Reformed Government of the Republic of China (Rays of the Rising Sun)

The Reformed Government of the Republic of China was a the briefly existed from 1938 to 1940 during the Second Sino-Japanese War, established in several southern provinces of China by the Empire of Japan. It was led by Liang Hongzhi, who was the acting minister. The regime controlled four provinces and two special status cities during it's existence, which ended when it was merged with the Reorganized National Government of Wang Jingwei. Similar to it's northern neighbor, the Provisional Government of the Republic of China, it did not accomplish much and had very little power.