Coastal Provinces

Caught between the communist stronghold of Henan to the west and the corporate capitalism of the Canton Confederation to the south, China's Coastal Provinces are basically Asia's Sweatshop. They run along the Chinese coast from the mouth of the Yellow river to just below Shanghai. The military actions of their neighbors, the rise of piracy, and corporate meddling have all conspired to create one of the worst urban sprawls in Asia. With the poor economy and high population density, of course the criminal element runs rampant. But besides being a den of wageslaves and pirates, the Coastal Provinces have another claim to fame, they are the home of the Great Dragon Lung.

The Republic Civil war was the death blow to the various prefectures that would eventually form the Coastal Provinces. For eight years the new guard communists fought the old hardliners, turning former comrades into enemies. This wreaked havoc on the coastal infrastructure, to the point of collapse. Corporate funding kept the dissolution to anarchy at bay, in exchange for keeping the anti-sweatshop laws loose.