2021: A Brave New Decade (OOC) Open

[Chewion]

Nationstates Name: Arvenia
Nation Name: Czechoslovak Federative Republic (CSFR/Československá Federativní Republika/Česko-Slovenská Federatívna Republika/Tschechoslowakische Bundesrepublik/Csehszlovák Szövetségi Köztársaság)
Capital: Prague
Territory: The green area in Europe
Population: 15,473,620
Official Languages: Czech, Slovak, German and Hungarian
Recognized Languages: Silesian, Romani, Greek, Polish, Bulgarian, Rusyn, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian, English, Russian and Vietnamese
Flag: Flag of the Czechoslovak Federative Republic
National Anthem: "Lightning Over My Home"

Head of State: President Miloš Zeman
HoS Picture: Miloš Zeman
Head of Government: Prime Minister Václav Horák (LSNS)
HoG Picture: Václav Horák
Legislature Name: Czechoslovak Parliament (composed of upper "Senate" and lower "National Assembly")
Party in Power: A political alliance between Liberal National Social Party (LSNS), Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO), Bohemian People's Party (BV) and Hungarian Coalition Party (MKP).

GDP (PPP): $503.392 billion
Currency: Czechoslovak koruna (CSK)

Military Information: The Czechoslovak National Defence Forces (ČSNO/TNV/CNE) mostly resembles both the modern-day Czech Army and the modern-day , albeit with the inclusion of a militarized border guard and the so-called "Regional Defence Forces" (Regionální Obranné Síly/Regionálne Obranné Sily/Regionalverteidigungskräfte/Regionális Védelmi Erők). The ČSNO has 54,800 actives (12,000 soldiers and 12,800 civilians) and 3,236 reserves. The ČSNO also has at least 20 patrol boats.

Alliances: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), European Union (EU) and Visegrad Group (V3)

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP):
1989 - The Velvet Revolution occurs (same as IRL).
Early 1990 - Mikuláš Dzurinda is elected as head of the Slovak movement instead of Vladimír Mečiar. As Dzurinda is much more centrist and closer to the Czech, he is able to persuade the Czech to continue funneling money into Slovakia, provided they postpone talks of a split until 1994.
1990 - With money from Czechia, Slovakia is able to develop its infrastructure and create a start up and privatization program with help from West Germany, this leads to increased levels of Slovak growth closing the once large gap between the Czech and Slovak economies over the next few years.
1991 - With the unification of Germany and division talks postponed, a movement arises in both northern and eastern Czechia among Bohemians to rejoin Germany. As protests erupt that summer, the Czech government agrees to a more devolved government in both northern and eastern Czechia.
1992 - The Slovak Magyars demand to be released to join Hungary, Slovakia seeks help from the Czechs, the Czechs agree and negotiate a similar devolution of powers agreement.
1993 - Growing demands from populations from all regions of the country demand talks to finally create a national unified government. A federal council system is created temporarily with the leaders from Bohemia (German-speaking Czechia), Czechia, Slovakia, and Felvidek (Upper Hungary) all getting representation. New elections lead to a more centrist government on all sides.
1994 - The federal council convenes in Vienna to discuss the possibility of split. The council creates a referendum, to create a devolved federation somewhat like Spain, or to separate and create 3 new nations. The referendum passes in favor of unification because:
Slovaks - no longer feel neglected by Czech government.
Czechs - no longer see the Slovaks as an economic burden and understand the ethnic tension due to the Bohemian movement.
Bohemians (Sudeten Germans) - don't see the Europeans as realistically letting them join Germany and don't feel threatened by the other groups in the country.
Felvidekians (Slovak Magyars) - start to see the rapid increase in corruption and authoritarianism in Hungary and no longer wish to join.
1995 - On January 1st 1995, the Czechslovak Parliament convenes in Prague, the capital of the nation, there are four official languages (Czech, Slovak, German and Hungarian). Like Belgium, the nation is divided into linguistically separate communities, whilst there is a national curriculum, the specifics of education are controlled by the linguistic communities. The nation is divided into four regions; Bohemia, with its capital in Pilsen; Czechia, with its capital in Brno; Slovakia, with its capital in Braitslava; and Felvidek, with its capital in Komarno. Prague is an independent city-state placed between Bohemia and Czechia (thus the Central Bohemian Region is divided between the two regions, while the city merges with both Praha-Západ and Praha-Východ to form a metropolitan area). Each region has a government (which includes a governor, a council of ministers and a regional legislature) and is divided into districts (who in turn are composed of municipalities).
1999 - Czechoslovakia joins NATO.
2004 - Czechoslovakia joins the European Union.
2006 - Czechoslovakia was recognized by the World Bank as a "developing country".
2007 - Czechoslovakia is affected by the Great Recession.
2009 - Czechoslovakia is ranked by the Human Development Index as a nation of "Very High Human Development".
2017 - A coalition government is formed by LSNS, ČSSD, ANO, BV and MKP.
2021 - Present-day.

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[Chewion]

Nationstates Name:American Pere Housh
Nation Name:Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Capital:Seoul
Territory:OTL South Korea
Population:51,325,041
Official Language:Korean
Recognized Languages:Korean, English
Flag:Same OTL
National Anthem (optional):Aegukga

Head of State: President Kim Gi-hyeon
HoS Picture:(Image)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Cheong Yang-seog
HoG Picture (If different from HoS):(Image)
Legislature Name:The National Assembly
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): People Power Power

GDP (PPP):3.5 trillion USD
Currency:South Korean Won

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here):Same as OTL except active personnel is 750,000, reserves are 3.2 million and Paramilitary is 3.1 million. Weapons used by the ROK military are mainly of
American design.

Alliances (If different from IRL):Same as IRL except South Korea has a similar treaty to what it has with the US with the USSR.

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP):Same as IRL except South Korea has warm relations with the USSR, Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan. Relations with North Korea have been cold ever since NK set off its first nuclear bomb.


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[Mifan]

Nationstates Name: Mifan
Nation Name: Islamic Republic of Iran

[Hanovereich]

Chewion, I have a suggestion on the rules. I think that a post spanning three months is a little too much- in four posts we can cover an entire year. Can we change it to, say, one month? Something like a battle will only take a few days at most, so we don't need such a long post covering such a long period of time.

Sorry, let me clarify that. Each post is not necessarily intended to cover a full three months. What it means is that in-between the IEC posts, your posts can happen anywhere within a three-month period so normally that means people make two-three posts between each IEC post. In addition, I urge things like battles and fast past things to be done collaboratively on Google docs, etc between participants to ensure we don't have twenty small posts covering one thing.

Aight, understood. For things like conversations I usually TG the player in question so we can build up the conversation before posting it.

[Chewion]

Sorry, let me clarify that. Each post is not necessarily intended to cover a full three months. What it means is that in-between the IEC posts, your posts can happen anywhere within a three-month period so normally that means people make two-three posts between each IEC post. In addition, I urge things like battles and fast past things to be done collaboratively on Google docs, etc between participants to ensure we don't have twenty small posts covering one thing.

Aight, understood. For things like conversations I usually TG the player in question so we can build up the conversation before posting it.

Yeah, whatever works for the parties involved.

[Chewion]

Nationstates Name: Mifan
Nation Name: Islamic Republic of Iran

Noted

[Mifan]

Hey Chewion, Manticoran, did the nuclear deal still go on in this timeline? If so, did the US still pullout of it?

[Hypron]

Nationstates Name: Hypron
Nation Name: State of Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Territory: IRL Japan
Population: 126,226,568
Official Language: Japanese
Recognized Languages: Ryukyuan, Ainu, Hachijō
Flag: Same as OTL
National Anthem (optional): Kimigayo

Head of State: Emperor Naruhito
HoS Picture: Naruhito
Head of Government: Prime Minister Taro Kono (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan)
HoG Picture (If different from HoS): Taro Kono
Legislature Name: National Diet
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): House of Councilors- LDP/Kōmeitō coalition (127/245 seats), House of Representatives- LDP/Kōmeitō coalition (272/465 seats)

GDP (PPP): $5.321 trillion USD
Currency: Yen

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here): The only differences is in the JMSDF. A naval expansion program in the Mid 2010s called for the construction of 6 more Atago-class destroyers on top of the 2 already owned, of which 3 are currently completed. In addition, 6 Maya-class destroyers were ordered, of which 4 are completed. Other than that, the JSDF is the same as OTL.

Alliances (If different from IRL): N/A

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): In 1996, during the run-up to the 1996 Japanese General Election, a massive corruption scandal befell the Hashimoto Cabinet, which forced most of the cabinet, including the Prime Minister, to resign from the LDP and the government awaiting trial for corruption charges. This did massive damage to the Liberal Democratic Party, and ensured their defeat in the October 1996 general elections to the New Frontier Party, headed by Prime Minister Ichirō Ozawa, and forming a supermajority in both houses of the National Diet.

The Ozawa Cabinet was mainly remembered for it's military expansion policies. In September 1997, Prime Minister Ozawa called for a revision of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution using Article 96 of the Japanese Constitution. He submitted a revision that would legalize the JSDF as the national military of the people of Japan, and would allow for it's expansion with agreement from a bipartisan committee in the National Diet. It also stated that the Japanese Self-Defense Force would be used to defend allies if called upon. With the NFP supermajority in the National Diet, the revision passed in December 1997.

While the Ozawa Cabinet made a lot of progress in restoring the Japanese Military, their stance on economics caused issues, most notably an economic recession from 2002-2004. This lowed his popularity to the point where he did not run for reelection in 2004, turning over the party to Kansei Nakano. The NFP did win reelection in 2004, through they lost their supermajority in both houses.

The Nakano Cabinet for it's 4 years in power continued the policies of the Ozawa Cabinet . However, in 2008, the Great Recession occurred. Prime Minister Nakano tried efforts to lessen the effects of the crash, but all attempts failed. In November 2008, the National Diet held a vote of no confidence against Nakano, who was removed from office in Early February 2009. An election held in May 2009 quickly led to the Liberal Democratic Party regaining power for the first time in a decade, with the LDP forming a coalition with Kōmeitō and forming a majority government under Tarō Asō.

The Three-Year Asō Cabinet only contribution was pulling Japan out of the Great Recession. By using massive economic stimulus packages, overtime, Japan grew back to it's pre-2008 level before stagnating again. Prime Minister Asō announced he would be retiring in 2011, when he was succeeded after the 2011 election by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The Abe Cabinet was defined by Abe's stance against Chinese expansionism in the SCS. In a bipartisan effort, in 2014, Abe passed the Naval Expansion Act, which called for the expansion of the JMSDF's Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities by ordering 10 more AEGIS-equipped destroyers, the biggest naval expansion since WWII. In addition, to the chagrin of China, Abe began to increase Japan's diplomatic ties with Taiwan. In 2018, before he declared his retirement from the LDP, he gave a statement stating that Japan should "Support Taiwan in keeping it's independence from the mainland, or else we will be next in their expansionist goals."

Abe resigned in mid 2019, succeeded by the current Prime Minister Taro Kono. Kono biggest success so far in his first term has been the Tokyo Olympics, which massively boosted his governments popularity. He plans to continue Abe's progress in the SCS, but the New Frontier Party, under Katsuya Okada, calling for the Kono Government to take it a step further and formally ally with Taiwan against the People's Republic of China.

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[Chewion]

Hey Chewion, Manticoran, did the nuclear deal still go on in this timeline? If so, did the US still pullout of it?

I’m going to say yes unless Mant put something different in his history but I don’t believe he did.

[Chewion]

Nationstates Name: Hypron
Nation Name: State of Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Territory: IRL Japan
Population: 126,226,568
Official Language: Japanese
Recognized Languages: Ryukyuan, Ainu, Hachijō
Flag: Same as OTL
National Anthem (optional): Kimigayo

Head of State: Emperor Naruhito
HoS Picture: Naruhito
Head of Government: Prime Minister Taro Kono (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan)
HoG Picture (If different from HoS): Taro Kono
Legislature Name: National Diet
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): House of Councilors- LDP/Kōmeitō coalition (127/245 seats), House of Representatives- LDP/Kōmeitō coalition (272/465 seats)

GDP (PPP): $5.321 trillion USD
Currency: Yen

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here): The only differences is in the JMSDF. A naval expansion program in the Mid 2010s called for the construction of 6 more Atago-class destroyers on top of the 2 already owned, of which 3 are currently completed. In addition, 6 Maya-class destroyers were ordered, of which 4 are completed. Other than that, the JSDF is the same as OTL.

Alliances (If different from IRL): N/A

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): In 1996, during the run-up to the 1996 Japanese General Election, a massive corruption scandal befell the Hashimoto Cabinet, which forced most of the cabinet, including the Prime Minister, to resign from the LDP and the government awaiting trial for corruption charges. This did massive damage to the Liberal Democratic Party, and ensured their defeat in the October 1996 general elections to the New Frontier Party, headed by Prime Minister Ichirō Ozawa, and forming a supermajority in both houses of the National Diet.

The Ozawa Cabinet was mainly remembered for it's military expansion policies. In September 1997, Prime Minister Ozawa called for a revision of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution using Article 96 of the Japanese Constitution. He submitted a revision that would legalize the JSDF as the national military of the people of Japan, and would allow for it's expansion with agreement from a bipartisan committee in the National Diet. It also stated that the Japanese Self-Defense Force would be used to defend allies if called upon. With the NFP supermajority in the National Diet, the revision passed in December 1997.

While the Ozawa Cabinet made a lot of progress in restoring the Japanese Military, their stance on economics caused issues, most notably an economic recession from 2002-2004. This lowed his popularity to the point where he did not run for reelection in 2004, turning over the party to Kansei Nakano. The NFP did win reelection in 2004, through they lost their supermajority in both houses.

The Nakano Cabinet for it's 4 years in power continued the policies of the Ozawa Cabinet . However, in 2008, the Great Recession occurred. Prime Minister Nakano tried efforts to lessen the effects of the crash, but all attempts failed. In November 2008, the National Diet held a vote of no confidence against Nakano, who was removed from office in Early February 2009. An election held in May 2009 quickly led to the Liberal Democratic Party regaining power for the first time in a decade, with the LDP forming a coalition with Kōmeitō and forming a majority government under Tarō Asō.

The Three-Year Asō Cabinet only contribution was pulling Japan out of the Great Recession. By using massive economic stimulus packages, overtime, Japan grew back to it's pre-2008 level before stagnating again. Prime Minister Asō announced he would be retiring in 2011, when he was succeeded after the 2011 election by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The Abe Cabinet was defined by Abe's stance against Chinese expansionism in the SCS. In a bipartisan effort, in 2014, Abe passed the Naval Expansion Act, which called for the expansion of the JMSDF's Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities by ordering 10 more AEGIS-equipped destroyers, the biggest naval expansion since WWII. In addition, to the chagrin of China, Abe began to increase Japan's diplomatic ties with Taiwan. In 2018, before he declared his retirement from the LDP, he gave a statement stating that Japan should "Support Taiwan in keeping it's independence from the mainland, or else we will be next in their expansionist goals."

Abe resigned in mid 2019, succeeded by the current Prime Minister Taro Kono. Kono biggest success so far in his first term has been the Tokyo Olympics, which massively boosted his governments popularity. He plans to continue Abe's progress in the SCS, but the New Frontier Party, under Katsuya Okada, calling for the Kono Government to take it a step further and formally ally with Taiwan against the People's Republic of China.

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[American Pere Housh]

Nationstates Name: Hypron
Nation Name: State of Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Territory: IRL Japan
Population: 126,226,568
Official Language: Japanese
Recognized Languages: Ryukyuan, Ainu, Hachijō
Flag: Same as OTL
National Anthem (optional): Kimigayo

Head of State: Emperor Naruhito
HoS Picture: Naruhito
Head of Government: Prime Minister Taro Kono (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan)
HoG Picture (If different from HoS): Taro Kono
Legislature Name: National Diet
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): House of Councilors- LDP/Kōmeitō coalition (127/245 seats), House of Representatives- LDP/Kōmeitō coalition (272/465 seats)

GDP (PPP): $5.321 trillion USD
Currency: Yen

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here): The only differences is in the JMSDF. A naval expansion program in the Mid 2010s called for the construction of 6 more Atago-class destroyers on top of the 2 already owned, of which 3 are currently completed. In addition, 6 Maya-class destroyers were ordered, of which 4 are completed. Other than that, the JSDF is the same as OTL.

Alliances (If different from IRL): N/A

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): In 1996, during the run-up to the 1996 Japanese General Election, a massive corruption scandal befell the Hashimoto Cabinet, which forced most of the cabinet, including the Prime Minister, to resign from the LDP and the government awaiting trial for corruption charges. This did massive damage to the Liberal Democratic Party, and ensured their defeat in the October 1996 general elections to the New Frontier Party, headed by Prime Minister Ichirō Ozawa, and forming a supermajority in both houses of the National Diet.

The Ozawa Cabinet was mainly remembered for it's military expansion policies. In September 1997, Prime Minister Ozawa called for a revision of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution using Article 96 of the Japanese Constitution. He submitted a revision that would legalize the JSDF as the national military of the people of Japan, and would allow for it's expansion with agreement from a bipartisan committee in the National Diet. It also stated that the Japanese Self-Defense Force would be used to defend allies if called upon. With the NFP supermajority in the National Diet, the revision passed in December 1997.

While the Ozawa Cabinet made a lot of progress in restoring the Japanese Military, their stance on economics caused issues, most notably an economic recession from 2002-2004. This lowed his popularity to the point where he did not run for reelection in 2004, turning over the party to Kansei Nakano. The NFP did win reelection in 2004, through they lost their supermajority in both houses.

The Nakano Cabinet for it's 4 years in power continued the policies of the Ozawa Cabinet . However, in 2008, the Great Recession occurred. Prime Minister Nakano tried efforts to lessen the effects of the crash, but all attempts failed. In November 2008, the National Diet held a vote of no confidence against Nakano, who was removed from office in Early February 2009. An election held in May 2009 quickly led to the Liberal Democratic Party regaining power for the first time in a decade, with the LDP forming a coalition with Kōmeitō and forming a majority government under Tarō Asō.

The Three-Year Asō Cabinet only contribution was pulling Japan out of the Great Recession. By using massive economic stimulus packages, overtime, Japan grew back to it's pre-2008 level before stagnating again. Prime Minister Asō announced he would be retiring in 2011, when he was succeeded after the 2011 election by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The Abe Cabinet was defined by Abe's stance against Chinese expansionism in the SCS. In a bipartisan effort, in 2014, Abe passed the Naval Expansion Act, which called for the expansion of the JMSDF's Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities by ordering 10 more AEGIS-equipped destroyers, the biggest naval expansion since WWII. In addition, to the chagrin of China, Abe began to increase Japan's diplomatic ties with Taiwan. In 2018, before he declared his retirement from the LDP, he gave a statement stating that Japan should "Support Taiwan in keeping it's independence from the mainland, or else we will be next in their expansionist goals."

Abe resigned in mid 2019, succeeded by the current Prime Minister Taro Kono. Kono biggest success so far in his first term has been the Tokyo Olympics, which massively boosted his governments popularity. He plans to continue Abe's progress in the SCS, but the New Frontier Party, under Katsuya Okada, calling for the Kono Government to take it a step further and formally ally with Taiwan against the People's Republic of China.

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Hey Hypron, do you want to establish an Asian defense organization similar to NATO? We can invite Taiwan into the pact so that the Chinese won't be able to mess with them since an attack on Taiwan would be considered an attack on both Japan and South Korea.

[The Manticoran Empire]

Nationstates Name: Hypron
Nation Name: State of Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Territory: IRL Japan
Population: 126,226,568
Official Language: Japanese
Recognized Languages: Ryukyuan, Ainu, Hachijō
Flag: Same as OTL
National Anthem (optional): Kimigayo

Head of State: Emperor Naruhito
HoS Picture: Naruhito
Head of Government: Prime Minister Taro Kono (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan)
HoG Picture (If different from HoS): Taro Kono
Legislature Name: National Diet
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): House of Councilors- LDP/Kōmeitō coalition (127/245 seats), House of Representatives- LDP/Kōmeitō coalition (272/465 seats)

GDP (PPP): $5.321 trillion USD
Currency: Yen

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here): The only differences is in the JMSDF. A naval expansion program in the Mid 2010s called for the construction of 6 more Atago-class destroyers on top of the 2 already owned, of which 3 are currently completed. In addition, 6 Maya-class destroyers were ordered, of which 4 are completed. Other than that, the JSDF is the same as OTL.

Alliances (If different from IRL): N/A

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): In 1996, during the run-up to the 1996 Japanese General Election, a massive corruption scandal befell the Hashimoto Cabinet, which forced most of the cabinet, including the Prime Minister, to resign from the LDP and the government awaiting trial for corruption charges. This did massive damage to the Liberal Democratic Party, and ensured their defeat in the October 1996 general elections to the New Frontier Party, headed by Prime Minister Ichirō Ozawa, and forming a supermajority in both houses of the National Diet.

The Ozawa Cabinet was mainly remembered for it's military expansion policies. In September 1997, Prime Minister Ozawa called for a revision of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution using Article 96 of the Japanese Constitution. He submitted a revision that would legalize the JSDF as the national military of the people of Japan, and would allow for it's expansion with agreement from a bipartisan committee in the National Diet. It also stated that the Japanese Self-Defense Force would be used to defend allies if called upon. With the NFP supermajority in the National Diet, the revision passed in December 1997.

While the Ozawa Cabinet made a lot of progress in restoring the Japanese Military, their stance on economics caused issues, most notably an economic recession from 2002-2004. This lowed his popularity to the point where he did not run for reelection in 2004, turning over the party to Kansei Nakano. The NFP did win reelection in 2004, through they lost their supermajority in both houses.

The Nakano Cabinet for it's 4 years in power continued the policies of the Ozawa Cabinet . However, in 2008, the Great Recession occurred. Prime Minister Nakano tried efforts to lessen the effects of the crash, but all attempts failed. In November 2008, the National Diet held a vote of no confidence against Nakano, who was removed from office in Early February 2009. An election held in May 2009 quickly led to the Liberal Democratic Party regaining power for the first time in a decade, with the LDP forming a coalition with Kōmeitō and forming a majority government under Tarō Asō.

The Three-Year Asō Cabinet only contribution was pulling Japan out of the Great Recession. By using massive economic stimulus packages, overtime, Japan grew back to it's pre-2008 level before stagnating again. Prime Minister Asō announced he would be retiring in 2011, when he was succeeded after the 2011 election by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The Abe Cabinet was defined by Abe's stance against Chinese expansionism in the SCS. In a bipartisan effort, in 2014, Abe passed the Naval Expansion Act, which called for the expansion of the JMSDF's Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities by ordering 10 more AEGIS-equipped destroyers, the biggest naval expansion since WWII. In addition, to the chagrin of China, Abe began to increase Japan's diplomatic ties with Taiwan. In 2018, before he declared his retirement from the LDP, he gave a statement stating that Japan should "Support Taiwan in keeping it's independence from the mainland, or else we will be next in their expansionist goals."

Abe resigned in mid 2019, succeeded by the current Prime Minister Taro Kono. Kono biggest success so far in his first term has been the Tokyo Olympics, which massively boosted his governments popularity. He plans to continue Abe's progress in the SCS, but the New Frontier Party, under Katsuya Okada, calling for the Kono Government to take it a step further and formally ally with Taiwan against the People's Republic of China.

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Hey Hypron, do you want to establish an Asian defense organization similar to NATO? We can invite Taiwan into the pact so that the Chinese won't be able to mess with them since an attack on Taiwan would be considered an attack on both Japan and South Korea.

SEATO was already a thing that failed in like a decade.

[The Manticoran Empire]

Hey Chewion, Manticoran, did the nuclear deal still go on in this timeline? If so, did the US still pullout of it?

I didn't go into supreme detail with the changes of the government (since that would require pages upon pages of explanation to cover about 30 years of decision making, starting with the 1992 Presidential Election and continuing through to the end of 2020). However, Obama was never president, which means that the Iran Nuclear Deal is kinda up in the air right now.

[NewLakotah]

Hey Hypron, do you want to establish an Asian defense organization similar to NATO? We can invite Taiwan into the pact so that the Chinese won't be able to mess with them since an attack on Taiwan would be considered an attack on both Japan and South Korea.

SEATO was already a thing that failed in like a decade.

SEATO was US led though.

[The Manticoran Empire]

SEATO was already a thing that failed in like a decade.

SEATO was US led though.

True but it's failure is still important.

[The Manticoran Empire]

The countries involved in SEATO had too many differing interests and too many disputes to see it function properly. Japan and Taiwan have several disputes of their own, such as the Ryukyu/Senkaku/Tiaoyutai/Diaoyu Islands dispute (so many names for the same fucking rocks). Japan and Korea have their own disputes, including the one over Dokdo/Takeshima (more rocks in the middle of the ocean), so there are plenty of potential hiccups. Not to mention that South Korea STILL holds a grudge over the Japanese occupation.

[NewLakotah]

The countries involved in SEATO had too many differing interests and too many disputes to see it function properly. Japan and Taiwan have several disputes of their own, such as the Ryukyu/Senkaku/Tiaoyutai/Diaoyu Islands dispute (so many names for the same fucking rocks). Japan and Korea have their own disputes, including the one over Dokdo/Takeshima (more rocks in the middle of the ocean), so there are plenty of potential hiccups. Not to mention that South Korea STILL holds a grudge over the Japanese occupation.

Most certainly.

However, with a rising China, common defence could be seen as productive instead of internal disputes.

[The Manticoran Empire]

The countries involved in SEATO had too many differing interests and too many disputes to see it function properly. Japan and Taiwan have several disputes of their own, such as the Ryukyu/Senkaku/Tiaoyutai/Diaoyu Islands dispute (so many names for the same fucking rocks). Japan and Korea have their own disputes, including the one over Dokdo/Takeshima (more rocks in the middle of the ocean), so there are plenty of potential hiccups. Not to mention that South Korea STILL holds a grudge over the Japanese occupation.

Most certainly.

However, with a rising China, common defence could be seen as productive instead of internal disputes.

Agreed. But those would still be concerns that would need to be addressed, not least because they create multiple points of failure for the alliance.

[Deblar]

Nationstates Name: Deblar
Nation Name: Republic of Cuba

Gonna do a Cuba that already started the process of reform because I’m too lazy to rp it all again

[Hypron]

Nationstates Name: Hypron
Nation Name: State of Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Territory: IRL Japan
Population: 126,226,568
Official Language: Japanese
Recognized Languages: Ryukyuan, Ainu, Hachijō
Flag: Same as OTL
National Anthem (optional): Kimigayo

Head of State: Emperor Naruhito
HoS Picture: Naruhito
Head of Government: Prime Minister Taro Kono (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan)
HoG Picture (If different from HoS): Taro Kono
Legislature Name: National Diet
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): House of Councilors- LDP/Kōmeitō coalition (127/245 seats), House of Representatives- LDP/Kōmeitō coalition (272/465 seats)

GDP (PPP): $5.321 trillion USD
Currency: Yen

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here): The only differences is in the JMSDF. A naval expansion program in the Mid 2010s called for the construction of 6 more Atago-class destroyers on top of the 2 already owned, of which 3 are currently completed. In addition, 6 Maya-class destroyers were ordered, of which 4 are completed. Other than that, the JSDF is the same as OTL.

Alliances (If different from IRL): N/A

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): In 1996, during the run-up to the 1996 Japanese General Election, a massive corruption scandal befell the Hashimoto Cabinet, which forced most of the cabinet, including the Prime Minister, to resign from the LDP and the government awaiting trial for corruption charges. This did massive damage to the Liberal Democratic Party, and ensured their defeat in the October 1996 general elections to the New Frontier Party, headed by Prime Minister Ichirō Ozawa, and forming a supermajority in both houses of the National Diet.

The Ozawa Cabinet was mainly remembered for it's military expansion policies. In September 1997, Prime Minister Ozawa called for a revision of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution using Article 96 of the Japanese Constitution. He submitted a revision that would legalize the JSDF as the national military of the people of Japan, and would allow for it's expansion with agreement from a bipartisan committee in the National Diet. It also stated that the Japanese Self-Defense Force would be used to defend allies if called upon. With the NFP supermajority in the National Diet, the revision passed in December 1997.

While the Ozawa Cabinet made a lot of progress in restoring the Japanese Military, their stance on economics caused issues, most notably an economic recession from 2002-2004. This lowed his popularity to the point where he did not run for reelection in 2004, turning over the party to Kansei Nakano. The NFP did win reelection in 2004, through they lost their supermajority in both houses.

The Nakano Cabinet for it's 4 years in power continued the policies of the Ozawa Cabinet . However, in 2008, the Great Recession occurred. Prime Minister Nakano tried efforts to lessen the effects of the crash, but all attempts failed. In November 2008, the National Diet held a vote of no confidence against Nakano, who was removed from office in Early February 2009. An election held in May 2009 quickly led to the Liberal Democratic Party regaining power for the first time in a decade, with the LDP forming a coalition with Kōmeitō and forming a majority government under Tarō Asō.

The Three-Year Asō Cabinet only contribution was pulling Japan out of the Great Recession. By using massive economic stimulus packages, overtime, Japan grew back to it's pre-2008 level before stagnating again. Prime Minister Asō announced he would be retiring in 2011, when he was succeeded after the 2011 election by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The Abe Cabinet was defined by Abe's stance against Chinese expansionism in the SCS. In a bipartisan effort, in 2014, Abe passed the Naval Expansion Act, which called for the expansion of the JMSDF's Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities by ordering 10 more AEGIS-equipped destroyers, the biggest naval expansion since WWII. In addition, to the chagrin of China, Abe began to increase Japan's diplomatic ties with Taiwan. In 2018, before he declared his retirement from the LDP, he gave a statement stating that Japan should "Support Taiwan in keeping it's independence from the mainland, or else we will be next in their expansionist goals."

Abe resigned in mid 2019, succeeded by the current Prime Minister Taro Kono. Kono biggest success so far in his first term has been the Tokyo Olympics, which massively boosted his governments popularity. He plans to continue Abe's progress in the SCS, but the New Frontier Party, under Katsuya Okada, calling for the Kono Government to take it a step further and formally ally with Taiwan against the People's Republic of China.

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Hey Hypron, do you want to establish an Asian defense organization similar to NATO? We can invite Taiwan into the pact so that the Chinese won't be able to mess with them since an attack on Taiwan would be considered an attack on both Japan and South Korea.

Even though internally this will be a mess, I really want to screw over China a little, so I'm in.

[The Felan Federation]

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[Chewion]

My app and the IC will be up tomorrow! Looking forward to this!

[Chewion]

Nationstates Name: Chewion
Nation Name: Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics
Capital: Moscow
Territory: Russia, Kazakstan, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Turkmenistan.
Population: 300,000,000
Official Language: Russian
Recognized Languages: Ukrainian, Belarusian, Uzbek, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Georgian.
Flag:

National Anthem (optional): USSR Anthem

Head of State: President Vasily Orlov
HoS Picture:

Head of Government: Prime Minister Dmitry Artyukhov
HoG Picture (If different from HoS):

Legislature Name: The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each):

The Soviet of the Union (Lower House): The 500 seat Soviet currently is controlled by the UUP-SNP Coalition which collectively holds 320 seats.

The Soviet of the Republics (Upper House): Technically no party is in control because the Senators (the name of a member of the Upper House) are chosen by the respective legislatures of each Soviet Constituent Republic as non-partisan representatives of the Republics, however in practice the majority of Senators are former members of the UUP and vote in line with the party values. In addition, the President may appoint up to 30 members with the consent of the Lower House. In addition, all former Presidents are also given ex-officio seats.

GDP (PPP): 8.176 Trillion USD
Currency: New Soviet Ruble (NSR)

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here):

Soviet Ground Forces
Soviet Aerospace Forces (Includes the Airborne and Strategic Missile Forces)
Soviet Navy
Soviet Cyber Forces

(Soviet National Guard and similar groups are not reflected in this and bear a similar size and composition to irl Russia)

Active Duty: 1.35 Million
Reserve Duty: 1.5 Million
Total Manpower: 2.85 Million

Tanks: 8,000 (Not including vast stores of older early Cold War tanks)
AFVs: 34,000
SPA: 3,200
Towed Artillery: 4,210
Rocket Projectors: 2,734

Fighters: 1,355
Dedicated Attack: 1,212
Transports: 998
Trainers: 500
Special Mission: 220
Helicopters: 2,242
Attack Helicopters: 595

Aircraft Carriers: 3 (active) and 3 (reserve)
2 Ulyanovsk Class
1 Admiral Kuznetzov (1 in reserve fleet)
2 Kiev class ships upgraded similar to the INS Vikramaditya. (Reserve Fleet)
Battle Cruisers: 5
Cruisers: 12
Destroyers: 26
Frigates: 16
Corvettes: 32
Submarines: 92
Patrol: 55
Mine Warfare: 32

Other Military Information: The Soviet military underwent extensive modernization programs since the '90s resulting in a larger portion of military equipment being more modern and less outdated than the IRL Russian Armed Forces. The USSR also maintains the largest nuclear arsenal.

Military Changes:

The Su-T-60 bomber continued on to completion in the mid-1990s and eventually replaced all but a handful of Tu-22s.

The Yak-141 likewise was not canceled in 1991 and went on to enter full production and service with the Soviet Armed Forces with modernizations occurring over the years.
The Mikoyan Project 1.44 was accepted by the Soviet Government in 1995 and entered service in 1998 with the Soviet Air Force under the name MiG-32.

The USSR’s first nuclear supercarrier, the Ulyanovsk, completed construction and entered service in 1998. The second planned ship, named the Gorbachev, starts construction soon after and enters into full service in 2010 which sees the eventual transfer of all carriers besides the Ulyanovsk class ships and Admiral Kuznetzov into the reserve fleet.

Project 187 completes and enters production and service as the T-92.

Buran space shuttle is not shelved and goes on to see active usage for decades with two more shuttles, the Groza and Uragan respectively, being made in the 90s and usage as well by Sovcosmos. A fourth shuttle, the Grom, was built and used exclusively by the Soviet Space Force as a military delivery vehicle. All four are still in use after modernization programs in the 2010s.

Development of the Su-75 started in early 2010 with the first batch of 24 entering service in 2020. A carrier-based variant was also produced.

The Su-57 entered service in 2018 with there currently being 52 in service and dozens more delivered every year with an initial goal of 124.

In 2014, President Medvedev creates an independent military branch dealing with cyber concerns.

Alliances (If different from IRL):

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP):

1991: The major break in the Soviet history in this timeline is the success of Gorbachev’s Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics plan due to a failed August coup after the coup plotters were found out and arrested. Following this, the Soviet government approved the plan and announced that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics would be dissolved December 31st, 1991 at 11:59 PM and that the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics would come into existence at 12 AM January 1st, 1992 with the Constituent Republics of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan. Gorbachev was selected to be the acting President of the new union until elections, scheduled for November of 1992, were held to elect a new President and legislature to replace the current Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union. Also, earlier in the year Gorbachev had started the process of allowing the Rouble to be converted to other currencies.

1992: As the new Union came into being, Gorbachev announced that, in order to help move on from the past, he was leaving the Communist party and launching his United Union Party (Объединенная партия Союза) that was a big-tent reformist and Unionist party. In February, the USSR reached an agreement with Georgia that saw Soviet forces assisting Georgia against South Ossetian rebels and later Abkhazian rebels. In return, Georgia agreed to join the new USSR with a high amount of autonomy over domestic issues. In the election in November, Gorbachev won a five-year term as President of the Union and his United Union Party won 275 seats out of the 500 total in the lower house with the Communist party coming in second with 125 seats and various other minor parties and a few dozen independent candidates making up the remaining 100 seats. Following the devastating election results, the Communist Party was split between a hardliner and social democrat faction, the latter forming the Soviet Social Democrats and the hardliners turning the rump Communist party into an anti-reform and pro-centralization/collectivization party.

1993: On January 5th, the newly elected members of the Union Duma and the newly appointed members of the Council of the Republics took their seats. The Duma voted in UPP Parliamentary leader, Sergei Kovalev, was elected as Prime Minister. President Gorbachev, a Social Democrat at heart, also pushed for the inclusion of the newly formed SSD party in the government giving them the healthcare, agriculture and food, and civilian construction portfolios. On January 10th, Gorbachev was sworn in as the first elected President of the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics.

1994: By the start of 1994 the economic benefits of a correctly handled and increased transition to a free market were starting to be seen as the Soviet economy started to grow faster than it had in decades owing to the opening of trade with the world and allowance of private companies within the USSR coupled with the ending of all price controls and allowing the Rouble to be converted that had occurred since 1991 and 1992. At the end of the year, the first Chechen war had broken out and President Gorbachev ordered Soviet forces into the region.

1995: President Gorbachev announced the creation of the Eurasian Security Organization or ESO between the USSR, Mongolia, and Armenia.

1996: As the Chechen war finally come to a close following agreements signed that saw Soviet federal troops removed from Chechnya. The horrible management of the war by the older establishment Generals and the bloody fighting that resulted in the needless deaths of soldiers and civilians resulted in large internal and external backlash. Harnessing this momentum, Gorbachev launched a massive reform of the Soviet military and security apparatus under his new Modernizatsiya (modernization) program which saw the positions of Defense Minister and KGB head require confirmation from both houses of the Supreme Soviet and be filled by civilians. In addition, many of the older top Generals, put in place largely owing solely to connections and loyalty to the old Communist Party, were forced to retire making way for a younger and more professional generation to fill their spots. In addition, a multi-year reduction of the overall military size, particularly the navy, was launched with conscription being ended and replaced with a volunteer-based military.

1997: As the year started, Gorbachev announced that he would run for re-election, bolstered by the popular support of his reforms and the still strong economic growth he wins a second term as President but makes clear it will be his last. His party also still retains power, gaining 20 seats and Gorbachev nominates Boris Yelstin for PM.

1998: After the new legislature takes its seats, Yeltsin is confirmed as PM and promises to continue pushing for common-sense reforms. In addition, the second, and fully completed Kuznetzov class carrier, was not sold to a Chinese buyer and was instead placed in the reserve fleet.

1999: Late in the year the Second Chechen war erupted like in our timeline. Much like in our timeline, this time around the Soviet military acted swiftly and effectively.

2000: By the end of May, President Gorbachev announced the ending of combat operations in Chechnya. However, insurgency still remained a problem.

2001: Gorbachev announces that Moldova has officially joined the ESO.

2002: Riding high on the success of his economic, political, and societal reforms, Gorbachev reaffirmed that we would stay true to his word and not run for re-election, instead of throwing his support behind the then-current Prime Minister of the Russian Republic, Vladimir Putin who was seen as a champion of the Gorbachev Reforms and a political apprentice of USSR Prime Minister Boris Yeltsin. With this support, Putin won the election, pledging to continue with the reforms while also starting a rebuilding and second modernization of the military following the years of cuts and professionalization under Gorbachev, notably ordering the updating and refitting of the two remaining Kiev class ships into full carriers. The UUP still retained the majority although losing some ground to the newly formed Soviet Nation Party.

2003: As Putin’s first term started, he embarked on a campaign of reinvigorating the Soviet image abroad, working with Western nations and even actively working with the US-led ISAF in Afghanistan by providing air support and special forces for targeted strikes. By the end of the year, a few hundred Soviet soldiers were stationed in Kabul to act as security and help in training Afghan forces. On the economic side, Putin pushed for even more diversification away from a reliance of fossil fuels.

2005: As part of his push for a diverse economy, Putin uses Government resources to creates new infrastructure in several Soviet cities designed to attract entrepreneurs and established high-tech companies to the Union. In addition, Putin announces that the USSR will work towards landing a man on the Moon by 2012, the 20 year anniversary of the refounding of the USSR.

2007: President Putin wins re-election to a second term, still riding high on the economic success that has been a hallmark of the UUP party.

2008: The Soviet Union joins with the US in Operation Enduring Freedom. As the global recession finally hit the USSR, the economy slowed but did not hit a point of recession as the government shifted most of its focus to combating it.

2010: Midway through Putin’s second term, he championed a wide-reaching change to terms for elected officials which say the Presidential term reduced to four years, the upper chamber of the Supreme Soviet set at 6 years, and the Duma member’s terms set to 2 years to take effect in 2012. By the end of the year, the Soviet economy again started to grow at above 2%.

2012: As the new year opened, President Putin announced he would not be seeking a new term, instead of throwing his support behind the then Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev whose main pledges included creating a larger green sector of the economy, continuing economic growth, and continuing to strengthen the USSR’s position on the world stage. Medvedev wins this election but sees the UUP party only retain a 10 seat majority with the Soviet Nation Party coming in second at 100 seats. By the end of the year, the USSR had launched the first segment of the MIR 2 space station, signaling an independent return to orbital operations for the USSR. In July, Cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri became the first Soviet and first non-American to walk on the moon along with his crewmates.

2014: A year into President Medvedev’s term he shifted the focus of modernization programs towards the navy which had taken a back seat to the Army and Air Force, the latter two both seeing massive success with the program. The hallmark public optic victory of this was the updating and modernization of the USSR’s chief carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov. On an economic front, Medvedev started pushing for the idea of the USSR as an ideal middle man for trade between Europe and Asia, putting large investments into the Central Asian republics. In space, the final segments of the MIR 2 station were added in orbit, regular manned missions commenced.

2016: As the election period started, President Medvedev announced his re-election bid. However, this time around he publicly supported the new parliamentary coalition of the UUP and Soviet Nation Party. After winning the election, Medvedev appointed Alexander Lebed of the SNP as Defense Minister, the first time an SNP member had served in the government.

2020: As Medvedev announces his retirement, he endorses Vasily Orlov, the then Minister of Internal Affairs. Orlov decides to continue the Medvedev era electoral and parliamentary coalition between the UUP and SNP. Orlov won the election and the UUP-SNP coalition controlled 320 of the 500 Duma seats. With this success and support, Orlov announced that following his inauguration in the coming January, he would seek talks with the US about their joint missions in Iraq and Afghanistan following nearly 8 years of perceived lack of interest and commitment coming from the US. In October, Medvedev announces that the Soviet embassy to Israel would move to Jerusalem.

2021: On January 5th the new Supreme Soviet members are sworn in and the Duma chooses Dmitry Artyukhov as PM. On January 10th, Vasily Orlov is sworn in as President.


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[Arvenia]

My app and the IC will be up tomorrow! Looking forward to this!

Will this be a continuation of the previous RP?

[The Manticoran Empire]

My app and the IC will be up tomorrow! Looking forward to this!

Will this be a continuation of the previous RP?

Good question.