[quote=@Lady Lascivious]
[@Pagemaster] 
Precisely. I figured we'd set the bar pretty low already, thus my version of Japan here would slot in just fine. Ultimately, I think there are some double standards at play here. 
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Please don't accuse me of pursuing a double standard to benefit myself. I genuinely thought that my take on Muhammad Ali's Egypt was perfectly plausible, more plausible than a female peasant leader taking over Japan with no support from the elites or the Emperor using his moral authority against her and modernizing the country. If it isn't, I apologize, but I already brought forth evidence that my alternate history was at least at the outer edges of plausibility.

Nevertheless, if the premise of the RP is irreparably implausible and proven to be so, then I will drop my argument. As it is, however, I already gave you my counterargument and it hasn't been disproved yet.