Chengdu

成都 Chengdu
Photograph of Chengdu
Details
Population	33.54M
State GDP	$3.05
GDP/C	$90
Culture	Sichuanese

In-Game Description

With more than 4,000 years of history, Sichuan's capital of Chengdu is no stranger to power. While the nearby city of Chongqing may steal the spotlight occasionally, nobody can deny Chengdu's vital position in the center of the Sichuan Basin. In any Chinese dynasty, Chengdu almost always headed Sichuan, and sometimes even the central government.\n\nIn the Second Sino-Japanese War, while Chongqing headed the government and military high command, Chengdu provided refuge to many military headquarters and provided a safe place for armies to regroup, if the skies stayed clear that is. Chongqing and Chengdu faced almost constant bombardment by Japanese bombers during the war, with the Chinese airforce unable to provide significant resistance. With Japanese boots in Chengdu by 1947, they found themselves in a city of rubble. While the city's large population and the plentiful resources of the Sichuan Basin resulted in a speedy recovery for Chengdu, being more than 800 miles away from Nanjing meant that when Japanese forces left China and the RGOC took over occupation, resistance cells activated en-masse. Communists, Nationalists, peasants, bandits, and countless more rise against the central government for a Free China, or simply for their own personal benefit. While Chengdu may command Sichuan, it's hard to fly a plane when the cockpit is crowded with countless people fighting.