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| Prime Minister Empiur | ||
| General Secretary of Weebunism | ||
| Basic Information | ||
| Founded | 27 March 2019 | |
| Color | Blue | |
| National Anthem | Umi Yukaba | |
| National Statistics | ||
| Government Type |  Stratocracy
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| Social Policies |  Moderate
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| Economic Policies | Moderate
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| Economy |  Capitalist
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| Religion | Shintoism | |
| Currency | Ozekinese Yen | |
| GDP | $3.453 trillion | |
| Civilians | 91,200,000 | |
| Area | 82,244 km² (51,104 sq. mi) mi² | |
| Avg. Pop. Density | 334/km² (865.1/sq. mi) people per mi² | |
| Military Strength | ||
| Military name | Ozekinese Republican Guard | |
| Nation Rank | #678 | |
| Score | 4,989.65 | |
| OBL | ||
| Cities | ||
| National Capital | Nagoya | |
| Other Cities | 23 | |
Ozeki (Japanese: 大関; Ōzeki; formally 大関共和国 Ōzeki -kyōwakoku, lit. "Republic of Ozeki") is a unitary parliamentary republic in the center of the Japanese archipelago. It is bordered on the north by several divided groups and nations taking up what was formerly the Tōhoku region of Japan, on the west by what was formerly the Chūgoku region of Japan, and by the Sea of Japan. To the south is the Pacific Ocean. Ozeki covers about 82 thousand square kilometers and has an estimated population of over 91 million. Ozeki is a highly centralized and militaristic nation divided by the same prefectures that made up the region prior to the collapse of Japan. Ozeki is a developed country, with a high national GDP of $3.453 trillion. The per capita GDP of $37,861.84 ranks highly in the world.
Etymology[]
Ozeki is named for its position in the Chūbu region of Japan. The Chūbu region divides Japan in east and west by its mountain ranges and is itself split by them. Ozeki, in Kanji, is written 大関. 大 (ō/oo) means big/great. 関 (seki) means barrier. The meaning results in "great barrier". The divide is also apparent culturally with the culture west of the mountains moreso resembling Kansai's culture and the east being more-so that of Kanto's.
The formal name of the nation is Ōzeki-kyōwakoku (大関共和国) which is translated to the Republic of Ozeki in English. People from Ozeki are called Ozekinese in English. In Japanese, they are called Ōzeki-jin (大関人). Most Ozekinese are however still referred to as and identify as Japanese.
History[]
Link to History of Japan on Wikipedia (History diverts in 1992)
Japan was first inhabited by indigenous peoples related to the Ainu. However, the ancestral Japanese moved in soon after and pushed natives further north.
*From the 12th century until 1868, Japan was ruled by successive feudal military shōguns who ruled in the name of the Emperor. Japan entered into a long period of isolation in the early 17th century, which was ended in 1853 when a United States fleet pressured Japan to open to the West. After nearly two decades of internal conflict and insurrection, the Imperial Court regained its political power in 1868 through the help of several clans from Chōshū and Satsuma – and the Empire of Japan was established. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, victories in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War and World War I allowed Japan to expand its empire during a period of increasing militarism. The Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937 expanded into part of World War II in 1941, which came to an end in 1945 following the Japanese surrender. (*copied from Wikipedia)
Japan met great success and a prosperous, competitive economy until the bubble economy popped in early 1992. The state of the economy not only stagnated but rapidly declined, resulting in an economic depression. The desperate Japanese government failed to rejuvenate and fix the economy. Economic turmoil eventually boiled over with a complete collapse of the nation. Emperor Akihito abdicated in 1998 as the situation worsened. Crime and violence skyrocketed as the situation Japan faced worsened. Japan was in a state of near-anarchy by the beginning of the second millennium.
Ozeki formed in 2001 after a militant faction consolidated part of the Chūbu region with Nagoya established as the capital. Ozeki was a stratocracy, military government, meant to bring about order and lead Japan out of decline. The military government made quick campaigns through Chūbu, Kanto, and Kansai, facing little resistance due to the lack of organization and the anarchic state of much of the region. In most areas, Ozeki was welcomed as a return of order and establishment of a status quo.
In 2006, a variety of economic and political reforms were introduced. These reforms allowed Ozeki's economy to recover at a rate and allowing Ozeki the capacity to compete in the international market. By 2017, Ozeki's economy was comparable to that of Japan at its peak. In 2019, democracy was reintroduced in the form of a parliamentary republic that functioned similarly to Japan's government, albeit with an elected president as opposed to an emperor. The elected president would serve for life or until retirement. However, despite the return to democracy, militarist and nationalist factions continue to dominate and control Ozeki's government, retaining a high level of popularity. Ozeki assumes legitimacy over the rest of Japan and lays claim over its entirety, including other previous Japanese claims whether they be disputed or otherwise, despite lacking complete control over the archipelago.
Ozeki is predicted to unify Japan by 2025.
Geography[]
The Japanese archipelago has a total of 6,852 islands extending along the Pacific coast. It is over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) long from the Sea of Okhotsk to the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean. The main islands, from north to south, are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. The Ryukyu Islands, which include Okinawa, are a chain to the south of Kyushu. Ozeki, however, only controls the central part of Honshu. The regions of Chubu, Kansai, and Kanto make up the country. The largest of these regions is Chubu at 66,809.11 sq km (25,795.14 sq mi). Kansai follows Chubu at 33,124.82 sq km (12,789.56 sq mi). Kanto is last at 32,423.90 sq km (12,518.94 sq mi). Ozeki is made up of 23 prefectures. These 23 prefectures have the same borders as those before the division of Japan, apart from Awaji Island, which should be part of Hyogo Prefecture in Kansai.
*The Chūbu region (中部地方 Chūbu-chihō), Central region, or Central Japan (中部日本) is a region in the middle of Honshu. It encompasses nine prefectures (ken): Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, and Yamanashi. It is located directly between the Kantō region and the Kansai region and includes the major city of Nagoya as well as Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan coastlines, extensive mountain resorts, and Mount Fuji. The region is the widest part of Honshu and the central part is characterized by high, rugged mountains. The Japanese Alps divide the country into the Pacific side, sunny in winter, and the Sea of Japan side, snowy in winter.
The Kansai region (関西地方 Kansai-chihō) or the Kinki region (近畿地方 Kinki-chihō) lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Mie, Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, and Shiga, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima, and Tottori. The Kansai region is a cultural center and the historical heart of Japan. The Kansai region is often compared with the Kantō region, which lies to its east and consists primarily of Tokyo and the surrounding area. Whereas the Kantō region is symbolic of standardization throughout Japan, the Kansai region displays many more idiosyncrasies – the culture in Kyoto, the mercantilism of Osaka, the history of Nara, or the cosmopolitanism of Kobe – and represents the focus of counterculture in Japan. This East-West rivalry has deep historical roots, particularly from the Edo period. With a samurai population of less than 1% the culture of the merchant city of Osaka stood in sharp contrast to that of Edo, the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate.
The Kantō region (関東地方 Kantō-chihō) is a geographical area of Honshu. The region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa. Within its boundaries, slightly more than 45 percent of the land area is the Kantō Plain. The rest consists of the hills and mountains that form the land borders. The heartland of feudal power during the Kamakura period and again in the Edo period, Kantō became the center of modern development. Within the Greater Tokyo Area and especially the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area, Kantō formerly housed not only Japan's seat of government but also the nation's largest group of universities and cultural institutions, the greatest population, and a large industrial zone. Although most of the Kantō plain is used for residential, commercial, or industrial construction, it is still farmed. Rice is the principal crop, although the zone around Tokyo and Yokohama has been landscaped to grow garden produce for the metropolitan market. (*copied from Wikipedia)
Demographics[]
Ozeki is a dense, populous country with a population of about 91.2 million. Due to Japan's rugged and mountainous terrain coupled with nearly two-thirds of forest, the population is concentrated on urban areas along the coast and in plains and valleys. Ozeki is an urban society with only 8% of the labor force working in agriculture. Of Ozeki's 91.2 million people about 90% of the population live in cities. Ozeki is linguistically, ethnically, and culturally homogeneous with a strong Japanese identity. Nearly 99% of Ozeki is ethnically Japanese with small communities of Koreans, Chinese, and other minorities.
Largest Cities[]
| Rank | City | Prefecture | Population |
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| 1 | Tokyo | Tokyo-Yokohama | ~ 14,100,000 |
| 2 | Yokohama | Tokyo-Yokohama | ~ 3,840,000 |
| 3 | Osaka | Osaka | ~ 2,780,000 |
| 4 | Nagoya | Aichi | ~ 2,660,000 |
| 5 | Kobe | Hyōgo | ~ 1,550,000 |
| 6 | Kyoto | Kyoto | ~ 1,480,000 |
| 7 | Kawasaki | Kanagawa | ~ 1,430,000 |
| 8 | Saitama | Saitama | ~ 1,220,000 |
| 9 | Chiba | Chiba | ~ 960,000 |
| 10 | Sakai | Osaka | ~ 840,000 |
Government[]
Similar to Japan's parliamentary democracy with the position of emperor replaced with a president. The president reigns for life unless faced with of resignation or impeachment.
Foreign Relations and Military[]
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Economy[]
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Culture[]
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