Hwangchu

The Grand Kingdom of Hwangchu, known commonly as the Kingdom of Hwangchu or Hwangchu, is a country in North East Kesh on the Straits of Gweongjji leading to the Eurybian Sea. The country consists of a mainland as well as a number of islands, notably the island of Sangeon as well as many others. The Kingdom is bordered with the hostile Empire of Selengaria to it's south as well as the Eurybian Sea to the north and the Sakheda Bay to the east. The country consists of 281,400 square kilometers divided into 23 prefectures, 5 metropolitan areas and 3 independent prefectures. The country has a population of 48,247,812 according to the 2020 census of which nearly 1/5 live in the Ochae Metropolitan area.

The Kingdom of Hwangchu is a based on a  divided into the House of Lords and House of Deputies. The largest city of the country is Ochae with over 9 million in the city and a further 10 million in the metropolitan area. The capital itself is the city of Seulgwang, a major financial and shipping centre due to it's location on the straits into the Eurybian Sea. Other major cities include the metropolitan areas of Puljeon, Sanjeong and Gwangje as well as the Prefecture capitals of Osei and Changgwen.

The country has evolved through a series of annexations, colonisations and various other events would eventually culminate in the creation of the State of Hwangchu (1863-1927) under King Po Won-Shik in the 1860s after having deposed their colonial rulers. The State of Hwangchu was deposed in 1927 by General Im Kwang and the Army leading to the creation of the Republic of Hwangchu (1927-1983), a with the Kings as figureheads and which kept power through various coups and a brutal repressive state police force, the Daekson. The State of Hwangchu heavily regulated freedoms in the country but encouraged masses of foreign investment as well as heavily investing in it's port industries and creating a robust shipbuilding and global trading financial centre. The fast developing Hwangchu of the 1940s also created a state where being smart was the best trait a person could have, education becoming a core investment for the country seeking to monopolise on it's lack of natural resources.

This would eventually culminate in a class of people who became disenfranchised with the military dictatorship which would eventually culminate in the Yellow Riots, a nationwide riot against the government for their repressive nature and the lack of a proper democracy. This was taken advantage by General Tan Shin-Il and the Hwangji Marine Division, the State of Hwangchu being toppled by him and him creating the Kingdom of Hwangchu with the first elections being held in 1984 and Tan Sin-Il becoming the first Prime Minister of the country until 1996. The country quickly embraced democracy, having spend years under the yoke of the dictatorship leading to it becoming on of the most advanced democracies on Kesh by the 2010s with high levels of press freedom in the region.

The country is amongst the most advanced in East Kesh and hold highest life expectancy as well as a dense system of infrastructure including high speed rails and cities maglev trains. The country, however, is defined militarily with it's relationship with it's south neighbour Selengeria. Selengeria's aggression in the region and territorial disputes has led to Hwangchu investing heavilg in it's armed forces and consisting of a large modern army with a comparable reserve force. The country spends 5.2% of it's GDP on it's defence, notably on it's navy which it uses to protect the vital shipping lanes that Hwangchu relies on for it's foreign exports and imports as well as for allowing foreign vessels to pass through and enforce Hwangchu territorial claims on islands in the Sakheda Bay. Hwangchu is also known for it's rugby team, the Hwangchu National Rugby Team is world renown for it's aggressiveness and tactical acumen having won any trophies and being the dominant force on Kesh in the worldwide rugby scene as well as it's women's football team which is widely considered to be one of the most capable in the world.

Government
The Kingdom of Hwangchu is a under a  with a. The current Queen is Gyeon Mee-Yeon acts as head of state having succeeded her father, Gyeon So-Jung, who died suddenly only 2 years into his reign. The constitution of the country is uncodified, being based on statutes, treaties and various written sources dating back to the Kingdom of Cheon-gil during the 16th Century. Parliament is able to pass constitutional reform known as the acts of the crown and retains the political power to abolish any element of the constitution whether written or unwritten.

Parliament itself is made up of 2 houses, the House of Lords is the upper house and consists of the aristocratic classes that were retained during the Republic period whilst the House of Deputies is the elected legislative body with Deputies being elected during elections. Business of parliament primarily takes place in these 2 houses with bills being made by the federal government needing to pass through both houses before reaching the Queen where she gives her gaehay in order for the bill to become an act of the houses (law). Whilst officially, the Queen is permitted to refuse any bill she does not like by not giving it her gaehay, the monarch's diminished power has meant that no monarch since the formation of the Kingdom has ever denied a bill to become an act of house. The country is divided into 720 districts of which each district is represented by a Deputy. These Deputies hold their positions for 4 years and can be re-elected during general elections. The People's Party, the People for Strength and Unity, the Steel Front and the Democratic People's Party are the largest parties respectively and hold the first, second, third and fourth highest amount of MPs respectively. In Hwangjian Politics, it's not unusual for coalitions to be formed with 3 of the 9 governments that have existed in Hwangchun being made up of coalition governments. Previously, the Kingdom was dominated by the 4 major parties, however recently there has been a surge in the popularity of smaller parties such as the Ochean People's Union or the Hangil League which has lead to increasingly more contested elections every 4 years.

The head of government is the Prime Minister, an appointed position by the monarch and traditionally the leader of the largest party/coalition as they are required to lead the confidence of Parliament in order to be the Prime Minuster. The Prime Minister holds various other positions such as Minister for Internal Affairs, First Minister of the Royal Treasury, Minister of the Civil Service and Minister for Sangeon. The Prime Minister also acts as the principal advisor to the monarch and is required to regualrly meet with them to update them on the political situation. Prime Ministers also have other duties such as recommending the appointment of ministers to the monarch and also chairing the cabinet.

The current Prime Minister is Seok Wyung-Dae, leader of the People's Party, who leads a coalition of the Steel Front and The People's Party along with various other small parties such as the Ochean People's Union, the Sangeon Socialist Front and various other smaller parties. His Vice Prime Minister is leader of the Steel Front, Hae He-Ran.

General elections are the primary way in which Prime Ministers come to power, they're held every 4 years and involve a 4 week period where Parliament is dissolved in order to prepare for a new government. During this period, no parliamentary business may be done and the Deputies cease their duties in order to await the election results. Candidates are stood at each district in order to become the Deputy for that distract. Candidates may stand for a party or may run as an independent, although almost all successful candidates are part of a major political party. Hwangchu nationals over the age of 17 are eligible to vote in elections. The party with the highest amount of seats above the minimum of 380 is then invited to form the government and if a party does not meet the requirements for 380 seats, it's able to from a coalition with friendly parties in order to reach the threshold of 380. In many cases, these can make a serious difference with the election of 2000 being decided by the coalition between the People for Strength and Unity and the 12 seat obtained by the Sangeon Conservative Union which allowed the minority government that was to be formed to reach 384 seats, 4 above the required 380 to form a majority government.

The largest party/coalition forms the opposition known as Her Highnesses' Most Benevolent Opposition and primarily functions to critique and oppose the views of the government in order to prepare for the next election. The current opposition is led by Moon Jae-Sul who leads the People for Strength and Unity in coalition with the Hangil League.

Demographics
The national census data is taken every 5 years by the Department of Administrative Affairs. In November 2020 the recorded population was 48,247,812 indicating a continuation of the trend of a rising population that had been ongoing ever since the 1990s. It is the second lowest populated county in East Kesh just after Alva and amongst the lower percent quartile of populations in the world. Between 1984 and 1990, the population began to fall with an overall 3.4% decrease in population observed in 1985 just after the Yellow Revolution. This changed in 1990 with the first recorded rise in population as an approximate rise of 0.1% compared to the 0.2% fall that was observed between the period of 1989 and 1990. During the period of 2000 and 2010, the average increase in population rise to 1.2% with the island of Sangeon rising to 2.6%. The latest census data from 2020 revealed that a percentage increase of 0.9% was observed.

The Ochae Metropolitian area has the largest population with 8.5 million people, or 5.7% of the total population. The area is one of the densest population areas in East Kesh with a total of 4,905 people per square kilometre with most living on the coast near the port complex of Ochae. The city of Gwangje follows Ochae in population followed the capital of Seulgwang. The country itself is one of the least densely populated countries in East Kesh with 171 people per square kilometer with most living on the coast.

The total fertility rate across Hwangchu is 2.03 children per woman. This rising birth has been a contribution to the increase in population growth after the formation of the Kingdom during the Yellow Revolution. Still, it remains much lower than the total of 4.05 children which was observed during the early industrialisation of the country in 1910s or the highest which was recorded in 1837 with a total of 6.84 children per woman. 46.9% of births were recognised to be from unmarried women whilst a further 1.2% were of IVF birth. The Department of Administrative Affairs posted statistics that 2% of people identified themselves as bisexual, gay or lesbian (1.2% of them being female and 0.8% of them being male) whilst a further 5.6% responded to the poll with "I don't know", or did not respond to the poll that was given. There is an estimated 24,000 transgender people in Hwangchu.

Ethnic Groups
Historically, most Hwangji are though to be descended form the various ethnic groups of ancient Hwangchu such as the Chuan and Ochae peoples. This is also followed by ancient Narangol people who emmigrated in the late 8th Century aswell as raiders from what is now Bakfong and Akiteiwa. A genetic stufy in 2007 showed that 70% of all people in Hwangchu held a Chuan D Chromosome with most people in the UK able to trace their ancestry to the local ethnic groups from the region who arrived over 10,000 years ago during one of the many ice ages.

Hwangchu also have a historic history of housing immigrants and with the oldest sect, the Narangols, having arrived during the early 1700s when the Selengerians colonised the region. During this period, it's estimated a total of 190,000 Narangol and various other ethnic groups from Selengeria emigrated to the nascent colony. This number slowly rose with the long term goal for the Selengerians being the cultural genocide of the Hwangji people and being replaced with Narangols or mixed-race people. The population of Narangols and other ethnic groups originating from Selengeria drastically decreased during the Great Revolution with the amount of Narangols falling from 2,550,000 to around 470,000 as the people were either killed during the revolution or fled to native Selengerian land during the various civil wars. The population, however, increased during the 1920s when civil war forced many Narangols and other minorities to flee to the nascent Republic of Hwangchu. As a result, Narangol population now sits around 3.2 million making up around 6.7% of the total population.

Other major ethnic populations are the Yao and the Gankui, both originate from Selengeria and also came to Hwangchu during the colonisation of the area by the Selengerians. The population of Gankui and the Yao was approximately around 940,000 and 230,000 respectively. Like with the Narangols, both ethnic groups were either forced to flee or were killed ruing the Great Revolution of 1963. Much like with the Narangol, this population largely recovered during the 1920s when civil war in Selengeria forced many refugees from the country to the Republic of Hwangchu. As of recently according to the 2020 census, 2.6 million or 5.4% of the population were ethnically Gankui whilst 2.2 million or around 4.6% were ethnically Yao. A number of other ethnic groups originating from Selengeria such as the Barajids and the Ngan make up around 800,000 of the population. Uniquely, the Kingdom of Hwangchu does not recognise "mixed" as an ethnic group primarily for ease of administration but does allow certain citizens to use "mixed" on non-government documentation.

Artemian ethnic groups have recently had a large spike in population with the popularisation of mass migration and the opening of Hwangchu as a tourist and migration location with Anglic becoming a recognised language in 2003. Migration from Artemia accounted for most of the immigration for the last 20 years. This was shown as the population of Artemian ethnic groups increased from around 52,936 to 737,927 with the most coming from the nations of Mero-Curgovina, Agrana y Griegro, Goetia and Samotkhe.

Ethnic diversity varies massively across the Kingdom of Hwangchu. Puljeon, Paesong, Gwanje and other southern areas are the most ethnically diverse areas with Gwangje being made up of 34.6% ethnic groups other than Hwangji. This is compared to the north and areas such as Yaluek where only 5.7% of the population is made up of non-Hwangji or the prefecture of Illin where only 6.3% is non-Hwangji. The greatest disparity is in the islands of Salbeon and Sangeon were only 0.2% of the respective populations identify as non-Hwangji. The exception to this rule is the Metropolitan area of Ochae which is made up of 26.5% of the population is non-Hwangji. In 2018, the Department of Administrative Affairs noted 38.5% of primary school students and 43.4% of secondary school students in Hwangchu were members of an ethnic minority.

Education
Education is one of the most important parts of Hwangji society, the Department of Edcuation oversees the education of all children's education from 5 to 18 years old. All children are required to undergo education from the ages of 5 to 16. Education or formal training in certain fields are also required to the ages of 18. School schedules are not formalised and vary school to school however all students in Hwangchu are required to wear the same uniforms throughout their education, inspired much by western Artemian nations. Boys are required to wear black and grey trousers and white shirts whilst girls must wear either grey or black skirts and white shirts. Recently the country had encouraged foreign students from friendly nations, primarily those from Akiteiwa and Kodeshia, by the creation of a foreign students scholarship program. The Department of Education noted that in 2019, over 80,000 scholarships had been given to foreign students from the ages of 11-16. Hwangchu is one of the top performing countries in literacy, mathematics and sciences with a high ranking in education, ranking high in educational rankings by independent institutes. The nation is known for it's obsession with education, something which widely considered to have replaced the intrigue in religion. Gaining a good education was one of the cornerstones of Hwangji society during the Republic era with most families determining their place in society based on the education of their members. As a result, the ability to enter into one of Hwangchu Universities such as Ochae Tech and gain employment in major corporations such as Daewhan or Cheungal was seen as one of the most important parts of society during the 196s and 70s. This also led to high pressure on under-18s to get into university and study meaning the suicide rate for the age group became the highest in East Kesh with children unable to handle the pressure put on them by parents and by the military government who demanded a more educated populous As such, non-university educated citizens were largely looked down upon as inferior to those with a university degree. This mentality mostly changed after the revolution with the focus on education as a family cornerstone being less encouraged by the government seeking to encourage foreign immigration and a greater non-university workforce for the factories and shipyards. As a result, by 2010, the suicide and emigration numbers for under-18s had drastically fallen as the desire to have a university education had fallen off. This also led to a decrease in the overall ranking of education in Hwangchu who fell from top 3 to the top 10.

Education in Hwangchu is a state-run affair with most schools being owned by the government. The country spent a total of 4.9% of it's GDP on it's intricate education system with it being broken into 2 parts. Primary school consists of Education Stage 1, 2 and 3 whilst at Secondary School deals with Education Stages 4 and 5. At the end of Year 11, all students are required to take the General Education Examination Test (GEET) in order to advance onto post-16 education. Should students be unable to pass their GEET or do not wish to undergo post-16 education, they are required to do an alternative education, apprenticeships, volunteering or vocational schooling. Education given at post-16 level to 18 is known as Sixth Form and requires students to undertake 4 subjects on which they will be tested on once they reach 18 known as the M-Test (Monarch's Test) on which, if they pass, will be awarded their college degrees on their respective subjects and be able to undertake an undergraduate degree at university. Higher education is not run by the state and instead lays to multiple private institutions who run universities in the country. Most notable is Ochae Tech, Seulgwang University and Paehan University which are owned by subsidiaries of Daehwan Corporation as well as Puljeon University owned by Osuan Industries. Typically, students attending universities owned by certain companies are given preferential treatment during the application process for a company associated with their school. Students who do higher education are required to do a 2 year undergraduate course in which they can achieve various kinds of qualifications ranging from National Degrees to the Queen's Most Esteemed Degree. The federal government has no control over the university syllabuses and nor over admissions which has led to criticism from Education Equality, a Hwangji education watchdog group, about favouritism in Universities for children of employees from the companies that own said universities. An attempt was made to rectify this but was rebuffed in 2008 when the bill failed to pass in the House of Deputies and was shelved. Education Equality has the job of inspecting various universities for their educational powers, the quality of their education and various other things. Although Education Equality has the ability to advise the government, they are not able to enact educational reforms, something they have campaigned for a while. Whilst the federal government does not control syllabuses, they have control over teacher training courses as educational training is seen as one of the most important parts of the country's educational policy, these standards are by the Department of Education's Office for Educational Excellence.

Post-graduate education is available once you have completed an undergraduate degree with certain universities dedicated to post-graduate degrees such as Changsil University run by the Jaewoo Corporation. These degrees are required if you wish to become a senior civil servant. Postgraduate degrees are also required to become a senior officer in the Hwangji Military above the paygrade of HO-4, this is usually done at Queen's Military Institute in Baeku which provides unique military officer degrees such as military engineering, warfighting skills and military science.

Military education is also an option at 16. The Hwangji Military operated 6 major institutions to provide alternative education at the under-18 level and university education at the post-18 level. These institutions are typically run by major military organisations such as the Marine Officer's Academy at Salbeon or the Army Engineering Polytechnic School nearby Gwangje. These universities provide degrees applicable to both military and civilian life ranging from infantry officer skills, medical skills, business management or law degrees. All members of military educational facilities are permitted to enter as an officer upon the start of their national service. Military educational facilities have their syllabuses intertwined with officer training and, unlike other undergraduates, they will not receive their degrees until they pass their officer training or are discharged as unsuitable for national service.

Military
Territorial disputes with Selengeria over the Sakheda Bay, the religious fanaticism of Tiperyn and fear of the Selengerians after having spent years under their control has lead to Hwangchu to allocate a total of 5.2% of it's GDP to it's defence budget and 13.9% of all Government spending towards funding the military. This mass militarisation of the nation is also typified by the National Service for all capable men and women aged 17 to 35 although alternative service in the Federal Police Force or the Civil Service. This has lead to a military consisting of over 720,000 troops across all services and a reserve of 1,257,000 men, making it one of the largest in the region as a result.

Hwangchu is extremely dedicated to it's military alliance with Akiteiwa and Kodeshia against Tiperyn and Selengerian aggression in the region and the country maintains 4 services: The Hwangji Army, Naval Guard, Air Guard and the Corps of Royal Marines. Most of their military forces are based around the defensive line around the border with Selengeria with the navy heavily based on the islands of Cheolyin and Beoksa with the aim to project Hwangjian dominance in the region to prevent expansion of the fanatic Tiperyns and the repressive Selengerians in the region and promoting free trade and democracy in the region.

The Army has a mixed reputation due it's usage during the era of the Republic. Previously, Hwangchu spent over 15% of it's GDP on the military and it was regularly used to repress local populous in the region. The military dictatorship's usage of the Army as a tool for control rather than defence led to their relative weakness during the military campaigns of the 1970s leading to serious defeats, causing a massive embarrassment for the government who had promoted the Army. The Army at the moment has a total of 1,972 tanks mostly the G1 and G2 Main Battle Tanks. These armoured vehicles form the spine of a mechanised force consisting of thousands of IFVs and APCs as well as supporting a large artillery force consisting of over 800 self-propelled artillery pieces, 5,000 other pieces of artillery as well as 680 helicopters as well as a wide variety of domestic unmanned aerial vehicles. This large portion of artillery is primarily to counter Selengerian Artillery units opposite them and act as a deterrence against a land invasion in lieu of nuclear weaponry.

On the opposite spectrum is the the Navy, heavily respected by the people for their professionalism and it's dedicationto defend the islands of Cheolyin and various other islands in the Straits of Gweongjji as well as the disputed islands of Beoksa and others. The Naval Guard was amongst the foremost naval powers in the region in conjunction with the Akitei Royal Navy and the Imperial Kodeshi Navy. The Naval Guard retains a single carrier, the GHS Jo Seon-Gil, commissioned soon after the revolution after having spent 8 years in construction. Although retaining a fairly dated carrier, the Naval Guard has a multitude of modern destroyers of the Great Gwanjji-Class and the Sangil-Class. Hwachung's primary naval contribution the (insert alliance name) is the Littoral Strike Group consisting of the GHS Jo Seon-Gil, Great Gwanjji-Class Destroyers, Baekdu-Class Amphibious Assault Ships, Hyungil-Class Attack Submarines and Ohsan-Class Air Defence Frigates. The Naval Guard is one of the primary defensive measures against the threat of Tiperyn and Selengerian nuclear weaponry poised towards Hwangchu. The Naval Guard also retains a Naval Air Guard consisting of 36 Aquilon G15s as well as supporting helicopters and a pair of GE-3 AWACs based on the Nieuport-Saulnier Condor.

The Air Guard operates a total of 760 aircraft, it operates a number of modern fighter craft such as the GF-15 Aquilons and GF-9 Rapaces as well as the domestically produced GF-12 Sangae Fighter supported by a fleet of less modern GF-8 Mystères, the Air Guard also operates a fleet of 7 GE-2 AWACs  as well as a multitude of transport aircraft to support combat operations. The Air Guard is also tasked with delivering Hwangji Airborne forces and supporting overseas Hwangji units logistically and with tactical mobility. The Air Guard also operates Hwangji's dense network of air defence systems aimed at providing defence against air attacks from Selengeria and Tiperyn as well as protecting the straits to free trade from enemy interdiction. The Air Guard is well known for it's foreign humanitarian aid missions, transport aircraft regularly take part in delivering aid to war torn regions and to those suffering from war and disasters.

The Grand Corps of Royal Marines is perhaps the most beloved and well regarded of all the services. Indeed, the Hwangji Marine Division of the Republic era and its' commander Tan Shin-Il were the driving force behind the coup of the military dictator that would eventually lead to the creation of the Kingdom of Hwangchu. Notably, the Corps of Royal Marines is the only branch that has been given Royal patronage by Queen Geyon Mee-Yeon who bestowed upon the title to the Corps in 2016. The Corps is made up of 2 Divisions and an Marine Brigade totalling 25,000 Marines as well as a mixture of G1 Tanks and other assorted armoured vehicles. The Corps also retains the Kingdom's sole Special Mission Reconnaissance Unit under Hwangchu Special Forces Command, the 4th Marine Special Tasking Force.

Economy
Hwangchu's mixed economy is amongst the most robust on the Kesh continent and qualifies as a highly developed and high-income country. The country is well known for it's advanced electronics products such as Daehwan Electronics, however Hwanghu itself mostly exports cars with Hwangjian Cars being world renowned for their affordable hatchbacks. Another major industry noted is the shipbuilding industry, Hwangjian Shipbuilding companies have an approximately 37% market share in new orders. This mixture of advanced electronics investment and traditional manufacturing led to Hwangchu able to develop an advanced mixed economy reliant on international trade from which it was able to transition into the 21st Century.

Although robust now, the State of Hwangchu of the 1800s was deeply poor as a result of the few natural resources in the region. This would be changed during when the industrial revolution eventually reached Hwangchu in the 1910s which led to the creation of the first factories in the country. The Republic of Hwangchu heavily invested in it's industrial capabilities, stripping traditional farmers of their land and introducing nationwide rationing in order to stimulate economic growth. Subsidies offered by the government led to the formation of companies such as Daehwan as well as Cheungal and Osuan Industries who remain major players in the econcomy of Hwangchu. This economic growth fell off in the 1930s and 40s when major food shortages led to mass famine which required the government to spend much money on importing food from overseas as well as demolishing factories to build new farms. This was also what lead to the nation investing heavily in it's education, blasting state propaganda into the people in order to make them value their child's education more. This would eventually lead to Hwangchu having one of the most educated populous in the world. During the 1970s, the advent of Daehwan Shipbuilding as well as the increasing prominence of electronics led Hwangchu to offering subsidies and low to foreign companies in order to invest in the region and reducing their tariffs to foreign nations which helped stimulate masses of imports to the nation via shipping. This, along with the strong manufacturing base and the highly educated citizenry, would lead to an explosion in economic development in the 1970s and 80s with the highest recorded economic growth of 12.6% being recorded in 1981. This allowed Hwangchu to reduce it's foreign debt massively, a trend which remains in the 21st Century. When the Republic was overthrown by the new Kingdom of Hwangchu, the economy had since stagnated to around 2.3% on average over the last 4 years which led to a new shift in the economy. Services were now becoming more prevalent with banking and financial trading taking centre stage from traditional manufacturing. Despite this, automobile and shipbuilding industry remained extremely strong in the 1990s as well as the increasingly prominent armaments industry with Daehwan Heavy Industries and Bujun Systems investing heavily in creating domestic arms for the Hwangjian Military as well as exporting to foreign nations around the world. Tourism of the 2000s also became of increasing prominence as the governments of the Kingdom began investing in restoring old landmarks and locations of the State of Hwangju and various other Kingdoms of the past which had became derelict under the regime of the Republic.

Hwangchu retains a free-market economy with only a few state owned companies of which most notably is the Hwangjian Housing Corporation which controls the state owned public houses where most people in the nation live. The largest companies include the Daehwan Corporation, the Cheungal Conglomerate and Osuan Industries. Hwangchu is known for it's market stability, a mixture of low debt and extremely high fiscal reserves means that the government is freely able to respond to economic crises easily, most notably seen in the Hwangjian Financial Crash of 2005. This had led to a country which relies heavily on both imports and exports as well as foreign investment thanks to it's market stability. Despite this, the country's credit rating as well as it's consumer confidence is regularly affected by the military flareups between it and it's neighbours that occur ever few years. Something that the government has been attempting to deal with since the creation of the State of Hwangchu.

Sports
Sport in Hwangchu has a massive prominence in society, previously a tool used to control the lower classes by the Republic back in the 1900s, sport has now a major place in government policy and is one of the biggest culture exports of the nation. The most popular and financially successful sports include:, , , and various. The national sport of the nation is which was invented by Colonel Jeong Duck-Young in the 1950s as a military exercise for recruits to the prestigious Republican Guard before eventually becoming a national sport.

The largest played game in Hwangchu was polled in 2014 to be football with 43% of the population interested in football with the Rugby League coming close behind with 32% saying they were interested in Rugby. Sports is required by the federal curriculum with the most popular sport amongst boys being rugby with 65% of all school boys between 8-17 taking the sport whilst amongst girls it was football with 54% of girls between 8-17 similarly taking the sport. Leagues in Hwangchu is organised by the Ministry of Sport with the organisation between the major sports of Rugby and Football being fairly similar. Youth leagues are amongst the most notable cultures of the region with schools regularly taking part in these leagues against one another for glory.

Football in Hwangchu is divided into 4 professional federal leagues with semi-professional leagues being managed by the Prefecture Governments. The top tier X League is the most prestigious of these leagues and occupies the top of the pyramid, the X League is a big export in the local region with competition between the clubs being extremely prevalent. The X League itself is funded by a mixture of state and private investment, previously the X League (known before during the Republic as the First League) was a wholly government run affair. This meant that many teams were run by government organisations such as the Ohsae Lions who were financed and sponsored by the Army whilst the most successful team, Puljeon United, was financed and sponsored by the Daekson. This was highly controversial in the nation as the government traditionally controlled who won the league and affected the results of each season through a mixture of bribing officials, government sanctioned doping, government pressure on opponent teams and various other measures. These were unveiled during the revolution of 1983 when it became apparent just how much power that various state apparatus had over the control of the league's clubs. Following reforms in the 1990s, football came back to the forefront with the X League becoming prominent in East Kesh.

Rugby in Hwangchu was similarly divided into state leagues and a federal league. The Federal Government runs the Premier League, the top tier of the Rugby League and consists of 16 teams. Rugby is similarly funded by a mixture of private and government investment like football and benefits much as an export to foreign nations. Rugby is a relatively new sport to the public conscience, rugby culture began in the 1970s when it was imported to Hwangchu and became the sport of dissidents to the regime. Rugby was seen as a physical exercise for the brutish by the Republic who were trying to promote football as the ultimate test of a person's intelligence and speed. Rugby games during the 1970s and early 80s was regularly broken up by Republic Police and ruby organisations were banned under law with multiple dissident players being imprisoned and a few even being executed. Rugby did not become an official sport with federal backing until 1985 when the Federal League and the various Prefecture Leagues were formed.