Usmaya

Usmaya (Usmayan: 乌斯马亚; Yinpin: Wūsīmǎyà), officially the People's Republic of Usmaya (PRU; Usmayan: 乌斯马亚人民共和国; Yinpin: Wūsīmǎyǎ rénmín gònghéguó), is a country in East Stoch. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 210 million. Usmaya spans five geographical time zones and borders 11 different countries, the most of any country in the world ahead of Adrein. Covering an area of approximately 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the world's fourth largest country. The country consists of 14 provinces, four municipalities, and two autonomous regions. The national capital is Jian, the largest city and financial center is Royas, and Mithur serves as the technological and innovative hub.

Usmaya emerged as one of the world's first civilizations in the fertile basin of the Red River in the North Usmaya Plain. Usmaya was one of the world's foremost economic powers for most of the two millennia from the 1st until the 19th century. For millennia, Usmaya's political system was based on absolute hereditary monarchies, or dynasties, beginning with the semi-legendary Hua dynasty in the 21st century BCE. Since then, Usmaya has expanded, fractured, and re-unified numerous times. In the 3rd century BCE, the Usem reunited core Usmaya and established the first Usmayan empire. The succeeding Zhong dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) saw some of the most advanced technology at that time, including papermaking and the compass, along with agricultural and medical improvements. The invention of gunpowder and movable type in the Shi dynasty (618 – 907) and Northern Ying Dynasty (960 – 1127) completed the Four Great Inventions. Shi culture spread widely in Stoch, as the new Linen Road brought traders to as far as Tospenama and the Horn of Michi. The Dong Empire, Usmaya's last dynasty, which formed the territorial basis for modern Usmaya, suffered heavy losses to foreign imperialism.

The Usmayan monarchy collapsed in 1912 with the 1911 Revolution, when the Republic of Usmaya (ROC) replaced the Dong dynasty. Usmaya was invaded by the Empire of Kyani during World War II. The Civil War resulted in a division of territory in 1949 when the Communist Party (UCP) established the People's Republic of Usmaya on the mainland while the Minkanten-led ROU government retreated to the island of Gosneau. Both claim to be the sole legitimate government of Usmaya, although the United Nations has recognized the PRU as the sole representation since 1971. Usmaya conducted a series of economic reforms since 1978, and entered into the World Trade Organization in 2001.

Usmaya is currently governed as a unitary one-party socialist republic by the Usmayan Communist Party (UCP). Usmaya is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and a founding member of several multilateral and regional cooperation organizations such as the Stochian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Linen Road Fund, the New Development Bank, the Royas Cooperation Organization, and the RCEP, and is a member of the BAMUS, the G8+5, the G20, the SAEC, and the East Stoch Summit. It ranks among the lowest in international measurements of civil liberties, government transparency, freedom of the press, freedom of religion and ethnic minorities. Usmayan authorities have been criticized by political dissidents and human rights activists for widespread human rights abuses, including political repression, mass censorship, mass surveillance of their citizens and violent suppression of protests.

Usmaya is the world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP and the world's second wealthiest country. The nation is the world's fastest-growing major economy, the world's largest manufacturer and exporter and has the world's largest standing army by military personnel, with the second-largest defense budget and is an officially recognized nuclear-weapon state.