Japan (Polis)

Japan

In the immediate aftermath of the merger between the old Japan and Ottoman Empire, discussions between Advex, Euronite and Dom189c led to the recreation of Japan, as a city state of Azuna with a guardian town of Central Republic. After the decline of the Ottoman Empire, Japan was no longer a vassal and eventually started on the One Japan policy which was to unite the Japan islands under one nation. After a blitz by several nations, Japan merged and subsequently reformed to be a single town shop/nation.

## **History**

### **Early Era of Japan**

The guardian town was sieged soon after, but this was unfruitful as this resulted in the guardian town Central Republic being deleted and recreated elsewhere. This "movable" guardian town has therefore led Japan's siege policy, with the ability to switch guardian towns in an event of a siege. Japan as an Ottoman vassal state saw massive growth in trade.

**Continuation Era of Japan**

After Japan's exit as an Ottoman Vassal, this led to the expansion of the nation from other towns within Japan. A competing nation of Imperial Japan (founded by Sulvak) was also founded on the island of Hokkaido. A formal defence pact was formed. Japan's slow by steady expansion across the Japan mainland continued for months, with Islands of Shantara, Shinkyu and other large towns at the time joining.

**GF Era of Japan**

The formation of the Japan senate was deemed necessary as more towns joined, with the formal Senate being formed at the beginning of 2022. As the senate developed, the nation started funding towns, expanding on nation projects and other major infrastructure.

Global Federation laid siege to Flotilla, with eventual discussions leading to Japan becoming a vassal of the Global Federation, giving up towns outside of Japan.

**Vassal Era of Japan**

After the GF era, Japan has mainly switched between nations as vassal, majority of which was due to nations dissolving.

After the Global Federation effectively dissolved, Japan eventually laid sieged to Shikoku, a major town in Japan that was not in the nation. This resulted in a loss and eventual agreement to become a Jury vassal.

After some negotiations and expanding Windmillian influence, Japan was approached by Imperial Windmillian to become a vassal, to which it was accepted.
After the fall of IW, Dacia made an offer which Dom189c accepted. During this time, Derolum, who had bought IW from Windmillman laid siege to Flotilla, marking another siege on the capital. This was eventually stopped after Carbify took over the nation. It was during this era that Japan had finally achieved a complete unification of the Japan mainland.

**Casino Merger and Subsequent Reformation of Japan**

Blitzing of Japan by several nations eventually led to the merger of Japan with Casino, a major nation at the time. To continue trading, Japan was held by a single town to ensure that the n spawn continued and therefore cheap to move and relocate if sieged. This has continued and despite several siege attempts and threats, this model has persevered and continued to work for Japan. The shop remains the centre of its economy and influence on Polis.

**Post Casino**

As Polis changed and Azuna continued to exist as a peaceful town in Casino, it led to the return to Japan for Azuna during early 2023. Japan focused heavily on a more corporate feel with a less emphasis on expansion and towns. As as a result, Japan's primary objectives are the continued running of the n spawn shop and the development of Azuna.

Throughout the Spring of 2023, mergers took place that resulted in several Japanese towns merging into Azuna, with Azuna abandoning land to the south west of Japan and eastern half of Hokkaido to have claims for these mergers. Islands of Shantara was the first town, located in the north east of Japan, one of the most elaborately built island towns and Flotilla to the west and east of central Azuna. Further claims were made in the east of Japan to ensure maximum coverage of the north of Japan.

Since then, Japan continued to invest heavily in its shop, expanding the offerings available, including farms and villagers for public use. As Polis has declined, the competition on the server for trade has dwindled, leaving Japan as arguably the only major shopping destination to be actively managed during summer 2023.

## Nation Government

The Japan government consists of 3 levels: Emperor, ministers and senate. The ministers handle day-to-day running of their section of the nation. The senate holds the meetings and passes any legislation required. The Emperor has a veto and chooses the ministers.

Senators are chosen through voting. The senate consists of 8 seats, of which ministers are chosen from. Roughly once every month, the nation budget is set and passed, allowing ministers to spend money on advancing the nation agenda.

This was eventually stopped after the merger with Casino and has changed to more of a corporate structure.

## Notable Towns

**Azuna**

* The location of n spawn and the economic powerhouse of the nation.

**~~Flotilla~~**

* ~~Home of the former guardian town for Japan, located west of Honshu.~~
* merged with Azuna

**Cornerstone**

* Current capital of Japan, run by lexicon.

## Towns (as of 13/07/23)

* ~~Sapporo~~
* Azuna
* ~~Islands of Shantara~~
* ~~Hamada~~
* ~~Shikoku~~
* ~~Koji~~
* ~~Kushiro~~
* ~~Coeda~~
* ~~Flotilla (Dom189c's town)~~
* ~~NotAGuardian~~
* ~~poggers\_town~~
* ~~Toyosato~~
* ~~Akishima~~
* ~~Kyushu~~
* ~~Nagasaki~~
* ~~CupidCigarettes~~