Firebug
Not-so Great Engineer
This thread will follow my development of Alternate History civilizations. They will likely not make sense, since the Alternate history explanations will likely be brief and not go deep into the depths of all the things that needed to happen and not happen.
I don't want any of that "it makes no sense, because THIS happened", since Alternate History requires a suspension of disbelief to happen. If THIS happened in reality, then it DIDN'T happen in my Alternate History.
Now thats done, lets take a look at my first Civs.
Divided Japan.
To be brief, in a situation where no Atomic Bomb was used, the Americans and Russians invade Japan in a devastating battle. In the end, Japan falls, the Emperor is overthrown and the nation is divided, similar to post-war Germany, into North and South Japan. Both of these civs are going to be massive stereotypes of Communist and Capitalist ideology.
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North Japan
Sanzo Nosaka
Sapporo
UA: Interests of the People - 50% of your Civilization's excess Happiness is added each turn to the amount of Culture that may be spent on Social Policies. - Keeping the population happy will make them more likely to accept the social reforms that North Japan is putting in place.
UU: Shunei - Has less combat strength then the Infantry it replaces but has a bonus while on or adjacent to a road or railroad. When stationed in a city it produces +1 happiness and +1 production in that city. - Shunei is the word for National Guard and it represents the defensive stance that North Japan takes.
UI: Transport Station
Unlocked at railroads and may only be built on road tiles, can't be built adjacent to each other. costs 1 maintenance. In addition to converting all adjacent roads to railroads, the transport station will generate +1 culture and production per each tile it converted, and will generate +1 of these yields if built on a city connection. - Represents the industrialisation and commercialisation of transport and infastructure in North Japan.
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South Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
Tokyo
UA: Yoshida Doctrine - Trade Routes sent to other civs that share an ideology increase Gold and Production yield in all you cities by 10% (max 50%). Gain one free Military unit when you enter a Declaration of Friendship, and an additional two when you enter a Defensive Pact. South Japan is heavily reliant on foreign policy to rebuild post-war Japan, focusing on economy rather the military, and relying on the US for military defense.
UU: Foreign Garrison - Available with the Freedom Ideology and purchasable with gold, has +10% combat strength while you have a Declaration of Friendship and an additional 10% combat strength while you have a Defensive Pact. - The US takes care of security and military defense in North Japan while it recovers. These are US soldiers stationed in Japan.
UB: Trade Complex - Replaces the Stock Exchange and its bonuses. Contains a Merchant specialist and increases gold from incoming trade by 3. Decreases the gold cost of purchasing units, buildings and tiles by 5% per incoming trade route. - Representing the skyscrapers and trade centers that would be inspired by western infastructure and architecture.
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As a general overview of the two nations -
North Japan - Peaceful isolationists. Attempting to rebuild Japan using social and economic reforms. Want full Japanese Sovereignty, believing the Americans to be too involved in Japan's business. Their isolationist style and communist views has led South Japan and America to view them as more of a threat then they are, despite the army being purely built for defense in fear that South Japan will try to stop their expansion.
South Japan - Led by a political party which is heavily relying on International trade and western influence to cause a miracle change in Japanese economy and make it stronger then before. Despite the fact the US is their only form of military defense, they say that they have full Sovereignty. The US have a strong military presence due to their fear of North Japan, since the Soviet Union was who put them in power.
But neither side is entirely innocent of being total *****s to each other.
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More to come, and ideas to be finalised, but i'm definetley excited to start this project.
I don't want any of that "it makes no sense, because THIS happened", since Alternate History requires a suspension of disbelief to happen. If THIS happened in reality, then it DIDN'T happen in my Alternate History.
Now thats done, lets take a look at my first Civs.
Divided Japan.
To be brief, in a situation where no Atomic Bomb was used, the Americans and Russians invade Japan in a devastating battle. In the end, Japan falls, the Emperor is overthrown and the nation is divided, similar to post-war Germany, into North and South Japan. Both of these civs are going to be massive stereotypes of Communist and Capitalist ideology.
- The Federal Republic of Japan in the south.
- The Liberal Party was put in power by the United States of America, Shigeru Yoshida was made leader with his pro-American and pro-British ideals and his knowledge of Western societies. This would lead the Liberal Party to last much longer than it did in reality.
- There is a Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and South Japan.
- The Liberal Party focused on rebuilding the economy after the devastating defeat in WW2, but the cooperation with American Occupation Forces allowed for them to focus entirely on growth as opposed to a military.
- Its territory is made up of Chūbu, Chūgoku, Kantō, Kansai, Kyushu, and Shikoku. - The People's Republic of Japan in the North.
- The Japanese Communist Party was put in power by the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China due to shared ideology and with Stalin's support Sanzo Nosaka was made leader.
- They did not advocate violence, and they wanted to achieve the complete restoration of Japanese Sovereignty. They want Japan to be neutral and non-aligned. Because of this the Soviet Union kept out of North Japan's affairs and avoided stationing military units for too long after helping put them in power.
-The JCP hope to one day unite Japan but through democracy, as opposed to a violent war.
- Its territory is made up of Tōhoku and Hokkaido.
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North Japan
Sanzo Nosaka
Sapporo
UA: Interests of the People - 50% of your Civilization's excess Happiness is added each turn to the amount of Culture that may be spent on Social Policies. - Keeping the population happy will make them more likely to accept the social reforms that North Japan is putting in place.
UU: Shunei - Has less combat strength then the Infantry it replaces but has a bonus while on or adjacent to a road or railroad. When stationed in a city it produces +1 happiness and +1 production in that city. - Shunei is the word for National Guard and it represents the defensive stance that North Japan takes.
UI: Transport Station
Unlocked at railroads and may only be built on road tiles, can't be built adjacent to each other. costs 1 maintenance. In addition to converting all adjacent roads to railroads, the transport station will generate +1 culture and production per each tile it converted, and will generate +1 of these yields if built on a city connection. - Represents the industrialisation and commercialisation of transport and infastructure in North Japan.
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South Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
Tokyo
UA: Yoshida Doctrine - Trade Routes sent to other civs that share an ideology increase Gold and Production yield in all you cities by 10% (max 50%). Gain one free Military unit when you enter a Declaration of Friendship, and an additional two when you enter a Defensive Pact. South Japan is heavily reliant on foreign policy to rebuild post-war Japan, focusing on economy rather the military, and relying on the US for military defense.
UU: Foreign Garrison - Available with the Freedom Ideology and purchasable with gold, has +10% combat strength while you have a Declaration of Friendship and an additional 10% combat strength while you have a Defensive Pact. - The US takes care of security and military defense in North Japan while it recovers. These are US soldiers stationed in Japan.
UB: Trade Complex - Replaces the Stock Exchange and its bonuses. Contains a Merchant specialist and increases gold from incoming trade by 3. Decreases the gold cost of purchasing units, buildings and tiles by 5% per incoming trade route. - Representing the skyscrapers and trade centers that would be inspired by western infastructure and architecture.
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As a general overview of the two nations -
North Japan - Peaceful isolationists. Attempting to rebuild Japan using social and economic reforms. Want full Japanese Sovereignty, believing the Americans to be too involved in Japan's business. Their isolationist style and communist views has led South Japan and America to view them as more of a threat then they are, despite the army being purely built for defense in fear that South Japan will try to stop their expansion.
South Japan - Led by a political party which is heavily relying on International trade and western influence to cause a miracle change in Japanese economy and make it stronger then before. Despite the fact the US is their only form of military defense, they say that they have full Sovereignty. The US have a strong military presence due to their fear of North Japan, since the Soviet Union was who put them in power.
But neither side is entirely innocent of being total *****s to each other.
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More to come, and ideas to be finalised, but i'm definetley excited to start this project.