But in less than 5 years, the petty Wa warlords turned on each other once more and the Waan government was split into factions and plunged the island into 200 years of civil war before any type of stable government was established.

In the Thai solar calendar of Thailand, the name (" Waan Arthit ") is derived from Aditya, and the associated color is red.

The Portuguese name " Coloane " is derived from the Cantonese pronunciation of Gwo Lou Waan ( 過路環, lit.

Music videos for ' Waan ' and ' Leuk Leuk ' have also proved very popular on Thai music video channels and Cells have made several well received tours of Thailand to promote the album.

The Grey Blossom mercenary regiment of the Shou Army that had occupied Wa asked permission to remain in Wa since they had been stationed there for so long that they had made their own lives in that nation, many intermarrying with Waan wives.

The Empire of Wa was the first imperial state to be established in Kara-Tur, according to Waan tradition.

When civil war erupted in Shou Lung between the Shou and the T ' u and the northern provinces of Shou were invaded by the Horse Barbarians, the remaining Waan daimyos took advantage of this opportunity and under the united banner of Nitta Shogoro, they were able to finally drive out the occupying Shou troops.

Up to this day, the Waan daimyos remain divided but they provide a unified front against all foreigners.

The Waan fleet was able to capture the southern tip of Shinkoku with little trouble but could not advance further because of Kozakuran fortifications.

Both sides attempted to break the stalemate and Kozakuran troops led by Honda no Motosune launched a naval strike against the Waan ships and for days battles raged on the decks of 300 ships.

During this period, the non-humans in the occupied areas rebelled against their Waan colonizers and established independence.

They hunted down all Waan survivors and stragglers and exacted a violent revenge on them.

When Motosune drove out the remaining Waan fleets, he tried to reestablish control in the southern areas.

To his surprise, the people of the area previously occupied by the Waan forces refused to be reincorporated into the Kozakuran Empire and insisted on remaining independent.

* 1973: De kleine kapitein in het land van Waan en Wijs, translated as The little Captain and the Seven Towers ( 1973, J. M. Dent )

" Nine-inlet Mountain ", transcribed in Portuguese as Ká-Hó ) and Yim Zou Waan ( 鹽灶灣, lit.

The story begins with four people requiring transport: Celise Waan, a scholar of anthropology ; Jefri Lion, a scholar and retired soldier ; Annitas, a half-robotic cybertech ; and Kaj Nevis, the leader of the expedition.

This is puzzling to an outsider conscious of the classic tradition of liberalism, because it is clear that these Democrats who are left-of-center are at opposite poles from the liberal Jefferson, who held that the best government was the least government.

Why, in the first place, call himself a liberal if he is against laissez-faire and favors an authoritarian central government with womb-to-tomb controls over everybody??

That is particularly true of sovereignty when it is applied to democratic societies, in which `` popular '' sovereignty is said to exist, and in federal nations, in which the jobs of government are split.

Others are confined to vast reservations, and not only does the Australian government justifiably not wish them to be viewed as exhibits in a zoo, but on their reservations they are extremely fugitive, shunning camps, coming together only for corroborees at which their strange culture comes to its highest pitch -- which is very low indeed.

Hence government must establish greater controls upon corporations so that their activities promote what is deemed essential to the national interest.

When the proprietor dies, the establishment should become a corporation until it is either acquired by another proprietor or the government decides to drop it.

We are reminded, however, that freedom of thought and discussion, the unfettered exchange of ideas, is basic under our form of government.

Since the slogans have little application to reality and are sanctimonious to boot, the applause is faint even in areas of the world where we should expect to find the greatest affection for free government.

Although we continue to pay our conversational devotions to `` free private enterprise '', `` individual initiative '', `` the democratic way '', `` government of the people '', `` competition of the marketplace '', etc., we live rather comfortably in a society in which economic competition is diminishing in large areas, bureaucracy is corroding representative government, technology is weakening the citizen's confidence in his own power to make decisions, and the threat of war is driving him economically and physically into the ground ''.

`` The argument that is cutting most ice is that Hearst is the only candidate who is fighting the trusts fearlessly and who would use all the powers of government to disrupt them if he were elected.

Some even seemed to want an event similar to the French Revolution to come to the United States to overthrow the government.

The European Council is similar to a configuration of the Council, it operates in a similar way and but is composed of the national leaders ( heads of government or state ) and has its own President, currently Herman Van Rompuy.

* Captain Regent ( similar modern position in San Marino's government )

First was the suggestion of Harry Kalven, Jr. and Maurice Rosenfeld in 1941 that class action litigation by individual shareholders on behalf of all shareholders of a company could effectively supplement direct government regulation of securities markets and other similar markets.

However, because fiat money is backed by government guarantee of a certain amount of goods and services, where the value of this is in turn determined by free market currency exchange rates, similar to the case for the international market exchange values which determines the value of metals which back commodity money, in practice there is very little economic difference between the two types of money ( types of currencies ).

Swedish public housing models were planned by the government in a similar fashion as urban planning.

A generalized meaning of genocide is similar to the ordinary meaning but also includes government killings of political opponents or otherwise intentional murder.

For some scholars, a dictatorship is a form of government that has the power to govern without consent of those being governed ( similar to authoritarianism ), while totalitarianism describes a state that regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior of the people.

Many of the nation's leftists, pointing to a similar crash that had killed Panamanian President Omar Torrijos Herrera less than three months later, blamed the United States government.

Also, similar competition has helped in manufacturing, energy, transportation, and parcel postal ( UPS, FedEx vs. USPS ) sectors of government that have been socialized and later opened up to free market competition.

Parliamentary government today continues a similar coexistence with the emperor as have various shoguns, regents, warlords, guardians, etc.

This dual rôle allowed the Committee, to which Clarke and MacDermott added themselves shortly afterward, to promote their own policies and personnel independently of both the Volunteer Executive and the IRB Executive — in particular Volunteer Chief of Staff Eoin MacNeill, who supported a rising only on condition of an increase in popular support following unpopular moves by the London government, such as the introduction of conscription or an attempt to suppress the Volunteers or its leaders, and IRB President Denis McCullough, who held similar views.

These ranged from Royalists who wished to place King Charles II on the throne, to men like Oliver Cromwell, who wished to govern with a Parliament voted in by an electorate determined by property ownership, similar to that enfranchised before the civil war, to the Levellers, influenced by the writings of John Lilburne, who wanted parliamentary government based on an electorate constituted of every head of household ( normally though not necessarily male as was acknowledged in the Putney Debates ), through to other groups with smaller followings like the Fifth Monarchists, Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers, the Ranters, and the Society of Friends ( Quakers ).

GDP per capita is similar to the average European economies but the economy is critically dependent upon substantial support from the Danish government, which supplies about half the revenues of the home rule government who in turn employ about 8, 000 Greenlanders out of a labor force of 40, 156 ( Jan. 2012 ).

A portion of the people on Guam favor a modified version of the current Territorial status, involving greater autonomy from the federal government ( similar to the autonomy of individual States ).

In 1913, United Fruit established the Tela Railroad Company and shortly thereafter a similar subsidiary, the Trujillo Railroad Company ; these two railroads managed the concessions which the Honduran government granted them.

To keep similar situations around the country from escalating into violence, the government promised to parcel out land belonging to the National Corporation for Investment ( Corporación Nacional de Inversiones — Conadin ).

Another complication exists with South Africa, in which the President is in fact elected by the National Assembly ( legislature ) and is thus similar, in principle, to a head of government in a parliamentary system but also, in addition, is recognized as the nation's head of state.

Since 1922, the government of Ireland has used a similar left-facing harp, based on the Trinity College Harp in the Library of Trinity College Dublin as its state symbol.

Australian hypnotism / hypnotherapy organizations ( including the Australian Hypnotherapists Association ) are seeking government regulation similar to other mental health professions.

Following ratification of the Constitution and formation of the first government in 1789, two new political factions formed along similar lines as the old division.

" However, no similar action was taken by the Roman central government, which would be more and more dominated by Christians in the ensuing decades.

Like many bunraku plays, it was adapted for kabuki, and it spawned many imitators — in fact, it and similar plays reportedly caused so many real-life " copycat " suicides that the government banned shinju mono ( plays about lovers ' double suicides ) in 1723.