The Imperial Consulate

## Lore

Ever since the two most prestigious leaders of the Imperial royal family fell beneath the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun was just an empire in name only. It is now dominated by the Imperial State Commission, which was formed by the well-known nobles and experienced politicians in the parliament named Imperial Representative Council, with the seat of the emperor being empty.

### Partition of the Continent

After the defeat of the World War, the colonial power of the Empire in the eastern Asia dramatically declined. Almost everyone in the Imperial State Commission, except for those ultranationalists, was aware of that the collapse of the Imperial colony was inevitable. Henceforth, the members of the Imperial State Commission reached an agreement that the Empire must take an initiative to dissolve the colony to maximize the interest and minimize the loss of the Empire.

In the northeastern Asian continent, since the Imperial Army could no longer maintain the order, the Empire acknowledged the independence of the State of Manchuria, Mongolia, Korea and China. The government of these countries were modelled of the Southeastern Asian Colony, where the local capitalists, nobles and clergy shared the vast majority of seats in the parliament, and the head of state were the carefully selected nationalism leaders who would potentially cooperate with the Empire.

For the local people living in those former colonies, the aftermath of the Partition of the Continent was disastrous. Most of the countries that were granted independence fell into the civil wars, since the rule of the new government was even more tyrannical than the Empire. In Korea, the capitalism government was toppled by the national Sovietists through a bitter civil war. In China, the civil war and internal conflict have lasted for over a decade and have no signals for peace. In Indochina, the communism uprising was bloodily suppressed by the imperialists from the north and the sea, causing the displacement of tens of millions of people and millions of casualties.

### Unify the Islands

On the other hand, in the Southeastern Asia, the Imperial armed forces were rallied to suppress the nationalism movement by naval superiority. To maximize the effect of suppression, the Imperial Intelligence Agency fanned the national populism in the people, making the flower of rebellion bloom before the fruits were ripe. Consequently, even though the rebels once occupied many central cities of their homeland, they still fell one after another when confronting the main cannons of the battleships.

Meanwhile, the Empire reestablished and massively invested in the Shiro Technology Corporation (STC), which developed the psychic technology to help the Empire solid the rule in the Southeastern Asian Islands. By brute force, the Empire created a role model of free capitalism market system which is protected by the authority. STC became the world's one of the largest defense contractors, offering weapons and mercenaries to the Imperial government and other Zaibatsu to maintain the order of the colony. The STC utilized the psychic sensors to detect and surveillance the potential enemies, like trade union members and nationalism leaders. Once the threat was founded, the authority would take immediate actions, by law or by violence, to nip it in the bud.

Before COS invading Japan, the Southeastern Asian colony had become the most important industrial and resource base of the Empire, and Syonan, an Imperial Free City off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, had been one of the most shinny pearls in the Imperial crown and the city that was as prosperous as Tokyo.

## Member States

The territories of the Imperial Consulate consist of the countries that are conquered or colonized by Japan. They are:

* Malaysia
* Indonesia
* Papua New Guinea
* Hawaii
* Myanmar
* Cambodia
* Laos
* Philippines
* Vietnam

Constitutionally, these member states are independent sovereignty states and have the right to exit the Empire. However, the consulate government indirectly controls these areas by massively deploying psychic beacons, which potentially affect the mind of dwellers and make them more likely to obey the order and values of the Empire.

## Economy

Southeastern Asia is one of the most energetic markets after Europa Spring. By controlling the islands in the Pacific Ocrean, the Imperial Consulate has paved the way for trans-Pacific free trade and been benefited from it.

Unlike the Commonwealth that emphasized the development of national monopolized mega-corporations, the economy of the Imperial Consulate is mostly supported by cooperatives and small companies. Shinro Technology Corporation was the only super corporation in the Imperial Consulate.