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 * Korea: With the heir apparent coming of age, Crown Prince Kim Hoseok succeeds to the throne as the Emperor. Former monarch Kim Sin-bi abdicates but nevertheless retains her powers as Regent until her young regnant reaches the age of twenty-one. The promising colony of Haegajang in Papua New Guinea further expands its territorial boundaries, and now houses thousand residents. Slightly distraught after receiving no response from local chieftains, Governor-General Dae Il-sung sends an expedition is sent to the interior of the island to explore its geography. Meanwhile in the Manchuria, soy and wheat is cultivated en-masse, facilitated by the influx of emigrants from Korea (which have come to comprise a third of the total population). However, the vast fertile plains also provide a suitable environment to grow cotton as a cash crop. As part of its assimilationist program, the usage of the Manchu language is restricted in official documents and receipts, and the application of Hangul over the traditional Manchu script (which itself is modelled off the Mongolian script) in writing is enforced. The queue and Manchu traditional clothing is discouraged, but still tolerated. An edict is issued restricting the attainment of tertiary education by Manchu commoners, making them accessible only to Manchu aristocratic families (of which many are loyal to the Korean government) to ensure Korea retains its grip over its dominion. Korean place names are standardized in both Manchuria and Nivkhgu, and are used alongside endonyms. After sporadic secessionist rallies, the Peace Preservation Law is approved by the imperial court and the monarch, which places harsh penalties on political dissidents. The Korean mun (the legal tender) continues to become a legitimate medium of exchange (replacing low-value copper-based coinage), thanks to the usage of gold bullion to stabilize its currency. The Ministry of Finance utilizes its newfound affluence to fund modernization programs; developing the Nakdeong and Han River canals and paving roadways. Meanwhile, commerce is heavily patronized and promoted whilst industrial complexes and the military are both intensively developed. The quota of gold bullion exports is set at two tonnes per year (which is equivalent to roughly 144 tonnes of silver). Korea continues to cement itself as a bastion of Christianity in the Orient; with nearly forty percent of Korea adhering to the religion (of which a vast majority would be adherents of Nestorianism). Perplexed by the arrival of the Bulgars from the far West, the Emperor himself appoints them to the central palace in Hanseong and personally addresses them welcome to the country. A series of gifts are given to the emissaries, including intricately made golden-plated jewelries and silk clothing, as well as one turtle-ship armed with naval artillery. While having no ambitions in Siberia, emissaries are sent to the Mongols offering a thousand ounces of gold in exchange for the annexation of that panhandle ( MOD RESPONSE ), which would be equivalent to 2.25 tonnes of silver.

Reserves in the peninsula

 * limestone – 110 billion tonnes
 * lignite – 16 billion tonnes
 * magnesite – 6 billion tonnes
 * iron ore – 5.02 billion tonnes
 * zinc – 21.588 mi tonnes
 * lead – 11.04 mi tonnes
 * anthracite coal – 5.9mi tonnes
 * uranium – 4mi tonnes
 * copper – 2.956 mi tonnes (equating to $18.98 billion)
 * barite – 2.1mi tonnes
 * gold – 2.04k tonnes of gold (equating to $86.2 billion)
 * '''silver – 4.58–6.58k tonnes (only $2.7–3.86 billion worth)
 * nickel – 36k tonnes (essential to creating copper alloy coinage)

TL plan

 * Point-of-divergence(s)
 * All of Cheoljong's children survive infancy, thus he has a heir upon his death in 1863
 * similar instances, foul play by the Andong Kim clan
 * Andong Kim clan plans Queen Cheorin (a member) to be regent for her adolescent son to secure power; Queen Sinjeong is murdered
 * Heungseon Daewongun does not secure power and his overtly isolationist policies are thwarted, Gojong never becomes King


 * as a result of the Opening of Japan in the 1850s, an extremely docile and mildly isolationist policy is enacted (based off the Canton system) restricting trade to Busan
 * there is noticeably less opposition to Catholicism as missionaries are allowed free access into the country (to avoid any reprisals from foreign European colonial powers)


 * 1860s, accidents involving foreign merchants trying to sail up the Han River eventually result in the Opening of Korea
 * Unequal treaties with the United States and France following consecutive punitive expeditions
 * as a result of preexisting foreign influence within Korea, Japan does not pursue its ambitions on the peninsula and does impose an unequal treaty


 * in the early 1870s, following the Meiji Restoration, the imperial court becomes increasingly polarized into a reformist and conservative faction
 * under pressure, the Constituition is drafted and the monarch's power is vastly restricted (effectively transitioning into a constitutional monarchy briefly)
 * due to the growing class of foreign-educated egalitarian yangban and easier imperial examination, the caste system is eventually discarded and abolished (but de facto social stratification remained)


 * eventually, the monarchy is overthrown by a Republican revolution (supported by the United States)
 * with the Qing just recovering from the Taiping Rebellion, they do not intervene
 * Korea severs tributary relationship with the Qing


 * Most of the provisional administration will be taken by former yangban officials (mainly military officers)


 * Korea begins a successful modernization attempt in the 1880s
 * Nationalist historiography will fuel irredentism in Manchuria


 * With Russian incursions in Manchuria, Korea will be coerced into collaboration with Japan to drive the Russians out of the Pacific (form some sort of bloc)


 * Sino–Japanese War is butterflied away
 * less Japanese influence over China
 * instead Taiwan is a concession given following the Boxer Rebellion
 * Korea will annex Jiandao, while be given special rights in southern Manchuria (including Dalian)


 * Russians will be defeated by joint–Japanese and Korean forces, with Japan receiving the northern half of Sakhalin
 * Manchuria will be partitioned with all of Liaoning (sans Port Arthur) and Jilin under Korean influence (later annexed), whilst Heilongjiang under Russian influence
 * late Heilongjiang will also succumb to Korea following Russian Civil War


 * First World War
 * Japan will still get German colonies in the Pacific
 * Korea will get German concessions in China


 * due to Manchu racial riots in the late 1910s, Korea will not interfere in Russian Civil War (while Japan will)
 * the Far East Republic will persist as a buffer state until negotiations in the early thirties


 * during the twenties, Korea will follow a mildly isolationist foreign policy, consolidating possessions in Manchuria


 * both will see liberalization due to the Roaring Twenties


 * during the thirties, Taishō democracy will persist while militarism would not gain as much influence


 * due to Chinese irredentism, Korea and Japan will oppose the Northern Campaign but due to the Open Door policy, will not intervene


 * with the 1931 Manchu Incident not occurring, Japan and Korea will remain instrumental members of the League of Nations (which survives albeit in a reformed state)
 * as a result, the Nanjing decade continues well under the thirties


 * the Second Sino–Japanese War will be butterflied away


 * due to increased development and the Sino–German alliance, China will enter the Second World War under the side of the Axis; overrunning over Indochina and eventually much of Manchuria as well
 * over time, Korea will occupy parts of northeast China while Japan will successfully liberate Indochina and the Philippines from Chinese occupation


 * following air raids and the nuclear bombing of a Chinese city (presumably in Fujian), China will surrender
 * while Chiang Kai-shek and his associates will be executed, the Republican government will nevertheless remain in-power


 * with the Soviets never gaining a foothold in China (but will annex Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia), the Chinese Communist Party will not gain massive support


 * China will continue to pursue an irredentist and isolationist foreign policy


 * apart from the Philippines, Western colonies in Indochina will not be given back to their colonial powers and instead constitute the members of a pan–Asian coalition (aka Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere)


 * as

First battle

 * Pre-war stage
 * Japan (defending)
 * Result – +80
 * Population – +50 (capped)
 * Location – -0
 * Government – +8 (Celestial Empire)
 * Technology – +7 (Tier II)
 * Economy – +15 (Tier IV)


 * Korea (attacking)
 * Result – +87
 * Population – +50 (capped)
 * Location – -0
 * Government – +7 (Absolute Monarchy)
 * Technology – +15 (Tier IV)
 * Economy – +15 (Tier IV)


 * Battle stage
 * Korea (attacking)
 * Result – +31.3
 * Army – +24 (80,000)
 * Navy – +15 (500 ships)
 * Location – -3.5
 * GG/GA/GL – N/A
 * Blunder – -4
 * Attrition – -0.5% (9; low-impact winter)


 * Japan (defending)
 * Result – +15
 * Army – +5 (15,000)
 * Location – +10
 * GG/GA/GL - N/A
 * Blunder – -0


 * Casualties
 * Korea
 * 80,000 * 0.1 = 8,000 casualties
 * 500 * 0.1 = 50 ships
 * Japan
 * 15,000 * 0.15 = 2,250 casualties


 * Final stage
 * Korea – +87
 * Sakha – 80 + (15 - 31.3) = +63.7

136.5% in-favour of Korea (Battle Tier I)

Second battle

 * Pre-war stage
 * Japan (defending)
 * Result – +80
 * Population – +50 (capped)
 * Location – -0
 * Government – +8 (Celestial Empire)
 * Technology – +7 (Tier II)
 * Economy – +15 (Tier IV)


 * Korea (attacking)
 * Result – +87
 * Population – +50 (capped)
 * Location – -0
 * Government – +7 (Absolute Monarchy)
 * Technology – +15 (Tier IV)
 * Economy – +15 (Tier IV)


 * Battle stage
 * Korea (attacking)
 * Result – +24.84
 * Army – +21.6 (72,000)
 * Navy – +13.5 (450 ships)
 * Location – -3.5
 * GG/GA/GL – N/A
 * Blunder – -4
 * Attrition – -10% (8; light winter)


 * Japan (defending)
 * Result – +12.7
 * Army – +3.7 (12,250)
 * Location – +10
 * GG/GA/GL - N/A
 * Blunder – -1


 * Casualties
 * Korea
 * 72,000 * 0.1 = 7,200 casualties
 * 450 * 0.1 = 45 ships
 * Japan
 * 15,000 * 0.15 = 1,838 casualties


 * Final stage
 * Korea – +87
 * Japan – 80 + (12.7 - 24.84) = 67.86

128.2% in-favour of Korea

128.2% + 136.5% = 264.7% (Battle Tier I)

Third battle

 * Pre-war stage
 * Japan (defending)
 * Result – +80
 * Population – +50 (capped)
 * Location – -0
 * Government – +8 (Celestial Empire)
 * Technology – +7 (Tier II)
 * Economy – +15 (Tier IV)


 * Korea (attacking)
 * Result – +87
 * Population – +50 (capped)
 * Location – -0
 * Government – +7 (Absolute Monarchy)
 * Technology – +15 (Tier IV)
 * Economy – +15 (Tier IV)


 * Battle stage
 * Korea (attacking)
 * Result – +20.32
 * Army – +19.44 (64,800)
 * Navy – +12.15 (405 ships)
 * Location – -3.5
 * GG/GA/GL – N/A
 * Blunder – -1
 * Attrition – -25% (3; moderate winter)


 * Japan (defending)
 * Result – +10.12
 * Army – +3.12 (10,412)
 * Location – +10
 * GG/GA/GL - N/A
 * Blunder – -3


 * Casualties
 * Korea
 * 64,800 * 0.06 = 3,888 casualties
 * 405 * 0.06 = 24 ships
 * Japan
 * 10,412 * 0.3 = 3,124 casualties


 * Final stage
 * Korea – +87
 * Japan – 80 + (10.12 - 20.32) = 69.8

124.6% in-favour of Korea

389.3% (Battle Tier II)