I've started learning Chinese given I have a lot of spare time at the moment, and it inspired me to make a map out of one of my favourite parts of
this map; the Yangtze River Republic, constituent to the same borders as the province of Hubei. I've only just begun learning Chinese so I'm unsure as to the order of the characters, but I think I've gotten it right for what I have written down.
The flag depicts the nine headed peacock (or bird), a figure that was worshipped in Hubei during the Warring States Period and which is sometimes used as a derogatory term for the Hubeinese but which in this timeline has become an important symbol of their people. It sits atop a blue stripe representing the Yangtze River that snakes through the country, and is bordered by two red stripes, rather unsubtley representing the fascist Luo (under a Genxin or 'rejuvenation' regime) and the apocalyptically Catholic Holy Song.
The country only exists based on Nusantrian (British-in-exile Indonesia) guarantees as to their security and the rather stringent internationalization of the Yangtze River, which also forms the border between the Song and Luo in the east and runs into the delta of the Free City of Shanghai, another Nusantrian client. They have a rambunctious Westminster styled parliamentary system and a surprisingly bustling economy based on rice and fish, mineral extraction and industrial metallurgy.
This of course will all be in the full map, but I have a billion rivers and lakes to do and an endless number of cities. I'll be here a while I suspect. Oh, and any help regarding my Chinese is really appreciated, I'd love some assistance.