The Japanese Federation

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## DEMOGRAPHICS

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## HISTORY

The Japanese Federation's Imperial House has lasted a long time, with the abolishment of the samurai in the 1800s being the start of the rise in power that foresaw a buildup in military force - the subsequent opening for trade between Japan and China, only to turn into a war over Korea after a few decades. A highly successful campaign in Southeast Asia provided resources and much needed manpower in the form of conscripts out of Korea and Manchuria, and expanding the country's trade with Dutch Colonies to the south.

Upon the eventual outbreak of the Russo-Japanese wars, Japan secured it's control over Korea.

Amidst the Second World War, Japan launched their attack at Pearl Harbor, and successfully destroyed the underground fuel depots for the Navy, rendering the American fleet crippled in it's attempt to retaliate immediately. The Japanese Imperial fleet moved far to the east in the pacific, beginning to skirmish with allied ships rather than a fully committed war, further prolonging the engagement. Pacific Island nations began joining the Japanese to avoid being conquered by force. America, however, preoccupied with assisting on the European front as well as their battle in the pacific, were blindsided as the Soviet Atomic Bomb project was completed before the Americans' - and the Soviets used their devices on New York and Washington D.C. Japan formally concluded a treaty with the United States, and Japan instead declared a war against the Soviet Union, joining the Allies just in time to be on the winning side as the Allies pressured the Soviet Union into a ceasefire, and ultimately a treaty.

With the majority of countries in a poor state, economies attempting to recover post-war, Japan became the site of a rapidly growing economy with its abundance of newly occupied land varying in resources, with further advancements on the way. The Japanese Imperial house remained solid for a mere decade, before the Empire and it's newly ceded territories gave into internal pressure, reforming to a more modernized federal monarchy on account of the number of territories. Japan's image quickly changed. Japan shifted itself as quickly as possible from the largest warmongering power to the largest 'peacekeeper' in the world, combating 'communism' became the forefront of their military action, and American - largely FSA inspired - cultural influences seeped their way into the mainland. Decades saw them pressing into Southeast Asia to try and extend their own influence, with it's own successes and failures. The growth of Korea, and it's turn from a subjugated state, to another part of Japan, culturally and otherwise.

The Imperial House saw fit to give these regions their own autonomy in order to bring them into the fold. Soon enough, the Japanese Federation had more than just Japan in it, and these other parts of the Japanese Federation were as dedicated to their allegiance as Japan itself. Countries outside of Japan that once held wary became Allies such as the Americans, and lands that were once occupied became independent but dedicated. The last few years have seen an increase in fighting against the Eurasian Union as disputes for territory and an almost pure hatred for one another, while the country attempts to expand further.