Lore:

In 2026 Xi Jinping believed his years long military purge was successful thus he declared war against Taiwan. Out of his expectation, numerous troops refused to fight against people that speaking the same language. Rebellious troops around Beijing joined forces and approached Zhongnanhai from southwest Beijing.

At the same time, troops loyal to Xi Jinping joined up in central Beijing. It ended up with a brutal conflict. The southwest part of Beijing, especially Fengtai district was ruined. Nevertheless the rebellions managed to occupy Zhongnanhai and overthrew the Communist Party.

According to the referendum result, majority of the people refused to establish a “new new China” (they have been once fooled by Mao’s new China). Instead, a nation of the Yiuyen people (幽燕民系) was formed. The country traces its history back to the Yen state (燕国) of Jou dynasty (周王朝). 

The official language is much similar to the standard Mandarin Chinese, while a different romanization is used to indicate the independency. As the majority of Boigeng (Beijing) city was ruined, they rebuilt a new city in the northeast and named it as Yen’geng (Yanjing, 燕京).

The newborn Yenland government reassessed the Ten’anmon massacre happened decades ago. A memorial for the June 4th massacre was built at the Ten’anmon square, replacing the Chairman Mao memorial hall. The national day was chosen to be June 4th. A song composed for the Ten’anmon incident, called Zr’yiu Hwa (自由花, “flower of freedom”) was chosen as the Anthem. Yenland became one of the few countries with an Anthem in minor key.

Republic of Yenland: decades after the Ten’anmon (Tian’anmen) massacre