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[b]Name:[/b] Empire of Japan.
[b]Government Ideology:[/b] Imperialism/Fascism.
[b]Leader:[/b] Hirohito
[b]Rough Population:[/b] Approx. 65 million.
[b]Capital:[/b] Tokyo.
[b]History of Your Nation since start of Great Depression:[/b]
Japan's economy survived the Great Crash due to the policies and reforms put in place by Takahasi Korekiyo. As both head of the Bank of Japan and finance minister, Korekiyos sweeping reforms led to the abandonment of the gold standard, mass lowering of interest rates and controversially, cuts to government spending on the military. While saving the Japanese economy, Korekiyo's reforms turned more than few heads in the military, who plotted his demise after the loss of Korea and Taiwan to Chinese forces and the well-publicised seppuku of General Masato.

Korekiyo met his maker at the end of a katana in his summer home in Nagasaki in early 1936 and the uneasy alliance between civilian and military government continued. His successor has proven to be much more conservative in cuts to the military and inflation has begun growing at a steady rate. Despite losing their oldest territories, many still remain. The South Pacific Mandate, bestowed upon Japan by the League of Nations after the First World War, remains under Japanese control, as does the puppet state of Manchuko, cut off from Japan but still very much falling under their sphere of influence. While an interest remains in retaking lost territory, the Japanese have set their sights on the wider Pacific Ocean. The wealth of the Dutch East Indies, the agricultural potential of the Phillipines and the crucial natural harbours in Hawaii have long interested the Japanese and calls for their freedom from western control have grown louder since the revolutions in 1935. 

Emperor Hirohito, a puppet to his own Diet, is revered as a god to his own people and this has led to an easy control of Japanese citizens by the government. The Emperors speeches have become increasingly militaristic in the last year as he hopes to rile his people and regain the honour lost in the humiliating wars with the Chinese.

Manchuko, which currently lies isolated between Russia and the Third Chinese Republic, has become infamous for alleged biological testing on captured Chinese soldiers and Japanese control on daily life. The client state, which was firmly declared as under Japanese protection following the short Sino-Japanese War of 1935, lies in a state of uncertainty and fear. The Kangde Emperor, Puyi, resents the Japanisation of Manchuria and a series of operations in Manchuko are currently underway to reign in the reluctant emperor. 

[b]Current territory:[/b]
Japan, [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pacific_Mandate]South Pacific Mandate[/url], Manchukuo/Manchuria (client state). 
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