Busan

Official Name: Busan Republic

Founded: 546

Form of Government: Nominal democracy

Head of State: President Min Kyung Sobong (term expired)

Population Level: Average

Society Structure: Urban

Technological Level: High

Background: Of all the old nations of Ereth, Busan possesses the greatest mysteries. It is not believed to have been populated at the start of the Civilized Era, despite the thin land connection it maintained with the northern tip of Novostya (since lost to the Melt). Anthropologists have debated over centuries the odds of a human-free peninsula; given the spread of humanity over most of Ereth at that point, and the definite walking path for settlers that might be forced out of Novostya, most have argued the likelihood to be very slim at best. As others have pointed out, however, zero artifacts that can be definitively traced to ancient humans have been found, and it is not impossible the severe cold at that latitude could have rebuffed any attempts to reach the bridge.

What is clear is that the Busani share a closer physical bond with the Nihon than the Novostyans, and scattered records at least imply that Nihon explorers reached the Busani mainland in either the late fourth or early fifth century C.E. Given the official foundings of Niho and Busan as nations (531 and 546, respectively), the official line held by the academic world will continue to be that Nihon settlers were the original inhabitants of Busan, at least until evidence to the contrary comes to light.

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