MADNESS AND ARDOR! ASIA AND PACIFIC, 1930
Australia - they suffered the least from the Great War among the losers' club, but were not happy with the resulting punishment. To improve their situation, they invited the Cokies to invest in the Northern Savannah to make plantations, and to let the Cokies stationed a squadron in their ports. Aboriginals were still badly treated, and they could not escape due to the Australian Abbies Police paramilitary force patrolling them, forcing them to work on Cokies plantations. Meanwhile, their tradings with the Protestants were getting lucrative.
Japan - Almost fell into a civil war by disgruntled, formerly monarchial civilians, if not for Cokie-Korean intervening in Japan in 1923. Now they became a center to lend their fearsome Samurai Foreign Legions, an all-Japanese mercenary force specialized in patrolling the unruly colonies of Holland, which numbered at 300,000 personnels. Japan worked closely with Korea to create a Co-Prosperity Sphere of Pinnacle East Asian, a quasi-military and economic pact basically. They still had a surprisingly competitive economy, cause they need to up their games against Russia. Socially still very militarized and Christian Fundamentalist.
Confederation of Korea - East Asia’s Great Power. It had an extended naval fleet, a powerful and modern military, a large population, and a booming economy following the Great War. With the Philippines in their hand, the Korean worked to profit as much as possible from the colony. Resettlement of Filipino natives were common to make places for the Korean, Japanese and Germanic people, and those who resisted were moved to Cokie plantations in Australia or simply shot death. It was estimated that within 30 years the island of Luzon would have demographics in favor of Pyongyang. The weight of Korean power caused lots of anxiety in Beijing.
Qing China - still recovering from the Great War. Had begun works on industrialization of the country, but corruptions, resistances in South China and the lacks of important seaports had made the progress rather slow and inefficient. The country was still a major ally of the Russian Empire, however, despite the fact that many Chinese hated the Russian for intervening too much into China. The main reason was that they still needed to recapture their rightful provinces colonized by the Korean and to kick the Dutch out of Southeast Asia. Without Russian backing, the Protestants would eat the Qing like a hungry Piranha pack.
Southern China - a Protestant and Republicanism stronghold. Korean weapons and Dutch gases defeated the warlords, and they also sent lots of aids to build a bulwark against China and Russia. Industrializing faster than the Qing, but far more repressive and crazy. They also tried to implement Dutch as a co-official language with Cantonese, which had mixed results among the population. Additionally, the Koreans were considering giving them the Honorary Betters status, but the Cokies did not like the idea.
Dutch Asia - the subject of the new Dutch Colonial Policy. Exploitations became rather brutal, and the mercenaries from Japan, Korea and RU had made things rather ugly. There were parts that had been increasingly Dutchified through European settlements, like in Java Island and Indochina, and other parts became home to the Japanese-Korean enclaves, allowing Dutch grips to tighten over time and show no signs of loosening. Renaming of major urban centers and forcefully adopting Dutch culture were also Amsterdam’s favorite methods to weaken nationalist sentiments.
Europan India - The Crown Jewel of the Europan Empire. There had been talks about giving the Raj more autonomy over the years and to buff Europa from potential Russia and China threats. New factories and infrastructures were built in the Colony everyday, even though India had suffered heavily from the American flu. The colony had been easier to control thanks to the American Flu which wiped out 30 millions Indians during the Great War.
Russian Asia - The gigantic byzantine of an Empire. Ruled by local authorities as well as Imperial government, it was surprisingly breathable and egalitarian, as long as you speak Russian well and willingly integrate into Russian culture (well that could also mean giving up being a Muslim and pick Atheism, Christianity or Buddhism, or marrying a slav). Very multiethnic, but still majority (~55%) Russian or other Balto-Slavs. In Baluchistan, the Russian had a powerful Naval presence, enough to scare the Europans and alarm the Protestants. Had a rather large black market trading with Cokies who did not give a sh*t about Charlotte's anti-Russian rhetorics.
Persia - Russia’s de facto Puppet. However, the Russian were mostly there to make sure the government was not up to something funny. Clandestinely, they built an Islamic alliance with Arabia and Turkey to counter Russia’s massive powers. Oil was useful to beef up their weak economy.
Turkey - Worrying about the Russian and the League of Tsar. Had been modernizing the nation recently with experts from Protestant Europe (surprisingly) to counter the Europan Catholics or Slavic Orthodoxy influences. Allying with Arabia and Persia secretly, and had been building up their military significantly over the years. Might be enough to deter the Orthodox from threatening them.
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