History Characters / KaiserreichChina

Born:August 29th, 1885, in Faku, Fengtian, Qing Empire\\
Political Career:Yang Yuting served as the Fengtian's Clique Chief of Staff during its early days, and participated in early raids against Zhili with Xu Shuzheng of the Anhui Clique. Since then, he has served as the Chief of Staff for the Fengtian Army, Army Training Director, and manager of the Three Northeast Provinces Armament Factory.\\\

Born:1894, in Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, Qing Empire\\
Political Career:A minor commander of Manchu descent in the Fengtian clique, Fu Shuangying was nothing special in the old order: a graduate from the prestigious Baoding military academy with a checkered record on the battlefield and some ties with Japanese interests in Manchuria. His lack of entrenched ties with the Zhangs or Tokyo, military education and bureaucratic experience gained administering (among other projects) the Jingxing Mining Bureau ultimately worked in his favour however when foreign authorites began searching for a candidate to lead an independent Manchuria.\\\

Born:1890, in Wanping County, Zhili Province, Qing Empire\\
Political Career:Born to a Manchu family of the Guerjia clan, Guan Xiangying, from an early age, saw the horrors of imperialism firsthand as he toiled away in a Japanese-funded printing company. He saw Manchuria gradually fall under the influence of the Japanese and witnessed firsthand the rampant corruption of the Fengtian Clique, which holds dominion over the vast plains of Manchuria. At the age of 22, he joined a Socialist youth league, and when the Northern Expedition down south broke out in 1925, he joined the Chinese Syndicalist Party - joining many others in a fervor of anti-imperialist nationalism.\\\

->'''Ruling Party:''' Anqing Clique

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->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]A minor commander of Manchu descent in the Fengtian clique, Fu Shuangying was nothing special in the old order: a graduate from the prestigious Baoding military academy with a checkered record on the battlefield and some ties with Japanese interests in Manchuria. His lack of entrenched ties with the Zhangs or Tokyo, military education and bureaucratic experience gained administering (among other projects) the Jingxing Mining Bureau ultimately worked in his favour however when foreign authorites began searching for a candidate to lead an independent Manchuria.\\\

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born to a Manchu family of the Guerjia clan, Guan Xiangying, from an early age, saw the horrors of imperialism firsthand as he toiled away in a Japanese-funded printing company. He saw Manchuria gradually fall under the influence of the Japanese and witnessed firsthand the rampant corruption of the Fengtian Clique, which holds dominion over the vast plains of Manchuria. At the age of 22, he joined a Socialist youth league, and when the Northern Expedition down south broke out in 1925, he joined the Chinese Syndicalist Party - joining many others in a fervor of anti-imperialist nationalism.\\\

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* BalanceOfPower: The Legation Cities are designed so that foreign powers, especially Germany and Japan, have a balanced influence over the cities.

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]A minor commander of Manchu descent in the Fengtian clique, Fu Shuangying was nothing special in the old order: a graduate from the prestigious Baoding military academy with a checkered record on the battlefield and some ties with Japanese interests in Manchuria. His lack of entrenched ties with the Zhangs or Tokyo, military education and bureaucratic experience gained administering (among other projects) the Jingxing Mining Bureau ultimately worked in his favour however when foreign authorites began searching for a candidate to lead an independent Manchuria.\n\nLargely a figurehead for foreign rule and with a questionable legitimacy even among ethnic Manchus, Fu has nonetheless taken on the role with stride. He has allied with elements of the so-called Shikan clique, working together to protect the region's autonomy.[[/labelnote]]

->'''Official Name:''' Fengtian Government, Republic of China (Chinese Reunification), Manchuria (Non-Japanese Puppet), Manchurian Worker's Federation (Syndicalist Puppet)

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Role:''' Head of State

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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Huanghanui[[note]]Imperial Han Society[[/note]] (Fengtian Government), Shikan Clique (Manchuria)
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism (Fengtian Government and Manchuria), Paternal Autocracy, Authoritarian Democracy (Manchuria)

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by Syndicalist, or Radical Socialist country)
->'''Party:''' Northeastern Syndicalist Party, Kuomintang, (Fengtian Government), Chinese Syndicalist Party - Northeast Branch, Kuomintang - Northeast Branch (Manchuria)
->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism, Radical Socialism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born to a Manchu family of the Guerjia clan, Guan Xiangying, from an early age, saw the horrors of imperialism firsthand as he toiled away in a Japanese-funded printing company. He saw Manchuria gradually fall under the influence of the Japanese and witnessed firsthand the rampant corruption of the Fengtian Clique, which holds dominion over the vast plains of Manchuria. At the age of 22, he joined a Socialist youth league, and when the Northern Expedition down south broke out in 1925, he joined the Chinese Syndicalist Party - joining many others in a fervor of anti-imperialist nationalism.\n\nUnfortunately, with the collapse of the Northern Expedition and the disintegration of the Kuomintang, the Chinese Syndicalist Party found itself even more disorganised. In those trying times, Guan was forced, like many others, to go into hiding and bid his time for the revolution. And yet the revolution has indeed come. With foreign socialist troops having freed Manchuria from the Japanese and Fengtian Clique, Guan has emerged out of hiding and guerrilla war to participate as the leader of a new revolutionary Manchuria - one that will champion and value the true labour of the Manchurian peoples![[/labelnote]]

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* DefectorFromDecadence: If Wu Peifu does not back the Anqing Clique, Chen Tiaoyuan will use his Fengtian connections to align himself with the Fengtian Government, and fully reject the anachronistic, pro-German Qing monarchy.

->'''Role:''' Premier[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Hu cabinet)

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]When outsiders peer into the new hardliner government of the Republic of China, intelligence officers, academics and "Old China hands" often debate who is who is truly holding the reigns. At the top of course is the Lingxiu, the leader the Chinese Reconstruction Society claim to follow unquestioningly: Generalissimo Hu Zongnan. But between him and his millions of followers, things grow murky. Ostensibly, the Premier of the Executive Branch (the somewhat equivalent to Prime Minister), Sun Fo, would be his chief deputy. But no one really buys that narrative. Others claim Hu is the figurehead of a wider NRA junta with Deng Wenyi and He Zhonghan or that he is under the sway of the so-called Four Elders of the Party.\\\
No one, it appears, seems to realise the truth, and that's the way Dai Chunfeng prefers it. A minor protégé of Chiang Kai-shek, the second half of the Republic's leading duumvirate rules from the shadows-relying on his close friendship with Hu Zongnan, a powerful intelligence apparatus, and extensive connections with the criminal underworld.\\\
This mysterious political operator, the "laoban" of the Zhongteju, cultivates a small cult-like following of his own within his fiefdom. Dai insisting on an utter dedication to the Chinese nation and a staunchly Confucian morality despite his own prior affiliation with the Shanghai underground. Agents are forbidden from gambling, smoking, and are expected to be celibate - all for the sake of China.\\\
Although by day Hu Zongnan and the army boisterously rule China, the CRS march to the tune of national regeneration and the civilian leadership keep along the best they can, everyone knows to some extent that in the darkness all are watched by the Zhongteju.[[/labelnote]]

* TheSpymaster: Dai Chunfeng (a.k.a. Dai Li) a potential leader of KMT's intelligence network, the "Bureau of Investigation and Statistics," an outgrowth of his "League of Ten".

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* TheSpymaster: Dai Chunfeng (a.k.a. Dai Li) is the leader of KMT's intelligence network, the "Bureau for Intelligence and Special Methods", or "[=ZhongTeJu=]".

* GovernmentInExile: In the lore, the Left Kuomintang has been made up of the remnants of an insurgency that was crushed by German-backed forces in the Northern Expedition in the 1920s. They are so few in number and spread out that they begin the game with no core lands and only take the field with the collapse of the League of Eight Provinces. Originally, a player wanting to play as them had to begin by selecting the League and then taking the decision to switch country tags once the League collapses to play as one of the breakaway provinces. Ever since the 0.26 update, the player could select to play as the Left Kuomintang immediately at game start. They still have no land of their own (so they cannot build factories, train divisions, or other actions), but the player could read pop-up lore events and take decisions that would shape the initial state of the League War when the League breaks down and they get their own lands back.

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That being said, their singular rule over the Kuomintang has been challenged over the last decade or so. The MinGan insurgency has created its own parallel government, while many liberal members of the movement have based themselves in Hawaii. Still, a fracture has been avoided thanks to Wang's careful diplomacy, and in this new revolution he has at last been given an opportunity to free his homeland.[[/note]], Reorganised Comrades Association of the Kuomintang[[note]]Zhongguo Guomindang gaizu tongzhi hui: When the Kuomintang's left-wing dominated Central Committee fled to Europe following the end of the Northern Expedition, most left-wingers joined the Kuomintang Reorganised Comrades Association (RCA). The RCA, led primarily by Chen Gongbo, but including the closest friends and followers of Wang Jingwei - believes that if the revolution is to be saved, it must be reorganised in the same spirit of 1924. The Kuomintang, in their eyes, must be purged of its excess democratic and reactionary forces; only then will China achieve her national revolution. Once a secret faction amongst the Chinese expatriate community in Europe, with the return of the Central Committee, the RCA has emerged as one of the Kuomintang's two major political parties. They adhere to a model of strict leadership (seeing the Kuomintang as the vanguard of the socialist revolution) and a party for the peasantry, workers, and petite bourgeoisie. They hold warm and cordial ties with the Third Internationale, and many RCA members also hold relations with the Chinese Syndicalist Party. Nonetheless, it is a movement that sees the Chinese Nationalist cause as not just one for China but also one for the entirety of Asia. The RCA runs on a platform that China is the socialist vanguard, spreading the revolution far and wide and liberating the oppressed peoples of Asia from the chains of imperialism. The RCA consists of two wings - the radical wing led by Chen Gongbo and a moderate wing led by Gu Mengyu - with their views differing over issues such as the class base of the party or land reform.[[/note]], Residence Faction of the Kuomintang (Wang stays)

In the mountains, Song Qingling, Deng Yanda and others published the "Declaration to the Revolutionary People in China and the World", announcing the formation of the Provisional Action Committee of the Kuomintang to autonomously manage the guerilla zone. This, combined with weakening communications with Wang's government in exile, has created a certain independence within [=MinGan=] cadres, even as the movement has reunited again. Although for now the Kuomintang leadership have made a show of getting along and indeed plenty have freely came and went from [=MinGan=] and Paris throughout the years, some strains have begun to show.[[/note]], Provisional Action Committee of the Kuomintang[[note]]Zhongguo Guomindang linshi xingdong weiyuanhui: The Provisional Action Committee was formed during the League War by those who supported Song Qingling and distrusted the authoritarian nature of the returned Central Committee led by Wang Jingwei. Believing in the notion of achieving total socialism by the workers and the peasantry, the PAC draws its name from its desire for the Kuomintang to take action as a revolutionary vanguard with the masses gaining revolutionary consciousness and taking action as well. The main ideological facets of the PAC is a total social revolution through democratic land reform to reward the land to those who till it, the installation of local self-governments as a result, and the necessity for China to adopt a method of "National Capitalism" to transition China from a feudal society into a socialist one. They see the Third Internationale as a temporary ally but view the Internationale nations as one of suspicion and are generally hostile to working with the Chinese Syndicalist Party. As one of the two major political cliques in the Kuomintang, the PAC seeks to enlighten the masses of China and transform the Chinese proletariat into a force of revolutionary change to entirely defeat the warlords, expel the imperialists, and fulfil the dream of Sun Yat-sen.[[/note]], Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang[[note]]Zhongguo Guomindang gemingweiyuanhui: The Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang is the natural successor of the former Provisional Action Committee with many of its leading members, the founding members of the former PAC. In accordance with the "guanxi" system of connections and leadership - many of the members of the Kuomintang's Revolutionary Committee are familiar with one another and, in most cases, are even long time comrades such as Deng Yanda and Huang Qixiang. In accordance with the ideals of PAC, the Revolutionary Committee believes that the goal of the Chinese Revolution is to implement socialism and democracy at a direct level - however, it believes that this process is gradual and that a revolutionary committee is needed to allow the revolution to naturally progress.\\\

%%->'''Party:''' Zhōngguó guómíndăng gaizu tóngzhì huì[[note]]Reorganised Comrades Association of the Kuomintang: When the Kuomintang's left-wing dominated Central Committee fled to Europe following the end of the Northern Expedition, most left-wingers joined the Kuomintang Reorganised Comrades Association (RCA). The RCA, led primarily by Chen Gongbo, but including the closest friends and followers of Wang Jingwei - believes that if the revolution is to be saved, it must be reorganised in the same spirit as 1924. The Kuomintang, in their eyes, must be purged of its excess democratic and reactionary forces; only then will China achieve her national revolution.\n\nOnce a secret faction amongst the Chinese expatriate community in Europe, with the return of the Central Committee, the RCA has emerged as one of the Kuomintang's two major political parties. They adhere to a model of strict leadership (seeing the Kuomintang as the vanguard of the socialist revolution) and a party for the peasantry, workers, and petite bourgeoisie. They hold warm and cordial ties with the Third Internationale, and many RCA members also hold relations with the Chinese Syndicalist Party. Nonetheless, it is a movement that sees the Chinese Nationalist cause as not just one for China but also one for the entirety of Asia. The RCA runs on a platform that China is the socialist vanguard, spreading the revolution far and wide and liberating the oppressed peoples of Asia from the chains of imperialism. The RCA consists of two wings - the radical wing led by Chen Gongbo and a moderate wing led by Gu Mengyu - with their views differing over issues such as the class base of the party or land reform.[[/note]]

%%->'''Party:''' KMT-Liberals, Guómíndăng qiáowù wěiyuánhuì[[note]]A relatively minor but influential lobby within the Kuomintang, the Overseas Chinese Commission was formed by Sun Fo (the son of the late Dr. Sun), Lian Shanghai, Liang Hanchao, and other Chinese expatriates who fled to non-socialist countries during the exile of the Kuomintang. As a result, many of these party members come from Hawaii, the United States, or Southeast Asia and represent the greater international diaspora of the Chinese community. They are ideologically not socialist but regard themselves as the party's centre-left wing and are known for their inclination towards democracy.[[/note]] (Formed the Opposition)

->'''Party:''' Chinese Syndicalist Party - Orthodox

!!''Xu Fulin''
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->'''Party:''' Dangwài[[note]]Independent and Associated Republicans: The "Dang Wai" or party outsiders refers to those who participate in the Kuomintang's assemblies and Congresses as "independent candidates" but are not members of the Central Committee. As a result, they are hardly relevant to the Kuomintang but they represent republicans who support the platform of anti-imperialism and anti-warlordism but nonetheless, are not nominal members of the Kuomintang.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism

!!''Lin Sen''
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->'''Party:''' Guómíndang zhanglao[[note]]The party elders of the Kuomintang typically refer to the Four Elders of the Kuomintang (Wu Zhihu, Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Renjie, and Li Shizeng. These elderly statesmen of the Kuomintang once were anarchists and had studied in France, where they helped encourage the development of the Work-Study programme. They represent the Kuomintang's Old Guard and had supported the revolution since its very beginnings - as such, they its are effectively the party's "genro." Frequently sought after by major political players in the Kuomintang for favours or advice, they are known to be fiercely anti-syndicalist.[[/note]], Xīshān huìyì[[note]]The Western Hills Clique was formed in 1925 by disgruntled right-wing Kuomintang members by the Western Hills district in Beijing - as an opposition towards the Kuomintang Reorganisation. Following the break between the right and the left wing, members of the Western Hills Clique fled for Shanghai, Russia, Southeast Asia, and beyond. Upon the return of the Kuomintang on the mainland and the lifting of political restrictions, they have returned as a minor conservative political faction of the Kuomintang.[[/note]] (First National Elections)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism

!!''Chen Guofu''
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->'''Party:''' Shanghai Cliques[[note]]Representing Kuomintang interests or political allies from the big businesses of the Shanghai Bund to the shadowy red-light district alleys of Shanghai's slums, the Kuomintang holds relations and communications with these organisations in the hopes of sec of securing Nationalist support and influence in the Legation Cities. While linked to Central Committee members from Chen Gongbo to Zhang Renjie, they represent a source of financial and political support for the Kuomintang to be recognised as a national revolutionary movement.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy

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! Xinjiang
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->'''Full Name:''' Xinjiang Clique, Xinjiang Autonomy (L-KMT puppet state)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Dihua Governorship
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
The remote Xinjiang province, populated by both Han Chinese and Turkic Uyghurs, is a region bubbling with sectarian tensions, but its pragmatic governor Yang Zengxin has currently put the violence in check. However, should the old and paranoid Yang leave his post, the ascent of his incompetent subordinates will certainly lead to the rapid unravling of the province's order, and the start of a bloody war in Xinjiang.

* AllohistoricalAllusion: The Kumul and Uyghur revolt in ''Kaiserreich'' happens in an identical fashion to real life, though in 1936 instead of 1931. ''Kaiserreich'' merely pushed the events' trigger (Jin Shuren taking power) further down a few years, with Yang Zengxin not getting assassinated in 1928.
* CivilWar: The Xinjiang conflict is a local ethnic conflict between the Han-led Xinjiang clique, the more moderate Uyghur Kumul Khanate to the East, and the more radical Uyghur nationalists to the Southwest. [[MeleeATrois All three factions want to kill the other two.]]
* EvilVersusEvil: All three sides in the Xinjiang conflict have a lot of autocratic and xenophobic tendencies. Ethnic violence and oppression are likely to be committed by all sides in the war.
* TheWildWest: Xinjiang is the westernmost province of China, and is a place of lawlessness, cruelty, violence, and war.

!!''Yang Zengxin''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Governor[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Dihua Governorship
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Ever since the Northern Expedition and proceeding German intervention, Yang Zengxin has been highly panicked and sickly with his old age. Spending most of his time hidden inside his home, he is hardly ever heading out due to fear of assassination or catching his last fateful disease. On top of remaining completely politically isolated within China, people don't know how much longer he will last in his current state, but he is certainly not in stable condition.[[/labelnote]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the LEP collapses, the paranoid Yang Zengxin flees Xinjiang with all of Xinjiang's money.

!!''Jin Shuren''
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->'''Role:''' Governor[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Dihua Governorship

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Jin Shuren's career began in Gansu, where he served as the principle of the Qing-aligned Gansu Normal School. Jin used this position to pass the Imperial Civil Service Examinations, which got Jin the attention of Yang Zengxin. When Yang was appointed Governor of Xinjiang in 1908, Jin became his district magistrate. The ens The ensuing years of revolution depleted Yang's Yang's administrative staff, pushing Jin higher until he was appointed Commissioner of Civil Affairs in Urmuqi in 1927. Jin on to use his position as Commissioner to curry began favour with several of the propagandising movements coming from Southern China. The underground KMT movement and nascent Federalist movements regarded Jin as a model Han bureaucrat serving what they regard as undeserving provincials.[[/labelnote]]

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Jin Shuren's opening up of Han immigration, abolition of the Kumul Khanate, and doubling of local taxes resulted in the rebellion from the locals. His subordinates are also losing faith in him because it was his actions that put them in such a bad position.
* CrushingThePopulace: If Jin Shuren wins out in the end, he'll double down on oppressing the locals to punish them for rebelling against him.
* EvilColonialist: Jin Shuren will actively increase Han Chinese colonization of Xinjiang, ignoring the desires of the locals.
* MilitaryCoup: After Yang Zengxin disappears, Jin Shuren and his army (that was supposed to pacify Mongolian bandits) march into the Xinjiang capital of Dihua and secures his position as the new leader of Xinjiang.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: While Yang Zengxin is no saint, Jin Shuren is much worse. Jin Shuren will exploit the locals, annex Kumul, and appoint his close friends to the new Hami administration, leading to widespread corruption and dissidence.

!!''Sheng Shicai''
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->'''Role:''' Governor[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Dao-yin of Aksu
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Sheng was born to an enterprising but poor family in Manchuria, which paid for him to attend the Provincial Forestry and Agricultural School in Shenyang. Sheng went on to Waseda University in 1917, where he was introduced to a mixture of Sun Yat-Sen rhetoric and the book 'ABCs of Socialism'. Sheng described himself as a Marxist upon his return in 1920, and decided to enter the military service. First fighting under Zhang Zuolin in 1924, Sheng became incensed at the anti-intellectual policies Zhang espoused, and left for Japan once again to receive more military training. Upon the failure of the Northern Expedition, Sheng returned to China and and joined the Guominjun under Feng Yuxiang in 1928. Following the destruction of Gansu, Sheng took a job offer from Fan Yaonan to lead the Aksu Garrison. Sheng became aware of Jin Shuren's foray into underground politics in 1935, and chose not to alert Yang Zengxin, due to his latent Marxist ideals against Yang's despotism.[[/labelnote]]

* TheCoup: If Jin Shuren's subordinates completely lose faith in him, they will defect to Sheng Shicai's powerbase, giving Sheng Shicai a chance to coup Jin Shuren.
* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Without the Soviet Union and the communists, Sheng Shicai's ChronicBackstabbingDisorder is not portrayed in ''Kaiserreich'', as Sheng doesn't get a chance to defect to the Soviets and back. He is loyal to the KMT from start to finish, though still as power-hungry as in real life.
* NominalHero: While Sheng is loyal to the KMT's cause, he is primarily motivated for his own own gain rather than the people's.
* ThePurge: While relatively more libertarian among the multitude of evil leaders in Xinjiang, Sheng Shicai still has his own ambitions and many autocratic policies, and one of his moves is to purge his political enemies, much like in real life.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Sheng Shicai is the only man with some Republican ideals in a clique full of power-hungry autocrats (while still being a power-hungry autocrat himself). If he comes to power, he will liberalize and modernize Xinjiang somewhat while cracking down on the locals for power.

!!''Ma Shaowu''
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->'''Role:''' Governor[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Dao-yin of Hotan
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Ma Shaowu's reputation was already coloured by the exploits of his Sufi relative, Ma Yuanzhang, who had worked against Yang Zengxin's government and the Hanafi Hui warlord Ma Fuxiang. Ma Shaowu nonetheless spent his early years in the employ of the Qing and Yang Zengxin. Yang Zengxin was impressed by Ma Shaowu's loyalty, and appointed him to dispose of the warlord Ma Fuxing in 1924. Ma Shaowu was given the Dao-Yin of Hotan as a reward. Ma Shaowu's policy as Dao-Yin leaned more towards opposing aggressive Russian immigration, and held Uighurs and Mongolian residents in low regard. Following an assassination attempt by a Kirghiz turk, Ma Shaowu sought treatment for his broken legs in Russia, Ma Shaowu told his story to travelling journalist Peter Fleming, who commented on the resilience of the old man, as well as his ascetic lifestyle.[[/labelnote]]

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Ma Shaowu is a "moderate" leader in Xinjiang terms. His rule is repressive, but not as repressive as Jin Shuren's.
* SecretPolice: Ma Shaowu's rule is based on isolating the locals from outside information, and to this end he will set up a secret police to suppress information and dissent.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kumul Khanate]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Kumul Khanate, Hami Prefecture (Long Xielin), Xinjiang Administration (Fan Yaonan), Uyghur Republic (Khoja Niyaz Haji), Hami Clique (Ma Zhongying)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Nasir Clique

A Turkic khanate lying on the eastern corner of Xinjiang, who had survived through the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China as a Chinese protectorate. Though a primitive monarchy, the Khanate acted as a stabilizing factor in Xinjiang, showing the possibility of peaceful Turkic self-rule respected by the Chinese. However, when Jin Shuren acts to abolish the khanate and Sinicize the territory, the enraged Kumulliks rise up in rebellion, firing off the first shot in the bloody Xinjiang War.

* InternalReformist: Nasīr is interested in reforming the Kumul Khanate and deal with the ugly autocratic legacy of his predecessor Maqsud.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Kumul Revolt starts off with massacres of Han populations, and only gets worse from there.
* RevolvingDoorRevolution: If Kumul wins the war, they will need to assert their rule over all of Xinjiang, which is a difficult task. If things don't go so well, the government can get deposed and replaced by Uyghur nationalist Hoja-Niyaz, Han bureaucrat Fan Yaonan, or Hui warlord Ma Zhongying.

!!''Nasir Shah''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Nasir Clique
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Nasir was born and raised to be the new Khan of Kumul for all his life. His family are descendants of Khans from centuries ago, and they have ruled Kumul for just as long. Nasir's father, Masqud Shah, was a brutal authoritarian, which led to rebellions against his leadership in 1907 and 1912. Though these rebellions were crushed, the lingering resentment never went away and when Nasir succeeded his father in 1930, much of that resentment carried over to Nasir. However, Nasir is not like his authoritarian father and is far more open to reform, wanting to give more power to his advisors and the Begs.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Long Xielin''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Xinjiang Administration

!!''Yulbars Khan''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Nasir Clique
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy

!!''Bashir Shah''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Nasir Shah succession)
->'''Party:''' Bashir Clique, Begs (Constitutional Monarchy)
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy, Social Conservatism (Constitutional Monarchy)

!!''Khoja Niyaz Haji''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kr_niyaz.jpg]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State (Post-war power struggle victory)
->'''Party:''' Hoja-Niyaz Clique

* {{Realpolitik}}: Niyaz is a Uyghur nationalist, but he's not a radically anti-Chinese one. He is willing to make some deals with major Chinese factions to secure his own rule.

!!''Fan Yaonan''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Post-war power struggle victory)
->'''Party:''' Dao-yin of Aksu (Xinjiang), Fan Clique (Kumul)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Fan Yaonan was first recognised by Qing official Zhang Zhidong and promoted within Hubei, and was able to save up enough to attend law school at Waseda University in Japan. After graduation, Fan served as a teacher at Xinjiang Law School until his appointment as a judicial director. That court year, the court was abolished and Fan travelled to Beijing to serve Government. Passed up for the position of Dao-Yin of Dihua, Fan was appointed Dao-Yin of the more impoverished Aksu. Furthering his education, Fan learned Russian at the Xinjiang Russian Law School, and made efforts to promote cohesion between the newly arrived Russian immigrants to Aksu. In 1920, Governor Yang Zengxin appointed Fan as Xinjiang's representative to Russia, wherein Fan negotiated a deal to end Russian tariffs to Xinjiang until 1940. Fan Yaonan is know for his humbleness and quiet opposition to Governor Yang Zengxin's over-taxation of Aksu.[[/labelnote]]

* FullCircleRevolution: Fan Yaonan will turn Xinjiang back to a Han-led administration and open it up for Han settlers.

!!''Ma Zhongying''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State (Post-war power struggle victory)
->'''Party:''' Zhongying Clique

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]\\
General Description:\\
Born: 1908\\
Hezhou, Gansu, Qing Empire\\
Military Career:\\
Ma Zhongying is the black sheep of the Ma families, and has earned this reputation well. Ma Zhongying followed in the footsteps of his relatives and entered into military service at just 14. At age 17, Ma Zhongying shocked his family by deserting the Battle of Gansu against Feng Yuxiang, taking with him his cavalry unit north to Ningxia. The ensuing decade has seen Ma Zhongying attempt to carve out out his own fiefdom out of the eastern Ma provinces, his only ally his distant cousin Ma Hushan. Ma Zhongying's sole core belief is in the Xiaodatang school of Islam, has caused him to target Khufiyya mosques in a bid to promote his beliefs through sectarian violence.[[/labelnote]]

A young, ambitious, and brutal ex-Ma Clique warlord. When the Kumul Revolt breaks out, he strikes a deal with Kumulik leader Yulbars Khan to lend his military support to the Kumuliks, having sensed an opportunity to expand his power.

* AmbitionIsEvil: Ma Zhongying has some very extreme ambitions, and wants to gain as much power as possible.
* AxCrazy: Ma Zhongying is a very violent man and seeks to assert his dominance through war and bloodshed.
* BlackSheep: Ma Zhongying was originally from the Ma Clique, but was expelled because he had extreme ambitions that led him to raid other Ma clique members. In addition, while the Ma Clique is already one of the more brutal warlord cliques in China, Ma Zhongying is considered one of the worst among them.
* CrushingThePopulace: If Ma Zhongying comes to power, he will start a brutal conquest going from Mongolia to Tibet, crushing all locals who dare to oppose him in the way.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Ma Zhongying's brutal incursion into Xinjiang in real life can at least be partially attributed to Chinese nationalism and KMT allegiances. In ''Kaiserreich'', Ma Zhongying is ''not'' in the KMT, and doesn't care about Chinese nationalism at all. His conquests are entirely in service of his need for revenge and personal ambition.
* KingOfThieves: Ma Zhongying is ultimately a brutal bandit who can seize power in Kumul's power vacuum.
* PsychoForHire: After being expelled by the Ma Clique, Yulbars Khan, leader of the Kumul Revolt, recruits Ma Zhongying's clique for their cause. Ma Zhongying accepts because it gives him a good chance to expand his powers.
* RapePillageAndBurn: Ma Zhongying is infamous for his raids and pillages on the Guominjun during his time in Gansu.
* YoungAndInCharge: Ma Zhongying is only 26 in 1936, making him one of the youngest warlords in China and earning him the nickname "The Child General".
* YoungConqueror: For such a young warlord (or perhaps because he's such a young warlord), Ma Zhongying is very ambitious and very violent, and wants to conquer as much territory as possible.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:East Turkestan]]
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->'''Official Name:''' East Turkestan, People's Republic of East Turkestan (Socialist)
->'''Party:''' Committee for National Revolution
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
The Uyghur populations of Southern Xinjiang have always been more conservative, nationalistic, and anti-Chinese than the North. The schools established by the Young Turks in the region encouraged pan-Turkism, only increasing their radicalism. When news of Kumul's annexation and uprising reaches the South, unrest quickly spreads and soon boils into a violent rebellion. As the Southern administrator Ma Shaowu retreats to the North, the Uyghur Nationalist rebels quickly take over the South, leaving the Xinjiang clique to face a two-front war.

* EnemyMine: The Uyghur nationalists and the Kumul Khanate share the initial goal of trying to overthrow the rule of Jin Shuren. Their relations sour soon after however, as the Kumuliks want to restore the monarchic Kumul Khanate, while the Uyghur nationalists want to create a pan-Turkic Uyghur state. War eventually breaks out between the Kumuliks and the nationalists after the Xinjiang clique is defeated.
* FullCircleRevolution: The radical Uyghur Nationalists will very likely establish an autocratic government following the Xinjiang War. Either the Bughra brothers will establish a fundamentalist Islamic emirate, or Uyghur general Timur Beg will establish a military dictatorship or a sham democracy. Their actual democracy path comes last and only happens if the former two are eliminated, and even this path has an Authoritarian Democracy sub-path.
* TheFundamentalist: The Bughra brothers are a group of radical nationalists and Islamic fundamentalists who have significant power in the rebellion. Should they triumph after the Uyghur Nationalist victory, they will create a fundamentalist Islamic emirate, and either purify the country of religious and ethnic impurities, or go on an expansionist pan-Turkic conquest. They are ideologically categorized as National Populists due to their radical nature.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Uyghur Nationalists are far more radical than the Kumul Khanate, and very xenophobic.

!!''Sadit Damulla Abdulbaki''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Committee for National Revolution, Young Kashgar Party (Uyghur Revolt victory)
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy, Authoritarian Democracy (Uyghur Revolt victory)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Sabit Damulla Abdulbaki never expected to be the face of the Turkic nationalist movement in Xinjiang. A highly educated academic and journalist, Abdulbaki has corresponded with several of the world's most prominent living Jadidist scholars. Through Jadid circles, he became acquainted with prominent members of the East Turkestan nationalist movement, including the wealthy aristocrat Muhammad Amin Bughra, and through Bughra the wider nationalist movement. Due to his pleasant demeanour, pragmatic viewpoint, and fluency in several languages, the often at-odds nationalist factions agreed on Damulla to for the role of East Turkestan's first head of state and government. Should East Turkestan secure its bid for independence, it is likely however that Damulla will be subsumed by whichever of the nation's factions comes out on top.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Muhammad Amin Bughra''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Hotan Amirs
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The early life of Muhammad Amin Bughra is shrouded in mystery, with scant clues alluding to him teaching at a Madrassa prior to his military service. Bughra's background as a Jadidist and a Turk granted him few luxuries, even under Ma Shaowu's governance in Hotan. Bughra displayed a strong determination to work for Xinjiang's unification, and despised the weak attitude for which Governor Yang Yang kept his garrisons. At the same time, Bughra opposed the Han-centric army reforms being proposed by General Sheng Shicai, which placed the blame for army mismanagement on Islam rather than the opium epidemic.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Timur Beg''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Young Kashgar Party
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy

!!''Isa Alptekin''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Elections)
->'''Party:''' Kashgar Nationalist Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism

!!''Ishaq Bey''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Elections), Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by Socialist country)
->'''Party:''' Young Turkestan Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy (Elections), Radical Socialism, Syndicalism, Totalism (Released by Socialist country)

[[/folder]]

! Foreign Concessions
[[folder:Legation Cities]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kr_legation_cities.png]]
->'''Official Name:''' International Mandate for the Chinese Concessions
->'''Ruling Party:''' The American Chamber of Commerce in the International Mandate[[note]]The commercial arm of American influence in the Legation Cities, the Chamber of Commerce has an overriding mission to keep the ports open and the trade flowing in order to keep one of the USA's last good trading partners in business.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism

An international mandate that governs former British concessions in China, with additional ''de facto'' control over the concessions' surrounding cities due to the provision of a large "neutral zone" around the concessions. It was created in the 1928 Shanghai Conference, where America mediated between Germany and Japan, who had been engaging in a violent scramble for Britain's Chinese concessions. The mandate precariously balances its existence on a thin line between the Great Powers' interests and rising Chinese nationalism.

* BalanceOfPower: The Legation Cities are designed so that foreign powers, especially Germany and Japan, have a balanced influence over the cities.
* CityOfSpies: The Legation Cities are a bloodless battleground of German, Japanese, and Chinese nationalist interests, and secret wars of ideology and espionage happen beneath the peace on the surface.
* TheNeutralZone: Each of the Legation Cities is surrounded by a thirty-mile neutral zone, where Chinese military forces are not allowed to enter.
* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: The Legation Council often fails to reach a consensus because the conflicting interests of the foreign nations.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: Leftist nationalists in the cities launched an uprising against the foreign powers in 1932. The uprising was ended with the help of the forces of League of Eight Provinces under the lead of Germany.
* PortTown: The Legation Cities consists of multiple foreign concessions on the Chinese coast, including Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tianjin, Ningbo, Fuzhou, and Shantou.
* TruceZone: Germany and Japan both have interests in the Legation Cities, but for the moment they lay down their arms and negotiate with diplomacy instead. The situation gets destabilised when the American Civil War begins, as the driving force behind the Legation Cities, and the de-facto leaders of the Legation Council, is the USA -- it is ''possible'' for Legation Cities neutrality to be maintained, but the Legation Cities can also become a tool of Entente influence, German influence (which tends to lead to Japan being removed from the council) or Japanese influence (which tends to lead to Germany being removed from the council).
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Chinese criminal syndicates, led by figures like Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin, have a significant amount of influence in the Legation Cities.

!!''Nelson Trusler Johnson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' The American Chamber of Commerce in the International Mandate[[note]]The commercial arm of American influence in the Legation Cities, the Chamber of Commerce has an overriding mission to keep the ports open and the trade flowing in order to keep one of the USA's last good trading partners in business.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism

!!''Norman Lockheart Smith''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Pro-Canadian Path)
->'''Party:''' The Hong Kong Club[[note]]Initially a dinner club and a means for the British business community in Hong Kong to keep in touch, the Hong Kong Club has become a lifeline for the British in the concessions and now has branches in all the Legation Cities. Membership is only open to white subjects of the British Crown, though an exception is granted for those few born in Hong Kong, where the Anglo business community remains dominant.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism

!!''Siegmund Bodenheimer''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Pro-German Path)
->'''Party:''' The Ostchina Direktorium[[note]]East China Directorate: Germany's instrument of commercial domination in China, the OD holds a stranglehold on the AOG and is also responsible for negotiating good terms for German investments with the Legation Council.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy

!!''Katsuo Okazaki''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Pro-Japanese Path)
->'''Party:''' Shina Tokubetsu Honbu[[note]]Japan's 'China Special Agency' is ostensibly a political security force under the control of the Japanese Consulate as part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but in reality represents not just them but influence from the War Ministry. This makes it a highly fractional organisation that can be difficult to pin down, the full extent of its operations may never be known.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism

!!''Cornell Franklin''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lec_cornell_franklin.png]]

->'''Party:''' The Shanghai Municipal Council[[note]]The Shanghai Municipal Council is the governing body of the most important city in the cities, while it can't wield political power independently it remains an important player on a local level.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
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!!''Robert Ho Shai Lai''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' The Vermillion Society[[note]]A large, broad group of businessmen and influential figures who would usually characterise themselves as "of Chinese origin", which includes the 'Eurasians' or mixed race men. They form clubs and interest groups at varying levels of society, but overwhelmingly of the monied classes. It is an open secret that the society is nationalist-aligned and prior to its formation members have funded revolution in China since at least 1911, if not before. 'Leadership' of the Society in the Mandate nominally falls to Robert Ho Shai Lai, though it is openly acknowledged that his father, Sir Robert Hotung, is the real power behind the group.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
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[[/folder]]

! Former Qing Territory
[[folder:Mongolia]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of Mongolia if Ungern secures power]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mongolia_sternberg_flag.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of Mongolia under the Buddyn Zövlöl]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mongolia_lama_flag.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Official Name:''' Great Mongolian State, Mongolian Autonomy (KMT puppet state), Mongolian People's Republic (Socialist)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Rossiyskaya Voyennaya Klika[[note]]Russian Military Clique: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg successfully gained control of Mongolia in 1920, after he moved into Urga with his Asiatic Cavalry Division and successfully forced out the Chinese after getting the blessing of the Bogd Khan. After the death of the Bogd Khan in 1924, Ungern became regent of Mongolia, waiting for the 9th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu to be found. In 1933 when he is born in Tibet, he moves to Mongolia and is installed as Khan, however Ungern continued his rule as regent until the child is deemed fit to rule. Ungern has created a cult of personality around himself, and has filled his military and government with his Russian allies and Mongolians who remain loyal to him.[[/note]]

The formerly Qing-ruled Outer Mongolia declared its independence in the Xinhai Revolution. Coming under Republican Chinese occupation in 1919, the Chinese were expelled in 1920 when Mongolia found Russian support, headed by the eccentric White Russian warlord, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg. While the Whites consolidated their control of Russia, Ungern consolidated his in Mongolia. By 1936, Mongolia has retained its independence, but remains under the ''de facto'' rule of a foreign warlord, a situation that many seek to change.
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* InSpiteOfANail: The leader of totalist Mongolia is Khorloogiin Choibalsan. In real life, Choibalsan was the head of government of the Mongolian People's Republic from 1939 to 1952 (''i.e.'' during Stalin's reign in Soviet Union), when the country was a Soviet puppet. OTL's Choibalsan was actually nicknamed "the Stalin of Mongolia".
* PuppetKing: Ungern, being a foreigner, is unable to unite Mongolia in spirit. The person that actually acts as the unifying figure and official ruler of Mongolia is the 9th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, but he's 3 when the game begins, and thus subservient to whomever is in power. Whatever leader that comes to power will still have to respect the existence of the 9th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Mongol Ardīn Nam has a lot of unsavory folks within its ranks, and its first leader Soliin Danzan can get backstabbed and replaced soon after the MAN comes to power.

!!''UsefulNotes/RomanVonUngernSternberg''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mon_sternberg.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Rossiyskaya Voyennaya Klika[[note]]Russian Military Clique: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg successfully gained control of Mongolia in 1920, after he moved into Urga with his Asiatic Cavalry Division and successfully forced out the Chinese after getting the blessing of the Bogd Khan. After the death of the Bogd Khan in 1924, Ungern became regent of Mongolia, waiting for the 9th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu to be found. In 1933 when he is born in Tibet, he moves to Mongolia and is installed as Khan, however Ungern continued his rule as regent until the child is deemed fit to rule. Ungern has created a cult of personality around himself, and has filled his military and government with his Russian allies and Mongolians who remain loyal to him.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy

Following the defeat of the former Chairman Wang Jingwei and his Reorganised Comrades Association, the Revolutionary Committee has assumed de facto full control of the Party, and it is often linked with the Whampoa Military Academy Revolutionary Classmates Association - with many of its leaders holding dual membership in both organisations.[[/note]] (As Head of State)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy, Radical Socialism (As Head of State)