Japan
Tokugawa Ieyasu was dead. His son, Tokugawa Iomoto, was now Shogun. He inherited a Japan that, though still weak from its numerous civil wars, was united under one man's rule--his. The Tokugawa family had, through exploiting various opportunities during the Sengoku period, established its undisputed dictatorship of the islands not long ago. The Emperor, the only man who would have dared to stand up to the Shogun, was powerless, left in his palace with the Royal Family in Kyoto, but unable to leave and kept under the strictest guard by Tokugawa's own paid guards. Meanwhile, Tokugawa Iomoto was continuing his father's work of building a new capital, Tokyo, out of the small fishing village of Edo. The new capital would be located close to the center of the empire, so that the Shogun could be reached by the northern governors quicker and could more easily stamp out corruption throughout the island.
Japan's foreign policy was that there was none. His father had wisely closed Japan's borders to any and all foreigners, including trading ships, and even news from abroad was forbidden. Neither were any Japanese citizens allowed to leave Japanese-controlled territory. Japanese citizens who had been out of the country when Tokugawa Ieyasu gave his decree were stuck there, and all foreigners were expelled immediately (and, in some cases, with great complaint). Japan was, in a sense, closed off from the rest of the world.
However, this decision was allowing Japanese culture to flourish, as no foreign influences were able to seep into the country. Gunpowder had managed to get in during the Sengoku period, but Tokugawa had already banned its use, except in international warfare, and its private ownership. All gunpowder weapons were stored in the Shogun's armory in Kyoto, with the exception of some cannons, which were used in the coastal fortresses in Japan's harbors. Indeed, gunpowder was just about the only beneficial thing the Westerners had brought to the islands. Gold could have been another, but, as mentioned before, Japan's ports were closed to foreign influence. Plus, it would have been a two-edged sword that the Westerners could wield. If they let in too much foreign capital, it could create an economic dependence upon their money suppliers. Also, Tokugawa Ieyasu had seen that that European trade was, in most cases, soon followed by their military. Therefore the ports were closed. Iomoto was prepared to relax restricitons a little, by opening a single port to the Westerners but not allowing them to enter anywhere else, but that would have to wait until Japan had grown.
ORDERS
-Begin work on a project, the Capital City of Tokyo (increases infrastructure +1 every 10 turns). Invest 2 economy in it.
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