Ainu Republic

### Description

The reimagined vision of Sakura- her blazing glory reforged in moonlight. May Vivid bless all her children. Discord: https://discord.gg/hTZkKfDH

## **Overview**

The **Ainu Republic (AR)** was an alliance primarily located in Japan and Korea. The republic emerged on the 20th of August 2022 with a declaration of war on Sakura, with the intention of imposing the ideals of the Pro Japan faction in the Sakura split. The fledgling republic had strong cultural ties with The Sakura Pact due to it's members originally being from that alliance. The alliance claimed to be the cultural successor to The Sakura Pact due to it's founding members claiming Sakura's founding principles were nowhere to be seen in the current alliance, a leading cause of Ainu succession and the subsequent civil war. The republic fought a large scale civil war from its emergence until the arrival of BBC in Japan, although guerrilla attacks on BBC by Ainu loyalists would continue with the last major attack being on Seoul on the 10th of October 2022. The alliance would be fully destroyed with Legassassin1234 joining BBC and all other members leaving the game or leaving Asia.

## Pre Civil War

Before the Civil war the members of the Ainu Republic were on the Pro Japan side of the Sakura split. The pro Japan side wished for the new Japanese alliance to control Taiwan and Manila, with the yellow river civilisation being outside of the China alliances borders. These negotiations soon broke down with neither side agreeing, and whispers among the Pro Japan faction began about the potential of taking what was demanded. With Imperial regent DIYSlinkys perceived insults towards the Emperor Vivid these whispers soon spread into secret talks. Old members such as MisterSensei, Kevlord, The Chancellor, Mikel\_Da\_Pikel, and Legassassin1234 soon came to the conclusion that if they never acted then the ideas of the Emperor would disappear.

Soon more members were invited to join this plot and it was decided that on the 20th of August 2022 the Ainu Republic would succeed from the Sakura Pact. War plans were drawn up by Ainu High Command and troops were moved into place for the operation.

## Civil War

On August 20th 4:07pm GMT the official declaration of war was sent to Sakura. initially Ainu achieved all objectives, taking all of Japan and gaining footholds on Taiwan, China, and Korea, with Sakura loyalists being unable to organise any proper resistance. however in the subsequent days Sakura was able to reform their forces in Southern China and pushed Ainu forces back. Despite this the Ainu Republic had taken over Japan, Korea, and Manchuria. Soon it became apparent to both sides that this would not be a short war and a period of smaller skirmish's began.

In this time the Republic secured itself, with high command organising proper defences and the republics internal security hunted down and executed remaining Sakura loyalists. In her foreign territories the republic attempted to gain support, however the need for resources for the civil war soon removed any good intentions the republic had for her subjects. Despite being named a republic, the Ainu Republic was a military dictatorship with high command retaining full control whilst the civil war was ongoing.

As the war progressed it seemed like there would be no way to end it quickly other than a peace treaty, yet high command had other ideas and launched a second surprise offensive on the 28th of August, retaking Taipei and Shanghai and making them into border cities. this success however would be short lived with Taipei falling on the 31st and Shanghai lasting until the 1st, with Republican troops fighting to the last man. With the end of the second offensive and the Ainu war machine running out of steam it seemed like a stalemate was inevitable.

However this would not be the case, with BBC forces landing in Japan on the 9th of September. High Command recognised that this would be the end of the Republic and gave the order to move to non conventional warfare. Major cities were soon lost to the BBC offensive with Sakura (now New Genesis) launching a counter attack against the army of China, which ended Ainu occupation of China. Ainu Forces would wage a low intensity guerrilla war against BBC and New Genesis with the cities being under BBC control and the countryside being under Ainu control. in this time Ainu guerrillas would launch small attacks on BBC patrols whilst BBC tried to put down groups of rebels, slowly suffocating the Republic.

The situation would remain like this until the 8th of October when High Command, now almost fully under the control of Legassassin1234, would order a major counterattack. This attack would be focused in Japan with BBC forces being forced out of major cities and the countryside becoming a complete no go zone for their soldiers. The offensive, known as the second revolt, was a stunning success with Ainu creating their territory once again. Republican rebels soon began to take BBC collaborators and POWs into remote mountainous areas, killing them, with their mass graves still being discovered to this day, although it remains unknown if High Command ordered this. However as the revolt slowed down BBC forced which outnumbered Ainu troops more than 2:1 began a counterattack. The final major offensive action of the Republic was targeted at the Seoul area and succeeded in killing the 9 max armies which held the region. but this was too little too late, BBC forces succeeded retaking all major cities in Japan by the end of the 19th. At this point the Republic was in ruins, High Command had fled after Legassassin1234 joined BBC, Ainu Loyalists hid, committed suicide, or were executed by BBC soldiers, many of whom wanted revenge for the deaths of the comrades in the second revolt.

## Legacy

The war had a major effect on the political situation in Asia, with Sakura losing control of the home islands to a foreign force for the first time in its history. the revolt had also ended the idea of union between China and Japan which would be restored almost a year later with the return of Sakura to Japan. the conflict had ended in a Pyrrhic victory for the Pro China faction yet they were not able to realise all their objectives, suffering greatly from the war. The Republic had a major impact on Japan with huge bloodshed and over 100 thousand Japanese troops dying at home and abroad in service to the republic and millions of civilians losing their lives in the fighting and purges. For Hokkaido the war had a different impact, with the primacy of the region being made apparent during the war and the region retaining autonomy under Legassassin1234, despite this they had suffered disproportionately higher losses which the recruitable population would never recover from. the war had also proved that Sakurans were tough foes, with resistance lasting a month and a half.

Today this alliance is mostly forgotten, however in New Genesis and Imperial Sakura it remains well known, with it still being a roadblock to diplomacy. This war is also the most bloody civil war in this history of the game.