Beijing

北京 Beijing
Picture of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City.
Details
Population	7.60 M
State GDP	$0.96
GDP/C	$127
Culture	Jilu

In-Game Description

Though the Emperor that once resided in its Forbidden City now rules instead a monstrous colonial experiment just across the border, Beijing remains a vitally important part of the Chinese nation. As one of the few true industrial and financial centres in the country and attracting internal immigrants from all over China, a vastly disproportionate amount is contributed to the Chinese economy by the city - despite having long since been eclipsed by Nanjing as the most important. Since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Beijing has also become a crucial part of Japan's control over China, hosting thousands of Japanese expatriates and troops and acting as a key link between Tōkyō and its most important sphereling. However, Beijing is also more truly emblematic of China in its deeply divided society - tensions between ethnic groups, the rich and the poor, traditionalists, modernists, and above all between the collaborators and the vast, shadowy network of dissidents fuels a slow-burning war of isolated 'incidents' and vicious street attacks that punctuate the crowds that have flooded the city. As the former Northern Capital lurches into the modern era, these internal divisions become all the more apparent - and sooner or later, they will be addressed.