Japanese Shogunate (Superpowers)

Dai Nippon Bakufu (Nipponia or the Great Japanese Shogunate) is the military imperium of the Japanese nation, centered around a large archipelago on the east coast of Asia. It consists of these islands, the Korean Peninsula and outlying areas and the Columbian island of Cubagua, which it recently acquired through a political agreement. It has been, and still remains one of the most ethnically homogeneous states on the planet, with more than 90% of the population being descended from Japanese parents on both sides. Though this situation was achieved through intense racial segregation and even genocide, the almost non-existent racial tension in Japan has made it so that almost no country will accuse them of racial prejudice, as they do to the Romans and the Mayans.

Once a loose collection of warring feudal kingdoms, even during periods of foreign duress, the main island was permanently united in 1577 by the efforts of a military leader (Shogun) known as Oda Nobunaga, with help from his most trusted advisor, Hirate Masahide. His successors, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and ultimately, Tokugawa Ieyasu, finished this process by uniting the remaining fiefdoms. Tokugawa took this one step further and ceremonially usurped the power of the Emperor of Japan, crowning himself Military-Emperor Under Grace of the Gods. Since Tokugawa became Shogun-Emperor in 1605, Japan has remained united in its efforts as a nation.

Whilst one of the smallest countries by area, the Japanese Shogunate is the fourth most populated, boasting more than 310 million inhabitants. This makes it the most densely populated nation to have ever existed. To sustain such an unnatural state of population congestion, the Japanese have used the technology and resources at their disposal to create vast tracks of artificial land, further expanding their islands over the water. Furthermore, fishing has become an enormously important Japanese industry, with many fishermen actually living on the water with their families, only returning to sell their catch.