Eastern Kingdom

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Eastern Kingdom (东国)
Type	Nation; later an interworld power
Location	Earth, East Asia 515 1650
Demonym	East Country People; Eastern Kingdom people 515 775
Government	Union of State Councils led by Wanjing, with increasing central authority 642 775
National Leader	Song Clan elder, also referred to as Mr. Song 1342 1646
Major Alliances	Red Star Republic; Savior Army of Mercury 42 675 1342
Status	Survives the invasion of Earth, leads the Great Counterattack, and remains a major power after the war 1650 1695 1770

Geography and Important Locations

The homeland's inland depth allows populations and industries to withdraw from threatened coastal regions without abandoning the country's principal defensive position 1607 1640.

Location	Significance
Wanjing	Leads the union of State Councils and serves as the center of the reformist faction 775 1566.
Outer Dragon State	One of the southernmost states and the country's southernmost island region. Its name derives from its resemblance to a long dragon cradling the moon 1110 1561.
Dragon Moon Island / Dragon Moon City	Outer Dragon State's capital, the Eastern Kingdom's largest naval base, and its principal shipbuilding hub. Also a major southern base of the Forest Goddess Church 1110.
Ancient City	Becomes a directly governed municipality and heavy-industrial center, with at least 700 companies employing over one million people. Later designated a Special Port Area connected to Sky City 1645 1953.
Xu Yang State	Agricultural and mining state whose interests suffer from the influx of inexpensive Outland food and resources 1566.
Northern and western regions	Sites of new cities, industrial relocation, and refugee settlement during the prolonged coastal war 1607 1628.
New Tokyo	Sakura refugee settlement in southern Siberia, geographically within Red Star territory. The Eastern Kingdom obtains effective control through a lease exceeding a century and a joint development project 1628.
Star Ring special zone	Intended as a neutral zone between the homeland and the outside world. Lu PingAn receives a portion for independent development and controlled technological exchange 1953.

Government and Domestic Policy

State Councils and Centralization

• Regional autonomy: Supernatural pollution creates strong physical divisions between regions, encouraging a decentralized council system in which local governments handle their own threats 775 1566.
• Central control of Otherworld Gates: The Explorers system makes provinces increasingly dependent on the central government, turning its nominal authority into practical authority 642.
• Reformist–conservative divide: Wanjing-led reformists support changes associated with the New Era. Regions disadvantaged by imported resources and food become an important conservative bloc 1566.
• Government–church balance: The authorities and True God Churches both cooperate with and restrain one another. Most churches support the government while it remains within accepted limits 1560.
• State-owned conquests: Resources and land captured in Contention Wars by forces directly under the Eastern Kingdom become state property, rather than assets of a participating church 1334.

Supernatural Disclosure

• Nirvana Plan: The Eastern Kingdom forcibly implements the plan and fully lifts restrictions on supernatural information years before many other nations acknowledge the same reality publicly 1592.
• Public access to advancement: X Potion enters official distribution channels, making it affordable and accessible to the public 1592.
• Strategic advancement support: Lu PingAn's capacity to help ordinary people become supernatural and assist high-level breakthroughs makes him a national strategic resource. Authorities screen access to exclude dangerous individuals 1597.
• Public education: After the war, Outer Realm battles and Secret Keeper achievements are adapted into documentaries, films, and novels to explain supernatural threats and the necessity of resistance 1953.

Citizenship and Refugees

• Cultural membership: Eastern Kingdom identity is based strongly on cultural recognition rather than strict ancestry. The country is explicitly described as multicultural 1395 1473.
• Dual citizenship: Initially rejected, it becomes subject to a practical exception for Mercury 42 settlers: they are treated as Mercury citizens there and Eastern Kingdom citizens upon returning to Earth 1414 1469.
• Sakura integration: At least 90% of the Sakurajima population integrates into new northern and western cities. A recognized Sakura Clan minority emerges, while New Tokyo remains available to those retaining a separate communal identity 1628.
• Peninsula integration: Peninsula refugees rapidly integrate, substantially increasing the population of mixed Eastern Kingdom–Korean ethnicity 1628.
• Postwar limits: Violent disputes over “New Human rights” make the authorities more cautious about racial transformation. Independent special zones allow experimentation while keeping potential conflicts separate from the homeland 1953 1974.

Economy and Technology

Industrial Base

• Wartime production: Industrial relocation and continuous assembly-line output sustain the national war effort. Ancient City's factories launch new ships for trials on the Jianghu every day 1645.
• State-backed market expansion: On Mercury 42, government enterprises supply enormous quantities of light-industrial goods, undercutting scattered merchants and even Forest Goddess Church subsidiaries 1486.
• Agricultural investment: Specialists introduce locally adapted fertilizers and selected seeds, with Gardeners assisting large-scale planting 1486.
• Resource-world dividends: Participants in the Green Planet fighting receive shares in mines and resource plants. Dividends are paid into the homeland after tax, alongside treatment funding and compensation for casualties 738.
• Divine Bone processing: The Eastern Kingdom mass-produces Divine Bone fragments, develops a product combining Spin Force Ore with Divine Bone powder, and takes control of Green Planet's shipments 863.

Foreign Development Model

• Preferred returns: Technology, processed goods, supernatural rules, World's Logic, and high-level combatants are valued more highly than raw materials or captive populations alone 1487.
• Long-term trade: Infrastructure investment and local prosperity are intended to increase partner purchasing power while creating markets for the Eastern Kingdom's industrial output 1767.
• Partner autonomy: Rather than maintaining expensive direct colonial rule, the government prefers friendly allies and joint ventures with considerable independence 1473 1487.
• Conditional assistance: Aid can carry substantial economic terms. Mountainous Country is offered drone upgrades and a border factory in exchange for postwar resources and mineral rights 1663.

Exploration and Cultural Influence

Otherworld Strategy

• Elite deployment: Early exploration policy limits Explorer numbers and prioritizes elite troops, partly to prevent mass migration, desertion, and colonies developing into independent powers 1141.
• Territorial recognition: The alliance with Red Star respects sovereignty and property rights over conquered territory; the side that captures an area first retains it 675.
• Expanding reach: By the attack on its homeland, the Eastern Kingdom directly or indirectly controls at least a three-digit number of worlds and is no longer confined to one universe 1571.
• Later migration: Mercury 42 becomes a testing ground for large-scale immigration. Officials propose sending two gods to support the project, while migrants provide technical personnel and grassroots leadership 1466 1469.
• New human branches: Authorities support the Phoenix Origin People with culture, technology, population, and development resources, seeking additional human subspecies and overseas Eastern Kingdom communities 1560.

Mercury 42

• Language: Eastern Kingdom speech becomes the primary local language through education, employment, and study rather than an explicit compulsory demand. It is also the first official language of the Mingxi Islands 1334 1415.
• Philosophy: The bestselling Teacher's Discourse carries Eastern Kingdom philosophical thought and becomes evidence of Mercury 42's deep cultural integration 1334.
• Education and entertainment: Lu PingAn establishes schools using Eastern Kingdom language and textbooks, cinemas showing its films, and bookstores selling its literature 1466.
• Economic integration: Eastern Kingdom-owned factories employ local workers who adopt its culture, connecting cultural influence to industrial development 1466.
• Political objective: Leaders seek lasting influence through participation in nation-building and the National Defense War. A projected 30–40% share of power within the Kingdom of Dawn would make Eastern Kingdom settlers a central constituency rather than perpetual outsiders 1473.

Military

Documented Capacity

Capability	Documented Scale or Condition
Pre-crisis transport and navy	Vast railway network, but a weak navy attributed to the martial system and relaxed international relations 1567.
Coastal defense	Six major military regions form a forward defensive line while population and industry relocate inland 1640.
Super fleets	Twenty-one fleets formed by the Song Clan elder's declaration of war readiness 1646.
Superhuman population	Superhumans constitute 21% of the population at the same declaration 1646.
Drone forces	More than two million drones greet Dragon Moon Island near the battlefield; one Mechanical Awakener is assigned to every ten combat units 1660.
Mountainous Country counteroffensive	Six-day campaign, including three days of intense fighting; over 300,000 invaders annihilated and three quasi-gods killed 1670.

Weapons and Combat Systems

• Spin Force Stone armaments: Garrison forces independently develop modified firearms and artillery. The Independent Regiment uses them to seize an advantageous battlefield position against the Aus 693.
• Bone God Cannons: Battalion Commander Zhao Quanshan brings prototype cannons for the defense of the Radio Tower; Lu PingAn and Zhi Xi help activate them with their respective flames 693.
• Mobile island fortress: Dragon Moon Island transforms into a colossal rock dragon, repels Fishmen landings with walls and artillery, and travels toward Mountain Island under supernatural propulsion 1657 1660.
• Unmanned warfare: Artificial-soul machinery provides mobility, strategic capability, and some magical resistance. Corpse Drones are introduced when ordinary metal constructs prove insufficient against high-level Professionals 1683.
• Intelligence-directed engagements: Scholars, computers, and combat simulations identify enemy strengths and weaknesses, allowing the formation of target-specific elimination squads 1676.

Organization and Doctrine

• Preserve forces: The Song Clan elder argues against meaningless sacrifice, emphasizing the preservation of living forces for a later counterattack 1646.
• Environmental specialization: Coastal districts recruit water and naval specialists from Ocean Worlds. Reinforcements are assigned to corresponding districts to reduce adaptation losses and problems caused by mixed formations 1570.
• Joint command: Mercury 42's Military Committee combines Eastern Kingdom generals and advisers, Lu Lu, and Forest Goddess representatives rather than giving any single faction complete control 1478.
• Lu PingAn's coastal command: Appointed a regional commander, he helps rebuild naval power and establish a mobile ocean force. His Third Brigade covers Outer Dragon State and nearby regions, with Mercury 42 alien combatants forming its core 1567.
• Military legitimacy: The Merit Land Allocation System becomes long-term policy, while legally recognized territorial ownership is guaranteed within human society 1634 1769.

History

Conflict with the Aus

The early Outer Domain conflict escalates after Aus forces ambush an Os Independent State reconnaissance squad. Major Qian Guozhong orders retaliation. Subsequent attacks target Eastern Kingdom logistics camps and mortal researchers, causing heavy casualties and interrupting local technological development 658 664.

The scattered Eastern Kingdom forces initially struggle with the brutality of a conflict far removed from their homeland's legal order. Rebuilding the Radio Tower allows hunters to regroup through public and private channels, organize nearby rescues, and coordinate their response. The Independent Regiment's artillery reinforcement and practical training with Spin Force Stone weapons help reverse the situation 687 691 693 713.

After the fighting, authorities from four cities take over administration, and the world becomes a new primary world of the Eastern Kingdom 738.

Alliance with Mercury 42

Lu PingAn presents Mercury 42's cultural integration as a reason to invest in it beyond its value as a resource planet. Its use of Eastern Kingdom language and philosophy attracts official interest as an unusually successful model of cross-racial cultural cooperation 1334 1336.

The Eastern Kingdom and the Savior Army establish diplomatic relations and sign an alliance treaty, making Mercury 42 the country's 1,321st friendly state. Officials subsequently send administrative and military personnel, expand investment, and support migration into the developing Kingdom of Dawn 1342 1396 1466 1469.

Invasion of Earth

The fall of the Aus Continent accelerates Eastern Kingdom preparations. Coastal military districts are established, naval specialists are recruited, and Lu PingAn accepts an emergency command. The attack on the homeland turns the conflict into an all-out war involving the country's interworld allies 1560 1567 1570 1571.

The Pacific defeat costs humanity most of the ocean and the Eastern Kingdom its first-island-chain defensive line. The ensuing three years are spent on technological transformation, industrial relocation, and personnel training. Refugee rescue and inland settlement become major priorities 1607 1627.

Great Counterattack and Aftermath

Once twenty-one super fleets are ready, the Song Clan elder announces national readiness for war. Eastern Kingdom reinforcements then help reverse the siege of Mountainous Country, achieving a decisive victory that restores public hope after three years of negative news. Foreign reinforcements subsequently turn the campaign into a broader global counterattack 1646 1661 1670 1682.

After the war, the country retains enough strength that its private companies, churches, and independent combatants can reshape neighboring regions. Official policy looks beyond damaged terrestrial territory toward humanity's future among the stars and the multiverse 1770 1784 1785.

Relationships

• Lu PingAn / Lu Mouren — Explorer, diplomat, wartime commander, and core strategic resource. His loyalty rests on attachment to his homeland and the long-term interests of his family and companions. Later recognized as the Eastern Kingdom's foremost Life God 1334 1567 1634 2000.
• Red Star Republic — Ally and fellow leader of the Nirvana Plan. Cooperation includes territorial recognition and joint development, although the two previously competed for the Moon God's allegiance 531 675 1628.
• Forest Goddess Church — Powerful domestic and overseas partner with major southern holdings. Cooperation on Mercury 42 includes development, military command, and nation-building, but government and church interests remain distinct 1110 1334 1478.
• Kingdom of Dawn / Savior Army — Treaty partner whose nation-building and defense receive extensive Eastern Kingdom investment. Its alliance remains relevant to the human legions fighting on Mercury 42 much later 1342 1473 2018.
• Free Fishmen and Fishmen Kingdom — Partners in territorial restoration and the war against Eight-Clawed. The Eastern Kingdom sends resources, personnel, and three demigods to accelerate the establishment of a Fishmen frontline nation 1473 1492.
• Mountainous Country — Receives arms, supplies, drone technology, and direct military rescue. Despite that assistance, some of its agents later obstruct shipping and resist Eastern Kingdom influence in Southeast Asia 1659 1663 1664 1770.
• Eight-Clawed — Principal interworld enemy. The Eastern Kingdom recruits its longstanding enemies and supports proxy fronts against its territories 1492 1570.
• Flower Flag — Rival whose public narratives blame the Eastern Kingdom for counterattack failures and accuse it of technological theft and wartime expansion 1592.