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The Republic of Taiyang (Chinese: 太阳民國, Pinyin: Taiyang Minguo, Literally: Sun Republic), Also known as Taiyang, Fourth Republic of Taiyang, or more, is an inter-game clan mainly lead by SamuraiEzoiar, former co-leader of Foxarmy.[1]
The founder of Taiyang, Ezoiar describes this clan as the "Monument of Clanning" for attempting to revive clanning but kept peaceful and focus on collaborations.
Republic of Taiyang is also known for being the first clan active on a custom LittleBigPlanet server, being operated on the LBP Union's official developer instance of Project Lighthouse. which later influenced other people to create their own clans or join other's clans at the custom server.
Etymology[]
The clan first went with the name "Peacemaker Union", however since their original plans were scrapped later on, The "Peacemaker Union" were scrapped too. Afterwards they went with "Oriental Union" which was quickly changed to "Taiyang Union" due to a controversy to the word "Oriental". "Taiyang Union" would eventually become "Republic of Taiyang".
They would not mind being called China, and Republic of China.
History[]
Formation[]
The Republic of Taiyang was first founded on September 5th of 2020 as the Peacemaker Union as the successor of Foxarmy and several other clans. Throughout the rest of the year the Peacemaker Union's government would shift many times, deciding on new political ideologies to guide the organization frequently.[1]
Claimed Annexations[]
SamuraiEzoiar claims that their clan annexed former clans, or more simply joined, This would be Birdarmy, and other related former clans.[1][2] On October 10th, the Peacemaker Union declared that Portaljude2's Army had been annexed as a state along with a few others.[3]
Hybrid Regime[]
On November 15th, the Peacemaker Union adopted a policy known as the hybrid regime, which operated on the Three Principles of the People. This also resulted in an update of the clan's flag.[4]
On December 10th, the Peacemaker Union's administration decided to change the name of the organization. It was briefly discussed that this new name would be the Oriental Union. However, ultimately the new name of the clan was decided to be the Taiyang Union due to the potentially derogatory nature of the word oriental. The purpose behind this change was to better align the Union's style with far east-Asian cultures and governments.[5]
Finalization of Government[]
On December 30th, the Republic of Taiyang underwent another major reform which resulted in SamuraiEzoiar holding joint leadership over the organization. The Taiyang administration also scrapped its prospective formal alliance organization project, Clans United Front. The Republic of Taiyang considered these changes to be the final changes necessary before officially declaring the clan complete. They announced that recruitment would open in early 2021.[6]
Later that same day, the Republic of Taiyang formed an alliance with Toppat Clan after m88youngling's proposal.[7]
On January 2th 2021, Republic of Taiyang accepted The Toxic Regime's alliance offer, Making them allies for a while.
Minor Name Change[]
On January 5th, Ezoiar once changed the clan's name for the final time from Taiyang Union to Republic of Taiyang by a poll, It is also been told that it has a shorten name "Taiyang".
Taiyang Expansionism[]
On April 2nd 2021, Ezoiar made a Roblox group for Taiyang, making it now from Inter-LBP clan to Inter-gaming clan.
Influence Struggle[]
Ever since the shutdown of the LBP servers, Taiyang is in a tough spot of recruiting members, Mostly because it could not make a recruitment level and the collapsing community of LBP clanning. Because of this, Taiyang has plans to reform themselves that fit themselves to the current state of rest of LBP community.
Ever since the establishment, They have been quiet too.
From July 19th 2021 to September 10th 2021, They are going more quiet and hidden due to possible pressure from the Chinese Communist Party.[2]
Since September 10th 2021, They are de facto mostly in a standstill, However their leader(s) still remain de jure active. They will remain standstill until they can properly recruit.
2021-2022 period[]
Taiyang reached it's first anniversary on the 5th of September.
Following September 10th 2021, They have plans to abandon laws and everything government related except for its government, cities and political parties, to hopefully recruit easier.
They also have plans to revamp their clan to make it simpler.
Then they went under reformation at September 12th-13th 2021, It was declared closed clan until they were fully finished.
Following the same day, The LBP servers is officially back but did not bring back PS3 versions. Luckily for Taiyang that they did not do too much work on these versions.
Sometime late 2021 and early 2022, They had some unfinished proposals to create a federation. with a council representing every clans, one democratically selected premier from the council for each month and an eternal president. It was later forgotten as it wasn't necessary.
On February 22th 2022, The Republic of Taiyang created a sign-up level for their clan on the LBP Union's private beta custom LittleBigPlanet server, known as Project Lighthouse. The Republic of Taiyang is the first clan to operate on a custom LittleBigPlanet server. and at Mid-august, Taiyang has formed alliances with smaller clans at the custom server.
At September 17th 2022, The Republic of Taiyang elected their first president NEWVIXONLINE who was won unopposed since the opponent LoganTGT withdrawn their candidacy. However at November 3rd, SamuraiEzoiar replaced NEWVIXONLINE with himself as the acting president until the next election. which Er_BiyanoXD became a president.
r/place[]
At July 20th 2023, LBP Union abstained from r/place due to ongoing API protests so Taiyang took the initiative instead.
They have performed mass recruitments on Reddit and Discord in hopes of getting enough manpower, reaching at least 38 people by the end of r/place. That's about half of Union Task Force at 2022.
The voting at r/ukplace (later r/ukonplace) concluded that they should include Sackboy onto the British flag. One of the accomplishments done by the Republic of Taiyang and it's volunteers.
Arcadius volunteered to create templates of Sackboy, and everyone agreed that Sackboy should be riding on the Corgi during the UK diplomatic talks on July 22nd, 2023, Day 2. Taiyang successfully initiated diplomatic talks and convinced the administration of r/ukplace to conduct the vote.
The vote was overwhelmingly approved with 363 approvals and only 77 opposed. Thus Sackboy would be allowed to be placed and becoming apart of the template.
The updated template of Sackboy
Over the times when it was at the canvas, it did not face many major foes other than streamers, raids, and a very close attack on the Corgi by a few streamers who just finished invading neighboring Denmark while manipulating as Sweden.
The Sackboy template was updated a day after it got approved to include the new colors added by Reddit and to have it shaded.
Both the Corgi and Sackboy has been eventually entirely destroyed by the letter "U" on the end of r/place, That would make up the message. "FUCK SPEZ".
The aftermath of r/place, Taiyang gained some benefits as they offered to give citizenship to the outside participants. As of July 25th, about 8 has become a citizen of Taiyang.
Demographics[]
Population[]
The Republic of Taiyang has members from Europe, and North America.[1]
However they used to claim that they have more than five members as they claim they have entirety of Foxarmy, and Birdarmy. They were looking forward recruiting Foxarmy, and Dogs Clan veterans
As of December 2022, Taiyang has gotten more than 15 members
Language[]
The Republic of Taiyang's government has declared that its official languages are English, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Cantonese, Korean, and Russian.
However it has plans to change the official languages.
Government[]
Historical governments[]
Former flag for Republic of Taiyang
First Government[]
The original government structure adopted by the Peacemaker Union on September 5th was partially democratic. The core government was necrocratic. Though the leader is alive, It was a poor word choice.[1]
Although a system of elections existed during this time, SamuraiEzoiar enacted a permanent policy which gives him full control regardless of who is in power. This system was replaced by the Second Government on November 15th, 2020.[1]
Second Government (Nov 15th 2020 - Dec 30th 2020)[]
On November 15 2020, SamuraiEzoiar reformed the Peacemaker Union, adopting a Dictatorship Hybrid Regime, with Tridemism few other adjustments.[1]
On December 10th, Peacemaker Union changed its name to the Taiyang Union.[1]
On December 20th, the Republic of Taiyang administration reconsidered their government structure and replaced the Hybrid Regime system with Socialism. The Second Government was eventually replaced by the Third government on December 30th.[1]
Third Government (Dec 30th 2020 - Sep 12th 2021)[]
On December 30th, 2020, the Republic of Taiyang further refined the clan's government by replacing socialism with democratic socialism. The Taiyang administration also instated temporary dual-leadership. If the Republic of Taiyang chooses to, dual leadership may become a permanent policy.[1]
Following that day, SamuraiEzoiar established a political party system.[1]
At September 12th 2021, A week after it's first year anniversary, Taiyang reformed itself to be more newbie-friendly therefore ending the third government. It means it is the current long-lasted government (257 days) in the entire Taiyang's history.
Fourth Government "更新政府/Refreshed Government" (Sep 13th 2021 - Feb 22th 2022)[]
Due to severe growth statistics, Taiyang planned to reform itself to be more fitting as a small clan, such as abolishment of laws, temporary military-free, abandoning the idea of early constitution.
They have also established autonomous regions or local governments.
The proposal also affects leadership to be more secure control to prevent leadership go to the wrong hands, despite being a democracy. Which means Ezoiar is a "permanent leader", or rather eternal chairman until he decides to resign completely.
Most of these effects last until they reach enough members to securely reestablish.
The fourth government de-facto ended when the sign-up level was established.
Fifth Government "國民政府/National Government" (Mar 3rd 2022 - present)[]
SamuraiEzoiar standing in the press conference room.
Taiyang started to reform itself completely, Firstly they will no longer be neutral but they will be mostly defensive if they were to be attacked. Secondly, they are planning to create a ranking system with a profile card.
NEWVIXONLINE became the first elected president, however it's term ended earlier due to house arrest and eventual self-coup by SamuraiEzoiar at November 3rd 2022.
Leaders (2020-2022)[]
| Leaders | Vice Leaders | Term Start | Term End | Type/Party | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SamuraiEzoiar | Unknown | September 5 2020 | November 15 2020 (1st Reformation) | Necrocratic-Democracy (historically claimed)
Anocratic (de facto) |
|
| SamuraiEzoiar | Unknown | November 15 2020 (1st Reformation) | December 30 2020 (2nd Reformation) | Hybrid Dictatorship-Tridemism (first)
Socialist-Tridemism (second) |
|
| SamuraiEzoiar | LittleBicOrigin
(Director) + Council |
December 30 2020 (2nd Reformation) | September 18 2022
(Election) |
Kuomintang - Minzhudang - Independent | The leadership has unchanged during reformation from the fifth government. |
Leaders (2022-Present)[]
President has been activated as a position as part of the future positive plan, The term length will be maximum 100 days and will be renewable with no limits. Anyone can apply for presidential candidates days before the election. Resigning will give the power to an acting president which will go to the candidate who won second highest.
| Chairman | President | Director | Term Start | Term End | Type/Party | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SamuraiEzoiar | NEWVIXONLINE | LittleBicOrigin | Sep 18 2022 | Nov 3 2022 6:37am UTC | Kuomintang | NEWVIXONLINE is placed under house arrest for unknown reason.
Several hours later, SamuraiEzoiar self-couped to become an acting president until the next election. |
| NEWVIXONLINE
(house arrest) |
Nov 3 2022 6:37am UTC | Nov 3 2022 4:14pm UTC | ||||
| SamuraiEzoiar | SamuraiEzoiar
(acting) |
LittleBicOrigin | Nov 3 2022 4:14pm UTC | Dec 28 2022 11:22pm UTC | Kuomintang | |
| SamuraiEzoiar | Er_BiyanoXD | LittleBicOrigin | Dec 28 2022 11:22pm UTC | Apr 8 2023 | Kuomintang |
Presidential election results[]
| Date | Candidates | Results | Elected President | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 2022 |
|
LoganTGT withdrew his candidacy at the final hours and endorses NEWVIXONLINE,
NEWVIXONLINE wins unopposed. |
NEWVIXONLINE
(unopposed) |
|
| Dec 27 2022 |
|
The election results was a tie.
SamuraiEzoiar decided to become the tiebreaker and chose Er_BiyanoXD as the next president. |
Er_BiyanoXD |
Foreign Relations[]
At one point in time, the Republic of Taiyang planned to establish Clans United Front, an alliance of clans aligned with its interests. It was named after a real-life WW2 alliance named Second United Front. [1] At December 30th 2020, the Taiyang administration scrapped the formal alliance plans, citing that there was "no reason for it to exist".
at July 11th 2021, They installed Swiss Neutrality and Partial Isolationism into their government, which they eventually dropped the idea.
They owned an unannounced council for Foxarmy, Birdarmy, and Dogs Clan veterans inspired from USSR's Commonwealth of Independent States, which only Taiyang was the member.
The administration used to want to join LittleBigPlanet Union despite their government collapse, until they have expanded their goals which no longer just focuses on clans, However they are de-facto in a LBPU-related council known as the International Creators Council
Allies[]
On December 30th, 2020, Republic of Taiyang and Toppat Clan formed an alliance.[7] On January 2nd 2021, Republic of Taiyang and The Toxic Regime formed an alliance. However, on June 28th, the Taiyang Union dissolved its alliance with the Toxic Regime.[8]
| Allies | Formed | Dissolved | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toppat Clan | Dec 30 20 | Full | ||
| The Toxic Regime | Jan 2 21 | Jun 28 21 | Dismantled | The alliance dissolved following the disconnection of relation, The Toxic Regime later dissolved. |
| The State of Inferno Coral | Aug 10 22 | Full | ||
| Aspectz | Aug 18 22 | Partial |
Taiyang unformally changed it's alliance type to a partial alliance at November 3rd. | |
| Synit | Aug 18 22 | Full | Synit and Taiyang has agreed to a mutual tech agreement and provides R&D resources to them. |
Political Parties[]
Taiyang's Naval Jack and also it's used as Kuomintang Party Flag.
Because their clan styled after that of a nation, they Republic of Taiyang included political parties into their government, one of the first LBP clans known to do so with more than one party. Although the Fascist Party existed within the Axis Alliance in 2014, the Axis Alliance was technically a one party state. The three parties of the Republic of Taiyang are founded by SamuraiEzoiar.[1]
The ruling parties are the Kuomintang and the Taiyang's Rising Sun.
This list only shows recognized political parties, unrecognized parties are not legitimate according to the government.
| Color | Icon | Party Name | Chairman | Secretary | Inspired with | Membership | Ideology | Political position | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Front
| ||||||||||
| Navy Blue | 
|
Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) [KMT] | SamuraiEzoiar | SamuraiEzoiar | ROC's Kuomintang | 3 |
|
Big tent | Kuomintang is the founding party of the clan.
As of March 2021, Ezoiar applied Despotism, and then on April, He replaced Democratic Socialism with Liberalism. As of July 2021, It has merged both leftist and rightest thoughts into one party. At some point, It is now considered as a big tent party. | |
Non-aligned parties
| ||||||||||
| Dark Red | 
|
Taiyang Worker's Party
[TWP] |
LoganTGT | Unspecified | 3 | Unspecified | Left-wing to far-left? | |||
| Dark Green | Taiyang's Rising Sun
[TRS] |
Er_BiyanoXD | Unspecified | 1 | Unspecified | Centre-right | ||||
The Republic of Taiyang strictly prohibits far-right ideologies, and would take action if there's any far-rightist parties exists within Taiyang.[1]
The case goes to far-left parties as well but does not fully prohibit.
Ezoiar also encourages people to create parties, However will be limited so that the list of parties will remain small.
Historical rules regarding political parties[]
Every party were forced to also follow the policies of Partial Isolationism and Swiss Neutrality.[2]
from April 2021 to July 19th 2021, They have purged communist political parties to protect Ezoiar's innocence in the Filipino Terrorist "Communist" Insurgency, however eventually unbanning it.[1]
At March 2022, They have removed empty parties, leaving only two parties, and in September they removed the empty federal party.
Federation Idea[]
At January 5th 2022, Ezoiar had an idea of turning Taiyang into a federal state and forming a federal clan where a few of handpicked members will have ability to create their own federal state. However it is not finished and has no interests as in now.
Roles[]
At September 2nd, Ezoiar has established roles or alternatively called "jobs", Ezoiar created a list of roles where their members can assign themselves for. These do not give money, Not in real life at least.
| Roles | Main Tasks | Additional Tasks | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Builder | Create structures and creations. | This can be combined with the Technician role | |
| Technician | Create logics | This can be combined with the Builder role | |
| Peacekeeper | Create peace between any clan, groups, and organization with compromises | Undefined | Taiyang's de facto military |
| Advertiser | Advertise people to join Taiyang | Create redirect levels |
Culture and Style[]
Their culture and style is based on Far East, and Central Europe.
Their other style is a nation-styled, Their clan highly resembles the Republic of China and Taiwan from Sun's provisional presidency to Chiang's regime. Their clan can also resemble a bit at South Korea and Japan.[1]
Republic of Taiyang had plans to change their entire culture and style if they start to see threats in real life.[1]
They also have fully abandoned their former styles and culture from Foxarmy.
Military[]
They have no active de jure military, However they de facto have an active military under the role of Peacekeepers.
Infrastructure[]
Social Medias and Contact[]
They communicate in a Discord server. They also have a Twitter profile, and a YouTube channel.[1]
Levels[]
They only have 1 level published that are related to Republic of Taiyang on the official servers.[1]
| Levels | Completion | Author | Genre/Type | Game | Note: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abandoned Base | 100% | SamuraiEzoiar | Showcase | LBP2 | This level is the only level Taiyang-related has at LBP2 official servers before shutdown. |
| Dajing Presidental Palace | 10%, scrapped. | SamuraiEzoiar | Showcase | LBP3 | |
| Shogunate Palace | No plans as of today. | SamuraiEzoiar | Showcase | LBP3 | |
| Recruitment Level | No plans as of today. | SamuraiEzoiar | Clan Core | LBP3 | |
| Embassy Street | No plans as of today. | SamuraiEzoiar | Diplomatic | LBP3 | |
| Legislative Yuan | No plans as of today. | SamuraiEzoiar | Government Core | LBP3 |
Beacon Levels[]
| Levels | Completion | Author/Creators | Link | Genre/Type | Game | Note: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic of Taiyang Clan Sign-up | 100% | SamuraiEzoiar | Unavailable | Sign-up | LBP1 | This level is the first clan sign-up level for both Taiyang and Project Lighthouse |
| Dajing Presidental Palace | 20% | SamuraiEzoiar | Unavailable | Showcase | LBP2 | It is published but only shows the press conference room and the entrance. |
| Taiyang Foreign Office || Clan Tutorial | TBD |
|
Unavailable |
|
LBP2 | Expected to be the first collaboratively created level by the Republic of Taiyang |
| Republic of Taiyang Clan HQ | SamuraiEzoiar | Unavailable | Headquarters | LBP2 | ||
| Shogunate Palace | 0% | SamuraiEzoiar | Unavailable | Clan Core | ||
| Legislative Yuan | 0% | SamuraiEzoiar | Unavailable | Government Core | ||
| Museum | Tiny progress | SamuraiEzoiar | Unavailable | Historical showcase | LBP2 | This museum would show old objects used by Foxarmy and some of the related clans. |
| Embassy Street | Probably scrapped | SamuraiEzoiar | Unavailable | Diplomatic |
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 SamuraiEzoiar's testimony
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Republic of Taiyang's Discord Server
- ↑ #hepingjing-post - Republic of Taiyang Discord Server 10/3/20
- ↑ #hepingjing-post - Republic of Taiyang Discord Server 11/15/20
- ↑ #hepingjing-post - Republic of Taiyang Discord Server 12/10/20
- ↑ #hepingjing-post - Republic of Taiyang Discord Server 12/31/20
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 LBPU/Dreams Union's Discord Server
- ↑ The Republic of Taiyang Discord Server Hepingjin-post Announcement Channel, Message ID: 859234432514261023