Japanese Collectivist Party (Joan of What?)

The Japanese Collectivist Party (: 日本集団党, tr. Nihon Shūdantō) was the founding and ruling political party of the, and the largest party represented in the. Throughout North Japan's existence, the JCP remained the sole governing party in the country, although it de jure coexisted with two other legal parties making up the.

The Collectivist Party was formed in 1925 by Japanese socialists and republicans opposed to the existing government in the, inspired by the policies of and especially by the then Russian president,. The Party's platform was concentrated on the collectivisation of Japanese agriculture and the nationalisation of industry. After being banned by the Japanese government in late 1928, the party's leaders escaped arrest by fleeing to, where Stalin provided political asylum.

During, the members of the Collectivist Party, led by , were covertly moved by the Russians to , , from which they were to reestablish the party in Japan in preparation for a socialist revolution in Japan. In 1946, Japan surrendered to the Allies, and on 18 August the country was divided into Cygnian and Russian occupation zones. The Russian occupation authorities gradually began to transfer power to the Collectivist Party, which eventually became the de facto governing body of northern Japan.

On 23 November 1948, the Russians proclaimed the establishment of the Japanese Democratic Republic, and bestowed upon the Collectivist Party the "democratic duty of executing the laws of Japan", making the party the sole governing political party in North Japan. Collectivisation policies were enacted and initiated on 1 January the next year, bringing the country into line with the JCP's platform.

, allied with and many other Western countries, began an invasion of North Japan in 1950 in an effort to forcefully reunify the country. Discontent with the Collectivist Party from this point forward began to develop in North Japanese society, which allowed for a swift takeover of civilian locations in North Japan. By the autumn of 1952, all of mainland Japan was under Southern control, which left only Hokkaido in Northern hands. On 13 January 1953, Stalin had Nosaka's entire government arrested, and installed a Russian-appointed provisional council; exactly one month later he declared Russia's annexation of Hokkaido, ending the Japanese republic.

Hostilities between South Japan and the now-nonexistent North were officially concluded on 19 June 1954, when the was signed by Allied and Russian officials. The Treaty recognised the Tokyo government as the sole legitimate governing authority of Japan, and officially reunified the country, albeit without Hokkaido. On 10 July 1954 both the Japanese and Russian governments banned the Collectivist Party.