Taihoku Prefecture

Taihoku Prefecture (Ninjagoan: 台北州; Taihoku-shū) was a Ninjagoan de jure administrative body over the Formosan Island throughout ShitCraft IV and ended after the signing of the Balance Pact in the beginning of ShitCraft V. This was motivated by the Garmadon Restoration legacy, who conquered the region in ancient times, as well as the cultural similarities, the geographical position and the westworldophobic world view of Ninjago. Despite the downfall of the Empire of Ninjago and the UN prohibiting Ninjago to have territorial disputes, Ninjagoan officials kept referring the territory as Taihoku or Taihoku Prefecture and was later a de jure dispute once more when Jay Gordon took office in the State of Ninjago.
Historically, the name "Taihoku" originated in the Garmadon Dynasty and is the Ninjagoan pronunciation of the word "台北" romanized.
The Gulandians and native Formosans has historically used the same symbols to refer to the region, but pronounce it as Táibĕi, T'ai-pei, Taipeh or Tai-pak. The region was internationally recognized as Taipei (Johanian Taipei) during the Johanian administration and later renamed Formosa with the dissolution of the Second Johanian Republic. Ninjago kept using the name Taihoku or Taihoku Prefecture until the signing of the Balance Pact, which thereafter became illegal terms in the International Province of Formosa. In Ninjago, the Taihoku Prefecture is now taught in history class as a defunct extended territory of Ninjago, instead of the previous belief that Formosa was a foreign-occupied area of the Ninjago mainland. 
Ninjago made several attempts to gain de-facto sovereignity over the Formosan island to establish the Taihoku Prefecture on it, initially by building the Taipei wall, which was administered by Ninjagoan officials. The entrance to the island was under a large Way of the Ninja shrine and had a toll mechanism for Taipei inhabitants to access the "Ninjagoan Endless Sea", i.e. the Pacific Ocean and a Taihoku Prefecture Flag was mounted on the wall. Although disturbing, the Johanian Taipei officials, the inhabitants and the Johanian Republic did not wage war with Ninjago over this. However, the wall-technique proved to be ineffective as Taipei citizens could fly to mainland Taipei with Elytra planes. The second attempt was to invade the island and mainland Taipei together with the Axel Power Orochi, but resulted in Axel defeat. The wall was thereafter claimed by the Johanian Republic, passed on to the Formosan Republic and today to the International Province of Formosa.
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