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China (i/ˈtʃaɪnə/; Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; see also Names of China), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is the world's most-populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world's second-largest country by land area, and the third- or fourth-largest in total area, depending on the definition of total area.
The People's Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Its capital city is Beijing. The PRC also claims Taiwan—which is controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity—as its 23rd province, a claim controversial due to the complex political status of Taiwan and the unresolved Chinese Civil War. The PRC government denies the legitimacy of the ROC.
Volume One, Volume 1, or Volume I may refer to:
Through the corridors of darkness, on the wings of mans
desire,
Conjured by the soulless ones at the everlasting fire.
Borne on waves of insanity from mans primeval past,
The mantra of the tumult has awakened him at last.
Drawing near in the gloom comes the twilight of all
shame,
The ravens of night have flown away to set Valhalla
aflame.
For too long now the right hand gods have fought between
themselves,
With paths that lead to paradise from this demented
world.
This is the age, the age of Satan, now that the twilight
is done,
Now that Satan has come.
Blue velvet shrouds the altar, black candles pierce the
dark,
The skulls of the unbelievers peer sightless, bleached
and stark.
The inverted cross of burnished gold the burial urns of
light,
The pungent smell of incense wafts out into the night.
This is the age, the age of Satan, now that the twilight
is done,
Now that Satan has come.