I was hoping the Union might take some elements of Japanese culture and absorb it into Yankee culture as a whole at least, but it sounds like that won't be happening. The saddest part of this is that as far as most nations go, the Japanese will actually be getting off lightly. Yes, their culture is disappearing, but they're at least not being used as slaves or subjected to genocide.
"What Madness Is This?" Volume I: The Union Forever
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I was hoping the Union might take some elements of Japanese culture and absorb it into Yankee culture as a whole at least, but it sounds like that won't be happening. The saddest part of this is that as far as most nations go, the Japanese will actually be getting off lightly. Yes, their culture is disappearing, but they're at least not being used as slaves or subjected to genocide.
Ughhhhhh how did I do thatttttttt. Ugh. That's the kind of thing that pisses me off when I make mistakes like that. I'll try to think of a way to shoo him in there. *thinking cap*
The irony if they reinvent kendo as 'American fencing over the inferior french one'
"Kendo is ancient Pinnacle Man sport that the French Papists have attempted to recreate with their degenerate "fencing." Disgusting! Only Pinnacle Men can create new sports!"
*Distant French Yelling*
Eh, the official line is that the Japanese are "Eastern Jews" so part of their culture will always be "ordained by Jesus Christ" or something. However, I could see the government of Holy Nippon purging all Chinese or Buddhist influence from the country, while promoting Shinto (it could be seen as Spiritual Marxism) and Bushido as noble and for the glory of Jehovah
These two make the most sense to me. The Union might not like their cuisine, or appreciate their art, but I see no reason for the Yankees to not manipulate/appreciate/adopt these two elements in modified forms. Shinto involves a kind of ancestor and spirit worship (Father Abe and his fellow Patriot-Saints ring a bell?) and Bushido is just too damn useful. "No honest Yankee boy of Pinnacle Blood would ever allow himself to be captured by the enemy. You fight, and you either win or you die maggot! The Eastern Jews know that much, and they were cut off from the world for 2000 goddamn years! Now go charge that Coffee Grinder nest for the President and the Church! ALL HAIL!"
Anything bad in Japanese culture will be explained away as "Mongrelized inferior pollution" from the Chinese and Mongols.
All in all, Japan is getting off lightly. The Union could have easily done to them what they did to Mexico
One idea I just had:
A whackass Republican Union official coming up with the idea of recreating the ancient Olympic Games to invite all comers to witness the true power of the Pinnacle Man. I could picture kendo, or "Nipponese Fencing" being one of the sports. Possibly right before the Great War breaks out honestly. Either that or immediately afterward during the world rebuilding phase.
I would say they would never outright say "Shinto is just like Spiritual Marxism guys" but they will definitely play upon the similarities when trying to brainwash the Japanese.
I also had an amusing idea that at some point I want to name something the Zephyr Organization. Z-Org.
*laughs in scientology*
A whackass Republican Union official coming up with the idea of recreating the ancient Olympic Games to invite all comers to witness the true power of the Pinnacle Man. I could picture kendo, or "Nipponese Fencing" being one of the sports. Possibly right before the Great War breaks out honestly. Either that or immediately afterward during the world rebuilding phase.
I would say they would never outright say "Shinto is just like Spiritual Marxism guys" but they will definitely play upon the similarities when trying to brainwash the Japanese.
I also had an amusing idea that at some point I want to name something the Zephyr Organization. Z-Org.
*laughs in scientology*
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So what you're saying is.....
THE REPUBLICAN UNION SPACE FORCE MADE ME THE MAN I AM TODAY.
*no legs*
I really love the Olympics idea. I wonder if the Europans and the like would be allowed to compete. After all, some of the Union's more cynical leaders have to know that it's possible for one of those drunken Micks to win, and how bad that would look.
THE SECOND DOMINO: THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR
THE SECOND DOMINO:
THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR
Qing loyalists, armed with Russian equipment, fight Republican forces in central China
- INCREASING TENSIONS -
The situation in Europe and Asia had been increasingly tense ever since the coronation of Napoleon IV. Europa was a bloated superstate stretching across almost every continent and, as is the case of most large empires, it was quickly becoming too large for its own good. Everyone seemed to know since the late 19th century that war was coming, and that it was just a matter of time and unclear over what it would exactly be fought over.
In Asia, the once mighty Qing Empire was in the throes of collapse. Ever since losing to Viktor's Mongol invasion from the north, the Qing ship of state had been listing heavily to one side. On October 11, 1910, Zaitian, the Guangxu Emperor, was assassinated by Chinese terrorists who sought an end to the backwards monarchy and the establishment of a Republic of the Divine Fist. As the Imperial Family went into hiding, thousands of riots broke out all across China and, in Peking, Heng Guo was declared the first Chancellor of the Republic of the Divine Fist.
This did not please Czar Viktor. As long as China was backwards and under the Qing, it was no real threat to him or anyone else, really. But if this new Republic would rally its people to the flag, they might even attempt to take back Mongolia from him. This would not do. Viktor invited the Qing family to take refuge in Russia. There, the toddler Puyi was declared True Emperor in China. In that moment, Viktor realized if he could get the small child onto the Chinese throne, he could rule through him as a puppetmaster, and for the rest of his life Puyi would owe the Czar his crown. This would eliminate fears of any war with China and allow Viktor to focus on threats in Europe, the Middle East, and the fascist American puppets currently ruling Holy Nippon and Australia. To make his case to the Qing, he told them that Holy Nippon was a grave threat to China and Korea and they needed to work together to face it. Finding common ground in this, Russia and the Qing then had to come up with a strategy to completely take back China and oust Chancellor Heng and his government.
- THE TIBETAN VELVET REVOLUTION -
As the Chinese Empire fell, the rule of the Republic was not all-inclusive. Being such a vast and rugged nation, it was not possible for a new government to keep everything in its proper place. On Novemeber 15, 1910, Thubten Gyatso, the 13th Dalai Lama, declared the independence of Tibet. Worrying over rumors of a possible Russian invasion of Asia and wanting to also prevent the Chinese Republic from ever gaining strength, Europa swept in with ambassadors and supplies to fund the Tibetan Revolution. In early 1911, Caesar Napoleon IV announced that Tibet was under Europan protection and any violation of its sovereignty would be an act of war against Paris itself. This successfully secured the independence of the nation.
Europan ambassador Rodolf Reynaud poses for a photograph with the 13th Dalai Lama and an unamed Tibetan official
Flag of Sovereign Tibet
- THE FALL OF PEKING -
Russian Imperial troops arrive in Peking
Mongolian soldiers pose for a photo in occupied Peking
A man denying the sovereignty of Viktor and Puyi is publicly executed in northern China, 1911
- KHAN OF KHANS -
The Republic, faced with such a bold and blatant power grab by Russia, saw an increase in fighting spirit as they knew Viktor would stop at nothing until he controlled all of China. The fighting drew to a stalemate, much as in Greece, along a line of fortifications and trenchworks known as the Nanking Line. Heng Guo, following the Imperialist recapturing of Peking, had moved his capital to Macau. Tens of thousands of troops were fighting on both sides, with a slaughter so great that it dwarfed the still-ongoing Greek War of Succession in every way conceivable. Imperial Russian aeroships flew over the Republican stronghold of Xi'an in mid-August, dropping firebombs and explosives on the city, killing and maiming thousands. This bold attack on a civilian target showed that Viktor and his Qing underlings would stop at nothing to achieve total victory. Very reluctantly, the Chinese Republican government offered a cease fire to open negotiations. What would follow would be one of the most infamous events in Chinese history.
The Republic hierarchy agreed to meet with the Russian and Qing leadership in Lanzhou to discuss a possible peace agreement. The Republican economy was in shambles and they were suffering from a lack of funding or supplies from anyone in their fight against their gigantic northern foe. Literally no one would fund the glorious revolution against the imperialists. So Heng Guo had thought he had no other choice but to offer a ceasefire. He sent his right-hand, Yahui Cheng, and 15 other officers and diplomats to Lanzhou under the protection of a white flag. Once there, they offered terms which would draw a border directly along the Nanjing Line, with Peking being capital of North China, under the Qing, and Shanghai being the capital of South China. To their dismay, this offer was utterly ignored. Instead, Viktor himself, speaking perfect Mandarin, entered the room of the governor's palace the meeting was being held in and told them loud and clear that he was there to accept the Chinese Republic's surrender and nothing else.
"I have traveled far for this meeting, unworthy ones. Think on your unworthiness. You stand before Viktor Romanov, Czar of all the Russias, Khan of Khans, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and Master of Asia. I am the Great Khan reborn! I am Viktor! I bombed Xi'an. I burned it to ash with the wrath of a scorned god whose fury manifests as a fiery hand reaching down from the heavens and smiting all who reject his holy words. Women and children, too, have I killed, as none are safe from the righteous indignation of a Khan who suffers indignities at the hands of barbarous fiends. Lay down your arms and join me! I come to liberate, not to conquer. I come to abolish serfdom and end feudalism on this planet. I come to restore a rightful Qing monarch and modernize all of China! Lay down your arms! Tell your men to bow to Peking and St. Petersburg and all of you shall be spared!"
Shocked and furious at such treatment, the Republican ambassadors refused. In response, Russian officers appeared in the room wielding swords, a direct violation of the terms of the meeting. Two weeks later in Macau, Heng Guo opened up a large, beautifully gilded chest, inlaid with jewels and the image of a two headed eagle strangling a Chinese dragon on the lid. Inside the box was the head of Yahui Cheng and in his mouth a single piece of silk which read, in Chinese characters, "The South shall tremble, for the Wrath of the Khan has come. Death shall come swiftly and terribly, and your entrails will be carrion for the animals of the forest. Then I shall burn down the forests and the animals which feasted upon you, and the memory of your existence will be snuffed out for all time, burnt up in the belly of a wild beast." The talks were over. From that point on, it would be total war. Czar Viktor himself led the next assault on the Nanking Line, almost breaking through once again. Wearing a golden cuirass and and a massive helmet, he rode his horse into the thickest of fighting. He would lose three horses from underneath himself but he was seemingly impossible to hit or kill. According to (probably exaggerated propaganda) reports, Viktor, wielding a revolver in his left hand a saber in his right, at one point "drove his sword through two men at once before shooting another while he attempted to wrench the blade free from the first two unlucky sods."
Czar Viktor I's helmet worn during the Nanking Offensives
Czar Viktor I rides before his men holding up an icon of the Virgin Mary before launching an assault on the Nanking Line
Russian artillery manned by Qing loyalists shell Republican positions
Recognizing an opportunity to expand its sphere of influence, the Kingdom of Holland, operating its massive colonies in southeast Asia and Indonesia, saw an opportunity to interfere with matters. In September, 1911, Holland secretly agreed to smuggle arms and supplies through Dai-Nam into Republican China to stave off Russian aggression. Now with a steady supply of weapons and ammunition, the Republicans could keep the stalemate rolling. When Viktor found out the Chinese were fighting him using Europan-made weapons, the next crisis would begin. A crisis which would directly lead to the Great World War....
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Basically, I imagine Napoleon IV will be raging at this point, legitimately not realizing the Dutch are sneaking around behind his back.
"Dammit I didn't supply your enemies with rifles, Vik. Leave me alone! Don't you push me! I will put you down!"
Holland signing secret treaty with the Nordreich like:
"Dammit I didn't supply your enemies with rifles, Vik. Leave me alone! Don't you push me! I will put you down!"
Holland signing secret treaty with the Nordreich like:
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Ooof. Damn, and I thought Greece was bad. Also, the image of alt-Kaiser Wilhelm, Tsar of Russia, declaring himself a Khan and actually charging a trench like a goddamn lunatic is one of the best mental images I've ever had.
So, how many dominoes are falling before the Big One? We're at 2 right now, and I imagine there are a couple more....
So, how many dominoes are falling before the Big One? We're at 2 right now, and I imagine there are a couple more....
It puts hair on your chest, don't it?
I made it even better by editing in a photo of the helmet he wore into battle. lol I am starting to really love Viktor's character almost as much as my American ones. He's literally batshit insane and all bets are off. He's not constrained by morality, personal morals, nothing. In his mind he is practically the master of the universe. And he's so terrifying and surprisingly effective that everyone is just like "Oh, um, yes, your kingly khanness. That's a great idea, your worshipful liege, sire." *still gets beheaded*I expect at least one more. It'll probably be "Some damn-fool thing in the Balkans."
Why? They're doing the right thing, albeit obviously not for moral reasons.
No, damn the Europans, who should have sent weapons to help the Chinese but were too cowardly to do it.
Viktor is a crazed evil tyrant as bad as Custer, far worse than the Nordreich or Europa. Europa letting Viktor's Russia get control of the people and resources of the most populated nation in the world without opposing this power-grab is cowardly and evil, and, worse, it's extremely stupid in the long term. Europa is acting against its own interests. Even if you disregard all morality, it's still obviously a really bad idea for Europa to let Russia win control over China.
No one can say Viktor is not brave. Mad to the point of insanity, maybe, but brave nonetheless.
This will be perfect for Holy Nippon and their Union allies. While everyone is busy in central China, sweep away the fleets and then land in Korea and Manchuria. Splendidfaith must be salivating at taking all that land
This will be perfect for Holy Nippon and their Union allies. While everyone is busy in central China, sweep away the fleets and then land in Korea and Manchuria. Splendidfaith must be salivating at taking all that land
Yes! Time for the Turks to get their revengeIt puts hair on your chest, don't it?
I expect at least one more. It'll probably be "Some damn-fool thing in the Balkans."