China
| Huaxia | |
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| Huaxia Republic | |
| 華夏民國 Wah-hah Man-kwok (Cantonese) Hwahsia Minkwo (Mandarin) | |
| File:Huaxia Flag.png | |
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File:Locator Huaxia.pngLocation of Huaxia | |
| Established | 1855 (Kingdom of Canton) 1931 (Huaxia Republic) |
| Capital | Kwangchow |
| Population | 410 Million |
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| Currency | Huaxia Bi (華幣; HXB) |
Huaxia (華夏), officially the Huaxia Republic (華夏民國; Hwahsia Minkwo), is a country in East Asia. Its capital and largest city is Kwangchow (廣州) located south of the country. Huaxia is dominated by the Han people, which built the world's first civilizations in the fertile basin of the Yellow River. For millenia, the region's political systems based around absolute hereditary monarchies and dynasties, most recent of which are the Qing 清朝(1644-1855) and Tenchyew 天朝 (1855-1931).
Modern Huaxia's origin stems from the western-backed Christian rebellion against the Great Qing in 1847 from Kwangchow (Canton). Seeing this as a way to disrupt the Dutch-Qing alliance and trade monopoly, Britain and France supported the "Canton Rebellion." This culminated in the Canton War (1850-1857) that caused the southern half of China to split from the Qing state in 1857.
The southern state that broke away called itself Tenchyew (天朝; heavenly dynasty) and was ruled by a Cantonese Christian dynasty. Tenchyew was more commonly known as the Kingdom of Canton in the west.
The Christian dynasty reigned over the Kingdom of Canton with absolute rule over the latter half of the 19th century. In the early 20th century, various secret societies promoting pan-Chinese Republicanism started springing up in Canton. By the 1910s, these secret societies had begun to increase their strength and influence over the region. Fearing a mass rebellion, the Kingdom of Canton established the Tenchyew parliament.
Multiple parties formed and participated in the parliament. However, the dominating party was the National Reformation Party (華夏改革會, lit. Huaxia Reformation Party) which aimed to dismantle the monarchial pretensions of Canton and unite China after many decades of fragmentation. In 1927, the NRP-dominated Tenchyew parliament commenced the National Reform Movement, which attempted to do away with classical Chinese philosophy and tradition in favor of western ideals.
In 1931, the NRP-dominated parliament overthrew the Cantonese Christian monarchy. They renamed the country the Huaxia Republic (華夏民國) and sought to unify with the Great Qing by military aggression.