Chinese Federation

The Chinese Federation is one of the three dominant superpowers in the Code Geass Universe. As it sits immediately to the West of Japan, it receives a fair amount of coverage, particularly in the second season.

Geography
While not as large as either Britannia or the E.U., the Chinese federation still holds a substantial amount of territory that has traditionally been outside China's sphere of influence, such as India, Pakistan, and Afganistan, as well as all of Southeast Asia, Mongolia, Khazakstan and the Korean peninsula.

Government
While more respectful of Human rights than its Britannian counterpart, the Chinese Federation is still and Imperial Monarchy with most of the power sitting in the hands of High Eunuchs, the Empress Tianzi now serving more of a symbolic role. This in changed in the second season, when Zero, with the help of Chinese rebels, sees the Eunuchs executed and the Empress restored to power.

The capital of the Federation is the Forbidden City in Luoyang, where the young Empress spent most of her life.

Demographics
While Geographically the smallest of the three supernations, the Chinese Federation is no doubt the one with the highest population. It is mentioned that the majority of the Federation's citizens live in poverty, and that demographically it is made up largely of the elderly.

Foreign Relations
If the first season, the Chinese Federation tries to take Area 11 from Britannia by invading with Japanese exiles under the guise of re-establishing the former Japanese goverment.

In the second season, China has established a large political consulate in Area 11, and Zero makes use of it, fleeing there and claiming diplomatic immunity. Zero later gets the Chinese to grant him Penglai Island, a artificial land mass that the Black Knights use as home base.

Later, when Zero's coup restores Tianzi to power, the Britannian Empire attempts to annex large portions of the now dissolving empire (starting with Mongolia in the North) as local rebellions and separatist movements threaten to tear the Federation into its original components.