Dominion of Japan

The Dominion of Japan, also known as the Dominion of the Federation/Commonwealth of Japan, Dominion and Federaton/Commonwealth of Japan or Dominion/Commonwealth of Japan, is an island country in East Asia and later a military-administered colony and independent country in the aftermath of the conquest of Earth. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 14,125 islands, with the five main islands being Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto.
==Government and politics==
The Dominion of Japan is a federal state and constitutional monarchy in which the power of the Emperor is limited to a ceremonial role. Executive power is instead wielded by the New Novayan-born military dictator of Japan, the Protector or Protectress, whose authority was granted through mandate by the Grand Marshal of the New Novayan Stellar Commonwealth.
===Foreign relations===
===National security forces===
====Military====
The Japanese Self-Defense Forces, officially known as the Japanese Dominion Armed Forces, is the unified military force of the Dominion of Japan. Formed from the remnants of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the New Novayan military garrisons and expeditionary units stationed there, it is the military arm through which the Dominion of Japan would impose authority externally and internally. It consisted of the Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Aerospace Self-Defense Force (Aerospace Force), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Maritime Navy), and Naval Self-Defense Force (Extraplanetary Navy).
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==Demographics==
===Religion===
Even before the war, Japan's constitution guarantees full religious freedom. The arrival of the New Novayans who subscribe to any of the various faiths of the Cult of the Loop before and during the war has, however, shaken the religious foundations that was in existence. The existence of gods such as Amaterasu Omikami, the Worm-in-Waiting, Yahweh and Eosphoros had not only broken the idea that gods were not superstitions but also shattered the irreligious Japanese community. In the post-war period, New Novayans following Void-Christianity, the Cult of the Loop, Eosphorism and other religions imported from their worlds had already began to take root in different parts of Japan.
Shintoism was the most heavily affected alongside Buddhism, with both experiencing a sharp decline for the first time, unable to stand up to the combined might of the Novayan religionists. Irreligion experience a devastating backlash from the religious communities who derided it for not just calling religion "superstition and a possible source of weakness to any nations" but also refusing to believe in the supernatural. A chance meeting between Admiral-Protectress Borealis and a number of Shinto priests on how Shintoism should survive led to its drastic reformation.The Shinto reformation had led to the establishment of a more unified and centralized (though autocephalous) hierarchy; the inclusion of death; the incorporation of Christian communion; and others.
===Languages===
===Education===
===Health===
==Culture==
Contemporary Japanese culture combines influences from Asia, Europe, and North America. After the conquest of Earth, Japan experienced a cultural paradigm shift when New Novayan colonists and settlers arrived and populated the abandoned towns and villages alongside some Japanese who were moved out of urban regions, causing a fusion of Japanese culture with those of the New Novayans'. The resulting fusion saw New Novayan militarism being incorporated into Japanese society, leading to many traditions to either be abandoned or reformed. New Novayan anime also spreads throughout Japanese society.
===Media===
While Japanese media remain the same, manga and anime were the most affected by the fusion of New Novayan and Japanese cultures. The high school romance comedy genre, prevalent throughout anime, manga, light novels and visual novels, found themselves under heavy attack and severe criticism from its New Novayan viewers, who despised the various cliches/tropes prevalent there, and New Novayan-made ones which show a more realistic form of the genre as well as consequences of the characters' actions there; the New Novayan-made high school romcom genre also attacked the personalities of various high school characters and even tropes and cliches associated with them.
After it was ultimately discovered that anime and manga writers and artists were forced to work themselves to the bone via an anonymous tip-off and undercover report to the Dominion Reporting Hotline, culminating in a welfare check by Constabulary personnel, Admiral-Protectress Borealis ordered that any and all companies involved in the creation and production of anime and manga franchises were to implement reforms, improve working conditions and allow labor unions, with failure to implement changes and reforms as demanded will result in the immediate revocation of such companies' immunity, termination of contracts, and outright seizure of corporate assets, followed by sending the employers to trial. As a result, many companies were forced to make necessary changes in order to remain in her good graces.As part of the reforms the Protectress demanded, these companies adopted 6-8 mandatory working hours, 4 voluntary working hours for those willing to work overtime, increased pay, and expanded workers' rights to workers; talent agencies making use of idols also suffer the reforms as demanded from her. To ensure no abuses were made, the Dominion Reporting Hotline's mandate was expanded to include workers, employees and employers, and the Constabulary and Armed Forces had been given authorization to make the necessary welfare checks per week, as well as authorized arrests if any companies were found to have violated the Protectress's policies.
====Isekai====
Even the isekai genre wasn't spared from criticism, citing the various cliches and tropes as also being overused. With the exception of GATE: Thus the JSDF Fought There, Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina and a few certain isekai light novels, the isekai genre was constantly derided by New Novayans; the most derisive in the fantasy genres were armor, weapons, outfits and others that were too unrealistic and impractical for New Novayan eyes.
In response to the derisive cliches present in fantasy genres, several New Novayan and Japanese companies, authors and artists collaborated in creating light novels, animes, games, mangas and visual novels which feature more realistic armor, weapons and outfits in addition to classical-era and medieval-era strategies and tactics that proved to be more dominant than those used by the "brain-dead idiots who don't even know proper military practice and tactics"; magic and associated spells that were featured have been shown to be used without even chanting or calling out their names. Unlike those produced by pre-war Japanese authors, those produced by New Novayan and Japanese authors saw different types of magic: astral, blood, earth, fire, air, water, nature and death magics. Some nations created by New Novayan authors have also been known to be inspired by the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire as well as the Aversarinas Aautokrata from the Crusader Kings 3 mod Godherja: The Dying World; the most blatant of these Roman/Byzantine/Aversarian-inspired nations was the Novayan Empire from the light novel series Atlas: March of Empires, which utilized astral magic in addition to blood magic (used by the Bloodlanders) while the other kinds of magic (sans death magic, which is the most rarest magic used due to taboo surrounding it) were used to break stalemates and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
The isekai genre also saw realism being implemented into it, such as female characters wearing bikini armor (a highly controversial topic among New Novayan circles) doesn't grant defense but only allow the users' opponents to kill them due to lacking additional armor. Close-quarters combatants whose close-combat skills were considered "awesome and cool" only left gaps in their defenses, leading to their deaths at their opponents' hands. Armor too impractical, oversized and unrealistic proved to be unreliable as their weight and size limits their users' capabilities, while those using more realistic, practical and moderately-sized armor and weapons were able to kill their opponents. Magicians were killed while taking their time casting spells, while New Novayan-made magicians easily cast spells with their thoughts. Classical-era and medieval-era strategies and tactics were featured by New Novayan-made armies, allowing them to decimate opposing armies that didn't use them. Lastly, siege weapons and powerful magics were used to destroy fortifications and breach defenses.
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