Military Governorate of Shonan-Marai
The Military Governorate of Shonan-Marai, also referred to as Shonan-Marai Gunseibu, is a country in south-east Asia. It is a Japanese overseas territory administrated ruthlessly by the 25th Army. The Governorate is a member of the Co-Prosperity Sphere, bordering Thailand to the north.
ショナンマライ軍政部 Shonan-Marai Gunseibu | |
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Flag of the Governorate | |
Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Army TAG = SHO | |
Capital | Syônan-tô |
Ruling Party | 25th Army Headquarters |
Head of State | Yamamoto Moichirō |
Head of Government | Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III (In Exile) |
Sphere | Co-Prosperity Sphere |
Foreign Alignment | Fully Dependent Member of the Co-Prosperity Sphere |
GDP | $1.04B |
Credit Rating | Good |
Market Type | Planned Economy |
It starts the game at war with the Communist partisans of the UMAJF controlling a chunk of the Governorate's claimed north-west territory. This conflict develops in to the Malayan Emergency becoming one of the earliest conflicts of the Cold War.
History
The 25th Army, under the leadership of General Tomoyuki Yamashita and his deputies, stormed through the Malayan Peninsula, with bicycles, tanks and infantry. With running battles against the British Indian Army, Australians and British personnel, it would result in one of Britain's crushing defeats in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War, with the surrender at Singapore.
Subsequently, the 25th Army was stationed in the Malayan Peninsula, set to garrison the Empire of Japan's newly conquered territory, where they stayed for the next 20 years. It was during these 20 years that the 25th Army slowly grew lax in it's garrisoning duties, as well as having manpower chipped away by the guerilla war, resulting in their ranks mostly bolstered by Malayan collaborators.
On paper, the 25th Army is supposed to be one of the most elite units in the Sphere, guarding the strategic Straits of Malacca and the resources of Malaya. However, the constant attrition with the guerrillas have depleted its manpower and equipment. To make up for this, Shonan conscripts any abled person to compensate for the 25th's ineffeciency and form a marginally more competent fighting force.
To Japan, keeping control of Malaya has been a massive money sink, with the 25th Army unable to put the UMAJF rebels down for good. However, they can never leave the country because its resources are vital to the Sphere and Shonan-to must be protected at all costs.
National Spirits
The Shonan-Marai Gunseibu starts out with the following National Spirits
Name | In Game Description | Effects |
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Home of the 25th Army | The 25th, the proud upholders of Shonan!
On paper, at least. In pratice, the 25th is nothing but a shell of its former self, the 10 years of constant fighting back and forth with the rebels have whittled the once proud army into an undermanned, underfed, and underequipped force. What keeps it going, is the supplies from Japan itself, and the weariness of their enemies. For good or bad, the 25th needs to win, as another loss will be the final nail in its coffin. |
Division Speed: -20.00%
Division Organization: -10.0% Surrender Limit: +100.00% Division Attack: -20.0% |
A Divided Collaboration Network | The long decade of conflict with the Malayan rebels left our network of allies, stretched thin as it started, even more radicalized, and torn apart. Informants we could trust turned as double agents, and individuals thought neutral at best turned into rebellion sympathizers. Not to say of our own "loyal" collaborators, transparent in their desire for personal power. Even so, it is what we have, and what Yamamoto will work with, for good or bad. | Daily Political Power Gain: -0.30
Stability: -15.00% |
Bounty of the Rising Sun | Shonan's position as a satellite state of Japan has led to many things both politically and economically, but a prominent example of the latter is economic dominantion by the Japanese conglomerates known as Zaibatsu. The Zaibatsu' poor Malayan labourers work with inhumane conditions for long hours and little to no pay, effectively creating a system of slavery. Malaya has the potential to shine as brightly as the star of the Co-Prosperity Sphere, all we need is crush the rebellions once and for all. | Daily Political Power Gain: -0.20
Construction Speed: +15.00% Production Efficiency Growth: +10.00% |
Marai Giyugun Auxiliaries | Local militia, sympathizers to our regime and Pan-Asianism still exist through Malaya, fighting against the perverse rebels and their western masters. While, in an ideal situation, their work would be rewarded with a nod, and not much more of it, the 25th's decrepit state means whatever fully abled person able to take a gunn and fight is more than welcome. | Non-core Manpower: +3.00%
Recruitable Population Factor: 1% Supply Consumption: -10.0% Army Organization Regain: -3.00% |
Trivia
The Shonan-Marai Administration also originally owned North Borneo before it was given to the North Borneo Military Administration. This nation was eventually turned into its current state in the Toolbox Theory Update.
Prior to this update, Malaya was originally under the total control of a Japanese colonial government known as the Federation of Syonan led by Sultan Ibrahim of Johor, a Japanese collaborator who served as a Puppet King to them.
He would have later passed from natural causes and be replaced by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III, whom would enact reforms to turn Malaya into a Conservative Democracy led by Tunku Abdul Rahman.