Alkahest
Banned
Everyone loves a good Japan-wank. Visions of cyberpunk mechs fill our easily satisfied minds as we see that wonderful big blob of yellow smeared all over the edges of the map. We feel a bit guilty about throwing Korea and the Philippines under the Co-Prosperity bus, but it's a small price to pay for a geisha robot in every garage.
Thing is, I also love a good China-wank. Puke-inducing green or Mao red, China deserves better than to be chopped up into manageable pieces by mapmakers bothered by the logic of "More than one billion peeps = probably a big deal". And since we're past the silly idea of Cyberpunk Japan, we have embraced the totally not-silly idea of Postcyberpunk China. But those are both fun. Why do we have to choose?
So how can we create a situation in which both Japan and China are more powerful and richer than they are/have been in OTL? Enemies or allies, space-filling empires or fun-sized superpowers, all I ask is that the Yellow Peril is more perilous than ever! (Yellowness may vary.) You may put the POD whenever you like, although I would prefer reasonably modern (i.e. after 1850-ish) ideas.
Thing is, I also love a good China-wank. Puke-inducing green or Mao red, China deserves better than to be chopped up into manageable pieces by mapmakers bothered by the logic of "More than one billion peeps = probably a big deal". And since we're past the silly idea of Cyberpunk Japan, we have embraced the totally not-silly idea of Postcyberpunk China. But those are both fun. Why do we have to choose?
So how can we create a situation in which both Japan and China are more powerful and richer than they are/have been in OTL? Enemies or allies, space-filling empires or fun-sized superpowers, all I ask is that the Yellow Peril is more perilous than ever! (Yellowness may vary.) You may put the POD whenever you like, although I would prefer reasonably modern (i.e. after 1850-ish) ideas.
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