Sarderia wrote:Full Nation Name : Greater Japanese Empire - Dai Nippon Teikoku (大日本帝国)
Short Nation Name : Japan/Nippon
Flag / National Symbols:
Government Type : Absolute Monarchy under a Military Junta
Official Political Ideology : Japanese Nationalism
Head of State : HIM Shōwa Emperor (Hirohito - 裕仁)
Head of Government : Takeshi Kido, Prime Minister
Government Description : Japan is nominally an Absolute Monarchy with the Emperor acting as the Head of Government and Head of State of the Empire. However longstanding tradition (yet to be codified) delegates the Emperor's power to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, which is currently taken by members of the Imperial Japanese Military. Political parties are banned. There exists Co-Prosperity states (Japanese vassal states, that got blipped with Japan from the TMITHC universe); however in this world, the Co-Prosperity states are essentially integrated with Japan. Japan proper is divided into 43 prefectures (42 Japanese Prefectures + Korean Autonomous Prefecture), and 3 Co-Prosperity States )(Empire of Manchuria, Japanese Pacific States, Union Government of Indonesia and Australia)
Territory : Japan
Territorial Ambitions : None as of now; the Empire seeks to maintain peace, and the Empire saw itself as being on the "top" of all countries in the Continent
Capital City : EDO, Imperial City (江戸) - Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to)
Population : 3 million
Majority/Official Culture : Japanese
Majority/State Religion : State Shinto
Major Industries / Economic sectors: Industry (manufactured goods, steel, machinery, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, etc.); Agriculture (wheat, barley, rice, dairy products, etc.); Forestry (timber); Mineral and Hydrocarbons (oil, coal, steel, etc.); Services (retail, healthcare, etc.)
Amount of Industrialization : Very industrialized. Japan's factories and other manufacturing centers are mysteriously transported to the Niedersachsen region; the Co-Prosperity States' primary industrial centers "arrived" in Netherlands and Schelswig-Holstein.
Economic Description : Japan, in its original timeline, is the second largest economy of the world - behind Nazi Germany. The Japanese Empire spans from Siberia and Alaske to Australia and Chile, making it one of the world's major producer of natural resources. As such, the Japanese Empire - most importantly the Japanese Islands, are very developed and possess a significant level of industrialization. After being transported, Japan is still one of the most industrialized nations - also affirming its position as one of the continent's major economies.
Primary sectors of the economy included industry - the manufacturing of various ready and prepared goods. With its large population and industrial capacity Japan can be considered as one of the continent's primary suppliers of finished materials. Services, or tertiary sector ranks second, dominated by the retail and healthcare businesses. Third comes agriculture and forestry; the relatively flat, and fertile terrain of Japan's current location allows for mass cultivation of wheat, barley, and other cereals; rice, the Japanese's staple food, as well as cattle farming on an industrial scale. The mineral and hydrocarbon sector, which generates pretty much a similar percentage of the GDP compared to agriculture, consists of petroleum and gas extraction from fields in the North Sea, as well as coal and other mining activities.
Technological Level : 1940s (aesthetics), 1960s (Atomic energy, machinery, electronics, trains, etc.)
Magic and other shenanigans?: None, though actively researching
Military Description
Army: Thousands of active tanks; improvements of the WW2-era Japanese tanks (Chi-He, Ha-Go, etc.) Thousands of artillery pieces (rocket and self-propelled). Thousands of soldiers, official number classified, but around 110,000-160,000.
Navy: Yamato (Flagship, albeit quite old). Primarily kept because of its infamous reputation as the bane of the U.S. Navy. There are six carriers, more than a dozen destroyers, and more than two dozen frigates and corvettes combined. Total personnel classified, about 30,000-60,000.
Air Force: Smallest branch of the Imperial Japanese Military. Consisted of hundreds of jet aircrafts and propellers (double the number of jet aircrafts). A supersonic aircraft project is in development. Japan is capable of deploying atomic bombs through airplanes and missiles. Total personnel classified, ranging from 8,000-18,000 (including maintenance crews).
National Goals : Preserve the integrity and unity of the Empire. The Japanese Empire is largely isolationists, its primary focus of foreign relations being trade. However, the Japanese has long eyed the Skyrim lands to their east with curiosity... and there are certainly plans to "approach" Skyrim and integrate them into the Co-Prosperity Sphere, either diplomatically... or with force.
History : The violent, segregationist, and terrorist "Black Communist Rebellion" that has beenfighting for the freedom of America's oppressedcausing discord for all patriotic citizens of the Japanese Empire and the Co-Prosperity states in the Japanese Pacific States has been crushed due to the valiant and courageous Kempeitai Head, General Takeshi Kido's ruthless investigation into rebel cells in San Francisco. The patriotic and glorious Japanese forces found thedangerouspitiful rebelsconfronting the Kempeitai fiercely until their last standcowering in fear and terror, thennearly killingbegging to the General for their lives as they were transported into education camps to learn how to be a good citizen. Thousands of unpatriotic Americans has been transferred to education camps orexecutedmissing (unknown causes) because of their rebellious and anarchistic attitude towardsa foreign dictatorshiptheir Emperor's rule, that hinders the progress and prosperity of America and the Greater Japanese Co-Prosperity Sphere at large. As a reward for his unyielding patriotism and loyalty to the Sovereign, the Kempeitai head General Kido was promoted to Major General in the Imperial Japanese Military. Then... bytampering with the German Nebenwelt machine and Minister Tagomi's filmssome unnatural accident, Tokyo was transported into a completely new location (far from the sea). They then found out that the Tokyo harbor has in fact been separated from the city at large, now situated inOldenburgNew Tokyo. A brief period ofutter anarchyinstability ensued, but by themass purge of government officials and rebel groupsgrace of His Imperial Majesty, whose guidance and blessing enabled the Japanese nation and those nations under His Imperial Majesty' radiant shine and gentle hand has been bonded together in the Co-Prosperity Sphere - to resume stability and walk together under the banner of the Rising Sun achieve common peace, prosperity, progress, joy, and harmony.
Long Live the Emperor - Tenno Heika, Banzai!
appendix: Several lines have been removed due tothe accurate journalism of several Imperial news reportersuntruthful words of dissent expressed in ruthless slanderous lines directed to the Empire. Journalists [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] has been sent intoforced laborEducation Camp no.224 located inSiberiaundisclosed. There shall be no further discussions on this matter. - PM Kido.
#POD 3
Ah, either a potential ally or a GREAT RIVAL
I can definitely see us having conflicting spheres of influence, it'll definitely be fascinating.
Also, WWII era tanks? That's just, a little bit depressing tbh.
Though, knowing Japan's doctrine and the terrain it typically fights in, not to mention its concentration on anti-partisan warfare rather than active conventional warfare I assume in this timeline, I suppose that's understandable.
