China

For the avoidance of confusion, current Hanyu Pinyin transliterations are not used on the wiki or in the mod. Place names are transliterated using the Postal Romanisation system (e.g. Guangdong -> Kwangtung) and personal names make use the Wades-Giles system (e.g. Mao Zedong -> Mao Tsê-tung). This is to maintain some historicity, as both systems were in use respectively before the introduction of Hanyu Pinyin in the People's Republic of China in 1958.

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Autonomous Regions
Officially the Republic of China is a unitary state, though in practice the National Government exercises direct, absolute control only over the provinces of Kiangsu, Chekiang, Anwhei, Hupeh, Kiangsi and Fukien. In southern China, the warlords of Hunan, Kwangsi, Kweichow and Yunnan that conceded to the partial peace remain in control of their personal fiefdoms, though they are being ever-encroached by Kwangtung. From here, Chen Yao-tzu serves at the personal discretion of his elder sister Madame Wang, who in turn sits in the high echelons of the National Government. Two regions of specific, foreign interest exist (beyond the leased territories) within the Republic, and those are the West and North China Political Councils; influenced by the Soviets and Japanese respectively. In the West, Mao Tsê-tung serves as chairman, and the region serves as the home of his new Central Revolutionary Base, along with the friendly warlords under his supervision of Sinkiang, Sikang and western Szechwan (de jure, the territory of Tibet is also a part of this political council). From Beijing rules the North China Political Council chaired by Wang Yin-tai, under the direct influence of the Imperial Japanese Army. To Beijing's northwest sits the Mongol United Autonomous Federation (commonly called Mengjiang), governed by the Prince-turned-President Demchugdongrub of Chinggisid aristocracy. This autonomous region is also under the influence of the Japanese military.