Strange New World (2022 Alt-Hist Geopolitical RP) - OOC

[Dragos Bee]

Just saying, I'm not open to sharing southern Italy with Dragos Bee. I'm wanting a neutral country playthrough with no conflict/hostility and sharing land/having land that is inappropriately seized by a foreign power is open to making a conflict which I am not wanting.

Edited to remove claims to Southern Italy, note that Byzies had Southern Italy in the year 1000...

[Sao Nova Europa]

Dragos Bee, skimming through your app it looks good but you will have to abandon Southern Italy since it has already been claimed.

[Hypron]

APPLICATION
NS Name: United Kingdom of Hypron
RP Name: Empire of Japan
Flag:

Capital: Tokyo-to
Territory: Modern Japan and Taiwan

Population: 149.47 million

Official Language(s): Japanese
Recognized Language(s): Taiwanese Mandarin
Ethnic Breakdown: 91% Japanese, 7% Taiwanese, 3% Other
Religious Breakdown: 97% Shinto, 3% other

Type of Government: Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State: Naruhito, Emperor of Japan
Head of Government: Prime Minister Seiji Mataichi (Japan Socialist Party-Uyoku)
Legislature (the name of your national legislature): Imperial Diet
Legislative Houses (if your legislature is bicameral): House of Peers (Upper House) and House of Representatives (Lower House)
Party in Power: Japan Socialist Party and Rikken Minseitō
National Issues:
Imperial Stagnation: Even while recovering from the Yasuda meltdown, Japan has been left in a stagnant position. The coalitions attempts to overcome this have so far failed.

Political Tensions: The Yasuda meltdown has upset Japan's political balance, with many smaller parties beginning to gain traction since the 2015 elections.

Army-Navy Shadow Rivalry: No matter who was in charge, the only thing that has been impossible to get rid of since Japan's founding was the rivalry between the Army and the Navy. However, it has now become a shadow rivalry, with neither side going for open blows... yet.
Public Goals: Ensure cooperation with what little sphere the Dai Tōa Kyōeiken has left, be a force for peace in East Asia, and continue what little growth is left after the 2008 economic recession.
Private Goals: Same as public

GDP (nominal): $6.2 trillion
Currency: Japanese Yen
Economic System: Social Market Economy
Major Trade Partners: European and Asian nations
Major Exports: Cars, Integrated Circuits, Motor vehicles; parts and accessories, Machinery Having Individual Functions, and Photo Lab Equipment
Major Imports: Mineral fuels, Machinery and Food
Defense Budget (USD): $248 billion (4 percent of GDP)
Alliance(s): Dai Tōa Kyōeiken (economical) Taiheiyō Jōyaku Dōmei (Pacific Treaty Alliance)


Military Branches (names of official Armed Forces Branches):
Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
Imperial Japanese Air Service
Imperial Japanese Marine Corps
Imperial Japanese Strategic Rocket Service


Active Duty: 420,000
Reserve Duty: 2.5 million
Total Manpower: 14,900,000

Land Forces: 300,000 soldiers in the Army and Marines along with 1,200 tanks, 300 self-propelled guns, 1472 towed artillery pieces, 20 MLRS units


Naval Forces: The Imperial Japanese Navy is one of the largest in the world, with 5 aircraft carriers, 4 guided missile cruisers, 27 destroyers, 16 submarines (of which 6 are ballistic missile submarines partially under the IJSRS) 25 frigates, and numerous support vessels.

Air Forces: Japan employs an Air Force of 1,600 aircraft, 1,000 of which are multi-role fighters developed in Japan, but also 38 AWACs platforms, 24 tankers, and 250 long-range bomber aircraft. The rest belong to helicopter units, with 188 transport and 100 attack helicopters.

Other Military Information: The IJSRS is responsible for the nuclear arsenal of the Japanese Empire, which totals up to 1,100 warheads.

History: Most of Japan’s early history remains the same, up until 1914. In 1914, the Imperial Japanese Navy and the government was involved in collusion with several foreign naval companies, accepting bribes in return for contracts. This led to the downfall of the Gonnohyōe cabinet, and public backlash was massive. The Rikken Dōshikai, now bolstered with mass defections from the Rikken Seiyukai, now jumped at the opportunity handed to them. They immediately put pressure on the successor Prime Minister, Marquess Ōkuma Shigenobu, to hold elections, which he consented to.

The 1915 elections saw a few political developments. First was the unification of Rikken Dōshikai and the Chūseikai into the Rikken Minseitō, a party advocating for liberal and progressive ideals. Second was the near collapse of the Rikken Seiyukai, which was only saved from fracture via a merger with Rikken Kokumintō, with Inukai Tsuyoshi taking leadership of the Seiyukai.

1915 would see the Minseitō gain 241 of the 381 seats in the diet, earning a supermajority. This allowed them to begin to set their ideals into practice in Japan, including universal male suffrage, slow dismantling of the ‘Meiji oligarchy’, weakening the army and navy’s hold on government, and cooperation with neighboring countries.

Rikken Minseitō’s hold on government would last till 1929, when the Imperial Japanese Army, finally tired of being sidelined in favor of the navy and the consistent loss of their political powers, finally made their move. On March 16, 1929, restorationist Japanese Army units rolled into Tokyo, intent on overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Hamaguchi Osachi and performing a ‘Showa Restoration’. This was prevented by General Suzuki Soroku, Chief of the Army General Staff, and Emperor Showa, who stepped in to stop the army from overthrowing the civilian government.

The ‘Incident of March 16’ would paralyze Japanese society for some time, but it would destroy the old IJA. The Imperial Japanese Army was massively downsized, ensuring that expansion would not be possible for the foreseeable future. All nationalistic elements were purged, and new generals were appointed. The Minseitō and Seiyukai governments of the 1930s and 40s would keep Japan in a period of isolation, keeping good ties with all while its armed forces were restored.

The 1940s would see the political sphere shift again in Japan, with the founding of the Shakai Taishūtō, or Social Masses Party, advocating for social democratic reforms and weakening of the Zaibatsus, along with reform to colonial policy. From 1936 to 1956, the Shakai Taishūtō would slowly gain support from people growing tired of the two-party system, and would rebrand itself (due to its massive growth of supporters) to the Nihon Shakaitō, or Japan Socialist Party. The 1960 General Election was looking to be a repeat of the previous, but then Inejirō Asanuma won the leadership election in 1959.

A known advocate for socialism in Japan, although mellowing his tone to appeal to more voters, he managed to rally both the left and right wings of his party into one group, while galvanizing support on the main level. When election time rolled around, his popularity, along with tiredness of the status quo and a minor recession, would win them 297 of the 467 seats, breaking the two-party system once and for all.

His first order of business was colonialism, namely, the status of Chosen and Taiwan. While he formally incorporated Taiwan into Japan, giving them voting rights in Japanese elections and granting Taiwanese denizens Japanese citizenship, he had a different approach to Chosen. On April 1, 1961, after months of deliberation in the Diet and with the help of Pro-Japanese Koreans, the People’s Republic of Korea was founded. The PRK would have complete political independence from Japan, but would still remain in the Co-Prosperity Sphere (founded in 1954 as an economic bloc), and would leave foreign policy up to Tokyo. This has been the status quo that has been upheld even to present day.

Economically, Asanuma began curbing the powers of the Zaibatsus, implementing broad worker rights laws, and began the establishment of a welfare state. He also began to grant subsidies to the Keiretisu, smaller businesses within the Japanese Empire, in order to build up a competitor to the larger corporations. This began a long-term period of economic growth, as all of the governments following him from 1963 to 2008 kept these packages up, and it slowly weakened the grip of the Zaibatsu.

Asanuma resigned in 1963, but his legacy had been left in Japan. A 3-party system, with Rikken Seiyukai on the right, Rikken Minseitō in the middle, and the JSP on the left, was solidified. The economy was growing, Japan gained nuclear weapons in 1965, becoming a nuclear power, and all was going well in Japan, until the 2008 Yasuda Crisis.

In 2008, the Yasuda Zaibatsu, one of the largest in Japan, collapsed overnight due to a massive government corruption scandal, which resulted in a massive recession and the current Seiyukai government collapsing. Minseitō and the JSP formed a coalition government in the aftermath, looking to restore financial stability. 14 years, 3 Prime Ministers, 2 government subsidy packages, and a scaledown of welfare spending later, and this was achieved. Now, the JSP-Minseitō coalition (which do agree on multiple items) is looking to use the final coalition year to their advantage.

RP Example(s):

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=520587&p=39968954&sid=1c5499a445878a942306d6a903868eff#p39968954

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[Dragos Bee]

Dragos Bee, skimming through your app it looks good but you will have to abandon Southern Italy since it has already been claimed.

See the post above yours'; I edited it so I didn't have Southern Italy.

[Al-Ghaihr]

Just saying, I'm not open to sharing southern Italy with Dragos Bee. I'm wanting a neutral country playthrough with no conflict/hostility and sharing land/having land that is inappropriately seized by a foreign power is open to making a conflict which I am not wanting.

Edited to remove claims to Southern Italy, note that Byzies had Southern Italy in the year 1000...

Yes, I know. I'm not trying to be mean to you or anything. I just prefer to be neutral and everyone's friend rather than a enemy.

[Dragos Bee]

Edited to remove claims to Southern Italy, note that Byzies had Southern Italy in the year 1000...

Yes, I know. I'm not trying to be mean to you or anything. I just prefer to be neutral and everyone's friend rather than a enemy.

It is okay.

[Deblar]

Man, this England of mine is gonna end up looking cursed

[The National Dominion of Hungary]

Would be glad to see you join the RP. Perhaps a greater Poland or Hungary could be of interest to you?

Hmm with the USSR holding lands as far west as Bialystok if going for pre-Barbarossa borders, a greater Poland that turned west instead of east could be interesting, battling Germany and integrating the lands of the Polabian/Pommeranian slavs the inhabited the lands between the Elbe and Oder before being conquered by the Germans in IRL.

I think I've come up with an idea though...

[Dragos Bee]

Would be glad to see you join the RP. Perhaps a greater Poland or Hungary could be of interest to you?

Hmm with the USSR holding lands as far west as Bialystok if going for pre-Barbarossa borders, a greater Poland that turned west instead of east could be interesting, battling Germany and integrating the lands of the Polabian/Pommeranian slavs the inhabited the lands between the Elbe and Oder before being conquered by the Germans in IRL.

I think I've come up with an idea though...

Wanna ally with my Byzantines?

[The National Dominion of Hungary]

RESERVATION
NS Name: The National Dominion of Hungary
RP Name: The Commonwealth of Three Nations.
Territory: Here ya go

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[Sao Nova Europa]

RESERVATION
NS Name: The National Dominion of Hungary
RP Name: The Commonwealth of Three Nations.
Territory: Here ya go

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Reservation noted.

[Union Princes]

What do you mean by Byzantines seizing Crimea in 2022? Is this a provocation for a world war?

[Dentali]

tag... gotta look at whats already going on before i reserve

[Khasinkonia]

RESERVATION
NS Name: Khasinkonia
RP Name: France (La République Populaire Démocratique Française)
Territory: I will make a proper map soon, but for now, this+Algeria, Francophone Switzerland, and the Channel Islands(if England doesn't want them)

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[Deblar]

Just a heads up, France is supposed to play a pretty central role in my (Kingdom of England) history

[Khasinkonia]

Just a heads up, France is supposed to play a pretty central role in my (Kingdom of England) history

That's okay. I'm going to mostly keep history the same up until around WW2, unless Hungary does something different, in which case I may diverge earlier on, but likely not much earlier than Napoleon.

[The National Dominion of Hungary]

Wanna ally with my Byzantines?

Hmm maybe, do you imagine some kind of alt-nato thing?

Just a heads up, France is supposed to play a pretty central role in my (Kingdom of England) history

That's okay. I'm going to mostly keep history the same up until around WW2, unless Hungary does something different, in which case I may diverge earlier on, but likely not much earlier than Napoleon.

I'll be changing a bunch of stuff further back with Habsburg/Jagiellonski dynastic politics leading to the formation of the Kingdom, I'm cool with basically having the same role as Austria in the Napoleonic Wars.

[Sao Nova Europa]

RESERVATION
NS Name: Khasinkonia
RP Name: France (La République Populaire Démocratique Française)
Territory: I will make a proper map soon, but for now, this+Algeria, Francophone Switzerland, the Channel Islands(if England doesn't want them), and potentially Quebec, South Louisiana, Guyanne, and other Francophone overseas territories depending on what others app. I'm not as attached to the overseas territories, so if you want to play in one of these other areas, please do let me know and I'll be happy to drop the land or work with you—whichever you prefer.

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I will accept this but without Quebec or South Louisiana. Overseas territories should be as few as those of RL France or UK. I will allow you however - if you want to - to reserve Quebec as an independent NPC that has special ties with France.

[Khasinkonia]

RESERVATION
NS Name: Khasinkonia
RP Name: France (La République Populaire Démocratique Française)
Territory: I will make a proper map soon, but for now, this+Algeria, Francophone Switzerland, the Channel Islands(if England doesn't want them), and potentially Quebec, South Louisiana, Guyanne, and other Francophone overseas territories depending on what others app. I'm not as attached to the overseas territories, so if you want to play in one of these other areas, please do let me know and I'll be happy to drop the land or work with you—whichever you prefer.

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I will accept this but without Quebec or South Louisiana. Overseas territories should be as few as those of RL France or UK. I will allow you however - if you want to - to reserve Quebec as an independent NPC that has special ties with France.

In that case, I'll just axe everything overseas and go all-in on the metropole!

[Sao Nova Europa]

APPLICATION
NS Name: Dragos Bee
RP Name: Basilea ton Rhomanion

The app is good and will be accepted with two changes:

1) You should clarify with the Russian player the Crimean situation. From what I understand the Russians conquered Crimea from Byzantium instead of the Crimean Tatars about the same time as IRL (1783)?

2) You should limit the number of active duty troops closer to 500-600k men.

Other than that the app looks OK to me.

[Sao Nova Europa]

I've been thinking of expanding a bit my history to have my country be more active in this Cold War (in the capitalist side of course). Which will be the anti-communist/NATO states in this TL?

I will accept this but without Quebec or South Louisiana. Overseas territories should be as few as those of RL France or UK. I will allow you however - if you want to - to reserve Quebec as an independent NPC that has special ties with France.

In that case, I'll just axe everything overseas and go all-in on the metropole![/quote]

Great. Will this France be liberal democracy?

tag... gotta look at whats already going on before i reserve

Glad to have you in this RP.

[Khasinkonia]

I've been thinking of expanding a bit my history to have my country be more active in this Cold War (in the capitalist side of course). Which will be the anti-communist/NATO states in this TL?

I will accept this but without Quebec or South Louisiana. Overseas territories should be as few as those of RL France or UK. I will allow you however - if you want to - to reserve Quebec as an independent NPC that has special ties with France.

In that case, I'll just axe everything overseas and go all-in on the metropole!

Great. Will this France be liberal democracy?[/quote]
Definitely not. France was, during the Cold War, the hardliner communist state, denouncing the USSR as revisionist in a mirror to the Sino-Soviet split of OTL. Today, I would say that its foreign policy has thawed to an extent, but is definitely still firmly a regime if ever there was one.

[Sao Nova Europa]

APPLICATION
NS Name: United Kingdom of Hypron
RP Name: Empire of Japan

ACCEPTED.

Definitely not. France was, during the Cold War, the hardliner communist state, denouncing the USSR as revisionist in a mirror to the Sino-Soviet split of OTL. Today, I would say that its foreign policy has thawed to an extent, but is definitely still firmly a regime if ever there was one.

Interesting. It seems Western Europe went commie in this TL? Although maybe we have a capitalist Germany in the middle between commies at West and East.

Also, I edited my history a bit to add this bit:

Since the 1950s, Gum Shan took a more active role in international affairs, especially when it came to the containment of communism. It provided arms and funding to anti-communist states and insurgents across the globe in their wars against communist forces, engaging in a proxy cold war with the Soviets. Repressive measures against real or supposed communist sympathizers were taken domestically as well, while the intelligence and security apparatuses were expanded.

Unless we get some kind of USA, I'm also thinking of having Gum Shan take the role of the big Western power that forms the anti-communist/NATO front. Depends on if we get a USA.

[Turkducken]

RESERVATION
NS Name: Turkducken
RP Name: The Columbian Commonwealth/Democratic Republic of Columbia/Democratic Federal States of Columbia
Territory: the rest of the Continental United States (NOT including Alaska or Hawaii), New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

Major implications for the rest of Canada and some for Mexico included

Are we assuming modern tech?

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[Sao Nova Europa]

RESERVATION
NS Name: Turkducken
RP Name: The Columbian Commonwealth/Democratic Republic of Columbia/Democratic Federal States of Columbia
Territory: the rest of the Continental United States (NOT including Alaska or Hawaii), New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

Major implications for the rest of Canada and some for Mexico included

Are we assuming modern tech?

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Nice. Was just writing about the need of a US of sorts.

Reservation noted.

Question: will your country be capitalist or commie?

EDIT: Also yes, tech is about the same as IRL.