Nippon (Principia Moderni)

This is a profile page for the country Nippon (Japan) and its successor states as a part of the Principia Moderni (Map Game) game. It was formally controlled by Cosman246 but now it is under the control of VonGlusenburg. This page only shows Nippon since VonGlusenburg took control of the nation (1749 onwards).

Government
The Imperial House of Japan are the Dynasty which sit on the Imperial throne of Nippon. Nippon is a monarchy with the Emperor the head of state, however the Shogun rules in his place. The Shogun makes use of advisers and the Daimyo of the many prefectures across Nippon in order to work out government policy and enforce it.

The Daimyo lords govern their prefectures via the Machi bugyō There is a Machi bugyō office in the prefectural capital of each Prefecture, where around 100 Machi bugyō officials would oversee the running of the prefecture on the Daimyo's behalf, by running the police and fire-fighting forces of that prefecture; running the prefectural court by serving as judges in the prefectural courts; as well as managing a full range of other administrative and judicial responsibilities; including managing the tax revenue from the prefecture's citizens.

Administrative Divisions
Nippon is split up into 11 regions, are then split up into 54 prefectures spanning across the Nippon home islands (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū), as well as the Nansei islands, Karafuto and the Chishima (Kuril) islands. These prefecture divisions in the home islands can be seen on the map opposite. The entire Nansei Island chain is a prefecture and the entire Chishima island chain is also a prefecture. Karafuto is also a prefecture now after the Karafuto colony became part of the Nipponese nation properly, and the rest of Karafuto was annexed following the the Karafuto reclamation war of 1777-1786. Kamchatoka became a prefecture of Nippon in 1790 too.

Each prefecture is ruled by a Daimyo who are in charge of administrating their own region. These Daimyo are also part of the Daimyo council which consort with the Shogun and his advisers on running Nippon. Each region also has a Regional Daimyo council where the Daimyo of that region meet up, to discuss matters concerning running the region, however these aren't that important when compared to the national Daimyo council with the Shogun, since this is where the policy making takes place. The regional councils are more for Daimyo supporting one another to rule their own prefecture; for example if a Tsunami was to hit a prefecture, then the other prefectures in the region would be the first to help, and other prefectures in different regions would help out if necessary or forced to do so by the Shogun. However the prefectures which take up the whole region like Chishima & Nansei prefectures their regional councils are different, as instead of being each prefecture Daimyo of the region, it is instead the governor of the individual islands in these prefectures.

Colonies

 * The Colony of Satotochi: This colony was founded around OTL Gonzaga in 1757, it was founded after the efforts of Daimyo Nishio Tadanao, who wanted Nippon to have her own supply of tropical goods like sugar, tropical fruit, coffee, etc. Sugar cane plantations are the main source of income for this colony, followed by tropical fruit orchards. The colonial capital is Tadanao (named in honour of the colony's founder, Nishio Tadanao) and it is situated around OTL Gonzaga, Cagayan.

Vassal states of Nippon

 * Chamoru: Chamoru is located in OTL Mariana Islands and was formed after the Imperial Nipponese Navy reached the Mariana Islands and make contact with the local Chamorro people on the islands. After some negotiations with a local chieftain, the chieftain agreed to become an ally of Nippon and has his Chiefdom became a vassal of Nippon; thus creating the Nipponese Vassal State of Chamoru on July 1st 1776. Chamoru has since gone on to annex the rest of the Mariana islands too.

Former Nipponese colonies and Vassals

 * Kamchatka/Kamochatoka Colony: 1752-1790 Ascended to becoming an actual part of the proper Nipponese nation as Kamochatoka prefecture.


 * Karafuto colony: 1752-1778 Ascended to becoming an actual part of the proper Nipponese nation as Karafuto prefecture.

International Relations
Allies (nations with alliances with Nippon): Trade agreements: Trading Posts
 * Vietnam
 * Finland
 * France
 * China
 * Korea
 * Persia
 * Prussia
 * Finland
 * France
 * China
 * Korea
 * Finland (The Finnish have a trading post in the city of Kōchi (Kōchi Prefecture)
 * France (The French have a trading post on on the island of Dejima in Nagasaki bay (Nagasaki Prefecture)

Economy

 * Main Exports: Silk, guns, swords, spices, rice, fish, and seafood
 * Main Imports: Silk, iron, technology, rice, and weapons

Big businesses of Nippon

 * The Nishio Sugar Company (Nippon's biggest sugar grower, sugar refiner and seller of sugar & sugar based goods)
 * The Satsuma Corporation (A large producer of tropical fruits and sugar. Also owner of the main Kagoshima fishing fleet)

Important people
Here we have a few lists of important people in the Nipponese Empire such as a list of Emperors, Shoguns, notable Daimyo, military figures, businessmen, etc.

Emperors of Nippon:
 * Emperor Momozono (1747-62)
 * Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1762-70)
 * Emperor Go-Momozono (1770-1780)
 * Emperor Kōkaku (1780-1820)

Shoguns of Nippon:
 * Tokugawa Ieshige (1749-1760)
 * Tokugawa Ieharu (1760-1788)
 * Tokugawa Ienari (1788-1837)

Notable Daimyo of Nippon:
 * Tokugawa Ieshige (leader of the pro-independence movement, became Shogun after securing Nippon's independence)
 * Ichigo Akamatsu (Former Daimyo of Kamchatka Prefecture, got himself exiled for insulting the Shogun in 1752)
 * Nishio Tadanao (Important member of the pro-indendence movement, Daimyo of Shizuoka prefecture, also started the Nipponese colonisation of tropical colonies by having the colony of Satotochi set up, and then with his clan (Nishio clan the Nishio clan) Nishio Tadanao sets up the Nishio Sugar Company was set up to grow, refine and sell sugar & sugar based goods)
 * Tanuma Okitsugu (Conqueror and subsequent ruling Daimyo of Karafuto/Sakahalin Island)

Important military figures of Nippon:
 * Admiral Tokugawa Munetada (Appointed Admiral of the Nipponese Navy by his older brother, Shogun Tokugawa Ieshige; responsible for greatly expanding the navy and colonizing the remaining Chishima islands)
 * Tanuma Okitsugu (Commander of the Karafuto invasion force in the Karafuto Reclamation war)

Notable Nipponese Clans:
 * Tokugawa Clan (The clan of the Shoguns on Nippon)
 * Nishio Clan (The clan of the Daimyo of Shizuoka prefecture, and owners of the Nishio Sugar Company)
 * Tanuma Clan (The clan of the Daimyo of Karafuto prefecture)
 * Shimazu clan (The clan of the Daimyo of Kagoshima prefecture, and owners of the Satsuma Corporation)

Military
The Nipponese military has reverted back to the days of old thanks to the new Tokugawa Shogunate with Samurai warriors being the main military force/power in Nippon. But the Imperial Army and Navy were around to protect the nation itself from foreign forces; members of the Imperial Nipponese Army and Navy are the only people allowed to possess and handle guns in Nippon after the 1763 decree.

Furthermore after the "Imperial Armed Forces Act (1764)" came into force, meaning that each prefecture was to supply an army of at least 1,000 men to the Imperial Army in times of war; and the soldiers of these armies where to be a mix of around 40% full time professional soldiers, and 60% part time reservist troops. The IAF Act of 1764 also allowed anybody over the age of 16, enrol on the 2 year solider course at their prefecture's Imperial Military Academy, to become a solider. Upon completion of the course people could be selected to join the Imperial Army as full time soldiers if they were good enough. Otherwise they became reverse troops, who would go back to their everyday lives and once a year be called to the Imperial Military Academy for drills and such, to keep the reservists in shape; and in times of war, the reservists would be called upon to join the Imperial Army. Soldiers got tax breaks too, so this encouraged lots of people to become reservists or to send their sons to become reverse soldiers so that they would benefit from the tax break in later life, and to give them discipline. The army uses mostly muskets with bayonets, with a Wakizashi as a back up for hand-to-hand combat, with some soliders using Katana swords as back up if it is likely they are going to be in hand-to-hand combat. Pistols are also issued but only to officers, and soldiers willing to supply/buy their own.

The 1764 Imperial Armed Forces Act also created the Imperial Coastguard, which is a mix of the Army and Navy, and is specificity there to protect Nippon's shores from being invaded by foreign powers. The Imperial Coastguard mostly consists of a coastal artillery batteries dotted along the Nipponese coastline, and in the harbours of large Nipponese ports. These are manned by 20 Coastguard soldiers usually, and have on average 4 long range artillery guns.

The Imperial Navy on the other hand, was made up of only full time professional sailors, thanks to the 1764 IAF Act. Under the rule of Admiral Tokugawa Munetada, the first Admiral of the Imperial Navy since independence from Vietnam, the navy was split up several fleets, each to protect an area of Nippon. For example you have the Chishima fleet, Hokkaidō fleet, Karafuto fleet, Shikoku fleet, Satotochi fleet, Inland Sea fleet, etc. The fleet is increasingly being populated by European style Galleon ships, in order to make the navy more modern, however there are still hundreds of smaller Chinese style Junk ships, as well as some Turtle ships, Red Seal ships, too. However the Junk ships and red seal ships are used mostly as boarding ships, as they are much smaller, and agile than the Galleon ships, so Nipponese marines (who are well versed in hand-to-hand combats using either swords or pistols) could board enemy ships and take the enemy ships, whose sailors weren't usually as good at hand-to-hand combat compared to the Nipponese marines.

There is also the Shinsengumi police force which is a military police force, created under the 1764 IAF Act. Its role is to police the land and protect the Nipponese citizens from criminals and bandits; the Shinsengumi are formed after 2,000 Samurai and Ronin pledge allegiance to the Shogun. As well as organised crime, they are also there to stop rebellions, riots and coups.

Wars Nippon have been involved in

 * 1777-1786 The Karafuto Reclamation war: Nippon vs the various feuding warlords of Karafuto Island. Nippon won this war and annexed all of Karafuto back into the Nipponese Empire.
 * 1788-1794 Swedo-Russian War of 1788: Nippon joined the Franco-Swedish alliance against Russia in order to protect newly independent Finland. The Imperial Nipponese Navy bombarded and raided Vladivostok and aided Finland's invasion of Russian New Zealand. Nippon won this war and got exclusive land rights to the Kamchatka peninsula.

History

 * 1747: A group of Japanese Daimyo demand greater autonomy for Japan from Vietnam


 * 1748: The Pro-Nippon Daimyo see more Daimyo join their cause, and they continue to demand greater autonomy for Nippon from Vietnam. The Vietnamese make a deal with the pro-independence Daimyo. The Vietnamese will officially declare Nipponese independence in 1750 in exchange for an alliance with the new Nipponese government. The leader of the pro-independence daimyo will become the new Shogun, but the Emperor will remain in power as he is of the Yamato dynasty (the Japanese Imperial family). Nipponese traders also found a small port and trading post on the bottom of Karafuto island.


 * 1749: The pro-independence Daimyo agree to the Vietnamese deal, however the current Shogun does not agree with this, and he demands that he remains Shogun. The pro-independence Daimyo however see this current shogun as weak as he never did anything to get Nippon her sovereignty back. The pro-independence Daimyo hire ninjas to kill the current Shogun, and the current shogun is killed. The pro-independence Daimyo have their leader Tokugawa Ieshige from the prestigious Tokugawa clan is declared Shogun, thus starting the "Edo/Tokugawa period" and ending the "Vietnamese Vasal period". Tokugawa Ieshige begins to negotiate with Vietnam so Nippon gets Kamchatka, Karafuto (Sakhalin), and the Chishima (Kuril) islands, since these are Nipponese majority territories. The Vietnamese agree to Shogun Tokugawa's territory requests, as the Vietnamese had already planned to give them to Nippon before the independence movement started. Shogun Tokugawa thanks Vietnam for agreeing to his requests, and for Vietnam's help to get Nippon back on its feet after the lawless period of civil disarray and anarchy. Tokugawa hopes that the two nations shall remain good friends and allies for many years to come.


 * 1750: With independence gained by Nippon, the people rejoice and a parades takes place in the Imperial capital of Kyoto, and the Shogun's capital of Edo. The military forces are amped up in order to make sure the country is protected. The Imperial navy is greatly expanded in order to make sure Nippon can control the many islands in her empire. A trade deal is also formed with France.


 * 1751: Nippon reorganises the nation so each prefecture of the empire is ruled by a Daimyo, and they take part in the Daimyo council with the Shogun & his advisers so national policy can be decided. Nippon also claims the rest of the Chishima (Kuril) islands, and the remaining Chishima islands begin to be colonized, with 800 sq KM being colonized this year. Nippon also ask Russia for their territory on one of the Chishima (Kuril) islands in return for a trade deal and an alliance. Russia refuses this deal though.


 * 1752: Nippon expands her territory in the Chishima (Kuril) islands by 800km. The Shogun also removes Kamchatka's prefecture status and makes it a colony of Nippon, after Kamchatka's Daimyo insulted the Shogun. The Daimyo of Kamchatka is also exiled to, and he goes to live in North America. The Nansei islands also become a prefecture of Nippon as Nansai Prefecture, comprising both the Satsunan Islands and Ryukyu Islands. The colony of Karafuto is also declared after joining together the two trading posts and their adjacent territory into one colony


 * 1753: Tokugawa Munetada is appointed Admiral of the Nipponese Navy by his older brother, Shogun Tokugawa Ieshige. The new Admiral is tasked with overseeing the expansion of the Imperial navy and colonizing the remaining Chishima islands. He does this by having several new European style galleon ships commissioned into the Imperial Navy, and colonizes 500 sq km of the Chishima islands too.


 * 1754: The remaining 250 sq km of the unclaimed Chishima islands are colonized by Nippon. With nearly all of the Chishima islands now under Nipponese control, Nippon once again ask Russia Finland for her territory in the Chishima (Kuril) Islands, this time offering a trade deal and money. Finland agree to the idea, and negotiations begin between the two nations. The Imperial navy is also greatly expanded with mostly lots of Frigates being added to the navy. Admiral Tokugawa Munetada also splits up the navy into several fleets each to protect an area of Nippon e.g. the Chishima fleet, Hokkaidō fleet, Shikoku fleet, etc. Crops from Europe are bought by Nipponese traders so the Nipponese settlers in Karafuto, Hokkaido and the Chishima islands can grow food more suited to the climate in the cold northern Nipponese territories. Things like wheat, soybeans, potatoes, onions, pumpkins, and corn are grown by settlers and this encourages a lot of the poorer Nipponese to move up north in order to be given land and crops to grow on the land. Nipponese miners move into the Chishima islands to mine the islands, and many tree farms/plantations are set up too by the Nipponese timber industry. Lots of fishermen also set up residence to fish the well-stocked seas around the Chishima islands. 250 sq km is colonized in Karafuto to, as more settlers move their to make use of the cheap farm land. An alliance is also formed with France.


 * 1755: A deal is made with Finland in which Nippon gain the Finnish colony on Chishima Islands Chain, and in return Finland gains a trading post in the city of Kōchi (Kōchi Prefecture). New buildings and a few small forts are built in the Chishima islands. The Karafuto colony is expanded by 1250 sq km, and Nippon ask Hanthawaddy if Nippon can buy Hanthawaddy's colonies in Karafuto and on that Yaeyama island opposite Taiwan.


 * 1756: Nippon ask Hanthawaddy again if Nippon can buy Hanthawaddy's colonies in Karafuto and on that island opposite Taiwan. Nippon also expands her Karafuto colony by 1250 sq km. Nippon also offers China a trade deal. Daimyo Nishio Tadanao also starts to appeal to the Shogunate that Nippon should found colonies in warmer climates so Nippon has access to her own supply of sugar and tropical fruits.


 * 1757: Nipponese settlers expand the Karafuto colony by 750 sq km and the city of Toyohara is founded and becomes the colonial capital of Karafuto. Nishio Tadanao also succeeds in his quest to have Nippon found a colony in a tropical region, after the Nipponese colony of Satotochi is founded around OTL Gonzaga, it is 100 sq km in size. Sugar cane plantations are founded in Nansei islands and in the new Satotochi colony; sugar beet plantations are also opened in Hokkaido and Karafuto. On top of this the unclaimed 400 sq km of the Yaeyama islands opposite Taiwan are annexed by Nippon and added into Nansei prefecture.


 * 1758: The Nipponese colony of Kamchatka expands by 350 sq km as logging activities intensify, the Karafuto colony expands by 800 sq km as more poor peasants move northwards to be given free land, and the new Satotochi colony is expanded by 400 sq km as more sugar plantations are set up by the rich nobles, of whom mostly belonged to the Nishio clan which was the clan of Satotochi's founder Nishio Tadanao. The Nishio Sugar Company was set up to grow, refine and sell sugar & sugar based goods from Satotochi to the Nipponese home market; and this started a luxury foods market in Nippon as the rich nobles began to dine on more sweet foods, especially Kompeitō, which becomes a favourite of the emperor and the emperor began to gift small bags of Kompeitō to visitors. China is once again offered a trade deal after the lack of reply to the 1756 deal, and China agree to the trade deal this time.


 * 1759: Nippon's colonies continue to expand, Karafuto expands by 800 sq km, and Satotochi expands by 750 sq km. A castle with a port are built on the tip of OTL Cape Crillon known as Castle Chirion, and the OTL Cape Crillon is named Cape Chirion by Nippon. The port of Sōya is also built on OTL Cape Sōya, and Castle Sōya is also built too. A ferry service is set up between the ports/jōkamachi of Chirion and Sōya to make transportation between Hokkaido and Karafuto easier. Nippon also thank China for expecting the trade deal, as this has given Nippon access to more rice and tea. The French also ask Nippon for a trading post like Finland, and Nippon grants France a trading post on the island of Dejima in Nagasaki bay.


 * 1760: The Nipponese Shogun Tokugawa Ieshige retires in March, citing bad health for his reason to resign, and Tokugawa Ieshige appoints his first born son Tokugawa Ieharu as the next shogun. Tokugawa Ieshige dies later that year in December. The new Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu vows to expand Nipponese influence across Asia, and he does so by continuing to expand the Nipponese colonies, this year Karafuto expands by 700 sq km, and Satotochi expands by 850 sq km.


 * 1761: The Nipponese Emperor Momozono abdicates in favour of his sister and he dies a month later. Momozono's sister becomes empress regnant, to reign until the late Emperor Momozono's son is old enough to become Emperor himself. Monozono's sister is crowned Empress Go-Sakuramachi. The Nipponese colonies continue to expand, with Karafuto expanding by 700 sq km, and Satotochi expanding by 850 sq km.


 * 1762: The Nipponese Daimyo Nishio Tadanao dies aged 73, after catching Malaria while visiting the Satotochi colony which he practically founded. Nishio Tadanao's adopted son/nephew Nishio Tadamitsu succeeds his uncle's positions as head of the Nishio Clan, Daimyo of Shizuoka prefecture and Chairman of the Nishio Sugar Company. The city of Tadanao is founded on the site of OTL Gonzaga, Cagayan in honour of Nishio Tadanao, and the city becomes the colonial capital of the Satotochi colony. Furthermore the Satotochi colony is expanded by 800 sq km after the Satotochi 1st Army is founded in order to protect the Nipponese settlers and plantations from the local Filipino natives. The Satotochi Fleet is also started in order to give the colony naval protection provided by the Imperial Nipponese Navy.


 * 1763: In order to deal with the bandits plaguing the Nipponese countryside, Nipponese Empress Go-Sakuramachi orders a radical shake-up of Nippon's gun laws, with guns now only allowed to be possessed by members of the Nipponese Imperial Army or Navy. She also announces the creation of the Machi bugyō with a Machi bugyō office being set up in the prefectural capital of each Prefecture, where around 100 Machi bugyō officials would oversee the running of the prefecture on the Daimyo's behalf, by running the police and fire-fighting forces of that prefecture; running the prefectural court by serving as judges in the prefectural courts; as well as managing a full range of other administrative and judicial responsibilities. As well as this, the Satotochi colony is expanded by 800 sq km and Karafuto colony by 400 sq km.


 * 1764: The Imperial Armed Forces Act of 1764 comes into power, which shakes up the organisation of the Nipponese army and navy, and also creates the Imperial Coastguard, and the Shinsengumi Military police force, and causes a great improvement in Nippon's military power. For more full details on the Nipponese Military and the changes brought in by the Imperial Armed Forces Act,please click here. As well as this, the Satotochi colony is expanded by 800 sq km, Kamchatka expands by 800 sq km and Karafuto colony by 400 sq km.


 * 1765: Admiral Tokugawa Munetada dies and following the recent Imperial Armed Forces Act of 1764, the Shogun shakes up control of the military and at the same time, cements Tokugawa dominance over Nippon and the Shogunate, by giving each of the three Gosankyō branches of the Tokugawa Clan ownership of a powerful position. The Hitotsubashi House take control of the Imperial Nipponese Navy fleets north of Edo; the Shimizu House take control of the Imperial Nipponese Navy fleets south of Edo; and the Tayasu House became the Chief of the Nipponese Coastguard. Furthermore the Shogun becomes Supreme Commander of the Imperial Nipponese Army, Navy, Coastguard, and head of the Shinsengumi police force. This move to solidify the power wielded by the Tokugawa Clan however this greatly annoys the Imperial Court. As well as this, the Satotochi colony is expanded by 800 sq km, Kamchatka expands by 800 sq km and Karafuto colony by 400 sq km.


 * 1766: Nippon offers Brunei a trade deal, and Nippon continues to colonize by expanding its Satotochi colony expanding by 800 sq km, and Karafuto by 750 sq km. There are also talks of selling Satotochi colony to Vietnam but these talks eventually fail and Nippon refuses to sell her Satotochi colony in the Philippines.


 * 1767: Nippon continues to colonize by expanding its Satotochi colony expanding by 800 sq km, and Karafuto by 750 sq km. Also bandit attacks have significantly declined since the introduction of the Imperial Armed Forces Act of 1764 and the gun law shake up in 1763; this pleases the peasants greatly as now they longer live in fear of bandit attacks.


 * 1768: Nippon holds off expanding her Satotochi colony while talks are held about the dividing of Luzon between Nippon and Taiwan/Vietnam. Kamchatka is turned into sort of penal colony, as criminals are forced to relocate to Kamchatka colony, which causes the colony to expand by 800 sq km. Elsewhere more of the natives in Karafuto are convinced to join the Karafuto colony, and this causes Karafuto to expand by 750 sq km.


 * 1769: Nippon asks Vietnam if they are happy with those borders and agree to them. Vietnam agree to the Nipponese proposal for dividing Luzon, and the Nipponese settlers in Satotochi begin to colonize the east coast of Luzon, expanding the colony by 500 sq km after hearing the result of the border talks. Also the Karafuto colony expands by 750 sq km, and the Kamchatka colony expands by 300 sq km. A trade deal is also formed with Korea.


 * 1770: Nippon expands Karafuto by 750 sq km, Kamchatka expands by 300 sq km and Satotochi expands 500 sq km along the eastern coastline of Luzon. Furthermore, Empress Go-Sakuramachi abdicates in favour of her nephew; and Emperor Go-Momozono assends to the Imperial Nipponese throne. A military alliance is also formed with Korea too.


 * 1771: A Tsunami nearly wipes Okinawa off the map, killing around 15,000 people. Nippon appeals for aid from its allies to help with rebuilding the destruction caused by the tsunami; Finland sends aid, and is thanked for it. The Shogun has national aid sent to Okinawa and rebuilds/forms the army and navy of Nansei prefecture after a lot of the soldiers died in the Tsunami and a lot of the ships were destroyed. The army and navy help rebuild Okinawa by distributing aid and helping to clear away rubble to build new buildings built with brick, concrete and stone rather than wood, so that the buildings could withstand future tsunamis better. A local native warlord in Karafuto is also defeated, and his 400 sq km of territory is annexed into Karafuto. New Lithuania is also offered a trade deal following its recent independence.


 * 1772: The Okinawa clean-up operation continues with more food aid being sent to Okinawa from Honshu, and more new residential buildings being made, after all of the government and military buildings were rebuilt, but the vast majority of the clean up has been completed by now. The Nipponese colony of Kamchatka is formally renamed Kamochatoka colony, and the colony expands by 800 sq km too. Another native warlord is defeated as Karafuto expands, this year 400 sq km are added into the colony. Nippon is also offered an alliance by Persia; Nippon agreed to an alliance with Persia and asked Persia for a trade deal too.


 * 1773: Nippon begins a "Nipponization campaign" in her Satotochi colony, where colonists try to get native tribes on Luzon island to convert to Shinto and join Nipponese society by having their territories join into Satotochi colony. This is fairly successful, and causes Satotochi to expand by 800 sq km. Karafuto expands by 750 sq km too. In Kamochatoka, a new city is founded on the southern tip of the peninsula called Kamochin, which is designated as the new colonial capital of Kamochatoka. Also the tsunami clean-up in Okinawa is finished, and Nippon thanks Finland and the Greater Korean Empire for the aid they sent to help clean-up Okinawa.


 * 1774: Nippon expands her Karafuto colony by by 800 sq km as another warlord in Karafuto is defeated, and his territory is annexed. The Nipponese military is amped up too, and Nippon also asks Russia not to colonize Karafuto/Sakhalin island.


 * 1775: Nippon tells Russia that they don't want to divide Karafuto, as until 1629 it was part of the Nipponese nation, and Nippon wants control over areas with majority Nipponese ethnic groups. In exchange for Russia relinquishing all claims to Karafuto/Sakhalin Island, Nippon offers Russia an alliance (which if you are ever at war Nippon will send you military aid unless it is against another Nipponese ally then Nippon shall remain neutral and offer no help to either side), trade deal, and trading post in Niigata. Nippon expands Karafuto by 800 sq km, and expands Kamochatoka by 750 sq km as well this year.


 * 1776: Nipponese forces in Karafuto defeat another warlord and expand the colony by 800 sq km. Kamochatoka expands by 750 sq km too, as a large number of poor villagers move to Kamochatoka to start a new life for themselves. The Imperial Nipponese Navy also reach the Mariana Islands and make contact with the local Chamorro people on the islands. After some negotiations with a local chieftain, the chieftain agrees to become an ally of Nippon and has his Chiefdom become a vassal of Nippon; thus creating the Nipponese Vassal State of Chamoru. Nippon supplies Chamoru with weapons so that they may go and annex the rest of the Mariana Islands into Chamoru. An alliance is formed with Sweden too.


 * 1777: The Shogun vows to the Emperor of Nippon, that he will return Nippon to the glory days before the great rioting revolution in 1629. Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu declares war on all of the feuding warlords of Karafuto, and declares all of Karafuto will all be part of the Nipponese nation once again. The Shogun appoints Tanuma Okitsugu as Commander of the Karafuto invasion force, and he begins to wage large scale war against the warlords. The first year of the campaign succeeds in gaining 2000 sq km of territory for Nipponese Karafuto. Elsewhere Chamoru expands using the supplied Nipponese weaponry to defeat rival tribes in the Mariana Islands.


 * 1778: Nippon's invasion of Karafuto continues, and Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu is pleased with the Karafuto Reclamation war's progress and is very confident of Nipponese victory. So much so, that he has the current Nipponese controlled Karafuto colony join Nippon proper as Karafuto prefecture with Tanuma Okitsugu as its Daimyo. Commander Tanuma Okitsugu thanks the Shogun for giving his clan control over a prefecture and making him a Daimyo; and shows his appreciation by stepping up the rate of Nipponese expansion/annexation of the island.


 * 1779: Nippon continues to expand into Karafuto as the Karafuto Reclamation war rages on. All this fighting also gives the Nipponese Army some much needed experience and lots of opportunities to test out new tactics; which amps up the military. Chamoru expands too.


 * 1780: Nippon continues to expand into Karafuto as the war rages on. The Shogun is also deeply offended by the Tsar's claim to Karafuto/Sakahalin island and the Chishima/Kuril Islands which are not only part of the Nipponese nation but they are populated by Nipponese citizens. Nippon ask Finland to do something about their Union parter Russia and get Russia to remove her claim to Nipponese controlled territories, and former Nipponese controlled territories. Meanwhile Chamoru manages to conquer all of her neighbouring tribes and assumes complete control over the Mariana Islands. Kamochatoka expands too by 800 sq km. Emperor Go-Momozono dies too, and his adopted son from the Kan'in branch of the Imperial family ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne as Emperor Kōkaku.


 * 1781: Nippon continues to expand into Karafuto as the Karafuto Reclamation war continues, but Commander Tanuma Okitsugu expects the war to be over in the next 5 years which the Shogun is pleased by. The Shimazu clan of Kagoshima also decide to get involved in the tropical goods trade, and the Satsuma Corporation is set up to start setting up plantations in Satotochi colony growing tropical fruits and sugar. This causes Satotochi to expand by 800 sq km as new plantations are set up by the Satsuma Corporation.


 * 1782: Nippon continues to expand into Karafuto as the Karafuto Reclamation war continues, and the military is expanded to help the war effort. Satotochi colony also expands by 800 sq km as new plantations are set up by the Satsuma Corporation.


 * 1783: Famine hits Japan and is worsened by the eruption of Asama-Yama which kills 20,000 people and renders the agricultural Shinano and Kuzuke provinces of unproductive for many years to come. France & Finland send aid to Nippon, for which they are thanked. Satotochi colony is expanded by 800 sq km and more plantations are set up to offset the rice shortage caused by the famine in Japan. A large number of the farmers losing all of their crops thanks to the famine decide to join the army so they can actually get some food, otherwise production is stepped up in other areas to offset the shortage in the famine effected areas. Nippon continues to expand into Karafuto as the Karafuto Reclamation war continues, but there are troubles with lack of supplies thanks to the famine so expansion slows down a bit. Meanwhile the rebuilding of the buildings destroyed by Asama-Yama starts.


 * 1784: Nippon continues to expand into Karafuto as the Karafuto Reclamation war continues. Japan's famine continues though shows signs of easing. More food supplies are brought in from aboard as the famine continues, but lots of the poor peasants unable to afford food die. Satotochi colony is expanded by 800 sq km and more plantations are set up to offset the rice shortage caused by the famine in Japan. The Shogun also allows food handouts to the poor in towns across Nippon if they become reverse troops in the army. Thanks to this, and the ongoing war in Karafuto, the Nipponese military power increases.


 * 1785: Nippon's agricultural sector begins to approach its pre-famine levels of productivity, thanks a lot to more plantations being founded in Satotochi as the colony expands by 800 sq km. Furthermore Nippon continues to expand into Karafuto as the Karafuto Reclamation war continues. Finland is thanked greatly for all the aid it sent too.


 * 1786: Nipponese forces defeat the last of the Karafuto warlords and thus complete the Nipponese annexation of Karafuto, and ending the Karafuto Reclamation war. Kamochatoka expands by 800 sq km too.


 * 1787: Nippon begins to properly integrate the newly conquered Karafuto territories into the empire by building infrastructure, setting up new towns, rebuilding damaged towns following the war, and setting up the necessary prefectural administrators and governance. While this is going on Nippon agree to respect Russia's claim to Chukotka and agree not to expand Kamochatoka that far north; but Kamochatoka does expand by 600 sq km this year. Satotochi colony expands by 200 sq km too, as Satsuma Corp. set up more plantations. An alliance with Prussia is formed as well, as Nippon want to remain friends with their former colony and to protect Prussian sovereignty.


 * 1788: Nippon expands Kamochatoka by 1550 sq km as more exile villages are set up, and logging intensifies. Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu dies as well, and Tokugawa Ienari becomes the new shogun. There are also riots in rice shops in Edo and Osaka because the price of rice hasn't returned to pre-famine levels; the riots are dealt with by the Shinsengumi but the Shogun forces the rice shops to lower prices some more, so prices are just above pre-famine prices. This pleases the rioters and the matter is resolved.


 * 1789: Nippon pledges to support Finish independence, and if that means joining the war against Russia so be it. This and being annoyed about Russia's treatment of Nippon concerning Karafuto and the Chishima Islands: Nippon joins the war against Russia. The Imperial Nipponese Navy is sent to bombard Vladivostok and the Shogun wants to gain full rights to controlling the whole Kamchatka peninsula in exchange for Nippon's efforts in the war.


 * 1790: Nippon's naval bombardment of Vladidistok renders the port unusable. With Nippon expecting to gain full rights to Kamchatka peninsula, the Shogun declares Kamochatoka is part of the Empire of Nippon proper, as Kamochatoka prefecture; Kamochatoka prefecture expands northwards too.


 * 1791: Nippon continues to expand northwards up the Kamchatka peninsula. A few Nipponese troops land in Vladivostok and seize the city. They pillage the city and find industrial machines and like, some of said machines are brought back to Nippon. The majority of the machines are put in the recently opened Rangaku museum in Edo. Nipponese Rangaku scientists begin to analyse and observe these machines but they lack the appropriate power sources and understanding of the machines needed to do anything worth while with the machines, and so they shall remain museum curiosity pieces for many years to come.


 * 1792: Nippon sends a detachment of the Imperial Nipponese Navy to help in the Finnish invasion of New Zealand. Nippon continues to expand northwards up the Kamchatka peninsula too. It is expected to be under Nipponese control in the next three years, thanks to the peninsula having hardly any natives to resist Nipponese expansion.


 * 1793: Nippon continue to aid Finland in their invasion of New Zealand's north island. Nipponese expansion up the Kamchatka peninsula continues as well. Karafuto's Daimyo Tanuma Okitsugu dies too, and his son Tanuma Okitomo succeeds him as Daimyo of Karafuto. The Nipponese military is improved too, as artillery guns with longer range of fire are added to the army and the coastguard.


 * 1794: The Imperial Nipponese Navy continues to aid Finland in its invasion of Russian New Zealand. Elsewhere Nippon continues to expand up Kamchatka, and Satotochi expands by 500 sq km too.


 * 1795: The peace treaty is signed thus ending the war against Russia. The Imperial Nipponese Navy return from New Zealand, bringing with them the Finnish gift of 110,000 Finnish markka, for which the Nipponese Shogun personally thanks the Finnish; and the Imperial Nipponese Navy also bring back reports of lots of uncolonised islands on the route to New Zealand. The Shogun begins to organise a Nipponese exploration of these islands to see if anywhere is suitable for Nippon to establish a new colony. Meanwhile Nippon continues to expand up Kamchatka, and Satotochi expands by 500 sq km too.


 * 1796: Nippon finishes expanding into Kamchatka, and Nippon decides not to go any further north in order to respect Russia's 1787 claim to Chukotka, thus fixing the Nipponese Northern Kamchatka border roughly where the northern orange border on this map is. Satotochi expands by 500 sq km as more plantations are set up, and Nippon helps her vassal Chamoru to set up their navy.


 * 1797:


 * 1798:


 * 1799:


 * 1800: (Nippon reaches Stage 1 of industrialization)


 * 1830: (Nippon reaches Stage 2 of industrialization)


 * 1865: (Nippon reaches Stage 3 of industrialization)


 * 1910: (Nippon reaches Stage 4 of industrialization)