AWWA-Yesterday, Today, and Forever(OOC-Closed)

[The Vaktovian Empire]

TAG.

[Ruridova]

And I've given the von Lichts faces to go with the names! Still need to find a face for Hayim ben Tziyon, though.

[Ruridova]

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Book of Mormon (musical)

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The Book of Mormon

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Music: Trey Parker
Robert Lopez
Matt Stone

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Lyrics: Trey Parker
Robert Lopez
Matt Stone

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Book: Trey Parker
Robert Lopez
Matt Stone

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Productions: 2011 Chicago
2012 Broadway
2012 1st CS-Canada tour
2013 West End
2013 2nd CS-Canada tour

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Awards: Tony Award, Best Musical
Tony Award, Best Book for a Musical
Tony Award, Best Original Score
New York Drama Critic's Circle, Best Musical
Outer Critic's Circle, Outstanding New Musical
Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Musical
Grammy Award, Best Musical Theater Album
Laurence Olivier Award, Best New Musical

The Book of Mormon is a Confederate religious satire musical with book, lyrics, and music by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone. Best known for creating the animated comedy show South Park, Parker and Stone co-created the music with Lopez, a co-composer and co-lyricist of Avenue Q. The Book of Mormon tells the story of two young Mormon missionaries sent to a remote village in the Congo, where a brutal warlord is threatening the local population. Naïve and optimistic, the two missionaries try to share the Book of Mormon, one of Mormonism's scriptures(which only one of them has read) but have trouble connecting with the locals, who are more worried about war, famine, poverty, and AIDS than about religion.

Development on the musical began in 2003, with the trio meeting sporadically to work on the musical for several years. Parker and Stone grew up in Utah, and references to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints had been commonplace in their previous works. For research, the trio took trips to Nauvoo and Salt Lake City to meet with current and former Mormon missionaries. Developmental workshops were staged beginning in 2008. The show's producer, Scott Rudin, opted to open the show in Chicago, in the largely-Mormon northern CSA. The LDS Church responded in a measured but calm fashion, and later purchased advertising space in its playbills in later runs.

[Unicario]

Ferdinand Karl Eichemann, 1918


Lucius Konrad Eichemann, 1925


Wilhelm Ludwig Eichemann, 1963

[The Vaktovian Empire]

Should I be making posts for all my nations as in apps again?

[Ruridova]

Walküreprojekt / Valkűr Projekt
(Valkyrie Project)

CLASSIFIED AUGUST 1939 ON THE ORDER OF THE IMPERIAL GERMAN GOVERNMENT AND THE ROYAL HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT
By the orders of:

Franz Ferdinand von Hapsburg, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Austria
Herr Franz von Papen, Imperial Chancellor and Head of the Volkskongreß
László von Wittelsbach, King of Hungary and of the Hungarians
Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer, Palatine of Hungary and Head of the Országgyűlés

Goal: to produce an atomic bomb, known commonly as the "sun bomb", and methods of delivery for such a bomb

Overseers:
Hermann Wilhelm Göring
Berthold Albert Speer
Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya
Major Figures:
Julius Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Jenő Wigner
Siegfried Flügge
Otto Hahn
Friedrich "Fritz" Strassmann
Lise Meitner
Leó Spitz Szilárd
Ede Teller
Wernher, Freiherr von Braun
Walther Gerlach
Kurt Diebner

Tests:
Bomb: "Brünnhilde"
Date: May 1946
Kilotonnage: 20 kilotons
Location: Marotiri Atoll, German Oceania

Bomb: "Roßweiße"
Date: September 1947
Kilotonnage: 21 kilotons
Location: Suwarrow Atoll, German Oceania

Bomb: "Siegrune"
Date: March 1948
Kilotonnage: 49 kilotons
Location: Manuae Atoll, German Oceania

Bomb: "Helmwige"
Date: February 1949
Kilotonnage: 225 kilotons
Location: Marotiri Atoll, German Oceania

Bomb: "Waltraute"
Date: November 1949
Megatonnage: 10.4 megatons
Location: Manuae Atoll, German Oceania

Bomb: "Fricka"
Date: August 1951
Megatonnage: 16 megatons
Location: Marotiri Atoll, German Oceania

Notes:

There seem to be two nicknames that the scientists have for this project; they call themselves the Uranium Club and the project is known as Project Wagner. There's a certain logic to them both, no doubt. It's truly a pleasure to have some of our finest minds here, I can tell you that. The government is hoping that nuclear weapons might finally force the Czechoslovak and Galician rebels to surrender, but I'm not confident. People don't give up that easy. The scientists have other hypotheses; Oppenheimer, Einstein, and Szilard are all confident that the CSA, Russia, and Japan also have nuclear programs. The Kaiser has ordered an investigation, try and infiltrate the programs, but even if we find nothing, the project will go ahead. Germany and Hungary are nations of science and progress, and the Empire and Kingdom have scientific minds of unparalleled quality. I have no doubt that this project will be a massive success.
- Albert Speer, Sept. 1939

This is the strangest group of scientists and officials I've seen. There's the overseers- the Luftwaffe officer Göring, the military technology minister Speer, and the Hungarian noble Horthy. Then there's the scientists. I've known Einstein for quite some time, and I also know Teller and Wigner- my fellow Hungarians- but other than that, I'm not very familiar with these people. There's Hahn and Strassman, who are already famous in the field, and greatly respected by all of us. There's the one scientist they've brought in to look at delivery, Freiherr von something-or-other. There's even a woman among our ranks: Lise Meitner. We're also working, to a very limited extent, with various other scientists outside the program- Abraham Esau, Erich Schumann, Max Planck, Klaus Clusius, Paul Harteck, and Werner Heisenberg among them- so long as we don't divulge anything. Shouldn't be too hard, since we're all in the field anyways, doing research on our own. This is going to be a very interesting project.
Most of our research facilities are in Mecklenburg, as far as I can tell, with a smattering of others in Brandenburg and Pomerania. There's also some testing facilities in Hungary, in Transdanubia. Horthy tells me they contemplated putting them in Transylvania, further from the Czechoslovaks, but that put them at risk from the Romanians, who've never given up on claiming Transylvania, Banat, Bucovina, Maramures, Crisana, and what have you. The tests, I'm told, will be in German Oceania, on some of the uninhibited islands and atolls. Seems a little Byzantine to me, but I've got to trust in the people running the show. I'm just here to make the bomb. The Emperor and King want something between 1945 and 1950. Seems reasonable.
- Leo Szilard, Oct. 1939

If I may be so frank, I honestly worry about what splitting the atom may mean for the world. Human propensity for war is legendary, and if the Second Great War is fought with nuclear arsenals, then the third will be fought with sticks and stones. The power of the atom is better used as a source of power than as a weapon. Nonetheless, I continue my work here, in the hopes that we can translate it into peaceful and beneficial applications once this is over.
- Albert Einstein, Dec. 1941

We have news from Rostock. The A-4 rockets are being finished as we speak, and we'll be testing them by year's end- with conventional loads, of course, since we don't have the bomb yet. I've been planning those since 1942, and my dreams are finally becoming a reality. Rocketry is so incredible, there are so many opportunities- not just for warfare, of course. Rocketry is the gateway to the Heavens, the way we make science fiction a reality. Imagine- human beings on the moon, sent there by rocket! It's thrilling, to have come so far.
I just wish that the nuclear scientists could hurry up. They're estimating 1947 at the earliest. And we're still not sure who else is trying to make their own bomb, which is worrying. I'd expect more from the Imperial Intelligence Service, but then again, the IIS's most famous member in recent history is a goddamn painter, so...
- Wernher von Braun, July 1944

Göring, Speer, and I are still reeling from the news out of Canada. We were beaten to it, and by the Canadians of all people. The Germans and Magyars, beaten by a land of ice and snow that would be Confederate if not for an earthquake in California? They obviously had help, likely Britain or Japan, maybe both.
This cannot be allowed to stand; we cannot fall behind. The scientists, thankfully, know that we are now playing catchup, and have pushed the date for our test from 1947 to 1946.
Von Braun is furious at this point. He's had his rockets for years now, but is stuck doing conventional testing. Speer seems convinced he might defect to the Canadians, though Göring and I have dismissed the concept as ridiculous. The only way von Braun would abandon us is if he was kidnapped. He seems placated by the deadline change, too. Once everything comes together, the result will be a fantastic show of power.
- Miklós Horthy, March 1945

At long last, the testing should begin- next month. Everything is coming together, at last.
- Wernher von Braun, April 1946

We had the first test today, at Bikini Atoll, where we boarded a navy boat to watch the test. It was worth it though; it worked! All that effort, transformed into pure destructive power. The test range had several boats and structures, to see how it worked- they were destroyed, totally and utterly. The sky lit up in the most impressive way...
We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty as a Kshatriya and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.
Seeing all that destructive power, though, was unnerving. If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of the nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of our projects, tests, and bombs. It is these new nuclear weapons that pose the greatest threat to our survival. The people of this world must unite or they will perish.
- J. Robert Oppenheimer, May 1946

The Danes are furious that we didn't tell them. Kristoffer IV apparently came to Kaiser Franz Ferdinand, raging at him for the course of several hours. As if Denmark was in a position to criticize the actions of her superiors. The scientific prowess of the German people shall be put into technological progress, now and forever. We will not be stopped by any one or thing. Germany over all!
- H. Göring, May 1946

In the atom, there is nothing more than power. Power can be used for good, or it can be used for evil. I am confident that the secrets we have unlocked and will unlock hold massive potential not only for Germany and Hungary, but also the world- and that we have an incumbent duty to make sure the atom is used for good.
- Lise Meitner, March 1948

Horthy is furious at Göring; the next test is supposed to be Hungary's, and yet he's basically run the thing for them. Meitner, von Braun, and I have our own complaint: Fricka is queen of the gods, not a valkyrie. So what that it's a hydrogen bomb? This is the Valkyrie Project, and every other bomb has been a valkyrie. You can't just ditch a theme like that!
That's not the only concern, though... we all have second thoughts. We're not the only ones with bombs. Canada, of course, best us, but after we announced Brünnhilde... Japan has detonated a bomb, as has Britain, using Canadian technology no doubt. The Confederates have the sun bomb, and have given its secrets to the Québécois(Seriously, America? You really think Quebec needs nuclear arms?) Russia has also started testing bombs in Siberia and the Arctic. The IIS believes that Rum, France, China, the Soviets, maybe even the goddamned Czechoslovaks- they're all trying to make the bomb. We have started an uncontrollable proliferation of weaponry that is lethal to an extent that I'm not sure world leaders really comprehend. And as if airplanes didn't provide enough range, the entire world is now looking at von Braun's rocketry. Everything we've made has a peaceful purpose, but it seems doubtful that humanity will survive long enough to pursue those peaceable uses, with how reckless and belligerent we are. Here's hoping that, in the realm of geopolitics, our common sense prevails. If it does, I dare say it'll be the first time in history that's happened.
- Otto Hahn, Aug. 1951

The sun bomb becomes more common with every year. The opportunities of peace fade as we look more into those pertaining to war. The areas where the tests were held are lifeless and irradiated. Georg von Licht wrote to warn us of what not to do, but we've all forgotten. They say that, after reading the Righteous Cause, the Empress Akiko Meiji asked her scientists if they could make it a reality. The Queen of Fools, now joined by kings and presidents from across the globe.
My God, what have we done?
- Albert Speer, Nov. 1951

[Luziyca]

I am trying to decide whether ATL, Central Asia that China controls remains Chinese, becomes a united Emirate, or several countries like OTL...

[Unicario]

The Eternal Soldiers: A New Hope
Released: 1977
Distributed by Polyphonic Studios
Screenwriter: Megumi Hachisuka (descendant of original author)
Director: Prince Kim Jong-il
Musical Director: John Williams

Cast:
Riku Sukaiuōkā - Ariane Koizumi (Dutch-Japanese actress, 14 years old)
Anakin Sukaiuōkā - Hiroshi Kamakura (Japanese actor, 38 years old)
Kiki Oruderan - Elizabeth Hachisuka (daughter of screenwriter, descendant of original novelist, 15 years old)
Susumu Kenōbi - Miiko Taka (Japanese actress, 52 years old)
Yōda - Pat Morita (voiceover, Japanese-American actor, 45 years old)
Kurai Shōgun - William Jiang (Japanese politician, brought onto cast as a request, due to his admiration for the Eternal Soldiers series, age 90)
Hans von Schleicher - Christoph Waltz (German actor, 21 years old)

[Unicario]

Alternate names of things and places in ATL vs. OTL

ATL name on left, OTL name on right

Sun bomb -- Nuclear bomb
Kongōshi -- Addis Ababa
Afurikashi -- Mogadishu
Ciudad de la Fortuna -- Lima
Ciudad de la Plata -- Buenos Aires
Lake Maritza -- Lake Titicaca
Ciudad del Sierra -- Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Nueva Cuzco -- Panama City
Santa Maria del Puerto -- Port-au-Prince
Chìdào -- Pontianak (capital of the Lanfang Protectorate)
Batavia -- Jakarta
Haaistad -- Surabaya
Pretoria -- Angola
Volhaven -- São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda
Noordhaven -- Cabinda
Kuromushi -- Maputo
The Eternal Soldiers -- Star Wars
Riku Sukaiuōkā -- Luke Skywalker
Anakin Sukaiuōkā -- Anakin Skywalker
Kurokishi -- Darth Vader
Kiki Oruderan -- Princess Leia
Susumu Kenōbi -- Obi-wan Kenobi
Yōda -- Yoda
Kurai Shōgun -- Emperor Palpatine
Hans von Schleicher -- Han Solo
Nanto -- Maritzburg (Japanese name for the capital of the Natal province)
Natāru -- Natal (Japanese name for Natal.)
Herbertshöhe -- Kokopo (capital of North New Guinea)
Tinushtytlan -- Ciudad de Mexico (capital of al-Mayiquh/Mexico)
Wadi al-Hijara -- Guadalajara (Mayiquhan/Mexican city)
Huaxyacac -- Oaxaca de Juarez (capital of Tehuantepec/Oaxaca)
Kinschasa/Leopoldstadt -- Kinshasa/Leopoldville (capital of the Congo)
Kamerun -- Cameroon
Jaounde -- Yaounde (capital of the above)
Lake Uhuru / Lake Ningjing -- Lake Victoria
Erevanshi -- Yerevan (Caucasian city/Armenian capital)
Bako -- Baku (Caucasian city/Azeri capital)
Danzig -- Gdansk
Breslau -- Wroclaw
Stolp -- Slupsk
Landsberg an dem Warthe -- Gorzow Wielkopolskie
Stettin -- Szczecin
Memel -- Klaipeda
Königsberg -- Kaliningrad
Kolozsvár -- Cluj-Napojca
Brassó -- Brasov
Marosvásárhely -- Targu-Mures
Temesvár -- Timisoara
Nagyvárad -- Oradea
Szatmárnémeti -- Satu Mare
Lwow -- Lviv
Tarnopol -- Ternopil
Stanislawow -- Ivano-Frankivsk
Solha Galha -- Grozny
the Battlestar -- Battlestar Galactica
Die Elenden -- Les Miserables
Pichegru -- Cayenne (capital of Guyane)
Huangjiashan/Mont-Royal -- Antananarivo (capital of Madagascar)
Malei -- Malé (capital of Maldives)
Haishenwai -- Vladivostok
Urga -- Ulan Bator (major city/capital of Mongolia)
Belaya Zemyla -- Anchorage (capital of Imperial Russia in exile)
Novoarkhangelsk -- Sitka
Novyy Sevastopol -- Unalaska
Rezanovsk -- Juneau
Baranovsk -- Nome
Maksutovsk -- Fairbanks
Polyarnaya Zvezda -- Barrow
Mekhgorod -- Kodiak

Added some Star Wars/Eternal Soldiers stuff.

[Unicario]

For Ruri

[Luziyca]

CHINESE YUAN (AUY)
1 cent coin: All coins have the reigning monarch on the obverse, PM Jomo Kenyatta on the back (no longer produced since 2008, all prices in China are rounded to the nearest five cents (if something costs Y1.01 or 1.02, it rounds to Y1.00, if it is Y1.03 or Y1.04, it rounds to Y1.05, though old one cent coins made by China and all other one cent coins are legal tender)
5 cent coin: All coins have the reigning monarch on the obverse, emblem of the Chinese Empire on the back.
10 cent coin: All coins have the reigning monarch on the obverse, Drum Tower on the reverse.
25 cent coin: All coins have the reigning monarch on the obverse, junk on the reverse.
50 cent coin: All coins have the reigning monarch on the obverse, Potala Palace on the reverse
1 yuan coin: All coins have the reigning monarch on the obverse, Forbidden City on the reverse.
2 yuan coin (pre-AU adoption): All coins have the reigning monarch on the obverse, Tienanmen Square
2 yuan bill: obverse: Emperor Qianrong, reverse: skyline of Shanghai
5 yuan bill: obverse: Dalai Lama, reverse: Himalayas
10 yuan bill: obverse: PM Jomo Kenyatta, reverse: jubilant crowds at independence of Kenya
20 yuan bill: obverse: All 20 yuan bills have the reigning monarch, reverse: Tienanmen Square
50 yuan bill: obverse: Ibrahim Nasir, reverse: Independence of the Maldives
100 yuan bill: obverse: Chinese rebellion in Madagascar against the French, reverse: Skyline of Huangjiashan
200 yuan bill: obverse: Empress Catherine I of China, reverse: peace treaty ending the war between China and Japan
500 yuan bill: obverse: A cyclist in the Tour of the Orient, reverse: Map of the countries where the tour went through

Note: Coins are of different sizes and designs, so it is easier to tell which is which, as well as different materials. The 1 yuan coin is an octagon, though pre-AU yuan adoption had it similar to the Canadian loonie, while the 2 yuan coin was similar to the toonie.

[Ruridova]

For Ruri

It's an interesting concept for sure, but I'll have to consider if the parties will switch, and if they do, when.

[Unicario]

For Ruri

It's an interesting concept for sure, but I'll have to consider if the parties will switch, and if they do, when.

Well, all of those people I left in their original parties except for Strom Thurmond, who was a Democrat at the time you have him as POTCS. The only "party inversion" I have is after Nixon.

[Ruridova]

Emperor Qianrong

Get your own fucking names, god damn it!

[Unicario]

Emperor Qianrong

Get your own fucking names, god damn it!

This is who he meant, I think.

[Unicario]

The Empire of Japan and East Asia
Dai Nippon Teikoku no Higashiajia




Capital: Tokyo
Government: Constitutional Absolutism┼
National Language: (prior to 1883) Japanese
(post-1883) English, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, Thai, Cantonese
(as of 2014) English, Japanese, Korean, Cantonese

National Religion: Shinto-Buddhism, Sanguine Christianity, Japanese Islam

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Sovereign Monarchs

Meiji Empress

Born: May 9, 1754 | Death: August 15, 1837 (died of old age)
Reign: February 11, 1774 to August 15, 1837
Full name: Akiko Sakura Yamato

Emperor George I

Born: June 22, 1783 | Death: December 24, 1837 (assassinated by Black Samurai)
Reign: August 15, 1837 to December 24, 1837
Full name: George Augustus Yamato

Emperor Alexander

Born: May 24, 1819 | Death: July 4, 1898 (died of Canadian Flu)
Reign: December 24, 1837 to July 4, 1898
Full name: Alexander George Yamato

Empress Elizabeth

Born: mid 1844 | Death: July 16, 1898 (died of Canadian Flu)
Reign: July 4, 1898 to July 16, 1898
Full name: Elizabeth Alexandra Augusta Yamato

Emperor George II

Born: March 15, 1868 | Death: May 2, 1909 (died of pneumonia)
Reign: July 16, 1898 to May 2, 1909
Full name: George William Nicholas Feodor Yamato

Empress Catherine

Born: January 16, 1909 | Death: September 4, 2001 (died of old age)
Reign: May 2, 1909 to May 9, 1969 (abdicated)
Full name: Catherine Irina Yoshiko Yamato

Empress Akane

Born: May 9, 1952
Reign: May 9, 1969 to August 3, 2008 (abdicated)
Full name: Akane Yoshiko Megumi Yamato

Empress Elizabeth II

Born: July 31, 1991
Reign: August 3, 2008 - present day
Full name: Elizabeth Alexandrina Louisa Yamato

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Chancellors

Thomas Jefferson (1789-1807) - National Conservative Party - Amerikanjin
John Adams (1806-1825) - National Conservative Party - Amerikanjin
John Quincy Adams (1825-1837) - National Conservative Party - Amerikanjin
Iemochi Tokugawa (1837-1855) - Imperial Liberal Party
Kasumi Nakano (1855-1873) - Imperial Liberal Party
Ichirou Jefferson (1873-1879) - National Conservative Party
Syngman Rhee (1878-1892) - National Conservative Party - Removed from office due to vote of no confidence after Kyushu Raid, 1892
Michiko Adams (1892-1903) - Imperial Liberal Party
Avina Kamakura (1903-1909) - Japanese Social Democratic Party
William Yukimura (1909-1915) - Japanese Social Democratic Party
Ichirou Akiyama (1915-1921) - Japanese Social Democratic Party
James Sun (1921-1927) - Kuomintang
Kim Hyong-jik (1927-1928) - Korean Social Democrat Party
Adm. Isaac Yamamoto (1928-1939) - Kuomintang
William Jiang (1939-1945) - Kuomintang
Nguyen Sinh Con (1945-1950) - Indochinese People's Social Federation - Resigned from office, 1950
Kim Il-sung (1950-1975) - United Democratic Socialist Party - Son of PM Kim Hyong-jik.
Alexander Satō (1975) - Imperial Liberal Party - Resigned from office, 1975
Masayoshi Ōhira (1975-1980) - Imperial Liberal Party
Provisional Government (1980-1981)
Samora Machel (1981-1990) - United Democratic Socialist Party - Native of Japanese Mozambique, stayed in Japan after Mozambique independence in 1950
Sarah Adams (1990-1999) - United Democratic Socialist Party - Descendant of John Adams
Kim Dae-jung (1999-2008) - Korean Social Democrat Party
Kim Jong-un (2008-2014) - United Democratic Socialist Party
John A. Adams (2014-) - United Democratic Socialist Party - Son of Sarah Adams

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"Anthems" of Japan
Official anthems are Furusato and Kimigayo

Kimigayo
Thousands of years of happy reign be thine;
Rule on, my lord, until what are pebbles now
By ages united to mighty rocks shall grow
Whose venerable sides the moss doth line.

Umi Yukaba
Written in the 1770s by Japanese soldiers fighting in the Korean Rebellion

Traditional (1776):
Umi yukaba
Mizuku kabane
Yama yukaba
Kusa musu kabane
Okimi no he ni koso shiname
Kaerimi wa seji

English (1891):
If I go away to the sea,
I shall be a corpse washed up.
If I go away to the mountain,
I shall be a corpse in the grass
But if I die for the Emperor,
It will not be a regret.

Furusato
Japanese folk song written in the mid-18th century under the rule of Empress Meiji
Usagi oishi kano yama,
kobuna tsurishi kano kawa,
yume wa ima mo megurite,
wasure-gataki furusato.

Ikani imasu chichi-haha,
tsutsuganashi ya tomogaki,
ame ni kaze ni tsuketemo,
omoiizuru furusato.

Kokorozashi o hatashite,
itsunohinika kaeran,
yama wa aoki furusato,
mizu wa kiyoki furusato.

My country 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing!

Land where my fathers died,
Land of the noblest pride,
From every ocean side, let freedom ring!

My native country three,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love!

I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills,
My heart with Rapture thrills, like that above...

Let music swell the breeze,
and ring from all the trees,
Sweet freedom's song!

Let mortal tongues awake,
Let all that breathe partake,
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Strong and peaceful, wise and brave,
Fighting the fight for the whole world to see
We the People, will ceaselessly strive
To keep our great federation alive.
Unfurl the banners, look at the sun,
Never before has such glory been seen.

East Asia, East Asia, East Asia, 'tis for thee...

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Political Parties

- United Democratic Socialist Party
- Social Democratic Party
- Indochinese People's Social Federation (until 1956)
- Kuomintang
- Justice Party
- United Progressive Party of Korea
- Imperial Liberal Party
- National Progressive Party
- National Conservative Party
- Qinmintang

[Unicario]

Note of reference, the Syngman Rhee depicted as Japanese Prime Minister from 1879 to 1892 is the one that lead South Korea, just moving his lifetime back a few decades. OTL He was born in the late 1880s, so... yeah. I just made him old. ^^

[Ruridova]

Note of reference, the Syngman Rhee depicted as Japanese Prime Minister from 1879 to 1892 is the one that lead South Korea, just moving his lifetime back a few decades. OTL He was born in the late 1880s, so... yeah. I just made him old. ^^

Jefferson Davis and Benito Mussolini also had their birth and death dates changed.

[Unicario]

Anybody up for Geisha assassins? Because that's a thing in my Japan. If you want someone silenced, you pay the Geishas a significant fee and they'll "dispose" of the person. Meiji was their biggest client in the 1760s and 1770s, having several high-ranking lords and nobles assassinated for being rather uppity and dismissing her for her sex.

Alexander II will use geishas against Indonesia. Geishas are "sold" to Indonesia by the Yakuza, the Geisha then turn around and wait for the right moment before ohp, you're dead.

Of course, nobody ever knows who murders these people, but the Geishas are a very secretive group of women (and some men, if that's your kind of thing). They're bankrolled by the Yakuza, who is bankrolled by the Japanese Imperial Family. Though, Geishas only assassinate "gaijin" if they're paid by countrymen of the person's origin. So if, say, a Ukrainian businessman was targeted by a Ukrainian mafia or commisar, who didn't want to deal with the attention, he sends him on a "trip to Japan", he ends up running into a geisha who offers him a "good night", he goes to the hotel, strips, and then gets killed by her hidden blade, and his body is dumped in a place inconspicuous.

Prostitution is a legal means of making cash in Japan, and so geishas are government-regulated and funded by building brothels that are tightly controlled by the government (meaning no abusive behavior or else). The Yakuza give them training to be assassins. Meiji was proud of that one.

[Ruridova]

"Just banned"? Prohibition was added as an amendment in 1891, and has been in effect since 1892.

[Unicario]

"Just banned"? Prohibition was added as an amendment in 1891, and has been in effect since 1892.

Eh, just ignore that.

[The Vaktovian Empire]

Snip

Sure steal my original idea and having multiple people do that when my crazy Spaniard ruler in Morocco was gonna do that shit.

[Unicario]

Snip

Sure steal my original idea and having multiple people do that when my crazy Spaniard ruler in Morocco was gonna do that shit.

"Original idea". I'm pretty sure Al Capone and any mafioso from the Prohibition age beat you to the punch, mate. The Yakuza and Italian mafia are world-known criminal syndicates who would want to have a very strong influence in the proliferation of alcohol in a Prohibition era Confederacy. It's not original since it happened 90 years ago.

[Ruridova]

Sure steal my original idea and having multiple people do that when my crazy Spaniard ruler in Morocco was gonna do that shit.

"Original idea". I'm pretty sure Al Capone and any mafioso from the Prohibition age beat you to the punch, mate. The Yakuza and Italian mafia are world-known criminal syndicates who would want to have a very strong influence in the proliferation of alcohol in a Prohibition era Confederacy. It's not original since it happened 90 years ago.

I think he was talking about having a force of attractive but deadly assassin women... though that's not exactly original either.

[Ruridova]

Also, you and Boji do realize that what happens in the CSA is my jurisdiction, right?