Great Hua Empire
Galactic Industrial OverlordBiodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Great Hua Empire |
| Original | 大华帝国 |
| Capital | Imperial City 203 260 |
| Role | Major world power; leader of the Human Space Program and Earth Space Defense Allied Forces 446 |
| Status | Active |
| First Appearance | Chapter 49 |
Background
The Great Hua Empire is a major industrial and military power that is still described as having a gap with the United States during the early story, but as powerful enough that even the strongest country must weigh the consequences of confronting it. Zhang Yi chooses to align Seven Color Stone Group with the Empire rather than relocate abroad, viewing state backing as essential to protecting the company’s technologies. 149
Its industrial foundation was substantially shaped by aid from the former Polar Bear Country. That assistance included 156 major projects, technical documentation, industrial standards, equipment samples, expert teams, and educational support; the Empire’s later industrialization is portrayed as inseparable from this legacy. 180
Industry and Technology
| Field | Position and developments |
|---|---|
| Heavy machine tools | The Empire relies heavily on high-end heavy machine tools for railways, shipbuilding, power stations, aerospace, and military manufacturing. Foreign firms formerly controlled over 95% of the heavy and ultra-heavy machine-tool market. 161 |
| Ultra-high-precision CNC machines | Domestically produced machines reach internationally advanced precision, drawing purchase requests from several foreign states and strengthening the Empire’s industrial and military manufacturing capacity. 171 180 |
| Precision bearings | After foreign suppliers halt deliveries, domestic industry achieves mass production of high-precision and aerospace bearings within months, reducing dependence on imports. 219 |
| Aerospace manufacturing | The Empire possesses an established astronaut-training system and aerospace workforce; Seven Color Stone’s spaceplane technology later pushes its capabilities beyond other nations. 393 412 |
| Space industry | The first phase of the Empire’s Space Program requires at least 50 trillion DaHua currency—roughly half of its previous annual GDP—and is intended to draw state-owned and private enterprises into space-related industries. 436 |
| Economic transition | New industries centered on Seven Color Stone products—including batteries, photon products, special glass, micro motors, and advanced materials—absorb workers displaced by declining sectors and help stabilize the economy. 437 |
Government and Defense
Military
- The Great Hua Empire First Group Army is regarded as the Empire’s strongest army in combat power and is compared to historical Imperial Guards. Its reconnaissance unit is believed to consist of the military’s strongest personnel. 49
- The Empire prioritizes its own military production when its precision-processing military factories are fully booked, treating high-precision manufacturing capacity as a strategic necessity. 178
- Its military orders 1,000 Flying Troop Carriers after using armed flying vehicles against cross-border armed groups, and requests a flying-car replacement for armed helicopters. 325
Space Force
The Great Hua Empire formally renames its Aerospace Force as the Great Hua Empire Space Force, assigning it responsibility for national space interests as well as the safety of Earth and the Solar System. At its establishment, it has more than 2,000 personnel and ten spaceplanes, making it Earth’s first force genuinely capable of operating in space. 418
Space Program and Defense
| Milestone | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sky Eye detects an extraterrestrial conflict | 203 | The Empire detects abnormal energy fluctuations from a thousand light-years away, prompting an emergency meeting on the danger posed by advanced alien civilizations. |
| Overlord Spear rollout | 380–381 | Seven Color Stone rolls out the first Overlord Spear-class spaceplane; the Empire deploys Aerospace Force personnel to familiarize themselves with the craft. |
| First crewed spaceplane flight | 396 | The Empire provides military observers, senior officials, and astronaut support for the crewed Overlord Spear test. |
| Lunar landing and Moon Base construction | 409 | Di Haoran and Xu Hongbo become the first Great Hua citizens to set foot on the Moon; they are ordered to establish a spaceplane landing point near the lunar South Pole. |
| Space Force established | 418 | The former Aerospace Force becomes the Great Hua Empire Space Force, with Zhang Yi placed in charge. |
| Earth Space Defense Allied Forces formed | 446 | The Empire, United States, and Arctic Country establish a joint defense force led by the Great Hua Empire; Zhang Yi becomes Commander-in-Chief. |
| Human Space Program opens to joint participation | 446–447 | The Empire’s national program expands into a Human Space Program, initially allowing enterprises from the Great Hua Empire, United States, and Arctic Country to compete for contracts. |
| South Heaven Gate completed | 485 | The first large space base of human civilization is completed after two years; it has a 30-kilometer diameter and a mass exceeding 50 million tons. |
Moon Palace Base
- The Empire’s Moon Base is named Moon Palace Base. It includes a mineral refinery, mining vehicles, a restaurant, and a spaceplane airport designed to withstand meteorite impacts. 416
- Moon-based mining and refining begin supplying rare earths and strategic metals to the mainland, increasing the Empire’s lead in lunar development. 432
- The broader Space Program’s stated long-term objective is interstellar migration and becoming a true Type I civilization. 435
Relationships
- Seven Color Stone Group — The Empire’s principal technological partner. The state assigns it strategic industrial projects, supports its aerospace work, and relies on it for core space-program technologies and spaceplane production. 161 304 437
- United States — A principal technological rival whose aerospace leadership is surpassed by the Empire; later cooperates with the Empire in the Earth Space Defense Allied Forces. 411 446
- Arctic Country — Important neighboring country, trade partner, and quasi-military ally; joins the Empire and United States in the joint Human Space Program. 187 446
- Polar Bear Country — Holds a complicated historical relationship with the Empire, mixing territorial grievances with gratitude for past industrial and educational assistance. It seeks to purchase the Empire’s ultra-high-precision CNC machines. 180
- I Country — Maintains deep friendship with the Empire and seeks strategic machine tools to restore its defense-industrial capacity; the Empire nevertheless restricts exports of ultra-high-precision CNC equipment. 178 179
- Earth Space Defense Allied Forces — The Empire leads the alliance due to its ability to mass-produce space warplanes, while Zhang Yi serves as its Commander-in-Chief. 446
Story Role
- The Empire provides the political, military, industrial, and financial framework that enables Seven Color Stone Group to scale from a private manufacturer into the core supplier of a national space program. 260 437
- Its officials recognize Seven Color Stone’s technologies as strategically vital, particularly where they remove foreign dependence in precision manufacturing, bearings, engines, materials, and spaceflight. 219 260 336
- After extraterrestrial threats become apparent, the Empire shifts from national aerospace development toward leadership of a joint human defense and space-industrial effort. 203 446
- By the Space Age, the Empire holds the highest international status due to its unmatched aerospace technology, ahead of the United States and Arctic Country. 484