Japan (Surrender at Saratoga)

Japan (Japanese: 日本国) is an isolationist located in eastern Asia. It is the 10th most populated nation in the world, with a large population of 126,860,000 people distributed fairly evenly across the country. Despite its isolationist nature Japan is a large hub for the production of both electronics and weapons, being arguably one of the most technologically adept nations in the world. Japan has a severe lack in trade partners however, due to their isolationist government - goods in Japan can only be traded in the port of Dejima, a former Dutch port leased to Japan after the Treaty of Dejima.

Japan has had a very long military history - today having the second largest military in the world. The Japanese army is well armed with mass-produced guns, and they are one of the few nations in the world to still use swords - giving them the best capability for close-range combat in the world. Japan also has one of the largest navies in the world as well, with a long tradition of shipbuilding - however, though, Japan has a mediocre air force at best.

History
See main article: History of Japan For the longest time, being an archipelago isolated from the Asian mainland, the nation of Japan had been for a long time isolated. The rise of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan only furthered this isolation with the creation of the, a decree by intended to eliminate foreign influence, enforced by strict government rules and regulations to impose these ideas. Only one port in Japan was open to foreign trade - Dejima, which was technically owned by the Dutch - only they and the Chinese could use it. Fortunately, as a result of this, the Japanese were able to research Dutch technology, allowing them to modernize more quickly than any other country in Asia.

Despite their isolation, Japan has been forced to take part in numerous foreign conflicts but never joined them unless attacked first or it could further their territorial ambitions. The most notable of these conflicts was the War of the Pacific, an international crisis fought between numerous Asian countries in the early 1900s - which Japan joined after the Chinese Empire bombed Okinawa, one of Japan's few allies and trading partners. After five years of war, China surrendered and