Science Fiction Nation RP 2060 OOC and Sign-Up Thread

[Danbershan]

Central IC Thread Here!

The year is 2060. Change has swept the Earth, and beyond, and is still doing so. Humanity shares the Solar System with modified humans, sapient AIs and robots, uplifted animals, and other varied types of people. At the same time, secessionist and confederalist movements have changed the political make-up of Humanity's homeworld: nations such as Cornwall, Sul, Azawad, Quebec, the Siberian Union, Tibet, Kashmir, East Turkestan and many others have emerged, while other nations have come together, to form the East African Federation, the South American Union, and the Union of Southern States. Cybergovernments have advanced to form fully-fledged virtual states, with no physical location, but huge populations and GDPs in some cases. Arguments rage as to whether the Nordic Co-operative Area, and the Arab Union, qualify as nations, or as international unions. Floating cities are quickly becoming centres of learning and finance. At the same time, strange new countries appear, such as the Republic of Atlantis, a Merfolk, sapient dolphin and marine robot populated nation, and the subterranean robot societies of Antarctica. Beyond the Earth, tens of millions of people form diverse societies, many of them still in the formative stages. Although civilization is still confined to the Solar System at present, there is still far more space at its disposal than ever before. Many colonies, habitats and bodies are corporate-owned, populated by employees, contracters, and people engaging in subsidiary companies. However there are also a handful run by national governments back on Earth, and a growing number of independent worlds. Untold thousands of comet-states have become independent, running their own extremely diverse societies in space, spreading slowly from asteroid to asteroid, greening the Universe one rock at a time. Independence movements in the planetary sub-systems have also achieved some measure of success, and there are independent nations present in the orbital swarms around Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and even Uranus. A few tiny kingdoms, republics, cyber-societies and so forth have established themselves in the Kuiper Belt, and are rapidly spreading outwards into the diffuse Oort Cloud.

In such a time, any nation could have a prosperous future, with the prize being a stake in the future of all civilization, as it spreads like a swarm of locusts throughout the Universe.

Application Form

Name of your Nation: (self explanatory)
Demographics
Population: (be realistic)
Racial Demographics: (include species, race, etc. Break down 'Human' into Arab, Berber, Black African etc, and 'Modified Human' into Bright, Merfolk etc.
Religious Demographics: (Don't get too carried away with new religious movements. In Europe, remember how much Islam is spreading already)
Demographics of Language: (include any official languages in use)
Any other Demographic Details: (fill in as much as you like - average age, growth rate, fertility rate, suicide rate, immigration/emmigration trends)
Culture
Primary Cultural Contributors:
Notable Cultural Quirks:
Any other Cultural Info?:
Other
Political System: (no reason to go into too much detail, just a quick summary)
Economic System: (as above, just briefly)
Location: (if applicable, can be fluid in some cases, perhaps nomadic nations)
History: (be thorough and realistic please)
Anything Else?:

You can be a little far-fetched, for instance you can geoengineer Australia or whatever, but don't go TOO crazy. Pitch an idea briefly before making a full app, I always feel bad when I turn down an application which someone has obviously worked very hard on, but just doesn't fit the setting.

If you want to apply to be a corporation, or other non-nation, you'll have to ask me how to apply. But rest assured you are allowed to do so. Also, virtual states, which have no physical location, are welcome, as are nomadic nations, most likely aquatic, sea-going or based on other planets/moons.

Republic of Australia (Danbershan)
Federal Kingdom of New England (Ignovia)
The United Colonies of Hygiea (Shuggy555)
East African Co-Operative (Sulamalik)
Empire of Japan (Daiteikoku Nippon)

Everybody have fun!

[Soviet Ruk-Tsan]

Could I take earth's moon? If not, one of the tiny kingdoms in the kuiper belt?

[Danbershan]

Could I take earth's moon? If not, one of the tiny kingdoms in the kuiper belt?

You could take a big bit of it if you like. And sure, you can have a comet-state. These have populations in the thousands though.

[Shuggy555]

EDIT: (Withdrawn)

Name of your Nation: The United Colonies of Hygiea (U.C.H)
Demographics
Population: 269,001
Racial Demographics: 90% Human ( 70% Caucasian, 5% Mixed, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Other ), 10% other
Religious Demographics: 60% Non-religious, 15% christian, 10% jewish, 5% Muslim, 10% other.
Any other Demographic Details: The average age within the U.C.H is 27 earth years, this is partly due to Hygiea's policies on breeding that encourages couples to have many children. It is regular to see families with over 6 children.
Culture
Primary Cultural Contributors: U.C.H's location has bred a hardy population of miners and manufacturers, becuase of this, U.C.H's culture tends to reflect the hard way of life these people live.
Notable Cultural Quirks: The people of U.C.H are remarkable tolerant to others.
Any other Cultural Info?: Due to the harsh conditions on Hygiea and the need to defend themselves from attack, The cities on Hygiea were built over 80 kilometers under the Hygiean surface to protect there populations from the harsh radiation and possible attack by other nations.
Other
Political System: Democratic socialism.
Economic System: A mixed economy.
Location: The Asteroid Hygiea and some small surounding asteroids, mainly ice and metallic asteroids all within a kilometer in size.
History: The UCH started out as a corperate mining outpost for the asteroid belt in the year 2024 but after 15 years of operation the corperation, DND incorperated went bankrupt, leaving the mining outpost to survive on its own. After some minor skirmishs on the asteroid, all of the mining stations on Hygiea united and declared themselves a nation.

Most of the existing nations at the time were reluctant to recognise the UCH as an independent nation and this did lead to some attempted invasions of the small but increasingly wealthy nation.
The largest milestone of UCH's history other then its founding would be on the 7th of June, 2045 when a neighbouring nation signed an agreement to recognise the UCH as a nation so they could trade proccessed goods with the UCH.
Anything Else?: Energy is primarily generated via highly developed Nuclear Fission reactors. Even though the UCH has access to the technologies of nuclear fusion, it does not have the local resources to fuel them. Unlike nuclear fission powerplants, were uranium is readily available as uranyl carbonate on Hygiea.

As Hygiea is a exporter of both raw and manufactured goods, which are heavy, The U.C.H has eight large transport spacecraft capable of transporting several million tons of cargo each. This requires each spacecraft to operate a form of nuclear propulsion, the type used is a subset of the Nuclear pulsed detonation drive known as the medusa sail.

Hygiea is a rather small nation and its because of that, that the U.C.H has a rather small military of only 9,000 active members and four active warcraft, The UCS mitron and the UCS handria that are designed to engage other warcraft. The UCS denpark which is designed for orbital bombardments and the UCS occupy, that is designed for invasion of other nations.
The United Colonies of Hygiea needed a strong defence on the fact that her military is rather small, this influenced the decision to contruct Hygiea's cities deep underground.

[Danbershan]

Name of your Nation: The United Colonies of Hygiea
Demographics
Population: 69,001
Racial Demographics: Mixed
Religious Demographics: N/A
Any other Demographic Details: N/A
Other
Political System: Democratic socialism
Economic System: a Mixed system.
Location: Hygiea and partial control of small water and metalic asteroids
History: The UCH started out as a corperate mining outpost for the asteroid belt in the year 2024 but after 15 years of operation the corperation, DND incorperated went bankrupt, leaving the mining outpost to survive on its own. After some minor skirmishs on the asteroid, all of the mining stations on Hygiea united and declared themselves a nation.

Most of the existing nations at the time were reluctant to recognise the UCH as an independent nation and this did lead to some attempted invasions of the small but increasingly wealthy nation.
The largest milestone of UCH's history other then its founding would be on the 7th of June, 2045 when a neighbouring nation signed an agreement to recognise the UCH as a nation so they could trade proccessed goods with the UCH.
Anything Else?: N/A

Well seems perfectly acceptable, but I'd like a little more detail in demographics. As for racial, does it have a high robot population, or a lot of Africans? And religious, I'm sure people have some kind of religious orientation, even if many are irreligious that still counts.

[Shuggy555]

Name of your Nation: The United Colonies of Hygiea (U.C.H)
Demographics
Population: 269,001
Racial Demographics: 90% Human ( 70% Caucasian, 5% Mixed, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Other ), 10% other
Religious Demographics: 60% Non-religious, 15% christian, 10% jewish, 5% Muslim, 10% other.
Any other Demographic Details: The average age within the U.C.H is 27 earth years, this is partly due to Hygiea's policies on breeding that encourages couples to have many children. It is regular to see families with over 6 children.
Culture
Primary Cultural Contributors: U.C.H's location has bred a hardy population of miners and manufacturers, becuase of this, U.C.H's culture tends to reflect the hard way of life these people live.
Notable Cultural Quirks: The people of U.C.H are remarkable tolerant to others.
Any other Cultural Info?: Due to the harsh conditions on Hygiea and the need to defend themselves from attack, The cities on Hygiea were built over 80 kilometers under the Hygiean surface to protect there populations from the harsh radiation and possible attack by other nations.
Other
Political System: Democratic socialism.
Economic System: A mixed economy.
Location: The Asteroid Hygiea and some small surounding asteroids, mainly ice and metallic asteroids all within a kilometer in size.
History: The UCH started out as a corperate mining outpost for the asteroid belt in the year 2024 but after 15 years of operation the corperation, DND incorperated went bankrupt, leaving the mining outpost to survive on its own. After some minor skirmishs on the asteroid, all of the mining stations on Hygiea united and declared themselves a nation.

Most of the existing nations at the time were reluctant to recognise the UCH as an independent nation and this did lead to some attempted invasions of the small but increasingly wealthy nation.
The largest milestone of UCH's history other then its founding would be on the 7th of June, 2045 when a neighbouring nation signed an agreement to recognise the UCH as a nation so they could trade proccessed goods with the UCH.
Anything Else?: Energy is primarily generated via highly developed Nuclear Fission reactors. Even though the UCH has access to the technologies of nuclear fusion, it does not have the local resources to fuel them. Unlike nuclear fission powerplants, were uranium is readily available as uranyl carbonate on Hygiea.

As Hygiea is a exporter of both raw and manufactured goods, which are heavy, The U.C.H has eight large transport spacecraft capable of transporting several million tons of cargo each. This requires each spacecraft to operate a form of nuclear propulsion, the type used is a subset of the Nuclear pulsed detonation drive known as the medusa sail.

Hygiea is a rather small nation and its because of that, that the U.C.H has a rather small military of only 9,000 active members and four active warcraft, The UCS mitron and the UCS handria that are designed to engage other warcraft. The UCS denpark which is designed for orbital bombardments and the UCS occupy, that is designed for invasion of other nations.
The United Colonies of Hygiea needed a strong defence on the fact that her military is rather small, this influenced the decision to contruct Hygiea's cities deep underground.

Well seems perfectly acceptable, but I'd like a little more detail in demographics. As for racial, does it have a high robot population, or a lot of Africans? And religious, I'm sure people have some kind of religious orientation, even if many are irreligious that still counts.

Corrections are in bold and underlined...

[Danbershan]

Name of your Nation: Republic of Australia
Demographics
Population: 72 million
Racial Demographics: 92% Human (60% Eurasian, 15% Asian, 10% European, 7% Other), 4% AI (1% Mainframe, 3% Robot), 2% Substantially Modified Human (0.5% Merfolk, 0.5% Cyborg, 1% Other), 1% Uplift (Parrot, Elephant, Bonobo, Dolphin), 1% Other
Religious Demographics: 60% Irreligious, 15% Muslim, 10% Christian, 10% Buddhist, 5% Other
Demographics of Language: 85% Australian English, 4% Mandarin, 3% Hindi, 3% Gujarat, 2% Hindi, 3% Other
Any other Demographic Details: There still remains a high rate of immigration from South and Southeast Asia, as well as Africa and the Arab World to a lesser extent.
Culture
Primary Cultural Contributors: 20th Century Australian Culture, South Asia, China, Indonesia,
Notable Cultural Quirks: The distinctive Australian accent, now flavoured with a little Chinese and/or Indian, can still be heard among the Australian population, despite their now markedly-Eurasian features and ancestry.
Any other Cultural Info?: Great mosques and temples are scattered throughout the country, the former being especially prevalent in the north, where there is a huge Indonesian population. Many Australians perform the Hajj, including many Aborigines, most of whom have converted to Islam. The Old European Australian Culture remains strongest in Southwest Australia and Tasmania, while Indonesian Culture is strongest in the north, and Eurasian Culture is strongest in southern, south-eastern, eastern and central Australia. One notable minority are the Bedouin, who moved into Australia in the 2020s along with other immigrants from the Arab world. A small number made their way into the western desert, where they have since replicated their ancient lifestyle, even to the extent of introducing Arabic wildlife, such as the Arabian Oryx.
Other
Political System: Federal republic, operating under a parliamentary democracy. The Head of State is a Prime Minister, who is the leader of the political party in power. However, there is a highly devolved level of governance in some areas, such as Aboriginal lands in central Australia, and the autonomous regions of Western Australia and Tasmania.
Economic System: A capitalist system, although with high levels of socialism. In some areas barter economies have emerged, often based on online trading. Among the Bedouin, this is the norm.
Location: Present-day Australia, and a few colonies in orbit and on the Moon, which were funded by the Australian government as way-stations into space.
History: In the 2010s, interest rose in the concept of geoengineering the Australian climate so as to flip it into a more fertile state. Desert greening programs, originally executed by independent minorities, and later by government-sanctioned organisations, eventually managed to create huge stretches of arable land in the interior of the island continent, although much of the West remained desert. However, southern, central and Eastern Australia became fertile land. The methods used included cloud seeding, the re-direction of some of the major rivers of the Snowy Mountains onto the grasslands and deserts to the west, the introduction of assorted flora and fauna which boosted the development of the land, notably acacias. In some cases, extensive geosculpting took place. The Aborigines held onto their substantial areas, and in some cases these have become important economic zones, or even political sanctuaries, and have allowed the remaining Aborigines to become very wealthy. While this geoengineering project continued, large-scale immigration from South and East Asia was occurring, and the mixed race children became the norm, with words from Chinese and Indian languages entering their vocabulary, and changing the nature of Australian English, which began to acquire a mild Indian/Chinese accent, augmenting the historical Australian accent. It was these Eurasian Australians who primarily moved into the arable lands in the centre of the nation, where the expansionist possiblities encouraged very high birth rates. White majorities have remained in a few areas, while the north is very Indonesian, and Muslim. While most Aborigines have become diluted into oblivion, a few do remain, and have mostly become Muslims, although this is Islam with their own distinct flavour to it. A few Bedouin tribes have established themselves in the desert which remains in the West, having abandoned their sedentary lifestyles in the Australian settlements to which they emmigrated from the Arabian Peninsula and the Maghreb. A huge economic boom, resulting from the new arable land, has brought Australia up to the status of a global power, with a vast economy. Australians are well-represented among those people spreading out into the Solar System, and several space-going corporations operate from Australian soil, although the nation itself only has a few colonies in orbit, and on Luna.
Anything Else?: Think that's about it.

[Danbershan]

Well seems perfectly acceptable, but I'd like a little more detail in demographics. As for racial, does it have a high robot population, or a lot of Africans? And religious, I'm sure people have some kind of religious orientation, even if many are irreligious that still counts.

Corrections are in bold and underlined...

OK, well this is certainly better, but see my application for some inspiration on the level of detail.

[Danbershan]

Well seems perfectly acceptable, but I'd like a little more detail in demographics. As for racial, does it have a high robot population, or a lot of Africans? And religious, I'm sure people have some kind of religious orientation, even if many are irreligious that still counts.

Corrections are in bold and underlined...

For when the time comes, there are also a few new fields to fill in on the forms.

[Shnercropolis]

Name of your Nation: Scnaircorpulas (in machine code: 0xfea7)
Demographics
Population: 74 mil
Racial Demographics: modified human->stalker: dead humans given cybernetic upgrades and chemical preservatives to make them "alive". They are usually armored, with heavy claws in their fingers.
Religious Demographics: none
Any other Demographic Details: The death rate is 14% per year(stalkers that break) The "birth" rate is directly related to how many humans they kill in a year. The suicide rate is 0%. The immigration rate is 0%.
Culture
Primary Cultural Contributors: none
Notable Cultural Quirks: there is none, besides killing
Any other Cultural Info?: the entire culture is based on sustaining Scnaircorpulas, so that means it is based entirely on killing.
Other
Political System: military junta
Economic System: none
Location: nomadic, current location Mexico
History: In 2055, military scientists built the first stalker. It promptly went insane and escaped to the great south wastelands (antarctica). The insane stalker killed the entire population and made more stalkers. They emerged into South America in 2057, and have been killing and destroying ever since.
Anything Else?:

[Danbershan]

Name of your Nation: Scnaircorpulas (in machine code: 0xfea7)
Demographics
Population: 74 mil
Racial Demographics: modified human->stalker: dead humans given cybernetic upgrades and chemical preservatives to make them "alive". They are usually armored, with heavy claws in their fingers.
Religious Demographics: none
Any other Demographic Details: The death rate is 14% per year(stalkers that break) The "birth" rate is directly related to how many humans they kill in a year. The suicide rate is 0%. The immigration rate is 0%.
Culture
Primary Cultural Contributors: none
Notable Cultural Quirks: there is none, besides killing
Any other Cultural Info?: the entire culture is based on sustaining Scnaircorpulas, so that means it is based entirely on killing.
Other
Political System: military junta
Economic System: none
Location: nomadic, current location Mexico
History: In 2055, military scientists built the first stalker. It promptly went insane and escaped to the great south wastelands (antarctica). The insane stalker killed the entire population and made more stalkers. They emerged into South America in 2057, and have been killing and destroying ever since.
Anything Else?:

Rejected, I'm afraid. I just don't see how these 'Stalkers' function, this isn't Mortal Engines. Also, 74 million is way too many. For one, going from 1 to 74,000,000 in 5 years is a lot, and second, these would almost immediately overwhelm any country they came into, if they're as strong as they'd have to be to expand that quickly. To acquire a population of that many would mean they'd have killed a high enough proportion of the South and Central American people to destroy these nations.

[Shnercropolis]

Name of your Nation: Scnaircorpulas (in machine code: 0xfea7)
Demographics
Population: 74 mil
Racial Demographics: modified human->stalker: dead humans given cybernetic upgrades and chemical preservatives to make them "alive". They are usually armored, with heavy claws in their fingers.
Religious Demographics: none
Any other Demographic Details: The death rate is 14% per year(stalkers that break) The "birth" rate is directly related to how many humans they kill in a year. The suicide rate is 0%. The immigration rate is 0%.
Culture
Primary Cultural Contributors: none
Notable Cultural Quirks: there is none, besides killing
Any other Cultural Info?: the entire culture is based on sustaining Scnaircorpulas, so that means it is based entirely on killing.
Other
Political System: military junta
Economic System: none
Location: nomadic, current location Mexico
History: In 2055, military scientists built the first stalker. It promptly went insane and escaped to the great south wastelands (antarctica). The insane stalker killed the entire population and made more stalkers. They emerged into South America in 2057, and have been killing and destroying ever since.
Anything Else?:

Rejected, I'm afraid. I just don't see how these 'Stalkers' function, this isn't Mortal Engines. Also, 74 million is way too many. For one, going from 1 to 74,000,000 in 5 years is a lot, and second, these would almost immediately overwhelm any country they came into, if they're as strong as they'd have to be to expand that quickly. To acquire a population of that many would mean they'd have killed a high enough proportion of the South and Central American people to destroy these nations.

ooooooh, I guess my edit didn't get through. I tried to change it to 74,000 earlier.
Also, why can't I have stalkers? It's actually possible if you have the dedication. All you need is a simple computer that constantly stimulates the mind and a network of electrical diodes connected to the muscles. Along with a few hydraulics and somesuch, and viola! a stalker.

[Daiteikoku Nippon]

Name of your Nation: Empire of Daiteikoku Nippon

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Demographics
Population: 109 million
Racial Demographics:
89% Human (50% Japanese, 20% Korean, 15% Chinese, 10% American, 5% Canadian)
11% Robot
Religious Demographics:
10% Roman Catholicism
23% Shinto
67% Atheism
Any other Demographic Details:
Average age: 31
Fertility rate: Approaching World Standard

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Culture
Primary Cultural Contributors: Japanese-Western European Hybrid.
Notable Cultural Quirks: Anime Subculture
Any other Cultural Info?:

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Other
Political System:
Constitutional Monarchy with Unitary Parliamentary Democracy
Head of State: Empress of Daiteikoku Nippon, Appointed by the Yaoyorozu no Kami, Empress Momoyo.
Head of Government: The Right Honourable Daisuke Issei, Prime Minister of Daiteikoku Nippon
Economic System:
Technocapitalism
Description: Traditional Capitalism with new technology sectors, the power of corporations, and new forms of organization.
Location: Modern Japan. Has 4 O'Neill Cylinder orbital habitats on Earth's orbit. The Capital City is Kyoto.
History
Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the conservative and authoritarian Daiteikoku Nippon was transformed into a cosmopolitan and highly cultured nation by the start of the 21st century. But the side effect of the transformation was the nation's fertility rate. In recent years, the nation's fertility rate has gone down significantly since World War II. Scientists and medical professionals rooted the cause of the slumping fertility rate. It was a genetic mutation caused by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The discovery shocked the nation, causing various anti-nuclear groups to sprang across the Daiteikoku Nippon. But the nuclear power was the top producer of power and getting rid of it is a the last thing the government want. In 2011, earthquakes in parts of Daiteikoku Nippon caused a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi. The meltdown caused anti-nuclear rallies to re-emerge, and the Diet to declare a temporary deactivation of all nuclear power plants, causing a strain on the power grid. In 2016, Wind Farms off the coast of Japan are a common sight. As of this day, Nuclear Power is still offline.

However, the falling fertility rate is still a major problem. In an effort to increase the fertility rate, a declaration made by Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Diet opened Daiteikoku Nippon's immigration to the world. The opened immigration sent thousands of Koreans and Chinese interested in living at Daiteikoku Nippon. This immigration policy drew some Americans and Canadians into the country..

In 2023, the influx of immigrants in Daiteikoku Nippon are causing stress in the food production. After months of debate in the Imperial Diet, a controversial 23 billion dollar project was passed. The "Mirai Project" aims to create artificial islands off the coast of Japan to alleviate the food shortages and boost production. Four years after the project began, and almost 100,000 tonnes of rocks mined across the Daiteikoku Nippon, a 200 hectares of fertile lands suitable for agriculture was finished.

The success of the project caused the funding for construction of more lands. By 2035, the Mirai Island Chain was completed and the agricultural industry was moved to these islands. The unused land left behind by the agricultural industry made way for more cities to be constructed and the economy rose. And so did the fertility rate. The rate of fertility rose by 16 percent as new genetic sequences from different ethnicities were added to the Japanese population.

By 2059, a new Empress came to power. Her reign marked the beginnings of the new Daiteikoku Nippon's space program. DNSA, the space agency of Daiteikoku Nippon with the help of the Mitsubishi Jūkōgyō Kabushiki-kaisha, and the Sumitomo Kikyuu Kikai Kougi Kyou, DNSA was able launched four O'Neill Cylinders to Earth's orbit. These Orbital Habitats housed a total of 200,000 people. And plans are currently being drawn to create settlements in the moon.

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Anything Else?:That's about it really.

[Danbershan]

Name of your Nation: Empire of Daiteikoku Nippon

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Demographics
Population: 109 million
Racial Demographics: 89% Human (70% Japanese, 20% Korean, 10% American), 11% Robot
Religious Demographics: 23% Shinto, 67% Atheism
Any other Demographic Details: Average age: 23, Fertility rate: below world standard

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Culture
Primary Cultural Contributors: Japanese-Western Hybrid
Notable Cultural Quirks: Anime Subculture
Any other Cultural Info?:

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Other
Political System: Constitutional Monarchy with Unitary Parliamentary Democracy
Economic System: Technocapitalism
Location: Modern Japan. Has 4 O'Neill Cylinder orbital habitats on Earth's orbit. The Capital City is Kyoto
History
Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the conservative and authoritarian Daiteikoku Nippon was transformed into a cosmopolitan and highly cultured nation by the start of the 21st century. By late 2000, a mysterious disease ravaged the empire, causing deaths in the millions this caused a drastic fall of the fertility rate. Scientists and medical professionals rooted the cause of the disease as a genetic mutation caused by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The discovery shocked the nation, causing various anti-nuclear groups to sprang across the Daiteikoku Nippon. This caused a ban on nuclear weapons and energy in the country. In 2008, a group of Japanese scientists discover an element that can produce power greater than traditional nuclear energy. Two years later, that element now powers Daiteikoku Nippon. The falling fertility rate is still a major problem, in an effort to diversify the genetic diversity and increase the fertility rate, a declaration made by Emperor Akihito opened Daiteikoku Nippon's immigration to the world. The opened immigration sent thousands of Koreans to Daiteikoku Nippon and some Americans.

In 2023, a 12 billion dollar project was announced to create artificial lands. The project created a 200 hectares of highly fertile land suitable for agriculture. More lands were made and the agricultural centre moved to the artificial islands. The unused land left behind by the agricultural industry made way for more cities to be constructed and the economy rose.

And so did the fertility rate. The rate rose by 16 percent as new genetic sequences were added to the Japanese population.

By 2059, a new Empress came to power. Her reign marked the beginnings of the new Daiteikoku Nippon's space program. DNSA, the space agency of Daiteikoku Nippon launched four O'Neill Cylinders to Earth's orbit that housed a total of 200,000 people. And plans are currently being drawn to create settlements in the moon.

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Anything Else?:That's about it really.

Well some of its pretty good, and well-written, but you seem to have gone alternate history on me.

As for the expansion of land, I'll need some detail. The O'Neill cylinders are fine, as long as they're not TOO large: this is only 48 years from now. Of course most Japanese beyond the Earth will probably have gone their through the myriad corporations based in Japan. The average age and population seem at odds with the fertility rate.

[Daiteikoku Nippon]

Name of your Nation: Empire of Daiteikoku Nippon

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Demographics
Population: 109 million
Racial Demographics: 89% Human (70% Japanese, 20% Korean, 10% American), 11% Robot
Religious Demographics: 23% Shinto, 67% Atheism
Any other Demographic Details: Average age: 23, Fertility rate: below world standard

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Culture
Primary Cultural Contributors: Japanese-Western Hybrid
Notable Cultural Quirks: Anime Subculture
Any other Cultural Info?:

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Other
Political System: Constitutional Monarchy with Unitary Parliamentary Democracy
Economic System: Technocapitalism
Location: Modern Japan. Has 4 O'Neill Cylinder orbital habitats on Earth's orbit. The Capital City is Kyoto
History
Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the conservative and authoritarian Daiteikoku Nippon was transformed into a cosmopolitan and highly cultured nation by the start of the 21st century. By late 2000, a mysterious disease ravaged the empire, causing deaths in the millions this caused a drastic fall of the fertility rate. Scientists and medical professionals rooted the cause of the disease as a genetic mutation caused by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The discovery shocked the nation, causing various anti-nuclear groups to sprang across the Daiteikoku Nippon. This caused a ban on nuclear weapons and energy in the country. In 2008, a group of Japanese scientists discover an element that can produce power greater than traditional nuclear energy. Two years later, that element now powers Daiteikoku Nippon. The falling fertility rate is still a major problem, in an effort to diversify the genetic diversity and increase the fertility rate, a declaration made by Emperor Akihito opened Daiteikoku Nippon's immigration to the world. The opened immigration sent thousands of Koreans to Daiteikoku Nippon and some Americans.

In 2023, a 12 billion dollar project was announced to create artificial lands. The project created a 200 hectares of highly fertile land suitable for agriculture. More lands were made and the agricultural centre moved to the artificial islands. The unused land left behind by the agricultural industry made way for more cities to be constructed and the economy rose.

And so did the fertility rate. The rate rose by 16 percent as new genetic sequences were added to the Japanese population.

By 2059, a new Empress came to power. Her reign marked the beginnings of the new Daiteikoku Nippon's space program. DNSA, the space agency of Daiteikoku Nippon launched four O'Neill Cylinders to Earth's orbit that housed a total of 200,000 people. And plans are currently being drawn to create settlements in the moon.

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Anything Else?:That's about it really.

Well some of its pretty good, and well-written, but you seem to have gone alternate history on me.

As for the expansion of land, I'll need some detail. The O'Neill cylinders are fine, as long as they're not TOO large: this is only 48 years from now. Of course most Japanese beyond the Earth will probably have gone their through the myriad corporations based in Japan. The average age and population seem at odds with the fertility rate.

I will make the necessary corrections.

[Dolmhold]

Well, I wasn't in the interest thread. but I'm interested in this kind of RP. I am an avid reader into the technological singularity, and I have a question:

What is the status of Information Driven/Automated Economy/Post Scarcity?
What is the status of one mind multiple bodies or many minds one body?
What is the status of nanofactories and the like?

In the mean time, I shall try to fill out an app:

Name of your Nation: The Asian Republic

Demographics (See question, this area will be edited)

Population: 756 Million (if possible)
Racial Demographics: (To be added, please wait)

Human Bodies:
Han Chinese (568 Million) (77.5%)
Japanese (92 Million) (12.1%)
Assorted South-East Asian (81 Million) (12%)
Korean: 10 million (7.6%)
Other (5 Million) (0.6%)

Religious Demographics: (Will amount to over 100%, some religions allow the practice of others)
Buddhism: 43%
Atheism: 26%
Christianity: 12%
Shinto: 13%
Taoism: 32%
Confusism: 75%

Any other Demographic Details:
National Median Age: 56
Life Expectancy (Untranscended): 105
Male/Female Ratio: 23:20
A demographic crisis was recently averted by means of technology, but the entire nation has just recently recovered from said crisis.


Culture

Primary Cultural Contributors: Eastern Asian, Western.
Notable Cultural Quirks: There is a divide between the old generation, whom are rather authoritarian and demand strict obediance and devotion to education or whatever their beliefs are, the middle generation whom seek freedom and reject authority, but search for the meaning of existence, respect education and work hard, and the new generation whom are hedonistic and lazy.
Any other Cultural Info?: I may accidentally add in parts into their culture that really isn't there. If that is the case, then that would be my own error.

Other

Political System: Loose coalition of member nations slowly descending into a form of true communism, with democracy in most member states sans North Korea, which is slowly opening up.
Economic System: See question.
Location: (if applicable, can be fluid in some cases, perhaps nomadic nations) The Eastern Coast of China, Taiwan, South-East Asia, Korea and Japan minus Hokkaido.
History:

China: By 2020 there was a clear divide between the haves and have-nots, the East and the West as the Communist Party in power continued to develop the East in a extensive manor, as well as slowly introducing China to democracy per the new politicians convincing the old hard-liners that it was that stage of communism, although the newcomers simply wanted more democracy. This divide only got worse as the Communist party further imposed more restrictions on migration, and by 2030, the West and much of the countryside rebelled against their own nation. It was a brief and bloody war resulting in the loss of tens of millions of lives, but in the end, the West gained independence.

Meanwhile, the Communist Party, now dominated by the newcomers and influenced by both old Marxist teachings, noting how far off the old-liners were, and new Western teachings, noting how successful they were, began to open up even further and negociate a new peace with Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. As the populations of these nations ever got closer and more integrated, ever more friendlier to each other, the nations united under a common banner of the Asian Republic, causing ripples across the world. Japan's age-old dream of Asia being taken seriously once more was complete, and China felt whole once more as their regained the strength of their twenty or so centuries of being a world power. The position of the new nation in the world was still unknown, but many suspect that they'd play a leading role in the near future.

Japan: As the nation descended into an ever-worsening demographic crisis and the Northern Hokkaido island became ever more restless, some Nationalists believed that the Russians or the Chinese were behind it all, Japan seemed to be on a decline.

Regionally, however, their influence kept gaining as new ties with China were secured and South Korea became as close as Canada was to the USA, all of the while standing relatively strong economically in face of their disappearing people. Zero percent economic growth was desirable as compared to their negative population growth while Manga and Anime became the Asian Youth Culture, even in face of angry parents.

(More to be added)

Korea:

N.Korea: Following the Death of Kim-Jong il and the rise of Kim-Jong un-, North Korea could do nothing but watch in peril as their influence and significance to even their age-old ally China died, and while attempting to regain attention from the world by making none-other then nuclear weapons, they slowly realized that their current system could not work, even as they told their people that it works. As Kim-Jong Un- solidified his strength and quietly disposed of a few generals whom seemed to have too much power, he rewrote the whole ideal of Juche and reformed the nation while controlling the now harsh mix of blind nationalistic love and blind nationalistic hate which boiled in his nation, opening up to suggestions from China and South Korea while for whatever reason, not Taiwan or Japan. As North Korea slowly regained their value and modernized with help from a once again friendly and loyal China and their old family members in South Korea, the government still maintained a tight grip on the nation, mostly out of fear that it could descend into a violent revolution. North Korea today is still slowly opening up, with a recent landmark of free speech in government-owned areas which many predict will lead to the uncensoring of the internet.

S.Korea: (To be added)

South East Asia:

Vietnam: (To be added)
Cambodia: (To be added)
Laos: (To be added)
Thailand: (To be added)
Malaysia: (To be added)
Eastern Burma: (To be added)

Anything Else?:

I guess see above lol.

[Dolmhold]

Shoot! Darn it! Someone managed to put in a post and take Japan before me! Ah well, guess no Japan then.

[Daiteikoku Nippon]

Shoot! Darn it! Someone managed to put in a post and take Japan before me! Ah well, guess no Japan then.

Yeah, I was about to correct you on that.

@Danbershan: Corrections are made. Please inform me if you see any discrepancies

[Danbershan]

Shoot! Darn it! Someone managed to put in a post and take Japan before me! Ah well, guess no Japan then.

Yeah, I was about to correct you on that.

@Danbershan: Corrections are made. Please inform me if you see any discrepancies

Well I don't recall a plague in Japan a few years ago, or an energy source greater than nuclear being discovered there 4 years ago?

Dolmhold: Your nation strikes me as a little strange. If the urban areas of Eastern China created a nation together with the Koreas and Southeast Asia, surely western China would be involved? And if Western China becomes independent, surely Xinjiang and Tibet will also do so? To be honest, the union between these nations seems strange. The urban coast of China seems like it would be powerful enough anyway. It would have a billion people for crying out loud. Maybe there's the possibility of bringing these other nations in later on, by beginning some kind of East Asian Union.

[Daiteikoku Nippon]

Yeah, I was about to correct you on that.

@Danbershan: Corrections are made. Please inform me if you see any discrepancies

Well I don't recall a plague in Japan a few years ago, or an energy source greater than nuclear being discovered there 4 years ago?

Dolmhold: Your nation strikes me as a little strange. If the urban areas of Eastern China created a nation together with the Koreas and Southeast Asia, surely western China would be involved? And if Western China becomes independent, surely Xinjiang and Tibet will also do so? To be honest, the union between these nations seems strange. The urban coast of China seems like it would be powerful enough anyway. It would have a billion people for crying out loud. Maybe there's the possibility of bringing these other nations in later on, by beginning some kind of East Asian Union.

Wait. This follows the real Earth Timeline?

[Danbershan]

Well I don't recall a plague in Japan a few years ago, or an energy source greater than nuclear being discovered there 4 years ago?

Dolmhold: Your nation strikes me as a little strange. If the urban areas of Eastern China created a nation together with the Koreas and Southeast Asia, surely western China would be involved? And if Western China becomes independent, surely Xinjiang and Tibet will also do so? To be honest, the union between these nations seems strange. The urban coast of China seems like it would be powerful enough anyway. It would have a billion people for crying out loud. Maybe there's the possibility of bringing these other nations in later on, by beginning some kind of East Asian Union.

Wait. This follows the real Earth Timeline?

Well yeah, up until the present day sure. Hadn't you picked up on that? :L

[Daiteikoku Nippon]

Wait. This follows the real Earth Timeline?

Well yeah, up until the present day sure. Hadn't you picked up on that? :L

I was hoping that I can keep my take in my nation's history. But yeah, I'll fix that.

[Danbershan]

I'm getting bothered at all the other cool nations I've thought of which I could play as (Chinese-hybrid cultured East African Federation, Somali Union, Orbital Emirates, various North American nations).

[Dolmhold]

Yeah, I was about to correct you on that.

@Danbershan: Corrections are made. Please inform me if you see any discrepancies

Well I don't recall a plague in Japan a few years ago, or an energy source greater than nuclear being discovered there 4 years ago?

Dolmhold: Your nation strikes me as a little strange. If the urban areas of Eastern China created a nation together with the Koreas and Southeast Asia, surely western China would be involved? And if Western China becomes independent, surely Xinjiang and Tibet will also do so? To be honest, the union between these nations seems strange. The urban coast of China seems like it would be powerful enough anyway. It would have a billion people for crying out loud. Maybe there's the possibility of bringing these other nations in later on, by beginning some kind of East Asian Union.

Um... Urbanized China is only half the population of China, and yes everything Over in the west is independent. Tibet and Xinjang included. The East or west would probably have a strong desire to reunite he civilized world (China), which I may use as a plot device.

[Danbershan]

Well I don't recall a plague in Japan a few years ago, or an energy source greater than nuclear being discovered there 4 years ago?

Dolmhold: Your nation strikes me as a little strange. If the urban areas of Eastern China created a nation together with the Koreas and Southeast Asia, surely western China would be involved? And if Western China becomes independent, surely Xinjiang and Tibet will also do so? To be honest, the union between these nations seems strange. The urban coast of China seems like it would be powerful enough anyway. It would have a billion people for crying out loud. Maybe there's the possibility of bringing these other nations in later on, by beginning some kind of East Asian Union.

Um... Urbanized China is only half the population of China, and yes everything Over in the west is independent. Tibet and Xinjang included. The East or west would probably have a strong desire to reunite he civilized world (China), which I may use as a plot device.

A single megalopolis down the east coast of China is set to have a population of 1 billion by 2030. So East China would easily have a billion people in by 2060.

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