Fiction:Ming Imperial State

The Ming Imperial State is the last vestage of Imperial or Dynastic China, in control of Northern China up from about Beijing. It is ruled by the Ming Emperors, as it always had been for 1500 years. It shares China with the People's Republic of China.

History
Early History is to be written.

Government
The Ming Imperial State is ruled by a vast and complex government structure, with the Emperor at the very top; Ascended to godlike status. The State is run by a sprawling bureaucracy headed by the Grand Secretariat, which in itself runs the Six Ministries; The Ministries where the Ministry of Personnel, which handed all promotions and demotions of officials, appointments, and granting of honorific titles, the Ministry of Revenue handled taxes and census data, the Ministry of Rites for ceremonies and rituals, the Ministry of War, which is in charge of demoting and promoting officers, and the maintenance of military installations and hardware, and finally the Ministry of Justice was in charge of judicial and penal practices.

The Censorate
Among this, there is also the Censorate; A group of spies and bureaucrats that answer directly to the Emperor, and who survey and eavesdrop at every institutional level in search of any dissent. With this role, however, the Censorate has also more recently taken up the role of international espionage, as well.

Military
The Ming military is extremely large. Fielding many millions of personnel, it is an army of conscripts; Traditionally, the role of a soldier was hereditary; A man within the military would be marked within the bureaucracy as a "soldier", and his sons would be as well, regardless of there job pre-conscription, so they could be called upon at any time. This can make for a rather poor army morale-wise, but it does make up for this in sheer numbers, and the brilliance of there commanders.

Religion
The Ming have no state religion currently, however traditional Confucian principles and practices can be seen everywhere within all levels of the government, like it always had for millenia. It extends freedom of speech to all of its citizens (though more accurately its a matter of a lack of interest in religion within the government, rather then a written bill of rights). Most of the population is Atheist with small pockets of Confucianism, Christianity, and even Tengri and Animist beliefs.

Protectorate of...

 * Gigaquadrantic Hegemony - We will rise up again!

Allies
"You have earned the trust of the Middle Kingdom."

Friendly
"We extend to you the privilage to pay tribute to us."

Neutral
"Ah, a foreigner!"

Unfriendly
"Barbarians..."

At War
"Your decision to go to war with us was not a wise one, barbarian!"