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

[Unicario]

And; I've looked into it re: haemophilia

It seems that it isn't very likely that Queen Victoria's haemophiliac genes would be changed by a different mother. The OTL mother of Victoria didn't have haemophilia, and many believe it was a spontaneous mutation.

Likewise, I mean, Queen Victoria was born to Empress Meiji when the aforementioned Empress was... 65. It's possible that the trait mutated because of the advanced age of the mother.

So the Japanese Imperial Family has no haemophiliac genes as there is very little cross-pollination between the British and Japanese lines -- the current Prince-Consort is a Romanov, but is not a genetic descent of Victoria; he's related to Nicholas I and is a cousin of Alexander III.

Although ATL he is a competent naval admiral; but he remains heavily oriented towards academia and politics; to the point where he is a notable member of the Japanese Social Democratic Labour Party, and one of the sitting chairmen of the Socialist International; and is a Professor of European History at the University of Tokyo.

[Qianrong]

On mobile right now so I can't respond in-depth, but minor quibble: Edward VII was not Victoria's eldest child; he was Victoria's eldest son. Victoria's eldest child was Victoria, the Princess Royal.

[Unicario]

On mobile right now so I can't respond in-depth, but minor quibble: Edward VII was not Victoria's eldest child; he was Victoria's eldest son. Victoria's eldest child was Victoria, the Princess Royal.

Typo. I know she's the eldest child; I probably meant eldest son and didn't write it.

[Ruridova]

I'm going to try to keep this civil and largely scholarly if at all possible, so if I sound short or rude, know that I don't intend to and that I apologize.

Uni's response to me

It could easily be argued that Edward VII did fuck up that badly. He engaged in numerous extramarital affairs and frequently visited brothels (in one Paris brothel, he had a love seat specially designed for sexual intercourse), he acted very decadently (in the aforementioned brothel, he had a bathtub he would fill up with champagne instead of water), he had several public falling-outs with friends and was known to have violent spats of anger, he was involved in the royal baccarat scandal and several others...

Admittedly, Parliament would have to approve of a decision by Victoria to skip over Edward VII in favor of Victoria, Princess Royal, but given that Parliament flipped over Edward VIII's one comparatively slight scandal (wanting to marry a divorcee) it's an outright miracle that they didn't have a heart attack over the concept of Edward VII succeeding. Furthermore, if my memory serves me correctly, while Parliament has to approve a change, the monarch is the individual who's supposed to propose it, so if Victoria proposed making VIctoria, Princess Royal heir instead of Edward VII, their choice would not be between Edward VII and all of his eight other siblings- just Edward VII Victoria, Princess Royal. And I continue to think that Victoria, Princess Royal would be one of the most probable candidates.

Furthermore, Parliament- at least in my knowledge- has neither the legal authority to refuse to recognize a British monarch (meaning they would lack the legal justification to refuse to recognize WIlliam V/Wilhelm II and then name Ernest Louis of Hesse or Princess Helena or Ernst Augustus to the British monarchy) nor to force a monarch's abdication (the Parliament must accept their abdication, but they cannot force it). Essentially, the most Parliament would be able to legally do would be to pull a Mitch McConnell or a Ted Cruz and just give William V/Wilhelm II political hell. Now, in theory, Parliament could violate British law and risk starting a civil war, but I just don't think that's very probable.

Uni's response to Shrill

In my understanding, the reason that Wilhelm II did a lot of the things that created German-British tension was because of poor relations between himself and his uncle, Edward VII. Victoria loved Wilhelm II and doted on him heavily, describing him as "a clever, dear, good little child, the great favorite of my beloved Vicky", and Wilhelm II desperately craved her love and approval; he was even present at her bedside when she passed. By contrast, Wilhelm II had a terrible relationship with his uncle, Edward VII. Edward VII viewed Wilhelm II as arrogant, brash, and short-sighted; Wilhelm II felt like Edward VII treated him rudely and dismissively.

As a result- at least in my understanding- Wilhelm II and Edward VII began carrying out a weird geopolitical version of "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" in which Wilhelm II attempted to prove to his uncle that he was just as capable and worthy of respect. Wilhelm II wanted to prove that he could be just as strong, just as defiant, just as bold. Wilhelm II wanted to prove that he could manage a large-scale fleet just as well as Edward VII, so he created the Hochseeflotte. Wilhelm II wanted to prove he could manage a colonial empire just as well as Edward VII, so he began trying to create a German colonial empire. So many of the things that Wilhelm II did that hurt German-British relations were attempts to win the personal approval of his British relatives.

But if Edward VII never becomes King, then... well, what happens to all of those incidents you listed? Because if Wilhelm II is also William V, then he has no motivation to do any of those things- and while Wilhelm II acted incredibly brashly, he did not act without reason. So if Wilhelm II is also William V, chances are British-German relations don't deteriorate like they did OTL simply because Wilhelm II doesn't do as much stupid shit.

In short, quite a few of the confrontational elements that you cite would never surface in this OTL situation.

(Another minor quibble: I think you confused Bismark's realpolitik with Wilhelm II's weltpolitik. They are very different things.)

There's also the fact that "Splendid Isolation" is generally considered to have ended with the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance, so if Wilhelm II ascends to the throne in 1901, he arrives just in time for the end of Splendid Isolation. Also worth noting is that Britain and Germany both disliked Russia; in the words of the YouTube video "history of japan", the Anglo-Japanese Alliance was signed "so they [Britain and Japan] could both be a little less scared of Russia", so Wilhelm II could hypothetically tap into that anti-Russian sentiment to bring the two closer together. It's also worth noting that British-French antagonism very much remained a thing until the 1904 Entente Cordiale- prior to that point, both countries had operated on a modus vivendi largely unchanged since 1815. The Entente Cordiale was signed largely because Britain felt like it 1) needed a European ally 2) needed to counter Germany. With Wilhelm II not taking the aggressive actions he did OTL, and with Germany serving as a European ally, the Entente Cordiale never materializes ATL. Furthermore, Britain did very seriously consider joining the Triple Alliance (between Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary) at the urging of Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain; with WIlliam V/Wilhelm II as King instead of Edward VII, this alliance might in fact materialize ATL.

I also think you heavily overestimate the probability of a communist revolution in Great Britain (as Shrill noted, Germany had established its own welfare state to prevent a communist revolution, and it's probable that similar action would be taken in Great Britain for similar reasons in a personal union situation; I also think you, in general, overestimate the possibility of a successful communist revolution in Great Britain) and of the United States invading Canada (keep in mind the United States is heavily isolationist at this point in history- Woodrow Wilson won reelection in 1916 with the slogan "he kept us out of war", so I very much doubt the American public would approve of a wholly preemptive large-scale invasion of Canada).

As for Ireland, OTL Wilhelm II discussed the possibility of naming his son Prince Joachim King of Ireland, and even brought it up with Irish separatists. Furthermore, the German Empire's plan for Eastern Europe was to administer it indirectly, through a series of monarchies headed by a mixture of German nobility and local elected officials- or, in a few cases, through outright republics. Admittedly, the situations are very different, but there is the possibility that Wilhelm II would ultimately allow Ireland some level of independence either as a protectorate kingdom under his son Joachim (or perhaps a British relative) or as a republic closely affiliated with Germany and Britain. This would give Ireland the increased independence that they sought while keeping Ireland close politically to Britain and Germany.

[Unicario]

It could easily be argued that Edward VII did fuck up that badly. He engaged in numerous extramarital affairs and frequently visited brothels (in one Paris brothel, he had a love seat specially designed for sexual intercourse), he acted very decadently (in the aforementioned brothel, he had a bathtub he would fill up with champagne instead of water), he had several public falling-outs with friends and was known to have violent spats of anger, he was involved in the royal baccarat scandal and several others...

True, but we're not talking about sexual deviancy; for him to get kicked out of succession, he'd have to do something like be Jack the Ripper.

Parliament flipped over Edward VIII's one comparatively slight scandal (wanting to marry a divorcee)

It was less Parliament, and more the British political leadership and the Church -- the difference here is that Edward VII's sexual notoriety didn't openly clash with the Anglican Church -- marrying a divorcee who wasn't quite yet finalized was a major problem for the Anglican faith.

Furthermore, if my memory serves me correctly, while Parliament has to approve a change, the monarch is the individual who's supposed to propose it, so if Victoria proposed making VIctoria, Princess Royal heir instead of Edward VII, their choice would not be between Edward VII and all of his eight other siblings- just Edward VII Victoria, Princess Royal. And I continue to think that Victoria, Princess Royal would be one of the most probable candidates.

Furthermore, Parliament- at least in my knowledge- has neither the legal authority to refuse to recognize a British monarch (meaning they would lack the legal justification to refuse to recognize WIlliam V/Wilhelm II and then name Ernest Louis of Hesse or Princess Helena or Ernst Augustus to the British monarchy) nor to force a monarch's abdication (the Parliament must accept their abdication, but they cannot force it).

It isn't cut and dry; the idea is largely theoretical. But Victoria would be violating the Act of Settlement (1701) if she insisted on her daughter being the heir to the throne. The Act of Settlement and all the post-Glorious Revolution documentation on the matter states that Britain was male-preference primogeniture. Even if Victoria wanted her eldest child to be the heir, she still had to contend with the fact that legally speaking, her other sons and their sons had primacy over Victoria, Princess Royal.

So as I said, if you want Victoria, Princess Royal to take the throne; you'd have to either reform the British line of succession to be absolute primogeniture in pre-1901 (which wouldn't pass exactly because of the reason that "wait, the German Kaiser would be King? NO!" also because nobody in 1901 would want absolute primogeniture... you'd have to reform it, or kill everyone in front of her.

Essentially, the most Parliament would be able to legally do would be to pull a Mitch McConnell or a Ted Cruz and just give William V/Wilhelm II political hell. Now, in theory, Parliament could violate British law and risk starting a civil war, but I just don't think that's very probable.

Chances are Parliament would simply sit on their hands and tell Wilhelm to go fuck himself; or openly demand his abdication.

Uni's response to Shrill

In my understanding, the reason that Wilhelm II did a lot of the things that created German-British tension was because of poor relations between himself and his uncle, Edward VII.

Wilhelm II was still slightly deranged and suffered from a number of dispositions, including Erb's palsy.

Victoria loved Wilhelm II and doted on him heavily, describing him as "a clever, dear, good little child, the great favorite of my beloved Vicky", and Wilhelm II desperately craved her love and approval; he was even present at her bedside when she passed. By contrast, Wilhelm II had a terrible relationship with his uncle, Edward VII. Edward VII viewed Wilhelm II as arrogant, brash, and short-sighted; Wilhelm II felt like Edward VII treated him rudely and dismissively.

Wilhelm craved his grandmother's love; but he and his mother had a distant, almost poor relationship. He resisted every sort of liberal idea they attempted to instill in him. He harbored a great deal of anti-British sentiment even before the death of Queen Victoria.

Quoth Wikipedia: Wilhelm thus developed a dysfunctional relationship with his parents, but especially with his English mother. In an outburst in April 1889, Wilhelm angrily implied that "an English doctor killed my father, and an English doctor crippled my arm – which is the fault of my mother", who allowed no German physicians to attend to herself or her immediate family.[8]

As a result- at least in my understanding- Wilhelm II and Edward VII began carrying out a weird geopolitical version of "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" in which Wilhelm II attempted to prove to his uncle that he was just as capable and worthy of respect. Wilhelm II wanted to prove that he could be just as strong, just as defiant, just as bold. Wilhelm II wanted to prove that he could manage a large-scale fleet just as well as Edward VII, so he created the Hochseeflotte. Wilhelm II wanted to prove he could manage a colonial empire just as well as Edward VII, so he began trying to create a German colonial empire. So many of the things that Wilhelm II did that hurt German-British relations were attempts to win the personal approval of his British relatives.

I don't think Wilhelm II characterizes like that; he was largely manipulated by Bismarck and afterwards, gained his own illusions of grandieur to be like his grandfather; whom he percieved as "Wilhelm the Great".

But if Edward VII never becomes King, then... well, what happens to all of those incidents you listed? Because if Wilhelm II is also William V, then he has no motivation to do any of those things- and while Wilhelm II acted incredibly brashly, he did not act without reason. So if Wilhelm II is also William V, chances are British-German relations don't deteriorate like they did OTL simply because Wilhelm II doesn't do as much stupid shit.

This does not remove the fact that Britain and Germany are going to end up on opposing sides of some issues -- namely naval expansion and colonialism.[/quote]

I'm too tired and I have laryngitis so I'm not going to do the rest of the post.

[Unicario]

The Empire of Japan and the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Dai Nippon Teikoku no Dai-tō-a Kyōeiken
大日本帝國と大東亞共榮圏

Commonly known as "Japan"



Capital: Tokyo
Government: Constitutional Absolutism┼
National Language: Japanese

Regional Languages:

• English (most of Japan, inc. Shiyushima)
• Ainu (Hokkaidō)
• Malay (Malaysia)
• Mandarin (Hebei Autonomy, Shanghai, Singapore)
• Cantonese (Hong Kong, Hainan Island)
• Hawaiʻian (Hawaiʻi)
• Arabic + Soqotri (Socotra)

National Religion: State Shinto

Regional Religions:

• Islam (Socotra, Malaysia, parts of the Meiji Islands)
• Protestantism (Central Japan, Shiryushima, parts of the Meiji Islands)
• Catholicism (Southern Japan, Shiryushima, parts of the Meiji Islands)
• Orthodoxy (Hokkaido, Ryojun)
• Buddhism (Japan)
• Confucianism (Chinese Territories)
• Polytheism (Oceania, Micronesia, Polynesia; Hawai'i, parts of the Meiji Islands)

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Sovereign Monarchs

117. Meiji Empress / Empress Akiko

Born: May 9, 1754 | Death: August 15, 1837 (died of old age; natural causes)
Reign: February 11, 1774 to August 15, 1837 (63 years, 6 months, 4 days)
Full name: Akiko Sakura Yamato
Right of Inheritance: Firstborn child of Emperor Momozono

118. Junkyou Emperor / Emperor George I

Born: June 22, 1783 | Death: December 24, 1837 (assassinated by the Black Chrysanthemum Society)
Reign: August 15, 1837 to December 24, 1837 (4 months, 9 days)
Full name: George Augustus Yamato
Right of Inheritance: Firstborn child of Empress Akiko

119. Nikkou Emperor / Emperor Alexander

Born: May 24, 1819 | Death: February 26, 1898 (hypothermia and stroke)
Reign: December 24, 1837 to February 26, 1898 (60 years, 2 months, 2 days)
Full name: Alexander George Yamato
Right of Inheritance: Firstborn child of Emperor George

120. Tsuki Empress / Empress Elizabeth

Born: mid 1844 | Death: May 6, 1909 (Canadian Flu)
Reign: February 26, 1898 to May 6, 1909 (11 years, 2 months, 10 days)
Full name: Elizabeth Alexandra Augusta Yamato
Right of Inheritance: Firstborn (legitimate) child of Emperor Alexander

121. Rikugun Empress / Empress Masako

Born: January 16, 1909 | Death: September 4, 2001 (died of old age; natural causes)
Reign: May 6, 1909 to May 9, 1969 (abdicated; 60 years, 3 days)
Full name: Masako Catherine Yoshiko Yamato
Right of Inheritance: Firstborn child of the late Crown Prince Tatsu (d. 1909); grandchild of Empress Elizabeth

122. Empress Akane

Born: May 9, 1952
Reign: May 9, 1969 to August 3, 2008 (abdicated; 39 years, 2 months, 25 days)
Full name: Akane Yoshiko Megumi Yamato
Right of Inheritance: Firstborn child of Empress Masako

123. Empress Elizabeth II

Born: July 31, 1991
Reign: August 3, 2008 - present day (currently: 7 years, 8 months, 27 days and counting)
Full name: Elizabeth Rika Yamato
Right of Inheritance: Firstborn child of Empress Akane

Heir: Crown Prince Alexander (will be Alexander II upon accession)

Born: April 13, 2016
Full name: Alexander George Yamato
Right of inheritance: Firstborn child of Empress Elizabeth II

Second-in-line: Princess Victoria (would be Victoria I)
Born: April 13, 2016
Full name: Victoria Ranko Yamato
Right of inheritance: Secondborn child of Empress Elizabeth II

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Chancellors (elections have been held every 4 years since 1788)

1788-1808: Thomas Jefferson (National Conservative) - Amerikanjin
1808-1820: John Adams (National Conservative) - Amerikanjin
1820-1836: John Quincy Adams (National Conservative) - Amerikanjin
1836-1852: Iemochi Tokugawa (Imperial Liberal)
1852-1872: Kasumi Nakano (Imperial Liberal)
1872-1880: Ichirou Jefferson (National Conservative)
1880-1892: Syngman Rhee (National Conservative) - [1]
1892-1900: Michiko Adams (Imperial Liberal) - [2]
1900-1908: Avina Kamakura (Social Democratic Labour)
1908-1916: Nicholas Romanov (Social Democratic Labour)
1916-1920: James Sun (Constitutional)
1920-1921: Nicholas Romanov (Social Democratic) - [3]
1921-1932: James Sun (Constitutional)
1932-1936: Fumimaro Konoe (Conservative) - [4]
1936-1940: Inukai Tsuyoshi (Democratic)
1940-1942: Saitō Makoto (Constitutional-Democratic Alliance) - [5]
1942-1952: William Jiang (Constitutional-Democratic Alliance)
1952-1968: Sakura Kamakura (Socialist)
1968-1976: Jacqueline Kennedy (Democratic) - [6]
1976: Alexander Satō (Imperial Liberal) - [7]
1976-1979: Masayoshi Ōhira (Imperial Liberal) - [8]
1979-1980: Oyabun Kasumi Yamato (Imperial Rule Assistance Association)
1980-1992: Bernard Sanders (Socialist) - [9]
1992-2000: Sarah Adams (Democratic)
2000-2002: John MacLeod (Constitutional) - [10]
2002-2008: Princess Ranko Yamato (Imperial Rule Assistance Association)
2008-2012: Yuki Satsuma (Liberal)
2012-present: Julia Noragami (Social Democrat)

[1] Forced to leave office after vote of no confidence, caused by the Kyushuu Raid of 1892.
[2] Resigned office in 1900 for personal reasons.
[3] Resigned office in 1921 to become King of Manchukuo.
[4] Resigned office in 1936; feeling responsible for the 2/26 Incident.
[5] Creator of the Constitutional-Democratic Alliance, which lasted until 1952; after their defeat in the 1951 General Election by the Socialist Party. Died in office in 1942.
[6] Blackmailed by Imperial Liberals, forced to resign in 1975.
[7] Forced to resign due to sexual scandal, 1975
[8] Removed from office due to acts of treason, revolt against the Empire; later executed for a number of charges; prosecuted under the Sedition Act of 1836, the same laws used to charge the last King of Korea, as well as Hideki Tojo.
[9] Leader of the post-Civil War United Front which united all of the remaining parties behind a long-standing government; the United Front dissolved in the 1987 election; Sanders was still re-elected twice after that. In 1993, he chose not to seek another term in office.
[10] Forced to leave office after vote of no confidence during the 2002 riots in Niigata.

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Political Parties (from far-left to far-right)

National Syndicalist Party - Syndicalism

Japan's foremost Syndicalist Party. Formed in the early 20th century; largely far-left these days, as are most Syndicalist parties across Europe; the syncretic blend of fascism and communism has created a unique ideology. They are very staunchly economic nationalist; believing all industry should serve the state. Socially, they are progressive, believing that what people do moves them closer to a greater understanding of the world.

Socialist Party

While the Socialists were originally one of the first "four factions" in the original Japanese Diets in the late 18th century, the Socialists never had a formally organized party until the SDLP came into existence in 1891; before then, all members of Parliament were simply "Independent Socialists". As the SDLP became more moderate over the years, many people too far left for the SDLP, but too far-right for the NSP, joined into the new Socialist Party, which didn't form until 1934. They largely resemble modern socialist parties; advocating further state intervention on certain industries, and the limitation of predatory capitalism. They are socially progressive.

Social Democratic Labour Party

The first "mainstream" Socialist Party, formed in 1891 by Megumi Takibara, Nikolai Romanov, Kim Bo-hyon and other figures. They grew increasingly moderate over the years, and soon had more die-hard socialists (following more closely to Belinskyism than moderate Socialism) break off to form the Socialist Party. They are the largest party in the Imperial Parliament right now, and champion both economic and social liberalism; as well as regulatory action with regards to capitalism.

Democratic Reform Party

These are Japan's main-stream Progressives. The Democratic Reform Party was formed in the early 1950s by a group of young adults who felt they were incompatible with the general leftist sentiment on economy, but agreed with their social progressive views. The DRP has been one of the main proponents behind large progressive actions, and were a major supporter of the regime during the Japanese Civil War in 1979; to the point of zealotry.

Liberal Party

This party did not exist until the late 1980s. Originally, the Imperial Liberal Party, one of the first parties formed in the late 18th century (along with the National Conservatives), was the main and monolithic "liberal" party. However, after the party leadership was found to be supporters of the anti-monarchist rebels during the Civil War, most of the Liberal leadership and apparatus were wiped out, imprisoned, or killed -- the Liberals dispersed, and were hard-pressed to reform, those who hadn't been arrested for sedition or treason flocking to other parties, such as the Democrats, Democratic Reform, or the Social Democrats. However, in 1989, the party was revived, under Yuki Satsuma; whom has remained party leader since.

They affix themselves to "liberalism and common sense" -- centre-left ideas, but not excessive "overpowering ideas" as they claim.

Democratic Party of Japan

Where the Liberals are "Socially Liberal, Economically Liberal"; the Democrats are economic conservatives, while also being social liberal -- the Democrats see government intervention in the economy as a "step-backwards" in the progress of Japan, and believe that the zaibatsu are doing a fine job self-regulating. While they don't intend to repeal things like the Banking Regulatory Act (1935) or the Economic Integrity Act (1963), or even the Pacific Telesis Nationalization Act (1991) they don't intend to burden the economy with more regulation than there is.

Constitutional Party of Japan

The Constitutionalists are typical social conservatives; they're opposed to "great leaps" of progress without making sure that heritage and nation aren't put first before the people -- they see radical change as harmful to Japan's future, and think that great contemplation and "experimentation with the results" be done before giving it a greenlight nationally. They're also opposed to casual drug use and homosexuality, but have toned down their opposition to the latter as it becomes more and more socially acceptable.

Economically, they're opposed to regulations, and wish to privatize some of the nationally-owned companies, believing the state knows less about business than the people do. They also are opposed to some of the Imperial Family's underhanded dealings, but remain quiet because they also know what benefits they bring to the state.

Conservative Party / Tories - Socially Moderate, Economic Conservative (moderate right)

The Tories (as they call themselves to model after Britain's Tories), are the oldest political party in Japan -- formed in the late 18th century by the Amerikajin expatriates who came to Tokyo's shores to seek new lives in Japan. The Tories champion social moderate policies, believing that progress is a naturally flowing river, and that when the time comes, things will change on their own, and are not opposed to giving it a minor push here or there. Economically, they are much the same as the Constitutionalists; believing that regulation and nationalization of industry is bad, and seeks to reverse some of the more "oppressive" restrictions on capitalist enterprise.

Christian Democratic Party - Social Reactionary, Economic Liberal (right-wing)

Social Reactionaries, this lot are. They are part of Japan's large Christian group, and form their own verison of the "Moral Majority", despite not being a majority in the slightest. They are opposed to most social reform policies; including the legalization of homosexual marriage. They condemn anything they see as "degenerate", including art, music, film, television, et al. -- they are also border-line republicans, often criticizing the Imperial Family for what they see as "excesses" and "heathenism".

Everyone reminds them that their religion is not native to Japan, and was the product of European imperialism. Typically, they shut up after this.

Suppressed Parties
Movement For The Restoration of the Empire

A group of reactionaries who seek to "restore the Empire" by forcing all the Dominions and Client States to subserve themselves to Tokyo's whim; and also are one of the main proponents of a "final war to the death" with the Confederates, whom they hold as the "Eastern Oni" (eastern devil). They are ethnocentric, nationalist, and militarist to boot. However, unlike their radical-right brothers who are suppressed, they don't seek world conquest. They hold a great deal of Anglophilia, calling Britain and Canada "the great Western Realms". They are however, vehemently Russophobic, believing that Siberia should be forcibly annexed from Russia and Japonized to the point of wiping out any Slavic settlers in the region. They were a major supporter of the Japonization of Manchuria; but opposed allowing Koreans and Russian expatriates into the region.

They have been suppressed by the government and police since they were banned under the February 26 Act; 80 years ago.

Imperial Nationalist Party

Japan's fascist party; advocates Hakkō ichiu (八紘一宇, eight cords under one roof) and the subservience of all races to Tokyo's whims; wants the world to follow Japan's orders, and while not outright genocidal, they deeply imply that cultural assimilation is the only way forward for Asia's population; they all must speak Japanese, or be relegated to second-class status. They have been suppressed since the Anti-Fascist Act was passed in 1914. (commonly called the Antifa Act)

Social-Nationalist People's Movement

The SNPM is Japan's sole Natsi party. If you thought that the INP's advocation of world paternalism was bad, the SNPM is outright genocidal; they believe that 八紘一宇 means the total conquest of every part of Earth by the Japanese Empire; and the total Japonization of all races. They are vehement supporters of the Final Solution With Regards to China, and believe that the Korean, Chinese, and Confederate races are "mongrels" who should be wiped out -- they have a better view of Brits and Canadians, whom they call "noble savages", and believe that they would benefit more under Japanese suzeranity than as independent empires. They want to break China up into princely states from various "mongrel races" across the globe, and make them into weak, fealty-stricken princely regimes required to do resource exploitation for Tokyo to survive.

They, however, anoint people under the supposed "Altaic" banner (excluding Koreans, whom they consider to be mongrels, because of their Chinese influence) to be honorary Japanese; as well as Slavs and "Aryans" (Iranians) -- In their planned "new world order", a Great Slavic Brother Nation would control most of Europe, but would be required to adhere to Shintoism, and give tribute to the Japanese Emperor as the Sole Divine Figure on Earth; while also propping up the "Great Ottoman Caliphate" covering the Mediterranean Sea, and the "Great Persian Empire" spanning from Mesopotamia to Delhi, and the "Bukkhara Chaliphate" spanning Central Asia; with Japan taking the rest of Asia for herself, and occupying North America west of the Rockies; giving Canada everything east.

They have been suppressed, often times with a great deal of zeal or slight brutality, since 1914; when the Antifa Act made their existence criminal. After the revelations of what Ruthenia was doing to the Tatars, and the near-assassination of Empress Elizabeth, Natsis have been violently suppressed; if not by police, than by citizens of the Empire.

Other Parties
Imperial Rule Assistance Association

The IRAA is not a traditional political party. This "party" represents the political ministries and ambitions of the Imperial Family. If an Imperial Family member sits as Chancellor of Japan; they typically come from this party, as it is a neutral non-partisan one. The cabinet will often contain members of other parties for balance purposes. The only two times this party has ruled the country -- was between the outbreak of the Civil War, and the formation of the Sanders Government; and between the 2002 Riots, and the 2005 Election.

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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.

State of Manchukuo / State of Manchuria
(Formally recognized by Japan as The State of Manchuria and All Rus' from 1921 to 1980.)
RUS: Man'chzhuriya
JPN: 満州国 / Manshu-koku
ZH: Mǎnzhōuguó

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Administrative Capital: Rostgorod (aka Shengyang or Mukden)
Official Languages: Russian, Japanese, Korean
Established: 1 January 1921

National Anthems:
There Is A New Manchuria On Earth (official; 1921-1936)
God Save The King (official; 1936-1980)
March of the Motherland (official; 1980-present)

Army: Royal Manchurian Army
Navy: Royal Manchurian Navy
Air Force: Royal Manchurian Air Force

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Monarchs:
Names are formatted [Manchurian regnant name] / [Russian regnant name (if applicable)]

1921 - 1939: Nicholas I / Nicholas III (House Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov) - [0,1]
1939 - 1951: Tatiana / Catherine III (House Romanov) - [1]
1945 - 1970: Alexander I / Alexander IV (House Romanov-Yamato)
1970 - 1986: Feodor / Feodor IV (House Romanov-Yamato) - [2]
1986 - 1999: Ivan (House Romanov-Yamato) - [2]
1999 - present: Alexander II (House Romanov-Yamato)
Heir: Grand Duke Ivan Alexandrovich Romanov-Yamato

[0] Nicholas I & III removed the "Holstein-Gottorp" part of the dynasty name in 1923.

[1] After Nicholas died in 1939, he was succeeded by his distant cousin, Tatiana; one of the daughters of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. He had many children by his wife, Empress Elizabeth, but the Imperial Family decided to pass the crown off to another group. Tatiana had married a distant cousin; one of the descendants of one of Emperor Alexander's immediate uncles. She adopted Catherine III as her regnant name for her claim to Russia.

[2] In 1980, Manchukuo ceased claiming to be the rightful successor to the Russian Empire; while Feodor IV and his descendants retained claims on a personal basis; they set those aside while they served as King/Queen of Manchuria.

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Major political parties:

Fengtian Soviet (Communist)
Social Democratic Party (Socialist)
Guomindang (Centre-left)
National Union (Centre-right)
Constitutional Party (Conservative)
Alliance of White Russians Against Republicanism (Reactionary)
Syndicalist Front (Fascist)
National Socialist All-Russian Workers Party (Natsi)

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State Minister (Head of Government)

1921-1924: Vasili Orekhov - Constitutional Party
1924-1933: Mikhail Kamanov - AWRAR
1933-1935: Yevgeny Pasternak - Syndicalist Front
1935-1949: Marlen Nikolaev - Fengtian Soviet
1949-1951: Pyotr Polzin - NSARWP
1951-1966: John Hisakawa - Guomindang
1966-1973: Song Sang-hun - National Union
1973-1980: Ivan Alkaev - Fengtian Soviet
1980-1991: Lavrentiy Krupin - Fengtian Soviet
1991-2003: James Matsuri - Constitutional Party
2003-2011: Radoslav Yakovlev - Syndicalist Front
2011-present: Thomas Hatakeyama - National Union

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Religion and Ethnic Compromisation
At time of Census, 2015

Japanese: 48.44%
White Russian: 45.38%
Korean: 5.10%
Chinese: ~1%
Other: <1%

Orthodox Christian: 43.33%
Shintoist: 34.41%
Nicene Christian: 10.37%
Anglican: 11.89%

The Empire of Tawantinsuyu



Capital: Nueva Darien, Provincia de Panamá
Government: Constitutional monarchy
National Language: Spanish, Quechua (minor, academic), Japanese (minor, lingua franca)
National Religions: Buddhism, Incan Shintoism, Catholicism

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Sovereign Monarchs

1. Sapa Inca Andrés Hurtado (House of de Mendoza)

Born: c. 1500 | Death: 30 March 1561
Reign: 11 July 1559 - 30 March 1561

Sapa Inca Francisco Rafael (House of de Espina)

Born: c. 1540 | Death: 6 April 1605
Reign: 30 March 1561 - 6 April 1605

Sapa Inca Francisco II (House of de Espina)

Born: c. 1559 | Death: 22 July 1609
Reign: 6 April 1605 - 22 July 1609

Sapa Inca Andrés II (House of de Espina)

Born: 3 March 1590 | Death: 16 April 1672
Reign: 22 July 1609 - 16 April 1672

Sapa Inca Andrés III (House of de Espina)

Born: 25 December 1610 | Death: 1 January 1700
Reign: 16 April 1672 - 1 January 1700

Sapa Inca Felipe Cristobal (House of de Espina)

Born: 30 July 1633 | Death: 4 April 1703
Reign: 1 January 1700 - 4 April 1703

Sapa Inca Francisco III (House of de Espina)

Born: 11 September 1675 | Death: 31 August 1705
Reign: 4 April 1703 - 31 August 1705

Sapa Inca Francisco IV (House of de Espina)

Born: 18 October 1695 | Death: 6 July 1775
Reign: 31 August 1705 - 6 July 1775

Sapa Inca Luciano (House of de Espina)

Born: 30 August 1768 | Death: 18 July 1836
Reign: 6 July 1775 - 18 July 1836

Sapa Inca Francisco V (House de Espina)

Born: 22 February 1819 | Death: 25 August 1884
Reign: 18 July 1836 - 25 August 1884

Sapa Inca Maritza I (House de Espina)

Born: 15 January 1873 | Death: 16 June 1955
Reign: 25 August 1884 - 16 June 1955

Sapa Inca Maritza II (House de Espina)

Born: 24 May 1897 | Death: 4 September 1957
Reign: 16 June 1955 - 4 September 1957

Sapa Inca Francisco VI (House de Espina-Yamato)

Born: 28 January 1928
Reign: 4 September 1957 - present

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Prime Ministers

1881-1887: Javier Fernando de Montevideo (Nationalist Party)
1887-1899: Luis Eliseo de Romero (Nationalist Party)
1899-1911: Francisco Zacarías de Cusco (Progressive Party)
1911-1929: Ernesto Guevara Sr. (Communist Party)
1929-1941: Juan Domingo Perón (Communist Party)
1941-1947: Salvador Guillermo Allende (Communist Party)
1947-1953: Eva Perón (Communist Party)
1953-1965: Salvador Guillermo Allende (Communist Party)
1965-1971: Alberto Fujimori (Progressive Party)
1971-1983: Augusto Pinochet (National Unity Party)
1983-1995: Manuel Noriega (Nationalist Party)
1995-2001: Pablo Escobar (Communist Party)
2001-present: Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Communist Party)

The United Republics of Central America
Las Repúblicas Unidas de Centroamérica



Capital: Managua, República de Nicaragua
Government: Presidential Dictatorship
National Language: Spanish
National Religion: Roman Catholic, later Centroamerican Catholic

Provinces:
República de Guatemala
República de Belice
República de El Salvador
República de Honduras
República de Nicaragua
República de Costa Rica
República de la Costa de los Mosquitos
República de La Española

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Presidents of the Republic:

1815-1832: Alberto Ramos (Partido Nacionalista - Guatemala)
1832-1857: Aaron Puentes-Corchero (Partido Nacionalista - Guatemala)
1857-1869: Miguel Banderas (Partido Nacionalista - Costa Rica)
1869-1894: Antonio Cabrera (Partido Populista - El Salvador)
1894-1918: Miguel Bolivar (Partido Populista - El Salvador)
1918-1959: Agustin Durante (Partido Fascista - Belize)
1959-1974: Diego Ramirez (Partido Fascista - El Salvador)
1974-1976: Juan Martinez (Partido Socialista - Costa Rica)
1976-1984: Alejandro Gonzalez (Partido Socialista - Mosquito Coast)
1984-2000: Angela Cabrera (Partido Nacionalista - Honduras)
2000-present: Josué Luis Cuéllar (Partido Socialista - La Española)

(flag)
French State (État Français) (1897-1946)
Gemenebest van Frankrijk en Nederland / Union de la France et les Pays-Bas (1946-)

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Motto: "Allen voor één en één voor allen!" / "Tous pour un et un pour tous!"
Capital City: Paris and Amsterdam
Government:

One-party fascist state (1898-1945)
Constitutional monarchy (1945-)

National Languages: French, Dutch, Occitan, Flemish, Luxemburger, Wallonian, Indonesian, Afrikaans

Anthem: Hymne de l'Union / Hymne van de Gemenebest

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Empereur de la France (1900-1942):

Napoléon III Bonaparte
Birth name: Napoléon Eugène Louis Bonaparte
Born: 16 March 1856
Death: 3 September 1912 (age 56)
Reign: 1 January 1900 - 3 September 1912 (12 years, 8 months, 2 days)
Legitimacy: Grandson of Napoleon I / Son of Napoleon II; installed by Syndicalists to establish a proud nationalist France.

Napoléon IV Bonaparte
Birth name: Napoléon Frédéric Bonaparte
Born: 31 July 1878
Death: 16 March 1942 (age 63)
Reign: 3 September 1912 - 16 March 1942
Inheritance: Eldest son of Napoleon III

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Keizerin van Nederland en Indonesië (1900-1942):

Wilhelmina van Oranje-Nassau
Birth name: Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria van Oranje-Nassau
Born: 31 August 1880
Death: 28 November 1962
Reign: 23 November 1890 - 28 April 1942 ()
Inheritance: Dutch monarch; daughter of William III of the Netherlands

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Empereur de l'Union / Keizer van het Gemenebest:
Napoléon V van Oranje-Nassau-Bonaparte
Birth name: Napoléon Willem van Oranje-Nassau-Bonaparte
Born: 30 April 1909
Death: 30 April 1980
Reign: 16 March 1942 - 30 April 1980
Inheritance: Son of Napoleon IV / Son of Wilhelmina

James I van Oranje-Nassau-Yamato
Birth name: James Leopold Napoléon Alexander van Oranje-Nassau-Bonaparte-Yamato
Born: 16 December 1973 (age 41)
Reign: 30 April 1980 to present day
Inheritance: Grandson of Napoléon V

Prince-Imperial James, King of Rome, Prince of Orange
Birth name: James Napoléon van Oranje-Nassau-Bonaparte-Yamato
Born: 22 August 1989 (age 25)
Heir to the Throne since 22 August 1989
Inheritance: Son of James I

Commandant de l'État (1897-1945)

Ferdinand Foch (1897-1904)
Jacque Küchler (1904-1936)
Solange Glaisyer (1936-1945)

Ministre de l'Etat / Staatsminister (1947-)

Andreas Jozef van Galliër(1947-1957) - Communist Party
François Mitterrand (1957-1969) - Communist Party
Barend Biesheuvel (1969-1975) - National Democratic Party
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1975-1983) - National Democratic Party
Jacque Küchler II (1983-1994) - Free Liberal Party
Nicolas Sarkozy (1994-2005) - Le Syndicat
Mark Rutte (2005-2013) - Communist Party
Caroline Glasiyer (2013-) - Le Syndicat

[Unicario]

Appearances of the Japanese monarchs:

Empress Meiji:
"Her Imperial Majesty was remarkable -- she was not very tall, standing a slightly taller-than-the-average-Japanese-woman 5'4", but her demeanor, physical intimidation, and wit far outpaced any man or woman who towered over her. She used the auspicion of her office, and her deep intelligence to best the physically intimidating officer class, or those of traditionalist background who felt her a young, inexperienced princess with foreign education. Her eyes were distant, yet sharp -- if you had the misfortune to see anger in her eyes, you weren't long for this world. Her hair, a rich auburn color, as a child, was kept up in a braid, running down her back. As an adult and Empress, her hair, no matter how she was seen, was in a bun; even as her hair grayed and she grew old.

Personality wise, she was a very smarmy person. She kept her serious demeanor in a public setting, but in private with her family and friends, she was a jovial woman; sharing jokes, mirth and happiness as much as she could, as she commonly said 'A life without pleasure and happiness is not a life lived.' -- she was very taken by Benjamin Franklin, and the two remained friends until his death in 1790.

As her reign came closer to it's conclusion, she began to relax her public image, transitioning from a soldier of an Empire; to the grandmother of an Empire. By the time of her death, she was seen as a wise old woman, always with a smile on her face, and a joke to be said. Many people believe that this image, of maternity, serenity and happiness; was a symbol of her divinity, and such an idea reflects deeply on Queen Victoria of the English, who is often spoken of as the Grandmother of Europe."

Emperor George
"Unlike his mother, Prince George was never expressive. He was often a reserved man, taking his position way too seriously. He was melancholic, but physically active. He attempted his best to corrall his son's free spirit in and prevent him from being a disaster later in life; Meiji often intervened and prevented George from doing so; believing that an Emperor without expression, without the ability to think, without the ability to be human, would be the downfall of the Empire. Divinity didn't mean that they were perfect; the Greek Gods weren't, but to be divine is to be human, and to be human, is to be a flawed, errored creature.

George didn't agree, and spent his entire life trying to be the "perfect" symbol of a monarch.

He was often described as a tall, lanky man. His mustache was large, and he often wore an Imperial Army uniform; or in some portraits, he wore a uniform of the British Army, which he participated in as a young man. He was bald, and by the time he was assassinated, what was left of his hair had gone totally white.

Emperor Alexander
"As a teenager and young adult on his journey across the globe, Emperor Alexander was described as a handsome young man. Well-set jaw, dazzling smile, dark unkempt (yet attractive) hair; and muscles abound as he worked onboard the IJN Circumstance. By the time he returned to Japan in a more serious role; he was a well-set man, with a sizable beard and a bright and cheerful personality. In his later years, he remained very well-defined, and shared remarkable resemblance to his distant cousin, Edward, Prince of Wales; with obvious differences, such as his bright blue eyes, and his more Asiatic features that gave him a light distinction.

His personality as a youth was very free; he thought marriage and love were vague. He was not unaccustomed to women of the night, or women of just casual romance. His affair and his trip upon the Circumstance hardened him into a more serious man, but he never lost his mirth and joking personality; much like his grandmother. However, Christmas was always a somber and melancholic time for him; he missed his father deeply.

Taking great pride in his children, family and clan; as Patriarch of the Yamato Clan, he happily kept watch over the family as it blossomed and grew under his and Victoria's reigns; from a clan of Japanese monarchs, to a clan of world monarchs; whose influence extended from Tokyo and London; outwards, sitting upon the thrones of Berlin, Moscow, Denmark, and other realms. However, in the final decade of his reign, due to the Great War, and his own growing nihilism and self-reflection, he became more depressed in private, fearing the spectre of mortality. His desire to meet death on his terms, lead him to his death in 1898, due to hypothermia and a stroke.

His visions of Empress Meiji touched him deeply, and made him a very religious man, something he kept through his life to his death."

Empress Elizabeth
"She inherited her father and great-grandmother's passion for life; she enjoyed things that gave a rush -- running, parkour, archery, writing, painting, biking. Everything in her life worked in a synchronous orbit. She also cared deeply for family, watching over them like a mother hen -- she would often keep a close eye on her father during his bouts of illness in 1890-1891; a short period of time where the Emperor suffered from a deliriousness and was rendered incapable of ruling for a short time. After the Great War, the Emperor recovered enough, but became a somber and contemplative man.

She was often described as very beautiful, serene, much like her great-grandmother; she had auburn hair which she kept up in a bun, and she always painted her lips a bright red, which contrasted with her bright and cheery smile that she always wore; even in the times of hard adversity. She always wore her imperial regalia, a kimono, or a IJAF officer's uniform, which she considered one of her most prized possessions.

After Alexander death in 1898, Elizabeth became a curious monarch; and spent the remainder of her reign understanding the world better. A pilot by nature, she loved flying her plane through the skies, soaring amongst the clouds, touching their vastness with her wingspan. Her trips across Eurasia by plane invigorated her spirit.

When she contracted the Canadian Flu in 1909, as her daughter-in-law through her recently deceased son Tatsu went into labour, she became pensive and entered into deep prayer -- she secluded herself for four days, and on the fifth day, her private nurse summoned her family in and informed them to make their last regards, as the Empress was on high -- her eyes were wet with happiness, and she stated she regretted she had only one life to live for Japan; paraphrasing a sentence uttered by a famous Americaner revolutionary many many generations ago."

Empress Masako
"She kept her hair long and free, and had the soul and heart of steel; she had a great personality, friendly, kind, and charitable; but she had a temperment beneath her that threatened those who put her or her family in harms way. She took her role as Empress very seriously, as well as her roles as both the First Soldier of Japan, and the First Mother; she considered every Japanese person to be her children, and if a mother didn't give her life for her children; what kind of mother was she?

Her training by the Flower and Willow Society as well, influenced her development. She became an intriguer, manipulating the political scene around her to play into her hands; preventing catastrophic appointments, and ensuring the general continuity of the Japanese government system in the face of adversity, such as the 2/26 Incident, or the Indonesian War.

During her time as a soldier in the Indonesian War, she was often called "Okaasan" by the soldiers -- many were reluctant to refer to her in such a casual way, but after she saved the lives of six young soldiers by dragging them out of a live combat zone, the soldiers she were with realized that during this time, she wasn't the Empress -- she was Masako. A soldier. Okaasan.

Around her death in 2001, she remained in great spirits, even as her health began to stumble. She developed lung cancer in 1996, doctors often believed it had something to do with the chemicals and smoke inhaled during the Indonesian War; and both her tobacco and marijuana smoking during said war. In a public speech given that same year following the diagnosis, she proclaimed she didn't regret what she did, and stated that if she could go back to 1964, she'd do it all over again the exact same way.

She went into remission in 1999 after a minor surgical treatment, and her health recovered, but she passed away in her slee peacefully on September 4, 2001; at age 92.

Empress Akane
"A free spirit at heart". She was a teenager of the Cultural Revolution, a period of Japanese history where cultural movements exploded, and the Civil War nearly tore the nation to smithereens. She presided over the rise of the Students Movement, the Imperial Liberals attempting to subdue the monarchy and state, and the crashing waves of change all over the world, but with her nation behind her, she stood steadfast and remained a rock. The Student Movement united Japan together against their enemies, and struck hard against them.

In her mid-60s, she is now simply the Empress Dowager, and remains a free spirit. Her hair is never kept up, and she is often seen in public media wearing casual clothing; frequenting coffee shops, arcades, computer hobbyist meetings, doing things a regular citizen would do. When asked once, the Empress Dowager smiled and said, 'My thoughts are free, let my body be as well.'

Empress Elizabeth II
"A bright young girl, with a heart of humanitarian ideas; she is short, yet has, like her ancestor Meiji, an intimidating air about her as a monarch; she doesn't often wear formal regalia except in certain circumstances, as she, like her mother, feels that the monarch must connect to the people if this esteemed tradition is to continue. She has done many things in her time as a teenager and a monarch; she was a short-lived child pop star in the early 2000s, she is an ambitious young writer and musician, and speaks often on how she feels that every monarch who came before would be proud of Japan's stature in the world, and that they should continue to defend it."

[Unicario]

Alternate names of things and places in ATL vs. OTL

I forgot we had this list; it needs work to bring it up to speed, tbh. ^^

ATL name on left, OTL name on right

Sun bomb -- Nuclear bomb
CT&T -- AT&T (Canadian Telegraph and Telephone)
Imperial Telecom -- Pacific Telesis

Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom) -- NES
Super Famicom -- SNES
Famicom 64 -- Nintendo 64
Famicom 64CD -- Nintendo 64DD
Famicom 128 -- GameCube
Nintendo Power System -- Wii
Super Power System -- Wii U

Sega Tera Drive -- Sega Genesis
Sega Saturn Quad -- Sega CD
Sega Galaxy -- Sega Dreamcast
Sega Andromeda -- (successor to Dreamcast)

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
the Battlestar -- Battlestar Galactica
Die Elenden -- Les Miserables
Hitleresque -- Romantic Nationalism (Art form)

Africa
Akaruimachi -- Addis Ababa
Kyōryokunaseki -- Mogadishu
Pretoria -- Angola
Volhaven -- São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda
Noordhaven -- Cabinda
Kuromushi -- Maputo
Shōrishi -- Antananarivo (capital of Madagascar)
Nanto -- Maritzburg (Japanese name for the capital of the Natal province)
Natāru -- Natal
Kinschasa/Leopoldstadt -- Kinshasa/Leopoldville (capital of the Congo)
Kamerun -- Cameroon
Jaounde -- Yaounde (capital of the above)

Americas
Ciudad de la Fortuna -- Lima
Ciudad de la Plata -- Buenos Aires
Lake Maritza -- Lake Titicaca
Ciudad del Sierra -- Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Nueva Darien -- Panama City
Santa Maria del Puerto -- Port-au-Prince
Pichegru -- Cayenne, Guyane
Belaya Zemyla -- Anchorage, Alaska
Novoarkhangelsk -- Sitka, Alaska
Novyy Sevastopol -- Unalaska, Alaska
Rezanovsk -- Juneau, Alaska
Baranovsk -- Nome, Alaska
Maksutovsk -- Fairbanks, Alaska
Polyarnaya Zvezda -- Barrow, Alaska
Mekhgorod -- Kodiak, Alaska
Shiryuushima -- Long Island, New York
Kisaki -- Queens, New York
Kawashi -- Brooklyn, New York
Tenshin Prefecture -- Nassau County, New York
Aozora Prefecture -- Suffolk County, New York
Akikosburg -- Lincoln, Nebraska

Asia
Chìdào -- Pontianak (capital of the Lanfang Protectorate)
Batavia -- Jakarta
Haaistad -- Surabaya
Herbertshöhe -- Kokopo (capital of North New Guinea)
Saigon -- Ho Chi Minh City
Meijishi-to -- Manila
Kōbashī Minato -- Hong Kong
Hana-shi -- Guangzhou
Kawaguchi -- Shanghai
Tengokumon -- Tianjin
Koto -- Beijing
Rostgorod -- Shengyang
Ryojun -- Port Arthur

Europe
Stanislawow -- Ivano-Frankivsk
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
Lwow -- Lviv
Tarnopol -- Ternopil
Belinskygrad -- Stavropol

Natsional Sotsializm -- Nazism
Partiya Rusynsʹkyy Natsional-Sotsialistychnoyi Pratsivnyka -- National Socialist German Workers Party
Belinskyism -- Leninism
Pavlenkoism -- Stalinism
Leninism -- Trotskyite
Boseianism -- Maoism
??? -- Juche
??? -- Songun
Syndicalism -- Technocracy + OTL Syndicalism + Titoism
Rumite Socialism -- Hoxhaism
Lichtism -- Orwellianism

Ludwig Eichemann -- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
William Jiang -- Chiang Kai-shek
James Sun -- Sun Yat-sen
Alexander Wang -- Wang Jingwei
John MacLeod -- Donald Trump
William Kim -- Kim Jong-un

[Shrillland]

Akikosburg's the capital of Nebraska, named for Meiji rather than Lincoln.

[Unicario]

Akikosburg's the capital of Nebraska, named for Meiji rather than Lincoln.

Noted. Thanks.

[Unicario]

Was gonna make a big post but it decided to all get deleted on me. So I'll post something later about what I was doing. -.-

[Unicario]

I've played a little bit with how the UNSC works. Because there are so many nations that "fit" the bill to be included as permanent members (instead of the obvious "Big Five" from WW2 OTL); I've changed the UNSC to just be a permanent council of UN members who help arbitrate international crises and security issues. In this case; nations that are the most relevant of the region; at least, as I felt.

I also tried to vary the flags a bit -- Canada's flag is an OTL proposed and extremely popular replacement to the Red Ensign during the 1964 flag change debacle; Pearson proposed it, but it was declined in favor of the current Red Maple Leaf flag; but this one's prettier. Will change back if requested.

Poland's flag has their COA on it because reasons(tm); Kongo uses the Congo Free State flag instead of OTL DRC flag; and Res Publica Nigeria uses a custom-made flag for Nigeria, rather than the OTL one.

Each region "usually" gets 3; but Europe is split into two regions (Western/Central and Eastern; drawn along the OTL Iron Curtain; with the obvious changes for Germany's borders, and Finland being included with E. Europe); Africa gets two per region; not three; and the Americas are just one region on their own; since there are so few nations there (Canada, CSA and Tawantinsuyu pretty much represent everyone's interests here; with Canada being the moderates, CSA being imperialistic and Tawantinsuyu being the Latino connection).

[Shrillland]

I like it myself.

[Unicario]

I like it myself.

There's also a version of the flag I made for a timeline I'm writing; this one draws on Canada's mutual ancestry in a way. It uses the colors from General Revis' banner in the old old colonial days (yellow/black) and has a blue Pearson maple leaf on it.

What do you think?

[Shrillland]

I like it myself.

There's also a version of the flag I made for a timeline I'm writing; this one draws on Canada's mutual ancestry in a way. It uses the colors from General Revis' banner in the old old colonial days (yellow/black) and has a blue Pearson maple leaf on it.

What do you think?

Honestly, it's not bad.

[Unicario]

There's also a version of the flag I made for a timeline I'm writing; this one draws on Canada's mutual ancestry in a way. It uses the colors from General Revis' banner in the old old colonial days (yellow/black) and has a blue Pearson maple leaf on it.

What do you think?

Honestly, it's not bad.

Let me know which Canadian flag you want to use and I'll have that one added to my database; I'm compiling all the flags of the world in-RP.

Also, does Britain keep Northern Ireland or does it fall to the Falangists? I forgot about Ireland being a fascist state; and I'm about to add the British flag to the archive, and I don't want to run afoul with the particulars.

[Luziyca]

Honestly, it's not bad.

Let me know which Canadian flag you want to use and I'll have that one added to my database; I'm compiling all the flags of the world in-RP.

Also, does Britain keep Northern Ireland or does it fall to the Falangists? I forgot about Ireland being a fascist state; and I'm about to add the British flag to the archive, and I don't want to run afoul with the particulars.

A while back, we said that Ireland would get Northern Ireland, but then Britain retakes Northern Ireland after a revolt by the Anglophones. To complicate matters, there would be Irish settlements that would be like Israeli settlements.

Ireland ultimately would be reunited following the Good Friday Agreement.

[Unicario]

My Scots-Irish ancestors are insulted by your settlements, you rapscallion! Ulster is British, now and forever!
/scion of multi-generational Ulsterian Scots

But who am I to talk; I'm the guy keeping Korea firmly under Japanese dominion.

[Unicario]

After a couple hours of trying to design the right radial for the stars; I give you an accurate Confederate flag to the current states; of which there are, to my counting, 24.

[Unicario]

And the other flags I've made thus far:


Eastern Roman Empire; derived from the Ottoman naval jack.


Empire of Japan and East Asia, simply the same flag with some color tweaks; now it's more radiant.


French Empire / Confederation of France and the Netherlands, the Communalists within Le Syndicat adopt orange in the near future, abolishing red, associated with the non-Syndicalist Communism and Belinskyism; later, Pavlenkoism.


Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, considering Germany was not unified OTL by Prussia; but instead was created as an elective monarchy of heavily decentralized provinces and monarchies; this flag recalls back to the pre-Napoleonic age with the original 12th century Holy Roman war banner, but with the backdrop changed to an alternation of gold and red; both colors of which are used in the OTL official German flag. The double-headed eagle in the center is the long-standing Imperial Crest of the Holy Roman Empire. The red stands for the Hanseatic Cities, yellow stands for Germany and the Imperial State.


Lanfang Republic (formerly Kingdom of Lanfang) uses a symbol yellow flag with a coat of arms designed after Chinese symbolism and heritage; the Twelve Symbols. Lanfang was a monarchy until it was dissolved by the Indonesians in the 1960s; after the Indonesian War, Japan restored Lanfang as an independent Republic; which occupies all of Borneo as of 2016 -- the national language is Chinese, and Pontianak, like Japanese-occupied ports of Singapore, Guangzhou, Ryojun, Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai (and the German-occupied port at Kiautschou Bay), is a major hub of Chinese expatriates and anti-Nanjing sentiment. Japan controls the largest portion of Chinese people out of the Republic of China proper due to her numerous conquests, and the exodus of moderates or communistic Chinese out of the fascist regime since World War II. Lanfang has benefited immensely; from both the mass refugee crisis, and the oil boom.


The United Kingdom of Great Britain sans Ireland. That's all I did, it's the same thing as it was before Britain added the Northern Ireland stripes to their flag. With North Ireland united with South Ireland, Britain's got no reason to keep them on unless they intend to reclaim them in the name of my ancestors at some point.

[Unicario]

and this will be updated with new flags every now and again.

[Qianrong]

CSA uses Bloodstained Banner, not the Stars and Bars, ATL.

[Unicario]

CSA uses Bloodstained Banner, not the Stars and Bars, ATL.

So much effort wasted... ;w;

And with that, you make your own damn flag modifications to fit all your states; I ain't got time to start this shit again! Besides, I keep forgetting because the Blood-Stained Banner is an awful awful flag. You should just use the flag of Texas and be done with it.

[Ruridova]

CSA uses Bloodstained Banner, not the Stars and Bars, ATL.

So much effort wasted... ;w;

this is not something new, i've done this for the entire rp

or at least all of the recent part

i used it here on january 24, and i've been using it since june 17 2014 at the minimum

now, what you could do for me is remake the bloodstained banner with 37 stars, since that appears to be how many states it has circa 2016





speaking of things that aren't quite correct, nikki haley is not sitting president of the csa, but tbh i honestly might wind up changing shit in that area so hold your horses before changing things there because i'm not satisfied with confederate leadership

[Luziyca]

My Scots-Irish ancestors are insulted by your settlements, you rapscallion! Ulster is British, now and forever!
/scion of multi-generational Ulsterian Scots

But who am I to talk; I'm the guy keeping Korea firmly under Japanese dominion.

And Manchuria.

But don't worry. At least Ireland doesn't treat the Ulster-Scots like Palestinians.

They only treat Brits like Palestinians.