United Republic of Korea

Flag of the United Korean Republic

## General Information

### Founding Document

Constitution of the Republic of Korea, 12 July 1948 (later in 1992 as United Korea)North Korean 1948 Constitution, until 1992 AD after Operation Thunderstrike

### Constitution

Constitution of the Republic of Korea (1948)-present

### Head of State

* President of United Korea (1948 as South Korea-present as Unified Korea)
* Supreme leader of North Korea (1948-1992)

### Commander-in-Chief

President of United Korea (previously South Korea)

### Legislative Branch

National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (1948-present as United Korea)North Korean Supreme People's Assembly, August 25, 1948-1992 AD

### Military

* Republic of Korea Armed Forces (August 15, 1948-present as United Republic of Korea Armed Forces)
* Korean People's Army (until 1992 AD)

The **United Republic of Korea**, or **United Korean Republic,** previously known as the **Republic of Korea** and formerly as **South Korea** and the communistic **North Korea** is a unified government of the Korean Peninsula. Korea was a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea comprising its northern half and South Korea comprising its southern half. Korea consists of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and several minor islands near the peninsula, until the arrival of the Galactic Republic after sending a warning message about the Seperatist invasion on Earth.

After the arrival of the Republic on Earth to send it's warning message, the government of South Korea answered the call. However when it's Northern counterpart led by Kim Il Sung (the father of the late Kim Jong Il the pretender) along with other two dictators, Saddam Hussein and Muammar al-Gaddafi aligned with the CIS, the UN along with the Republic declared the North Korea along with Iraq and Libya outlawed regimes and rogue states, meaning they were declared as the Hostiles until the arrival of the Seperatists. In the aftermath of the Operation Thunderstrike, both two Nations were now officially reunited under the government of the Republic of South Korea and thus officially declared as United Korean Republic, while it's Military personnel from the former North Korean People's Army were now officially absorbed into the RoK Armed Forces and filled their ranks into one Military fighting force, which later become one of the largest forces in the Terran Armed Forces.

## History

### Prehistory and Gojoseon

The Korean Academy claimed ancient hominid fossils originating from about 100,000 BCE in the lava at a stone city site in Korea. Fluorescent and high-magnetic analyses indicate the volcanic fossils may be from as early as 300,000 BCE. The best preserved Korean pottery goes back to the paleolithic times around 10,000 BCE and the Neolithic period begins around 6000 BCE.

Beginning around 300 BC, the Japonic-speaking Yayoi people from the Korean Peninsula entered the Japanese islands and displaced or intermingled with the original Jōmon inhabitants. The linguistic homeland of Proto-Koreans is located somewhere in Southern Siberia/Manchuria, such the Liao river area or the Amur region. Proto-Koreans arrived in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC, replacing and assimilating Japonic-speakers and likely causing the Yayoi migration.

According to legend, Dangun, a descendant of Heaven, established Gojoseon in 2333 BCE. In 108 BCE, the Han dynasty defeated Gojoseon and installed four commanderies in the northern Korean peninsula. Three of the commanderies fell or retreated westward within a few decades, but the Lelang Commandery remained as a center of cultural and economic exchange with successive Chinese dynasties for four centuries. By 313, Goguryeo annexed all of the Chinese commanderies.

### Division of Korea

*Main article: Korean War*.
In 1945, with the surrender of Japan, the United Nations developed plans for a trusteeship administration, the Soviet Union administering the peninsula north of the 38th parallel and the United States administering the south. The politics of the Terran Cold War resulted in the 1948 establishment of two separate governments, North Korea and South Korea.

The aftermath of World War II left Korea partitioned along the 38th parallel on 2 September 1945, with the north under Soviet occupation and the south under U.S. occupation supported by other allied states. Consequently, North Korea, a Soviet-style socialist republic was established in the north, and South Korea, a Western-style regime, was established in the south.

North Korea was a one-party state, centered on Kim-il-Sung's Juche ideology, with a centrally planned industrial economy. South Korea is a multi-party state with a capitalist market economy and democratic government, alongside membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Group of Twenty. The two states have greatly diverged both culturally and economically since their partition, though they still share a common traditional culture and pre-Cold War history.

#### Korean Conflict

The Korean War broke out when Soviet-backed North Korea invaded South Korea along with Soviet tanks and weaponry in June 1950, though neither side gained much territory as a result. The Korean Peninsula remained divided, and the Korean Demilitarized Zone was to established to act as the de-facto border between the two states. During the Korean War, more than 1.2 million people died and effectively destroyed most cities. The war ended in 1953 with an Armistice Agreement at approximately the Military Demarcation Line, but the two governments were still at war until after the arrival of the Galactic Republic on Earth and the Terran campaign in 1992 AD.

Since the 1960s, the South Korean economy grew enormously and the country's economic structure was radically transformed. In 1957, South Korea had a lower per capita GDP than Ghana, and by 2008 it was 17 times as high as Ghana's.

According to R. J. Rummel, forced labour, executions, and concentration camps were responsible for over one million deaths in North Korea from 1948 to 1987; others have estimated 400,000 deaths in concentration camps alone. Estimates based on the most recent North Korean census suggest that 240,000 to 420,000 people died as a result of famine in the 1990s. In South Korea, as guerrilla activities expanded, the South Korean government used strong measures against peasants, such as forcefully moving their families from guerrilla areas. According to one estimate, these measures resulted in 36,000 people killed, 11,000 people wounded, and 432,000 people displaced.

### Peace between Two Koreas

#### Reunification

When the Galactic Republic first arrived on Terra in October 1991, they made first contact with the Untied States. Due to this, some nations were less trusting of the Republic. Libya, Iraq, and North Korea were among those countries. While the North Korean regime was not yet ready to align themselves with the Seperatists, their armies were secretly training their troops in case of their arrival on their battle against South Korea and Japan.

However the North Korean regime's plan was only backfired when the Republic intelligence learned about this. The Terran Alliance and Galactic Republic by the order of the United Nations, launched the Operation Thunderstrike against North Korea, along with Iraq and Libya. Thus, the Terran Alliance successfully overthrew the Kim regime after 42 Years of brutal and oppressive rule. After their successful operation against the North Korean regime, the governments of South Korea and former North Korea signed a treaty to end the Korean War while officially reuniting the nation as a whole, leading to the formation of the United Korean Republic under the leadership of the democratic government of the Republic of South Korea.

In the aftermath of the Operation Thunderstrike, Kim Il Sung died on June 8, 1994 after he suffered a heart attack while he was detained in the Terran Maximum Security Prison, two years after the establishment of the United Korean Republic.

### Clone Wars

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After Operation Thunderstrike, the UKR Armed Forces comprised of North and South Korean military personnel fought together for the first time as Unified fighting forces during the Terran Campaign and the rest of the Clone Wars conflicts until 1994 AD, when Darth Sidious enacted the Great Jedi Purge known as Order 66, though they managed to help the rest of the Terran Forces to save many Jedi as much as they can until they officially retreated back to Milky Way Galaxy and refocused on their re-armament during the Intergalactic Cold War against the newly formed Galactic Empire who used to be their ally after their betrayal.

### Present day

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Today, the UKR is fighting alongside with the other members of the Terran Alliance, they are one of the large fighting force comprised of both United Republic of Korea Army and Marine Corps personnel along with the Chinese People's Liberation Army and Armed Forces of the Russian Federation which were sent by the Terran Armed Forces to fight against the tyranny of the Galactic Empire and liberate the Andromeda Galaxy to restore the Galactic Republic.

## Government

The United Korean Republic (UKR) just like its predecessor, the Republic of South Korea (RoK) has a multi-party system, with two dominant parties and numerous third parties. Elections are overseen by the Electoral Branch of the National Election Commission and unlike its communist predecessor, the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK) which they only voted for one candidate, everyone had a free will to vote for their own choice. The country is led by a President as Head of State along with the Prime Minister as the Head of Government while the National Assembly is the National Legislature of the UKR.

## Military

The **United Republic of Korea Armed Forces** also known as The **Republic of Korea Armed Forces** are the military forces of the United Korean Republic consisting of military personnel from both RoK Armed Forces and the former KPA Personnel who joined the unified military forces, it consist of the United Republic of Korea Army, United Republic of Korea Navy, United Republic of Korea Air Force and United Republic of Korea Marine Corps.

Their military strength is atleast 1,620,000 total of Military personnel, not counting the reserve fighting force in the UKR Military. All of their Military peronnel were wearing Military camouflage based on the ROK Standard uniform pixelated camo patterns, though there are designs that were inspired to the former North Korean regime but has UKR flags on their insignias were seen during the Galactic Civil War, only to distinguish their origins as former North Korean citizens.

The UKR Military used to operate former KPA vehicles and aircraft of North Korea during the Terran Campaign and Clone Wars until it was officially replaced by newer military equipment used by the RoK Armed Forces until it was finally modernized based on it's modern standards, one such reasons was they might use it against the War against the Empire, though there are few exceptions such as the BTR-80 APC, Pokpung-ho Main Battle Tank (produced in 1992) and the PT-85 Shin'heung Amphibious light tanks along with the Russian T-80U and T-80UK Tanks along with the BMP-3 IFV in the South Korean service, until all of these vehicles will be replaced by Hyundai K1A1 and K2 Black Panther tanks along with K200/A1 Tracked APCs, K808/806 White Tiger wheeled APCs and Doosan K21 IFVs. Most of the male eligible citizens of Korean Republic Armed Forces must serve for at least four years or become a permanent service member of the Armed Forces, including actors and K-pop idols.

## Pop Culture

*See: K-Pop*
The UKR is known for it's popular music genre called *K-pop* or Korean Pop Music, which is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture and later by worldwide based from the Fanbase number. In fact music artists like the 2NE1, BTS, Big Bang, Black Pink and many were one of the prime examples of the Korean Pop music icons in the UKR.

The United Korea is also one of the lead developers of the video gaming industry, many games were developed and played by millions of people on Terra and even by the Aliens during the 2000's and 2010's on it's height, some of which were also collaborated with the Japanese companies to develop many games which can be played on both Mobile phones or PC. Examples of their games were Black Desert Online, Lost Ark, Blade & Soul, Ragnarok Online, MapleStory, Elsword, and more.

## Trivia

* This version of Republic of Korea is vastly different from the videogame Homefront (2012) where the North rules the unified Korea lead by Kim Jong-Un. in this unified Korea it was under the government of the South Korea.
* Although, some Koreans from the North and South still hold grudges against the Japanese on what the former imperial nation did to their country, some Koreans were still willing to reconcile with the Japanese for the sake of unity as part of Terran Alliance.