinents, Huaxia (華夏), Pianpilu (偏僻陸) and Xinshijie (新世界). Huaxia is the central, and largest, subcontinent divided between Tianchao, Dongbalian and Gaoliang. Pianpilu is the northern subcontinent, controlled by Tianchao in the center, Gergazar to the east and Bogino to the west; and Xinshijie is the western continent, divided between Tianchao, Yamatai, and Raimei.
- Huaxia is further divided into three regions: Zanghuan (臧環), the land occupied by Tianchao; Dongnan (東南), the land occupied by Dongbalian; and Xiaoyu (魈域), the land occupied mostly by Gaoliang and partially by Tianchao and the Senxiao kingdoms.
  - The northwestern part of Dongnan, the part past the narrowest area of Dongbalian's territory, is sometimes referred to as Jing bu Xibei (經部西北).
- Pianpilu is further divided into western and eastern regions known as Bianjing (邊境) and Gergazar (Wanyu: 加爾加扎爾 (Jia'ar jiazhaer), Arsyaria:ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ) respectively. They are divided at what is known as the Guixiong Corridor (鬼雄), the narrowest region of the subcontinent.
- Xinshijie is further divided into northern and southern regions known as Guangdai (廣帶) and Yuchang (雨場) respectively. They are divided at the Isthmus of Caihong (彩虹), the narrowest point of the subcontinent.
  - The body of water on the west side of the isthmus is known as Dolgolae (돌고래) Bay, which is a part of the Yazuishou (鴨嘴獸) Sea further westward.
- Within the space between northern and southern Huaxia is a body of water known as the Zhuhong (朱紅) Sea.
- The northern sea between Huaxia and Xinshijie is known as the Qingshui Sea (清水), which deviates northward at the Dianqing (靛青) peninsula into the Sea of Jingyu (鯨魚) to the west and the Sea of Xaio (曉) to the east.
  - The Sea of Udeung separates Xinshijie from Pianpilu.
  - The Sea of Xaio, followed by the Xiong (熊) Sea separate Huaxia from Pianpilu. The Sea of Xiao and the Xiong Sea are separated from each other by the Shumiao (樹苗) Strait, the narrowest point between them.
- The southern sea between Huaxia and Xinshijie is known as the Jingling Sea (精靈海).
  - The Qingshui Sea and the Jingling Sea are divided by what's known as the Yinghao Strait, the narrowest point between them.
- The island of Đế Quốc Mưa, occupied by the empire of same name, is often considered part of Xinshijie, but modern cartographers still dispute this.
- The southernmost waters of Marlakcor above the Grand Line is the Chidao (赤道) Sea.
- The sea between Marlakcor and Soligaia is called the Yinyue Sea (音樂滄海/Yinyue Canghai) by the Wan and the Muisca Sea by the Soligaians.

There are many different names for the various major places around Marlakcor depanding on the language, culture and/or ethnic group
Wan	Genjin	Sinjok	Arslan	Mưa Nhân
Marlakcor
Tianxia 天下	Tosei 東世	Cheonha 천하	Delkhiin ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ	Thế Giới 世界
Main Subcontinents
Huaxia 華夏			Ömnödgazar ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠲᠠᠵᠠᠷ
Pianpilu 偏僻陸			Övöggazar ᠡᠪᠦᠭᠡᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ
Xinshijie 新世界	Higashimoto 東本	Gudaelyuk 구대륙	Shineyertönts ᠰᠢᠨᠡᠶᠢᠷᠲᠢᠨᠴᠦ
Subcontinent subregions
Huaxia
Zanghuan 臧環			Zöölgazar ᠵᠥᠭᠡᠭᠡᠯᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ
Dongnan 東南			Khyazgaar ᠬᠢᠵᠠᠭᠠᠷ
Xiaoyu 魈域			Ülgergazar ᠦᠯᠢᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ
Pianpilu
Bianjing 邊境		Bukkyu 북큐	Khiliin ᠬᠢᠯᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
Gergazar 加爾加扎爾 Jia'ar jiazhaer		Galeuga Jaleu 가르가 자르	Gergazar ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ
Xinshijie
Guangdai 廣帶	Hirotai 広帶	Yesttang 옛땅	Örgönörnöd ᠥᠷᠦᠭᠡᠨᠡᠷᠦᠨ᠎ᠡ ᠳᠦ	Bắc Đất 北坦
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-[[File:Marlakcor.png|right|400x400px]]'''Marlakcor''', also known as '''Tianxia''' (天下) locally, is the northeastern continent of [[Qirsyllviar]].
+[[File:Marlakcor.png|thumb|400x400px|Political map of Marlakcor today. Neutral or extracontinental territories in grey.]]'''Marlakcor''', also known locally by many different names depending on language and/or culture, is a continent of [[Qirsyllviar]].
-==Sovereign States==
-=== Empire of Au Lac ===
-[[File:Nanyue_flag.png|left|300x300px]]Capital: Sanoigon<br>Government: Hereditary Absolute Monarchy<br>Head of State: Vuong<br>Head of Government: Vuong<br>Legislature: none<br>Demonym: Lac<br>Currency: Van
+Divided into three main subcontinents, Marlakcor lies between [[Fuso]] to the west and [[Soligaia]] to the east, separated from both by sea. The eastern sea is called the Yinyue Sea (音樂滄海/''Yinyue Canghai'') by the Wan and the Muisca Sea by the Soligaians.
-The Empire of Au Lac is an ethnic Lac nation in southeastern Marlakcor, occupying the tropical jungle islands of the southeast.
+South of Marlakcor is the Chidao Sea, which is cut off at the Grand Line, the equator of Qirsyllviar. Further south beyond the Grand Line is the [[Maritymir|Maritymiri]] Ocean.
-It is ruled by the Ly dynasty.
+At the heart of Marlakcese history is the Empire of Tianchao, whose wars of conquest, along with periods of chaos and civil war, have shaped the lion's share of Marlakese history, as well as spread Wanzu culture and language to all corners of the continent.
-It solely borders Dongbalian to the west, by land on three islands and the rest by sea.
+==Sovereign States==
+=== Sergeekh Bogino Khanate ===
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|title1=Sergeekh Bogino Khanate|government=Hereditary Absolute Monarchy|head_of_state=Khan<br>{{Vertical script|ᠬᠠᠨ}}|ethnicity=Bogino|head_of_government=Khan|type=none|endonym=Bogino/Boginotan<br>{{Vertical script|ᠪᠣᠭᠢᠨᠣ}}/{{Vertical script|ᠪᠣᠭᠢᠨᠣᠲᠠᠨ}}|race=Human|official:=Arsyaria<br>{{Vertical script|ᠵᠡᠷᠯᠢᠭᠬᠡᠯ}}|writing_system=Bekhügs<br>{{Vertical script|ᠪᠡᠬᠦᠭᠰ}}}}
+The '''Sergeekh Bogino Khanate''' ({{Vertical script|ᠰᠡᠷᠭᠡᠡᠬ ᠪᠣᠭᠢᠨᠣ ᠬᠠᠠᠨᠲ ᠤᠯᠰ}}/''Restored Bogino Khanate''), also called the '''Boginotan Khanate''' ({{Vertical script|ᠪᠣᠭᠢᠨᠣᠲᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠠᠨᠲ ᠤᠯᠰ}}) or simply "'''Bogino''' ({{Vertical script|ᠪᠣᠭᠢᠨᠣ}})", is the eponymous nation of Bogino people, a distant subgroup of the Arslan and Tukhii. It is a peninsular nation, occupying the tundra peninsula of the same name in western Pianpilu, the northern subcontinent, and much of the land beyond it. It borders the Empire of Tianchao and the north side of the Holy City of Shangri-la to the east.[[File:Bogino zenith.png|thumb|260x260px|Over modern borders: Bogino at its territorial zenith before the Tukhii-Tianzu conflicts, around the beginning of the Zhai dynasty of Tianchao.|left]]
+==== History ====
-Au Lac has been resisting Dongnan expansion into the southeast for centuries. Not once ever did Au Lac accept joining the hegemony, rebuking every single invitation. More than once these rebukes turned into open confrontation and war. These wars were repeatedly met with defeat and truce, reducing Au Lac to a handful of islands.
+[[File:Bogino rump state.png|thumb|176x176px|The Bogino [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rump_state rump state] as a vassal of Tianchao.|alt=|left]]
+Bogino was once one of the nations dominating the high mountains and tundras of the northwestern continent before the Tukhii, cousins of the Arslans like themselves, came into conflict with them. At its zenith, Bogino once controlled the western half of the northern continent, up to the northern peninsula surrounding Daimao Bay and bordering Dongshui Guibei, while the tribes of the former Tukhii inhabited the center. By that point the Zhai dynasty of Tianchao had just established. When the now-defunct Tukhii Khanate came into being not long after, these two powers fought for land and power on-and-off for centuries before Tianchao invaded.
+As a result of the wars with Tukhii Khanate and then Tianchao, Bogino was territorially reduced to the peninsula from whence it originated, while the Tukhii, and then Tianchao, secured its hold on the former lands of Bogino. Bogino was at one point the vassal of Tianchao, forcing them to surrender base independence in the face of the ferocity of the Tianzu Imperial Army & Navy and threats of further invasion. Bogino lost it's sovereignty and ceased to be an political entity when the Gergazartan Khaganate rose to dominance and conquered the whole of Pianpilu. However, the independence of the Shuang dynasty during the ''Fragmentation of the Gergazartan Khaganate'' allowed former loyalists of Bogino to reform break off from the yoke of Tianchao and reclaim at least some of their lost territory and prestige through warring with the Shuang Empire, which was eventually conquered by the Lei dynasty of Tianchao. It was for this reason that the resurgent Khanate added the word "''Sergeekh''''' '''({{Vertical script|ᠰᠡᠷᠭᠡᠡᠬ}}/''Restored'')" to the country's name to mark their resurgence to grandure, while they still were unable to recover all of their former territorial holdings.
-When Dongbalian found itself occupied by the ''Roman Invasions'', Au Lac took a chance to reclaim much of its lost territory.
-=== Kingdom of Baoshi ===
-Capital: ???<br>Government: Hereditary Absolute Monarchy<br>Head of State: ???<br>Head of Government: ???<br>Legislature: ???<br>Demonym: ???<br>Currency: ???
+Being a cold country of mostly tundra and mountain, similarly to the northern mainland, Bogino has only a small amount of fertile land for farming and is mostly dependent on the sea and imports for food, but has a large economy thanks to rich mining on the island and elsewhere.
-The Kingdom of Baoshi (寶石) is a dwarf-ruled island nation in northeastern Marlakcor.
+While still in a tense diplomatic relationship with Tianchao, Bogino also maintains the rights to mine and farm certain areas within Tianchao's borders, in exchange for Tianchao receiving 25% of the profits as tribute annually.
-It borders Tianchao to the south on the island of Qiu, and share's maritime borders with Gergazar to the east and Khuiten to the north. It also shares maritime borders with a cluster of neutral islands to the west.
+===Kingdom of Baoshi===
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|title1=Kingdom of Baoshi|government=Hereditary Absolute Monarchy|race=Dwarf|type=none|head_of_state=Yanwang<br>{{Vertical script|岩王}}|family_name=Kuangshi<br>{{Vertical script|礦石}}|dynasty=Xinlei<br>{{Vertical script|新雷}}|head_of_government=Yanwang}}
+The Kingdom of Baoshi ({{Vertical script|寶石}}) is a dwarf-ruled island nation in northeastern Marlakcor.
+It borders Tianchao to the south on the island of Qiulu, and share's maritime borders with Gergazar to the east and Tibet to the southeast. It also shares maritime borders with a cluster of neutral islands to the west.
-=== Dongnan Baquan Banglian ===
+==== History ====
-[[File:Dongbalian flag.png|left|300x300px]]Capital: Tuanjie (團結)<br>Government: Hegemonic Confederated Parliamentary Quasi-Federal Hereditary Feudal Monarchy<br>Head of State: Zuigao Bazhu (最高霸主)<br>Head of Government: Zhengfu Buzhang<br>Legislature: Canyuan<br>Demonym: Dongnan (endo)/Dongbalese ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exonym_and_endonym exo])<br>Currency: Jiaozi, Guanzi, Huizi, Jinlong, Yinhu, Tongying, Tiegui
+Ruled by the self-styled Xinlei dynasty, Baoshi styles itself a continuation of the former Lei dynasty of Tianchao. When the Lei dynasty collapsed, a cadet branch of the Kuangshi clan fled as far as they could to escape the chaos, ending up in northern Qiulu where they set up a new government as a continuation of the Lei dynasty in defiance of the new Cui dynasty. War ensued and Baoshi was left in the northeastern corner of Qiulu.
+After peace was established, the kingdom looked toward the newly discovered mineral-rich islands to the northeast for expansion.
-'''Dongnan Baquan Banglian''' (東南霸權邦聯/''Southeastern Hegemonic Confederation''), also known as '''Dongnan Wangguo''' (東南王國/''Southeastern Kingdoms''), or simply '''Dongbalian''' (東霸聯), is a large state in southeast Huaxia, the central subcontinent of Marlakcor.
+<div style="clear:both;"></div>
+=== Dongnan Baquan Banglian ===
-It borders Tianchao to the northwest and the Serica Provinciae of Rome to the northeast, the border marked by '''''Mulan's Wall'''''. To the west it shares borders the high elven Empire of Gaoliang. First in the northwest it indirectly borders it via Zhonglibozi, a neutral zone separating it from Gaoliang; and down southwest, on the other side of the Jingshen Sea (精神海/''Spiritual Sea''), it controls the Lingzhai (灵宅) region, which directly borders Gaoliang.
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|capital=Tuanjie<br>團結|government=Hegemonic Confederated Parliamentary Quasi-Federal Hereditary Feudal Monarchy|head_of_state=Zuigao Bazhu<br>最高霸主|family_name=varies|ethnicity=varies|image1=File:Dongbalian flag.png|race=varies|head_of_government=Zhengfu Buzhang<br>政府部長|body_name=Canyuan<br>參院|endonym=Dongnan|exonym=Dongbalese|type=bicameral|upper_house=Shangyuan<br>上院|lower_house=Xiayuan<br>下院|currency=Jiaozi, Guanzi, Huizi, Jinlong, Yinhu, Tongying, Tiegui|official:=Wanyu<br>完語|writing_system=Wanzi<br>完字|title1=Dongnan Baquan Banglian}}
+'''Dongnan Baquan Banglian''' (東南霸權邦聯/''Southeastern Hegemonic Confederation''), also known as '''Dongnan Wangguo''' (東南王國/''Southeastern Kingdoms''), or simply '''Dongbalian''' (東霸聯), is a large state in the Dongnan region of southeast Huaxia, the central subcontinent of Marlakcor.
+It borders Tianchao to the northwest and the Miaogui Republic (formerly colonial territory of Solaria) to the northeast, the border marked by '''''Mulan's Wall'''''. To the west it shares borders the high elven Empire of Gaoliang. First in the northwest it indirectly borders it via Zhonglibozi, a neutral zone separating it from Gaoliang; and down southwest, on the other side of the Jingshen Sea (精神海/''Spiritual Sea''), it controls the Lingzhai (灵宅) region, which directly borders Gaoliang.
-Down south, it shares maritime borders with the island Nation of Renyu Dao, which was briefly part of the confederacy before it seceded in favor of retaining independence. To the west, it shares borders wiht the empire of Au Lac, which
+Down south, it shares maritime borders with the island Nation of Renyu Dao, which was briefly part of the confederacy before it seceded in favor of retaining independence. To the west, it shares borders with the Conglie, which it has gone to war with for territory and other issues many times.
-It also holds sovereignty over the Cuocao Islands (鹺草島嶼/''Cuocao Daoyu''/''Saltgrass Islands'') (the southwestern half of the Dragon Islands) in Maritymir.
 On the northern land border with Tianchao and down and northwestern coast, spaced varyingly (mostly between ten to twenty miles), are a series of fortresses and castles that defend the empire from invasion. The ones along the border with Tianchao were built in the aftermath of the last great war with Tianchao. The ones along the northwestern coast are relatively recent constructions. When Tianchao solidified its grip on the Laoying Peninsula, the fortifications were constructed down the northwestern coast. The final fortress, dubbed '''Bianjie Castle''', situated almost right on the border with Gaoliang, also serves as one of several border crossing points between Dongbalian and Gaoliang. The northernmost of these fortresses is '''Qingwa Castle''', which is also the westernmost fortress along the northern border fortifications.
-To the east along the border with the Serica Provinciae of Rome stands '''''Mulan's Wall''''', named for Li Mulan, the legendary female general who spearheaded the defense of Dongbalian during the Roman Invasion, and also led the recapture of much of the occupied territories before the wall's construction, and served as the wall's architect. These massive fortifications of 25m-high stone walls, fortresses and castles, which runs along the entire length of the border and took nearly ten years each to build, were constructed to prevent any further invasion by Rome. '''''Mulan's Wall''''' was built some centuries later in the wake of the ''Roman Invasion of Dongbalian''. '''''Mulan's Wall''''', blocks any further invasion by sea via some other fortifications along the coasts beyond the wall's end points, known respectively as '''Xiangxi Bao '''(向西堡) and '''Nanchao Kanguan''' (南超看管).
+To the east along the border with the Miaogui Republic stands '''''Mulan's Wall''''', named for Li Mulan, the legendary female general who spearheaded the defense of Dongbalian during the ''Solarii Invasion'', and also led the recapture of much of the occupied territories before the wall's construction, and served as the wall's architect. These massive fortifications of 25m-high stone walls, fortresses and castles, which runs along the entire length of the border and took nearly ten years each to build, were constructed to prevent any further invasion by Solaria. '''''Mulan's Wall''''' was built some centuries later in the wake of the ''Solarii Invasion of Dongbalian''. '''''Mulan's Wall''''', to block any further invasion by sea via some other fortifications along the coasts beyond the wall's end points, known respectively as '''Xiangxi Bao '''(向西堡) and '''Nanchao Kanguan''' (南超看管).
-The wall has fulfilled its purpose throughout its existence.
+The wall has fulfilled its purpose throughout its existence, even while Solarii influence has since been removed from Marlakcor with the independence of the Miaogui Republic.
 ====History====
-[[File:Dongbalian whole.png|thumb|561x561px|The whole of modern Dongbalian.]]The area that eventually became Dongbalian was originally a collection of independent kingdoms, city-states and tribes struggling for land and dominance. But in the face of Tianzu aggression and expansion during the ''Tianzu Wars of Conquest'', many of the northern states banded together to resist the expansion of Tianchao, eventually becoming a confederated state.
+The area that eventually became Dongbalian was originally a collection of independent kingdoms, city-states and tribes struggling for land and dominance. But in the face of Tianzu aggression and expansion during the ''Tianzu Wars of Conquest'', many of the northern states banded together to resist the expansion of Tianchao, eventually becoming a confederated state.
 However, the wars with Tianchao were met with repeated defeats on the battlefield, and Dongbalian was pushed back until it was ultimately defeated and fully annexed.
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 Much of modern Dongbalian (mostly the north and central area; Tianchao never reached very far south) remained under Tianzu rule for centuries.
-During the ''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms'' period that followed the collapse of the Mei dynasty of Tianchao, the lands that became modern Dongbalian broke away from Tianchao to form a pair of rival dynasties and were never recovered. Said dynasties are known to history as the Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom, two of the states counted among the twelve kingdoms of said period.
+During the ''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms'' period that followed the collapse of the Jun dynasty of Tianchao, the lands that became modern Dongbalian broke away from Tianchao to form a pair of rival dynasties and were never recovered. Said dynasties are known to history as the Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom, two of the states counted among the twelve kingdoms of said period.
 During said period, two nobles who were descendants of former Dongbalian rulers found a chance to revolt, now known to history as the ''Red Dragon Rebellion'', and set up their own empires. By the time the period ended, the Hang and Sang empires were firmly entrenched and conquered up to the edge of Jing bu Xibei (what is now northwestern Dongbalian).
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 While originally two empires fighting for the same thing, when the conflicts with Tianchao ended they quickly turned on each other and warred for dominance in the region, even while members of their centralized governments were fighting for control of them. Their governments grew unstable from constant infighting and soon collapsed into many dozens of independent kingdoms, dukedoms, counties and city-states struggling for land and dominance. Eventually some concurrence was reached and a directorial confederation, in which all lords have equal say, was set up. However, the directorial confederation eventually turned hegemonic, with Lan Kingdom taking the lead role as hegemon of Dongbalian under the title of Zuigao Bazhu (Supreme Overlord).
-A few centuries after the peace treaty that left Tianchao in control of Jing bu Xibei, Tianchao descended into chaos during the civil war taking place during the transition between the Ang and Ting dynasties (known in Tianchao as the ''Ang–Ting War'' (盎–亭戰/''Ang–Ting Zhan'')), Dongbalian seized the chance to reconquer the region from Tianchao, and did so with minimal resistance, achieving its modern northern and western borders. Aside from that, Dongbalian has mostly avoided taking advantage or getting involved in Tianchao's near-constant internal strife.
+A few centuries after the peace treaty that left Tianchao in control of Jing bu Xibei, Tianchao descended into chaos during the civil war taking place during the transition between the Hang and Tun dynasties (known in Tianchao as the ''Hang–Tun War'' (航–吞戰/''Hang–Tun Zhan'')), Dongbalian seized the chance to reconquer the region from Tianchao, and did so with minimal resistance, achieving its modern northern and western borders. Aside from that, Dongbalian has mostly avoided taking advantage or getting involved in Tianchao's near-constant internal strife.
-Even while going to war with Tianchao on and off for years, they turned their attentions toward expanding west and south, uniting many other states and tribes under their banner through treaty and conquest, eventually expanding into northern Maritymir. Dongbalian even managed to steal some territory from Gaoliang, the Lingzhai (灵宅) region. That region joined Dongbalian after seceding following a war for secession, which was secretly organized by Dongbalian.
+Even while going to war with Tianchao on and off for years, they turned their attentions toward expanding west and south, uniting many other states and tribes under their banner through treaty and conquest. Dongbalian even managed to steal some territory from Gaoliang, the Lingzhai (灵宅) region. That region joined Dongbalian after seceding following a war for secession, which was secretly organized by Dongbalian.
-Dongbalian remains at odds with Tianchao to this day, and the two powers go to war almost every other decade for one reason or another. Its relations with Gaoliang and Au Lac are cold too, but diplomacy has avoided too many wars.
+Dongbalian remains at odds with Tianchao to this day, and the two powers go to war almost every other decade for one reason or another. Its relations with Gaoliang and Đế Quốc Mưa are cold too, but diplomacy has avoided too many wars.
-Dongbalian eventually lost some of its northeastern territories to Rome. While Dongbalian anticipated an invasion when Rome all but defeated Tianchao, it was still unable to resist the ferocity of the Imperial Roman Army in the initial invasion, despite years of preparation. This changed when a female warrior, known to history as Li Mulan (李木蘭); styled Guowei (國衛), came to prominence. Li Mulan, an ethnic Yinghui peasant woman born in Tianchao, and an alleged descendant of Xiangrikui Gongchen, had been taken as a war slave by a Roman officer during the invasion. During her time as a slave – after learning their language – she learned all about Roman war tactics both from watching the battles from afar and from listening to the Roman commanders talk. After managing to escape, she disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Dongnan army. Her determination and mettle, along with her knowledge of Roman war strategies, allowed her to quickly rise through the ranks until she became a general.
+Dongbalian eventually lost some of its northeastern territories to Solaria. While Dongbalian anticipated an invasion when Solaria all but defeated Tianchao, it was still unable to resist the ferocity of the Imperial Solarii Army in the initial invasion, despite years of preparation. This changed when a female warrior, known to history as Li Mulan (李木蘭); styled Guowei (國衛), came to prominence. Li Mulan, an ethnic Gao peasant woman born in Tianchao, and an alleged descendant of Xiangrikui Gongchen, had been taken as a war slave by a Solarii officer during the invasion. During her time as a slave – after learning their language – she learned all about Solarii war tactics both from watching the battles from afar and from listening to the Solarii commanders talk. After managing to escape, she disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Dongnan army. Her determination and mettle, along with her knowledge of Solarii war strategies, allowed her to quickly rise through the ranks until she became a general.
-Once a general, Mulan took charge of an army and her widely successful anti-Roman tactics allowed her to turn the tide of the war, culminating when she fully defended against the Roman army in a decisive battle that changed history forever, now known to history as the ''Battle of Qiuling Pingyuan''. Mulan's true gender was accidentally exposed not long after, but her loyal troops defended her from any punishment. The High King of the time – known to history as Chang Guizhou (常規週) – was so impressed with her and her record that he let her retain her position and rank. Mulan then led another successful campaign that saw the reclamation of much territory before a peace treaty ending the war was signed.
+Once a general, Mulan took charge of an army and her widely successful anti-Solarii tactics allowed her to turn the tide of the war, culminating when she fully defended against the Solarii army in a decisive battle that changed history forever, now known to history as the ''Battle of Qiuling Pingyuan''. Mulan's true gender was accidentally exposed not long after, but her loyal troops defended her from any punishment. The High King of the time – known to history as Chang Guizhou (常規週) – was so impressed with her and her record that he let her retain her position and rank. Mulan then led another successful campaign that saw the reclamation of much territory before a peace treaty ending the war was signed.
 ====Governance & Politics====
 The head of state is the Zuigao Bazhu, the main ruler of the nation. The incumbent High King holds the rulership of his kingdom concurrently. The title is held for life and at first Lan Kingdom held the position of hegemon. There were attempts early on to make it hereditary, but when the first holder died there was no clear heir. And so, the next High King is elected from the rulers of one of the kingdoms or the heir to the kingdom of the previous holder when the incumbent one dies.
-The head of the government of Dongbalian is the Zhengfu Buzhang (政府部長/''Minister of Government''), but the office is mostly ceremonial in practice and holds little actual power.
+The head of the government of Dongbalian is the Zhengfu Buzhang (''Minister of Government''), but the office is mostly ceremonial in practice and holds little actual power.
-The legislature of the confederacy is the Canyuan (參院/''Senate''), which is divided into the Shangyuan (上院/''Upper House'') and the Xiayuan (下院/''Lower House''), the upper and lower house respectively. Members of both houses of the Senate are referred to as Canyiyuan (議員/''Senators''), and are directly appointed by leaders of the political divisions, and higher level states are permitted more senators in the Senate. Representation in the Lower House is determined by population, which is determined by a nationwide census taken every twenty years.
+The legislature of the confederacy is the Canyuan (''Senate''), which is divided into the Shangyuan (''Upper House'') and the Xiayuan (''Lower House''), the upper and lower house respectively. Members of both houses of the Senate are referred to as Canyiyuan (議員/''Senators''), and are directly appointed by leaders of the political divisions, and higher level states are permitted more senators in the Senate. Representation in the Lower House is determined by population, which is determined by a nationwide census taken every twenty years.
-==== Political Divisions ====
+====Political Divisions====
 Dongbalian is divided into many territories termed one of several things depending on the rank held upon accession to the confederation.
 {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
-|+From highest to lowest they are:
+|+{{nowrap|From highest to lowest they are:}}
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-! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |Description
 |-
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 ! style="text-align: center;" |Senators to the Shangyuan
 |-
-|Wangguo<br>王國<br>''Kingdom''
+| rowspan="2" |Wangguo<br>王國<br>''Kingdom''
 |Wang<br>王<br>''King''
 |Hereditary
 |10
+|-
-|The highest political division of Dongbalian.
+| colspan="3" |The highest political division of Dongbalian.
 Only the Kings can be elected to the position of High King,
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 |Hereditary
 |7
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 |-
 |Jun<br>郡<br>''Region''
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 |Hereditary
 |5
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 |-
 |Boguo<br>伯國<br>''County'' (1st level)
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 |Hereditary
 |4
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 |-
 |Xian<br>縣<br>''County'' (2nd level)
 |Hereditary
 |4
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 |-
 |Zilingdi<br>子領地<br>''Sub-county''
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 |Hereditary
 |3
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 |Guizu<br>貴族<br>''Barony''
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 |3
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 |Tai<br>態<br>''State''
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 |Election
 |2
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 |-
-| rowspan="2" |Chengbang<br>城邦<br>''City-State''
+| rowspan="3" |Chengbang<br>城邦<br>''City-State''
 |Shizhang<br>市長<br>''City Govenor''
 |Election
 | rowspan="2" |2
-| rowspan="2" |A single city and surrounding territory. Their leaders can be either elected or hereditary.
 |-
 |Lingzhu<br>領主<br>''Seignior''
 |Hareditary
 |-
+| colspan="3" |A single city and surrounding territory. Their leaders can be either elected or hereditary.
-|Junqu<br>軍區<br>''Military Region''
+|-
+| rowspan="2" |Junqu<br>軍區<br>''Military Region''
 |Zhong-jiang<br>中将<br>''Lieutenant General''
 |Military appointment
 |1
+|-
-|A military region along '''''Mulan's Wall''''' or the fortress regions along the borders and northwestern seaboard.
+| colspan="3" |A military region along '''''Mulan's Wall''''' or the fortress regions along the borders and northwestern seaboard.
 The leader title is a military rank.
 |}
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-|+States of Dongbalian
+|+{{nowrap|States of Dongbalian}}
-!Name
+! rowspan="2" |Name
+! rowspan="2" |Administrative Level
-!Ruling Family
+! colspan="3" |Ruling Family
 !Flag/Symbol
-!Historicity & Notes
 |-
+!Surname
-! colspan="4" |Wangguo
+!Race
+!Ethnicity
+!
 |-
-|Lan<br>藍
+| rowspan="2" |Lan<br>藍
+| rowspan="2" |Wangguo
 |Pie<br>苤
-|
-|Lan was the original hegemon of Dongbalian before the modern succession methods were made law.
-|-
-! colspan="4" |Gongguo
-|-
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+| colspan="4" |Lan was the original hegemon of Dongbalian before the modern succession methods were made law.
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+|Hanjin<br>漢晉
+|Chengbang
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+|Tangming<br>唐明
-! colspan="4" |Boguo
+|Chengbang
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+| rowspan="2" |Tuanjie<br>團結
-! colspan="4" |Xian
+| rowspan="2" |Chengbang
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+|None, ruler elected
-|
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+| colspan="4" |Tuanjie is a city-state founded as the capital of Dongbalian, and has a special status compared to the rest of the nation's city-states.
-! colspan="4" |Zilingdi
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+|Weishuwu<br>魏蜀吳
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+|Chengbang
+|Jin<br>晉
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+| rowspan="2" |Xiangxi Bao<br>向西堡
-! colspan="4" |Guizu
+| rowspan="2" |Junqu
-|-
+|None, military appointment
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+| colspan="4" |The northernmost fortification along '''''Mulan's Wall'''''.
-! colspan="4" |Tai
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+| rowspan="2" |Nanchao Kanguan<br>南超看管
+| rowspan="2" |Junqu
+|None, military appointment
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-|None, ruler elected
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+| colspan="4" |The southernmost fortification along '''''Mulan's Wall'''''.
-! colspan="4" |Chengbang
-|-
-| colspan="4" |Some rulers of Chengbang (city-states) are hereditary while others are chosen by election.
-|-
-|Hanjin<br>漢晉
-|
-|
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-|-
-|Tangming<br>唐明
-|
-|
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-|-
-|Tuanjie<br>團結
-|None, ruler elected
-|
-|Tuanjie is a city-state founded as the capital of Dongbalian, and has a special status compared to the rest of the nation's city-states.
-|-
-|Weishuwu<br>魏蜀吳
-|Jin<br>晉
-|
-|
-|-
-! colspan="4" |Junqu
-|-
-|Xiangxi Bao<br>向西堡
-|None, military appointment
-|
-|The northernmost fortification along '''''Mulan's Wall'''''.
-|-
-|Nanchao Kanguan<br>南超看管
-|None, military appointment
-|
-|The southernmost fortification along '''''Mulan's Wall'''''.
 |}
+===Conglin Liedao Wangguo===
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|title1=Conglin Liedao Wangguo|government=Hereditary Absolute Monarchy|head_of_state=Wang<br>王|race=Human|head_of_government=Wang|type=none}}
+'''Conglin Liedao Wangguo''' (叢林列島王國/''Kingdom of the Jungle Islands''), commonly known by its abbreviation Conglie (叢列), is a nation in southeastern Marlakcor, occupying the tropical jungle islands of the southeast. It solely borders Dongbalian to the west, by land on three islands and the rest by sea.
+Conglie has been resisting Dongnan expansion into the southeast for centuries. Not once ever did Conglie accept joining the hegemony, rebuking every single invitation. More than once these rebukes turned into open confrontation and war. These wars were repeatedly met with defeat and truce, reducing Conglie to a handful of islands.
+When Dongbalian found itself occupied by the ''Solarii Invasions'', Conglie took a chance to reclaim much of its lost territory.
+<div style="clear:both;"></div>
 ===Empire of Gaoliang===
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|title1=Empire of Gaoliang|image1=File:Gaoliang flag.png|government=Hereditary Absolute Monarchy|head_of_state=Lianghuang<br>魎皇|race=Elf|ethnicity=High Elf|head_of_government=Lianghuang|body_name=High Council|type=unicameral}}
-[[File:Jingling flag.png|left|300x300px]]Capital: ???<br>Government: Hereditary Absolute Monarchy<br>Head of State: ???<br>Head of Government: ???<br>Legislature: High Council<br>Demonym: ???<br>Currency: ???
+The Empire of Gaoliang (高魎) is a large confederated high elven empire occupying the dense Jingling Jungles of Xiaoyu, the lands of southern Huaxia, the central subcontinent of Marlakcor.
+It borders Dongbalian to the east, indirectly via Zhonglibozi, a neutral region, and directly via the Lingzhai region; Tianchao to the north via the Jingling Peninsula; the wood elven Senxiao kingdoms to the southwest, and shares maritime borders with Đế Quốc Mưa to the west across the Jingling Sea.
-The Empire of Gaoliang (高魎) is a large confederated high elven empire occupying the dense Conglin Jungles in southern Huaxia, the central subcontinent of Marlakcor.
+A country occupying mostly jungle, the Jingling Jungles of Gaoliang is home to the largest river basin in the world, much of which originates from the Gaojixue (高積雪) mountain range along the north side of the empire, which acts as a natural border between Tianchao and Gaoliang.
-It borders Dongbalian to the east, indirectly via Zhonglibozi, a neutral region, and directly via the Lingzhai region; Tianchao to the north via the Jingling Peninsula; the wood elven Senxiao kingdoms to the southwest, and shares maritime borders with Raimei to the west across the Conglin Sea.
+<div style="clear:both;"></div>
-A country occupying mostly jungle, the Conglin Jungles of Gaoliang is home to the largest river Basin in the world.
 ===Khaganate of Gergazar===
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|image1=File:Gergazar flag.png|capital=Shiltgeen<br>{{Vertical script|ᠰᠢᠯᠲᠦᠭᠡᠨ}}|government=Absolute Feudal Semi-Hereditary Elective Monarchy|head_of_state=Khagan/Khatun<br>{{Vertical script|ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ}}/{{Vertical script|ᠬᠠᠲᠤᠨ}}|family_name=Tunadas<br>{{Vertical script|ᠲᠤᠨᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ}}|race=Human|ethnicity=Arslan|head_of_government=Khagan|exonym=Gergazese|endonym=Gergazartan<br>{{Vertical script|ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷᠲᠤᠨ}}|type=none|official:=Arsyaria<br>{{Vertical script|ᠵᠡᠷᠯᠢᠭᠬᠡᠯ}}|title1=Khaganate of Gargazar}}
-Capital: Khavtgai Deerni Shiltgeen (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠪᠲᠠᠭᠠᠢ</span><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠷᠡᠨᠢ</span><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠰᠢᠯᠲᠦᠭᠡᠨ</span>)<br>Government: Hereditary Absolute Feudal Monarchy<br>Head of State: Khagan (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ</span>)/Khatun (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠲᠤᠨ</span>)<br>Head of Government: Khagan<br>Legislature: None<br>Demonym: Gergazard (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ ᠲᠤ</span>) /Arslan/Gergazese<br>Currency: n/a
+The Khaganate of Gergazar ({{Vertical script|ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ}}), or the Gergazartan Khaganate ({{Vertical script|ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷᠲᠤᠨ}} {{Vertical script|ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ᠎ᠠ ᠳᠤ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ}}), is a large nation in eastern Pianpilu – called Övöggazar ({{Vertical script|ᠡᠪᠦᠭᠡᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ}}) by the Arslan – and the homeland of the Arslan people, dominating the mountains, tundras and steppes that make up most of their homelands.
-The Khaganate of Gergazar (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ</span>), or the Gergazard Khaganate (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ ᠲᠤ</span><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠩᠨᠠᠲ</span>), is a large nation in eastern Pianpilu – called Delkhiin (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ</span>) by the Arslan – and the homeland of the Arslan people, dominating the mountains, tundras and steppes that make up most of their homelands.
 It borders Tianchao to the west and south, and shares maritime borders with the dwarven nation of Baoshi to the southwest.
+====History====
+A relatively recent empire of Marlakcor, Gergazar first coming together as a union of khanates under Selemchin Khagan ({{Vertical script|ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠮᠡᠴᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ}}) of the Altanzul ({{Vertical script|ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠽᠤᠯ}}) clan. At its height, the Gergazartan Khaganate controlled vast territories across most of the continent, including the whole of Pianpilu (even conquering what remained of the Bogino Khanate of the time), most of Zanghuan (establishing the Lin dynasty of Tianchao), and half of Guangdai. It is from these conquests that the Lin dynasty of Tianchao was founded as a division of the greater khaganate, taking advantage of the ongoing ''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms'' period to expand. Gergazar seemed unstoppable, and even mounted an attempted invasion of Fuso, but these campaigns, while successful at first, were met with utter failure, a failure that changed the course of history for the khaganate forever.
+The downward turning point for the empire came with the sudden death of Khundet Khagan ({{Vertical script|ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠳ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ}}) – the ninth Khagan of Gergazar and the third huangdi of the Lin dynasty – during the ''Siege of Hansei'' against the defending forces of the Yamato Empire. His sudden demise not only resulted in a succession dispute but the fragmentation of the Khaganate.
-==== History ====
-Gergazar is a relatively recent union of Marlakcor, first coming together as a union of khanates under Erkhemseg Khan (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠮᠰᠦᠭ</span><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ</span>) of the Altanzul (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ</span>) clan. At its hight, it the Gergazard Khaganate controlled vast territories across the continent, including most of Pianpilu, Zhongyuan, and half of Haoyudai (), even having Tibet at its mercy. It is from these conquests that the Lin dynasty of Tianchao was founded as a divison of the greater khaganate, taking advantage of the ongoing ''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms'' period to expand. However, a turning point for the empire came with the sudden death of Khundet Khan (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠳ</span><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ</span>), the ninth Khagan of Gergazar and the third Huangdi of the Lin dynasty, resulted in a succession dispute and the fragmentation of the Khaganate.
+Khundet Khagan died far from home without naming an heir, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurultai kurultai] could not reach a consensus on the election of a new Khagan, and so a war of succession erupted between his sons and generals. Within a year the Gergazar holdings in Fuso were recaptured by Yamatai and the Khaganate in Marlakcor broke into five independent states – the Lin dynasty among them – while the Altanzul clan was ousted from rulership of Gergazar and replaced by the Tunadas ({{Vertical script|ᠲᠤᠨᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ}}) clan under Tuimer Khagan ({{Vertical script|ᠲᠦᠢᠮᠡᠷ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ}}), while the Lin dynasty branch Altanzul clan continued to rule the Lin dynasty for the rest of its existence. The other states to emerge from the fragmentation of the khaganate were Bogino and the Shengwai-ruled Shuang (雙) dynasty in western and central Pianpilu; the Sinjok-ruled Gwan (관/棺) dynasty in Guangdai; and the Xiyi-ruled Pan (磐) dynasty on the Island of Qiulu. Gwan and Pan were soon reconquered by the Lin dynasty, but the Shuang dynasty resisted until it capitulated to the dwarf-ruled Lei dynasty of Tianchao four centuries later. Gergazar itself just barely managed to avoid complete disintegration during the civil war but was greatly weakened.
+The loss of most of its empire greatly weakened the khaganate and reduced its territorial holdings back to the homelands. It eventually recovered enough of its strength and integrity to prevent other powers from conquering it despite repeated invasions and some further loss of territory. But, despite many efforts, it never reached such a vast territorial extant again.
-Khundet Khan died during the ''Siege of Fanxing'' against the forces of the Zhiji Rebellion (雉雞暴動), which his forces eventually defeated, without naming an heir; and so a war of succession erupted between his sons and generals. Within a year of his death, the Khaganate broke into five independent states – the Lin dynasty among them – while the Altanzul clan was ousted from rulership of Gergazar and replaced by the Tsetsgiin (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠭ ᠦᠨ</span>) clan under Tuimer Khan (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠲᠦᠢᠮᠡᠷ</span><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ</span>), while the Altanzul clan continued to rule the Lin dynasty for the rest of its existance. The other states to emerge from the fragmentation of the khaganate were the Shengwai-ruled Shuang (霜) dynasty in central Pianpilu; the Unghwa-ruled Gwan (관/棺) dynasty in Haoyudai; and the Xiyi-ruled Pan (磐) dynasty on the Island of Qiu. Gwan and Pan were soon reconquered by the Lin dynasty, but the Shuang dynasty resisted until it capitulated to the dwarf-ruled Lei dynasty. Gergazar itself managed to avoid disintegrating during the civil war but was greatly weakened.
+====Politics & Governance====
-The loss of most of its empire greatly weakened the khaganate. It eventually recovered its strength and integrity to prevent other powers from conquering it. But, dispite many efforts, never reached such vast territorial extants again.
+Gergazar is a collection of autonomous khanates, each ruled by a Khan ({{Vertical script|ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ}}) subordinate to the Khagan. The title khan is also an honorific granted to prestigious or outstanding, yet non-ruling, members of the Khagan's family, the practice of which dates back to before the Khaganate.
+The Khagan is formally elected to its throne by a body called Kurultai ({{Vertical script|ᠻᠦᠷᠦᠯᠳᠠᠶ}}) , a council of khans from every major clan whose job it is to chose the successor of the khaganate. The next khagan is generally chosen from among the previous khagan's children, but their relatives like brothers, nephews, cousins or uncles may be chosen as well – making the position hereditary in all but practice – but even a khan from a different clan may be elected, removing the previous ruling clan from the throne altogether.
-==== Politics & Governance ====
-Gergazar is a collection of autonomous khanates ruled by Khans (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠨ</span>) subordinate to the Khagan.
 {| class="wikitable"
 |+Prominent Clans of the Khaganate
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+|Altanzul<br>{{Vertical script|ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠽᠤᠯ}}
-|Altanzul<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ</span>
-|Erdeniin<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl"><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠨᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ</span></span>
+|Erdeniin<br>{{Vertical script|ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠨᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ}}
-|Unet Chuluu<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl"><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠦᠨᠡᠲᠦ ᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤ</span></span>
+|Unet Chuluu<br>{{Vertical script|ᠦᠨᠡᠲᠦ ᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤ}}
 |The Altanzul clan was the first ruling clan of the Khaganate.
-The clan that currently rules the Erdeniin Khanate is a branch descended from Zusegch Khan (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠵᠦᠰᠦᠭᠴᠢ</span> <span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠨ</span>), whom was an older brother of Baatar Khan, the fourth Huangdi of the Lin dynasty. Both of them were sons of Khundet Khan, the last Khagan of the Gergazar from the Altanzul clan.
+The clan that currently rules the Erdeniin Khanate is a branch descended from Zusegch Khan ({{Vertical script|ᠵᠦᠰᠦᠭᠴᠢ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ}}), whom was an older brother of Baatar Khagan, the fourth Huangdi of the Lin dynasty and the first to be independent of Gergazar. Both of them were sons of Khundet Khagan, the last Khagan of the Gergazar from the Altanzul clan.
 |-
-|Burged<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠪᠦᠷᠭᠦᠳ</span>
+|Burged<br>{{Vertical script|ᠪᠦᠷᠭᠦᠳ}}
 |
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 |-
-|Chono<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠴᠢᠨᠣ᠎ᠠ</span>
+|Chono<br>{{Vertical script|ᠴᠢᠨᠣ᠎ᠠ}}
+|Khavtgai<br>{{Vertical script|ᠬᠠᠪᠲᠠᠭᠠᠢ}}
-|
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 |-
-|Delkhii<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl"><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ</span></span>
+|Delkhii<br>{{Vertical script|ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ}}
 |
 |
 |
 |-
-|Gereltekh<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠭᠡᠷᠡᠯ ᠳᠦ ᠬᠢ</span>
+|Gereltekh<br>{{Vertical script|ᠭᠡᠷᠡᠯ ᠳᠦ ᠬᠢ}}
-|Naidvar<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠳᠠᠪᠤᠷᠢ</span>
+|Naidvar<br>{{Vertical script|ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠳᠠᠪᠤᠷᠢ}}
 |
 |
 |-
-|Nurgeen<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠨᠦᠷᠭᠡᠬᠡᠨ</span>
+|Nurgeen<br>{{Vertical script|ᠨᠦᠷᠭᠡᠬᠡᠨ}}
 |
 |
 |
 |-
-|Shuukh<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠰᠢᠭᠦᠬᠦ</span>
+|Shuukh<br>{{Vertical script|ᠰᠢᠭᠦᠬᠦ}}
-|Sokhor<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠰᠣᠬᠣᠷ</span>
+|Sokhor<br>{{Vertical script|ᠰᠣᠬᠣᠷ}}
+|Shilen Sav<br>{{Vertical script|ᠰᠢᠯᠢᠨ ᠰᠠᠪᠠ}}
-|
 |
 |-
-|Tatvar<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠲᠠᠲᠠᠪᠤᠷᠢ</span>
+|Tatvar<br>{{Vertical script|ᠲᠠᠲᠠᠪᠤᠷᠢ}}
-|Khandiv<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl"><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠨᠳᠢᠪ</span></span>
+|Khandiv<br>{{Vertical script|ᠬᠠᠨᠳᠢᠪ}}
 |
 |
 |-
-|Tsasan<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠴᠠᠰᠤᠨ</span>
+|Tsasan<br>{{Vertical script|ᠴᠠᠰᠤᠨ}}
-|Ovliin<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠡᠪᠦᠯ ᠦᠨ</span>
+|Ovliin<br>{{Vertical script|ᠡᠪᠦᠯ ᠦᠨ}}
 |
 |
 |-
+|Tunadas <br>{{Vertical script|ᠲᠤᠨᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ}}
-|Tsetsgiin <br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl"><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠭ ᠦᠨ</span></span>
-|Khyanagch<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠢᠨᠠᠭᠴᠢ</span>
+|Khyanagch<br>{{Vertical script|ᠬᠢᠨᠠᠭᠴᠢ}}
-|Khavtgai Deerni Shiltgeen<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl"><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠪᠲᠠᠭᠠᠢ ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠷᠨᠢ ᠰᠢᠯᠲᠦᠭᠡᠨ</span></span>
+|Shiltgeen<br>{{Vertical script|ᠰᠢᠯᠲᠦᠭᠡᠨ}}
-|The Tsetsgiin clan is the current ruling family of the Khaganate, ruling directly from the capital of the khaganate.
+|The Tunadas clan is the current ruling family of the Khaganate, ruling directly from the capital of the khaganate.
-The Tsetsgiin clan came to power under Tuimer Khan after ousting the Altanzul clan during the succession dispute that followed in the wake of the untimely death Khundet Khan.
+The Tunadas clan came to power under Tuimer Khagan after ousting the Altanzul clan during the succession dispute that followed in the wake of the untimely death Khundet Khagan.
 |-
-|Tsin<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠴᠢᠨ<br>
+|Tsin<br>{{Vertical script|<big>ᠴᠢᠨ}}
-|Khatuu<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠲᠠᠭᠤ</span>
+|Khatuu<br>{{Vertical script|ᠬᠠᠲᠠᠭᠤ}}
 |
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 ! colspan="3" |Notes
 |-
-|Ayanga<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠠᠶᠤᠩᠭ᠎ᠠ</span>
+|Ayanga<br>{{Vertical script|ᠠᠶᠤᠩᠭ᠎ᠠ}}
 | colspan="3" |Longtime vassals of the Nurgeen clan.
 |-
-|Tavtsan<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠲᠠᠪᠴᠠᠩ</span>
+| Tavtsan<br>{{Vertical script|ᠲᠠᠪᠴᠠᠩ}}
-| colspan="3" |
 |}
+===Empire of Goryeo===
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|title1=Empire of Goryeo|image1=File:Goryeo flag.png|capital=Sungduk<br>성둑|government=Hereditary Absolute Feudal Monarchy|head_of_state=Taewang<br>태왕|family_name=Song<br>송|race=Human|ethnicity=Sinjok|largest_city=Sungduk|body_name=Jeguk Uihoe<br>제국 의회|type=unicameral|currency=Jipye, Geumcham, Eungae, Donggae, Cheoldon|endonym=Goryeo-in<br>고려인|official:=Sinjok-eo<br>신족어|head_of_government=Taewang|exonym=Sinjokese}}
+The '''Empire of Goryeo''' (고려) is a nation in the northwest corner of Yesttang (Guangdai), the northern lands of Gudaelyuk (Xinshijie), the western subcontinent of Marlakcor. It is currently ruled by the Song dynasty. Goryeo occupies the island of the same name and some mainland territories. It shares maritime borders with the Morokoshi provinces of Yamatai to the south, and borders Tianchao on land via it's mainland territories to the east. North of the home island controls the island of Jinjuui (진주의). The Yosae (요새) peninsula to the east is its gateway to its mainland territories and its land border with Tianchao. Farther north it occupies to islands, Masul Seojjog (마술 서쪽) & Masul Dongjjog (마술 동쪽).
+Once controlling great swathes of the northern half of the western continent, down to at least the central regions of Yesttang, the homeland of the Sinjok people, Goryeo is the last independent and sovereign Sinjok nation on Marlakcor. It was once one of the dominant nations on western lands of Marlakcor, and seemed primed for ultimate domination before Tianchao invaded. As a result of the ''Tianzu Wars of Conquest'', Goryeo was territorially reduced to the island from whence it originated. The Yosae peninsula, which is governed from the fortress city of Jeohang (저항), was for a time Goryeo's only remaining mainland holdout against Tianchao. Goryeo managed to stave off the threat of invasion and retain full sovereignty, while its neighbors weren't so fortunate.
-=== Empire of Goryeo ===
-[[File:Joseon flag.png|left|300x300px]]Capital: Goguryeo<br>Government: Hereditary Absolute Feudal Monarchy<br>Head of State: Taewang (태왕)<br>Head of Government: Taewang<br>Legislature: Jegug Uihoe<br>Demonym: ???<br>Currency: Mun, Yang, Won
+When Yamatai invaded western Guangdai – conquering the last independent Sinjok nations in the region – and came into conflict with Tianchao, Goryeo took a chance to invade and reconquer some of its lost lands from Tianchao under the guise of a friendship and military alliance with Yamatai. However, when Yamatai entered into a ceasefire with Tianchao at the end of their first war, Goryeo betrayed Yamatai and invaded some of the latter's occupied lands. However, spies and defectors leaked military plans to the Yamato military governors and Yamatai was able to prevent Goryeo from doing too much damage. The only thing that stopped the fighting was a change of regime in Goryeo, when the then-incumbent war-hawk Myeok (멱) dynasty was supplanted by the pro-peace Jang (장) dynasty in a coup.
-The Empire of Goryeo (고려) is an island nation occupying the island of the same name in the northwest corner of Haoyudai (Hoyeokdae), the northern lands of Xinshijie, the western subcontinent of Marlakcor. It shares maritime borders with Morokoshi of Yamatai to the south and Tianchao to the east. Up north it controls the island of Jinjuui (진주의) and the Yosae (요새) peninsula on the mainland, its only land border with Tianchao.
+However, while peace between the two empires was restored by the Jang dynasty's rise to power, they were foreign in origin and so their rule was almost universally unaccepted, resulting in a civil war for the throne. The Song dynasty was among the contending factions that arose to the most prominence and power in the war, yet a series of sudden defeats cost them much of their influence. It was then that the Song asked signed a new treaty of trade and alliance with Yamatai, asking them to intervene on their side. Yamatai accepted, and with their help the Song won the war to become rulers of Goryeo.
-Once controlling great swathes of the northern half of the western continent, down to at least the central regions of Haoyudai, Goryeo, the homeland of the Unghwa people, was once the dominant nations on western lands of Marlakcor, and seemed primed for ultimate domination before Tianchao invaded. As a result of the ''Tianzu Wars of Conquest'', Goryeo was reduced to the island from whence it originated. The Yosae peninsula, which is governed from the fortress city of Jeohang (저항), is also Goryeo's only remaining mainland holdout against Tianchao.
+Goryeo has fostered equal trade relations with Yamatai ever since.
-Unlike Tibet and now-defunct Daludao, Goryeo managed to stave off the threat of invasion and retain full sovereignty.
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-=== Spiritual Kingdom of Hijiritokoro ===
+===Democratic Republic of Miaogui ===
-Capital: Sonkei (尊敬)<br>Government: Hereditary Absolute Feudal Monarchy<br>Head of State: Seio (聖王)<br>Head of Government: ???<br>Legislature: None<br>Demonym: ?????<br>Currency: Hansatsu, Koban, Nibuban, Ichibuban, Tsuho
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|capital=Lading<br>拉丁|government=Democratic Directorial Republic|heads_of_state=Guowu Weiyuanhui<br>国务委员会|heads_of_government=Guowu Weiyuanhui|body_name=Guowu Weiyuanhui|type=unicameral <small>(constitutionally)</small><br>tricameral <small>(technically)</small>|upper_house=Zuiyao Cengci<br>最要层次|middle_house=Cuiji Cengci<br>倅级层次|lower_house=Yueguo Cengci<br>越过层次|endonym=Miaogui|currency=Jiaozi, Guanzi, Huizi, Jinlong, Yinhu, Tongying, Tiegui <small>(primary tenders)</small>
+----
+Aureus, Denarius, Sestertius, Dupondius, As <small>(secondary tenders)</small>|official:=Wanyu & Solvox<br>完语|writing_system=Wanzi<br>完字|title1=Democratic Republic of Miaogui|image1=File:Miaogui flag.png}}
+The '''Democratic Republic of Miaogui''' (妙瑰民主共和国/''Miaogui Minzhu Gongheguo'') is a republican Wanzu-Incolo state in eastern Marlakcor, occupying the island of Daludao and some islands and lands to the north and south. It borders Tianchao on Shengfen Island to the west – occupying most of it – and on the eastern southern peninsula of Qiulu (虬陆) Island to the north. On the mainland to the southwest, it borders Dongbalian, marked by '''''Mulan's Wall'''''.
+Miaogui is the only republican state in Marlakcor.
-The Spiritual Kingdom of Hijiritokoro (聖所) is an island nation, occupying the island of Seiso (精そ), off the southern coast of Yuchang (Amehara), the southern division of Xinshijie, in southwest Marlakcor. Hijiritokoro shares maritime borders solely with Raimei to the north across the Meiyo Channel.
+As a state that had Incolo customs impressed upon them during the Solarii Occupation, Miaogui has a unique culture that is a blend of Wanzu and Incolo.
-A deeply religious nation, Hijirotokoro practices a syncretic faith based on a merging of many aspects of [[Lingjiao]] and [[Mioshie]].
+====History====
-Hijiritokoro was once known the Kingdom of Shengsuo (聖所), an equally religious kingdom which once occupied great swathes of the southern portion of the western continent, once stretching to the Isthmus of Caihong, at one time bordering Tianchao, but invasions by Yamatai and the ''Yamato-Shengsuo War'' (4120–4131AFZ) led it to recede from the mainland as Yamatai established the Morokoshi Ryoiki. Decades later, Genjin settlers rose up and overthrew Shengsuo, establishing the Genjin-ruled kingdom of Hijiritokoro (a Genjin reading of the Jiti name of the kingdom).
+The entirety of what is now Miaogui was once the Solarii colonial state of Serica. The Serica Provinciae was the collective name of the colonies & provinces of the Solarii Empire in Marlakcor, occupying a cluster of islands and a part of the mainland in eastern Marlakcor on the west side of the Yinyue Sea, called the Musica Sea by the Soligaians.
+The island of Daludao was formerly known as the kingdom of the same name, which was a suzerainty of Tianchao following the ''Tianzu Wars of Conquest'', Serica was established as a result of the ''Solarii Conquest of Daludao''. Solaria continued to expand Serica in as many ways as it could, warring against Tianchao and Dongbalian until they were stopped for political and logistical reasons.
-When the Ikazuchi clan rebelled against Yamato rule a century later, separating from Morokoshi and establishing the Empire of Raimei, Hijiritokoro managed to diplomatically stay out of the conflict, and fostered a trade relationship with both empires. Since then, it has served also a diplomatic medium between the two empires.
-===Empire of Raimei===
-[[File:Raimei_flag.png|left|300x300px]]Capital: Hekireki (霹靂)<br>Government: Hereditary Absolute Feudal Monarchy<br>Head of State: Raiko-jinno (雷光人皇)<br>Head of Government: Raiko-jinno<br>Legislature: None<br>Demonym: Raimin (雷民)<br>Currency: Hansatsu, Koban, Nibuban, Ichibuban, Tsuho
+Solaria's rule in Marlakcor came to an end when, after being forced to pull much of its army out to deal with affairs in the homeland, a long-suppressed independence movement took the chance to break free from foreign rule. The ''[[Miaogui War for Independence]]'' (妙瑰独立战争/''Miaogui Duli Zhanzheng'') seemed primed to succeed at the start, but the sudden return of the Imperial Solarii Army & Navy saw the Miaogui Independence Army suffer a series of defeats. Just as it seemed that freedom would be lost, Tianchao intervened on behalf of Miaogui, albeit not for altruistic reasons, and soon Solaria was forced out of Marlakcor for good.
-The '''Empire of Raimei''' (雷鳴), sometimes known as the '''Thunder Empire''' to countries outside Marlakcor, is a large monarchical state in southwestern Marlakcor, occupying much of Yuchang (called Amehara by the Genjin), the southern lands of Xinshijie, the western subcontinent of Marlakcor.
+While Tianchao never liked the idea of an eastern neighbor that was formerly foreign controlled, Miaogui has since fostered a prosperous trade and diplomatic relationship with both Tianchao and Dongbalian.
-Raimei borders the Yamato territories of Morokoshi to the west, Tianchao to the north via the Isthmus of Caihong, and shares maritime borders with high elven Gaoliang Empire and the wood elven Senxiao kingdoms to the east across the Conglin Sea, and the neutral island of Hei'an Zhidi to the southeast via its island territories in the Chidao Sea, and Hijiritokoro to the south across the Meiyo Channel.
+====Politics & Government====
-Raimei was once part of the Morokoshi Ryoiki of Yuchang, and therefore sovereign territory of Yamatai, until a rebellion led by one renegade clan, the Ikazuchi clan (雷), established the new independent empire, which took ten years of war, now known as the ''Raimin War for Independence'' (4235–4245AFZ), to achieve.
+The governing body of the republic is the 177-member council called the Guowu Weiyuanhui (国务委员会/''Council of State''). Members are called Daibiao (代表).
+[[File:Guowu Weiyuanhui arrangement.png|thumb|313x313px|Seating arrangement of the Guowu Weiyuanhui. Red circles are the Zuiyao Cengci; the dark-red circle is where the Zongcai sits. Blue circles are the Cuiji Cengci; the dark-blue circle is where the Yizhang of the Cuiji Cengci sits. Green circles are the Yueguo Cengci; the dark-green circle is where the Yizheng of the Yueguo Cengci sits.]]
+The Guowu Weiyuanhui, which is constitutionally unicameral but technically tricameral – though all members are seated in the same room – is divided into three Cengci (层次/''Rank'');
+*'''Zuiyao Cengci''' (最要层次/''Alpha Echelon''), 7 members, elected to their positions from among the daibiao of the Cuiji Cengci or regional Zongdu (总督/''governors'') every five years. Members are allowed two consecutive terms.
-Raimei remains at odds with Yamatai, and have fought several wars with the empire since its founding, but careful diplomacy has prevented the empires from outright destroying each other. The Ikazuchi clan still rules Raimei to this day.
+*'''Cuiji Cengci''' (倅级层次/''Second Echelon''), 69 members, elected to their positions from among the daibiao of the Yueguo Cengci or regional Zongdu every three years. Members are allowed three consecutive terms.
+*'''Yueguo Cengci''' (越过层次/''Entry Echelon''), 101 members, elected from the various lower-ranked public figures of the state such as Shizhang (市长/''mayors''), Lushi (律师/''lawyers''), etc, two years. Members are allowed four consecutive terms.
+The Guowu Weiyuanhui as a whole is chaired by the '''Zongcai''' (总裁/''President'') as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primus_inter_pares first among equals] with little power above his/her fellow members. The secondary position is the '''Fu Zongcai''' (副总裁/''Vice-President''). The positions rotate among the Zuiyao Cengci seven times a year.
-As an empire made up of lands that were formerly part of the Kingdom of Shengsuo (now called Hijiritokoro), Raimei has its own unique culture that is a blend of both Genjin and native culture.
+Similarly to the Zongcai of the Zuiyao Cengci, the Yueguo and Cuiji Cengci each have a Yizhang (议长/''speaker'') to represent the groups as a whole in meetings, but any daibiao of any Cengci may speak if granted clearance to hold the floor. The positions rotate among the incumbent members Cuiji Cengci every week, and every day in the Yuegao Cengci.
-=== State of Renyu Dao ===
-[[File:Renyu Dao flag.png|left|300x300px]]Capital: Yai<br>Government: Elective Absolute Monarchy<br>Head of State: Patriarch/Matriarch<br>Head of Government: Patriarch/Matriarch<br>Legislature: Council<br>Demonym: Renyan<br>Currency: Jinlong, Yinhu, Tongying, Tiegui
+Laws and motions can be proposed by any daibiao of any Cengci of the government, but passage into law always start at the bottom in the Yueguo Cengci, and each Cengci has an odd number to prevent a deadlocking tie. A simple majority vote is required in the Yueguo Cengci for law/motion to be passed to the Cuiji Cengci. A supermajority vote (two-thirds, 46:23) is required to pass in the Cuiji Cengci before it is passed to the Zuiyao Cengci. Once a law/motion is in the hands of the Zuiyao Cengci, a the type of vote required depends on the type of motion they're voting on; i.e. a simple 4:3 majority vote is required for most motions/laws to pass, but military-based bills, an emergency motion, declaring martial law or a state of emergency requires a 5:2 majority, while a unanimous vote is required for things like a declaration of war. Passing a motion is followed by the signatures of all current members, with the Zongcai signing first, and the motion/law to carries the full weight of law.
-The State of Renyu Dao (人魚島) is an island nation occupying the island of the same name in the Chidao Sea of southern Marlakcor, sharing maritime borders with solely Dongbalian.
+Voting by any of the cengci are typically done by a voice vote, raiing one's hand and saying either with Shi (是/''aye'') or Fou (否/''nay''), but sometimes the vote is done by ballot.
-Renyu Dao is a nation where merpeople live alongside humans in harmony. Renyu Dao was originally founded when a clan of humans got washed up on the shores, and have lived alongside the merfolk together in harmony from then on.
+===Empire of Đế Quốc Mưa===
-When Dongbalian expanded to their waters, they at first signed a treaty to come under Dongnan sovereignty, but pulled out of the confederacy less than a year later. The separation wasn't welcomed at first, leading to a brief military confrontation, but Dongbalian's government caved in and drew back within weeks.
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|title1=Empire of Đế Quốc Mưa|image1=File:Đế Quốc Mưa flag.png|race=Human|ethnicity=Mưa Nhân|capital=Cây Nóng<br>𣘃𤎏|government=Hereditary Absolute Monarchy|head_of_state=Vương<br>王|head_of_government=Vương|currency=Van|dynasty=Sao<br>𣋀|type=none|official:=Tiếng mưa<br>㗂𩅹}}
+The Empire of Đế Quốc Mưa (帝國𩅹), diplomatically known as "Redai" by Wan nations, is an ethnic Mưa Nhân nation in southwestern Marlakcor, occupying the tropical jungle island of the same name and much of the east coast of Yuchang (called Đất Mưa (坦𩅹) by the Mưa Nhân and called Amehara (雨原) by the Genjin), the southern lands of Xinshijie, including both of the major peninsulas of the east coast. By land it borders Raimei to the west, Xiahuo Niaonan of the Sisheng Chengshi to the northeast and Tianchao the extreme north via the Isthmus of Caihong, and shares maritime borders with high elven Gaoliang Empire and the wood elven Senxiao kingdoms to the east across the Jingling Sea, and the neutral island of Hei'an Zhidi to the southeast via its island territories in the Chidao Sea.
+====History====
+Unencumbered from encroachment from major nations or other ethnicities throughout most of history until relatively recent times, nor effected by the chaotic tumultuous history of Tianchao, the Mưa Nhân kingdoms of Đất Mưa mostly warred and traded with each other for many centuries. Most of the now defunct Mưa Nhân tribes and kingdoms had proper relations with Tianchao and the since at least the Zan dynasty, including various division-period breakaway states, and have had relations with the Sinjok kingdoms of the north for even longer.
+Đế Quốc Mưa, originating from its home island after overthrowing and replacing the Gừng (羌) dynasty, invaded the mainland and managed to expand and conquer nearly all of the other Mưa Nhân states of Đất Mưa, reaching its zenith roughly around the time of the the inception of the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty of Tianchao, then a division of the Gergazartan Khaganate.
-=== Magic Republic of Seijiseom ===
-Capital: Mabeob (마법)<br>Government: Directorial Wizard's Republic<br>Heads of State: Hyeonjaui Uihoe (현자의 의회/''Council of Sages'')<br>Heads of Government: Hyeonjaui Uihoe<br>Legislature: Hyeonjaui Uihoe<br>Demonym: ???<br>Currency: ???
+Relations between the two empires became tense as the Arslan expanded their territory and power into Guangdai, the northern lands of Xinshijie. The Arslan had their eye in the southern region since they conquered the north, but careful diplomacy and concessions kept the Gergazartan Khaganate from attempting to conquer the region. Following the fragmentation of the khaganate, Đế Quốc Mưa maintained cordial relations with the newly independent Lin dynasty and the Sinjok-ruled Gwan dynasty, but late in the latter's tenure relations with Gwan turned nasty due to a scandal between the Đế Quốc Mưa and Gwan royal families that soured ralations to the point of war. After Lin reconquered Gwan, ending the Nhiệt–Gwan conflict, careful diplomacy again kept Tianchao from taking advantage of the chaos of the recent conflict and encroaching on Đất Mưa, while Đế Quốc Mưa rebuilt itself in the aftermath of the conflict.
-The Magic Republic of Seijiseom (세이지섬/''Sage Islands'') is a Unghwa nation of magic in northwestern Marlakcor. It occupies to islands, Masul Seojjog (마술 서쪽) & Masul Dongjjog (마술 동쪽). It solely borders Tianchao on southern Masul Dongjjog.
+At its zenith, Đế Quốc Mưa controlled almost the entirety of Đất Mưa, and the only remaining Mưa Nhân states that Đế Quốc Mưa didn't conquer were on the west coast. Those kingdoms submitted to vassaldom in an effort to be spared conquest, yet they were conquered by the Yamato Empire a few centuries later.
-=== Kingdoms of Senxiao ===
-The Senxiao kingdoms is the collective term for the dozens of independent wood elven tribal chiefdoms led by different clans in southwestern Huaxia.
+When Yamatai invaded, Đế Quốc Mưa's western vassals were quickly conquered and Đế Quốc Mưa itself was unable to match up the unfamiliar tactics of Yamato Imperial Army. Within a few years the once dominant empire in the region and was territorially reduced to its home island and some scattered territories along the east coast, and was reduced to a vassal state of the Yamato empire in the face of possible total conquest. When Raimei revolted and declared independence from Yamatai, Đế Quốc Mưa took a chance to reclaim some of its lost lands as part of an alliance deal with Raimei to help them gain independence from Yamatai. Since then it has enjoyed a restoration of full sovereignty and trade relations with Raimei, albeit in a vastly reduced territory from it's former zenith.
-=== Holy City of Shangri-la ===
-=== Kingdom of Shayuwei Dao ===
+=== Empire of Raimei===
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|title1=Empire of Raimei|image1=File:Raimei flag.png|race=Human|capital=Hekireki/Bão<br>霹靂/暴|government=Hereditary Absolute Feudal Monarchy|head_of_state=Raiko/Sấm Vương<br>雷皇/𩆐王|family_name=Rairyu/Sấmrồng<br>雷龍/𩆐龍|dynasty=Rai/Sấm<br>雷/𩆐|ethnicity=Genjin-Mưa Nhân|head_of_government=Raiko/Sấm Vương|body_name=|endonym=Raimin/Người Sấm<br>雷民/𠊛𩆐|exonym=Raimese/Samese|currency=Kingetsu, Gingitsune, Gin'yo, Dogame|type=none|minor:=Wanyu|official:=Genjingo & Tiếng Mưa}}
-[[File:Shayuwei Dao flag.png|left|300x300px]]Capital: Shaqi<br>Government: Hereditary Absolute Feudal Monarchy<br>Head of State: Wang<br>Head of Government: Wang<br>Legislature: None<br>Demonym: Shayu<br>Currency: Jinlong, Yinhu, Tongying, Tiegui
+The '''Empire of Raimei''' (雷鳴), also called '''Sấm''' (𩆐), sometimes known as the '''Thunder Empire''' to countries outside Marlakcor, is a large monarchical  state in southwestern Marlakcor, occupying much of central Yuchang (called Amehara by the Genjin and Đất Mưa by the Mưa Nhân), the southern lands of Xinshijie, the western subcontinent of Marlakcor.
+Raimei borders the Yamato territories of Morokoshi to the west, Tianchao to the north via the Isthmus of Caihong, and Đế Quốc Mưa to the east.
-The Kingdom of Shayuwei Dao (鯊魚尾島/''Shayuwei Dao Wangguo'') is an island nation on the island of the same name in the Sinolatin Sea off of Huaxia in western Marlakcor.
+==== History====
-As Dongbalian expanded, Shayuwei Dao rejected all offers to join the expanding confederacy and even managed to repel an invasion when negotiations with one regime turned hostile. After the only war it ever fought with Dongbalian, Shayuwei Dao experienced a golden age of prosperity due to the soon established trade and military alliance that followed a change of management to both nations. However, this ended with the invasions of Rome.
+Raimei was once part of the Morokoshi Ryoiki of Yuchang, and therefore sovereign territory of Yamatai, until a rebellion led by one renegade clan, the Rairyu clan, a family of Genjin-Mưa Nhân origin – also called the Sấmrồng clan in Tiếng Mưa – established the new independent empire, which took ten years of war, now known as the ''Raimin War for Independence'' (2514 – 2524<small>TR</small>/4232 – 4242<small>PCZ</small>), to achieve.
+Said war began while Yamatai was preoccupied fighting the ''[[Fukko War]]'' (2513 – 2516<small>TR</small>/4230 – 4233<small>PCZ</small>) to overthrow the Goku Bakufu and restore imperial power. With the capitulation of the Goku, the imperial court wasted no time in initiating campaigns to relcaim the region, as a show of strength was necessary to restore confidence in Yamato rule. While Yamatai managed to put up a good fight for years, more than a decade of constant war left the Yamato weary and the Raimin gained the upper hand. Finally, large losses forced Yamatai to sign a peace treaty recognozing Raimin independence.
-When Rome exerted its control of western Marlakcor, Shayuwei Dao was no exception to the ever opportunistic Roman Empire. After losing almost half the island to the invaders, Shayuwei Dao signed a submissive peace treaty with Rome, retaining nominal sovereignty while still a vassal of the empire.
+Raimei remains at odds with Yamatai, and have fought several more wars with the empire since its founding, but careful diplomacy has prevented the empires from outright destroying each other. The Rairyu clan still rules Raimei to this day.
-When wars back in Eurodysia forced Rome to recall some of its forces, Shayuwei Dao took the chance to reassert its independence and reconquer its lost territory.
+As an empire made up of lands that were formerly part of Đế Quốc Mưa and formerly under Genjin rule, Raimei has its own unique culture that is a blend of both Genjin and Mưa Nhân culture, and has names for everything in both languages.
-However, even after reasserting its sovereignty, Shayuwei Dao was unable to restore its relations with Dongbalian, as Rome prevents all trade and communications from reaching the mainland, forcing Shayuwei Dao into an unequal trade alliance.
+<div style="clear:both;"></div>
-=== Sige Sheng Cheng ===
-Government: Theocratic Elective Monarchies<br>Heads of State: Four Masters<br>Heads of Government: Four Masters<br>Legislatures: none<br>Demonym: n/a<br>Currency: n/a
+===State of Renyu Dao===
-The '''Sige Sheng Cheng''' (四個聖城/''Four Holy Cities''), are a quartet of religious city-states spread around Marlakcor. Although in four separate locations around the continent, and are mostly autonomous from one another, the four cities are considered a single state.
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|image1=File:Renyu Dao flag.png|capital=Yai|government=Elective Absolute Monarchy|head_of_state=Zuzhang/Fuzhang<br>族长/妇长|head_of_government=Zuzhang/Fuzhang|title1=State of Renyu Dao|body_name=Council|type=unicameral|currency=Jinlong, Yinhu, Tongying, Tiegui}}
+The State of Renyu Dao (人魚島) is an island nation occupying the island of the same name in the Chidao Sea of southern Marlakcor, sharing maritime borders with solely Dongbalian.
+Renyu Dao is a nation where merpeople live alongside humans in harmony. Renyu Dao was originally founded when a clan of humans got washed up on the shores, and have lived alongside the merfolk together in harmony from then on.
-Deeply religious states, the holy cities are controlled by a religious order that pledges faith to the [[Qirsyllvian Religions, Legends & Mythologies#Divine Beasts of Tianxia|Divine Beasts of Tianxia]], and each houses a main temple dedicated to one of the four to represent their cardinal direction. As Tianchao expanded in every direction, they spared any threat of conquest or vassalization, as not even the huangdi of the time dared to threaten the sanctity of such holy places.
+When Dongbalian expanded to their waters, they at first signed a treaty to come under Dongnan sovereignty, but pulled out of the confederacy less than a year later. The separation wasn't welcomed at first, leading to a brief military confrontation, but Dongbalian's government caved in and drew back within weeks.
-The eastern and western cities were also spared conquest of vassalization by Rome and Yamatai when the two empires formed Serica Provinciae and Morokoshi respectively. Despite the former's usual policy to impose their religion on conquered or visited lands, Rome respected the eastern city's neutrality and honored the sanctity of a holy place, and Yamatai gave the same courtesy to the western city.
+<div style="clear:both;"></div>
+===Kingdoms of Senxiao===
+The Senxiao kingdoms is the collective term for the dozens of independent wood elven tribal chiefdoms led by different clans in southwestern Huaxia.
+===Holy City of Shangri-la===
-Although mostly autonomous from one another, the four masters, the leaders of each city, meet every year, taking turns to host the meeting in each of the four cities over the course of four years.
+===Kingdom of Shayuwei Dao===
-{| class="wikitable"
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|title1=Kingdom of Shayuwei Dao|image1=File:Shayuwei Dao flag.png|capital=Shaqi<br>鲨琪|government=Hereditary Absolute Feudal Monarchy|race=Human|head_of_state=Wang<br>王|head_of_government=Wang|currency=Jinlong, Yinhu, Tongying, Tiegui|type=none|official:=Wanzu|minor:=Solvox}}
-|-
+The Kingdom of Shayuwei Dao (鲨鱼尾岛/''Shayuwei Dao Wangguo'') is an island nation on the island of the same name in the Yinyue Sea off of Huaxia in western Marlakcor.
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-!Name(s)
-!Represented Beast
-|-
-| style="text-align: center;" |Dongshui Guibei<br>冬水龜北
-----Ovolus yast Melkhoid<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠡᠪᠦᠯᠤᠰ ᠶᠠᠰᠤᠲᠤ ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠠᠢ ᠳᠤ</span>
-|'''Black Turtle'''
-|'''Dongshui Guibei''', also known as '''Ovolus yast Melkhoid''' by the Arslan, and the Shengwai/Tukhii also call it that in the mother tongue, is a city-state situated on the shore of Gui Bay in central Pianpilu, the northern subcontinent of Marlakcor.
-It shares borders solely with Tianchao to the southwest.
+As Dongbalian expanded, Shayuwei Dao rejected all offers to join the expanding confederacy and even managed to repel an invasion when negotiations with one regime turned hostile. After the only war it ever fought with Dongbalian, Shayuwei Dao experienced a golden age of prosperity due to the soon established trade and military alliance that followed a change of management to both nations. However, this ended with the invasions of Solaria.
-As the northern city of the order, Dongshui Guibei serves as the base for the Temple of the Black Turtle, Lord of Winter & Warden of the North.
-|-
-| style="text-align: center;" |Chunjimu Longdong<br>春季木龍洞
-|'''Azure Dragon'''
-|'''Chunjimu Longdong''' is a city-state situated on the Long Peninsula of Qiu Island on the west side the Bay of Xiaolong.
-It shares borders with Tianchao to the northeast.
+When Solaria exerted its control of western Marlakcor, Shayuwei Dao was no exception to the ever opportunistic Solarii Empire. After losing almost half the island to the invaders, Shayuwei Dao signed a submissive peace treaty with Solaria, retaining nominal sovereignty while still a vassal of the empire.
-As the eastern city of the order, Chunjimu Longdong serves as the base for the Temple of the Azure Dragon, Lord of Spring & Warden of the East.
-|-
-| style="text-align: center;" |Xiahuo Niaonan<br>夏火鳥南
-|'''Vermilion Bird'''
-|'''Xiahuo Niaonan''' is a city-state situated on the southern shore of the Zhuhong Sea.
-It shares maritime borders solely with Gaoliang to the south.
+When wars back in Soligaia forced Solaria to recall some of its forces, Shayuwei Dao took the chance to reassert its independence and reconquer its lost territory.
-As the southern city of the order, Xiahuo Niaonan serves as the base for the Temple of the Vermilion Bird, Lord of Summer & Warden of the South.
-|-
-| style="text-align: center;" |Qiujin Huxi<br>秋金虎西
-----Chugeum Beom-Seojjok<br>추금 범서쪽
-----Akikane Toranishi<br>秋金虎西
-|'''White Tiger'''
-|'''Qiujin Huxi''', also known as '''Chugeum Beom-Seojjok''' by the Unghwa and '''Akikane Toranishi''' by the Genjin, is a city-state situated on the Washi Peninsula of Haoyudai (Called Hoyeokdae and Goikitai by the Unghwa and Genjin respectively), the northern lands of Xinshijie, the western subcontinent.
-It shares land borders solely with the Morokoshi Provinces of Yamatai to the west, and shares maritime borders soely with Goryeo to the north.
+However, even after reasserting its sovereignty, Shayuwei Dao was unable to restore its relations with Dongbalian, as Solaria prevented all trade and communications from reaching the mainland, forcing Shayuwei Dao into an unequal trade alliance. This restrictive alliance ended following the end of Solarii influence in Marlakcor with the independence of the Miaogui Republic, allowing Sayuwei Dao to restore its lost relations with Dongbalian and forge a new one with Miaogui.
-As the western city of the order, Qiujin Huxi serves as the base for the Temple of the White Tiger, Lord of Autumn & Warden of the West.
-|}
-=== Empire of Tianchao ===
-[[File:Tianchao flag.png|left|300x300px]]Capital: Tangzhai<br>Government: Hereditary Absolute Feudal Monarchy<br>Head of State: Huangdi<br>Heads of Government: Huangdi & Chengxiang<br>Legislature: Guohui<br>Demonyms: Tianzu (天組)/Jiti (集體) (endo)/Tianchese/Cathayan (exo)<br>Currency: Jiaozi, Guanzi, Huizi, Jinlong, Yinhu, Tongying, Tiegui
+Part of the source of it's name is the ever present shark schools around the island. Alongside the sharks are also pods of shark merfolk, the largest anywhere on Qirsyllviar.
-The '''Empire of Tianchao''' (天朝/''Celestial Empire'') is the dominant and largest state on Marlakcor.
+<div style="clear:both;"></div>
+===Sisheng Chengshi===
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|government=Theocratic Monastic Orders|largest_city=Dongshui Guibei<br>冬水龜北|capital=|heads_of_state=Sige Gaoshou<br>四個高手/四个高手|heads_of_government=Sige Gaoshou|image1=File:Four Holy Cities Insignia.png|type=none|official:=Wanyu <small>(de facto)</small>; several others, depending on the city.|minor:=|writing_system=Wanzi <small>(primary)</small>; others depending on the city.|title1=Sisheng Chengshi}}
+'''Sisheng Chengshi''' (四聖城市/四圣城市/''Four Holy Cities''), is the collective name for a quartet of religious city-states spread around Marlakcor. Although in four separate locations around the continent, and are mostly autonomous from one another, the four cities are considered a single state. Deeply religious states, the holy cities are controlled by a religious order that governs the [[Linglun#Shenshou|Shenshou facet of Linglun]] faith, and each houses a main temple dedicated to one of the four to represent their cardinal direction.
+Although mostly autonomous from one another, the Sige Gashou (''Four Masters''), the individual leaders of each city, meet every year around New Year's for prayer and to discuss agendas for the coming year; taking turns to host the meeting in each of the four cities over the course of four years.
-Tianchao has been known by many names since before and throughout its existence. It is often known locally by whichever dynasty is currently ruling it, while the name for the country prevalent for foreigners from Arquperio (Eurodysia and Aquilonis) is Cathay, at least for diplomatic purposes. Other names for the empire include Jibang (集邦) and Jiyu (集宇), both used in reference for the dominant ethnic group. The name "Tianchao" dates back the the Ying dynasty, meant to illustrate the achievement of the ''Mandate of Heaven'' (天命/[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_of_Heaven ''Tianming'']) and rulership of Tianxia (the world in ancient Tianzu perception), but the name did not enter common use for over two thousand years. It was used somewhat sparingly during the Mo, Qiang, Yue and Jing dynasties, but it wasn't until the Zhai dynasty that the name was adopted by law as the official legal name of the empire.
+==== History====
-It occupies much of the continent, controlling northern and western Huaxia (the central subcontinent), most of Haoyudai (the northern lands of Xinshijie, the western subcontinent), and two thirds of Pianpilu (the northern continent). In the Zhongyuan Provinces, the capital regions, it borders Dongbalian to the south, and shares borders with the Roman Serica Provinciae on Shengfen Island and on the eastern peninsula of Qiu Island. It also shares borders with Baoshi in the northeastern corner of the latter island.
+The cities are rumored to be as old as Wanzu civilization, but this is not true; the [[Qirsyllvian Non-State Organizations & Societies#Yeshou de Shensheng Zhixu|Shoushengzhi]] (獸聖秩), the religious order that governs the cities, is as old as Wanzu civilization, dating back to the early-Mei dynasty at least; but the cities themselves weren't founded until long after ''Four Kingdoms'' period.
+The history of the four cites began during the ''Wars at the end of the Zhai dynasty'', when members of the order scattered every direction beyond the then borders of the empire to escape the constant state of civil war that was engulfing the country with the collapse of the Zhai dynasty's authority, taking large contingents of followers with them. Only a handful of members of the order remained behind.
-Via the Jingling Peninsula, it borders Gaoliang to the south, and on the western continent, the Xifang Regions, it borders Raimei to the south and Yamato-Morokoshi to the west.
+The Sisheng Chengshi were founded at different times after the descendants of those groups – which now included followers of other ethnic groups – spent decades nomadically wandering the lands to find good places to settle down. Historians continue to debate the order in which the cities were founded as reliable written records from that time are scarce, but it is generally agreed that the Sisheng Chengshi were founded at various points during the late-Xuan to early-Hun dynasties.
-On Pianpilu, it borders Tibet to the west and Gergazar, whom still resists Tianzu expansion with all its might, to the east. These lands were hotly contested between Tianchao and other powers for many centuries. First it was contested by the Tibetan empire and the Tukhii Khanate (the Tukhii people are now known as the Shengwai, but they still refer to themselves by their mother term in their mohter language and in conversation with their cousins, the Arslan) before Tiancho finally conquered most of it during the Kai dynasty. It was again contested territory during the ''Twenty Kingdoms'' and ''Western, Central & Northern Dynasties'' periods before reconsolidation under the Zan dynasty restored order. Some time after Tianchao broke up again during the ''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms'' period, the recently-formed Gergazard Khaganate took advantage of the chaos to conquer Pianpilu and most of Tianchao. Following the ''Fragmentation of the Gergazard Khaganate'', the central lands were controlled by the Shuang dynasty for several centuries until they were reconquered by the Lei dynasty. Tianchao still rules the lands to this day.
+It wasn't until sometime during the Kai dynasty that the Sisheng Chengshi finally established communication with each other, courtesy of Wan mages who were visiting the cities at roughly the same time. With real-time communication now availble to them, it was then that the Sige Gaoshou established the formal doctrines for the governenace of the Sisheng Chengshi as a whole, effectively merging the cities as one state made up of four separate exclaves around the continent.
-In the northwest it shares maritime and land borders with the island empire of Goryeo, from whom it conquered most of the western continent, and the magic republic of Seijiseom.
+As Tianchao continued to expand in every direction, the Sisheng Chengshi were spared any threat of conquest or vassalization, as not even the huangdi of the time dared to threaten the sanctity of such holy places.
-Tianchao also shares borders with two of the four island city-states: In the north, on the southwest shore of Gui Bay, Tianchao shares maritime borders with the Holy City of Dongshui Guibei. To the east, on the Long Peninsula of Qiu Island on the west side the Bay of Xiaolong, via what territories Tianchao still controls after the wars with Rome, Tianchao shares borders with the Holy City of Chunjimu Longdong.
+The eastern and western cities were also spared conquest of vassalization by Solaria and Yamatai respectively when the two empires formed Serica Provinciae (now the Republic of Miaogui) and Morokoshi respectively. Despite the former's usual policy to impose their culture and religion on conquered or visited lands, Solaria respected the eastern city's neutrality and honored the sanctity of a holy place, and Yamatai gave the same courtesy to the western city.
-In northern Pianpilu, Tianchao also territorially surrounds the city of Shangri-la, making it an enclave, which is nestled in a tropical jungle valley surrounded by an impassible mountain range. The mountains around the valley are frigid and snow-covered almost year-round, but the valley is kept warm by geothermal activity. Becuase Tianchao can't get to it, as the only way into the city is via hidden caves that only the people of Shangri-la know the location of, the empire leaves it alone.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+The Sisheng Chengshi, which are known by one of several names depending on culture/language.
-Tianchao is also the suzerain of Tibet, forcing them to surrender base sovereignty in the face of the ferocity of the Tianzu Imperial Army & Navy and threats of invasion. At one point it held the now-defunct Daludao Kingdom (大陸島王國) as a suzerainty as well, but it has since been conquered and renamed Serica by Rome.
-Tianchao spared the Holy Cities from conquest or vassalization, as not even the huangdi of the time dared to threaten or desecrate the sanctity of such holy places. All this is a result of the ''Tianzu Wars of Conquest ''(a collective term for the many wars of expansion Tianchao has fought throughout its history.).
-On the western border with Yamato-Morokoshi stands the '''''Great Wall of Haoyudai'''''. This massive fortification of 25m-high stone walls, fortresses, and castles, which runs along the entire length of the Morokoshi-Tianchao border. This wall far surpasses Dongbalian's '''''Mulan's Wall''''', which was built for similar reasons against Rome.
-====History====
-The empire is currently under the rule of the '''Cui dynasty''', run by the '''Sun''' clan, which took power in 4903TJH (4482AFZ) after supplanting the collapsing dwarf-ruled Lei dynasty and reconquering the state of Dongji, a northern Shengwai secessionist kingdom. Cui is the latest of many dynasties that have ruled all or part of Tianchao.
-An unnatural creation with thousands of years of reliable history, what became Tianchao was originally a collection of quarreling wangguo (王國/kingdoms) in what is now the Zhongyuan Region thousands of years ago. There were eleven major states and several minor states under vassal hegemony of a few of the major ones.
-Modern scholars agree that the events that led to the founding of the modern empire began following the collapse of what is known to history as the Mo dynasty into the various states at the end of an era historians call the ''Predynastic Era''. The previous recorded dynasties prior to Mo were, in practice, just fragile hegemonic alliances under the lordship of a stronger state. The Mo dynasty, a kingdom of magic ruled by magicians, was the first kingdom to exercise centralized authority over the rest of the kingdoms, and lasted longer than any dynasty in Tianzu history. After its initial founding, Mo held supreme authority over the other kingdoms; however, during the second half of its reign, the Mo dynasty lost control over its subjects as the first experiments and attempts at federalizatin were poorly executed and cost the wang (king) and his court their authority. This time is an era termed the ''Summer & Winter period'' (夏季和冬季). This attempt at federalization involved redrawing the internal borders and establishing states and elevating the statuses of the vassal wangs as rulers of them, granting them more governing authority to levy their own taxes, keep troops, and make their own individual laws. But this had the unintended side-effect of reducing their obligation to their liege and envoking personal disputes, territorial and personal. The loss of influence cost the central authorities their control over the newly formed constituent kingdoms.
-While the Mo dynasty didn't actually collapse until near the end of the ensuing period of civil war, the instability triggered the beginning of an era of near constant warfare, shifting alliances, and brief periods of peace between conflicts; ending the ''Summer & Winter period'' and beginning a period of chaos and civil war known to history as the ''Warring States period''.
-About a hundred years later, a warlord known to history as '''Ji Zheng '''(機政): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtesy_name styled] '''Zhugong''' (主公), a general from what was then ''Kingdom of Qiang'' – whom was also an alleged descendant of [[Lingjiao#Xiangrikui Gongchen|Xiangrikui Gongchen]] – usurped control of the kingdom in a military coup d'état, overthrowing the inept and complacent wang and the Zhi family, becoming wang himself. Ji Zheng then led his followers to conquer all of Qiang's rivals, thus founding the first imperial dynasty of newly-formed Empire of Tianchao under the rule of the '''Qiang dynasty''' with himself as the first Huangdi (皇帝/''Emperor''). His posthumous name was '''Chuangjian''' (創見) and his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_name temple name] is '''Kaiguo '''(開國). He is more commonly known by his posthumous name, but is also known in history as '''Qiang Shou Di''' (強首帝). His conquests ended the ''Warring States period'' and the ''Prydynastic Era'' in one stroke and began the ''Classical'' stage of the ''Imperial Era''.
-While the name "Tianchao" was used as the offical name for the empire of the time, with the end of the Qiang dynasty, the name fell out of use. The name "Tianchao" was adopted as the official name of the empire during the Zhai dynasty.
-The early imperial dynasties up to the mid-Jing dynasty, only ruled areas of the modern-day Zhongyuan Region. From the mid-Jing dynasty onward began expanding Tianchao beyond its cradle of civilization. In the subsequent collective ''Tianzu Wars of Conquest'', Tianchao expanded in every direction and grew into one of the largest and wealthiest empires on Qirsyllviar. <sup>(It is outclassed only by Yamatai in the latter aspect)</sup>
-The empire has a chaotic history of various pretender dynasties, breakaway states, or usurpations by rebellion or coup d'état, and many other types of crises besides. For example, the Ji dynasty, the first dynasty of the ''Predynastic Era'' (前王朝紀元), prior-founding Tianchao, collapsed and was usurped by the Re dynasty, which began the cycle for a successive change of dynasties.
-The reason for the constant changes of dynasties and wars is all in part due to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynastic_cycle dynastic cycle] influenced by a religiopolitical concept known as the ''Mandate of Heaven'' (天命/[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_of_Heaven ''Tianming'']), a philosophical concept of the circumstances under which a ruler is allowed to rule <sup>(see the two links to the wikipedia articles for the full explanation on both concepts)</sup>. The concept dates back to the Ying dynasty.
-Not all of the dynasties came to power by violence: sometimes power was peacefully handed over to a new dynasty when the previous dynasty's final huangdi abdicated in favor of a favored person or named such a person as his sole heir. This was usually done if the reigning huangdi felt that he was going to inevitably pass on without leaving a valid heir (such as a son, nephew, cousin or brother), so that a power vacuum was avoided. This was also done if it was believed that the incumbent dynasty had lost the Mandate of Heaven and had been granted to a new dynasty. Another way was, if he ''did'' die without a valid heir or before naming one, one of the highest ranked members of the government (often by election) would establish a new dynasty to fill the power vacuum before any sort of chaos could ensue. But civil wars were still a common occurrence in the latter instance, especially so if the nearest relatives of the last huangdi (such as a brother, nephew, cousin or a son of a concubine) made claims to the throne.
-Founders of several dynasties were descendants of great heroes from Tianzu history and/or folklore; i.e, the founders of five different dynasties were allegedly descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first [[Abjaksan]] of Marlakcor.
-Alongside the successive change of dynasties, Tianchao has also fractured into separate independent states and rival dynasties as a result of wars of succession, rebellions for independence, or other crises many times in the past.
-{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
-|+{{nowrap|These periods of chaos have become known, in chronological order, as:}}
 |-
+!Wan
-! rowspan="2" |Crisis Name
+!Arslan
-! colspan="2" |Duration
+!Sinjok
+!
+Genjin
+!
+Mưa Nhân
 |-
+! colspan="5" |Collective Names of the State
-! style="text-align: center;" |Years
-!Period
 |-
+|Sisheng Chengshi<br>四聖城市<br>四圣城市
-!''Warring States''<br>戰國<br>''Zhanguo''
+|Dörvön Ariun Khotuud<br>{{Vertical script|ᠳᠥᠷᠪᠡᠨ ᠠᠷᠢᠭᠤᠨ}}{{Vertical script|ᠬᠣᠲᠠ ᠨᠤᠭᠤᠳ}}
-|101TJQ–0TJH
+|Ne Seongseuleo Dosi<br>네 성스러 도시
-|101yrs
+| Yottsu Seina Toshi<br>四つ聖な都市
+|Bốn Thành thị Thánh<br>𦊚城市圣
+|- style="background:#ca862b;"
+| colspan="5" |
 |-
+! colspan="5" |The Four Cities
-| colspan="3" |A period of constant fighting between the states of central Zhongyuan in the final century of the Mo dynasty, the final dynasy of the ''Predynastic Era''. The period ended with the conquest of all other states by the Kingdom of Qiang and the founding of Tianchao under the Qiang dynasty.
-{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
-|+States of the Warring States period:
 |-
+|Dongshui Guibei<br>冬水龜北<br>冬水龟北
-!Kingdom
+|Khoid Melkhii Chamarkhai<br>{{Vertical script|ᠬᠣᠶᠢᠳ ᠮᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ}}{{Vertical script|ᠴᠢᠮᠠᠷᠬᠠᠢ}}
-!Origin of Name
+|Gyeoul Mul Geobuk Bukjjok<br>겨울 물 거북 북쪽
-!Ruling Family
+|Toki to Mizugame no Hokubu<br>冬季と水亀の北部
-!Flag/Emblem
+|Mùa đông Nước Rùa Bắc<br>务冬渃𧒍北
 |-
+| colspan="5" |'''Dongshui Guibei''' is the northern city of the order and serves as the base for the Temple of the Black Turtle.
-! colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |Major States
+Dongshui Guibei is situated on the southwest shore of Daimao Bay (玳瑁灣/''Daimao Wan'') in central Pianpilu, the northern subcontinent of Marlakcor. It shares borders solely with Tianchao to the southwest.
-|-
-| colspan="4" |These states were the major contenders of the ''Warring States''.[[File:Warring States.png|centre|thumb|550x550px|The political map of the ''Warring States'' in central Zhongyuan, just before the fall of Mo Kingdom, Wu Principality, Xiao Kingdom to Hong Kingdom.]]
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Bao<br>寶
-|''Noble Title''
-|Lan<br>藍
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Both before and during the ''Warring States period'', Bao was unique among the major states in that it was ruled by wanghou (王后/queens) with the throne passed matrilineally. This practice would not be resurrected until the Qin'ai dynasty.
-Merged with the Kingdom of Qiang through a marriage alliance in the face of invasion from the Hong Kingdom.
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Cui<br>翠
-|''Noble Title''
-|Ping<br>平
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Also called Gu Cui (古翠) by historians to distinguish it from the modern dynasty.
-Was absorbed by the Qiang dynasty by diplomatic means following the defeat, capitulation and absorption of Hong Kingdom.
-|-
-|Feng<br>風
-|''Tribe name''
-|
-|
-|-
-|Guang<br>光
-|''Noble Title''
-|Tan<br>談
-|
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Hong<br>紅
-|''Noble Title''
-|Chi<br>赤
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Late the period, Hong Kingdom, after managing to conquer Mo, Wu and Xiao, seemed prime to dominate until the assassination of its last wang following the marriage alliance of Qiang and Bao.
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Huang<br>黃
-|''Noble Title''
-|Hao<br>濠
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Also known as Hao Huang (濠黃) to differentiate it from the later self proclaimed dynasty during the ''Wars at the End of the Zhai Dynasty'' before the ''Four Kingdoms'' period.
-|-
-|Huo<br>火
-|''Tribe name''
-|
-|
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Mo<br>魔
-|''Noble Title''
-|Xi<br>觋
-|[[File:Mo Kingdom flag.png|none|thumb|100x100px]]
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Mo Kingdom was a kingdom of magic that today is the namesake of one of the provinces of Tianchao.
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Qiang<br>強
-|''Tribe Name & Noble title''
-|Zhi, later the Ji<br>治, later 機
-|[[File:Qiang Kingdom flag.png|left|thumb|100x100px]]
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Originally a vassal of Mo kingdom at the height of the Mo dynasty's power.
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Qiu<br>虯
-|''Tribe name''
-|Mian<br>面
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Calso called Mian Qiu (面虯) to distinguish it from the later Xiyi-ruled dynasty.
-|-
-|Shui<br>水
-|''Tribe name''
-|Han<br>韓
-|
-|-
-|Sou<br>藪
-|''Tribe name''
-|Fei<br>非
-|
-|-
-|Tu<br>土
-|''Tribe name''
-|
-|
-|-
-|Xiao<br>曉
-|''Tribe name''
-|Yige<br>一個
-|
-|-
-! colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" |Minor states
-|-
-| colspan="4" |The states that had little influence or were vassals.
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Cao<br>草
-|''Noble Title''
-|Pi<br>皮
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Vassal of Qiang
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Xiao Guang<br>小光
-|''Toponym''
-|Xiaotan<br>小談
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Vassal of the main Guang Kingdom. The ruling family was a cadet branch of the Tan clan.
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |He<br>河
-|''Toponym''
-|
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Vassal of Shui
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Liu<br>六
-|''Tribe name''
-|Beijian<br>倍件
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Vassal of Qiang
-|-
-|Mai<br>麦
-|''Tribe name''
-|
-|
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Shu<br>属
-|''Toponym''
-|
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Vassal of the Mo dynasty until it fell to Hong Kingdom. Became a vassal of Feng for protection until its capitulation to Qiang Kingdom.
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Sun<br>笋
-|''Noble Title''
-|
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Vassal of Qiang
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Wei<br>微
-|''Tribe name''
-|Diao<br>調
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Vassal of Cui
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Wu<br>武
-|''Noble Title''
-|
-|
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Vassal of Mo. Styled a "Principality."
-|-
-|Xing<br>性
-|''Noble Title''
-|
-|
-|}
-Historians tradiationally consider the defeat, capitulation and absorption of Hong Kingdom following the merge of Qiang and Bao Kingdoms through marriage as the official beginning of the Qiang dynasty. A couple years prior to that, Hong had conquered Mo, Wu and Xiao amd seemed prime to dominate.
-|-
-!''Imperial Schism''<br>帝國分裂<br>''Diguo Fenlie''
-|296–302TJH
-|6yrs
-|-
-| colspan="3" |A massive civil war that erupted when, as a result of a power struggle involving a three-generation-old split in the imperial line of the Chang dynasty, a member of the cadet branch declared himself huangdi of the self-proclaimed Can dynasty.
-|-
-!''End of the Zhai dynasty''<br>斎朝末年<br>''Zhaichao Monian''
-|c. 1504–1539TJH
-|35yrs
-|-
-| colspan="3" |A period of constant fighting between regional warlords that happened as the the Zhai dynasty, the dynasty which saw the legal adoption of Tianchao as the name of the empire, came to a close.
+Of the four cities, Dongsui Guibei is the largest, both by land area and population.
-The Zhai dynasty was one of Tianchao's golden ages up until at least a genration prior to this period. By this time Tianchao controlled the central southern lands of Pianpilu and was just dipping its toes into Haoyudai (said territores were lost during the period but were reconqured during the later Quan dynasty). The origins of the period take root some years prior the final Zhai huangdi's abdication.
+|- style="background:#ca862b;"
+| colspan="5" |
-During and in the wake of a nationwide uprising known as the ''Black Turban Rebellion'' (黑巾之亂/''Heijin zhi luan''), the power of the huangdi diminished into the hands of regional warlords, squabbling court officials and then a tyrannical chengxiang. The rebellion was allegedly contrived by the ''Hanluan Jundi'' (混亂軍隊/''Chaos Army''), the Tianzu branch of the Chaos Order. The rebellion was defeated after three years of war, but the order never planned on victory; the goal of the rebellion was destablizing the empire to the point of destruction. The order did have a plan in place in the event of victory, but never intended to use it.
-The tyrannical chengxiang is known to history as Huai Gui (壞鬼): styled Yaoguai (妖怪). Huai Gui ascended to power when he, on the advice of another general and statesman, brought his army into the capital to eliminate the court eunuchs who were usurping the power of the imperial court. With his loyal army and retainers backing him, Huai Gui proceeded to assassinate Huangdi Wei Sui (威歲), posthumous name: Zhamen of Zhai (斎閘門皇帝), and several generals and officals loyal to him. He then enthroned Zhamen's younger brother, the seven-year-old Wei Anzi (威安子): styled Chunjie (純潔), posthumous name: Huangdi Ang of Zhai (斎昂皇帝), though the child huangdi was little more than a puppet. Through Huangdi Ang, Huai Gui was in effective control of the court and the empire, making him huangdi in all but name.
-A punitive expedition against Huai Gui was initiated by a coalition of twenty regional warlords, most of whom were either military veterans – some of whom took part in defeating the ''Black Turban Rebellion'' – or powerful noblemen, but said coalition fell apart after just a few victories. This was mainly in part because each warlord had their own agendas and ambitions, leading them to scheme against each other. Worse yet, only a few of them had any intention of trying to restore the Zhai dynasty to glory; the rest sought to carve out a piece of the empire for themselves in the chaos they knew was to follow.
-With Huai Gui's tyranny rampant, the dynasty faltered into the chaos of civil war between dozens of regional warlords – mostly the ones who participated in the coalition, but also some others – in a bid for power and hegemony over the realm. Even Huai Gui's eventual assassination three years after the coalition fell apart – at the hands of his adopted son and future warlord Qishi Ying (騎士鷹): styled Fenghuang (鳳凰) – which just in time prevented him from usurping the throne, did nothing to quell the unrest.
-A few short years following the death of Huai Gui, Huangdi Ang came under control of a major warlord named Kong Song (恐誦), who used the huangdi and his new status as the chengxiang and the new head of the Zhai central government as a basis to assume control the rest of Tianchao as the de facto ruler of the empire. Many warlords resisted this and soon Kong Song was waging campaigns against them to restore central authority.
-Over the course of at least at least three decades (historians debate the actual duration), most of the warlords fell to one another or vanished into obscurity until Tianchao was split into a quadripartite as power was consolidated into a delicate and fragile balance between four warlords heading their individual states: '''Gan''', '''Yong Zhai''', '''Lu''', & '''Zan'''.
-During the conflicts before the rise of the four kingdoms, three warlords, at different times, had the audacity to proclaim themselves huangdi of new dynasties. Two were defeated, while the third died before he could make good on his promise ot reunite Tianchao under a new dynasty.
-* The first warlord was a female outlaw warlord known as Lin Lin (霖林): styled Reqing (熱情), and she declared herself huanghou of the short-lived Fei dynasty, posthumously known by her followers as Huangdi Liang of Fei (匪亮皇帝).
-** Her rationale for proclaiming the dynasty was her coming into possession of the imperial seal, which she actually stole from the capital during the coalition's campaign against Huai Gui. Lin Lin's self-proclaimed dynasty was defeated by a new coalition after only five years on her self-proclaimed throne. While the imperial seal was recovered, Lin Lin vanished following her final defeat and was never seen again.
-* The second was Xin Zhujiao (信主教): styled Jiaohuang (教皇), a religious leader-turned-warlord, who proclaimed himself huangdi of the Huang dynasty (also known as Xin Huang (信黃) to differentiate it from the ''Warring States'' kingdom of the same name), posthumously known by his followers as Huangdi Jiuzhu of Huang (黃救主皇帝).
-** Devoted to [[Lingjiao]] faith and loved by his people, his rationale for proclaiming his dynasty was that the Zhai dynasty had long-since lost the Mandate of Heaven and that he had recieved a vision from the gods saying that it had been granted to him for the purpose of saving the nation from self-destruction. He died of illness a year and a half following his declaration. Passing on without an heir, his court quickly collapased and his army scattered.
-* The third was San Yinghao (傘英豪): styled Lijie (禮節), an ethnic Senzai warlord from the Dianqing peninsula, who proclaimed himself huangdi of the Dian dynasty, posthumously known by his followers as Huangdi Jingling of Dian (靛精靈皇帝).
-** His rationale for proclaiming his dynasty remains unknown to history. He intended on conquering the rest of Tianchao, but his self-proclaimed dynasty was defeated by Kong Song and his armies following a successful invasion and reconquest of the peninsula two years later. San Yonghao himself was captured and executed. His heirs were spared, but were forced to serve the Kong-controlled Zhai court.
-{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
-|+Prominent warlords and their vassals of the era
 |-
+| Chunmu Longdong<br>春木龍東<br>春木龙東
-! colspan="4" |Warlords
+|Dornyn Luu Chamarkhai<br>{{Vertical script|ᠳᠣᠷᠣᠨ᠎ᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ}}{{Vertical script|ᠯᠤᠤ ᠴᠢᠮᠠᠷᠬᠠᠢ}}
+| Bom Mokjae Yong Dongjjok<br>봄 목재 용 동쪽
+|Shunki to Kiryu no Tomen<br>春季と木竜の東面
+|Mùa xuân Gỗ Rồng Đông<br>务春楛龍東
 |-
+| colspan="5" |'''Chunmu Longdong''' is the eastern city of the order and serves as the base for the Temple of the Azure Dragon.
-!|Name
+Chunmu Longdong is situated mainly on the Shengzhe peninsula (聖者半島/圣者半岛) of Qiulu Island on the west side the Bay of Xiaolong. It shares land borders with Tianchao to the northwest and maritime borders with Miaogui to the southeast.
-!Style
+|- style="background:#ca862b;"
-! colspan="2" |Notes, Fate & Legacy
+| colspan="5" |
 |-
+| Xiahuo Niaonan<br>夏火鳥南<br>夏火鸟南
-|Chan Kan<br>纏看
+|Ömnöd Bürged Chamarkhai<br>{{Vertical script|ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠲᠦ ᠪᠦᠷᠭᠦᠳ}}{{Vertical script|ᠴᠢᠮᠠᠷᠬᠠᠢ}}
-|Yingxiong<br>英雄
+|Yeoleum Bul Sae Namjjok<br>여름 불 새 남쪽
-| colspan="2" |Participated in the Coalition against Huai Gui. Died at the ''Battle of Anbian'' following the coalition's failure. Succeeded by his eldest daughter, Chan Ming. Posthumously honored as Huangdi Ge of Zan (攢鴿皇帝), with the temple name Dazu, following Chan Yue's founding of Zan Kingdom
+|Kaki to Hidori no Nanpo<br>夏季と火鳥の南方
+|Mùa hè Lửa Chim Nam<br>务夏焒𪀄南
 |-
+| colspan="5" |'''Xiahuo Niaonan''' is the southern city of the order and serves as the base for the Temple of the Vermilion Bird.
-|Chan Ming<br>纏名
+Xiahuo Niaonan is situated on the western shore of the Jingling Sea. It shares borders solely with Đế Quốc Mưa to the west.
-|Nujie<br>女傑
+|- style="background:#ca862b;"
-| colspan="2" |Daughter of Chan Kan. Suceeded her father afte his death.
+| colspan="5" |
-Assassinated by unknown assailents. Suceeded by her younger brother, Chan Yue. Posthumously honored as Huangdi Tian of Zan (攢甜皇帝) following Chan Yue's founding of Zan Kingdom.
 |-
+| Qiujin Huxi<br>秋金虎西
-|Chan Yue<br>纏越
+|Örnödiin Bar Chamarkhai<br>{{Vertical script|ᠥᠷᠥᠨᠡᠲᠦ ᠶᠢᠨ}}{{Vertical script|ᠪᠠᠷᠰ ᠴᠢᠮᠠᠷᠬᠠᠢ}}
-|Shijian<br>時間
+| Ga-eul Geum Beom Seojjok<br>가을 금 범 서쪽
-| colspan="2" |Son & younger brother of late warlords Chan Kan & Chan Ming respectively. Suceeded Chan Ming upon her death. Later founding huangdi of Zan. Died of old age.
+|Shuki to Kanetora no Seiyo<br>秋季と金虎の西洋
+|Mùa thu Kim loại Hổ Tây<br>务秋金類虎西
 |-
+| colspan="5" |'''Qiujin Huxi''' is the western city of the order and serves as the base for the Temple of the White Tiger.
-|Yige Mao<br>亦歌毛
+Qiujin Huxi is situated on the Washi Peninsula of Guangdai, the northern lands of Xinshijie, the western subcontinent. It shares land borders solely with the Morokoshi Provinces of Yamatai to the west, and shares maritime borders soely with Goryeo to the north.
-|Shashou<br>殺手
+|- style="background:#ca862b;"
-| colspan="2" |Original founder and leader of the ''Coalition against Huai Gui'' and half-brother of Yige Ming.
+| colspan="5" |
-Defeated in battle by Kong Song and later died of his injuries.
-Survived by his four sons, who fought each other later and were too defeated by Kong Song.
-|-
-|Yige Ming<br>亦歌瞑
-|Nenya<br>嫩芽
-| colspan="2" |Half-brother of Yige Mao. Died of his wounds following a defeat against Yige Mao.
-Survived by his three sons and two daughters, all of whom pledged fealty to Yige Mao.
-|-
-|Kong Song<br>恐誦
-|Zhengke<br>政客
-| colspan="2" |Chengxiang of Zhai. Died of old age. Posthumously honored as Huangdi Meng of Gan (感猛皇帝) with the temple name Yaozu.
-|-
-|Kong Hao<br>恐好
-|Youya<br>幽雅
-| colspan="2" |Son of Kong Song. Chengxiang of Zhai following Kong Song's death. Later the first huangdi of Gan. Died of illness.
-|-
-|Huai Gui<br>壞鬼
-|Yaoguai<br>妖怪
-| colspan="2" |Tyrannical Chengxiang of Zhai following the ''Black Turban Rebellion''. Assassinated by Qishi Ying.
-|-
-|Nai Xiao<br>鼐肖
-|Heyi<br>盒依
-| colspan="2" |Originally a vassal of Wei San before striking out on his own. Died in the ''Battle of Lanjing'' against Yige Mao.
-|-
-|Lin Lin<br>霖林
-|Reqing<br>熱情
-| colspan="2" |Declared herself huanghou of the self-proclaimed Fei dynasty. Vanished following final defeat. Posthumously known by her followers as Huangdi Liang of Fei (匪亮皇帝).
-|-
-|Qishi Ying<br>騎士鷹
-|Fenghuang<br>鳳凰
-| colspan="2" |Adopted son of Huai Gui. Later assassinated him. Executed by Kong Song following his defeat at the ''Battle of Yintalou''.
-|-
-|She Rui<br>蛇瑞
-|Jinjiang<br>金匠
-| colspan="2" |Originally vassal of the Kong clan of Gan and regent of the kingdom during the reign of the last huangdi of Gan. He usurped the Kong clan and abolished Gan Kingdom to found the Quan dynasty.
-|-
-|Wei San<br>威散
-|Sangjian<br>桑劍
-| colspan="2" |Imperial scion of the imperial house of the Zhai dynasty. Huangdi of Yong Zhai. Died of illness.
-|-
-|Da Nai<br>答奈
-|Yihe<br>易合
-| colspan="2" |
-|-
-|Xue Tai<br>學鈦
-|Tangling<br>糖零
-| colspan="2" |First huangdi of Lu Kingdom.
-|-
-|Xue Han<br>學含
-|Bingzhen<br>冰鎮
-| colspan="2" |Son of Xue Tai and the second and last huangdi of Lu Kingdom. Died of old age following abdication.
-|-
-|Fei Mei<br>非美
-|Kaihua<br>開花
-| colspan="2" |A female warlord and a participant in the ''Coalition against Huai Gui''.
-Following the tyannical chengxiang's death, she conquered almost half of then Tianchao and seemed prime to dominate the empire – even become huanghou – until she was defeated by Kong Song.
-Dying childless (though it was rumored she was pregnant at the time of her death), her domain fell apart between her former subordinates, who became warlords competing to either succeed her legacy or become hegemon themselves.
-|-
-|Wei Ru<br>威儒
-|Xuezhe<br>學者
-| colspan="2" |Governor of Kaizhou (a now-defunct province), a distant member of the imperial family, and a participant in the ''Coalition Against Huai Gui''. He defended Kaizhou against all invaders, in particular the Chan of Zan, until his death.
-His sons fought each other for succession following his death.
-In the end:
-* The eldest son, Wei Guan (威罐), died in battle after seeking aide from Chan Yue to repel Kong Song's invasion.
-* The middle son, Wei Xin (威鋅), after losing a decisive battle against the followers of the Ming clan, fled to Wei San and served Yong Zhai until the abdication of Huangdi Wei Fu.
-* The youngest son, Wei Bo (威鉑), influenced by the nominally subordinate but manipulative Ming clan, was annointed as Wei Ru's offical successor, joined Kong Song and served Gan Kingdom until his death.
-This event split Kaizhou in two until the end of the Four Kingdoms period.
-|-
-|Liang Dan<br>糧啖
-|Canyin<br>餐飲
-| colspan="2" |Participant in the ''Coalition Against Huai Gui''.
-Known for his gluttony, he instituted policies in his domain solely for the purpose of feeding his vanity and coffers, causing his people to suffer.
-He was assassinated by his own subordinates when Kong Song made them an offer they not only couldn't refuse and were only too willing to accept.
-|-
-|Zao Richao<br>造日超
-|Jingji<br>競技
-| colspan="2" |
-|-
-|Dan Fu<br>膽佛
-|Chengzhi<br>誠摯
-| colspan="2" |
-|-
-|Xin Zhujiao<br>信主教
-|Jiaohuang<br>教皇
-| colspan="2" |A religious leader-turned warlord. Later declared himself huangdi of the self-proclaimed Huang dynasty. Died of illness a year and a half following his declaration. Posthumously known by his followers as Huangdi Jiuzhu of Huang (黃救主皇帝).
-|-
-|San Yinghao<br>傘英豪
-|Lijie<br>禮節
-| colspan="2" |Ethnic Senzai warlord from the Dianqing peninsula. Proclaimed himself huangdi of the self-proclaimed Dian dynasty. Captured and executed following his final defeat. Posthumously known by his followers as Huangdi Jingling of Dian (靛精靈皇帝).
-|-
-! colspan="4" |Prominent Subordinates
-|-
-! style="text-align: center;" |Name
-! style="text-align: center;" |Style
-!Master
-!Notes & Fate
-|-
-|She Jian<br>蛇檢
-|Piaobo<br>漂泊
-|Kong Song
-|Closest advisor of Kong Song.
-Regent of Gan during the reign of Kong Su (恐素) of Gan, the penultimate huangdi of Gan.
-Died of old age.
-Grandfather of She Rui, the founder of the Quan dynasty.
-Posthumously honored Huangdi Huanyuan of Quan (圈還原皇帝) with the temple name Dazu.
-|-
-|Huan Hao<br>換號
-|Shuzhao<br>數找
-|Xue Tai
-|
-|-
-|Gang De<br>鋼德
-|Yongling<br>永靈
-| rowspan="7" |Wei San
-|Sworn brother of Wei San. Abjaksan of Marlakcor. Died in the ''Battle of Jinghai''.
-|-
-|He Gan<br>河紺
-|Fengbao<br>風暴
-|Sworn brother of Wei San. Died of illness.
-|-
-|Wen Li<br>聞李
-|Ningjing<br>寧靜
-|Sworn sister of Wei San. Died in childbirth.
-|-
-|Fanwei Mingzhi<br>範圍明智
-|Tiancai<br>天才
-|Master strategist, chengxiang of Yong Zhai and alleged descendant of Xiangrikui Gongchen. Died of old age.
-|-
-|Wei Fu<br>威福
-|Longta<br>龍獺
-|Second son of Wei San. Became huangdi of Yong Zhai following his father's death.
-|-
-|Kong Zao<br>恐早
-|Danliang<br>膽量
-|Nephew of Kong Song and a rival of Kong Hao to succeed the chengxiang's legacy.
-Following a political purge in the wake of Kong Hao's ascension to emperorship and the founding of Gan Kingdom, he defected to Yong Zhai and served until he died in battle.
-|-
-|Yue Liu<br>月懰
-|Chanjuan<br>嬋娟
-|A female warlord-turned-vassal.
-A distant cousin and subordinate of the female warlord Fei Mei, Yue Liu rose to prominence following the death of Fei Mei. Yue Liu was one of only a handful of warlords who managed to fight Kong Song's armies to a stalemate.
-She later became a vassal and trusted general of Wei San following a decisive defeat in battle against the forces of Xue Han, whom annexed her lands following her defeat.
-She loyally served Yong Zhai with distinction until her death.
 |}
-|-
-!''Four Kingdoms''<br>四國<br>''Siguo''
-|1539–1589TJH
-|50yrs
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Commenced with the end of the Zhai dynasty.
+===Empire of Tianchao===
-Following the death of Kong Song, who by then had assumed the title of King of Gan and controlled a great portion of the empire of the time, the Zhai dynasty finally ended with the forced abdication of Huangdi Ang to Kong Hao (恐好), Kong Song's son and successor.
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+The '''Empire of Tianchao''' (天朝) is the dominant and largest state of Marlakcor.
+Tianchao has been known by many names since before and throughout its existence. It is often known locally by whichever dynasty is currently ruling it, while it is known as the name for the country prevalent for foreigners from Geminos (Soligaia and Aquilonis) is Cathay, at least for diplomatic purposes. Other names for the empire include Wanbang (完邦) and Wanyu (完宇), both used in reference for the dominant ethnic group, Wan. The name "Tianchao" dates back the the Ying dynasty, meant to illustrate the achievement of the ''Mandate of Heaven'' (天命/[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_of_Heaven ''Tianming'']) and rulership of Tianxia (the whole world, or all under heaven, in ancient Wan perception), but the name did not enter common use for over two thousand years. It was used somewhat sparingly during the Mei, Qiang, Yue and Jing dynasties, but it wasn't until the mid-Zhai dynasty that the name was adopted by law as the official legal name of the empire.
-Later the rulers of the other three kingdoms, one after another, declared themselves huangdi of the territories they had conquered in the preceding years, igniting a new but different struggle for power: the reunification of the country under one dynasty.
+It occupies much of the continent, controlling northern and western Huaxia (the central subcontinent), most of Guangdai (the northern lands of Xinshijie, the western subcontinent), and two thirds of Pianpilu (the northern continent). In the Zanghuan Provinces, the capital regions, it borders Dongbalian to the south, and shares borders with the Wanzu-Incolo Miaogui Republic on Shengfen Island and on the eastern peninsula of Qiulu (虯陸) Island. It also shares borders with Baoshi in the northeastern corner of the latter island. East of Qiulu, Tianchao chares borders with Tibet.
-The era ended when the four kingdoms were conquered by the newly proclaimed Quan dynasty, which was proclaimed following the overthrow of Gan by the She clan.
+Via the Jingling Peninsula, it borders Gaoliang to the south, and on the western continent, the Xifang Regions, it borders Raimei to the south and Yamato-Morokoshi to the west.
-{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
-|+States of the Four Kingdoms
-|-
-! colspan="4" |Kingdom
-! colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Tenure
-! rowspan="3" |Founder
-! rowspan="3" |Final Ruler
-|-
-! rowspan="2" |Name
-! colspan="3" |Ruling Family
-|-
-!Surname
-!Race
-!Ethnicity
-|-
-|Gan<br>感
-|Kong<br>恐
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|1539–1581TJH
-|42yrs
-|Huangdi Gengxin<br>更新皇帝
-|Kong Jiong<br>恐炯
-|-
-| colspan="8" |'''Gan Kingdom''' – also known as '''Kong Gan''' (恐感) or '''Northern Gan''' (北感/''Bei Gan'') – was the first to declare its own emperorship after Kong Hao – posthumous name: Huangdi Gengxin of Gan – forced Huangdi Ang to abdicate to him, ending the Zhai dynasty.
-* Gan Kingdom had five huangdi during its 42-year reign, as Kong Hao and his successors had a history of myriad health problems that resulted in early deaths and a rapid succession of huangdi. Historians believe that said health problems were resultant of the incestuous inbreeding practices of the Kong clan (wedding siblings and first cousins) going back a least six generations prior to Kong Song's time.
-** Consequently, this also resulted in the She clan, longtime subordinates of the Kong clan, in amassing more and more power until they reigned as regents for the final two huangdi.
+On Pianpilu, it borders Bogino to the west and Gergazar, whom still resists Tianzu expansion with all its might, to the east. These lands were hotly contested between Tianchao and other powers for many centuries. First it was contested by the Boginotan Khanate and the Tukhii Khanate, but they still refer to themselves by their mother term in their mother language and in conversation with their cousins, the Arslan) before Tiancho finally conquered most of it during the Kai dynasty. It was again contested territory during the ''Twenty Kingdoms'' and ''Western, Central & Northern Dynasties'' periods before reconsolidation under the Zan dynasty restored order. Some time after Tianchao broke up again during the ''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms'' period, the recently-united Gergazartan Khaganate took advantage of the chaos to conquer Pianpilu and most of Tianchao. Following the ''Fragmentation of the Gergazartan Khaganate'', the central lands were controlled by the Shuang dynasty for several centuries until they were reconquered by the Lei dynasty. Tianchao still rules the lands to this day.
-Seven years after conquering Yong Zhai, Gan was usurped by the Quan dynasty under She Rui (蛇瑞) – posthumous name: Shanyu (圈善于皇帝) – following the forced abdication of Huangdi Kong Jiong.
-* She Rui was the grandson of She Jian (蛇檢), whom was the closest advisor to Chengxiang Kong Song. Starting from the reign of Kong Hao, She Jian descreetly laid the foundation for the She to ascend to power.
-* With the She clan firmly in power, the new Quan dynasty proceeded to conquer Lu and Zan.
-|-
-|Yong Zhai<br>永斎
-|Wei<br>威
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|1539–1574TJH
-|35yrs
-|Huangdi Qianbei<br>永斎謙卑皇帝
-|Huangdi Heshan<br>永斎和善皇帝
-|-
-| colspan="8" |'''Yong Zhai Kingdom''', also known, uncommonly, as '''Southern Zhai''' (南斎/''Nan Zhai''), was the second kingdom to declare emperorship, yet it was founded as a succession to the Zhai dynasty.
-The founder of Yong Zhai was a scion of the imperial family with the intent of restoring the dynasty proper. The founder added the prefix "Yong" to the name of the kingdom not only to distinguish it from the dynasty proper but also to signify his intentions to restore the Zhai dynasty to full glory.
+In the northwest it shares maritime and land borders with the empire of Goryeo, from whom it conquered most of the western continent.
-The founder of Yong Zhai was Wei San (威散): styled Sangjian (桑劍), posthumous name: Huangdi Qienbei, a warlord of humble origins of the preceding civil wars and a distant relative of Wei Anzi, hailed as the "Imperial Uncle."
+Tianchao also shares borders with two of the four island city-states: In the north, on the southwest shore of Daimao Bay, Tianchao shares maritime borders with the Holy City of Dongshui Guibei. To the east, on the Shengzhe peninsula (聖者半島) of Qiulu Island on the west side the Bay of Xiaolong, via what territories Tianchao still controls after the wars with Solaria, Tianchao shares borders with the Holy City of Chunmu Longdong.
-He was well known for going almost everywhere with his two sworn brothers, Gang De (鋼德): styled Yongling (永靈), He Gan (河紺): styled Fengbao (風暴), and sworn sister, Wen Li (聞李): styled Ningjing (寧靜), whom were his most trusted generals and compatriots. His other most trusted ally was the legendary strategist Fanwei Mingzhi (範圍明智); styled Tiancai (天才).
+In northern Pianpilu, Tianchao also borders the city of Shangri-la, making it an enclave, which is nestled in a tropical jungle valley surrounded by an impassible mountain range. The mountains around the valley are frigid and snow-covered almost year-round, but the valley is kept warm by geothermal activity. Becuase Tianchao can't get to it, as the only way into the city is via hidden caves that only the people of Shangri-la know the location of, the empire leaves it alone. At one point Tianchao territorially surrounded it, but various conflicts resulted in the loss of the lands north of the city.
-Additionally, Gang De was the Abjaksan of Marlakcor of the time and was Yong Zhai's top general, keeping Gan Kingdom and Zan Kingdom at bay with his reputation and prowess in battle, and won many victories in the name of his lord & sworn brother.
+Tianchao was at one point the suzerain of Bogino, forcing them to surrender base sovereignty in the face of the ferocity of the Tianzu Imperial Army & Navy and threats of invasion. But the independence of the former Shuang dynasty allowed them to break off from the yoke of Tianchao and reclaim some of their lost territory. At one point Tianchao held the now-defunct Daludao Kingdom (大陸島王國) as a suzerainty as well, but it was conquered and renamed Serica by Solaria. Said territories have since declared independence as the Republic of Miaogui.
-Gang De died in the ''Battle of Jinghai'' against Zan Kingdom in 1551TJ). He was survived by his three daugthers.
+Tianchao spared the Holy Cities from conquest or vassalization, as not even the huangdi of the time dared to threaten or desecrate the sanctity of such holy places. All this is a result of the ''Tianzu Wars of Conquest ''(a collective term for the many wars of expansion Tianchao has fought throughout its history.).
-Wei San passed on as well from illness less than a year later. He was survived by his six children, two sons & four dughters
+On the western border with Yamato-Morokoshi stands the '''''Great Wall of Guangdai'''''. This massive fortification of 25m-high stone walls, fortresses, and castles, which runs along the entire length of the Morokoshi-Tianchao border. This wall far surpasses Dongbalian's '''''Mulan's Wall''''', which was built for similar reasons against Solaria.
-Among them was his second son and chosen successor Wei Fu (威福): styled Longta (龍獺), posthumous name: Huangdi Heshan.
+[[File:Qingjiang river.png|thumb|300x300px|The course of the Qingjiang river.]]
+Running through the middle of Zanghuan is the Qingjiang (清江/''Green River'') river. The Qingjiang is a life-giving river that gets its name from the green hue of the water. The Qingjiang river valley (青江河谷/''Qingjiang Hegu''), traditionally called Gaoyu (皋峪), is the traditional homeland of the Gao, the dominant ethnic group of the Wan peoples. It is along this river that most early Wan civilization was formed and has served Tianchao culturally, politically, and militarily since time immemorial. The river runs from northeastern Zanghuan and down the center of the land before splitting into two pathways and emptying into the oceans in two different places,
+====History====
+The empire is currently under the rule of the '''Cui dynasty''', run by the '''Sun''' clan, which took power in 4903<small>TJH</small> after supplanting the collapsing dwarf-ruled Lei dynasty and reconquering the state of Dongji, a northern Shengwai secessionist kingdom. Cui is the latest of many dynasties that have ruled all or part of Tianchao.
+An unnatural creation with thousands of years of reliable history, what became Tianchao was originally a collection of quarreling wangguo (王國/kingdoms) in what is now the Zanghuan Provinces thousands of years ago. There were eleven major states and several minor states under vassal hegemony of a few of the major ones.
-He Gan died of illness a few months after Wei San. He was survived by his three sons.
+Modern scholars agree that the events that led to the founding of the modern empire began following the collapse of what is known to history as the Mei dynasty into the various states at the end of an era historians call the ''Predynastic Era''. The previous recorded dynasties prior to Mei were, in practice, just fragile hegemonic alliances under the lordship of a stronger state. The Mei dynasty, a kingdom of magic ruled by magicians, was the first kingdom to exercise centralized authority over the rest of the kingdoms, and lasted longer than any dynasty in Tianzu history. After its initial founding, Mei held supreme authority over the other kingdoms; however, during the second half of its reign, the Mei dynasty lost control over its subjects as the first experiments and attempts at federalization were poorly executed and cost the wang (king) and his court their authority. This time is an era termed the ''Summer & Winter period'' (夏季和冬季). This attempt at federalization involved redrawing the internal borders and establishing states and elevating the statuses of the vassal wangs as rulers of them, granting them more governing authority to levy their own taxes, keep troops, and make their own individual laws. But this had the unintended side-effect of reducing their obligation to their liege and invoking disputes, territorial and personal. The loss of influence cost the central authorities their control over the newly formed constituent kingdoms, erupting a period of civil war.
-Wen Li died in childbirth giving birth to her youngest child in 1556TJH. She was survived by her four children, a daughter and three sons.
+While the Mei dynasty didn't actually collapse until near the end of the ensuing period of civil war, the instability triggered the beginning of an era of near constant warfare for survival and supremacy, shifting alliances, and brief periods of peace between conflicts; ending the ''Summer & Winter period'' and beginning a period of chaos and civil war known to history as the ''Warring States period''. Even before then the rulers of the territories were going to war with one another for one reason or another, but it wasn't until the aftermath of an event known as the ''Heita Shijian'' (黑塔事件/Black Tower Incident), that all the states, having stewed in fierce rivalries for decades, declared war on each other in a bid for dominance over the realm, beginning the ''Warring States period''.
-After the death of Wei San and his sworn brothers and sister, Fanwei Mingzhi kept Yong Zhai going on behalf of Wei Fu until his own death in 1564TJH, an event that most historians regard as the beginning of the end for Yong Zhai.
+About a hundred years later, a warlord known to history as '''Jian Zheng '''(劍政): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtesy_name styled] '''Zhugong''' (主公), a general from what was then ''Kingdom of Qiang'' and an alleged descendant of [[Linglun#Xiangrikui Gongchen|Xiangrikui Gongchen]], usurped control of the kingdom in a military coup d'état, overthrowing the inept and complacent wang and the Zhi family, becoming wang himself. Jian Zheng then led his followers to conquer or politically assimilate all of Qiang's rivals, thus founding the first imperial dynasty of newly-formed Empire of Tianchao, under the rule of the '''Qiang dynasty''' with himself as the first Huangdi (皇帝/''Emperor''). His posthumous name was '''Chuangjian''' (創見) and his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_name temple name] is '''Kaiguo '''(開國). He is more commonly known by his posthumous name, but is also known in history as '''Qiang Shou Di''' (薔首帝). His conquests ended the ''Warring States period'' and the ''Prydynastic Era'' in one stroke and began the ''Classical'' stage of the ''Imperial Era''.
-With the conquest of Yong Zhai by Gan – which concluded with Wei Fu's abdication following Yong Zhai's last defeat at the ''Battle of Nanting'' – it was the first kingdom to fall, ending the last vestiges of the Zhai dynasty for good and dashing any hopes of restoration. Despite abdicating his position, Wei Fu was named a Taishang Huangdi and given an imperial posthumous name upon his death.
-|-
-|Lu<br>露
-|Xue<br>學
-|Faun
-|Yinghui
-|1540–1588TJH
-|48yrs
-|Xue Tai<br>學鈦
-|Xue Han<br>學含
-|-
-| colspan="8" |'''Lu Kingdom''', also known as '''Xue Lu''' (學露) or '''Eastern Lu''' (東露/''Dong Lu''), as it was the easternmost fo the four kingdoms. Lu was also the only kingdom whose ruler was a race other than a human, a faun in this case.
-Although it was the third kingdom to declare an emeprorship, Lu was really only following suit to the previous two declarations and pretty much stayed out of the conflict between the three other states. Additionally, while Zan resisted Quan to its last breath, Lu's second, and last, huangdi willingly abdicated rather than risk a subtantial loss of life. Said huangdi is known to history as Xue Han (學含), whom took over from his father, Xue Tai (學鈦), at the age of sixteen when the latter died of old age.
-|-
-|Zan<br>攢
-|Chan<br>纏
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|1546–1589TJH
-|43yrs
-|Huangdi Jinyue<br>攢勁樂皇帝
-|Huangdi Haolong<br>攢好龍皇帝
-|-
-| colspan="8" |'''Zan Kingdom''', also known as '''Chan Zan''' (纏攢) or '''Western Zan''' (西攢/''Xi Zan'') to distinguish it from the later dynasty of the later ''Medieval Imperial Era'', as it was the westernmost of the four kingdoms. Zan's ruler was he last one to declare himself huangdi.
-For a several years, the King of Zan, Chan Yue (纏越), later known as Huangdi Jinyue of Zan, submitted to Gan Kingdom as a vassal in the face of the aggression of Yong Zhai Kingdom over past disputes, but proclaimed emperorship in the wake of the death of Kong Dong (恐懂) – the second huangdi of Gan – at the ''Battle of Hongdu'' against Yong Zhai.
+While the name "Tianchao" was used as the official name for the empire of the time, with the end of the Qiang dynasty, the name fell out of use. The name "Tianchao" was adopted as the official name of the empire during the Zhai dynasty.
-Zan Kingdom was the last to declare emperorship and the last fall, resisting submission to the Quan dynasty to its last breath, when Huangdi Haolong of Zan, aka Chan Jieji (纏傑基), Zan's fourth and final huangdi, died in the final battle against Quan forces.
-|}
-|-
-!''Crisis of the Twentieth Century''<br>二十世紀的危機<br>''Ershi Shiji de Weiji''
-|1941–1997TJH
-|56yrs
-|-
-| colspan="3" |As a result of the aftermath of a power struggle within the Imperial House of Huang of the Hun dynasty – the only unified vampire-ruled dynasty in Tianzu history – known to history as the ''Six Years & Ten Emperors'' (六年及十皇帝/''Liu Nian ji Shi Huangdi''), Tianchao broke into three empires competing for supremacy: Hun itself, Jian, & Zhao.
-Peace was finally restored when the Hun dynasty, restored to stability, reconquered the breakaways just a few before the new millennium (by the Luan calendar).
+The early imperial dynasties up to the mid-Bei dynasty, only ruled areas of the modern-day Zanghuan Provinces. From the mid-Bei dynasty onward began expanding Tianchao beyond its cradle of civilization. In the subsequent collective ''Tianzu Wars of Conquest'', Tianchao expanded in every direction and grew into one of the largest and wealthiest empires on Qirsyllviar. <sup>(It is outclassed only by Yamatai in the latter aspect)</sup>
-Also called the ''Crisis of the ''Sixteenth ''Century'' among Eurodyne historians.
-{| class="wikitable"
-|+The breakaway dynasties of the Crisis of the Twentieth Century
-! colspan="4" |Dynasty
-! colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Tenure
-! rowspan="3" |Founder
-! rowspan="3" |Final Ruler
-|-
-! rowspan="2" |Name
-! colspan="3" |Ruling family
-|-
-!Surname
-!Race
-!Ethnicity
-|-
-|Jian<br>鍵
-|Tang<br>瑭
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|1941–1997TJH
-|56yrs
-|
-|
-|-
-|Zhao<br>照
-|Yan<br>眼
-|Vampire
-|Yinghui
-|1944–1991TJH
-|47yrs
-| colspan="2" |
-|}
-|-
-!''War of the Twelve Princes''<br>十二王子之戰<br>''Shi'er Wangzi zhi Zhan''
-|2575–2588TJH
-|13yrs
-|-
-| colspan="3" |A series of devastating civil wars that occurred during the Kai dynasty – which succeeded the Hun dynasty and, up till then, was one of Tianchao's golden ages – and lasted for thirteen years. The twelve wangzi in question – four of whom were wangfei, contrary to the name of the conflict – fought each other for control of the empire.
-Although called the ''War of the Twelve Princes'', it's somewhat of a misnomer: rather than one continuous conflict, the ''War of the Twelve Princes'' saw intervals of peace interposed with short and intense periods of internecine conflict. At no point in the whole conflict were all of the twelve wangzi on one or multiple sides of the fighting.
+The empire has a chaotic history of various pretender dynasties, breakaway states, or usurpations by rebellion or coup d'état, and many other types of crises besides. For example, the Cuan dynasty, the first dynasty of the ''Predynastic Era'' (前王朝紀元), prior-founding Tianchao, collapsed and was usurped by the Zao dynasty, which began the cycle for a successive change of dynasties.
-The wars occurred during the reign of the mentally incompetent Huangdi Tai Bing (泰兵): styled Bangshou (幫手), posthumous name: Huangdi Ju (愷句皇帝). Huangdi Ju was developmentally disabled and could not effectively rule. Throughout his reign, there was constant internecine fighting between regents, imperial wangzi (his siblings, uncles, cousins), and his wife Huanghou Mihan Keyi (米晗可以皇後) for the right to control him (and therefore the imperial administration), causing great suffering for the people and greatly undermining the stability of the Kai regime. Most historians believe and agree that Mihan Keyi provoked the wars between the twelve wangzi in an vain, foolish, and ill-fated attempt to establish supreme hegemony over the realm from behind the throne, or perhaps even usurp the throne herself.
+The reason for the constant changes of dynasties and wars is all in part due to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynastic_cycle dynastic cycle] influenced by a religiopolitical concept known as the ''Mandate of Heaven'' (天命/[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_of_Heaven ''Tianming'']), a philosophical concept of the circumstances under which a ruler is allowed to rule <sup>(see the two links to the Wikipedia articles for the full explanation on both concepts)</sup>. The concept dates back to the Ying dynasty.
-Most of the fighting was either to establish regency over Huangdi Ju or remove Huanghou Keyi from power; but, two of the Wangzi had to audacity to attempt to usurp the throne for themselves when they drove the court from the capital. However, their reigns were brief and are not traditionally counted among the official list of huangdi stored in the imperial archives.
+While most dynasty's came to power by overthrowing the preceeding dynasty, not all of the dynasties came to power by violence: sometimes power was peacefully handed over to a new dynasty when the previous dynasty's final huangdi abdicated in favor of a favored person or named such a person as his sole heir; though they were soemtimes tricked, pressured, or forced into doing do. This avoided a power vacuum in most cases, but such dynasty's often didn't have a smooth transition and faced rebllions soon after. Either way civil wars were still a common occurrence, especially so if the nearest relatives of the last huangdi of the dynasty (such as a brother, nephew, cousin or a son of a concubine) made claims to the throne.
-Another important figure of the time was Huang-Taihou Ming Ye (鳴也皇太後): styled Soujia (艘家), second wife of the previous ruler, Huangdi Songhan (愷嵩涵皇帝), and the mother of Huangdi Ju. She sensed that Huanghou Keyi was attempting to usurp power by provoking conflict between the wangzi and wangfei and tried to defuse the sitiation before it got out of hand. Tragically, she was assassinated by poison within two years after the conflicts started.
-{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
-|+The Twelve Wangzi of the period were
-|-
-! colspan="3" |Prince(ss)
-! rowspan="2" |Relation to Huangdi Ju
-! rowspan="2" |Notes & Fate
-|-
-!Name
-!Style
-!Title
-|-
-|Tai Aimi<br>泰愛米
-|Jingling<br>精灵
-|Qinyi Wumei Wangfei <br>秦怡嫵媚王妃<br>''Princess Wumei of Qinyi''
-|Aunt
-|Imprisoned.
-Released after conflicts & exiled.
-|-
-|Tai Bian<br>泰便
-|Yongrong<br>雍容
-|Tiao Kanzhi Wangzi<br>條看直王子<br>''Prince Kanzhi of Tiao''
-|Uncle
-|Executed.
-|-
-|Tai Caojin<br>泰曹金
-|Songhao<br>嵩号
-|Shangui Hao Wangzi <br>善鬼号王子<br>''Prince Hao of Shangui''
-|Older brother
-|Killed in Battle.
-|-
-|Tai Fang<br>泰房
-|Xiaotao<br>笑套
-|Rongying Piao Wangzi<br>荣膺漂王子<br>''Prince Piao of Rongying''
-|Second cousin
-|Imprisoned. Died in prison
-|-
-|Tai Han<br>泰喊
-|Gongtai<br>攻台
-|Nanzhou Yuji Wangzi<br>南粥預計王子<br>''Prince Yuji of Nanzhou''
-|Uncle
-|Declared himself huangdi.
+Founders of several dynasties were descendants of great heroes from Tianzu history and/or folklore; i.e, the founders of five different dynasties were allegedly descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first [[Abjaksan]] of Marlakcor.
-Executed.
-|-
-|Tai Jiji<br>泰急擊
-|Haojin<br>耗尽
-|Yi Rongbei Wangzi<br>以荣北王子<br>''Prince Rongbei of Yi''
-|
-|Killed in Battle.
-|-
-|Tai Lin<br>泰霖
-|Jiaying<br>嘉硬
-|Puzhang Meiji<br>鋪張每即王妃<br>''Princess Meiji of Puzhang''
-|
-|
-|-
-|Tai Mian<br>泰面
-|Taoli<br>桃李
-|Kanglong Puyin Wangfei<br>亢龍普印王妃<br>''Princess Puyin of Kanglong''
-|Younger half-sister
-|Executed.
-|-
-|Tai Song<br>泰送
-|Jiatang<br>加糖
-|Jiongxiao Tinan Wangzi<br>囧校題難王子<br>''Prince Tinan of Jiongxiao''
-|first cousin, once removed
-|Declared himself huangdi.
-Commited suicide following final defeat.
-|-
-|Tai Qing<br>泰清
-|Jimin<br>机敏
-|Hangzhai Linyun Wangfei<br>航窄磷孕王妃<br>''Princess Linyun of Hangzhai''
-|
-|
-|-
-|Tai Wang<br>泰网
-|Erding<br>而定
-|Ruicao Kongxian Wangzi<br>瑞肏控先王子<br>''Prince Kongxian of Ruicao''
-|Granduncle
-|The oldest of the wangzi at start of conflicts (78yrs).
-Died of old age at 85.
-|-
-|Tai Zize<br>泰紫澤
-|Linmi<br>林密
-|Shangling Ouran Wangfei<br>尚翎偶然王妃<br>''Princess Ouran of Shangling''
-|Third cousin
-|''De facto'' winner of the ''War of the Twelve Princes''.
-|}
+Alongside the successive change of dynasties, Tianchao has also fractured into separate independent states and rival dynasties as a result of wars of succession, rebellions for independence, or other crises many times in the past.
-During the conflict, Huanghou Keyi schemed to put one of her favored sons on the throne in place of her husband and rule the empire through him, so she conspired with Tai Song, a wangzi she favored, to have her elder stepson, the taizi (the heir apparent) – whom was from a concubine Huangdi Ju took before he married Keyi, as well as intelligent and long-favored by the people – murdered.
+{{Main article|Chaotic Periods of Tianchao}}
-She attempted afterward to have her youngest son named taizi, but the after-effects of the incident backfired on her, as Tai Song used the assassination as an excuse to have her deposed and forced her to commit suicide. Shortly after, Tai Song deposed Huangdi Ju and declared himself huangdi but did not hold power for long. Later that year, another coup was held, Huangdi Ju was restored to the throne and Tai Song was executed for treason.
+Tianchao's territorial control of Guangdai never reached all the way across the continent to the western sea; its armies stretched too thin by that time, it stopped its conquests roughly eight-hundred miles from the westernmost coast of the continent. Instead, it vassalized the native kingdoms to use as buffer states.
-At the end of the conflict, all other principal wangzi and wangfei of the wars were dead and Tai Zize held power over the empire as regent, but her victory was short-lived. With the death of Huangdi Ju by poisoning two years later, he was succeeded as huangdi by his youngest brother, Tai Yan (泰眼): styled Huakong (花控), posthumous name: Huangdi Yong (愷永皇帝). The new huangdi was much more intelligent and tried to initiate reforms to restore the empire, but Tai Zize, as regent, kept him from exercising any real power.
+A few hundred years before present day (throughout the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign), Tianchao lost its western vassals and control of its westernmost territories to Genjin conquerors during the ''Yamato Invasions of Marlakcor ''(4431 – 4533<small>TJH</small>/2293 – 2395[[Qirsyllvian Calendars#Teikoku calendar|<small>TR</small>]]/4010 – 4112<small>PCZ</small>), which the Empire of Yamatai of [[Fuso]] – then under the rule of the Goku Bakufu – initiated to expand Yamtao rule. In the wake of the ''Third Yamato–Tianzu War'' (4521 – 4533<small>TJH</small>/2383 – 2395<small>TR</small>/4100 – 4112<small>PCZ</small>) – which Yamatai declared in hopes of taking advantage of the anarchy and aftermath of the ''Hang–Tun War'' – following a peace treaty with the Tun dynasty (which fully usurped the Hang dynasty in 4523<small>TJH</small> following a 14-year civil war), the '''''Great Wall of Guangdai''''' was constructed to prevent any further expansion eastward by the Yamato into the western continent. The wall took nearly a century to build (and the rulership of Tianchao passed from the Tun dynasty to the Geng dynasty during that time, in part becuase the project was so economically costly that it contributed to the already weak and strained Tun dynasty's collapse), and it has so far fulfilled that purpose, save for very brief occupations of various fortresses at various periods during several wars throughout its history.
-This, combined with the instability brought on from the previous conflict, resulted in a devolution of imperial authority that caused the near-collapse of the empire.
-|-
-!''Twenty Kingdoms''<br>二十王國<br>''Ershi Wangguo''
-|2594–2734TJH
-|140yrs
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Occurred the during the last century of the Kai dynasty.
+The last major war between Yamatai and Tianchao was fought from 4716 – 4728<small>TJH</small> (2578 – 2590<small>TR</small>/4295 – 4307<small>PCZ</small>), during the dwarf-ruled Lei dynasty. Tianchao initiated the war by the opening of several gates along the ''Great Wall'' in an attempted invasion Morokoshi, managing to conquer a hold a sizeable chunk of Yamato-held territory for more than a decade. Tianchao even managed to bring the war to the streets of Gekyo (外京), the unofficial yet de facto capital of Morokoshi, until the tide turned and they were kicked out of the west side of the Great Wall in the last year of the conflict. Said war was also the first and last time since the ''[[Arslan Invasions of Fuso]]'' that Tianchao attempted an invasion of Fuso, a maneuver meant to divide Yamato attentions. Tianchao managed to land on southern Suisho, but never made it farther than the walls of the city of Kato (華都), the seat of power of the Arslan-originating Hanasaku clan. Defeated without breaching the walls, the Tianzu army was expelled from Fuso for the ''third'' time in Yamato-Tianzu history. There have been several wars since, but nothing on that scale.
-In the aftermath of the ''War of the Twelve Princes'' (roughly six years, give or take; historians continue to debate it) the political order of what was then western and northern Tianchao splintered into a series of short-lived sovereign states while the Kai dynasty, whose power continued to wane, continued to rule most of central and eastern Zhongyuan. Some of the kingdoms participated in the later final overthrow of Kai.
+Tianchao also lost the former Daludao Kingdom as a suzerainty, along with some of its southeastern territories, when the Solarii Empire invaded and conquered Daludao, renaming it Serica. Tianchao later helped the territories throw off Solarii rule when they declared independence as the Republic of Miaogui, albeit not for altruistic reasons.
-Most of the states of central Tianchao were founded by ethnic Yinghui, but the states on the fringes of the empire were founded by ethnic Tukhii (now known as Shengwai), or Jitized Unghwa still living outside their homelands' borders.
-{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
-|+States of the Twenty Kingdoms
-|-
-! colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" |Kingdom
-! rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |Years
-! rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |Term
-|-
-! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |Name
-! rowspan="2" |Origin of Name
-! colspan="3" |Ruling Family
-|-
-! style="text-align: center;" |Surname
-!Race
-! style="text-align: center;" |Ethnicity
-|-
-|Zi<br>資
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|}
-|-
-!''Western, Central & Northern Dynasties''<br>西方中環和北朝<br>''Zhonghuan Xifang Hebei Chao''
-|2734–2940TJH
-|206yrs
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Followed the ''Twenty Kingdoms period'' with the final complete collapse of the Kai dynasty. Ended with the reunification of Tianchao under the Zan dynasty.
+Despite these flaws and a recent decline in power, it maintains its status as Marlakcor's dominant empire, a title rivaled by both Dongbalian and Yamatai.
-The ruling families of the Central Dynasties were mostly ethnic Yinghui, while those of the Western Dynasties were mostly either Yinghui or Jitized Unghwa, while those of the Northern Dynasties were mostly either Senzai or Tukhii.
-{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
-|+States of the Western, Central & Northern Dynasties: Table 1
-|-
-! colspan="2" |''Western Dynasties''<br>西朝
-! colspan="2" |''Central Dynasties''<br>中朝
-! colspan="2" |''Northern Dynasties''<br>北朝
-|-
-| colspan="2" |Sai<br>2736–2816TJH
-| colspan="2" |Tan<br>2734–2790TJH
-| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Yutian/Boroo<br>2735–2809TJH
-|-
-|Northern Sai<br>2816–2872TJH
-| rowspan="2" |Southern Sai<br>2815–2900TJH
-| rowspan="3" |Western Tan<br>2790–2912TJH
-| rowspan="5" |Eastern Tan<br>2790–2920TJH
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Rao<br>2872–2911TJH
-|Jiu<br>2809–2864TJH
-| rowspan="3" |Xiatian/Zuny<br>2809–2905TJH
-|-
-| rowspan="4" |Fang<br>2900–2935TJH
-| rowspan="2" |Dan<br>2864–2904TJH
-|-
-| rowspan="3" |Chao<br>2911–2930TJH
-| rowspan="3" |Kang<br>2912–2938TJH
-|-
-| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Qingwa/Malkhii<br>2905–2940TJH
-|-
-|Ling<br>2920–2930TJH
-|}
-{| class="wikitable"
-|+States of the Western, Central & Northern Dynasties: Table 2
-! colspan="5" |Dynasty
-! rowspan="3" |Years
-! rowspan="3" |Term
-|-
-! rowspan="2" |Name
-! rowspan="2" |Origin of Name
-! colspan="3" |Ruling Family
-|-
-!Surname
-!Race
-!Ethnicity
-|-
-! colspan="7" |''Western Dynasties''
-|-
-|Sai<br>塞<br>새
-|''Noble title''
-|Long<br>롱
-|Human
-|Unghwa
-|2736–2816TJH
-|80yrs
-|-
-|Northern Sai<br>北塞<br>북새
-|''Sai dynasty''
-|Aeng<br>앵
-|Human
-|Unghwa
-|2816–2872TJH
-|56yrs
-|-
-|Southern Sai<br>南塞<br>남새
-|''Sai dynasty''
-|Baek<br>백
-|Human
-|Unghwa
-|2815–2900TJH
-|85yrs
-|-
-|Rao<br>饒
-|''Toponym''
-|Shu<br>書
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|2872–2911TJH
-|39yrs
-|-
-|Chao<br>炒
-|''Noble title''
-|Wan<br>萬
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|2911–2930TJH
-|19yrs
-|-
-|Fang<br>枋
-|''Noble title''
-|Yao<br>葯
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|2900–2935TJH
-|35yrs
-|-
-! colspan="7" |''Central Dynasties''
-|-
-|Tan<br>探
-|''Toponym''
-|Mingliu<br>名流
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|2734–2790TJH
-|56yrs
-|-
-|Western Tan<br>西探
-|''Tan dynasty''
-|Mingliu<br>名流
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|2790–2912TJH
-|122yrs
-|-
-|Eastern Tan<br>東探
-|''Tan dynasty''
-|Mingliu<br>名流
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|2790–2920TJH
-|130yrs
-|-
-|Ling<br>令
-|''Noble title''
-|Ruan<br>軟
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|2920–2930TJH
-|10yrs
-|-
-|Kang<br>康
-|''Noble title''
-|Gua<br>刮
-|Human
-|Tonglu
-|2912–2938TJH
-|26yrs
-|-
-! colspan="7" |''Northern Dynasties''
-|-
-|Yutian<br>雨天
-----
-Boroo<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠪᠣᠷᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ</span>
-|''Toponym''
-|Senlin<br>森林
-----
-Oin<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠣᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ</span>
-|Human
-|Tukhii
-|2735–2809TJH
-|74yrs
-|-
-|Xiatian<br>夏天
-----Zuny<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠵᠤᠨ ᠤ</span>
-|''Noble title''
-|Zao<br>燥
-----Khuurai<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠭᠤᠷᠠᠢ</span>
-|Human
-|Tukhii
-|2809–2905TJH
-|96yrs
-|-
-|Jiu<br>酒
-|''Noble title''
-|Gongtang<br>貢糖
-|Human
-|Senzai
-|2809–2864TJH
-|55yrs
-|-
-|Dan<br>蛋
-|''Toponym''
-|Zhugan<br>主幹
-|Human
-|Senzai
-|2864–2904TJH
-|40yrs
-|-
-|Qingwa<br>青挖
-----
-Maltakh<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠮᠠᠯᠲᠤᠬᠤ</span>
-|''Noble title''
-|Hexie<br>和諧
-----Taaramj<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠲᠠᠭᠠᠷᠠᠮᠵᠢ</span>
-|Human
-|Tukhii
-|2905–2940TJH
-|35yrs
-|}
+=====List of Dynasties=====
-<nowiki> </nowiki>The period ended with the reconsolidation and reconquest of Tianchao under the Tonglu-ruled Zan dynasty, which came to power following the overthrow of Kang, one of the central dynasties, in 2838TJH.
+{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
-|-
+|+{{nowrap|Dynasties of Tianzu history before and during the imperial period – which<br>scholars and historians traditionally divide into the Classical, Medieval, and Modern periods –<br>along with the periods of disunity mentioned above, are included in the list below.}}
-!''War of the Seven Emperors''<br>七皇帝的戰爭<br>''Qi Huangdi de Zhanzheng''
-|3181–3196TJH
-|15yrs
-|-
-| colspan="3" |This conflict took place near the end of the short-lived Jia dynasty, which took power after overthrowing the Qiu dynasty (which was of Xiyi (爬蟲) ethnicity and the second non-Yinghui ethnic group to rule a unified Tianchao; the Zan dynasty being the first) in what is historically known as ''Muren's Rebellion''. Said rebellion was to overthrow Qiu's final huangdi, whom was a tyrannical monster known to history as Huangdi Fengkuang Guaiwu (虯瘋狂怪物皇帝), whom was so infamously cruel and evil that he was denied a proper execution and burial, and was instead cursed and buried alive in a tomb that was more of a prison, the location of which was purposely scratched from history.
-Said huangdi is known to history as Huangdi Zui (嘉醉皇帝); personal name, Pang Yu (胖与): styled Muren (木人); temple name: Jiuxing. He was known for his drunken temperament and general lack of interest in ruling the empire. Because of this, he was also widely regarded as an inefficient ruler whose policies, or lack thereof, destabilized the regime and the empire, setting the stage for civil war following his death.
-* As a result of the succession to the throne of an illegitimate bastard whom was not born to the Jia dynasty's huangdi (as Pang Yu's huanghou, known to history as Jin Ting (尽挺), decieved him into thinking he was), the late-huangdi's older brother and two brothers proclaimed themselves huangdi of the Jia dynasty and fought the bastard, and each other, for the throne.
-** Said bastard is known to history as Pang Wu (胖吴): styled, Jujue (拒絕), posthumous name: Huangdi Hunwai (嘉婚外皇帝).
-** Huangdi Pang Yu's elder brother and younger brothers were:
-*** Pang Gou (胖够): styled Wenxian (文獻). Pang Yu's elder brother. Posthumously known as Huangdi Shi (嘉獅皇帝) by his followers.
-*** Pang Mingce (胖命策): styled Weilian (威廉). Posthumously known as Huangdi Hu (嘉虎皇帝) by his followers.
-*** Pang Long (胖隆): styled Yadang (亞當). Posthumously known as Huangdi Xiong (嘉熊皇帝) by his followers.
-* Meanwhile elsewhere, three kings each declared themselves huangdi and independence, both of their provinces and the lands they claimed/conquered.
-** Two, whom were a centaur and a vampire, were descendants of enfeoffed generals who had been given hereditary titles; and the third, whom was a human of different ethnicity, was enfeoffed by Huangdi Bo for his service in the rebellion.
-* As Pang Yu was the sole legally recognized huangdi of the Jia dynasty, most historians consider the reign of Pang Wu, and the war itself, an interregnum.
-* When the war ended fifteen years later:
-** The bastard Huangdi Wu, all the self-proclaimed huangdi, and most remnants the Jia dynasty's direct imperial Pang clan (those who could possibly make a claim to the throne, including the rest of Huangdi Bo's children) were dead.
-** The Jia dynasty collapsed and was supplanted by the Song clan of the newly proclaimed Gun dynasty.
-** The secessionist kingdoms were reconquered by the new Gun dynasty.
-{| class="wikitable"
-|+Breakaway States of the War of the Seven Emperors
-! colspan="4" |State
-! colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Tenure
-! rowspan="3" |Founder
-|-
-! rowspan="2" |Name
-! colspan="3" |Ruling Family
-|-
-!Surname
-!Race
-!Ethnicity
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Pian<br>楩
-|Sui<br>虽
-|Centaur
-|Yinghui
-|3181–3188TJH
-|7yrs
-|Sui Han<br>虽韩
-|-
-| colspan="6" |
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |Nian<br>年
-|Ren<br>稔
-|Vampire
-|Yinghui
-|3181–3192TJH
-|11yrs
-|Ren Jizhi<br>稔機智
-|-
-| colspan="6" |
-|-
-| rowspan="2" |San<br>傘
-|Na<br>拿
-|Human
-|Yinghui
-|3181–3196TJH
-|15yrs
-|Na Bin<br>拿斌
-|-
-| colspan="6" |The last of the breakaway states to fall, ending the ''War of the Seven Emeprors''. Endured until seven years after the founding of the Gun dynasty, and five years after the Jia dynasty officially ended with the death of Huangdi Xiong.
-|}
-|-
-!''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms''<br>七朝和十二國記<br>''Qichao he Shí'er Wangguo''
-|3980–4076TJH
-|96yrs
-|-
-| colspan="3" |Following the collapse of the Mei dynasty, seven dynasties in the Zhongyuan region succeeded each other one after another, while twelve breakaway states existed concurrently elsewhere.
-The ''Six Dynaties & Twelve Kingdoms period'', the last prolonged period of division in Tianzu history, ended with the conquest of Tianchao under the Lin dynasty, the only ethnic Arslan dynasty to rule a unified Tianchao and the last true golden age in Tianzu history.
-|}
-Tianchao's territorial control of Haoyudai never reached all the way across the continent to the western sea; its armies stretched too thin by that time, it stopped its conquests roughly eight-hundred miles from the westernmost coast of the continent. Instead, it vassalized the native kingdoms to use as buffer states.
-A few hundred years before present day (throughout the entirety of the Ang dynasty's reign), Tianchao lost its western vassals and control of its westernmost territories to Genjin conquerors during the ''Yamato Invasions of Marlakcor ''(4010–4112AFZ), which the Empire of Yamatai of [[Fuso]] initiated to spread Yamtao rule. In the wake of the ''Third Yamato–Tianzu War'' (4100–4112AFZ) – which Yamatai declared in hopes of taking advantage of the anarchy and aftermath of the ''Ang–Ting War'' – following a peace treaty with the Ting dynasty (which fully usurped the Ang dynasty in 4523TJH (4102AFZ) following a 14-year civil war), the '''''Great Wall of Haoyudai''''' was constructed to prevent any further expansion eastward by the Yamato into the western continent. The wall took nearly a century to build (and the rulership of Tianchao passed from the Ting dynasty to the Geng dynasty during that time, in part becuase the project was so economically costly that it contributed to the already weak and strained dynasty's collapse), and it has so far fulfilled that purpose, save for very brief occupations of various fortresses at various periods during several wars throughout its history. The last official war between Yamatai and Tianchao was fought from 4516 to 4523.
-Tianchao also lost the former Daludao Kingdom as a suzerainty, along with some of its southeastern territories, when the Roman Empire invaded and conquered Daludao, renaming it Serica. Despite these flaws and a recent decline in power, it maintains its status as Marlakcor's dominant empire, a title rivaled by both Dongbalian and Yamatai.
-{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
-|+Dynasties of Tianzu history before and during the imperial period – which scholars and historians traditionally divide into the Classical, Medieval, and Modern periods – along with the periods of disunity mentioned above, are included in the list below.
 |-
 ! rowspan="3" |
 ! colspan="5" |Dynasty
 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Period of Rule
-! rowspan="2" |Founder
+! rowspan="3" |Founder
-! rowspan="2" |Final ruler
+! rowspan="3" |Final ruler
 |-
 ! rowspan="2" |Name
@@ Line 1,473: / Line 596: @@
 ! colspan="3" |Ruling House
 |-
-!Surname
+! Surname
 !Race
 !Ethnicity
 !Years
 !Term
-! colspan="2" |See also: [[List of Rulers of Tianchao|List]]
 |-
-! colspan="12" |''Semi-Legendary Era''
+! colspan="10" |''Semi-Legendary Era''
 |-
 |
@@ Line 1,486: / Line 608: @@
 |''Tribe name''
 |Lang<br>狼
+|Human
-|?????
-|?????
+|???
+|???? – 1371<small>TJQ</small>
-|?????
-|?????
+|???
+|
-|Qiu Zun<br>狼尊酋
 |
 |-
@@ Line 1,497: / Line 619: @@
 |''Tribe name''
 |Shang<br>上
-|?????
+|???
-|?????
+|???
+|???? – 1371<small>TJQ</small>
-|?????
-|?????
+|???
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,508: / Line 630: @@
 |''Tribe name''
 |Cai<br>菜
-|?????
+| ???
-|?????
+|???
+|???? – 1371<small>TJQ</small>
-|?????
-|?????
+|???
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,519: / Line 641: @@
 |''Tribe name''
 |Hong<br>紅
-|?????
+|???
-|?????
+|???
+|???? – 1371<small>TJQ</small>
-|?????
-|?????
+|???
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,529: / Line 651: @@
 |-
 |
-|Ji<br>集
+|Wan<br>完
-|''Tribe name''
+|''"All"''
-|Su<br>素
+|Lang, later Su<br>狼, → 素
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1371 – 1286<small>TJQ</small>
-|1371–1038TJQ
+|85yrs
-|333yrs
-|Wang Jin<br>集金王
+|Qiu Zun<br>狼尊酋
+|Qiu Jin<br>集金酋
-|
 |-
 |
-|Re<br>熱
+|Zao<br>燥
 |''Tribe name''
 |Fu<br>富
-|Human
+| Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1286 – 953<small>TJQ</small>
-|1038–953TJQ
+|333yrs
-|85yrs
+|Qiuwang Shixin<br>燥獅心酋王
-|
 |
 |-
@@ Line 1,555: / Line 677: @@
 |Chajing<br>茶晶
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|954 – 713<small>TJQ</small>
-|954–713TJQ
 |241yrs
 |Wang Cuiruo<br>皋脆弱王
@@ Line 1,562: / Line 684: @@
 |-
 |
-|Mo<br>魔
+|Mei<br>魅
-|''Toponym''
+|''"Magic"''
-|Xi<br>觋
+|Xi<br>覡
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|733 – 11<small>TJQ</small>
-|733–11TJQ
 |722yrs
-|Wuwang Shanmei<br>魔善媚巫王
+|Wupi Shanmei<br>魅善媚巫辟
-|Wuwang Fenghuang<br>魔鳳凰巫王
+|Wupi Fenghuang<br>魅鳳凰巫辟
-|- style="background:lightgray;"
+|- style="background:#a2a2a2;"
 |
 |''Warring States''<br>戰國
 | colspan="4" |See the table above for involved powers.
+|101<small>TJQ</small> – 0<small>TJH</small>
-|101TJQ–0TJH
 |101yrs
 | colspan="2" |
@@ Line 1,581: / Line 703: @@
 ! colspan="10" |''Classical Imperial Era''<br>古典英制紀元<br>''Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan''
 |-
-| style="background:gold;" |
+| style="background:#ffd700;" |
-|Qiang<br>強
+|Qiang<br>薔
 |''Tribe Name & Noble title''
-|Ji<br>機
+|Jian<br>劍
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|0 – 100<small>TJH</small>
-|0–100TJH
 |100yrs
-|Huangdi Chuangjian<br>強創見皇帝
+|Huangdi Chuangjian<br>薔創見皇帝
-|Huangdi Chuantong<br>強傳統皇帝
+|Huangdi Chuantong<br>薔傳統皇帝
 |-
 |
@@ Line 1,597: / Line 719: @@
 |Kan<br>看
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|103 – 141<small>TJH</small>
-|103–141TJH
 |38yrs
 | colspan="2" |Huangdi Cui of Fan<br>飯粹皇帝
@@ Line 1,607: / Line 729: @@
 |Fa<br>發
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|138 – 346<small>TJH</small>
-|138–346TJH
 |208yrs
 |Huangdi Haohan<br>昌好漢皇帝
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
 |
 |Can<br>燦
@@ Line 1,618: / Line 740: @@
 |Fa<br>發
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|296 – 302<small>TJH</small>
-|296–302TJH
 |6yrs
 | colspan="2" |Fa Tao<br>發陶
@@ Line 1,627: / Line 749: @@
 |''Toponym & Noble title''
 |Ding<br>頂
+|Faun
-|Human
+|
-|Yinghui
+|346 – 428<small>TJH</small>
-|346–428TJH
 |82yrs
 |
 |
 |-
-| style="background:gold;" |
+| style="background:#ffd700;" |
-|Yue<br>悦
+|Yue<br>悅
 |''Toponym''
 |Qingse<br>青色
+|Human
-|Faun
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|427 – 727<small>TJH</small>
-|427–727TJH
 |300yrs
-|Huangdi Kongyo<br>悦控唷皇帝
+|Huangdi Kongyo<br>悅控唷皇帝
-|Huangdi Jiaoyong<br>悦教涌皇帝
+|Huangdi Jiaoyong<br>悅教涌皇帝
 |-
-| style="background:gold;" |
+| style="background:#ffd700;" |
-|Jing<br>靜
+|Bei<br>悲
 |''Noble title''
-|Fan<br>凡
+|Fan<br>繁
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|715 – 1032<small>TJH</small>
-|715–1032TJH
 |317yrs
+|Huangdi Tanlan<br>悲貪婪皇帝
-|
+|Huangdi Zhuping<br>悲主平皇帝
-|
 |-
 |
@@ Line 1,661: / Line 783: @@
 |Shan<br>善
 |Gargoyle
+|
-|Yinghui
+|1032 – 1119<small>TJH</small>
-|1032–1119TJH
 |87yrs
 |Huangdi Xinjing<br>樹心經皇帝
-|Huangdi Xinruan<br>樹心軟皇帝
+| Huangdi Xinruan<br>樹心軟皇帝
 |-
-| style="background:gold;" |
+| style="background:#ffd700;" |
 |Zhai<br>斎
 |''Toponym & Noble title''
-|Wei<br>威
+|Wei<br>薇
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1120 – 1539<small>TJH</small>
-|1120–1539TJH
 |419yrs
 |Huangdi Tongyi<br>斎統一皇帝
 |Huangdi Ang<br>斎昂皇帝
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
 |
 |Fei<br>匪
@@ Line 1,683: / Line 805: @@
 |Lin<br>霖
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1519 – 1524<small>TJH</small>
-|1519–1524TJH
 |5yrs
 | colspan="2" |Huangdi Liang<br>匪亮皇帝
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
 |
 |Huang<br>黃
@@ Line 1,693: / Line 815: @@
 |Xin<br>信
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1530 – 1532<small>TJH</small>
-|1530–1532TJH
 |1yr, 6mo
 | colspan="2" |Huangdi Jiuzhu<br>黃救主皇帝
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
 |
 |Dian<br>靛
@@ Line 1,704: / Line 826: @@
 |Human
 |Senzai
+|1535 – 1537<small>TJH</small>
-|1535–1537TJH
 |2yrs
 | colspan="2" |Huangdi Jingling<br>靛精靈皇帝
-|- style="background:lightgray;"
+|- style="background:#a2a2a2;"
-| style="background:maroon;" |
+| style="background:#ab0909;" |
 |''Four Kingdoms''<br>四國
 | colspan="4" |
+|1539 – 1589<small>TJH</small>
-|1539–1589TJH
 |50yrs
 | colspan="2" |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:maroon;" |
+| style="background:#ab0909;" |
 |Gan<br>感
 |''Noble title''
-|Kong<br>恐
+|Kong<br>孔
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1539 – 1581<small>TJH</small>
-|1539–1581TJH
 |42yrs
 |Huangdi Gengxin<br>感更新皇帝
-|Kong Jiong<br>恐炯
+| Kong Jiong<br>孔炯
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:maroon;" |
+| style="background:#ab0909;" |
 |Yong Zhai<br>永斎
 |''From Zhai dynasty''
-|Wei<br>威
+|Wei<br>薇
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1539 – 1574<small>TJH</small>
-|1539–1574TJH
 |35yrs
 |Huangdi Qianbei<br>永斎謙卑皇帝
 |Huangdi Heshan<br>永斎和善皇帝
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:maroon;" |
+| style="background:#ab0909;" |
 |Lu<br>露
 |''Noble title''
 |Xue<br>學
 |Faun
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1540 – 1588<small>TJH</small>
-|1540–1588TJH
 |48yrs
 |Xue Tai<br>學鈦
 |Xue Han<br>學含
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:maroon;" |
+| style="background:#ab0909;" |
 |Zan<br>攢
 |''Noble title''
 |Chan<br>缠
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1546 – 1589<small>TJH</small>
-|1546–1589TJH
 |43yrs
 |Huangdi Jinyue<br>攢勁樂皇帝
@@ Line 1,760: / Line 882: @@
 |-
 |
-|Quan<br>圈
+|Xuan<br>軒
-|''Toponym & Noble title''
+|''Noble title''
-|She<br>蛇
+|Shenji<br>身幾
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1587 – 1742<small>TJH</small>
-|1587–1742TJH
 |155yrs
-|Huangdi Shanyu<br>圈善于皇帝
+|Huangdi Shanyu<br>軒善于皇帝
 |
 |-
 |
-|Hei<br>黑
+|Lai<br>騋
 |''Noble title''
 |Sa<br>薩
-|Centaur
+| Centaur
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1746 – 1766<small>TJH</small>
-|1746–1766TJH
 |20yrs
-| colspan="2" |Huangdi Mashu<br>黑馬術皇帝
+| colspan="2" |Huangdi Mashu<br>騋馬術皇帝
 |-
 |
 |Hun<br>昏
-|''"Twilight"''
+|''Noble title''
 |Huang<br>衁
+|Vampire<br>([[Sapient Races of Qirsyllviar#Nigthcrawlers|Chunzheng]])
-|Vampire
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1763 – 2289<small>TJH</small>
-|1763–2289TJH
 |526yrs
-|Huangdi Qishi<br>昏騎士皇帝
+|Huangxun Qishi
+昏騎士皇曛
-|Huangdi Lucao<br>昏綠草皇帝
+|Huangxun Lucao
-|- style="background:white;"
+昏綠草皇曛
+|- style="background:#595959;"
 |
 |Jian<br>鍵
@@ Line 1,796: / Line 920: @@
 |Tang<br>瑭
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1941 – 1997<small>TJH</small>
-|1941–1997TJH
 |56yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
 |
 |Zhao<br>照
 |''Toponym & Noble title''
 |Yan<br>眼
+|Vampire<br>([[Sapient Races of Qirsyllviar#Daywalkers|Chenzou]])
-|Vampire
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|1944 – 1991<small>TJH</small>
-|1944–1991TJH
 |47yrs
 | colspan="2" |Yan Tang<br>眼糖
@@ Line 1,814: / Line 938: @@
 ! colspan="10" |''Medieval Imperial Era''<br>中世紀英制紀元<br>''Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan''
 |-
-| style="background:gold;" |
+| style="background:#ffd700;" |
 |Kai<br>愷
-|''Toponym & Noble title''
+|''Noble title''
 |Tai<br>泰
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|2288 – 2734<small>TJH</small>
-|2288–2734TJH
 |446yrs
 |Huangdi Wan<br>愷玩皇帝
 |Huangdi Dang<br>愷黨皇帝
-|- style="background:lightgray;"
+|- style="background:#a2a2a2;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |''Twenty Kingdoms''<br>二十王國
 | colspan="4" |
+|2594 – 2734<small>TJH</small>
-|2594–2734TJH
 |140yrs
 | colspan="2" |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
+|Jiong<br>炯
 |
+|Tian<br>田
+|Human
+|Gao
 |
 |
 |
 |
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-|
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
-|
-|
-|
-|- style="background:white;"
-| style="background:green;" |
 |Tie<br>鐵
 |
+|Xiaoyu<br>小雨
+|Human
+|Gao
 |
 |
 |
 |
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-|
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
-|
-|
-|- style="background:white;"
-| style="background:green;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,864: / Line 988: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,875: / Line 999: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,886: / Line 1,010: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,897: / Line 1,021: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,908: / Line 1,032: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,919: / Line 1,043: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,930: / Line 1,054: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,941: / Line 1,065: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,952: / Line 1,076: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,963: / Line 1,087: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,974: / Line 1,098: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,985: / Line 1,109: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 1,996: / Line 1,120: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 2,007: / Line 1,131: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 2,018: / Line 1,142: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 2,029: / Line 1,153: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 2,040: / Line 1,164: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:green;" |
+| style="background:#11d307;" |
 |
 |
@@ Line 2,051: / Line 1,175: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:lightgray;"
+|- style="background:#a2a2a2;"
-| style="background:purple;" |
+| style="background:#bb00d1;" |
 |''Western Dynasties''<br>西朝
 | colspan="4" |
+|2736 – 2934<small>TJH</small>
-|2736–2934TJH
 |198yrs
 | colspan="2" |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:purple;" |
+| style="background:#bb00d1;" |
 |Sai<br>塞<br>새
 |''Noble title''
 |Long<br>롱
 |Human
+|Sinjok
-|Unghwa
+|2736 – 2816<small>TJH</small>
-|2736–2816TJH
 |80yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:purple;" |
+| style="background:#bb00d1;" |
 |Northern Sai<br>北塞<br>북새
 |''Sai dynasty''
 |Aeng<br>앵
 |Human
+|Sinjok
-|Unghwa
+|2816 – 2872<small>TJH</small>
-|2816–2872TJH
 |56yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:purple;" |
+| style="background:#bb00d1;" |
 |Southern Sai<br>南塞<br>남새
 |''Sai dynasty''
 |Baek<br>백
 |Human
+|Sinjok
-|Unghwa
+|2815 – 2900<small>TJH</small>
-|2815–2900TJH
 |85yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:purple;" |
+| style="background:#bb00d1;" |
 |Rao<br>饒
 |''Toponym''
 |Shu<br>書
 |Human
+|Enhuai
-|Yinghui
+|2872 – 2911<small>TJH</small>
-|2872–2911TJH
 |39yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:purple;" |
+| style="background:#bb00d1;" |
 |Chao<br>炒
 |''Noble title''
 |Wan<br>萬
 |Human
+|Enhuai
-|Yinghui
+|2911 – 2930<small>TJH</small>
-|2911–2930TJH
 |19yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:purple;" |
+| style="background:#bb00d1;" |
 |Fang<br>枋
 |''Noble title''
 |Yao<br>葯
 |Human
+|Enhuai
-|Yinghui
+|2900 – 2935<small>TJH</small>
-|2900–2935TJH
 |35yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:lightgray;"
+|- style="background:#a2a2a2;"
-| style="background:blue;" |
+| style="background:#001cd1;" |
 |''Central Dynasties''<br>中朝
 | colspan="4" |
+|2734 – 2938<small>TJH</small>
-|2734–2938TJH
 |204yrs
 | colspan="2" |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:blue;" |
+| style="background:#001cd1;" |
 |Tan<br>探
 |''Toponym''
 |Mingliu<br>名流
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|2734 – 2790<small>TJH</small>
-|2734–2790TJH
 |56yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:blue;" |
+| style="background:#001cd1;" |
 |Western Tan<br>西探
 |''Tan dynasty''
 |Mingliu<br>名流
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|2790 – 2912<small>TJH</small>
-|2790–2912TJH
 |122yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:blue;" |
+| style="background:#001cd1;" |
 |Eastern Tan<br>東探
 |''Tan dynasty''
 |Mingliu<br>名流
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|2790 – 2920<small>TJH</small>
-|2790–2920TJH
 |130yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:blue;" |
+| style="background:#001cd1;" |
 |Ling<br>令
 |''Noble title''
 |Ruan<br>軟
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|2920 – 2930<small>TJH</small>
-|2920–2930TJH
 |10yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:blue;" |
+| style="background:#001cd1;" |
 |Kang<br>康
 |''Noble title''
@@ Line 2,182: / Line 1,306: @@
 |Human
 |Tonglu
+|2912 – 2938<small>TJH</small>
-|2912–2938TJH
 |26yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:lightgray;"
+|- style="background:#a2a2a2;"
-| style="background:orange;" |
+| style="background:#ffb200;" |
 |''Northern Dynasties''<br>北朝
 | colspan="4" |
+|2735 – 2940<small>TJH</small>
-|2735–2940TJH
 |205yrs
 | colspan="2" |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:orange;" |
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffb200;" |
 |Yutian<br>雨天
+| rowspan="2" |''Toponym''
-----
-Boroo<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠪᠣᠷᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ</span>
-|''Toponym''
 |Senlin<br>森林
+| rowspan="2" |Human
-----
+| rowspan="2" |Tukhii
-Oin<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠣᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ</span>
+| rowspan="2" |2735 – 2809<small>TJH</small>
-|Human
+| rowspan="2" |74yrs
-|Tukhii
+| rowspan="2" |
-|2735–2809TJH
+| rowspan="2" |
-|74yrs
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-|
+|Boroo<br>{{Vertical script|ᠪᠣᠷᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ}}
-|
+| Oin<br>{{Vertical script|ᠣᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ}}
-|- style="background:white;"
-| style="background:orange;" |
+|- style="background:#595959;"
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffb200;" |
 |Xiatian<br>夏天
+| rowspan="2" |''Noble title''
-----Zuny<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠵᠤᠨ ᠤ</span>
+| Zao<br>燥
-|''Noble title''
+| rowspan="2" |Human
-|Zao<br>燥
+| rowspan="2" |Tukhii
-----Khuurai<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠭᠤᠷᠠᠢ</span>
+| rowspan="2" |2809 – 2905<small>TJH</small>
-|Human
+| rowspan="2" |96yrs
-|Tukhii
+| rowspan="2" |
-|2809–2905TJH
+| rowspan="2" |
-|96yrs
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-|
+|Zuny<br>{{Vertical script|ᠵᠤᠨ ᠤ}}
-|
+|Khuurai<br>{{Vertical script|ᠬᠠᠭᠤᠷᠠᠢ}}
-|- style="background:white;"
-| style="background:orange;" |
+|- style="background:#595959;"
+| style="background:#ffb200;" |
 |Jiu<br>酒
 |''Noble title''
@@ Line 2,228: / Line 1,352: @@
 |Human
 |Senzai
+|2809 – 2864<small>TJH</small>
-|2809–2864TJH
 |55yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:orange;" |
+| style="background:#ffb200;" |
 |Dan<br>蛋
 |''Toponym''
@@ Line 2,239: / Line 1,363: @@
 |Human
 |Senzai
+|2864 – 2904<small>TJH</small>
-|2864–2904TJH
 |40yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:orange;" |
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffb200;" |
 |Qingwa<br>青挖
+| rowspan="2" |''Noble title''
-----
+| Hexie<br>和諧
-Maltakh<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠮᠠᠯᠲᠤᠬᠤ</span>
+| rowspan="2" |Human
-|''Noble title''
+| rowspan="2" |Tukhii
-|Hexie<br>和諧
+| rowspan="2" |2905 – 2940<small>TJH</small>
-----Taaramj<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠲᠠᠭᠠᠷᠠᠮᠵᠢ</span>
+| rowspan="2" |35yrs
-|Human
+| rowspan="2" |
-|Tukhii
+| rowspan="2" |
-|2905–2940TJH
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-|35yrs
+|Maltakh<br>{{Vertical script|ᠮᠠᠯᠲᠤᠬᠤ}}
-|
+| Taaramj<br>{{Vertical script|ᠲᠠᠭᠠᠷᠠᠮᠵᠢ}}
-|
 |-
 |
@@ Line 2,264: / Line 1,388: @@
 |Human
 |Tonglu
+|2938 – 2986<small>TJH</small>
-|2938–2986TJH
 |48yrs
 |Huangdi Zhaoze<br>簪沼澤皇帝
@@ Line 2,272: / Line 1,396: @@
 |Qiu<br>虯
 |''Toponym''
-|Xijingni<br>蜥鯨鲵
+|Xunyicao<br>薰衣草
 |Human
 |Xiyi
+|2976 – 3165<small>TJH</small>
-|2976–3165TJH
 |189yrs
-|Huangdi Pachong<br>虯爬蟲皇帝
+|Longdi Pachong<br>虯爬蟲龍帝
-|Huangdi Fengkuang Guaiwu<br>虯瘋狂怪物皇帝
+|Wuming Fenghuang<br>無名瘋皇
 |-
 |
-|Jia<br>嘉
+|Jia<br>麚
 |''Noble title''
-|Pang<br>胖
+|Pang<br>滂
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|3164 – 3191<small>TJH</small>
-|3164–3191TJH
 |27yrs
-|Huangdi Zui<br>嘉醉皇帝
+|Huangdi Zui<br>麚醉皇帝
-|Huangdi Xiong<br>嘉熊皇帝
+|Huangdi Xiong<br>麚熊皇帝
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
 |
 |Pian<br>楩
@@ Line 2,296: / Line 1,420: @@
 |Sui<br>虽
 |Centaur
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|3181 – 3188<small>TJH</small>
-|3181–3188TJH
 |7yrs
 | colspan="2" |Sui Han<br>虽韩
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
 |
 |Nian<br>年
 |''Noble title''
 |Ren<br>稔
-|Vampire
+|Vampire<br>(Chenzou)
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|3181 – 3192<small>TJH</small>
-|3181–3192TJH
 |11yrs
 | colspan="2" |Ren Jizhi<br>稔機智
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
 |
 |San<br>傘
@@ Line 2,316: / Line 1,440: @@
 |Na<br>拿
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|3181 – 3196<small>TJH</small>
-|3181–3196TJH
 |15yrs
 |Na Bin<br>拿斌
@@ Line 2,327: / Line 1,451: @@
 |Song<br>松
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|3189 – 3284<small>TJH</small>
-|3189–3284TJH
 |105yrs
 |Huangdi Chunzhen<br>磙純真皇帝
 |Huangdi Tanpan<br>磙談判皇帝
 |-
-| style="background:gold;" |
+| style="background:#ffd700;" |
-|Qin'ai<br>親愛
+|Jing<br>晶
-|''"Dear"''
+|''Toponym''
-|Yuan<br>媛
+|Yuan<br>苑
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|3277 – 3939<small>TJH</small>
-|3277–3799TJH
+|662yrs
-|522yrs
-|Huangdi Cuilu<br>親愛翠綠皇帝
+|Niangdi Cuilu<br>晶翠綠娘帝
-|Huangdi Chuai<br>親愛踹皇帝
+|Niangdi Chuai<br>晶踹娘帝
 |-
 |
-|Mei<br>梅
+|Jun<br>菌
-|''"Plum"''
+|''Noble title''
 |Luo<br>蓏
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|3939 – 4020<small>TJH</small>
-|3799–4020TJH
 |81yrs
-|Huangdi Ganju<br>梅柑橘皇帝
+|Huangdi Ganju<br>菌柑橘皇帝
-|Huangdi Yangguo<br>梅蘋果皇帝
+|Huangdi Yangguo<br>菌蘋果皇帝
-|- style="background:lightgray;"
+|- style="background:#a2a2a2;"
-| style="background:magenta;" |
+| style="background:#d10f73;" |
 |''Seven Dynasties''<br>七朝
 | colspan="4" |
+|3980 – 4076<small>TJH</small>
-|4020–4076TJH
 |96yrs
 | colspan="2" |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:magenta;" |
+| style="background:#d10f73;" |
 |Yin<br>胤
 |
 |
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
 |
 |
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:magenta;" |
+| style="background:#d10f73;" |
+|An<br>暗
 |
+|Jiu<br>鷲
+|Human
 |
 |
-|Faun
-|Yinghui
 |
 |
 |
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-|
-|- style="background:white;"
+| style="background:#d10f73;" |
+|Qu<br>曲
-| style="background:magenta;" |
-|Gui<br>姽
 |
 |
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
 |
 |
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:magenta;" |
+| style="background:#d10f73;" |
+|Tai<br>泰
 |
 |
+|Human
+|Gao
 |
 |
 |
 |
+|- style="background:#595959;"
+| style="background:#d10f73;" |
+|Gui<br>姽
 |
 |
+|Human
+|Tonglu
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
-| style="background:magenta;" |
 |
 |
 |
+|- style="background:#595959;"
+| style="background:#d10f73;" |
+|Geng<br>耿
 |
 |
+| Human
+|Gao
 |
 |
+|Huangdi Cheng<br>耿誠皇帝
 |
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-|
-|- style="background:white;"
+| style="background:#d10f73;" |
+|Man<br>滿
-| style="background:magenta;" |
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|- style="background:white;"
-| style="background:magenta;" |
-|
-|
-|
-|
 |
 |
+|Human
+|Gao
+|[…] – 4076<small>TJH</small>
 |
 |
 |
-|- style="background:lightgray;"
+|- style="background:#a2a2a2;"
-| style="background:cyan;" |
+| style="background:#44e6da;" |
 |''Twelve Kingdoms''<br>十二國記
 | colspan="4" |
+|4020 – 4121<small>TJH</small>
-|4020–4076TJH
+|101yrs
-|96yrs
 | colspan="2" |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:cyan;" |
+| style="background:#44e6da;" |
 |Hang<br>航
 |''Noble title''
 |Sikong<br>司空
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
 |
 |
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:cyan;" |
+| style="background:#44e6da;" |
 |Sang<br>桑
 |''Noble title''
+|Yuma<br>域馬
-|
 |Human
 |Fujian
@@ Line 2,467: / Line 1,591: @@
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:cyan;" |
+| style="background:#44e6da;" |
 |Zhang Chi<br>張遲
 |''From Chi dynasty''
 |Zhang<br>張
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
 |
 |30yrs
 |
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-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:cyan;" |
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+|Human
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+|Human
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+|- style="background:#595959;"
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+| style="background:#44e6da;" |
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+|Human
+|Sinjok
 |
-|Unghwa
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|- style="background:white;"
-| style="background:cyan;" |
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 |
 |
+|- style="background:#595959;"
+| style="background:#44e6da;" |
+|Tao<br>陶
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+|Kaiselin<br>凱瑟琳
+|Human
 |Xiyi
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 |
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-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:cyan;" |
+| style="background:#44e6da;" |
+|Zhaoze<br>招擇
-|
-|
-|
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+|Sou<br>藪
+|Human
 |Tonglu
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-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:cyan;" |
+| style="background:#44e6da;" |
+|Wen<br>雯
-|
-|
-|
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+|Meng<br>孟
+| Human
 |Senzai
 |
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-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-| style="background:cyan;" |
+| style="background:#44e6da;" |
+|Mian<br>眠
 |
+|Die<br>蝶
+|Human
+|Gao
 |
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+|- style="background:#595959;"
+| style="background:#44e6da;" |
 |
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+|Human
+|Human
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
-| style="background:cyan;" |
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 ! colspan="10" |''Modern Imperial Era''<br>現代英制紀元<br>''Xiandai Yingzhi Jiyuan''
 |-
-| style="background:gold;" |
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffd700;" |
+| rowspan="2" |Lin<br>霖<br>{{Vertical script|ᠯᠢᠨ}}
-|Lin<br>霖<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠯᠢᠩᠨ</span>
-|''Noble title''
+| rowspan="2" |''Noble title''
+| rowspan="2" |Altanzul<br>{{Vertical script|阿壇族勒}}{{Vertical script|ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠽᠤᠯ}}
-|Altanzul<br>阿坦祖爾<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ</span>
-|Human
+| rowspan="2" |Human
-|Arslan
+| rowspan="2" |Arslan
+| rowspan="2" |4076 – 4430<small>TJH</small>
-|4076–4430TJH
-|354yrs
+| rowspan="2" |354yrs
 |Huangdi Diqi Zuichu<br>第七最初皇帝
+| Huangdi Yanjiuyuan<br>研究員皇帝
-----
+|-
-Ayalguu Khan<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠵᠤᠯ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ</span>
+|Möngtai Khagan<br>{{Vertical script|門泰卡幹}}{{Vertical script|ᠮᠥᠩᠲᠠᠢ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ}}
-|Huangdi Yanjiuyuan<br>研究員皇帝
+|Oyuutan Khagan<br>{{Vertical script|大嶼山卡幹}}{{Vertical script|ᠣᠶᠤᠤᠲᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ}}
-----
+|- style="background:#595959;"
-Etssiin Khan<br><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠡᠴᠦᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ</span>
-|- style="background:white;"
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 |Chang<br>창<br>倉
 |Human
+|Sinjok
-|Unghwa
+|4174 – 4295<small>TJH</small>
-|4174–4395TJH
+|121yrs
-|221yrs
 |
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
 |
 |Pan<br>磐
 |''Noble title''
-|Meng<br>孟
+|Molihua<br>茉莉花
 |Human
 |Xiyi
+|4174 – 4283<small>TJH</small>
-|4174–4283TJH
 |109yrs
 |
 |
+|-
-|- style="background:white;"
-| style="background:olive;" |
+| rowspan="2" style="background:#2c7a00;" |
-|Shuang<br>霜
+| rowspan="2" |Shuang<br>雙
+| rowspan="2" |''"Twin"''
-|''Toponym & Noble title''
-|Hanleng<br>寒冷
+| rowspan="2" |Hanleng<br>寒冷
-|Human
+| rowspan="2" |Human
-|Shengwai
+| rowspan="2" |Shengwai
+| rowspan="2" |4174 – 4642<small>TJH</small>
-|4174–4642TJH
-|468yrs
+| rowspan="2" |468yrs
+|Zongdi Chiyi<br>雙熾翼棕帝
 |
+|-
+|Chengdi Donggu<br>雙凍骨橙帝
 |
 |-
 |
-|Ang<br>盎
+|Hang<br>航
 |''Noble title''
 |Qiao<br>俏
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|4428 – 4523<small>TJH</small>
-|4428–4523TJH
 |95yrs
-|Huangdi Zhanshi<br>盎戰時皇帝
+|Huangdi Zhanshi<br>航戰時皇帝
 |
 |-
 |
-|Ting<br>亭
+|Tun<br>吞
 |''Noble title''
-|Sha<br>沙
+|Shicheju<br>矢車菊
 |Human
 |Xiyi
+|4509 – 4576<small>TJH</small>
-|4509–4576TJH
 |67yrs
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 |Lei<br>雷
 |''Toponym & Noble title''
 |Kuangshi<br>礦石
 |Dwarf
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|4576 – 4902<small>TJH</small>
-|4576–4902TJH
 |326yrs
 |Huangdi Geng<br>雷耿皇帝
 |
-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
 |
 |Nao<br>嫐
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 |Jiao<br>交
 |Faun
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
+|4776 – 4802<small>TJH</small>
-|4776–4802TJH
 |26yrs
 |
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-|- style="background:white;"
+|- style="background:#595959;"
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 |Dongji<br>冬季
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 |Human
 |Shengwai
+|4880 – 4906<small>TJH</small>
-|4880–4906TJH
 |26yrs
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 |Sun<br>笋
 |Human
+|Gao
-|Yinghui
-|4903TJH–''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/incumbent Incum]''
+|4903<small>TJH</small> – ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/incumbent Incum]''
 |60+yrs
-|Huangdi Shiwu<br>翠飾物皇帝
+| Huangdi Shiwu<br>翠飾物皇帝
 |
 |-
 ! colspan="10" |Key:
 |-
-| colspan="10" |Unity periods are in a normal grey row. A white highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
+| colspan="10" |Unity periods are in a normal row. A <span style="color:#595959">dark gray</span> highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
-* <span style="color:gold">Gold</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
+*<span style="color:#ffd700">Gold</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
-Division/civil war periods are ''Italics'' and highlighted dark grey. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
-* <span style="color:maroon">Maroon</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Four Kingdoms''."
-* <span style="color:green">Green</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Twenty Kingdom''s."
+Division/civil war periods are ''Italics'' and highlighted <span style="color:#a2a2a2">silver</span>. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
-* <span style="color:purple">Purple</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Western dynasties''" within the broader "''Western, Central & Northern Dynasties''."
-* <span style="color:blue">Blue</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Central dynasties''" within the broader "''Western, Central & Northern Dynasties''."
+*<span style="color:#ab0909">Dark Red</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Four Kingdoms''."
-* <span style="color:orange">Orange</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Northern dynasties''" within the broader "''Western, Central & Northern Dynasties''."
+*<span style="color:#11d307">Green</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Twenty Kingdom''s."
-* <span style="color:magenta">Magenta</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Seven Dynasties''" within the broader "''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms''."
+*<span style="color:#bb00d1">Purple</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Western dynasties''" within the broader "''Western, Central & Northern Dynasties''."
-* <span style="color:cyan">Cyan</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Twelve Kingdoms''" within the broader "''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms''."
+*<span style="color:#001cd1">Blue</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Central dynasties''" within the broader "''Western, Central & Northern Dynasties''."
-* <span style="color:olive">Olive</span> in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao folowing the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was reconquered by the Lei dynasty.
+*<span style="color:#ffb200">Orange</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Northern dynasties''" within the broader "''Western, Central & Northern Dynasties''."
+*<span style="color:#d10f73">Magenta</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Seven Dynasties''" within the broader "''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms''."
+*<span style="color:#44e6da">Cyan</span> in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "''Twelve Kingdoms''" within the broader "''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms''."
+*<span style="color:#2c7a00">Dark Green</span> in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao folowing the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.
 |-
 ! colspan="10" |Notes:
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 | colspan="10" |Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history.
-* The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Tianzu dynasty.
+* The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty.
-* The Ying, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mo dynasty.
+* The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty.
-* The Ying dynasty is the origin of the name of the Yinghui people.
+* The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples.
 * The "''Predynastic Era''" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era.
-* The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alledged descendants of [[Lingjiao#Xiangrikui Gongchen|Xiangrikui Gongchen]], the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
+*The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alledged descendants of [[Linglun#Xiangrikui Gongchen|Xiangrikui Gongchen]], the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
-* The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
+*The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
-* The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Yinghui ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan repectively. The former two were Jiti while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
+*The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan repectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
-* Aside for the preimperial Mo dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Qin'ai dynasties. The Hun dynasty laster longer by 4 years.
+*Aside for the preimperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties.
-* The Qin'ai dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Qin'ai dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
+*The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
-* The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
+**It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years.
+*The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
-** Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
+**Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
-* Some unity dynasties were established a few years ''before'' the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
+*Some unity dynasties were established a few years ''before'' the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
-** One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
-* Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time ''after'' the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
+**One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
+*Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time ''after'' the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
-* The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the ''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms'' period were never recovered and were eventually suceeded by modern Dongbalian.
-* The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the ''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms'' period to conquer Tianchao.
+*The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the ''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms'' period were never recovered and were eventually suceeded by modern Dongbalian.
+*The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the ''Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms'' period to conquer Tianchao.
-** The Lin dyasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazard Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazard Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
+**The Lin dyasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
-** The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Ang, Ting, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with both Tianchao and Gergazar until it was finally reconquered by the Lei dynasty.
+**The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.
-*** Despite retaining independence for centuries, they are included in the list as they too used Jiti customs and titles of similar meanings.
+***Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather thana simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan.
-* Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Ang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
+***Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had ''two'' co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木).
-** On that note, the Ang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Yinghui rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Ang defeated Lin.
+*Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
-*** And so, almost the entirety of the Ang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime ecomonic collapase, contributed to the Ang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Ting dynasty in 4523TJH (4102AFZ) following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the ''Ang–Ting War'', after less than a century on the throne.
+**On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin.
+***And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime ecomonic collapase, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523<small>TJH</small> following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the ''Hang–Tun War'', after less than a century on the throne.
 *** That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian.
-**** On that note, the Ting dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the ''Ang–Ting War'' and the ''Third Yamato–Tianzu War'' left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the '''''Great Wall of Haoyudai''''', for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Ting dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a centuy in power.
+****On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the ''Hang–Tun War'' and the ''Third Yamato–Tianzu War'' left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the '''''Great Wall of Guangdai''''', for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a centuy in power.
-**** The Ting dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Ting dynasty.
+****The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.
 |}
+<gallery type="slideshow" widths="400">
+Semilegendary dynasties.png|The Semi-Legendary dynasties
+Ji dynasty.png|Wan dynasty
+Zao dynasty.png|Zao dynasty
+Gao dynasty.png|Gao dynasty
+Mo dynasty.png|Mei dynasty
+Warring States.png|The ''Warring States'' period
+Qiang dynasty.png|Qiang dynasty
+Fan dynasty.png|Fan dynasty
+Fan-Chang Contention.png|The ''Fan–Chang Contention
+Chang dynasty pre-schism.png|Chang dynasty before Chang-Can schism.
+Chang-Can schism.png|Imperial Schism of the Chang dynasty
+Chang dynasty.png|Chang dynasty at its zenith.
+Hua dynasty.png|Hua dynasty
+Yue dynasty.png|Yue dynasty
+Bei dynasty.png|Bei dynasty
+Shu dynasty.png|Shu dynasty
+Zhai dynasty.png|Zhai dynasty
+Four Kingdoms.png|The ''Four Kingdoms'' period
+Xuan dynasty.png|Xuan dynasty
+Lai dynasty.png|Lai dynasty
+Hun dynasty pre-crisis.png|Hun dynasty, before the ''Crisis of the 20th Century''.
+Crisis of the 20th Century.png|''Crisis of the 20th Century''
+Hun dynasty zenith.png|Hun dynasty at its zenith.
+Kai dynasty.png|Kai dynasty
+</gallery>
 ====Government & Politics====
-Tianchao is an imperial hereditary monarchy ruled by a Huangdi (皇帝/''Emperor''). Female rulers also used the title. The heir apparent is titled Taizi (太子/Crown Prince). In the instance of a female ruler, the titles do not change; the only title that ''does'' change is the title of the female hunagdi's spouse: husbands of female huangdi are titled Yufuma (御駙馬/''Imperial Prince Consort'').
+*See also: [[List of Rulers of Tianchao|''List of Rulers of Tianchao'']]
-Rulers of Arslan-ruled division era states and rulers of the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty were titled Khan (可汗/<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ</span>) as well as huangdi. This was discontinued from the Ang dynasty onward with the return of Yinghui rule.
+Tianchao is an imperial hereditary monarchy ruled by a Huangdi (皇帝/''Emperor''). Female rulers also used the title. The heir apparent is titled Taizi (太子/Crown Prince). In the instance of a female ruler, the titles do not usually change; the exception being the rulers of the women-ruled Jing dynasty, whom used the title Niangdi (娘帝). The only title that ''does'' change is the title of the female hunagdi's spouse: husbands of female huangdi and rulers of the Jing dynasty and are titled Yufuma (御駙馬/''Imperial Prince Consort'').
+Rulers of Arslan-ruled division era states and rulers of the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty were titled Khagan (卡幹/{{Vertical script|ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ}}) as well as huangdi. This was discontinued from the Hang dynasty onward with the return of Wan rule.
-Important female titles include the Huanghou (皇後/''Empress''), the legal wife of the huangdi, and the Huang-Taihou (皇太後/''Empress Dowager''), the title of the widow of the prior huangdi and mother of the current one, both of whom control the imperial harem and can exercise a great degree on the politics of Tianchao, mainly through the huangdi, if given the chance. Both also control the Huogong (后宮/''Imperial Harem''), yet the huang-taihou generally has more power over it than the huanghou. The title of huanghou is generally discarded in the event of a female ruler, during which the standard title of hunagdi is used.
+Important female titles include the Huanghou (皇後/''Empress''), the legal wife of the huangdi, and the Huang-Taihou (皇太後/''Empress Dowager''), the title of the widow of the prior huangdi and mother of the current one. Both women control the Huogong (后宮/''Imperial Harem'') and can exercise a great degree on the politics of Tianchao, mainly through the huangdi, if given the chance. Both control the Huogong, yet the huang-taihou generally has more power over it than the huanghou. The title of huanghou is generally discarded in the event of a female ruler, during which the standard title of hunagdi is used.
 Aside for the Taizi, sons and daughters of the huangdi, as well as brothers and sisters, are referred to as Wangzi (王子/''Prince'') and Wangfei (王妃/''Princess'') respectively. All other relatives, such as nephews, nieces & cousins, are titled Gongjue (公爵/''Prince, Duke'') and Gongzhu (公主/''Princess'') respectively. Husbands of wangfei and gongzhu are titled Fuma (駙馬).
-Gong (公/''Duke'') and Gongnu (公女/''Duchess'') are titles of the highest-tier noblemen unrelated to the hunagdi. Often these are just prestigeous titles with power limited to command troops, but they can also given power to autonmously administer the territories they're granted, either from the seat of the territory or the imperial capital; but this is not without risk of the empowered person from becoming a threat to the central government. Holders of such titles may also be enfeoffed to the rank of Wang (王/''King'').
+Gong (公/''Duke'') and Gongnu (公女/''Duchess'') are titles of the highest-tier noblemen unrelated to the hunagdi. Often these are just prestigious titles with power limited to command troops, but they can also given power to autonomously administer the territories they're granted, either from the seat of the territory or the imperial capital; but this is not without risk of the empowered person from becoming a threat to the central government. Holders of such titles may also be enfeoffed to the rank of Wang (王/''King'').
-Succession of the huangdi is generally straightforward. The heir to the throne, the taizi, is generally appointed by either favoritism or by merit. Often it is the eldest son of the huangdi is appointed the taizi, whether they are from the huanghou or a concubine, yet this is not automatically so; a daughter can be chosen as well. If the huangdi feels that his eldest is not up to the task or simply favors someone else, a younger son or daughter, a nephew, niece, brother, sister or cousin can be appointed taizi instead. Generally, while there is only one huanghou at a time, the huangdi's harem of many dozens of concubines, often result in there being any number of children to choose from.
+Succession of the huangdi is generally straightforward. The heir to the throne, the taizi, is generally appointed by either favoritism or by merit. Often it is the eldest son of the huangdi is appointed the taizi, whether they are from the huanghou or a concubine, yet this is not automatically so; a daughter can be chosen as well. If the huangdi feels that his eldest is not up to the task or simply favors someone else, a younger son or daughter, a nephew, niece, brother, sister or cousin can be appointed taizi instead. Generally, while there is only one huanghou at a time, the huangdi's harem of many dozens of concubines, if any in the first place, often result in there being any number of children to choose from.
 Yet, if the huangdi dies before or without appointing a successor, the huang-taihou generally has the sole right to appoint one of the late huangdi's surviving sons or relatives to the position. Most often the successor chosen in this fashion is a minor, thus the huang-taihou serves as regent over the government. Other times, responsibility for appointing a new ruler from among the deceased huangdi's relatives falls to the government, generally the liugexia. Sometimes the huangdi will not announce an heir during their reign, instead writing it down and keeping it secret for it to be discovered upon his death. However, it's not uncommon for the deceased hunagdi's wishes to be disregarded or unannounced, leaving a vacuum to be filled one way or another.
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 The event a new huangdi can not be appointed in a timely fashion, the late-huangdi's various relatives generally tend make claims to the throne, resulting in a heated – and often deadly – strife to fill the power vacuum and even wars of succession in the extreme cases. These power-struggles often start smoldering even before the huangdi dies, and tend to shape the future of the dynasty for generations afterwards.
-Sometimes the huangdi is suceeded without dying. Sometimes the huangdi will abdicate without ending the dynasty; in other words, retire. Huangdi who abdicate to retirement are titled Taishang Huangdi (太上皇帝/''Retired Emperor''). However, while most huangdi who do retire go into quiet retirement for the rest of their days, the huangdi sometimes doesn't always give up actual power despite retireing; sometimes they will act as the power behind the throne through his official succesor.
+Sometimes the huangdi is succeeded without dying. Sometimes the huangdi will abdicate without ending the dynasty; in other words, retire. Huangdi who abdicate to retirement are titled Taishang Huangdi (太上皇帝/''Retired Emperor''). However, while most huangdi who do retire go into quiet retirement for the rest of their days, the huangdi sometimes doesn't always give up actual power despite retiring; sometimes they will act as the power behind the throne through his official successor.
-As a religious leader, the huangdi also bears the title of Tianzi (天子/Son of Heaven). While anyone can found a dynasty and claim the imperial title of huangdi, the title of tianzi is only conferred upon by the high priests to the true ruler of the realm; i.e. the one who is believed to have the grace of the gods and been granted the Mandate of Heaven, usually huangdi who rule a unified dynasty or succeed in reunifying the empire and ending a period of disunity. The title is hereditarily passed on from huangdi to huangdi of the dynasties until it is believed that the Mandate is lost, only bestowed upon again to the one it is believed has attained the Mandate of Heaven.
+As a religious leader, the huangdi also bears the title of Tianzi (天子/''Son of Heaven''); Tianfei (天妃/''Daughter of Heaven'') in the case of female rulers. While anyone can found a dynasty and claim the imperial title, the title of tianzi is only conferred upon by the high priests to the true ruler of the realm; i.e. the one who is believed to have the grace of the gods and been granted the ''Mandate of Heaven'', usually the ones who rule a unified dynasty or succeed in reunifying the empire and ending a period of disunity. The title is hereditarily passed on until it is believed that the dynasty has lost the ''Mandate'', only bestowed upon again to the one it is believed has attained the ''Mandate of Heaven''.
-Huangdi are also bestowed with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_name#China posthumous name] and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_name temple name] after death.
+Incumbent and abdicated huangdi are referred to by their courtesy name while living; after death, huangdi are also bestowed with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_name#China posthumous name] and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_name temple name].
 Posthumous names can mean anything, and usually illustrate the huangdi or his reign in some way or follow a particular naming scheme associated with previous rulers. Temple names are similar but are a selection of names chosen with more care. Even ancestors of dynasty founders, especially those who laid the foundation for the dynasty's founding, are sometimes posthumously promoted to huangdi and honored with temple names by their descendants, even if they did not rule as huangdi, or even claim the imperial title, in their lifetime.
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 Not all huangdi were given either name after death; in fact, there were many instances throughout Tianzu history where the practice of giving either one or both names were abandoned altogether until it was revived later, in particular during disunity periods. There were other reasons for not bestowing either to an huangdi, including the belief that a particular ruler was not worthy of one.
 {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
-|+Well known/used temple names include:
+|+{{nowrap|Well known/used temple names include:}}
 |-
 !Name
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 ! colspan="2" |Dynasty Founder names
 |-
-|Bianjian<br>變建<br>''Rebellion Founder''
+| Bianjian<br>變建<br>''Rebellion Founder''
 |Typically used for dynasty founders who came to power by revolt and/or civil war.
 |-
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 |-
 |Kaiguo<br>開國<br>''Founder of a country''
-|More rare than others, as it it typically used to refer to Ji Zheng, the founder of the Qiang dynasty, and the first huangdi of Tianchao.
+|More rare than others, as it it typically used to refer to Jian Zheng, the founder of the Qiang dynasty and the first huangdi of Tianchao.
 |-
 |Kaijian<br>凱建<br>''Triumphant Founder''
 |Used for dynastic founders who created their dynasty by conquest.
-Exam;es: the Zan dynasty, the Qiu dynasty, and the Lin dynasty
+Examples: the Zan dynasty, the Qiu dynasty, and the Lin dynasty
 |-
 |Xinjian<br>新建<br>''New Founder''
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 |-
 |Huaipi<br>壞辟<br>''Wicked King''
-|Typically given to particularly tyrannical rulers.
+|Originating from the tyrant Huai Gui (壞貴), it is a rarer temple name typically given to particularly tyrannical rulers.
-Originated with the surname of Huai Gui, the tyranncial chengxiang of the Zhai dynasty before the Four Kingdoms period. It started as a way for historians to mock him, but was eventually applied to actual tyrannical rulers.
 |-
 |Jiuxing<br>救星<br>''Liberator''
-|Typically given to an huangdi who overthrew a tyrannical predacessor.
+|Typically given to an huangdi who overthrew a tyrannical predecessor.
 Can also be used for dynasty founders if the overthrown huangdi was the last huangdi of the previous dynasty.
 |-
 |Kaipi<br>凱辟<br>''Triumphant King''
 |Used for Huangdi who came to power by conquest.
+|-
+|Lieshi<br>烈士<br>''Martyr''
+|Used for Huangdi were murdered by their successor or unjustly overthrown. Typically bestowed long after death following the death of their successor.
 |-
 |Supi<br>穌辟<br>''Revival King''
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 |One of the more commonly generic temple names.
 |-
-|Junpi<br>軍辟<br>''Army King''
+| Junpi<br>軍辟<br>''Army King''
 | rowspan="2" |Typically used for huangdi who gave remarkable military achievements or greatly expanded the empire's sovereign territory during his reign.
 |-
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 |Typically given to huangdi who were known for being very wise or religious.
 |-
-|Zuangli<br>壯麗<br>''Magnificent''
+| Zuangli<br>壯麗<br>''Magnificent''
 |Typically given to huangdi who had a particularly prosperous reign or ushered in a golden age.
 |-
-|Zuihou<br>最後<br>''Final''
+| Zuihou<br>最後<br>''Final''
 |Reserved for huangdi who were the last ruler of their dynasty. First used for
 Huangdi Chuantong, the last Huangdi of the Qiang dynasty.
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 |-
 |Taifu<br>太傅<br>''Grand Tutor''
-|Responsible for maintaining the Imperial Household on behalf, or at the descretion, of the huangdi.
+|Responsible for maintaining the Imperial Household on behalf, or at the discretion, of the huangdi.
 |-
 |Taibao<br>太保<br>''Grand Protector''
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 |-
 |Sikong<br>司空<br>''Minister of the Works''
-|in charge of maintaining the empire's finances and overseeing government projects—construction of the '''''Great Wall of Haoyudai''''' being a notable example.
+|in charge of maintaining the empire's finances and overseeing government projects—construction of the '''''Great Wall of Guangdai''''' being a notable example.
 |}
 Beneath the huangdi and the liugexia are the titleless chen (臣/statesmen), whom make up the majority of the officials; there may be as many as five hundred or a few as fifty, depending on the policies and/or events of the time. They participate by suggesting laws and decrees, and even possible courses of action in times of crises; as well as bringing the huangdi and the liugexia up to date on what is going on around the empire, including instances of which may or may not have already reached their attention. Otherwise, they are generally powerless, yet enjoy a substantial government salary. Members are chosen based on scores taken from the Guomin Buji Kaoshi (國民部級考試/National Ministerial Examination), which is held every four years.
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 Throughout Tianzu history the power of the huangdi and the bureaucracy has constantly fluctuated. Sometimes the huangdi had all the power while the bureaucrats had limited or no power; other times the huangdi and the bureaucrats shared the power, creating a system of checks and balances on each other; and sometimes the power of the huangdi was curtailed, leaving the true power in the hands of the bureaucrats, the chengxiang, a regent or some other person while the huangdi was a ceremonial figurehead.
-==== Armed Forces ====
+====Armed Forces====
-Tianchao maintains the largest known standing armed forces on Qirsyllviar, but the empire's sheer size, and constant threat of rebellions and foreign incursions in the outer territories furthest from Xiazhou – the capital region – causes it to be spread thin.
+Tianchao maintains one of the largest known standing armed forces on Qirsyllviar, but the empire's sheer size, and constant threat of rebellions and foreign incursions in the outer territories furthest from Xiazhou – the capital region – causes it to be spread thin.
+Beneath the huangdi, chengxiang and taiwei, Tianchao has five main generals, referred to as the Wuzhi Laohu (五隻老虎/''Five Tigers''), in charge of the land forces of the Tianzu Imperial Army, and one in charge of the toops along the military zones that line the east side of the '''''Great Wall of Guangdai'''''. Including any number of officers in charge of various detachments spread around their zones, each has at least 700,000+ troops under their command at any given time.
 {| class="wikitable"
-|+Beneath the huangdi, chengxiang and taiwei, Tianchao has six main generals in charge of the land forces of the Tianzu Imperial Army. Including any number of officers in charge of various detachments spread around their zones, each has at least 700,000+ troops under their command at any given time.
 |-
 !Title
 !Responsibility
+|-
+! colspan="2" |
+Wuzhi Laohu (五隻老虎/''Five Tigers'')
 |-
 |Beiyu Siling<br>北域司令<br>''Commander of the North''
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 |-
 |Nanyu Siling<br>南域司令<br>''Commander of the South''
-|Responisble for troops in the southern regions of Zhongyuan and along the borders with Dongbalian and Gaoliang.
+|Responisble for troops in the southern regions of Zanghuan and along the borders with Dongbalian and Gaoliang.
 |-
-|Dongyu Siling<br>東域司令<br>''Commander of the East''
+| Dongyu Siling<br>東域司令<br>''Commander of the East''
-|Responisble for troops in eastern Zhongyuan and seaboard and the border regions of the islands shared with Rome.
+|Responisble for troops in eastern Zanghuan and seaboard and the border regions of the islands shared with Miaogui.
 |-
-|Xiyu Siling<br>西域司令<br>''Commander of the West''
+| Xiyu Siling<br>西域司令<br>''Commander of the West''
-|Responsible for troops in Haoyudai.
+|Responsible for troops in Guangdai.
 |-
 |Zhongxin Siling<br>中心司令<br>''Commander of the Center''
-|Responisble for troops in central Zhongyuan and around the capital.
+|Responisble for troops in central Zanghuan and around the capital.
+|-
+! colspan="2" |Other
 |-
 |Wei Qiangbi Siling<br>偉牆壁司令<br>''Commander of the Great Wall''
-|Responsible for troops stationed in every fort and castle along the entire length '''''Great Wall of Haoyudai'''''.
+| Responsible for troops stationed in every fort and castle along the entire length '''''Great Wall of Guangdai'''''.
 |}
-There are also several, albeit less organized, detatchments of naval forces in every body of water controlled by Tianchao.
+There are also sizeable detachments of naval forces in every body of water controlled by Tianchao.
-==== Political Divisions ====
+==== Political Divisions====
 Tianchao today is divided into sixteen zhou (provinces). Those are in turn divided into several jun (commanderies), when are further divided into three or four xian (counties).
 {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
-|+Provinces and their subdivisions include:
+|+{{nowrap|Provinces and their subdivisions include:}}
 |-
 ! colspan="2" |Zhou (州)
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 |
 |-
-|Mozhou<br>魔州
+|Meizhou<br>魅州
+|Guangyi<br>光邑
-|
-|
 |
 |
+|The outskirts of the province capital hosts Wushu Xueyuan (巫術學院), the oldest and most prestigious academy of magic in Tianchao.
 |-
 |Qinzhou<br>琴州
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 |
 |}
-=== Empire of Tibet ===
-Capital: Lhasa (ལྷ་ས་)<br>Government: Hereditary Absolute Monarchy<br>Head of State: Tsenpo<br>Head of Government: Tsenpo<br>Legislature: None<br>Demonym: Tibetan<br>Currency: Tangka, Srang, Skar
+===Empire of Tibet===
-The Empire of Tibet (བོད་ཆེན་པོ) is a peninsular nation, occupying the tundra peninsula of the same name in western Pianpilu, the northern subcontinent. It shares maritime borders solely with Tianchao to the east.
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|capital=Lhasa<br><big>ལྷ་ས་</big>|government=Hereditary Absolute Monarchy|head_of_state=Tsenpo<br><big>ཙན་པོ་</big>|head_of_government=Tsenpo|currency=Tangka, Srang, Skar|exonym=Tibetan<br><big>བོད་པ་</big>|title1=Empire of Tibet}}
-[[File:Tibet greatest extant.png|thumb|390x390px|Tibet at its greatest extant before the Tukhii-Tianzu conflicts.]]
+The '''Empire of Tibet''', also called "'''Bod'''" (<big>བོད་</big>) locally, the the nation of Zlasnyi people. It is an island nation occupying the vast island of the same name in eastern Marlakcor. It shares maritime borders with the Empire of Tianchao to the west and Baoshi to the northwest.[[File:Tibet whole.png|thumb|220x220px|The whole of Tibet, which is partially cut off on the map above.|alt=|left]]
-Tibet was once one of nations dominating the high mountains and tundras of the northwestern continent before the Tukhii (now known as Shengwai), cousins of the Arslans, invaded. Tibet once controlled the western half of the northern continent, up to the northern peninsula surrounding Gui Bay and bordering Dongshui Guibei, while the tribes of the former Tukhii inhabited the center. When the Tukhii Khanate came into being, these two powers fought for land and power on-and-off for centuries before Tianchao invaded.
+<div style="clear:both;"></div>
+==Constituent Territories==
+=== Yamato Dependencies===
-As a result of the wars with Tukhii Khanate and then Tianchao, Tibet was reduced to the peninsula from whence it originated, while the Tukhii, and then Tianchao, secured its hold on the former lands of Tibet. Tibet has since become a suzerainty of Tianchao in the face of the ferocity of the Tianzu Imperial Army & Navy and the threat of invasion.
+====Akantai====
-Being a cold country of mostly tundra and mountain, similarly to the northern mainland, Tibet has only a small amount of fertile land for farming and is mostly dependent on the sea and imports for food, but has a large economy thanks to rich mining on the island and elsewhere.
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|title1=Akantai|image1=File:Yamatai flag.png|capital=Teikyo <small>(in Fuso)</small><br>Kosetsu-to <small>(unofficial locally)</small>|largest_city=Kosetsu-to<br>降雪都|government=Hereditary Feudal Monarchy|head_of_state=Tenno of Yamatai|dynasty=Nadeshiko|race=Human|ethnicity=Genjin|head_of_government=Tenno of Yamatai|currency=Teisatsu, Kingetsu, Gingitsune, Gin'yo, Dogame|official:=Genjingo}}
+[[File:Akantai whole.png|left|frameless|330x330px]]
+Akantai (亜寒帯) the collective term for the Ryoiki (regions) and Gun (Provinces) of the Yamato Empire in the archipelagic territory northeast of Yamatai in the northwestern waters of Marlakcor, bounded by the Shinkyu (新旧) Sea to the southwest, the Namako (海鼠) Sea to the south and the Aojiroi (青白い) Sea to the north.
+Like the main empire in Fuso, Akantai is divided into several ryoiki ruled by an appointed sotoku pledging fealty to the Tenno of Yamatai, and smaller gun ruled by chiji. Some clans and daimyo are from Fuso, whether by immigration or land grants. Most other daimyo are more local compared to the clans of Fuso, as the majority are descendants of families that cooperated, and even helped, the invading Yamato Imperial Armies during the invasions; many even married into Genjin families, adopted Genjin names customs and traditions, and even their religion, to varying extents.
-While still in a tense diplomatic relationship with Tianchao, Tibet also maintains the rights to mine and farm certain areas within Tianchao's borders, in exchange for Tianchao receiving 25% of the profits as tribute annually.
+Though Teikyo in Fuso is the capital of the empire, and therefore Akantai, the city of Kosetsu-to serves as the unofficial capital of Akantai for the locals as the political, cultural, economic and military center of Yamatai's northeastern island provinces.
-== Constituent Territories ==
+<div style="clear:both;"></div>
+====Morokoshi====
+{{Qirsyllvian_Country_Infobox|title1=Akantai|image1=File:Yamatai flag.png|capital=Teikyo <small>(in Fuso)</small><br>Gekyo <small>(unofficial locally)</small>|largest_city=Gekyo<br>外京|government=Hereditary Feudal Monarchy|head_of_state=Tenno of Yamatai|dynasty=Nadeshiko|race=Human|ethnicity=Genjin|head_of_government=Tenno of Yamatai|currency=Teisatsu, Kingetsu, Gingitsune, Gin'yo, Dogame|official:=Genjingo|minor:=Wanyu<br>Sinjok-eo}}
+[[File:Morokoshi whole.png|left|frameless|540x540px]]
+Morokoshi (唐土) is the collective term for the Ryoiki (regions) and Gun (Provinces) of the Yamato Empire on Xinshijie (called Higashimoto (東本) by the Genjin), the western subcontinent of Marlakcor, taking up great portions of both Guangdai (Hirotai) and Yuchang (Amehara), and two large islands between them. The Morokoshi land closest to Fuso is a Y-shaped island named Makigaijima (巻貝島), which is also the name of a gun.
+Though Teikyo in Fuso is the capital of the empire, and therefore Morokoshi, the city of Gekyo serves as the unofficial capital of Morokoshi for the locals as the political cultural, economic and military center of Yamatai's mainland Marlakese provinces.
-===Yamato Dependencies===
+The easternmost lands of the empire, Morokoshi borders Tianchao and Raimei to the east, and sharing maritime borders with Goryeo to the north. It was first established as a result of the ''Yamato Invasions of Marlakcor'' (4010 – 4100<small>PCZ</small>), which in turn sparked the ''First Yamato-Tianzu War'' (4010 – 4019<small>PCZ</small>). Over the course of the conflicts, Yamatai conquered the states referred to as the Xifang Wangguo (西方王國/''Western Kingdoms''), which included some of Tianchao's vassals, and the much of Tianchao's western territories. The ''Third Yamato-Tianzu War'' (4100 – 4112<small>PCZ</small>) ended with Morokoshi's furthest northern and eastward expansion into the westernmost parts of the western continent, and resulted in the construction of the '''''Great Wall of Guangdai''''' by Hauxia, preventing any further expansion. Yamatai instead turned its attentions to the southern lands, and several wars with Đế Quốc Mưa over several generations led to the conquest of the entire southern portion of the western continent.
-==== Akantai ====
-[[File:Yamatai_flag.png|left|300x300px]]Government: Hereditary Feudal Monarchy<br>Head of State: Tenno of Yamatai<br>Currency: Hansatsu, Koban, Nibuban, Ichibuban, Tsuho
+Some time after, Morokoshi then experienced an insurrection in the southeast by Yamato settlers, led by the Ikazuchi clan, rivals of the Toyotomi clan, which led to the ''Raimin War for Independence'' (4235 – 4245<small>PCZ</small>), and the establishment of the separate Empire of Raimei. Morokoshi remain at odds with Tianchao and Raimei, yet has managed to secure a relatively peaceful existence in Marlakcor.
-Akantai (亜寒帯) the collective term for the Ryoiki (regions) and Gun (Provinces) of the Yamato Empire in the archipelagic territory northeast of Yamatai in the Sea of Shinko in the northwestern waters of Marlakcor.
-Like the main empire in Fuso, Akantai is divided into several ryoiki ruled by an appointed sotoku pledging fealty to the Tenno of Yamatai, and smaller gun ruled by chiji. Some clans and daimyo are from Fuso, whether by immigration or land grants. Other daimyo are more local compared to the clans of Fuso, as the majority are descendants of families that cooperated, and even helped, the invading Yamato Imperial Armies during the invasion; many even married into Genjin families, adopted Genjin names customs and traditions, and even their religion, to varying extents.
-==== Morokoshi ====
-[[File:Yamatai_flag.png|left|300x300px]]Government: Hereditary Feudal Monarchy<br>Head of State: Tenno of Yamatai<br>Currency: Hansatsu, Koban, Nibuban, Ichibuban, Tsuho
-Morokoshi (唐土) is the collective term for the Ryoiki (regions) and Gun (Provinces) of the Yamato Empire on Xinshijie, the western subcontinent of Marlakcor, taking up great portions of both Haoyudai (Goikitai) and Yuchang (Amehara), and two large islands between them. The Morokoshi land closest to Fuso is a Y-shaped island named Makigaijima (巻貝島), which is also the name of a gun.
-The easternmost lands of the empire, Morokoshi borders Tianchao and Raimei to the east, and sharing maritime borders with Goryeo to the north. It was first established as a result of the ''Yamato Invasions of Marlakcor'' (4010–4100AFZ), which in turn sparked the ''First Yamato-Tianzu War'' (4010–4019AFZ). Over the course of the conflicts, Yamatai conquered the states referred to as the Xifang Wangguo (西方王國/''Western Kingdoms''), which included some of Tianchao's vassals, and the much of Tianchao's western territories. The ''Third Yamato-Tianzu War'' (4100–4112AFZ) ended with Morokoshi's furthest northern and eastward expansion into the westernmost parts of the western continent, and resulted in the construction of the '''''Great Wall of Haoyudai''''' by Hauxia, preventing any further expansion. Yamatai instead turned its attentions to the southern lands, and several wars with Shengsuo (now called Hijiritokoro) over several generations led to the conquest of the entire southern portion of the western continent.
-Some time after, Morokoshi then experienced an insurrection in the southeast by Yamato settlers, led by the Ikazuchi clan, rivals of the Toyotomi clan, which led to the ''Raimin War for Independence'' (4235–4245AFZ), and the establishment of the separate Empire of Raimei. Morokoshi remain at odds with Tianchao and Raimei, yet has managed to secure a relatively peaceful existence in Marlakcor.
 Like the main empire in Fuso, Morokoshi are divided into several ryoiki ruled by an appointed sotoku pledging fealty to the Tenno of Yamatai, and smaller gun ruled by chiji. Some clans and daimyo are from Fuso, whether by immigration or land grants. Other daimyo, particularly the western ones, are more local compared to the clans of Fuso, as the majority are descendants of families that cooperated, and even helped, the invading Yamato Imperial Armies during the ''Yamato Invasions of Marlakcor''; many even married into Genjin families, adopted Genjin names, customs and traditions, and even their religion, to varying extents.
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-===Serica Provinciae (Rome)===
-[[File:Rome flag.png|left|300x300px]]Government: Imperial Appointed Viceroyalties<br>Head of State: Augustus of Rome<br>Heads of Government: Proconsuls & Vicaruses<br>Legislatures: none<br>Demonym: Seres (also others, varying by province)<br>Currency: Aureus, Denarius, Sestertius, Dupondius, As
-Serica is the collective name of the is a colonies & provinces of the Roman Empire in Marlakcor, occupying a cluster of islands and a part of the mainland in eastern Marlakcor on the west side of the Sinolatin Sea. Serica shares borders with Tianchao to the north and west, and Dongbalian to the south in western Huaxia, the central subcontinent.
-Serica occupies the island of Daludao (the easternmost island), most of the Island of Shengfen (the land closest to the mainland) save for the western peninsula and just beyond it, along with a cluster of islands in between them. Northward, it occupies the eastern southern peninsula of Qiu Island. Serica also controls parts of the mainland just south of Shengfen, namely the Pingfang and Tuoyuan peninsulas and some lands just beyond it. But the mainland territories end at '''''Mulan's Wall''''', which was built by Dongbalian to stall any further Roman expansion into the mainland.
-The island of Daludao was formerly known as the kingdom of the same name, which was a suzerainty of Tianchao following the ''Tianzu Wars of Conquest'', Serica was established as a result of the ''Roman Conquest of Daludao''.
 ==Neutral Territories==
 ===Hei'an Zhidi===
 [[File:Heian zhidi.png|thumb|250x250px]]
-Hei'an Zhidi (黑暗之地/''Darklands'') is a tropical jungle island, in the Chidao Sea of southern Marlakcor. The place is reportedly a place of terror, allegedly home to monstruous creatures and carnivorous plantlife, and the island is durrounded by a noxious, almost toxic, miasma of unknown origin, preventing any real exploration. What is actually on the island remain a mystery into modern day.
+'''Hei'an Zhidi''' (黑暗之地/''Darklands'') is a tropical jungle island, in the Chidao Sea of southern Marlakcor. The place is reportedly a place of terror, allegedly home to monstrous creatures and carnivorous plant life, and the island is surrounded by a noxious, almost toxic, miasma of unknown origin, preventing any real exploration. What is actually on the island remains a mystery into modern day.
+Few have dared to venture there, and fewer have returned alive. Those who did were either too far mentally gone or were in no condition to give any meaningful accounts.
+===Khünii Gazargüi===
-Few have dared to venture there, and fewer have retunred alive. Those who did were either too far gone mentally or were in no condiution to give any meaningful accounts
+[[File:Khunii Gazargui.png|left|frameless]]
+'''Khünii Gazargüi''' ({{Vertical script|ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ}}/''No Man's Land'') is a neutral island northeast of Gergazar and north of the dwarven Kingdom of Baoshi. It is sepearted from the Arslan mainland to the west by the small island of Tsetseg ({{Vertical script|ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠭ}}). The reason the island is neutral is becuase no one can set foot on it without risking being burned by lava. The island is heavily volcanic with many large volcanoes of several types dominating the landscape. Most of them have been erupting on and off constantly since even before the inception of Gergazar, hence why the Khagante has never bothered to claim the island; it's just not worth the risk. While no people or terrestrial animals live there as a result of the constant eruptions, phoenixes have been known to fly in and out of the island's airspace constantly, leading to the belief that the island is a phoenix nesting ground.
-=== Zhonglibozi ===
+===Zhonglibozi===
 [[File:Zhonglibozi.png|thumb|140x140px]]
-Zhonglibozi (中壢脖子/''Middle Neck'') is a strech of neutral land between Dongbalian and the high elven empire of Gaoliang.
+'''Zhonglibozi''' (中壢脖子/中坜脖子/''Middle Neck'') is a stretch of neutral land between Dongbalian to the northeast and the high elven empire of Gaoliang to the southwest.
-The zone was established as a result of border desputes between Dongbalian and Gaoliang, established by the treaty that ended the ''Third Gaoliang–Dongbalian War'', in an attempt to permanently separate the two countries from fighting over the land again. The terms of the treaty stipulate that while the zone is demilitarized and military presence in the zone is forbidden, both countries are responsible for the safety of the people who live there. Military forces are only allowed into the zone for humanitarian purposes, such as relief from the effects of natural disasters, and armed conflict between the two countries within the zone is forbidden, even in times of war. That clause of the treaty has been tested ever since it was established, as relations between Dongbalian and Gaoliang have devolved into war multiple times since.
+The zone was established as a result of border disputes between Dongbalian and Gaoliang, established by the treaty that ended the ''Third Gaoliang–Dongbalian War'', in an attempt to permanently separate the two countries from fighting over the land again. The terms of the treaty stipulate that while the zone is demilitarized and military presence in the zone is forbidden, both countries are responsible for the safety of the people who live there. Military forces are only allowed into the zone for humanitarian purposes, such as relief from the effects of natural disasters, and armed conflict between the two countries within the zone is forbidden, even in times of war. That clause of the treaty has been tested ever since it was established, as relations between Dongbalian and Gaoliang have devolved into war multiple times since.
-Within the zone there are three large cities, Baolan (寶藍), Feicui (翡翠) & Hongbao (紅寶), each with their own governments and dozens of villages and small towns under their sphere of influence. Each is technically a city-state in its own right, but they don't claim any form sovereignty.
+Within the zone there are three large cities, Baolan (寶藍/宝蓝), Feicui (翡翠) & Hongbao (紅寶/红宝), each with their own governments and dozens of villages and small towns under their sphere of influence. Each is technically a city-state in its own right, but they don't claim any form sovereignty.
 ==Notes & Trivia==
 *There are two known demonyms for people from Marlakcor:
-**The exonym is "Marlakcese".
+** The exonym is "Marlakcese".
 **The endonym is "Tianxiaren" (天下人).
-*Becuase of how the Chinese language – which the language "Tianyu" is based on – works, the titles and any other adjectival nouns are both singular and plural.
+*Because of how the Chinese language – which the language "Wanyu" is based on – works, the titles and any other nouns are both singular and plural.
+**Addi tonally, where appropriate or needed, simplified characters are displayed underneath or after traditional ones. Tianchao uses traditional characters while Miaogui uses simplified, and both states use their favored characters when referring to something in writing, unless, in Miaogui's case, a simplified version of a character doesn't exist.
-*While the name was used sparingly since the Ying dynasty, Ji Zheng used "Tianchao" as the name for his empire for diplomatic purposes, but with the end of the Qiang dynasty the name fell out of use. Other more ethnic names were adopted as a representation of the nation of the collective Jiti peoples until the Zhai dynasty adopted Tianchao as the official name of the country. Until then, Tianchao  was simply known by whatever dynasty was currenty in power; though even today it still is.
+*While the name was used sparingly since the Ying dynasty, Ji Zheng used "Tianchao" as the name for his empire for diplomatic purposes, but with the end of the Qiang dynasty the name fell out of use. Other more ethnic names were adopted as a representation of the nation of the collective Wan peoples until the Zhai dynasty adopted Tianchao as the official name of the country. Until then, Tianchao  was simply known by whatever dynasty was currently in power; though even today it still is.
 *While they are both given posthumously, a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_name#China posthumous name] and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_name temple name] should not be confused with each other. See Wikipedia articles for better explanations.
 *Marlakcor and Tianxia come from two separate sources:
-**Marlakcor, the foreign exonym for the continent, originated from the Jiti phrase "'''Mar'''an '''la k'''echeng '''o r'''en" (罵人啦課程哦人), which roughly translates as "Oh course people curse it", which was then shortened to Marlakcor. Historians and linguists believe this happened due to a miscommunication between translators at some point in the past.
+**Marlakcor, the foreign exonym for the continent, originated from the Wan phrase "'''Mar'''an '''la k'''echeng '''o r'''en" (罵人啦課程哦人), which roughly translates as "Oh course people curse it", which was then shortened to Marlakcor. Historians and linguists believe this happened due to a miscommunication between translators at some point in the past.
 **Tianxia (天下), the local endonym for the continent, which roughly means "all under heaven", came from the historical belief that the farthest shores of the continent and those of the closest islands, were the edge of the world.
 ***Another common local name for the continent is Sanzhou (三洲/lit. ''Three Continents''), to describe the three main landmasses that make up the continent as a whole.
-*The years used are those of the [[Qirsyllvian Calendars#Luan calendar|Luan calendar]]. There is a 421-year difference between the Luan calendar and the Solramese calendar. I.e. 0TJH = 421BFZ.
+*Most of the years used on the page are those of the [[Qirsyllvian Calendars#Luan calendar|Luan calendar]]. There is a 421-year difference between the Luan calendar and the Solramese calendar. I.e. 0<small>TJH</small> = 421<small>ACZ</small>. To get the equivalent year tot he Solramese calendar, subtract 421 from the year. Note: Solramese years before 0 are suffixed <small>ACZ</small>, while years 0 and after are suffixed <small>PCZ</small>.
 *The reason Fuso is greyed out is becuase it isn't, cartographically, part of the continent. It's just the areas that are closest to Marlakcor.
-*Marlakcor is divided into three subcontinents, Huaxia (華夏), Pianpilu (遼) and Xinshijie (新世界). Huaxia is the central, and largest, subcontinent divided between Tianchao, Dongbalian and Gaoliang. Pianpilu is the northern subcontinent, fully controlled by Tianchao; and Xinshijie is the western continent, divided between Tianchao, Yamatai, and Raimei.
+*Marlakcor is divided into three subcontinents, Huaxia (華夏), Pianpilu (偏僻陸) and Xinshijie (新世界). Huaxia is the central, and largest, subcontinent divided between Tianchao, Dongbalian and Gaoliang. Pianpilu is the northern subcontinent, controlled by Tianchao in the center, Gergazar to the east and Bogino to the west; and Xinshijie is the western continent, divided between Tianchao, Yamatai, and Raimei.
-**Huaxia is further divided into three regions: Zhongyuan (中原), the land occupied by Tianchao; Dongnan (東南), the land occupied by Dongbalian; and Conglin (叢林), the land occupied mostly by Gaoliang and partially by Tianchao and the Senxiao kingdoms.
+**Huaxia is further divided into three regions: Zanghuan (臧環), the land occupied by Tianchao; Dongnan (東南), the land occupied by Dongbalian; and Xiaoyu (魈域), the land occupied mostly by Gaoliang and partially by Tianchao and the Senxiao kingdoms.
-***The northwestern part of Dongnan, the part past the narrowest area of Dongbalian's territory, is sometimes referred to as Jing bu Xibei.
+***The northwestern part of Dongnan, the part past the narrowest area of Dongbalian's territory, is sometimes referred to as Jing bu Xibei (經部西北).
+**Pianpilu is further divided into western and eastern regions known as Bianjing (邊境) and Gergazar (Wanyu: 加爾加扎爾 (Jia'ar jiazhaer), Arsyaria:{{Vertical script|ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ}}) respectively. They are divided at what is known as the Guixiong Corridor (鬼雄), the narrowest region of the subcontinent.
-**The Arslan call Pianpilu, Delkhiin (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ</span>). The Shengwai/Tukhii also call it that when using their mother tongue.
+**Xinshijie is further divided into northern and southern regions known as Guangdai (廣帶) and Yuchang (雨場) respectively. They are divided at the Isthmus of Caihong (彩虹), the narrowest point of the subcontinent.
-**The Unghwa call Xinshijie, Gudaelyuk (구대륙).
-**Pianpilu is further divided into western and eastern regions known as Bianjing (邊境) and Gergazar (Tianyu: 加爾加扎爾, Ardyarikh:<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ</span>) respectively. They are divided at what is known as the Guixiong Corridor (鬼雄), the narrowest region of the subcontinent.
-***The Arslan call Bianjing, Khiliin (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠬᠢᠯᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ</span>). The Shengwai/Tukhii also call it that when using their mother tongue.
-**Xinshijie is further divided into northern and southern regions known as Haoyudai (浩域帶) and Yuchang (雨場). They are divided at the Isthmus of Caihong (彩虹), the narrowest point of the subcontinent.
-***The Genjin call Haoyudai and Yuchang, Goikitai and Amehara (雨原) respectively.
-***The Unghwa call Haoyudai and Yuchang, Hoyeokdae (호역대) and Ujang (우장) respectively.
-***The Arslan call Haoyudai, Orgon Uudam Gazar (<span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠥᠷᠭᠡᠨ</span><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠮ</span><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl">ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ</span>); the name was especially used during the height of the Gergazard Khaganate and the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty.
 ***The body of water on the west side of the isthmus is known as Dolgolae (돌고래) Bay, which is a part of the Yazuishou (鴨嘴獸) Sea further westward.
 **Within the space between northern and southern Huaxia is a body of water known as the Zhuhong (朱紅) Sea.
 **The northern sea between Huaxia and Xinshijie is known as the Qingshui Sea (清水), which deviates northward at the Dianqing (靛青) peninsula into the Sea of Jingyu (鯨魚) to the west and the Sea of Xaio (曉) to the east.
 ***The Sea of Udeung separates Xinshijie from Pianpilu.
-***The Sea of Xaio, followed by the Xiong (熊) Sea separate Huaxia from Pianpilu. The Sea of Xiao and the Xiong Sea are separated from each other by the Shumiao (樹苗) Strait, the narrowest point between them.
+*** The Sea of Xaio, followed by the Xiong (熊) Sea separate Huaxia from Pianpilu. The Sea of Xiao and the Xiong Sea are separated from each other by the Shumiao (樹苗) Strait, the narrowest point between them.
-**The southern sea between Huaxia and Xinshijie is known as the Conglin Sea.
+**The southern sea between Huaxia and Xinshijie is known as the Jingling Sea (精靈海).
-***The Qingshui Sea and the Conglin Sea are divided by what's known as the Yinghao Strait, the narrowest point between them.
+***The Qingshui Sea and the Jingling Sea are divided by what's known as the Yinghao Strait, the narrowest point between them.
-**The island of Seiso, occupied by the kingdom of Hijiritokoro is sometimes considered part of Xinshijie, but modern cartographers still dispute this.
+**The island of Đế Quốc Mưa, occupied by the empire of same name, is often considered part of Xinshijie, but modern cartographers still dispute this.
 **The southernmost waters of Marlakcor above the Grand Line is the Chidao (赤道) Sea.
+**The sea between Marlakcor and Soligaia is called the Yinyue Sea (音樂滄海/''Yinyue Canghai'') by the Wan and the Muisca Sea by the Soligaians.
+{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"
+|+There are many different names for the various major places around Marlakcor depanding on the language, culture and/or ethnic group
+!Wan
+!Genjin
+!Sinjok
+!Arslan
+!
+Mưa Nhân
+|-
+! colspan="5" |Marlakcor
+|-
+|Tianxia<br>天下
+|Tosei<br>東世
+|Cheonha<br>천하
+|Delkhiin<br>{{Vertical script|ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ}}
+|Thế Giới<br>世界
+|-
+! colspan="5" |Main Subcontinents
+|-
+| Huaxia<br>華夏
+|
+|
+|Ömnödgazar<br>{{Vertical script|ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠲᠠᠵᠠᠷ}}
+|
+|-
+|Pianpilu<br>偏僻陸
+|
+|
+|Övöggazar<br>{{Vertical script|ᠡᠪᠦᠭᠡᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ}}
+|
+|-
+|Xinshijie<br>新世界
+|Higashimoto<br>東本
+|Gudaelyuk<br>구대륙
+|Shineyertönts<br>{{Vertical script|ᠰᠢᠨᠡᠶᠢᠷᠲᠢᠨᠴᠦ}}
+|
+|-
+! colspan="5" |Subcontinent subregions
+|-
+! colspan="5" |Huaxia
+|-
+|Zanghuan<br>臧環
+|
+|
+|Zöölgazar<br>{{Vertical script|ᠵᠥᠭᠡᠭᠡᠯᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ}}
+|
+|-
+|Dongnan<br>東南
+|
+|
+|Khyazgaar<br>{{Vertical script|ᠬᠢᠵᠠᠭᠠᠷ}}
+|
+|-
+|Xiaoyu<br>魈域
+|
+|
+|Ülgergazar<br>{{Vertical script|ᠦᠯᠢᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ}}
+|
+|-
+! colspan="5" |Pianpilu
+|-
+|Bianjing<br>邊境
+|
+|Bukkyu<br>북큐
+|Khiliin<br>{{Vertical script|ᠬᠢᠯᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ}}
+|
+|-
+|Gergazar<br>加爾加扎爾<br>''Jia'ar jiazhaer''
+|
+|Galeuga Jaleu<br>가르가 자르
+|Gergazar<br>{{Vertical script|ᠭᠡᠷᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ}}
+|
+|-
+! colspan="5" |Xinshijie
+|-
+|Guangdai<br>廣帶
+|Hirotai<br>広帶
+|Yesttang<br>옛땅
+|Örgönörnöd<br>{{Vertical script|ᠥᠷᠦᠭᠡᠨᠡᠷᠦᠨ᠎ᠡ ᠳᠦ}}
+|Bắc Đất<br>北坦
+|-
+|Yuchang<br>雨場
+|Amehara<br>雨原
+|Ujang<br>우장
+|Zerlegboro<br>{{Vertical script|ᠵᠡᠷᠯᠢᠭᠡᠪᠣᠷᠣ}}
+|Đất Mưa<br>坦𩅹
+|-
+|Caihong (Isthmus of)<br>彩虹
+|Niji<br>虹
+|Mujigae<br>무지개
+|Solongo<br>{{Vertical script|ᠰᠣᠯᠣᠩᠭ᠎ᠠ}}
+|Cầu Vồng <br>求虹
+|-
+! colspan="5" |Bodies of Water
+|-
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|}
 [[Category:Continents]]
 [[Category:Locations]]