There were six main countries east of Huaxia: Joseon Kingdom, Han Kingdom, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, and Nepal. Though numerous, none of them was particularly strong. Their forces were relatively weak, with almost no ability to resist.
Closest to Great Qin was Nepal, which possessed 250 regions and a population of fifty million. Next was Malaysia, with 200 regions and forty million people. Third was the Philippines, with 350 regions and eighty million people; Japan had 300 regions and a population of one hundred million; Han Kingdom had 200 regions and forty million people; Joseon Kingdom had 150 regions and thirty million people.
Together, the six countries had 1,450 regions and a population of 340 million. Of the six countries, only four possessed Nation-Guarding Artifacts, each belonging to a different country.
Nepal: As the productive forces of primitive society developed, sea routes and trade in the South Seas flourished, more Indians traveled among the islands, and Indian culture spread in. Around the latter half of the second century BC, the earliest slave-state, "Yediao," emerged.
Yediao lay beyond the borders of Rinan Commandery during the Eastern Han, in what was now Nepal. In the sixth year of Yongjian of the Eastern Han (131 AD), it had once dispatched envoys to Huaxia and established friendly relations.
Malaysia: Brunei Kingdom was the most prosperous state in Malaysia's history. In the thirteenth century, Brunei governed fourteen provinces, and its capital had a population of over ten thousand. By then, it had entered a slave society, with clear class antagonisms. Its economy was centered on agriculture, and it abounded in camphor. The people "boiled the sea for salt and brewed sorghum into wine."
In the fourteenth century, the people of Brunei "revered Buddhist images with solemn devotion." The central government appointed a high minister to oversee