Democratic Republic of Neon District

The Democratic Republic of Neon District (Japanese: 民主共和国ネオン地区; Hepburn Minshu kyōwakoku neon chiku; Chinese: 民主共和國霓虹區; Pinyin Mínzhǔ gònghéguó ní hóng qū; Spanish: República Democrática del Distrito de Neón) was a soveregin state (claimed by the Vlokozu Union) located in central Aritonesia that existed from 1969 to 1975 and from 1983 to 1990. It was formed after the abolition of the monarchy in 1969 and for the same reason again in 1983.

The country was a Unitary authoritarian multi-party parliamentary republic from its first form and a Federal multi-party authoritarian democracy under a military dictatorship from its second form ruled by the National Front of Neon District, a KMT-inspired nationalist party in the country. The country also had to constantly deal with the Amery Socialist Citystate, a chinese Marxist-Leninist seperatist state that claimed its entire territory of the Amery Prefecture that was founded just days before the DRND was originally founded.

The capital city was Shiguto City and the population was estimated to be around 8,692,431 in 1989.

Government
The government was a Unitary authoritarian multi-party parliamentary republic from its first form (1969 - 1975) and a Federal multi-party authoritarian democracy under a military dictatorship from its second form (1983 - 1990). The government was known for being oppressive, especially during Juan Francisco de Kumamoto's rule. After Shizoku Shōsan came to power in March of 1983, the FITW score was 27, a massive drop from 1982's score of 98, but during his tenure he introduced many reforms into the government, eventually culminating into the 1989 - 90 Neonian reforms, in which by December 1989 the FITW score was 52.

The first president, Gertjan van Akimori, a Belgian-Neonian politican came to power in response to the Imperial Kingdom of Neonia's failure to keep control of the Amery Socialist Citystate, resulting in the abolition of the monarchy in a revolution that he lead. He was a slightly below-average president, being oppressive but responding to citizen demand. He was ousted by imperalists in 1975 as a respond to him rigging the 1974 Neonian general elections, and exiled to his hometown of Aarschot, Belgium. He died in his home of old age in 2015.

The second president, Juan Francisco de Kumamoto, is considered one of the worst presidents in Neonian history. He was an unliked military general and was known for his demanding commands and severe corporal punishment, and ousted Gertjan in a coup d'etat after he was kicked out of the army. He made the country atleast 4 times more oppressive and practically forced people to worship him. When his self-elected prime minister, Yakikakin Nakamura began to make a secret plan to oust him and reform the country, he ordered a soldier to assasinate him. Eventually, he started to inflate the economy and make the value of the Neonian yen practically useless, so much so that on August 17th 1 single US dollar was 18,575,000 Neonian yen, thus bankrupting many businesses and making 10% of the population lose their homes. Eventually, after his plot to kill Yakikakin and people were had enough of him after the economy crash, they protested against him, forcing him out of office and into exile in Siberia, aswell as reinstating Gertjan back into office. He was brought back to Neon District in Janurary 1992 after the Soviet Union collapsed and he was executed for crimes against humanity on Janurary 28th, 1992.

The final president, Shizoku Shōsan, a Sentanese (Semi-Nikkei, his ancestry was Kazakh-Japanese) soldier who had taken refuge in Neonia after the formation of the Vlokozu Union in 1969, is considered one of the only good presidents in the DRND's history. He rose to power in the 1982 Neonian parliamentary elections and a few months later, the 1983 Neonian revolution, which was sparked by concerns of the Imperial Kingdom of Neonia becoming "too western" and that of a UVS ally. Despite being very oppressive during his first 3 years of rule, he began to introduce many reforms, eventually culminating into the 1989 - 90 Neonian reforms, which during his final few months of rule practically shaped the country into a completely different government, and also allowing state-owned Neon Radio and Television (later Neon Radio and Television Network) to open a third channel in November that year. He was a prominent nationalist and anti-communist (something he is sometimes criticized for), and helped the annexation of the Amery Socialist Citystate in November 1989 be commenced. He resigned on December 31st, 1989 following a national plebiscite and a general election (the first of which in almost 8 years), asking his prime minister Kentarō Altankhuyag to formerly dissolve the Democratic Republic of Neon District the next day. He based his ideology off of the ones of Pierre Huang-li, Augusto Pinochet and Hiroshi Kayos, the latter he was friends with for a long time until Kayos's death in 2001. He is still alive at the age of 94 and active in politics and lives in his home in Shiguto City, where he is a member of the Neonian Senate.

Media
Unlike other authoritarian countries with martial law imposed on them, the DRND did not force any television stations/channels/networks to shut down. Instead, the few in the country at the time remained open. The main state-owned television channels were NRT X1 and X2 (with X being replaced with the first letter of a prefecture's name), owned by the state-owned broadcasting corporation Neon Radio and Television (later Neon Radio and Television Network). The independent commercial networks were Metronetwork, Channel 12, SBN and MTN.

Television networks in the Shiguto Metropolian Area, December 1989
* recently opened