From the journals of Ryo Rida, the fourth president of the United Federation of Japan:
October 9, Year 24 of our glorious Federation.
Ah, my journal. What a comfort it has been for these past 6 years. Alas, it comes to an end. The new elections have begun, and as I feared, Chi Tatakau has been elected. Already he has announced his plans to annex the island of Taiwan into our Federation, although perhaps annex is too strong a term. The Taiwanese themselves have come to us asking to join us, and we have gratefully accepted. They do not have much to offer, but it is something, and more is always welcome.
In our tradition, the forthcoming president gets one order in before actually becoming the official president. Today, albeit not reluctantly, he and I jointly signed a plan to mobilize many troops, in case of need for battle. This will be done, and for once, I actually agree with Chi that we need to prepare for any eventualities. Manchuria has placed Siberia and Korea under their control, and we see this as an overtly aggressive fear tactic. This is why we have mobilized our troops, as a precaution.
Secretly, I have ordered my scientists and contractors to begin work on a "superweapon", something that would be able to keep the peace, just by its being mentioned.
Ah, back to Taiwan for a moment. I met with their leader, and he promised to talk with the Dreagonsong people about our wonderful new partnership -- he confided partnership with an exaggerated wink. I must get to talking with their leader sometime soon as well.
I have also sent a communication to Manchuria asking them for their reasoning behind their aggressive moves. Perhaps some mutual understanding can be made.
At the same time I did that, I also sent out a global communication looking for trade. Perhaps more countries, besides the Egyptians and the Greeks, will be interested in trade.
This is my final entry into the presidential journal.
It has been a great tradition of the presidents so far to write these journals, in the hopes that historians of later years will read them, and understand the great, yet welcome, burden upon being the leader of such a wonderful country.
As always, yours faithfully,
Ryo Rida, Fourth President of the United Federation of Japan
53 LPs
Annex Taiwan -- 30 LPs 23 LPs left
20 LPs into Divisions 3 LPs left
3 LPs into T1 Superweapon
Claims:
To: Manchuria
What is your reasoning for your taking Siberia and Korea under your wing?
To: All Known Countries
Would anyone be interested in trade?
(Is my RPing any good? Are ya'll enjoying the presidential journals?)