Fiction:East Asian Coalition

"As the father is obligated to govern his children, China is obligated to watch over and guide the many children nations and peoples it has spawned through history. Thusly we proclaim the reunification of father and children; China and the entirety of East Asia."

- President Chao Bai

The East Asian Coalition, usually shortened to the EAC or sometimes informally referred to as China, is an interstellar socialist republic of transhumans that inhabits the. Composed of the 21st-century nations of China, North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, Laos, and Taiwan, the EAC is often considered a union of the East Asian cultures that were heavily influenced by Chinese culture throughout their history. The EAC is built primarily on "traditional Chinese values", which consists of a mix of older Neo-Confucianism and modern Chinese communism. The nations of the EAC have a certain level of autonomy from each other, but they are largely subservient to the central government in China.

The EAC was founded in the beginning of World War III, when the new Chinese president Chao Bai began a campaign to reunite the Chinese-influenced cultures of East Asia under a single Chinese government. Taking advantage of the chaos brought on by the beginning of WWIII as well as a West in disarray in the aftermath of the European Civil War and Fossil Fuel Crisis, China succeeded in conquering almost every nation in East Asia and Southeast Asia, eventually being halted in their attempts to attack Japan and Indonesia. Although the tide of WWIII eventually turned against China's new empire, leading to nukes being dropped in the Manchuria region, the newly-established EAC would remain intact at the end of the war. This was due to unexpected assistance from the new Yamato government of Japan, which pledged to campaign for retention of the EAC in exchange for political favors.

The deal with Yamato made the EAC essentially a Japanese puppet state for a long period of time. However, during this time, Japanese aid greatly expedited EAC recovery from the war, especially in the now-irradiated Manchuria, and the EAC's recovery rate allowed it to finally catch up to their rival, whose post-war economy had lagged. Eventually, the EAC negotiated a peaceful conclusion of their subservience to the YSE. At the dawn of the interstellar colonial era, the EAC asserted its influence as a power by establishing colonies on the planets Nadezhda and Cai-Shen, which would lead to EAC involvement in the Human Colonial Wars. Today, the EAC remains an influential faction in human politics although they sometimes struggle to keep up with their Western rivals. Their alignment with modern imperialist powers such as the YSE and draws much disdain from the democratic powers.

Allies
"Like brothers, we will surely be at your side."

Neutral
"The ancestors tolerate you."

Disliked
"We will discipline any unruly children."

Enemies
"Your very existence dishonors us."