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 Unitary 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.

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, owned by the state-owned broadcasting corporation Neon Radio and Television, with X being replaced with the first letter of a prefecture's name. The independent commercial networks were Metronetwork, Channel 12, SBN and MTN.

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