Anthem of Zhenia

The "Spirit of Zhenia", also known as the "Swords of the East", is the of Zhenia. The song was written during the first stages of the War of Zhenian unification, as the first Shindanese expeditionary forces departed from Gwangseong towards the mainland in 1395 AC. It was adopted as the formal military song of the Western Expeditionary Forces of the Shindan dynasty the same year and later the national anthem of the Empire of Zhenia. It was adopted as the national anthem of the newly-founded Republic in 1501 AC.

Origins
The lyrics of the 'Spirit of Zhenia' originated from a poem written by Marco Jin, a member of the first Western Inspectors dispatched from the Shindan dynasty in the late 14th and early 15th centuries as a part of Emperor Seongjo's plan to rapidly modernize Shindan. With the verses of the poem showing little differences with the lyrics of the anthem today, the poem detailed the willpower of the Zhenian people and blessed the future of Shindan and eventually Zhenia, philosophically relying on the notion of "Zhenia" and the "Zhenian people" that surfaced during the Zhenian Enlightenment earlier in the 14th century.

Criticism
The "Spirit of Zhenia" has come under significant criticism particularly after the Zhenian defeat at the Second Great War, as its lyrics expressed Zhenian expansionism and aggression against the west.