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Schangau (: Shanggao) (: 上高), officially the State of Schangau (: Estado de Shanggao), and formerly Anglicized as Shanggao, is a in the Confederate States of North 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 2nd-most populous, with 16,128,610 residents as of 2015 and an area of n square kilometres, making it the nth-most densely populated of the 10 Liaotian states. Its largest city is its namesake, Schangau. Schangau was the nth-wealthiest Liaotian state 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 Teutons later seized control of the region following the 185x Teuto-Bakanese War, naming it the Imperial Protectorate of Bessemershafen, after the famed Teuto-Saxite 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, New Burstenburg, San Francisco, Adamsfurt, Victoria, and Neu-Mannheim 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, 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 shortlived, as the outbreak of war between Beifang and Teutonia 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 Teuto-Saxite general Maximilian Laurin Bessemer, who fought in the Teuto-Reussite War of 1693.

Teutonic era
Under Teutonic 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 Teutonia and Bakanese Avalonia.

Industrialization accelerated in the central part of the state following 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, Victoria, 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, one based on manufactured commodities such as textiles and silk.

However, tensions between Teutonia and Agrana boiled over in the 187x July Crisis, leading to the Tiberico-Teutonic War. Prior to the July Crisis, Tiberico-Teutonic 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 Teutonic 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 Teutonic victory in the homeland, Teutonia acquired Santa Radox, renaming it New Austrasia. Bessemershafen gained two new territories, New Barcerín and New Styria.