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Schangau (: Shanggao) (: 上高), officially the Free State of Schangau (: Estado libre de Shanggao), and formerly Anglicized as Shanggao, is a in the Confederate States of Northern Avalonia. It is bordered on the north by the state of Bakayata; on the west by the state of Xinji, on the southwest by New Austrasia, and the south by Celayeta; on the east by the Iapetus Ocean, and southeast by the Ingonian Sea. Schangau is the 9th-smallest state by area but the most populous, with 9,128,610 residents as of 2015 and an area of xxx square kilometres, making it the nth-most densely populated of the 10 Liaotian states. Its largest city is its namesake, Schangau. Schangau was the wealthiest state within the Confederacy by median household income as of 2017.

Schangau was first inhabited by Native Avalonians for at least 2,800 years, with the Osceola tribe being the dominant group by the time Keshians arrived in the early 17th century. The Bakanese and Samots founded the first foreign settlements in the state, bringing with them diseases that forced the Osceola inland. The Goetics later seized control of the region following the 185x Goeto-Bakanese War, naming it the Imperial Protectorate of Bessemershafen, after the famed Goetic general Maximilian Laurin Bessemer, and granting it as a colony to Ralf Katzmann von Kammberg and Daniel Weiss-Griebel.

In the 19th century, factories in the "Big Six" cities of Schangau, Zweikirchen, San Francisco, Adamsfurt, Adelheid, and Neu-Urbach helped drive the Industrial Revolution. Schangau's location at the centre of the Central Liao megalopolis—between [city1] and [city2] to the northwest, and [city3], [city4], and [city5], to the southwest—fueled its rapid growth and suburbanization in the second half of the 20th century. At the turn of the 21st century, the state's culturally diverse populace began reverting toward more urban settings within the state, with towns home to commuter rail stations outpacing the population growth of more automobile-oriented suburbs since 2004.

History
The Osceola first moved into what is modern-day Schangau 2,800 years ago, settling along the northern shores of Bessemersbucht. This remained unchanged until the arrival of Artemian and Keshian explorers and settlers, starting with Samot explorer Ioseb Balavadze’s February 1749 sighting of what is now Kap Mannheim.

Colonial era
The Samots became the first Artemians to lay claim to lands in Schangau. The Samot colony of New Somkartvelia consisted of parts of modern Theresienwald-Ahrensland and Schangau. Although the Artemian principle of land ownership was not recognized by the Osceola, the Samot-Seratofian North Avalonia Company policy required its colonists to purchase the land that they settled. The first to do so was [nameSamot] who established a patronship called [nameLand] in 1757 along the river Weiss which eventually became the Bergen. [nameSeratof]'s purchase of lands along the river Schäfer established the colony of New Seratof.

The entire region became a territory of Beifang on [date], 183x, after a Bakanese fleet under the command of one [rank] [nameBeifang] sailed into what is now Schangau Port and took control of Fort Yūksekent, annexing the entire province. Fort Yūksekent was promptly renamed Shanggao. However, the newfound hold the Bakanese had on the land would be short-lived, as the outbreak of war between Beifang and Goetia in 185x forced Beifang to hand over Shanggao, despite most of the actual fighting taking place in Alvaland. Shanggao was once more renamed to Bessemershafen, after famed Goetic general Maximilian Laurin Bessemer, who fought in the Brother's War of 1693.

Goetic era
Under Goetic rule, Bessemershafen and the surrounding area prospered. Bessemershafen was a natural rest stop and refuelling area for Trans-Iapetic travellers. Increased funding for larger public works like the Bessemershafen-Schangau Harbour and Docks as well as intercolonial railways and the Fromm Industrial Works led to a massive upshot in immigration from both Goetia and Bakanese Avalonia.

Industrialization accelerated in the central part of the state following the completion of the Lang-Santander Railway in 1863. The railway allowed for coal to be brought from Santa Radox's Lobo Valley to Bessemershafen's growing industries in Bessemershafen-Schangau, Adelheid, and Adamsfurt. In the Industrial Revolution, cities like Bessemershafen-Schangau grew and prospered. Previously, the economy had been largely agrarian, which was problematically subject to crop failures and poor soil. This caused a shift to a more industrialized economy, based on manufactured commodities such as textiles and silk.

However, tensions between Goetia and Agrana boiled over in the 187x July Crisis, leading to the Tiberico-Goetic War. Before the July Crisis, Tiberico-Goetia relations were balancing on indifference. However, the Rensburg Dispatch concerning the Agranan royalty tipped the balances and plunged both into war, dragging Bessemershafen and Santa Radox in on opposing sides.

During the war, the Bessemershafen garrison headed by one General Max Rauschenberg von Leudorf, despite fielding fewer men than the Agranans did with their own Santa Radox garrison, went on the offensive, despite objections from Governor Theo Singer. The unexpected victory at the Battle of San Francisco and the destruction of the Agranan naval group by the Goetic North Avalonia Squadron at the Battle of Guadallon forced the colonial government of Santa Radox to surrender, with little to no hopes of reinforcements coming from Artemia. With the Goetic victory in the homeland, Goetia acquired Santa Radox, renaming it New Austrasia. Bessemershafen gained two new territories, New Agrana and New Styria.

20th century
Schangau had joined the Grand Campaigns in 1915 alongside her fellow dominions of Alva and Neuleithanien, being called in by Goetia to support her ambitions in Ovancia and the capture of the districts of Husseren-Wesserling and Roussy-le-Bourg. Schangau provided mostly materiel support to Goetia, being wary to retain her garrison in the chance that Tiperyn and her colonies (especially New Valentina) would join on the side of the Ovancians. This assumption proved to be right in 1919, when Tiperyn entered the Grand Campaigns on the side of the Ovannois Royalists, claiming Goetic forces had overstepped their claims.

New Valentina, being a Tiperyn colonial possession, joined alongside Tiperyn in 1919. New Valentine naval forces quickly organized a blockade of Schangauer waters, easily overpowering the smaller Goetic Schangau-based North Avalonian Squadron. The naval invasion of Guadallon and Garcia Island in 192x strengthened the New Valentine blockade, giving New Valentine forces solid ground to base themselves on. Despite the proximity between Garcia Island and key structures in Schangau, New Valentine strategists did not push for further incursions into Schangauer territory.

The arrival of surviving elements of the Goetic Fleet in the Iapetus in 1922 provided relief, albeit temporary, to the Schangauer fortress. Despite being greatly battered from earlier attacks by Tiperyn and Agrana y Griegro and low on ammunition, fuel, supplies, and morale, the arrival of the fleet broke the blockade, sinking several merchant raiders and seeking refuge in the ports of Schangau.

(grand campaigns shit)

- Schangau joins war in 1919 due to escalating conflict

- general defence of Schangau from New Valentina with Liao/C.S.N.A.

- Goetic Iapetic Fleet cut off, flee to Schangau by 1922

- NV blockade fleet gets shooed out of Schangau waters

- war end

(interwar shit, brain drain from Goetia, three factions shabang)

- peace treaty with Tiperyn colonies, dominions, etc.

- Old Goetic govt. and nobility flees to Schangau, royal family fled to Alva

- brain drain intensifies, intellectuals flee to Schangau and Alva

- Provisional Govt. formed in 1925 comprising of some prince as head

- three-way unrest between Home, Old Imperial (in power), and New Imperial factions

- "great compromise"/inclusion into C.S.N.A.

(kesh war protests shit)

- tension between Liao and Schangau, big up!

- Schangau, Artemian-culture secessionists at an all-time high

- state-wide protests, everywhere at all times

- CSNA hauling ass trying to keep the confederation together

- Secessionists revolt

(second economic boom somewhere)

(CSNAfication, pan-nationalism, pluralism boom)

(old Goetic reunion in 90s)

(closer relations with alva)

Demographics
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Politics
Schangau has a multiparty system dominated by the Social Democratic Party (SPS). Other important parties are The Greens, which became the second-biggest political party in the 2015 local parliament elections and the center-right National Movement (NB), who have dominated the city of Neu-Urbach until 2020. The Greens and the center-right Union Party have been represented in the state parliament since 1985 and 2005 respectively.

Government
The Constitution of Schangau of the Free State of Schangau was enacted on the 15th of March, 1936. The Schangauer Constitution became the basis for Schangau after its integration into the Confederation.

Schangau has a Landtag (English: State Diet), elected by universal suffrage. Until December 1989, there was also a Senat, or Senate, whose members were chosen by social and economic groups in Schangau, but following a referendum in 1985, this institution was abolished.

The Schangauer State Government consists of the Minister-President of Schangau, eleven Ministers and six Secretaries of State. The Minister-President is elected for a period of five years by the Landtag and is head of state. With the approval of the Landtag, they appoint the members of the State Government. The State Government is composed of the:


 * State Chancellery
 * Ministry of the Interior, for Sport and Integration (Staatsministerium des Innern, für Sport und Integration)
 * Ministry for Housing, Construction and Transport (Staatsministerium für Wohnen, Bau und Verkehr)
 * Ministry of Justice (Staatsministerium der Justiz)
 * Ministry for Education and Culture (Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus)
 * Ministry for Science and Art (Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst)
 * Ministry of Finance and for Home Affairs (Staatsministerium der Finanzen und für Heimat)
 * Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy (Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie)
 * Ministry for Environment and Consumer Protection (Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz)
 * Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry (Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten)
 * Ministry for Family, Labour and Social Affairs (Staatsministerium für Familie, Arbeit und Soziales)
 * Ministry for Health and Care (Staatsministerium für Gesundheit und Pflege)
 * Ministry for Digital Affairs (Staatsministerium für Digitales)