Flag of The Chinese Fifth Republic (PRC!USA)

From the Summer Palace to the Gardens of Perfect Brightness, from the Hills of the Ten Li to the Shenshan Tower and the pristine hutongs that flow out from it, the flag of the Republic flies proudly and gaily as a symbol of refinement and culture over the land that considers itself the most civilized in the whole of Asia, if not the world. This reputation is not undeserved nor ill-respected, as the Republic, typified by its immaculate "museum city" of Beijing, its calm, drawling (and oft subtly sarcastic) Republican Beihua, and its global fashion and drinking culture, is considered by many (even the formerly antagonistic Americans and Atlantics) to be a perfect example of one of the world's high cultures.

The Republic however has greater aspirations than to simply be a place where foreign students go to study abroad and tour fancy parks, it has every intention to establish itself as a global power that can go toe-to-toe with the Big Two (or if needed, to be a part of an even greater power that can do so) and so has found itself as one of the most fanatical supporters of the Oriental Union, besides its Korean neighbor. Recently this ascension was called into question with the rise of nationalist, xenophobic, and isolationist sentiments within Republican Assembly, but the meteoric rise of the new President Ge, and his policy of increased engagement with the world and integration with the OU, has signaled to the Republic's OU partners and the World that China isn't going anywhere anytime soon.