Japan

Officially known as the **Worker's State of Japan (日本の労働者の国)**, commonly referred to as simply Japan, is an island state in East Asia with the capital city of Sendai. It is located in the northwest Pacific Ocean, bordering the Korean sea to the west, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north towards the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Formosa in the south.

## History

### The Aftermath

With the Imperial surrender following the formalization of the act during the Bruges Conference of 1946, Japan was split into 3 occupation zones, the Chinese east line, the CSA controlled Hokkaido-Karafuto, and the central prefectures under the defacto direct jurisdiction of the Commune of France. Originally planning to reform the japanese archipelago, no general consensus was reached by the occupational powers, thus the administrative and legislative reforms were staggered and never fully implemented, following the economical collapse Japan felt in waves after the end of the 2WK, and empty promises made by the occupational overlords, experiencing a shortly followed famine, protests flooded the streets of many major cities, including Kobe, Kyoto, Nagoya, Omiya and Sendai. The mass protests with time turned into armed quarrels organized by various groups, some more radical than the others, of which included the reformed JCP that was outlawed during the Imperial Era but started gaining prominence and large support from the people joining the ranks of the members.

### The Vanguard Shogun

**Kyuichi Tokuda** originally fleeing Japan after the imposed ban on the Japanese Communist Party, and consequent persecution of it's members, returned to the homeland in 1947 during the peak of the discontent, assuming the position of the chairman of the party once again with the popular slogans such as "九州から北海道までの労働者を解放する!" (Free the workers from Kyushu to Hokkaido) and もはや愛玩犬ではない (Lapdogs no longer).

Tokuda quickly started drawing supports from groups even ideologically opposed to the JCP, with time organizing the 統一抵抗軍 (United Resistance Militia) that would operate as a militant organization conducting nationwide operations, stationed in the city of Sendai with it's Headquarters. Practical war erupted on the lands of the Archipelago, many more joining the ranks, the URM continued to grow in size. the CSA not wishing to enter much more bickering withdrew from the northern lands, only leaving Karafuto under direct American Administration, allowing the forces to advance further, securing important strategical supply points such as Akita and Aomori. On the august of 26th the URM entered direct contact with the french occupational forces, suffering 2453 documented casualties, the URM had to retreat leaving Fukushima behind.

### The Niigata Miracle

What would come in an unexpected surprise, several days later the previously occupational CSA would begin to supply arms for what Browder called "The eastern workers cause", which reinforced the revolutionary spirit amongst the militants and angered the French Commune, issuing a diplomatic mission led by **Jacques Duclos** as the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the CSA, utterly confused by the actions of Earl Browder's administration.

The oversea french occupational forces misleadingly thinking that the URM didn't have much left in tank after the Fukushima Confrontation, following the sounds of explosions and bullet bursts, weren't able to react quickly enough to counteract the Niigata Offensive conducted at 4 am the same day, being a successful breakthrough of the french defenses, opening a potential window of further advance. The URM reached Utsunomiya, Mito and later Hitachi, encircling the french, which were forced to give up and later withdraw from the island in it's entirety. At the same time, URM successfully landed in Hakodate on the other side of Tsugaru Strait, reaching Wakkanai with not a single gunshot.

The Fengtian forces of the southern lands, largely inactive only joined the war against revolutionary Japan after several terrorist attacks conducted by JCP and URM supporters on governmental infrastructure, already after the surrender of the french occupational administration. The reformed URM that would've been now placed under the direct command of JCP, renamed to the Japanese People's Army, ousting more of it's moderate figures that played a crucial role during the starting days such as Hayato Ikeda, would move west, now controlling the former Imperial Capital of Tokyo as of 19th of October 1947 as a result of full french withdrawal.

### The Pheasant stands tall

On the 28th of October, Kyuichi Tokuda performed a public speech in Sendai, JCP Headquarters, which would later be known as the proclamation of the People's Republic of Japan by The Central Committee, receiving thunderous applause from the gathered crowd, Kyuchi announced the plans to push fengtian forces out of Japan, "freeing the Archipelago from Imperialists and to move towards a brighter future for the people of Japan".

### The Last Cast

By November 18th, the JPA reached Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Tottori and Wakayama, with the American Volunteer Battalions amongst the ranks of the advancing soldiers. Swift Advances were abruptly cut as the JPA reached the city of Hiroshima, being the administrative fengtian centre. The Siege of Hiroshima lasted for one month and three days, on the 1st of January 1948, 11 am, the Fengtian Office has been breached, following the Consequent Agreements, the Fengtian Administration fled to the mainland China, leaving behind the remaining southwestern provinces formerly controlled by it.

### Harvesting the fruits of Revolution

Following the end of the Occupational War, with cheering all over the Country, Japan was Independent once more. On April 9th 1948, Kyuichi made a public appearance, in now the Capital City of the People's Republic of Japan, Sendai. He talked about the sacrifices made during the war, the bravery of the japanese workers and loyalty to the cause, about the plans of renovating Japan and reentering the global world stage, condemning the past overlords, deeming the members of the third Internationale imperialistic traitors to the revolution, and noting the CSA as the only Allies in this Cruel World. The Speech ended in the march of the JPA and playing the "Sendai Workers Anthem".

Japan, enjoying newly gained peaceful civil life, would meet the day of April 20th known as the day the New National Constitution would be drafted and ratified by the Central Committee and the chairman of the party Kyuichi Tokuda. The new Constitution brought several changes to life, amongst which the most notable were the Hikaeme (Social-Democrat) Wing of the JCP ban, accused of being european Sympathizers and traitors of the state, the national symbolics change, from the JCP flag to the new proposed design, the republic would now be known as the Worker's State of Japan.

### Present day

Following the April Constitution, in the name of protecting peace and societal stabilization, the new administration defacto followed isolationist principles and with time became a totalitarian single-party state in the coming years with an ever-growing cult of personality, and political persecutions of opposing factions and political figures that dare disagree, carried out by HMK (Himitsu keisatsu) aka the Secret Police of the State.

Noted by many Outside Observers, by 1959 the country was noted to have the worst human rights record in the world. The country enjoys close political and economical relations with the CSA, while majorly isolated from the rest of the world.