Tianming

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Dumdadu ulus Tiānmìng Wángcháo Tianming
Imperial Emblem
Motto "Cori Oghturghui, Cori Irtincü." (Mongolian) "Yī Tiān, Yī Shì." (Mandarin) "One Sky/Heaven, One World."
Anthem "Bügd Nairamdakh Mongol" United Mongolia
Capital and Largest City	Khanbaliq (Population: 9,923,000)
Official languages	Mongolian (amongst military), Mandarin (language of law and diplomacy)
Demonym	Tianren
Government  - Qaghan  - Cingsang	Confederation of warlords Tngri Khaan Sima Šanggiyan
Independence  - Declared  - Recognized	from Qing Dynasty 29 December, 1911 15 June, 1924
Area  - Total	2.192.728 km² 1.362.495 sq mi
Population  - 2007 estimate  - Density	228,000,000 103.98 /km² 167.34 /sq mi
GDP (PPP)  - Total  - Per capita	2006 estimate $723.9 billion $3,175
Gini	29.4 (low)
HDI	0.621 (medium)
Currency	Tögrög (₮) (TTR)
Time zone  - Summer (DST)	TMT (UTC +7) TMST (UTC +8)
Internet TLD	.ti

The Tianming Khaganate (Mongolian: Dumdadu ulus, literally "middle kingdom") comes from a long tradition of nations and empires and is rightfully feared as one of the "Three Dragons" of today's Asia, as a growing economic and military regional hegemon. It covers a large amount of area that marks the middle point between Central Asia, East Asia, and North Asia. Known as a nation with strong cultural influence and interests in geopolitical East Asia, Tianming has taken upon itself the duty of being Asia's "caretaker" against Western interests, as it is infamous for its contempt for Westernization.

The Khaganate borders quite a few powerful nations: The Holy Russian Empire, the C.A.F.S.R., People's Republic of China, and the DPRK. This makes it in between many major regional powers, putting it in a somewhat precarious position itself. With Japan and the Republic of Korea not far away, it sits right in the middle of the power-players in Asian geopolitics. With access to the North China sea through Khanbaliq and other coastal cities in Machuria, the once landlocked country has begun to set its economic sights on an export-based economy, having rapidly industrialized upon a new unique Asian model not too dissimilar to Mao Zedong's own policies in the neighboring People's Republic.

Tianming's climate varies by its geographic region. Mongolia is high, cold, and windy. It has an extreme continental climate with long, cold winters and short summers, during which most of its annual precipitation falls. The country averages 257 cloudless days a year, and it is usually at the center of a region of high atmospheric pressure. Precipitation is highest in the north (average of 20 to 35 centimeters per year) and lowest in the south, which receives 10 to 20 centimeters annually. The extreme south is the Gobi, some regions of which receive no precipitation at all in most years. The climate of Manchuria has extreme seasonal contrasts, ranging from humid, almost tropical heat in the summer to windy, dry, Arctic cold in the winter. This extreme character occurs because the position of Manchuria on the boundary between the great Eurasian continental landmass and the huge Pacific Ocean causes complete monsoonal wind reversal.

What is now Tianming was traditionally the two regions of Mongolia and Manchuria. Both were home to Altaic peoples such as the Xiongnu and Jurchen who have provided much of the basis for their culture, yet have long been underneath the thumb of the Chinese empires. Bogd Khan declared Mongolia's indepence, but it was not until he died that Tianming proper was recognized and born after the Japanese puppet state of Manchuria was conquered by Mongolian military occupiers. Upon gaining independence from China, Tianming rejected any sort of republicanism through western philosophy, and continues to show its disdain for those systems today. With large social stratification, the society seems to have gone backwards rather than forward, although under Tngri Khaan the nation has had a plethora of civil and political reforms that have begun to bring Tianming as an example of Oriental philosophy applied to modern day politik.

Despite a high population density, Tianming enjoys a widespread populace across its lands. Many reject a sedentary lifestyle and embrace the nomadic traditions of their tribes. Unlike the nearly homogenous Han neighbors of China, Tianming has wild diversity amongst its peoples which has earned it the nickname of the "Ten Thousand Nations". The most populous ethnicities include Mongols, Buriats, Manchus, Han, Hui, Koreans, and Uyghurs. Their language system is complex and is based on context, with a language for usually each sort of social category. Religion is not as concretely defined as other nations, and while Tibetan Buddhism and animistic Tengrism is quite popular, the Hundred Schools of Thought have a widespread influence on philosophy outside of theology. While Tibetan Buddhism is not the state religion, it is the religion of the Qaghan, as he is the spiritual leader of the Gelug sect.

While the burgeoning Tianming economy is hardly the largest in the world, they are experiencing a fairly rapid upturn due to their phenomenal work force and ability to dominate any manufacturing sector they go into. Companies are almost always family-own and domestic, and there are severe protectionist policies against foreign investors and interests, which is both a boon and bane to the growing economy. They rely heavily on exporting manufactured goods made by Manchu manufacturing plants in the northeast, as well as a healthy tourism industry. Their major imports tend to be infrastructure resources such as steel, concrete, and oil.