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What is the maximum level of success that the Emishi people can have? Can they maintain their somewhat independence until present day? Can they unify the Japanese islands and conquer out a massive Empire? My thought is that the best POD for this would be for Emishi to inflict a winnowing defeat on Jimmu, thus the Japanese never see the Emishi lands as "theirs" and extinguish the Emishi national identity. However, I cannot see the Emishi taking all of Honshu, there are too many other Japanese there to allow that. I could see an Emishi nation with a few colonies, but overall having about the same prestige of OTL Belgium.