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==Politics==
===National Spirits===
'''Parties and Factions'''▼
''See also: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Guangdong National Spirits]]''
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!National Spirit
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|[[File:Idea GNG between two worlds.png|64px]] <span style="color:yellow">Between Two Worlds</span>
|As a nominally independent state serving as a de facto economic appendage of Japan, Guangdong is a geopolitical accident - and its people and government suffer from an identity crisis as a result. With a majority Chinese population ruled by a small class of Japanese expatriates, and a small (but growing) group of Cantonese-Japanese residents after over a decade of colonial rule, the people of Guangdong have little attachment to Guangdong as a political concept - but neither are they keen to bow to the will of Nanjing or Tokyo.
Guangdong is caught between two worlds, born of two cultures and accepted by neither. Only time will tell what Guangdong becomes, even as China and Japan go their separate ways.
|Stability: <span style="color:lightcoral">-20.00%</span><br/>War Support: <span style="color:lightcoral">-20.00%</span><br/>Daily Political Power Gain: <span style="color:lightcoral">-0.10</span><br/><span style="color:lightcoral">Cannot train units, disband units, or edit unit templates.</span>
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|[[File:Idea GNG corruption the finest money can buy.png|64px]] <span style="color:yellow">Culture of Corruption - The Finest Money Can Buy</span>
|A historic inclination towards small - some might say meager - government, massive volumes of financial transactions, and loose oversight have all contributed to turn Guangdong's government into a breeding ground for corruption and graft. The temptation to accept 'tea money' is a universal one, and makes the business of government far more difficult to conduct as extra effort and funding is needed to make sure directives are processed.
|Monthly Corruption Gain: <span style="color:lightcoral">+0.90%</span><br/>Impact on Real GDP: <span style="color:lightcoral">-0.25%</span><br/>Republic of China Opinion Cap: <span style="color:lightcoral">-5.00%</span>
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|[[File:Idea GNG security pervasive kenpeitai networks.png|64px]] <span style="color:yellow">Pervasive Kenpeitai Networks</span>
|Ever since Guangdong's establishment, the Kenpeitai have played an outsize role in providing security and intelligence services - often eclipsing Guangdong's small and underfunded local police. Many locals view the Guangdong Police Force as little more than the glorified auxiliaries to the Japanese military garrison and its intelligence apparatus, enforcers of a clear ethnic hierarchy in Guangdong that pervades nearly all aspects of life.
|Chinese/Zhujin Government Support Cap: <span style="color:lightcoral">-20.00%</span><br/>Republic of China Opinion Cap: <span style="color:lightcoral">-30.00%</span><br/>Police State Control Cap: <span style="color:lightcoral">-60.00%</span>
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|[[File:Idea GNG fiscal sound.png|64px]] <span style="color:yellow">Fiscal Health - Sound</span>
|"The Chief Executive's doing a damn good job keeping Guangdong's money under control I daresay; most impressive work. Nowhere else I'd want to put my money in than Guangdong." This is the kind of praise that comes out of the average investor's mouth when he is asked about the fiscal health of Guangdong.
Our fiscal situation is sound. Debt levels are contained, the budget is balanced, and things are generally going well.
|Inflation Rate: <span style="color:palegreen">-0.250%</span><br/>Political Power Gain: <span style="color:palegreen">+15.00%</span><br/>Credit Rating: <span style="color:yellow">8.00</span>
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''In-Game descriptions of individual mechanics, further information can be found in the respective subpages.''
===[[File:LegCo Icon.png|40px]] The Legislative Council===
[[File:Guangdong LegCo Start.png|320px|thumb|right|Composition of the Legislative Council at the start of 1962|link=]]
''Main article: [[
Inside [[File:Suzuki small icon.png|20px]]<span style="color:salmon">Guangdong's state of corporations</span>, something resembling a democratic Parliament akin to the ones in Japan and Britain exist. Though these seats are not elected, rather they comprise <span style="color:yellow">100 of the most important businessmen in Guangdong</span>. These businessmen are the ones who vote on the <span style="color:yellow">ordinances of Guangdong</span>, which dictate policy and the future direction of Guangdong. The businessmen flock to where it is most profitable to be, and their votes and loyalty are traded as currency by the different presidents of the main companies of <span style="color:salmon">Guangdong</span>, or are in some cases <span style="color:salmon">bought away to change the dynamics of the Council</span>.
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===[[File:GNG Suzuki Succession.png|40px]] Suzuki's Succession===
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Suzuki's Succession
====The Next Chief Executive====
With [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">Suzuki</span>'s disappearance and [[File:Yasuda small icon.png|20px]]<span style="color:yellow">Yasuda</span>'s collapse into ignominy, <span style="color:yellow">Matsuzawa Takuji</span> has become Chief Executive - <span style="color:red">a poisoned chalice</span> thrust upon him by the <span style="color:yellow">three remaining Tycoons</span> of Guangdong. They - <span style="color:red">Morita Akio,</span> <span style="color:deepskyblue">Ibuka Masaru,</span> and <span style="color:gainsboro">Matsushita Masaharu</span> - know that when the dust settles, they are most likely to be chosen to fill the vacant <span style="color:paleturquoise">Chief Executive</span>'s seat, and that the race to succeed <span style="color:yellow">Matsuzawa</span> has already begun. With each filling a role in <span style="color:yellow">Matsuzawa</span>'s Executive Council, the decisions Matsuzawa makes will be critical in deciding who gets the all-important nomination by the [[File:LegCo Small Icon.png]] <span style="color:salmon">Legislative Council...</span>
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===[[File:Guangdong Regions Icon.png|40px]] Regions of Guangdong===
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Regions of Guangdong
Between the Chinese Mainland and the South China Sea lies Guangdong, an artificial state with an artificial culture and identity. In this hot pot of Chinese and Japanese culture lies the three main ethnic groups, the [[File:Guangdong Chinese Icon.png|20px]] <span style="color:royalblue">Chinese</span>, the [[File:Guangdong Zhujin Icon.png|20px]] <span style="color:mediumvioletred">Zhujin</span>, and the [[File:Guangdong Japanese Icon.png|20px]] <span style="color:darkred">Japanese</span>, who in <span style="color:yellow">each state</span> have their own approval of our government. Each of these ethnic groups represent steps in the Cantonese societal ladder, and their support or lack thereof can <span style="color:palegreen">make</span> or <span style="color:lightcoral">break</span> the finances and stability of the [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]] <span style="color:salmon">State of Guangdong</span>.
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===[[File:Three Evils Guangdong Icon.png|40px]] Three Evils of Guangdong===
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Three Evils of Guangdong
Even if the <span style="color:paleturquoise">Chief Executive</span> sits atop the food chain in Guangdong, there are <span style="color:red">three things</span> that conspire to throw a wrench in their plan. Two that are outside the <span style="color:paleturquoise">Chief Executive</span>'s direct control - and one that <span style="color:lightcoral">suffuses everything in Guangdong</span>, formless but undeniably present.
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===[[File:RnD Guangdong Icon.png|40px]] The Product Cycle===
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|The Product Cycle
If one were to see the companies of Guangdong as fierce warriors vying for each other's heads, then the <span style="color:skyblue">annual Product Launch</span> would be their dueling ground; their prized <span style="color:limegreen">electronics</span>, sharp-edged katanas to land the fatal blow.
The path to woo the [[File:LegCo Small Icon.png]] <span style="color:salmon">Legislative Council</span> with state-of-the-art products is fraught with intricacies. For the successful launch of each and every product two factors are indispensable: <span style="color:orange">quality control</span> and <span style="color:deepskyblue">advertising</span>. [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:gold">Product Quality</span> anchors the trust of investors in our endeavors, while <span style="color:deepskyblue">sufficient advertisement</span> accumulates consumer interest from targeted as well as potential markets.
It is through <span style="color:limegreen">a steady stream of successful launches</span> that Guangdong shall maintain its financial prestige, and contribute our part to the <span style="color:red">Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere's</span> global power projection, both soft and hard. But even if product manufacturing lies dormant <span style="color:skyblue">technology does not</span> - for our brightest engineers and researchers across the Three Pearls shall toil day in and day out for the <span style="color:palegreen">constant perfection of our releases and the optimization of state apparatus</span>.
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A Product Cycle typically lasts <span style="color:yellow">100 days</span>, after which our creation will be put to the test in the murky waters of capital, depending on how well both <span style="color:orange">the quality</span> and the <span style="color:deepskyblue">popularity is</span>. Release a product of <span style="color:yellow">immense quality and popularity</span>, and watch the political clout of its parent company skyrocket; release an <span style="color:red">inferior</span> product, however, and everything might come crashing down...
===[[File:PTRG Icon.png|40px]] The Product Testing Research Group===
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|The Product Testing
<span style="color:salmon">The Chief Executive</span> has a vision, one where [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">Guangdong</span> is a <span style="color:deepskyblue">forerunner in the field of modern military arms development</span>.
In order to gather the <span style="color:yellow">much needed testing information</span> for producing a [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:gold">greater</span>, and more [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:mediumvioletred">profitable product</span>, different objectives here must be completed by the <span style="color:yellow">Product Testing Research Group's field division</span> whilst deployed in conflicts to aid <span style="color:red">the Co-Prosperity Sphere</span>.
The more of these objectives are <span style="color:limegreen">completed</span> when the crisis ends, or the team withdraws, the <span style="color:orange">higher quality</span> a final product we will receive, and we will yield a larger <span style="color:mediumvioletred">profit margin</span> from selling our plans.
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===[[File:Miracle Pearl River Icon.png|40px]] Miracle on the Pearl River===
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Miracle on the Pearl River
[[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">The State of Guangdong</span> was carved out of the [[File:GNG chinese nation small icon.png]]<span style="color:dodgerblue">Republic of China</span> with one express purpose in mind: Using <span style="color:darkred">Japanese engineering supremacy</span> to create wealth benefitting both the <span style="color:red">Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere</span> and investors back in [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]]<span style="color:saddlebrown">Tokyo</span>. The thousands of investors who each day analyse [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">Guangdong's economic performance</span> from the comfort of the <span style="color:saddlebrown">Tokyo Stock Exchange</span> however, <span style="color:lightcoral">demand returns on investment</span>.
Each year, [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">Guangdong's economic performance</span> in form of pure <span style="color:palegreen">GDP</span> will be evaluated, to see if economic growth has <span style="color:yellow">reached the goal set the year prior</span>. The <span style="color:salmon">State</span> derives much of its legitimacy from these evaluations, therefore they maintain great relevancy for the composition of the [[File:LegCo Small Icon.png]] <span style="color:salmon">Legislative Council</span>, [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]]<span style="color:saddlebrown">Japanese Approval</span>, and the <span style="color:mediumvioletred">demo</span><span style="color:royalblue">grap</span><span style="color:darkred">hics</span> of [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">Guangdong</span>. The eventual goal is for [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">Guangdong</span> to overtake [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]]<span style="color:saddlebrown">Japan's favorite subject</span> headquartered in <span style="color:
However, while <span style="color:palegreen">growth</span> and <span style="color:palegreen">raw economic output</span> remains <span style="color:yellow">paramount</span>, maintaining a balanced sheet is tantamount to <span style="color:yellow">upholding investor trust</span>. Should our <span style="color:lightcoral">debt-to-GDP</span> spiral upwards, our <span style="color:yellow">credit rating</span> would <span style="color:lightcoral">take a hit</span>, [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]]<span style="color:saddlebrown">Japan</span> would be growing more displeased, our [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:yellow">political capital</span> would be <span style="color:lightcoral">reduced</span>, and trust in [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">Guangdong's</span> markets would decrease, leading to an <span style="color:lightcoral">increase</span> in <span style="color:lightcoral">inflation</span>.
Therefore, keeping <span style="color:yellow">our spending</span> and <span style="color:lightcoral">debt</span> in control is of <span style="color:yellow">great importance</span> for maintaining the <span style="color:chocolate">Miracle on the Pearl River</span>.
===[[File:Guangdong Riots Icon.png|40px]] The Guangdong Riots===
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|The Guangdong Riots
<span style="color:firebrick">Two decades of oppression. Boiling ethnic tensions. A society built on exploitation of the weak.</span> These are the things the [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:chocolate">Rioters</span> have been facing in the [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">State of Guangdong</span>, and what they are demanding to end.
In their attempt to destroy the <span style="color:firebrick">Pan-Asian</span> <span style="color:salmon">Corporate Experiment</span>, the [[File:Guangdong Chinese Icon.png|20px]] <span style="color:royalblue">Chinese</span> have organized under the [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:firebrick">Committee of Chinese Labor</span>, while the [[File:Guangdong Zhujin Icon.png|20px]] <span style="color:mediumvioletred">Zhujin</span> stand under the [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:springgreen">Guangdong Federation of Tradesmen</span>. The severity of their actions depend on [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:darkred">strength</span> and [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:red">radicalism</span>, where if these two spiral out of control, <span style="color:red">who knows what will happen to the State?</span>
If <span style="color:salmon">the Chief Executive</span> is to [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">save Guangdong</span>, he must subjugate these two groups, either by <span style="color:lightcoral">force</span> or by <span style="color:limegreen">negotiation</span>. To do either, the <span style="color:salmon">State</span> must take sufficient measures to curb the groups' [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:darkred">strength</span> and [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:red">radicalism</span>. Yet time is a limited resource, as the [[File:LegCo Small Icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">LegCo</span> grows ever more [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:coral">desperate and irrational</span>, and the [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]<span style="color:saddlebrown">Japanese grow ever more frustrated</span>, as long as the <span style="color:firebrick">streets of Guangdong are ablaze</span>.
==Country Paths==
''In-Game descriptions of individual paths, further information can be found in the respective subpages.''
===[[File:Matsushita_Icon.png|40px]] Matsushita===
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Paths)|The Ascendant Heir
The Legislative Council has voted to elect <span style="color:darkgray">Matsushita Masaharu</span> of [[File:Matsushita small icon.png]]<span style="color:gainsboro">Matsushita Electric</span> as the new Chief Executive of Guangdong. Representing a middle ground between Guangdong's <span style="color:mediumvioletred">reformists</span> and <span style="color:red">corporate hardliners</span>, <span style="color:darkgray">Matsushita</span> promises and administration guided by tempered reform and economic expansion. However, <span style="color:darkgray">Matsushita</span> is neither an engineer nor a salesman, making him something of an outsider among Guangdong's <span style="color:red">ruling class</span>. Whether this will prove his <span style="color:darkred">undoing</span> , or rather the greatest <span style="color:palegreen">opportunity</span> to prove himself yet, remains to be seen.
===[[File:Sony_Icon.png|40px]] Sony===
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Paths)|The Gadgeteer of Guangdong
The Legislative Council has voted to elect <span style="color:tan">Morita Akio</span> of [[File:Sony small icon.png]]<span style="color:red">Sony Corporation</span> as the new Chief Executive of Guangdong. A voice of <span style="color:mediumvioletred">reform</span> on the Pearl Delta, <span style="color:tan">Morita</span> is a champion of Guandong's <span style="color:yellow">Cantonese</span>-<span style="color:red">Japanese</span> <span style="color:mediumvioletred">Zhujin</span> class, and will seek to improve the status of the state's <span style="color:yellow">native population</span>. However, <span style="color:tan">Morita's</span> new administration is not without its opponents, especially from Guangdong's <span style="color:red">Japanese elite</span> and <span style="color:red">corporate hardliners</span>, embodied by <span style="color:tan">Morita's</span> former business partner Ibuka Masaru.
===[[File:Fujitsu_Icon.png|40px]] Fujitsu===
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Paths)|The Silicon Visionary
The Legislative Council has voted to elect <span style="color:darkgray">Ibuka Masaru</span> of [[File:Fujitsu small icon.png]]<span style="color:deepskyblue">Fujitsu Limited</span> as the new Chief Executive of Guangdong. A brilliant engineer and key figure among Guandong's <span style="color:red">corporate hardliners</span>. <span style="color:darkgray">Ibuka</span> seeks to build a meritocratic, technocratic state, free to pursue technological innovation free of restraint. This digitized vision of the future, however, does not include much regard for Guangdong's <span style="color:yellow">native population</span>, and <span style="color:darkgray">Ibuka's</span> opposition to reform is sure to draw ire, especially from his former business partner <span style="color:tan">Morita Akio</span>. But <span style="color:darkgray">Ibuka</span> is no stranger to emnity, and Guangdong will bend to his will, one way or another. <span style="color:deepskyblue">For the Pearl Delta is but a canvas, and Ibuka Masaru hold the brush.</span>
===[[File:Hitachi_Icon.png|40px]] Hitachi===
''Main article: [[
One singular night. In the space of six hours, the course of South Chinese history has been changed <span style="color:lightcoral">forever</span>. What months of preparation, planning and deals has culminated in, Komai has executed in one, final masterstroke. The Big Four Corporations in [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]<span style="color:salmon">Guangdong</span> lie shattered, their leaders in limbo of what their place in <span style="color:tan">Komai's</span> new order shall be, and [[File:Hitachi small icon.png]]<span style="color:tan">Hitachi</span> rules as its maestro, its leader, its God.
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