Reunified Korean Federation

Flag of the Korean People's Republic

Created after the fall of North Korea following a disastrous nuclear missile test, the **Reunified Korean Federation** is a unified superstate of North and South Korea formed in 2023 by Hyo Ok. The nation follows a combination of Korean Nationalism and Christianity.

## History

#### Formation

In early Spring of 2023, North Korea launched its latest nuclear missile, the MK.I Holang-i. Thanks to a saboteur within the North Korean government, the missile, which was originally supposed to turn east towards Hawaii, instead turned West towards Russia, before prematurely detonating in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, killing about 80,000 people. The Russian President Vladimir Putin, believing the launch was deliberate, harshly condemned the attacks but because it was preoccupied with the war in Ukraine, did not take any further action. In early 2024, Kim Jong Un selected Hyo Ok as his Vice President after Vice President Choe Ryong-hae died of COVID. Under Choe's guidance, Kim Jong Un unified North and South Korea, creating the Reunified Korean Federation (RKF). However, as the years went by, Choe began to become disillusioned with Kim Jong Un's leadership of the RKF and sought to overthrow him. Behind Kim Jong Un's back, Choe sought help from the Western world to overthrow Kim Jong Un from power. Canada, the United States and the European Union pledged their support, but were unable to actually take action due to both the COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

### Expansionism

Thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the economic decline of the United States of America, various countries across East Asia joined the Reunified Korean Federation, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, East Timor, and Singapore.

### "Bloody September"

In 2024, Hyo Ok, backed by the Russian cyber-warfare group known as Nochnyye, conducted a cyber-attack against the Russian military, a false flag operation meant to both end the war in Ukraine and start a new war between Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in a bid to permanently remove him from power, seeing him as becoming too "dangerous" and "reckless" to continue running the country and an obstacle to Hyo Ok's dream of a united Korea that ruled through peace instead of aggression. Russia, seeing this as an act of aggression on North Korea's part, finally declared war on North Korea and made plans to launch a separate invasion of the country, effectively starting World War III.

Later that same year, Kim Jong-Un was overthrown in a violent coup led by Hyo Ok and backed by the Russian cyber-warfare group Nochnyye, codenamed Operation Eastern Star. Hyo Ok promptly took power and enacted sweeping changes to the RKF's government.

## Government

After the coup against Kim Jong Un, the Reunified Korean Federation transitioned from a one-party dictatorship to a unitary presidential republic with Hyo Ok as President of the country. The government's ideology is no longer State Atheism, but like the United States there is no state religion.

## Military

The Reunified Korean Federation's armed forces consists of the Korean Provisional Authority, the result of a merging of the Korean People's Army with the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. As of 2025, the KPA has at least 30 million personnel and an Expeditionary Force of more than 5 million troops. The military capital of the KPR is Pyongyang, the former North Korean capital city. Since the Korean unification, the KPA is a modernized military after having replaced and scrapped most of its Cold War-era ordnance. By 2025, the Korean Provisional Authority had begun issuing US-made weapons and vehicles, resulting from its integration with the South Korean military.

## Economy

As of 2022, the Reunified Korean Federation has one of the largest economies in the world, ranking second after the Ultranationalist Federation of the Americas. Before the unification, North Korea's economy was extremely meager and stagnant due to political isolation and inefficient state control of the market. Meanwhile, South Korea's free market economy flourished due to their technological and industrial prowess. The unification granted the north access to the South's great economic resources and the South gained access to the North's mineral resources. In addition, South Korea guided North Korea through free market reforms.