The states are labeled based off the popular civilian opinions within them. So if an area has majority SSR support within the civilian population despite it being controlled by a nationalist militia, it would be labeled as an SSR candidate on the map. Also, the Jînzhao successor nation was assigned because: The nationalist faction ruling it is moderate and non extremist, It is a major cultural and historical center, and is the location where the monarchy originally surrendered to the communist gov, And it was least affected during the war (Still has economic, and industrial capability) Also this is not what Jînzhao looks like rn. The war is still going
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