I wonder if South China is going to go through the process of coups and protests OTL South Vietnam went through.
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Perhaps the people their are too frightened by the excesses of Laverentiy Beria to really protest.
Strange. IOTL, Catholics of South Korea are more moderate and leeft-leaning than Protestants.
Probably not. The UK became anti-Communist way earlier than the USA.
I've always read that as Catholics being more difficult for the ruling regime to co-opt because of their global organization and alternative authority structure (the whole pope in Rome thing). Under the South Korean military dictatorship, that manifested in being more left-wing than the other denominations, but Roman Catholics were also far more problematic to say, Communist ruling parties in Eastern Europe (which is more or less the dynamic here).
A similar dynamic IIRC is that the OTL Cheondoists were left-wing and pro-Communist in North Korea, but right-wing and anti-Communist in South Korea.
Sorry, I'm a little unclear on the reaction toward Stockholm among Japanese in either country. Almost all Japanese are very opposed to nuclear weapons use. So then compared to Mukden, was there more or less outrage against Beria's use of the superbomb on Sweden seeing as it was so dramatic? I can't see too many people in Japan wanting to be stuck in either cold war camp except perhaps for the hard core nationalists. Not just for moral reasons but obviously because the possibility of nuclear warfare looks a lot likelier now. Especially if China gets nuclear weapons too.
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Well, South Japan is mad at both. The South Japanese socialists claim not to be pro-Soviet - they just claim to support "peaceful neutrality" in the Cold War. This put the openly pro-US Conservatives in a very awkward spot and ultimately the Japanese center/center-right pivots towards South China.
As for North Japan, the government obviously talks 24/7 about the American bombing and never mentions the bombing of Stockholm.
Chapter 88 - Cold War Blocs After The Three Years War (1/3)
Cold War Alignment (End of the Three Years War)
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1957 Western Bloc (Part 1)
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1957 Western Bloc (Part 1)
Name: United States of America
Capital: Washington D.C.
Leader: President John F. Kennedy (Freedom Democratic)
Name: French Republic
Capital: Paris
Leader: Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle (Gaullist)
Name: Republic of China
Capital: Nanking
Leader: President Chiang Kai-Shek
Name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Capital: London
Leader: N/A (election)
Name: Federal Kingdom of Germany
Capital: Hanover
Leader: Chancellor Ernst Achenbach (FDP)
Name: Kingdom of Italy
Capital: Rome
Leader: Prime Minister Giorgio La Pira (Christian Democracy)
Name: Canada
Capital: Ottawa
Leader: Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent (Liberal)
Name: Realm of New Zealand
Capital: Wellington
Leader: Prime Minister Arnold Nordmeyer (Labour)
Name: Kingdom of Spain
Capital: Madrid
Leader: Caudillo Francisco Franco
Name: Portuguese Republic
Capital: Lisbon
Leader: Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar
Name: Netherlands-Indonesia Union
Capital: Amsterdam/The Hague/Jakarta
Leader: Prime Minister Louis Beel (Catholic People's Party)
Name: Kingdom of Belgium
Capital: Brussels
Leader: Prime Minister Jean Van Houtte (Christian Social Party)
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Name: Kingdom of Sweden-Finland
Capital: Malmo (de facto)
Leader: Prime Minister Birger Ekstedt (Rightist)
Name: Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
Capital: Zeta (de facto)
Leader: General Secretary Milovan Dilas (Communist)
Name: Name: Republic of the Philippines
Capital: Manila
Leader: President Elpidio Quirino (Liberal)
Name: Federation of Malaya
Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Leader: Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman (UMNO)
Name: United Kingdom of Sarawak and Brunei
Capital: Kuching
Leader: King Charles Vyner Brooke
Name: Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan
Capital: Baghdad/Amman
Leader: Kings Faisal II/Hussein I
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Chapter 88.8 - Cold War Blocs After The Three Years War (2/3)
1957 Western Bloc (Part 2)
Name: State of Israel
Capital: Tel Aviv
Leader: Prime Minister David Ben Gurion (Mapai)
Name: Republic of Turkey
Capital: Ankara
Leader: ???
Name: Ethiopian Empire
Capital: Addis Adaba
Leader: Emperor Haile Selassie I
Name: Hungarian People's Republic
Capital: Budapest
Leader: President Bela Kiraly
Name: Islamic State of Qatif and Hasa
Capital: Damman
Leader: Grand Ayatollah Mohammad al-Husayni al-Shirazi
Name: Republic of Korea
Capital: Jeju (De Facto), Seoul (De Jure)
Leader: President Rhee Syngman
Name: State of Japan
Capital: Tokyo (De Jure), Kyoto (De Facto)
Leader: Prime Minister Miki Takeo (SNP)
Name: Kingdom of Thailand
Capital: Bangkok
Leader: King Rama IX/Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat
Name: Kingdom of Laos
Capital: Luang Phabang
Leader: King Sisavang Vong
Name: Kingdom of Morocco
Capital: Rabat
Leader: King Mohammed V
Name: Empire of Vietnam
Capital: Hue
Leader: Emperor Huy Tan/Prime Minister Nguyen Van Hinh
Name: Free State of Cochinchina
Capital: Saigon
Leader: President Bay Vien
Name: Kingdom of Greece
Capital: Athens
Leader: King Paul I and Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis (NRU)
Name: Democratic Republic of Greece
Capital: Thessaloniki
Leader: General Secretary Charilaos Florakis
Name: Republic of India
Capital: New Delhi
Leader: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (Congress)
Name: Kingdom of Libya
Capital: Tripoli/Benghazi/Bayda
Leader: King Idris I
Name: Corporate Empire of Austria
Capital: Graz
Leader: Kurt Schuschnigg/Otto II
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Chapter 88.88 - Cold War Blocs After The Three Years War (3/3)
1957 Communist Bloc
Name: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Capital: Moscow
Leader: General Secretary Laventry Beria
Name: Polish People's Republic
Capital: Warsaw
Leader: President/Prime Minister Konstantin Rokossovsky
Name: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Capital: Prague
Leader: General Secretary Antonin Novotny
Name: Socialist Republic of Romania
Capital: Bucharest
Leader: General Secretary Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Name: German Democratic Republic
Capital: Berlin
Leader: General Secretary Heinrich Rau
Name: Federal People's Republic of Burma
Capital: Rangoon
Leader: General Secretary Thakin Soe/Premier Thakin Than Tun/Zhou Enlai?
Name: People's Republic of Japan
Capital: Sendai (De Facto), East Tokyo (De Jure)
Leader: General Secretary Nosaka Sanzo
Name: People's Republic of Korea
Capital: Seoul
Leader: President Cho Bong-am (Progressive)
Name: People's Republic of China
Capital: Xinjing (De Facto), Beijing (De Jure)
Leader: General Secretary Lin Biao
Name: People's Republic of Macedonia-Bulgaria
Capital: Sofia
Leader: President/Prime Minister Mihailo Apostolski
Name: Imperial State of Iran
Capital: Tehran
Leader: Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh
Name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Capital: Riyadh
Leader: King Saud
Name: Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
Capital: Taiz
Leader: King Ahmad bin Yahya
Name: People's Republic of Pakistan
Capital: Islamabad
Leader: President Ali Khan
Name: Kingdom of Afghanistan
Capital: Kabul
Leader: King Mohammed Zahir Shah/Prime Minister Mohammed Daoud Khan
Name: Syrian Republic
Capital: Damascus
Leader: President Afif al-Bizri
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@TastySpam i have a proposal for a North Japanese flag - the OTL one with the addition of a hammer and sickle in the center of the disk.
It dips pretty hard into CURRENT POLITICS, but whatever. The Japan Communist Party (from 1945-today) actually opposes the Hinomaru (red sun) flag and the current national anthem, viewing them as symbols of the Imperial period. There are a lot of modern political incidents where for example, left-leaning teachers refuse to stand for the flag or sing the anthem.
Communist Japan using a Hinomaru-inspired flag would be like East Germany using a Prussian-inspired flag. It's probably just not happening because of ideological reasons.
Whoops. No, it is, I just forgot lol. I'll go and add it.
Would a white background with a single red star be too close to the Hi no maru?
Honestly, probably. I think they scrap the entire red-white color scheme. I have an idea for a flag though.
Looking into it, the communist party of Japan has had a symbol for some time. It is of an iron gear with a golden stalk of rice on a four part background that looks like the old Microsoft logo if they only used red. The obvious solution then would be to put the gear and the rice centered on a pure red field since the four part thing would be clumsy on an actual flag. This clean design keeps with the tradition and retains the bold yet simple and recognizable appearance of the old Hinomaru flag.
Edit: oops, I see you added it. What is the reason for the white black white background?
Edit: oops, I see you added it. What is the reason for the white black white background?
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Wait how is Saudi Arabia pro-Soviet? They’re a capitalist reactionary theocracy.
Based on the hatomoto used by the Tokugawa Shogunate. The Tokugawa loyalists in the Boshin period wre also mostly concentrated in the Northeast, so it's an ultimate "haha screw you" spite flag to South Japan.
IIRC, Saudi Arabia got a lot more theocratic after the 1979 Siege of Mecca (which was when the Saudi monarchy really started fearing Islamism.)
OTL at this time, Saudi Arabia was relatively non-aligned between the US/USSR, a supporter of Nasser in Egypt, and a fervent opponent of Israel. ITL, with Nasserism in shambles, Anglo-Israeli forces in ruibned Egypt, and American-backed Islamists in Eastern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi monarchy is now totally aligned with the Soviet Union.
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Yes, but keep in mind that the West would still want to buy oil from Saudi Arabia and the USSR is a big oil producer so the Saudis cannot get too cold toward anybody if they are to keep making money. They have some bargaining power but Iran, Iraq and the gulf states can sell oil too. On the other hand, just because they do nesses doesn't make them allies and perhaps in this timeline, the Saudis are selling more oil to China and India and the Soviets and Eastern bloc are putting less emphasis on petroleum exploration?
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Well, the US seized Eastern Saudi Arabia over oil and Iran got pushed into the Soviet bloc over oil nationalizations. The UK led more or less an economic boycott of Iran by the colonial powers. I assume the Saudis/Iranians are mostly selling their oil to less aligned Western nations. I think Italy? India? Probably both Japans. Definitely North China, maybe even South China.