Commonwealth of Japan

**Japan**, officially the **Commonwealth of Japan** and the **Japanese Commonwealth**, is an island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. Part of the Ring of Fire, Japan spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering 377,975 square kilometers (145,937 sq mi); the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is Japan's capital and largest city; other major cities include Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto.

Japan is among a number of territorial locations (Korea, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin, Manchuria, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia) which saw units of the Novayan Expeditionary Force being stationed there. Tokyo, the capital of Japan, also serves as the NEF's headquarters. After the revelations of the Shinomiya affairs, however, Japan is placed under martial law to prevent socioeconomic collapse, leading to the establishment a Novayan military-guided parliamentary democratic government.

## History

### Pre-Shinomiya affairs

See here: *History of Japan*
Before 2014 and 2015 Japan is unknowingly entangled in a web of intrigue set up by Gan'an Shinomiya and his zaibatsu, the Japanese government, and the Yamato Foundation.

Japan is involved in the Godom War, then a part of the greater One Sith War, on the side of the allied forces against the Godom Empire. It is put on the defensive alongside a number of Asian, Russian, American and Novayan forces though they were forced to give up some territory in order to survive. After Grand Marshal Borealis Norsoutha III returns to command the Novayan Expeditionary Force an unyielding defense that saw heavy casualties on both sides until the arrival of reinforcements through the Pacific Gateway that was opened up by a coalition of Outer Territorial, Schwarzkopfer and other NSC military units which were gathered in spite of the Novayan Anarchy resulted from the revelations of internal divisions among the Norsoutha-Tomoshima families.

During the offensive campaign against the Godom Empire a large number of coalition military units under the command of High Marshal Hans-Gebhard Goering were stationed in Japan to help bolster her defenses as well as rebuild its infrastructure. It became the site of an attempted second Godomese invasion which has been driven back thanks to the presence of various thaumaturges, the use of military-grade paratechnologies, and the presence of the Traktionstadtfoederation-Armee's naval and air forces. The Japan Self-Defense Forces has also participated in the offensive.

### Shinomiya Affairs, Collapse and Reformation

On April 5, 2015, a national and political scandal known as the Shinomiya affairs rocked the nation. The result of a joint collaboration between NSC military personnel (Team Watchdog), several Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers and JSDF personnel in investigating two unrelated crimes, one involving a missing high school girl and the other a murder of a factory owner, the affairs shook the nation to the core and the government experienced mass resignations which led to the collapse of the economy and the nation itself. NSC military units awaiting withdrawal or assisting in reconstruction imposed martial law and curfew as ordered by Grand Marshal Borealis III to ensure a sense of stability and order. This course of action would set the stage for the formation of the Commonwealth of Japan.

To help return Japan to its pre-affairs state Borealis III and his personal committee, the Military Staff Committee of the Grand Marshal, took control of Japan and organized a series of reforms and implemented a number of policies as well as ordering the arrest of all those involved in the Shinomiya Web. Not content with having Japan wanting to return to its naive days the MSCGM authorized further reforms, implemented by Prime Minister Wakano Tokugawa, which included the idea of stratocracy (or military-guided/led democracy), the formation of a few JSDF services (T-Doll Service, Anomalous Service, Mechanical Combat Service, and Magi Service), an enlarged military reserve force, the creation of a small and politically-moderate military-industrial complex, further funding for the Japanese Space Agency, expansion and development of its interplanetary colonies, expansion of existing orbital space stations and construction of new orbital space stations (residential, industrial, generator, mining, commercial and agricultural), and reinterpreting Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution. The Novayan sense of militarism is also implemented in Japan.

Other reforms (and unusual oddities of reforms) include:

* the creation of a comprehensive social safety net,
* the rejuvenation and development of old schools and hospitals,
* the implementation of a renewable energy source network,
* the establishment of comprehensive agrarian and farmer reform programs (such as higher payment for farmers),
* the set-up of several national and community development banks,
* improvement of existing infrastructure and construction of new infrastructure,
* improvement, implementation and enforcement of existing and new environmental policies,
* adoption of digital currency, cryptocurrency and online shopping,
* establishment of mutual aid networks,
* the adoption of vegetable gardens,
* provision of funds for small-scale and family-owned businesses,
* normalization of magic, thaumaturgy, Originium and its use,
* development of thaumaturgical devices for protection from Originium,
* development of thaumaturgical and conventional means of halting Oripathy,
* adoption of the Nordic model,
* extension of basic human rights to interdimensional refugees living in Japan and its migration starships, orbital space stations, and interplanetary colonies,
* construction of aerial platforms based on those from Korhal IV,
* construction of offshore platforms for residential, industrial, agricultural, commercial, mining and generator purposes,
* and several others.

## Politics

### Overview

Prior to the Shinomiya affairs the State of Japan operates under a Conservative Democratic government, headed by Shinzo Mori, a secret member of the Yamato Foundation, a Japanese ultranationalist organization dedicated to restore Japan's imperial glory. In truth, the State of Japan operates secretly under a fascist (if not corporatist) and ultranationalist regime. After the Shinomiya affairs and subsequent Japanese Anarchy, the Commonwealth of Japan operates under an Authoritarian Democratic government. It is considered a soft power, smart power, and great power, which brought fears of a resurgent Japanese Empire that were proven false due to Japan's dedication to peace.

After the Novayan Expeditionary Force reformed Japan, the Japan Self-Defense Forces became a part of the Japanese government state apparatus. Unlike the Japanese Empire, however, the Japanese government is redeveloped to serve always the Japanese people first and foremost and be dedicated to peace and the advancement of society and progress through cooperation. The Japan Self-Defense Forces is also educated to always serve the Japanese people first and foremost, and now hosts a large military reserve force numbering at 500,000 personnel.

On the directions of Grand Marshal Borealis III and his Military Staff Committee, the Commonwealth of Japan had enacted policies normal as well as unusual, such as the adoption of the cryptocurrency and digital currency, the vegetable gardens, and green policies. It has also implemented policies advocating for women's rights, anti-bullying systems in schools, distributism (involves family-owned businesses, small-scale entrepreneurs, and anti-monopolist regulations) and open and fair market competition (which enhances entrepreneurial spirits and allowing for a substantially more productive and fast-growing economy), an economic paradigm driving self-sustaining economic growth, small-scale use of control systems, and family values (modern and traditional combined).

### Foreign relations

The Commonwealth of Japan holds neutral but friendly relations with many nations, and is involved with a number of United Nations-mandated overseas missions, whether it be military interventions or humanitarian missions. However, the Commonwealth of Japan focused its energy on advancing and developing the interests of the many African, South and Southeast Asian, and nations in the Global South.

If the decision to form a new bloc is chosen by the player, the Commonwealth of Japan will lead the Unity Treaty Organization, which is a military, political and economic alliance and later an international coalition between Japan, the Federal Republic of Korea, the Southeast Asian Confederation (or the independent nations of Southeast Asia, if it didn't choose to reorganize post-One Sith War), the Republic of India, the Republic of Madagascar, and the Republic of South Africa. The key objectives were to ensure the sovereignty and freedom of allied nations and maintain neutrality. This would, however, disrupt the global balance of power.

The Commonwealth of Japan, like all other member-states of the United Nations, holds negative relations with the Yuuzhan Vong Empire; said relations became extremely hostile once it was revealed what the Yuuzhan Vong can do to those who were captured and upon realizing the threat posed by the Yuuzhan Vong, and this helped mend relations with other Earthborn countries.

At the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Commonwealth of Japan is one of many nations ceding elements of their sovereignty to the now reformed United Nations, now called the United Nations of Earth. Relations with the member-states of the UN still remain in the positive.

### National spirits

#### At start

* Infrastructure repair speed: **+10.00%**
* Dockyard repair speed: **+10.00%**
* Consumer Goods factories: **+2.50%**
* Proportional GDP cost: **-4.00%**
* Proportional GDP growth: **+7.50%**

* Daily support for Communism: **+0.10%**
* Daily support for Despotism: **+0.10%**
* Daily support for Social Democracy: **+0.10%**
* Daily support for Socialism: **+0.10%**
* Weekly Political Power gain: **-5.00%**

#### From national focii

##### Japanese Collapse and Rebirth

Earned from: The Final Straw

* **Cannot create or edit division templates.**
* **Allows the Military Staff Committee of the Grand Marshal to make the necessary reforms.**
* **Can raise stability through national focii.**
* Proportional GDP growth: **-100.00%**

Available only to Japan's trade partners. Earned from: The Final Straw.

* Civilian Factory repair speed: **+10.00%**
* Infrastructure repair speed: **+10.00%**
* Dockyard repair speed: **+10.00%**

##### As the Commonwealth of Japan

Earned from: Vegetable Gardens!

* Political Power gain: **-50%**

This event has caused the nations victimized by Japan's war crimes to hate the Commonwealth of Japan historically, and this still enrage them! We have sent requests to the old guard to stop visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, as visiting it only earns the rage of all the victims of Japan's crimes.

* Daily Fascism Support: **-2.50%**
* Daily Reactionism Support: **-2.50%**

Now that we got it out of the we can finally begin the act of shutting down the Yasukuni Shrine. The Novayans don't really care about what you say, fellow Japanese; the Novayans will shut it down for the greater good of all, to remove the stain that tainted Japan!

* War Support: **+0.10%**
* Daily Political Power gain: **+0.05%**
* Stability: **+10.0%**

* Weekly support for Social Democracy: **+0.10%**
* Weekly support for Liberal Democarcy: **+0.10%**
* Political Power gain: **+0.05%**
* War Support: **+10.0%**

* Supply consumption: **-5.0%**
* Division recovery rate: **+5.0%**
* Reinforce rate: **+5.0%**
* Max planning: **+10.0%**

* Division defense: **+5.00%**
* Division recovery rate: **+10.00%**
* Division reinforce rate: **+5.00%**

* Division organization: **+7.50%**
* Reconnaissance: **+5.00%**
* Infantry division attack: **+2.00%**
* Experienced soldier losses: **-25.00%**
* Planning speed: **-2.00%**

* Entrenchment speed: **+7.50%**
* Division defense: **+3.50%**
* Interception detection: **+5.00%**
* Interception Mission efficiency: **+5.00%**
* Sortie efficiency: **+7.50%**
* Radar detection efficiency: **+10.00%**

* Division attrition: **-10.00%**
* Training time: **-10.00%**
* Planning speed: **+20.00%**

### Cabinet

**Wakano Cabinet**

* Political Power gain: **+1.50%**
 Takamuku Watabe
* Infrastructure construction speed: **+10.00%**
 Reina Tezuka
 Miyarazo Adakite
* Support for Authoritarian Democracy: **+0.10%**
* Drift defense: **+10.00%**
* Military experience gain: **+1.00%**

### Political Parties

 Japanese National People's Party - Stratocracy Faction
 National Democratic Front of Japan
 Japanese Third Way Front
 National Democratic Party of Japan
 Social Democratic Front of Japan

## Military

The **Japan Self-Defense Forces** (Japanese: 自衛隊, romanized: *Jieitai*; abbreviated **JSDF**), also known as the **Japanese Armed Forces**, are the unified military forces of Japan established in 1954. The self-defence forces consists of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Aerospace Self-Defense Force. They are controlled by the Ministry of Defense, with the Prime Minister as commander-in-chief.

After the Shinomiya affairs and eventual collapse and reformation of Japan into the Commonwealth of Japan, the JSDF have been reformed to serve the Japanese people. The reserve force is also expanded, which saw drastic increase in personnel from 56,000 to 1,300,000. As part of the reforms implemented by Prime Minister Wakano Tokugawa several new services were established:

* the Magi Service, consisting of magic users (or thaumaturges) trained in pure magical or mixed mundane-magic combat. This service is also the center of the "Magician vs Thaumaturge" debate, where one side claimed that magic and thaumaturge are one and the same while the other side stated that "magic is temporary, but thaumaturgy is eternal".
* the T-Doll Service, consisting of Tactical Dolls, robots, droids and androids. This service provides maintenance of Tactical Dolls/androids, robots, droids and drones as well as arming and equipping them.
* the Mechanical Service, which uses mechas resembling the Alexander Type-01 (frontline) and Alexander Type-02 (special operations) mechas serving as mechanical cavalry and frontline units. These mechas were the result of studies on mecha animes and several worlds in the Void where perpetual combat between the kaijus and normal folks require the use of mechas to fight them.
* the Combat Specialist Service, consisting of combat specialist and support units ranging from the Tojis to the Symphogear Wielders. Combat specialist and support units also include Terrans who have knowledge of using Originium Arts.
* the Anomalous Service, tasked with the maintenance of anomalous equipment and regulation of anomalous forces working alongside the JSDF. This is a source of contention regarding the use of anomalous weapons, especially those of mass destruction, despite the lack of eigenweapons present; this was resolved when the Geneva Convention on Anomalous Weaponry is signed, though tensions still remain due to the JSDF Anomalous Service still retaining anomalous weaponry.