My Sweden post is old men bickering so far... Exciting!
Pepperm1nts said
Aaron doesn't know what's happening anywhere outside of Asia, anyway.
Dinh AaronMk said
North Korea is a member of the Third International, under which they get protection from China - and really anyone else in it - as well as a more international stage for dialog in and representation to front, debate, and decide the larger policy of the Comintern. Within this is also economic partnership and access to the Chinese Space and Science ministry (which I should work on bringing up in the near-future).I imagine they'd be annoyed that they didn't get all of Chosun from Japan in '71/'72. But they're not really a power capable of arguing the point real well or who can take on the entire Japanese Empire (which is open).South Korea is in effect an overseas territory of the greater Japanese Empire and not a wholly independent nation in the same way North Korea is. So if you wanted to play as Second-Best Korea you'd probably need to do some sort of independence movement.Per Iso: Welcome back.
Dinh AaronMk said
It's mostly because I got two different messages from Veo and Vilage and I don't know which one is which. One minute we have Isreal and Palestine and the next Veo's hawing over super-Syria and Jordan and I don't know what's going on.
Isotope said
Eh, not sure why North Korea would rebel.Frankly in a rather strange flip it seems like North Korea might be doing better than South Korea, it having a large base of support from the entire third international and South Korea being little more than a colonial possession.Of course Aaron would know more than me.
Vilageidiotx said
Lets face it though, North Korea would have very little to do. They are kind of beholden to the Chinese. Maybe not de-jure, but certainly de-facto.
Alfhedil said
I was under the impression from the lore summaries that North Korea was already independent, albeit in pacts and economic treaties with the Chinese. Granted, there really isn't much about the Koreas in the lore summaries, so I'm kind of working with what I'm being presented here.
Pepperm1nts said
I think this is true. They're not a part of China, just heavily influenced by them. Either way, I don't think a rebellion to get out of the Chinese sphere of influence would go very well. Not to mention that, given how much support they get from the Comintern, I doubt they'd want to get out of it and go back to being on their own in a region almost completely dominated by China and the Comintern. A rebellion in South Korea might make a bit more sense, but you'd still be in a bad spot. Because in the end, even if you somehow succeed, you'll be sitting between China and the Comintern, and the Japanese Empire.
Dinh AaronMk said
North Korea is a member of the Third International, under which they get protection from China - and really anyone else in it - as well as a more international stage for dialog in and representation to front, debate, and decide the larger policy of the Comintern. Within this is also economic partnership and access to the Chinese Space and Science ministry (which I should work on bringing up in the near-future).I imagine they'd be annoyed that they didn't get all of Chosun from Japan in '71/'72. But they're not really a power capable of arguing the point real well or who can take on the entire Japanese Empire (which is open).South Korea is in effect an overseas territory of the greater Japanese Empire and not a wholly independent nation in the same way North Korea is. So if you wanted to play as Second-Best Korea you'd probably need to do some sort of independence movement.