[quote=@ClocktowerEchos]
Wait shit... I might have to redo claims.

I'm using a long ass heat wave as an excuse that caused Fuso's people to be a bit... [i]less layered[/i]

Don't think less layers and cold weather go well.

EDIT: Actually... I might just make my own race to put in as an excuse... hmm... decisions, decisions
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Across the Ceres sea is a smaller archipelago (although being a tiny bit closer to the equator makes it relatively bigger compared to what you have now) and two peninsulas that might be better suited for you. I get what you're going for with the all-island nation, but at some points (the conquest of Manchuria and surely a few other times throughout history) Japan has had significant mainland holdings.

Alternatively you could rob Willy of that one colony on the island chain off the smaller continent.