Great Eastern Countries Conference

The **Great Eastern Countries Conference** is an international conference by countries that belongs to the so called 'Outside Civilized Areas', mostly countries come from the East, to discuss the major events occurring around the world. The said conference was not held regularly but if only there are major events occurred in the world. Since the one proposing the conference was a “barbarian country", the superpower Parpaldia Empire and the other countries in the Third Civilization Area chose not to attend, labeling the conference unnecessary and meaningless. Because of the lack of representation from the civilized areas, the participating countries talked relatively openly about their intentions, unlike previous conferences of this nature.

## Participating Countries in 1639 (Earth Year 2015)

On December 1, 1639 (Earth Year 2015), The Qua-Toyne Principality organized the conference to discuss a new country that suddenly appeared in the East, Japan. Normally, the conference's topic all centered on the Parpaldia Empire, but all focus was on Japan.

These are the attendees of the said conference for that year:

* Yagou and Hanki of the Qua-Toyne Principality (Host country) - Japan Friendship
* Quilan Ambassador of the Quila Kingdom - Japan Friendship
* Mao Ambassador of the Mao Kingdom - Japan Threat Advocate
* Topan Ambassador of the Topa Kingdom - Japan Friendship
* Siosan Ambassador of the Sios Kingdom - Japan Friendship
* Awan Ambassador of the Awan Kingdom - Japan Friendship

Although not depicted, it is possible that there are other participating countries.

## Description

Representatives from each country contributed any information they had about Japan. These were the main points of interest:

* Japan is an emerging country that suddenly appeared in the Great East. By their own admission, they were suddenly transported to this world from a different world. However, there are no historical examples of this happening, only myths and legends.
* They were first encountered by a Rodenian farming nation, the Qua-Toyne Principality, when one of their dragon riders spotted a Japanese iron dragon.
* Japan requested an enormous amount of food and offered to export national infrastructure improvements to Qua-Toyne in exchange.
* At that time, Rodenius’ strongest country, the Kingdom of Louria, declared war on Qua-Toyne.
* Japan allied itself with Qua-Toyne and fought against Louria. In all likelihood, the impetus behind this decision was their food trade with Qua-Toyne.
* In the Great Naval Battle of Rodenius, the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force only sent 8 ships, but they repelled Louria’s fleet of 4,400 ships in addition to eliminating a large wing of wyverns.
* In the ground war, there was a battle west of the Qua-Toyne castle town of Ejey where Japan’s forces completely eliminated Louria’s ground force, which essentially decided the war. According to many Qua-Toynian citizens who witnessed this battle, their fearsome explosive magic caused “a volcano to erupt beneath the Lourian camp.”
* During the incident at the Kingdom of Fenn’s Military Festival, Japan eliminated a squadron of wyvern lords sent by the Parpaldian Imperial Oversight Army’s Eastern Fleet.

By the time this information was compiled, the heroic stories of Japan’s feats were gradually becoming acknowledged as fact and not just hearsay.

The Mao Kingdom has not opened diplomatic relations with Japan, but they believe this country is a threat. It is a fact that Japan defeated the Louria Kingdom. Not only that, but it was an overwhelming victory; Japan wiped out Louria's main forces in a single battle. They have no idea when this destructive force will be turned towards their countries. That makes Japan incredibly dangerous.

The Topa Kingdom does not believe Japan is dangerous. If Japanese people are not harmed, they do not seek to fight. Furthermore, books about their advanced technology are sold in their country in normal bookstores, and the Japanese do not prevent them from purchasing the books. Simply by associating with Japan, one can easily raise the level of their country’s technology. They are even more advanced than the Parpaldia Empire.

The Sios Kingdom agrees with the Topa Kingdom. The Sios Kingdom has not attacked them, and Japan in kind has not attacked them. Unlike the Parpaldia Empire, Japan does not lock its technology behind gifts of slaves or land. As for the case with the Louria Kingdom, the Sios Kingdom believes it to be an exceptional case since Japanese people would have starved if food exports from Qua-Toyne were to have stopped.

The Qua-Toyne Principality has been receiving infrastructure improvements from Japan, and their standards of living have already improved dramatically. They also believe that Japan should be welcomed as a friendly country.

The Awan Kingdom believes that the eastern countries should approach this more practically. Make use of Japan if possible, but instead focus on the threat of the Parpaldia Empire running rampant. Over the last ten years or so, their actions have gone too far.

## Conclusion

The main takeaways from the conference were:

* Do not be hostile with Japan.
* Watch the Parpaldia Empire carefully as circumstances develop.

## Trivia

* In the manga version, there is a similar description, but the timeline is backward and forward. The conference is held after the Demon Lord was defeated in the battle of Topa Kingdom known as Operation Momotarou.

## Gallery

The Great Eastern Countries Parliament in Qua-Toyne