Huánán

South China (simplified Chinese: 华南; traditional Chinese: 華南; pinyin: Huánán), officially the Kingdom of Huánán was a country located in East Asia and a member of the EPA (Eastern Prosperity Association)'''. It existed during Centuria 5.0.'''

Overview
Huánán was ruled by the House of Chai, a cadet branch of the House of Othae. While it was nominally an independent vassal of Zhōngguó, it served more as a regional government of Zhōngguó that is restricted to the southernmost provinces of China.

Origins
The current members of Huánán had originally belonged to China in Centuria 4.0, the predecessor to Zhōngguó and were part of the Chai Clan which eventually diverted from the House of Othae to become the House of Chai. The Chai Clan led by Lord Chaild Moelister had risen to power roughly 2 weeks into Centuria 4.0 in which Lord Chaild Moelister had convinced Emperor Othae to begin colonisation efforts on Taiwan, from there on Chaild Moelister and the rest of the Chai Clan established the settlement of Taipei on the northern section of Taiwan, the settlement of Taipei grew at such a tremendous rate that Lord Chaild Moelister was appointed as the Governor of Taiwan and spearheaded the creation of the Colonisation Yuán, the colonisation administrative department of the Chinese government.

Rise in power
As the Chai Clan grew, so did the Colonisation Yuán. Tibet, a neighbouring state of China, had recently collapsed as it's leader abandoned the nation, and so the Colonisation Yuán sent an expedition to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet and found it barely ruined. Eventually, word of Lhasa made it's way to Emperor Othae and he authorized Lord Chaild Moelister and the rest of the Colonisation Yuán to begin colonising Tibet and so the Chai Clan formed the vassal Kingdom of Chinese Tibet. Major efforts were placed into rebuilding and upgrading Lhasa and in the meantime, Lord Chaild Moelister had also convinced the Emperor to colonise Singapore too. Not only did Lhasa and the rest of Chinese Tibet become fully self-sufficient but Taipei had grown to be a thriving oriental port city, growing a variety of plants and gaining riches by shipping overseas goods back to Mainland China.

End of the Golden Era
The abrupt ending of Centuria 4.0 had utterly devastated the Chai Clan and the Colonisation Yuán as all of their efforts had gone to waste, many members of the Chai Clan felt unmotivated to come back to Centuria 5.0, as they had lost all their progress, but Lord Chaild Moelister had rallied the former members of the Chai Clan and the Colonisation Yuán together to come back to Centuria 5.0 with the promise of forming their own nation and becoming more powerful and richer than before. Soon enough the House of Chai was established as Othae and Chaild Moelister had come to an agreement to split China into North and South with the newly formed Kingdom of Huánán reigning over the Southernmost provinces and the Empire of Zhōngguo ruling over the North.

Formation of Huánán
The new Emperor Chaild Moelister sought to reclaim Taiwan and the Southern provinces of China, and so the House of Chai set up a temporary base in Kaohsiung, Taiwan as it had a large flat area as opposed to the surrounding jungle overlapping most of South and Southeast Asia. Soon after they began constructing Hong Kong.

The Second Golden Era
During Centuria 5.0, the House of Chai in Huánán experienced an economic and cultural renaissance, observing great relations with many other Asian nations including nations that were not member states of the Eastern Prosperity Association. It had quickly become one of the most developed nations on the server, boasting its position as the first country in the Eastern Hemisphere to have a town and a city and all of this development had even culminated in Huánán surpassing the economic output and rate of urbanization of its vassal overlord Zhōngguo.

The Legacy of Huánán
After the collapse of Zhōngguo, Huánán persisted on, continuing to exist past the rest of China's collapse. The House of Chai had learned an important lesson from the fate of '''Zhōngguo. Realising that their northern neighbour had fallen due to a lack of defence structures and a strong military, Huánán '''expanded upon various projects envisioned by the great scientist and friend of Emperor Chaild Moelister, BustyBillCosby, who had rigged the entirety of Hong Kong's streets with dispensers filled with uranium, that would flood the streets with radiation and destroy any invading army. Hong Kong was also rigged with copious amounts of TNT underneath every road and building, making it so that the Kingdom of Huánán could always destroy the great city in an instant if it fell into enemy hands. Bunkers in the town of Taipei were equipped to house the citizens of Huánán underground if Taiwan ever came under siege. Thanks to these measures, the Kingdom of Huánán had managed to survive with all of its territory intact until the end of Centuria 5.0.

Foreign relations
The Kingdom of Huánán was a member of the Eastern Prosperity Association and as such, it had diplomatic relations with the majority of Asia and Oceania.

Allies
Zhōngguo - Tribitary Vassal Overlord

Malacca - Personal Union

Cambodia - Ally

Aotearoa - Ally

Atchison - Ally

Trade partners
Zhōngguo - Collective resource sharing

Okinawa - Spruce log exports