OU mandate for Shaoyu

Ostlandet Union mandate for Shaoyu ヅﾝルｸ リﾕﾝマﾝ サｳヰｸ トｸグﾝ デｲ (Shaoyunese) 东陆联盟哨域托管地 (Monsilvan) Dōnglù Liánméng Shàoyù Tuōguǎn De (Pinyin) Мандат CO для Акватика (Slavic)
2023–2024
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Shaoyu Island
Capital and largest city	San Kong
Official languages	Shaoyunese Monsilvan Slavic
Ethnic groups (2023 (estimate))	89.5% Shaoyunese 4.9% Monsilvan 4.2% Zloveshchiyan 1.4% Others
Religion	Buddhism, Christianity, Monsilvan folk religion
Demonym(s)	Shaoyunese
Government	Ostlandet Union mandate
• High Commissioners	Feinuo Ziming TBD TBD
Legislature	Shaoyu State Government
Population
• 2023 estimate	8,000,000
Currency	Yuan (¥) (GSY)
Time zone	TMB+11:00 (Monsilvan Eastern Time, MET)
Driving side	left
Preceded by Succeeded by Zloveshchiy Monsilvan Republic Free State of Shaoyu

OU mandate for Shaoyu (Shaoyunese: ヅﾝルｸ リﾕﾝマﾝ サｳヰｸ トｸグﾝ デｲ; yutpin: Dunluk lyunman Sauwik tokgun dei) was the name given to the temporary administration of Shaoyu Island by the Ostlandet Union from 30 September 2023 until 27 January 2024. It was governed by the Shaoyu State Government which consisted of civilian officials from Monsilva, Paleocacher and Gjorka, several officers of the OU Task Force for Shaoyu and several elected mayors of Shaoyu's largest cities.

After the discovery of the Akvatika Island genocide in August 2023, the Zloveshchiyan government was given an ultimatum by the Ostlandet Union to grant all control of the island to Monsilva, or face consequences. The Zloveshchiyan government ended up denying the ultimatum, initiating the OU military intervention in Akvatika. The OU military intervention in Akvatika was lead by the OU Task Force for Shaoyu (OUTFS) which was successful, after around a month of fighting, to force Zloveshchiyan troops to withdraw from the island. After several thousand Zloveshchiyan troops from the Black Wolves surrendered in Yinjiang, the invasion was considered successful and the mandate was established.

The goal of the mandate was to protect Shaoyu from any attempts by Zloveshchiy to retake the island, as well as to re-establish damaged civilian infrastructure to allow the island to maintain itself. Around 21,000 Zloveshchiyan nationals who managed the administration on the island were arrested during and after the successful invasion. Establishing sufficient replacements for these officials was another necessary goal of the mandate. On 24 January 2024, Feinuo Ziming, one of the mandate's high commissioners, announced the mandate had sufficiently assisted the island in recovering necessary infrastructure and that any further assistance required could be handled by the Monsilvan Armed Forces. On 27 January 2024, the mandate was officially dissolved and the island joined the Monsilvan Republic as its fifteenth state under a 'free state' system.

History

Before Zloveshchiyan administration of Shaoyu

The island of Shaoyu has been inhabited by Shaoyunese people for over two thousand years. The first recorded contact between Shaoyunese people and the people of mainland Ostlandet was in the early 1st century CE between the Zhong dynasty and the villagers on the western coast of the island. The Zhong dynasty and its successors would begin trading with the people of Shaoyu until in 1234, the Zhou dynasty, which was the first Monsilvan dynasty to control all of what is now modern-day Monsilva, annexed the island into the dynasty with relatively little resistance from the islanders. The island remained under Zhou administration until 1414, when it split off as a part of the Beining Heavenly Kingdom. It stayed with the Beining Kingdom until 1500 after a disagreement between the King of Beining and the Prince of Shaoyu which lead to the foundation of the Kingdom of Shaoyu, lead by the prince who became king.

In 1568, the Zhou dynasty joined the Empire of Baltanla as the Principality of the Shan. The Beining Heavenly Kingdom was also invaded by the Empire to join the principality. However, instead of annexing the Kingdom of Shaoyu into the new principality, the Empire of Baltanla established the Commonwealth of Shaoyu, which allowed the king to remain the sovereign of the island, while the government was appointed by the Empire's central government. The Commonwealth lasted until 1731, when it was invaded by the newly established Kingdom of Great Shan which was formed out of the principality which had voted to leave the Empire. In 1828, during the Monsilvan Civil War, the island was seized by the Empire of Jackson. Although this was strongly protested by both sides of the civil war when they seized the island, by the end in 1830, the Liberate Monsilva Movement, who won the war and established the Kingdom of Monsilva, granted the island to Jackson on a lease. Although Monsilva had initially suggested a lease of 50 years, the Jackian government reached a cooperation deal with Monsilva to extend it to 140 years.

The Jackian administration, known as Niao Dao, was extremely successful for the island, and lead to it becoming one of the most developed regions in Central Ostlandet by the 1920s. The Kingdom of Monsilva had also developed strong relations with the colonial government of Niao Dao, and until 1962, the government often expressed its contentment with the Jackian administration. In 1963, after the assassination of Liang Huiqing and appointment of Shao Yaoting as the Monsilvan prime minister, relations between Monsilva and Jackson began to rapidly deteriorate as Shao implemented martial law and drifted towards right-wing authoritarianism and opposed Jackson and Niao Dao's liberal democratic systems. In 1968, the 140-year lease came to an end, but the colonial government expressed its extreme disapproval of Shao's regime and the Governor of Niao Dao at the time, Tristan Concorde, stated that giving the island to Monsilva would be a "death wish". In 1969, the Zloveshchiyan government approached Jackson with a proposal for them to take the administration of the island instead. The specific details of the deal are still unknown, but on 21 October 1969, Jackson officially handed over Niao Dao to Zloveshchiy, who named the island "Akvatika".

Zloveshchiyan administration of Shaoyu

Zloveshchiy administered the island under a strict minimal outside contact policy. During the administration, any information on what was happening on the island could only be identified by passing aircraft and secret foreign government operations. Any information discovered about the Zloveshchiyan administration after the establishment of the mandate has yet to be published to the public.

OU military intervention in Akvatika (Shaoyu)

In June 2023, after the successful election of prime minister Lin Yao-tang at the 2023 federal election, the Monsilvan government announced that it was officially recognizing the island as Monsilvan territory. This was soon followed up by the Jackian government announcing the deal struck between Jackson and Zloveshchiy in 1969 as null and void. On 23 August 2023, the Ostlandet Union announced the discovery of the Akvatika Island genocide, which had been taking place since 1969 and had resulted in the deaths of over 4 million people. Almost immediately after this announcement, the OU voted to recognize the island as Monsilvan territory as well. Following the vote, the OU demanded that the Zloveshcyian government relinquish control over the island and return it to Monsilvan administration. However, this was quickly rejected by the Zloveshchiyan government who stated that "the OU had no power to make these decisions".

On 30 August 2023, the OU began its military intervention on the island. After one month of fighting, resulting in several thousand deaths on both sides and significant damage to civilian and military infrastructure, the final Zloveshchiyan forces on the island surrendered. This allowed the OU Task Force for Shaoyu to establish a government in the remaining civilian infrastructure and create the OU mandate for Shaoyu.

See also

• Shaoyu Island
• Niao Dao
• Shaoyu (state)