This is bordering on ASB and I contemplated putting this there, but if OTL Japan somehow politically and socially developed as it did in OTL with more or less the same leadership and goals as in the OTL, but a vastly bigger economy, how would they build their military?
In OTL, per the Maddison Project...
Japan had a GDP per capita in 1929 of $3188 (1990 USD) dollars to Germany’s $8184, while in 1937 it was $3643 for Japan to $9464 for Germany.
So Japan somehow develops to Germany’s level, with most of the growth probably based on manufacturing, but also improvements in agriculture, larger urban population, larger financial and tech sectors (which are probably created by these successful investments in manufacturing). Unfortunately, Japan still goes psycho here.
With goals similar to to the OTL, how would Japan build it’s military here under what amounts to the OTL government, ideology, and lack of WWI experience? But this time they have an industrial and wealth base similar to Germany.
In OTL, per the Maddison Project...
Japan had a GDP per capita in 1929 of $3188 (1990 USD) dollars to Germany’s $8184, while in 1937 it was $3643 for Japan to $9464 for Germany.
So Japan somehow develops to Germany’s level, with most of the growth probably based on manufacturing, but also improvements in agriculture, larger urban population, larger financial and tech sectors (which are probably created by these successful investments in manufacturing). Unfortunately, Japan still goes psycho here.
With goals similar to to the OTL, how would Japan build it’s military here under what amounts to the OTL government, ideology, and lack of WWI experience? But this time they have an industrial and wealth base similar to Germany.