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Four uniquely Japanese political crisis mechanics:
1. 軍部独走 (Military Acting Alone): Hidden risk meter, random unauthorized military actions
- Korea invasion without authorization, Sakhalin border provocation, Pacific NW clash
- Player gets no warning, must endorse or disavow (both bad)
- Risk rises with: military frustration, national humiliation, weak PM, economic downturn
2. 下克上 (Gekokujō): Junior officer assassinations of politicians/zaibatsu
- Fires when military anger high + reform happening
- Player chooses: crack down, appease, or ignore
3. 軍事政変 (Military Coup): Highest stakes event
- Requires multiple trigger conditions simultaneously
- Success → Showa-style military dictatorship
- Failure → civilian reform opportunity but military weakened
4. 統帥権干犯 (Supreme Command Issue): Recurring blocker on military reform
- Military cites Emperor's authority to block budget cuts/arms reduction
- Only bypassed through Emperor's support or civilian control reform
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Three pillars: Civilian politicians vs Military establishment vs Zaibatsu
- Civilians want parliamentary democracy, civilian control of military, suffrage expansion
- Military wants special constitutional status, Pacific expansion, Jianzhou neutralization
- Zaibatsu swing between both depending on profit (Japan Inc.)
Five key reform decisions:
1. Suffrage expansion (propertied males → universal)
2. Civilian control of military (direct imperial access vs cabinet subordination)
3. Labor reform (150yr industrial working class demanding rights vs zaibatsu resistance)
4. Treaty port abolition (national humiliation from Jianzhou forced opening ~1670s)
5. Colonial policy (assimilation vs exploitation vs development for Hokkaido/Alaska/Kamchatka)
Emperor as event-driven modifier (not controllable faction)
Military coup risk if civilian reform pushed too hard
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Japan: Pacific industrial power (Tier 1.5), Jianzhou rivalry, Alaska/Kamchatka empire
- Core: catch up to Tier 1, Sakhalin dispute, Pacific expansion vs consolidation
- 150yr modernization legacy, fur empire declining, naval dominance
Korea: "Belgium of NE Asia", small industrial mining state
- Nationalized mining, squeezed between 3 powers, survival through balance
- Identity question: Korean vs Chinese-influenced vs independent nationalism
Jianzhou Republic: industrial city-state, oligarchic republic
- World's oldest industrial zone (400yr), porcupine deterrence strategy
- Arms dealer to everyone, Song reconquest threat, Sakhalin dispute with Japan
Mongol Khanate: vast, sparse, mineral-rich
- Resource curse vs resource blessing dilemma
- Multi-vector diplomacy between great powers
- Genghis Khan legitimacy, nomad vs miner cultural split
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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