DPRK and ROK populations switched

The Korean War is declared a stalemate, the demilitarized zones drawn out and established. DPRK's population is 50+ million with a land mass stretching south nearly to the extent of the Goguryeo kingdom. ROK has the remaining 20+ million. Seoul is under the administration of DPRK and the alternate ROK capital is Busan. At the same time, DPRK is a much more threatening pariah state, seeing that it's also closer to Japan. ROK's chances at the developed economic engine it is today is severely hurt, however it is still an Asian Tiger. Conscription and military service is met with harsher stances. The average ROK citizen lives under much tenser conditions, knowing that another war could break out any moment...
 
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