Japanball

Japanball, officially known as the State of Weebs Animeball, Kawaiiball, Poket Monstersball, Super Marioball, Detective Conanball or Debtball Japanball, is a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure reference countryball located in the East Asia. It is a imperialistic and detective sovereign state with a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The capital and largest metropolitan area in the world with a world famous detective the capital cityball is Beikaball Tokyoball. The emperor is a figurehead who performs ceremonial duties. Japanball is the largest island country in East Asia and the 4th largest island country globally. Its clay has 377 975 square kilometers, making it the 61st biggest country. One hundred twenty-six million people live there, and one which makes it the 11th most populous countryball in the world (2021) and 2nd most populated island country, just behind Indonesiaball. It has the 8th largest exclusive economic zone, 4,470,000 sq km. Most of Japan's clay is sea territory, yet it does not yet have the technology to live in the sea. It is also called the "land of the rising sun" because being the most eastern country in East Asia. The kanji (the logographic symbols used in the Japanese language) used in 日本 (Japan) translates to "the sun's origin." 
Japanball has the fourth-largest economy in the world. It is a member of the G20 (or Group of Twenty), the countryballs with the 19 largest economies plus the EUball. It is also a member of the exclusive G7 (Group of Seven) and the OECDball for one of the most economic countryballs in the world, and the UNball. It is considered a great power. Throughout its history, Japanball has achieved outstanding scientific and economic progress. Japanball is also one of two balls that can have cat ears and cattail (kawaii). The other is Hawaiiball. Japanball also invented emojis.
Its clay is made of about 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Hokkaidō (also a prefectureball), Honshū, Kyūshū, and Shikoku. Honshū can be divided into the regionballs of Tōhoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, and Chūgoku, which along with the other islands, adds to a total of 8 regionballs. Japanball is divided into 47 prefectureballs, consisting of 2 urban prefectureballs, 1 territoryball, 1 metropolisball (its capitalball Tokyoball), and 43 prefectureballs proper. Japanball is separated from its neighbors by vast seas. Its neighbors are North Koreaball (which Japanball does not even recognize as a state), South Koreaball, and Chinaball to the west; Taiwanball to the southwest; and Russiaball to the north. Its maritime borders are the Okhotsk Sea to the north, the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea to the south, the East Sea to the west, and the Pacific Ocean to the east.
It was once an isolated feudal country with a warrior class known as the samurai and Shogun (military dictators) as the de facto rulers from 1192 till 1868. This made Japan a "warrior nation." Then it became a major world player and Asian superpower as the Empire of Japanball. It was one of the largest empires in history. It was a member of the Entente in WW1. It was one of the few major non-European empires, just like its then-friendly-rival, USAball. Later, it joined the Axis Powers in WW2 but lost and went back to living peacefully; thus, creating stuff that strengthens its economy. It was an avid fan of art since the 15th century. Nowadays, Japanball has a lot of "soft power" influence and gets more money through its greatest invention -- The DVD. It is famous for high technology and video games like Sonic, Kirby, Mario Brothers, Pac-Man, Dig Dug, etc. The American-written 1947 constitution made Japan a pacifist country. In 2015 it had the 4th highest ranked military force Self-Defense Forces in the world. USAball wants Japanball to help more in the world. So it is gradually shedding its pacifist ideals. Sadly, its population is also decreasing due to anime girls.
Despite being wealthy and developed, Japanball is not considered an Asian Tiger. Mostly due to its stagnant economic growth since the 1990s.
==人格 (Personality)==
 Japanball lives in harmony with ancient traditions and high tech. Harmony, the collective (greater good), traditions, and unity are important in Japanball culture and society. The group is often put before the individual. Japanball respects its ancient culture, such as sumo wrestling, tea ceremony, martial arts, festivals, etc. It loves to eat seafood like sushi that it fishes from its vast sea territory. Being too strict with its lifestyle Japanball likes life with rules, order, cleanliness, and hierarchy and dislikes unpredictable earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and Godzilla. Fujisan (Mount Fuji)(Japanese:富士山) is a sacred mountain admired for its natural beauty. Japan loves the Sun because its name is the "land of the rising sun" (Nihon, 日本). It is polite and a tech-guru. Politeness depends on your status. Japanball is a workaholic; it's all for money. It also works into the night to serve its company. It has little free time and frequently puts work before dating, family, and friends. When Japanball cannot accomplish a task, it usually feels extreme shame and remorse. Japanball enjoys all kinds of anime and video games. It can act modest and shy to strangers. Japanball likes everything kawaii. Gaining and keeping honor is sometimes more important than material things. Japanball is punctual and wants everything to be on time, getting angry when other countries are a few minutes late. Due to the difference in lifestyle, Japanball can act quite Judgemental and dismissive towards others.
The punctuality of Japanball railroads is so great that even if a train company is one minute late, it apologizes and makes a game out of running the trains accurately.
Foreigners who come to Japan for the first time, however, get lost in the overly detailed railroad network in metropolitan areas.
: Hey Japan! I guess to get to Akihabara, you just take the Chuo line!
: Sorry Japan, to get to Nagano, I should just take the Shinetsu line?
 Japanball is semi-pacifist due to the 1947 constitution that was forced given by USAball. It made Japanball kawaii like a catgirl. However, tensions and disputes with neighbors South Koreaball, Chinaball, Russiaball, and a possible nuclear threat from North Koreaball lead to the rearming of Japanball to protect itself. The pacifism is slowly, but surely decreasing.
Many people in USAball and plenty of other countries associate Japan with, Shoguns, Samurai, Shinobi Ninjas (Japanese: 忍び) from the Sengoku "jidai" (Japanese: 戦国時代) and the Edo "jidai" (Japanese: 江戸時代), despite Japanball being very ahead of those old days.
As the 4th largest island country, the Japanese people are islanders. Many people have an island mentality. It prefers to be inward-looking and preoccupied with its own weird culture and society. It sees itself as superior unique from all other countryballs. It likes to live in its own world and cares less about other countryballs. Sometimes Japanball becomes isolationist when it has enough barbarians gaijins (foreigners) on their clay. It finds the continentball gaijins strange and entertaining. As a fellow island country, Japanball can better understand Igirisu-san, Taiwan-san, Firipin-kun, Parao-kun, and Indoneshia-kun.
It is also very, VERY, kawaii.
==歴史 (History)==
NOTE: Due to the page's length, it has been split to Japanball/History.
==関係 (Relationships)==
NOTE: Due to the page's length, it has been split to Japanball/Relationships.
==地域区分 (Geographic regions)==
Japanball is a unified island country. It is over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) long with 6,852 islands. The 5 main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Okinawa. It is divided into 8 informal regions. Each region contains 1 or more prefectures. The regions are from north to south:
* Sinnoh Hokkaidō
* Tōhoku
* Kantō
* Chūbu
* Johto Kansai
* Chūgoku
* Shikoku
* Hoenn Kyūshū
===都道府県球/都道府県ボール (Prefectureballs)===
There are 47 prefectures.
 Hokkaidō (region)
* Hokkaidoball (北海道)
 Tōhoku (region)
* Aomoriball (青森)
* Iwateball (岩手)
* Miyagiball (宮城)
* Akitaball (秋田)
* Yamagataball (山形)
* Fukushimaball (福島)
 Kantō (region)
* Ibarakiball (茨城)
* Tochigiball (栃木)
* Gunmaball (群馬)
* Saitamaball (埼玉)
* Chibaball (千葉)
* Tokyoball (東京)
* Kanagawaball (神奈川)
 Chūbu (region)
* Nīgataball (新潟)
* Toyamaball (富山)
* Ishikawaball (石川)
* Fukuiball (福井)
* Yamanashiball (山梨)
* Naganoball (長野)
* Gifuball (岐阜)
* Shizuokaball (静岡)
* Aichiball (愛知)
 Kansai (region)
* Mieball (三重)
* Shigaball (滋賀)
* Kyotoball (京都)
* Osakaball (大阪)
* Hyōgoball (兵庫)
* Naraball (奈良)
* Wakayamaball (和歌山)
 Chūgoku (region)
* Tottoriball (鳥取)
* Shimaneball (島根)
* Okayamaball (岡山)
* Hiroshimaball (広島)
* Yamaguchiball (山口)
 Shikoku (region)
* Tokushimaball (徳島)
* Kagawaball (香川)
* Ehimeball (愛媛)
* Kōchiball (高知)
 Kyūshū (region)
* Fukuokaball (福岡)
* Sagaball (佐賀)
* Nagasakiball (長崎)
* Kumamotoball (熊本)
* Ōitaball (大分)
* Miyazakiball (宮崎)
* Kagoshimaball (鹿児島)
* Okinawaball (沖縄)
==トリビア (Trivia)==
*It is the oldest character in Polandball.
*It created Anime and Electronic Products anime is Best REMOVE K-POP
*It is the 12th-most populated countryball, having a population of around 123,951,692, with its rank behind Ethiopiaball and above the Philippinesball.
**It has a very low birth rate, with its population declining since 2011 (so some anime have a story about birthrate problems, mostly World's End Harem and Love and Lies).
*From 1970 to 1994, it failed to qualify for the World Cups.
*Has a strange obsession with mecha (giant robots).
*The Japanese at times pronounce the "L" as "R."
*When something catches its attention, it usually approaches by opening its eyes more than normal and saying, "SUGOI!".
*Together with USAball and Franceball (Ubisoft), they are the countries with the best video game industry today.
*It has soda, chocolates, potatoes, and other very rare things for other countryballs.
*It can't stop showing its kawaii side. ONI-CHAAAN! YAMETE!! KYAHHH!!
*The oldest confirmed man in history, Jiroemon Kimura, lived 116 years (1897-2013) in its clay and was born in the Kyoto Prefecture.
*It was the host of the 2020 Olympic Games, but due to the pandemic, it was moved to 2021.
*In the Japanese language, the native name of the country (Nippon) is gender-neutral (just like also happens in English). Japan has two national personifications, Amaterasu, the Japanese goddess of the and Emperor Jimmu, the legendary first emperor of Japan (and descendant of Amaterasu, according to Japanese tradition).
*It has an island that is literally full of cats that even outnumber humans in population.
*It committed war crimes worse than Nazi Germanyball but always denies that it committed them.
* It has island territories in Oceania (Ogasawara Islands).
*Until 2015, it was illegal to dance in a disco after midnight. This law was imposed after the World War II.
*Sometimes, it is dressed in a white cat's tail and ears ("kawaii", as it would put it).
*The commercials are very weird, singular, quirky, eccentric, unusual, and short.
* It is one of the countryballs that makes the most animations and video games a year, especially its famous anime, which has been used both on television and on web pages all over the planet.
*Although it has no interests in communism, it has a communist party named the Japanese Communist Party, which has a left-wing to far-left political postition.
==アーティスト向け情報 (Information for artists)==
===旗の色 (Flag colors)===
===描き方 (How to draw)===
This is how to draw Japanball: 
#Draw a typical circle with a white background.
#Fill in a circle with crimson glory inside.
#Finally, draw the eyes.
#You can also put cat accessories (tail, ears) and kawaii eyes.
#You can draw the energized, warrior version with red streams going out in all directions. For reference, check the flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
==引用 (Quotes)==
==アートギャラリー (Gallery)==
==メモと参考文献 (Notes and references)==
==こちらも参照してください (See also)==
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