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===Country Overview=== |
===Country Overview=== |
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Carved out from the |
Carved out from the {{color|dodgerblue|Republic of China}} as an independent state by Japanese fiat in the Kanton Protocols of 1950, the {{color|salmon|State of Guangdong}} is an experiment unlike any other in history: an artificial nation dedicated solely to corporate colonialism. Where the {{color|saddlebrown|Empire of Japan's}} other conquests in Asia - even its most artificial child, the {{color|darkorange|Empire of Manchuria}} - pay lip service to the {{color|red|Co-Prosperity Sphere}}'s vision of Pan-Asianism, Guangdong stands alone in its devotion to the yen under the whim of its {{color|yellow|Four Companies}} - {{color|red|Sony}}, {{color|gainsboro|Matsushita Electric}}, {{color|deepskyblue|Fujitsu}}, and {{color|yellow|Yasuda}}. Through a combination of neglect from Tokyo and the reckless ambition of its tycoons, Guangdong has become a place in the Sphere where pretenses fall away in favor of naked greed and the pursuit of profit. But all is not well inside the world's only bastion of unchecked capitalism. |
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The native {{color|royalblue|Chinese}} population toils endlessly in the factories of the Three Pearls of Guangdong - Kōshu (Guangzhou), Honkon (Hong Kong), and Makao (Macau) - while receiving none of the benefits accruing to the {{color|darkred|Japanese industrialists and expatriates}} that oversee their corporate exclave. Between them, the {{color|mediumvioletred|Zhujin}} - educated professionals and businessmen, fluent in Japanese but local to Guangdong - both serve and benefit from Guangdong's economic order, a middle class decried as collaborators by the {{color|royalblue|Chinese}} and seen as useful proxies by the {{color|darkred|Japanese expatriates}}. {{color|red|Crime and corruption}} are widespread, with the {{color|limegreen|Triads}} and {{color|mediumvioletred|Yakuza}} vying for control over the web of vice that sprawls across Guangdong's underground, in defiance of an undermanned {{color|cornflowerblue|Guangdong Police Force}} and an uncaring {{color|darkred|Kenpeitai}} garrison. In Guangdong, crime is less an aberration than simply another means of doing business, a reciprocal relationship of favors done and debts owed. |
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Internationally, Guangdong is afforded the trappings of a country and little else. |
Internationally, Guangdong is afforded the trappings of a country and little else. {{color|dodgerblue|China}} - holding fast to its pride - refuses to accord Guangdong's representatives the equal treatment they deserve, while {{color|saddlebrown|Japan's}} attention has long since drifted away from its unnatural tributary. {{color|darkorange|Manchukuo}} - the original pan-Asian experiment - remains the crown jewel of the Sphere, equally condescending towards China's poverty and Guangdong's corporate upstarts alike. Guangdong is a country without a nation, in either spirit or in form. And as {{color|salmon|Chief Executive Suzuki Teiichi}} begins his uneasy mission to bring Guangdong and its corporations back into Japan's dominion, the people and tycoons of Guangdong wait, {{color|yellow|and yearn for a future, a nation, that could yet be theirs}}. |
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==Politics== |
==Politics== |
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|[[File:Idea GNG between two worlds.png]]<br/> |
|[[File:Idea GNG between two worlds.png]]<br/>{{color|khaki|Between Two Worlds}} |
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|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. |
|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. |
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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. |
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. |
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|Stability: |
|Stability: {{color|lightcoral|-20.00%}}<br/>War Support: {{color|lightcoral|-20.00%}}<br/>Daily Political Power Gain: {{color|lightcoral|-0.10}}<br/>{{color|lightcoral|Cannot train units, disband units, or edit unit templates.}} |
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|[[File:Idea GNG corruption the finest money can buy.png]]<br/> |
|[[File:Idea GNG corruption the finest money can buy.png]]<br/>{{color|khaki|Culture of Corruption - The Finest Money Can Buy}} |
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|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. |
|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. |
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|Monthly Corruption Gain: |
|Monthly Corruption Gain: {{color|lightcoral|+0.90%}}<br/>Impact on Real GDP: {{color|lightcoral|-0.25%}}<br/>Republic of China Opinion Cap: {{color|lightcoral|-5.00%}} |
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|[[File:Idea GNG security pervasive kenpeitai networks.png]]<br/> |
|[[File:Idea GNG security pervasive kenpeitai networks.png]]<br/>{{color|khaki|Pervasive Kenpeitai Networks}} |
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|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. |
|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. |
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|Chinese/Zhujin Government Support Cap: |
|Chinese/Zhujin Government Support Cap: {{color|lightcoral|-20.00%}}<br/>Republic of China Opinion Cap: {{color|lightcoral|-30.00%}}<br/>Police State Control Cap: {{color|lightcoral|-60.00%}} |
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|[[File:Idea GNG fiscal sound.png]]<br/> |
|[[File:Idea GNG fiscal sound.png]]<br/>{{color|khaki|Fiscal Health - Sound}} |
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|"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. |
|"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. |
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Our fiscal situation is sound. Debt levels are contained, the budget is balanced, and things are generally going well. |
Our fiscal situation is sound. Debt levels are contained, the budget is balanced, and things are generally going well. |
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|Inflation Rate: {{color|palegreen|-0.250%}}<br/>Political Power Gain: {{color|palegreen|+15.00%}}<br/>Credit Rating: {{color|yellow|8.00}} |
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|Guangdong Civil Administration<br/><small>Kanton Minseifu</small> |
|Guangdong Civil Administration<br/><small>Kanton Minseifu</small> |
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|[[File:Fascism corporate statism subtype.png|30px|Corporate Statism]][[Ideologies#Subideologies_10| |
|[[File:Fascism corporate statism subtype.png|30px|Corporate Statism]][[Ideologies#Subideologies_10|{{color|chocolate|Corporate Statism}}]] |
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|[[File:Suzuki_Icon.png|20px]] [[Suzuki Teiichi]] |
|[[File:Suzuki_Icon.png|20px]] [[Suzuki Teiichi]] |
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|Legislative Council - Business Faction<br/><small>Rippoukai - Zaikaiha</small> |
|Legislative Council - Business Faction<br/><small>Rippoukai - Zaikaiha</small> |
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|[[File:Despotism corporatocracy subtype.png|30px|Corporatocracy]][[Ideologies#Subideologies_8| |
|[[File:Despotism corporatocracy subtype.png|30px|Corporatocracy]][[Ideologies#Subideologies_8|{{color|darkgray|Corporatocracy}}]] |
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|[[File:Yasuda_Icon.png|20px]] [[Matsuzawa Takuji]]<br/>[[File:Matsushita_Icon.png|20px]] [[Matsushita Masaharu]]<br/>[[File:Fujitsu_Icon.png|20px]] [[Ibuka Masaru]] |
|[[File:Yasuda_Icon.png|20px]] [[Matsuzawa Takuji]]<br/>[[File:Matsushita_Icon.png|20px]] [[Matsushita Masaharu]]<br/>[[File:Fujitsu_Icon.png|20px]] [[Ibuka Masaru]] |
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|Legislative Council - Civic Faction<br/><small>Rippoukai - Minseiha</small> |
|Legislative Council - Civic Faction<br/><small>Rippoukai - Minseiha</small> |
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|[[File:Paternalism corporate paternalism subtype.png|30px|Corporate Paternalism]][[Ideologies#Subideologies_7| |
|[[File:Paternalism corporate paternalism subtype.png|30px|Corporate Paternalism]][[Ideologies#Subideologies_7|{{color|silver|Corporate Paternalism}}]] |
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|[[File:Sony_Icon.png|20px]] [[Morita Akio]]<br/>[[File:Cheung_Kong_Icon.png|20px]] [[Li Ka-Shing]] |
|[[File:Sony_Icon.png|20px]] [[Morita Akio]]<br/>[[File:Cheung_Kong_Icon.png|20px]] [[Li Ka-Shing]] |
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|Legislative Council - Central Committee<br/><small>Rippoukai - Chuou Iinkai</small> |
|Legislative Council - Central Committee<br/><small>Rippoukai - Chuou Iinkai</small> |
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|[[File:Fascism corporate statism subtype.png|30px|Corporate Statism]][[Ideologies#Subideologies_10| |
|[[File:Fascism corporate statism subtype.png|30px|Corporate Statism]][[Ideologies#Subideologies_10|{{color|chocolate|Corporate Statism}}]] |
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|[[File:Fujitsu_Icon.png|20px]] [[Ibuka Masaru|Ibuka Masaru]]<br/><small>''Following passage of The Guangdong Future Act''</small> |
|[[File:Fujitsu_Icon.png|20px]] [[Ibuka Masaru|Ibuka Masaru]]<br/><small>''Following passage of The Guangdong Future Act''</small> |
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|Legislative Council - Manchuria Faction<br/><small>Rippoukai - Manshūha</small> |
|Legislative Council - Manchuria Faction<br/><small>Rippoukai - Manshūha</small> |
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|[[File:Reform Bureaucracy New.webp|30px|Reform Bureaucracy]][[Ideologies#Subideologies_10| |
|[[File:Reform Bureaucracy New.webp|30px|Reform Bureaucracy]][[Ideologies#Subideologies_10|{{color|chocolate|Reform Bureaucracy}}]] |
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|[[File:Hitachi_Icon.png|20px]] [[Komai Kenichirō]] |
|[[File:Hitachi_Icon.png|20px]] [[Komai Kenichirō]] |
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|IJA - Martial Law<br/><small>The Imperial Japanese Army - Martial Law</small> |
|IJA - Martial Law<br/><small>The Imperial Japanese Army - Martial Law</small> |
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|[[File:Ultranationalism ultramilitarism subtype.png|30px|Ultramilitarism]][[Ideologies#Ultranationalism| |
|[[File:Ultranationalism ultramilitarism subtype.png|30px|Ultramilitarism]][[Ideologies#Ultranationalism|{{color|dimgray|Ultramilitarism}}]] |
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|[[File:IJA_Icon.png|20px]] [[Nagano Shigeto]] |
|[[File:IJA_Icon.png|20px]] [[Nagano Shigeto]] |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Legislative Council]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Legislative Council]]'' |
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Inside [[File:Suzuki small icon.png|20px]] |
Inside [[File:Suzuki small icon.png|20px]]{{color|salmon|Guangdong's state of corporations}}, something resembling a democratic Parliament akin to the ones in Japan and Britain exist. Though these seats are not elected, rather they comprise {{color|yellow|100 of the most important businessmen in Guangdong}}. These businessmen are the ones who vote on the {{color|yellow|ordinances of Guangdong}}, 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 {{color|salmon|Guangdong}}, or are in some cases {{color|salmon|bought away to change the dynamics of the Council}}. |
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The Chief Executive proposes the ordinances of the [[File:LegCo Small Icon.png]] |
The Chief Executive proposes the ordinances of the [[File:LegCo Small Icon.png]] {{color|salmon|Legislative Council}}, and should {{color|yellow|50 seats support the ordinance}}, it will go into effect. The businessmen are not bound loyally to a corporation however. For the {{color|yellow|ordinances of Guangdong}}, the usual voting period for it is {{color|yellow|30 Days}}, though exceptions can occur in special cases. An ordinance usually does not survive {{color|yellow|without changes}} and might need amendments which will be proposed by other parties to seek out more than {{color|yellow|5}} amendments. Whenever a bill's vote had been concluded, it will be archived in the {{color|yellow|ordinance history}}, and will stay there to document the history of {{color|salmon|Guangdong's Legislative Council}}. |
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===[[File:GNG Suzuki Succession.png|40px]] Suzuki's Succession=== |
===[[File:GNG Suzuki Succession.png|40px]] Suzuki's Succession=== |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Suzuki's Succession]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Suzuki's Succession]]'' |
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====The Next Chief Executive==== |
====The Next Chief Executive==== |
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With [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]] |
With [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]{{color|salmon|Suzuki}}'s disappearance and [[File:Yasuda small icon.png|20px]]{{color|yellow|Yasuda}}'s collapse into ignominy, {{color|yellow|Matsuzawa Takuji}} has become Chief Executive - {{color|red|a poisoned chalice}} thrust upon him by the {{color|yellow|three remaining Tycoons}} of Guangdong. They - {{color|red|Morita Akio,}} {{color|deepskyblue|Ibuka Masaru,}} and {{color|gainsboro|Matsushita Masaharu}} - know that when the dust settles, they are most likely to be chosen to fill the vacant {{color|paleturquoise|Chief Executive}}'s seat, and that the race to succeed {{color|yellow|Matsuzawa}} has already begun. With each filling a role in {{color|yellow|Matsuzawa}}'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]] {{color|salmon|Legislative Council...}} |
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====Yasuda's Auction==== |
====Yasuda's Auction==== |
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...And what becomes of [[File:Yasuda small icon.png|20px]] |
...And what becomes of [[File:Yasuda small icon.png|20px]]{{color|yellow|Yasuda}} itself? Its mighty empire laid low by the economic crisis that bears its name, [[File:Yasuda small icon.png|20px]]{{color|yellow|Yasuda}}'s remaining assets are to be slated to be auctioned off to repay its creditors. For Guangdong's government, the auction will serve as a {{color|palegreen|valuable source of income}} from commission alone; for the {{color|yellow|tycoons}}, it is an {{color|palegreen|unprecedented opportunity}} to {{color|lightcoral|pick clean the carcass}} of their {{color|yellow|rival}} for a bargain. Whether at a fair parice or not, someone will {{color|palegreen|walk away with the lion's share}} of [[File:Yasuda small icon.png|20px]]{{color|yellow|Yasuda}}'s business empire - and with it, the loyalty of Yasuda's abandoned men in the Legislative Council. |
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===[[File:Guangdong Regions Icon.png|40px]] Regions of Guangdong=== |
===[[File:Guangdong Regions Icon.png|40px]] Regions of Guangdong=== |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Regions of Guangdong]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Regions of Guangdong]]'' |
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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]] |
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]] {{color|royalblue|Chinese}}, the [[File:Guangdong Zhujin Icon.png|20px]] {{color|mediumvioletred|Zhujin}}, and the [[File:Guangdong Japanese Icon.png|20px]] {{color|darkred|Japanese}}, who in {{color|yellow|each state}} 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 {{color|palegreen|make}} or {{color|lightcoral|break}} the finances and stability of the [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]] {{color|salmon|State of Guangdong}}. |
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Though it might not seem like in the midst of the bustling cities of the Three Pearls, |
Though it might not seem like in the midst of the bustling cities of the Three Pearls, {{color|salmon|Guangdong}} is a major refuge as well for the outcasts and criminals of Japanese and Chinese society, the Chinese [[File:GNG triads small icon.png]] {{color|limegreen|Triads}} and the Japanese [[File:GNG yakuza small icon.png]] {{color|mediumvioletred|Yakuza}}. Our own [[File:GNG police small icon.png]] {{color|cornflowerblue|Police}} force is not enough to stop these forces from overrunning our nation and turning it into an opium den, but the ones who help us police these groups are as ferocious and corrupt, if not more so. The Japanese [[File:GNG kenpetai small icon.png]] {{color|darkred|Kenpeitai}}, who hold ht people obedient through violence and force. The amount a group controls each state and potentially {{color|yellow|the majority of Guangdong's regions}} will have major effects on the different demographics support for {{color|salmon|Guangdong}}, [[File:GNG chinese nation small icon.png]] {{color|dodgerblue|Chinese}} and [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]] {{color|saddlebrown|Japanese}} support for our government and how [[File:GNG corruption small icon.png]] {{color|lightcoral|corrupt}} or not our society will be. |
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===[[File:Three Evils Guangdong Icon.png|40px]] Three Evils of Guangdong=== |
===[[File:Three Evils Guangdong Icon.png|40px]] Three Evils of Guangdong=== |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Three Evils of Guangdong]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Three Evils of Guangdong]]'' |
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Even if the |
Even if the {{color|paleturquoise|Chief Executive}} sits atop the food chain in Guangdong, there are {{color|red|three things}} that conspire to throw a wrench in their plan. Two that are outside the {{color|paleturquoise|Chief Executive}}'s direct control - and one that {{color|lightcoral|suffuses everything in Guangdong}}, formless but undeniably present. |
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The [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]] |
The [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]] {{color|saddlebrown|Empire of Japan}} - the backer of Guangdong's security and its greatest investor - has expectations that must be met, lest a Chief Executive suffer their {{color|saddlebrown|disapproval}} and open himself to attack by jealous peers. And the [[File:GNG chinese nation small icon.png]] {{color|dodgerblue|Republic of China}} has never had a very high {{color|dodgerblue|opinion}} of Guangdong - the 'state' carved out of its southern province - and certainly knows how to make life difficult, both for the {{color|yellow|Companies}} and the {{color|paleturquoise|Chief Executive}}, if it is so inclined. |
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And beyond it all, [[File:GNG corruption small icon.png]] |
And beyond it all, [[File:GNG corruption small icon.png]] {{color|lightcoral|corruption}} seeps into every crack and crevasse, lock up the gears of government with {{color|lightcoral|vice}} and {{color|lightcoral|apathy}}. Even if some would say such is fate of a nation that worships the yen beyond anything else, nobody enjoys having to deal with [[File:GNG corruption small icon.png]] {{color|lightcoral|corruption}} - {{color|lightcoral|rotting away at souls, cheapening work, and crimping profits}}. |
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===[[File:RnD Guangdong Icon.png|40px]] The Product Cycle=== |
===[[File:RnD Guangdong Icon.png|40px]] The Product Cycle=== |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|The Product Cycle]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|The Product Cycle]]'' |
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If one were to see the companies of Guangdong as fierce warriors vying for each other's heads, then the |
If one were to see the companies of Guangdong as fierce warriors vying for each other's heads, then the {{color|skyblue|annual Product Launch}} would be their dueling ground; their prized {{color|limegreen|electronics}}, sharp-edged katanas to land the fatal blow. |
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The path to woo the [[File:LegCo Small Icon.png]] |
The path to woo the [[File:LegCo Small Icon.png]] {{color|salmon|Legislative Council}} with state-of-the-art products is fraught with intricacies. For the successful launch of each and every product two factors are indispensable: {{color|orange|quality control}} and {{color|deepskyblue|advertising}}. [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|gold|Product Quality}} anchors the trust of investors in our endeavors, while {{color|deepskyblue|sufficient advertisement}} accumulates consumer interest from targeted as well as potential markets. |
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It is through |
It is through {{color|limegreen|a steady stream of successful launches}} that Guangdong shall maintain its financial prestige, and contribute our part to the {{color|red|Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere's}} global power projection, both soft and hard. But even if product manufacturing lies dormant {{color|skyblue|technology does not}} - for our brightest engineers and researchers across the Three Pearls shall toil day in and day out for the {{color|palegreen|constant perfection of our releases and the optimization of state apparatus}}. |
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A Product Cycle typically lasts |
A Product Cycle typically lasts {{color|yellow|100 days}}, after which our creation will be put to the test in the murky waters of capital, depending on how well both {{color|orange|the quality}} and the {{color|deepskyblue|popularity is}}. Release a product of {{color|yellow|immense quality and popularity}}, and watch the political clout of its parent company skyrocket; release an {{color|red|inferior}} product, however, and everything might come crashing down... |
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===[[File:PTRG Icon.png|40px]] The Product Testing Research Group=== |
===[[File:PTRG Icon.png|40px]] The Product Testing Research Group=== |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|The Product Testing Research Group]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|The Product Testing Research Group]]'' |
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{{color|salmon|The Chief Executive}} has a vision, one where [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]{{color|salmon|Guangdong}} is a {{color|deepskyblue|forerunner in the field of modern military arms development}}. |
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In order to gather the |
In order to gather the {{color|yellow|much needed testing information}} for producing a [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|gold|greater}}, and more [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|mediumvioletred|profitable product}}, different objectives here must be completed by the {{color|yellow|Product Testing Research Group's field division}} whilst deployed in conflicts to aid {{color|red|the Co-Prosperity Sphere}}. |
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The more of these objectives are |
The more of these objectives are {{color|limegreen|completed}} when the crisis ends, or the team withdraws, the {{color|orange|higher quality}} a final product we will receive, and we will yield a larger {{color|mediumvioletred|profit margin}} from selling our plans. |
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We are also able to manufacture additional test-equipment |
We are also able to manufacture additional test-equipment {{color|lightcoral|should too much of it be lost in combat}}, though this will {{color|lightcoral|cost}} both time and money. |
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===[[File:Miracle Pearl River Icon.png|40px]] Miracle on the Pearl River=== |
===[[File:Miracle Pearl River Icon.png|40px]] Miracle on the Pearl River=== |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Miracle on the Pearl River]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|Miracle on the Pearl River]]'' |
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[[File:Suzuki small icon.png]] |
[[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]{{color|salmon|The State of Guangdong}} was carved out of the [[File:GNG chinese nation small icon.png]]{{color|dodgerblue|Republic of China}} with one express purpose in mind: Using {{color|darkred|Japanese engineering supremacy}} to create wealth benefitting both the {{color|red|Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere}} and investors back in [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]]{{color|saddlebrown|Tokyo}}. The thousands of investors who each day analyse [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]{{color|salmon|Guangdong's economic performance}} from the comfort of the {{color|saddlebrown|Tokyo Stock Exchange}} however, {{color|lightcoral|demand returns on investment}}. |
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Each year, [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]] |
Each year, [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]{{color|salmon|Guangdong's economic performance}} in form of pure {{color|palegreen|GDP}} will be evaluated, to see if economic growth has {{color|yellow|reached the goal set the year prior}}. The {{color|salmon|State}} derives much of its legitimacy from these evaluations, therefore they maintain great relevancy for the composition of the [[File:LegCo Small Icon.png]] {{color|salmon|Legislative Council}}, [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]]{{color|saddlebrown|Japanese Approval}}, and the {{color|mediumvioletred|demo}}{{color|royalblue|grap}}{{color|darkred|hics}} of [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]{{color|salmon|Guangdong}}. The eventual goal is for [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]{{color|salmon|Guangdong}} to overtake [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]]{{color|saddlebrown|Japan's favorite subject}} headquartered in {{color|gold|Hsinking}}, where the grand larger economy than the objective is managing a [[File:Manchukuo small icon.png]]{{color|gold|Empire of Manchuria}}. |
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However, while |
However, while {{color|palegreen|growth}} and {{color|palegreen|raw economic output}} remains {{color|yellow|paramount}}, maintaining a balanced sheet is tantamount to {{color|yellow|upholding investor trust}}. Should our {{color|lightcoral|debt-to-GDP}} spiral upwards, our {{color|yellow|credit rating}} would {{color|lightcoral|take a hit}}, [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]]{{color|saddlebrown|Japan}} would be growing more displeased, our [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|yellow|political capital}} would be {{color|lightcoral|reduced}}, and trust in [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]{{color|salmon|Guangdong's}} markets would decrease, leading to an {{color|lightcoral|increase}} in {{color|lightcoral|inflation}}. |
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Therefore, keeping |
Therefore, keeping {{color|yellow|our spending}} and {{color|lightcoral|debt}} in control is of {{color|yellow|great importance}} for maintaining the {{color|chocolate|Miracle on the Pearl River}}. |
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===[[File:Guangdong Riots Icon.png|40px]] The Guangdong Riots=== |
===[[File:Guangdong Riots Icon.png|40px]] The Guangdong Riots=== |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|The Guangdong Riots]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Mechanics)|The Guangdong Riots]]'' |
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{{color|firebrick|Two decades of oppression. Boiling ethnic tensions. A society built on exploitation of the weak.}} These are the things the [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|chocolate|Rioters}} have been facing in the [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]{{color|salmon|State of Guangdong}}, and what they are demanding to end. |
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In their attempt to destroy the |
In their attempt to destroy the {{color|firebrick|Pan-Asian}} {{color|salmon|Corporate Experiment}}, the [[File:Guangdong Chinese Icon.png|20px]] {{color|royalblue|Chinese}} have organized under the [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|firebrick|Committee of Chinese Labor}}, while the [[File:Guangdong Zhujin Icon.png|20px]] {{color|mediumvioletred|Zhujin}} stand under the [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|springgreen|Guangdong Federation of Tradesmen}}. The severity of their actions depend on [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|darkred|strength}} and [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|red|radicalism}}, where if these two spiral out of control, {{color|red|who knows what will happen to the State?}} |
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If |
If {{color|salmon|the Chief Executive}} is to [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]{{color|salmon|save Guangdong}}, he must subjugate these two groups, either by {{color|lightcoral|force}} or by {{color|limegreen|negotiation}}. To do either, the {{color|salmon|State}} must take sufficient measures to curb the groups' [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|darkred|strength}} and [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|red|radicalism}}. Yet time is a limited resource, as the [[File:LegCo Small Icon.png]]{{color|salmon|LegCo}} grows ever more [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|coral|desperate and irrational}}, and the [[File:Spoiler.png|20px]]{{color|saddlebrown|Japanese grow ever more frustrated}}, as long as the {{color|firebrick|streets of Guangdong are ablaze}}. |
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==Country Paths== |
==Country Paths== |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Paths)|The Ascendant Heir]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Paths)|The Ascendant Heir]]'' |
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The Legislative Council has voted to elect |
The Legislative Council has voted to elect {{color|darkgray|Matsushita Masaharu}} of [[File:Matsushita small icon.png]]{{color|gainsboro|Matsushita Electric}} as the new Chief Executive of Guangdong. Representing a middle ground between Guangdong's {{color|mediumvioletred|reformists}} and {{color|red|corporate hardliners}}, {{color|darkgray|Matsushita}} promises and administration guided by tempered reform and economic expansion. However, {{color|darkgray|Matsushita}} is neither an engineer nor a salesman, making him something of an outsider among Guangdong's {{color|red|ruling class}}. Whether this will prove his {{color|darkred|undoing}}, or rather the greatest {{color|palegreen|opportunity}} to prove himself yet, remains to be seen. |
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===[[File:Sony_Icon.png|40px]] Sony=== |
===[[File:Sony_Icon.png|40px]] Sony=== |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Paths)|The Gadgeteer of Guangdong]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Paths)|The Gadgeteer of Guangdong]]'' |
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The Legislative Council has voted to elect |
The Legislative Council has voted to elect {{color|tan|Morita Akio}} of [[File:Sony small icon.png]]{{color|red|Sony Corporation}} as the new Chief Executive of Guangdong. A voice of {{color|mediumvioletred|reform}} on the Pearl Delta, {{color|tan|Morita}} is a champion of Guandong's {{color|yellow|Cantonese}}-{{color|red|Japanese}} {{color|mediumvioletred|Zhujin}} class, and will seek to improve the status of the state's {{color|yellow|native population}}. However, {{color|tan|Morita's}} new administration is not without its opponents, especially from Guangdong's {{color|red|Japanese elite}} and {{color|red|corporate hardliners}}, embodied by {{color|tan|Morita's}} former business partner Ibuka Masaru. |
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===[[File:Fujitsu_Icon.png|40px]] Fujitsu=== |
===[[File:Fujitsu_Icon.png|40px]] Fujitsu=== |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Paths)|The Silicon Visionary]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Paths)|The Silicon Visionary]]'' |
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The Legislative Council has voted to elect |
The Legislative Council has voted to elect {{color|darkgray|Ibuka Masaru}} of [[File:Fujitsu small icon.png]]{{color|deepskyblue|Fujitsu Limited}} as the new Chief Executive of Guangdong. A brilliant engineer and key figure among Guandong's {{color|red|corporate hardliners}}. {{color|darkgray|Ibuka}} 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 {{color|yellow|native population}}, and {{color|darkgray|Ibuka's}} opposition to reform is sure to draw ire, especially from his former business partner {{color|tan|Morita Akio}}. But {{color|darkgray|Ibuka}} is no stranger to emnity, and Guangdong will bend to his will, one way or another. {{color|deepskyblue|For the Pearl Delta is but a canvas, and Ibuka Masaru hold the brush.}} |
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===[[File:Hitachi_Icon.png|40px]] Hitachi=== |
===[[File:Hitachi_Icon.png|40px]] Hitachi=== |
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''Main article: [[Guangdong (Paths)|Hail Hitachi]]'' |
''Main article: [[Guangdong (Paths)|Hail Hitachi]]'' |
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One singular night. In the space of six hours, the course of South Chinese history has been changed |
One singular night. In the space of six hours, the course of South Chinese history has been changed {{color|lightcoral|forever}}. 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]]{{color|salmon|Guangdong}} lie shattered, their leaders in limbo of what their place in {{color|tan|Komai's}} new order shall be, and [[File:Hitachi small icon.png]]{{color|tan|Hitachi}} rules as its maestro, its leader, its God. |
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Chaos has descended upon [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]] |
Chaos has descended upon [[File:Suzuki small icon.png]]{{color|salmon|Guangdong}}, with many refusing to accept the hostile takeover. Riots have spread like wildfire, and with brutality not seen since Japan's subjugation of Asia, have been quashed in their entirety. While [[File:Manchukuo small icon.png]]{{color|gold|Manchuria}} may celebrate. [[File:GNG chinese nation small icon.png]]{{color|dodgerblue|China}} may weep and [[File:GNG japan nation small icon.png]]{{color|saddlebrown|Japan}} shall look on in a muted silence, the question of what {{color|tan|Komai's}} Guangdong shall truly look like forms. Nobody is quite sure, but one thing is for certain. |
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{{color|lightcoral|Those who will not bow to Komai, will be hanged by him.}} |
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===[[File:IJA_Icon.png|40px]] IJA Coup=== |
===[[File:IJA_Icon.png|40px]] IJA Coup=== |
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''Main article: [[The Guangdong Riots (Mechanic)#Outcomes|IJA Coup of Guangdong]]'' |
''Main article: [[The Guangdong Riots (Mechanic)#Outcomes|IJA Coup of Guangdong]]'' |
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{{color|red|Guangdong was a mistake.}} |
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One that the [[File:IJA Small Icon.png]] |
One that the [[File:IJA Small Icon.png]]{{color|gray|Imperial Japanese Army}} is going to fix. |
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==Achievements== |
==Achievements== |
Revision as of 13:58, 19 June 2024
廣東省, Guǎngdōng Shěng' | |
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Capital | Kōshu |
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Head of State | Suzuki Teiichi |
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GDP | $21.21B |
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Guangdong, officially the State of Guangdong, is a country located in southern China, occupying the majority of Guangdong province. A Corporate Dependency of the Empire of Japan, Guangdong borders the Republic of China to the north and east, the South China Sea to the south and the Guangxi Clique to the west. Created by the Kanton Protocols of 1950, the country lacks a national identity and is a playground for the corporate interests of corporations of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. At the start of 1962 it is lead by Chief Executive Suzuki Teiichi.
In-Game Description
Carved out of the Republic of China as a concession to the Zaibatsu at the end of the Greater East Asian War, the State of Guangdong is an experiment in corporate colonialism, an unnatural entity existing between its Chinese roots and its Japanese suzerain. Despite its independence, Guangdong is far beneath Japan, China, or even Manchukuo in status - its Chief Executive playing second fiddle to the rest of the Co-Prosperity Sphere, even as the Four Companies of Guangdong greedily exploit Guangdong's land and people for their own benefit.
Guangdong is a country without a nation: a society bound together by wire transfers, banknotes, and share certificates. In the glittering Three Pearls of Guangdong - Honkon, Makao, and Kōshu - the Four Companies and the Chief Executive indulge in boardroom politics as the Japanese expatriates lord over the Cantonese-Japanese Zhujin, who struggle for recognition as second-class citizens. Beneath them all, the Chinese are herded from their ancestral towns into the electronics sweatshops on the Pearl River, a people displaced inside their own homeland. And as Asia awakens, few ask: will Guangdong survive the storm to come?
Country Overview
Carved out from the Republic of China as an independent state by Japanese fiat in the Kanton Protocols of 1950, the State of Guangdong is an experiment unlike any other in history: an artificial nation dedicated solely to corporate colonialism. Where the Empire of Japan's other conquests in Asia - even its most artificial child, the Empire of Manchuria - pay lip service to the Co-Prosperity Sphere's vision of Pan-Asianism, Guangdong stands alone in its devotion to the yen under the whim of its Four Companies - Sony, Matsushita Electric, Fujitsu, and Yasuda. Through a combination of neglect from Tokyo and the reckless ambition of its tycoons, Guangdong has become a place in the Sphere where pretenses fall away in favor of naked greed and the pursuit of profit. But all is not well inside the world's only bastion of unchecked capitalism.
The native Chinese population toils endlessly in the factories of the Three Pearls of Guangdong - Kōshu (Guangzhou), Honkon (Hong Kong), and Makao (Macau) - while receiving none of the benefits accruing to the Japanese industrialists and expatriates that oversee their corporate exclave. Between them, the Zhujin - educated professionals and businessmen, fluent in Japanese but local to Guangdong - both serve and benefit from Guangdong's economic order, a middle class decried as collaborators by the Chinese and seen as useful proxies by the Japanese expatriates. Crime and corruption are widespread, with the Triads and Yakuza vying for control over the web of vice that sprawls across Guangdong's underground, in defiance of an undermanned Guangdong Police Force and an uncaring Kenpeitai garrison. In Guangdong, crime is less an aberration than simply another means of doing business, a reciprocal relationship of favors done and debts owed.
Internationally, Guangdong is afforded the trappings of a country and little else. China - holding fast to its pride - refuses to accord Guangdong's representatives the equal treatment they deserve, while Japan's attention has long since drifted away from its unnatural tributary. Manchukuo - the original pan-Asian experiment - remains the crown jewel of the Sphere, equally condescending towards China's poverty and Guangdong's corporate upstarts alike. Guangdong is a country without a nation, in either spirit or in form. And as Chief Executive Suzuki Teiichi begins his uneasy mission to bring Guangdong and its corporations back into Japan's dominion, the people and tycoons of Guangdong wait, and yearn for a future, a nation, that could yet be theirs.
Politics
National Spirits
See also: Guangdong National Spirits
Parties and Factions
Name | Ideology | Leaders |
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Guangdong Civil Administration Kanton Minseifu |
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Legislative Council - Business Faction Rippoukai - Zaikaiha |
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Legislative Council - Civic Faction Rippoukai - Minseiha |
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Legislative Council - Central Committee Rippoukai - Chuou Iinkai |
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Legislative Council - Manchuria Faction Rippoukai - Manshūha |
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IJA - Martial Law The Imperial Japanese Army - Martial Law |
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Mechanics
In-Game descriptions of individual mechanics, further information can be found in the respective subpages.
The Legislative Council
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Main article: Legislative Council
Inside Guangdong's state of corporations, something resembling a democratic Parliament akin to the ones in Japan and Britain exist. Though these seats are not elected, rather they comprise 100 of the most important businessmen in Guangdong. These businessmen are the ones who vote on the ordinances of Guangdong, 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 Guangdong, or are in some cases bought away to change the dynamics of the Council.
The Chief Executive proposes the ordinances of the Legislative Council, and should 50 seats support the ordinance, it will go into effect. The businessmen are not bound loyally to a corporation however. For the ordinances of Guangdong, the usual voting period for it is 30 Days, though exceptions can occur in special cases. An ordinance usually does not survive without changes and might need amendments which will be proposed by other parties to seek out more than 5 amendments. Whenever a bill's vote had been concluded, it will be archived in the ordinance history, and will stay there to document the history of Guangdong's Legislative Council.
Suzuki's Succession
Main article: Suzuki's Succession
The Next Chief Executive
With Suzuki's disappearance and
Yasuda's collapse into ignominy, Matsuzawa Takuji has become Chief Executive - a poisoned chalice thrust upon him by the three remaining Tycoons of Guangdong. They - Morita Akio, Ibuka Masaru, and Matsushita Masaharu - know that when the dust settles, they are most likely to be chosen to fill the vacant Chief Executive's seat, and that the race to succeed Matsuzawa has already begun. With each filling a role in Matsuzawa's Executive Council, the decisions Matsuzawa makes will be critical in deciding who gets the all-important nomination by the
Legislative Council...
Yasuda's Auction
...And what becomes of Yasuda itself? Its mighty empire laid low by the economic crisis that bears its name,
Yasuda's remaining assets are to be slated to be auctioned off to repay its creditors. For Guangdong's government, the auction will serve as a valuable source of income from commission alone; for the tycoons, it is an unprecedented opportunity to pick clean the carcass of their rival for a bargain. Whether at a fair parice or not, someone will walk away with the lion's share of
Yasuda's business empire - and with it, the loyalty of Yasuda's abandoned men in the Legislative Council.
Regions of Guangdong
Main article: 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 Chinese, the
Zhujin, and the
Japanese, who in each state 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 make or break the finances and stability of the
State of Guangdong.
Though it might not seem like in the midst of the bustling cities of the Three Pearls, Guangdong is a major refuge as well for the outcasts and criminals of Japanese and Chinese society, the Chinese Triads and the Japanese
Yakuza. Our own
Police force is not enough to stop these forces from overrunning our nation and turning it into an opium den, but the ones who help us police these groups are as ferocious and corrupt, if not more so. The Japanese
Kenpeitai, who hold ht people obedient through violence and force. The amount a group controls each state and potentially the majority of Guangdong's regions will have major effects on the different demographics support for Guangdong,
Chinese and
Japanese support for our government and how
corrupt or not our society will be.
Three Evils of Guangdong
Main article: Three Evils of Guangdong
Even if the Chief Executive sits atop the food chain in Guangdong, there are three things that conspire to throw a wrench in their plan. Two that are outside the Chief Executive's direct control - and one that suffuses everything in Guangdong, formless but undeniably present.
The Empire of Japan - the backer of Guangdong's security and its greatest investor - has expectations that must be met, lest a Chief Executive suffer their disapproval and open himself to attack by jealous peers. And the
Republic of China has never had a very high opinion of Guangdong - the 'state' carved out of its southern province - and certainly knows how to make life difficult, both for the Companies and the Chief Executive, if it is so inclined.
And beyond it all, corruption seeps into every crack and crevasse, lock up the gears of government with vice and apathy. Even if some would say such is fate of a nation that worships the yen beyond anything else, nobody enjoys having to deal with
corruption - rotting away at souls, cheapening work, and crimping profits.
The Product Cycle
Main article: The Product Cycle
If one were to see the companies of Guangdong as fierce warriors vying for each other's heads, then the annual Product Launch would be their dueling ground; their prized electronics, sharp-edged katanas to land the fatal blow.
The path to woo the Legislative Council with state-of-the-art products is fraught with intricacies. For the successful launch of each and every product two factors are indispensable: quality control and advertising.
Product Quality anchors the trust of investors in our endeavors, while sufficient advertisement accumulates consumer interest from targeted as well as potential markets.
It is through a steady stream of successful launches that Guangdong shall maintain its financial prestige, and contribute our part to the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere's global power projection, both soft and hard. But even if product manufacturing lies dormant technology does not - for our brightest engineers and researchers across the Three Pearls shall toil day in and day out for the constant perfection of our releases and the optimization of state apparatus.
A Product Cycle typically lasts 100 days, after which our creation will be put to the test in the murky waters of capital, depending on how well both the quality and the popularity is. Release a product of immense quality and popularity, and watch the political clout of its parent company skyrocket; release an inferior product, however, and everything might come crashing down...
The Product Testing Research Group
Main article: The Product Testing Research Group
The Chief Executive has a vision, one where Guangdong is a forerunner in the field of modern military arms development.
In order to gather the much needed testing information for producing a greater, and more
profitable product, different objectives here must be completed by the Product Testing Research Group's field division whilst deployed in conflicts to aid the Co-Prosperity Sphere.
The more of these objectives are completed when the crisis ends, or the team withdraws, the higher quality a final product we will receive, and we will yield a larger profit margin from selling our plans.
We are also able to manufacture additional test-equipment should too much of it be lost in combat, though this will cost both time and money.
Miracle on the Pearl River
Main article: Miracle on the Pearl River
The State of Guangdong was carved out of the
Republic of China with one express purpose in mind: Using Japanese engineering supremacy to create wealth benefitting both the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and investors back in
Tokyo. The thousands of investors who each day analyse
Guangdong's economic performance from the comfort of the Tokyo Stock Exchange however, demand returns on investment.
Each year, Guangdong's economic performance in form of pure GDP will be evaluated, to see if economic growth has reached the goal set the year prior. The State derives much of its legitimacy from these evaluations, therefore they maintain great relevancy for the composition of the
Legislative Council,
Japanese Approval, and the demographics of
Guangdong. The eventual goal is for
Guangdong to overtake
Japan's favorite subject headquartered in Hsinking, where the grand larger economy than the objective is managing a
Empire of Manchuria.
However, while growth and raw economic output remains paramount, maintaining a balanced sheet is tantamount to upholding investor trust. Should our debt-to-GDP spiral upwards, our credit rating would take a hit, Japan would be growing more displeased, our
political capital would be reduced, and trust in
Guangdong's markets would decrease, leading to an increase in inflation.
Therefore, keeping our spending and debt in control is of great importance for maintaining the Miracle on the Pearl River.
The Guangdong Riots
Main article: The Guangdong Riots
Two decades of oppression. Boiling ethnic tensions. A society built on exploitation of the weak. These are the things the Rioters have been facing in the
State of Guangdong, and what they are demanding to end.
In their attempt to destroy the Pan-Asian Corporate Experiment, the Chinese have organized under the
Committee of Chinese Labor, while the
Zhujin stand under the
Guangdong Federation of Tradesmen. The severity of their actions depend on
strength and
radicalism, where if these two spiral out of control, who knows what will happen to the State?
If the Chief Executive is to save Guangdong, he must subjugate these two groups, either by force or by negotiation. To do either, the State must take sufficient measures to curb the groups'
strength and
radicalism. Yet time is a limited resource, as the
LegCo grows ever more
desperate and irrational, and the
Japanese grow ever more frustrated, as long as the streets of Guangdong are ablaze.
Country Paths
In-Game descriptions of individual paths, further information can be found in the respective subpages.
Matsushita
Main article: The Ascendant Heir
The Legislative Council has voted to elect Matsushita Masaharu of Matsushita Electric as the new Chief Executive of Guangdong. Representing a middle ground between Guangdong's reformists and corporate hardliners, Matsushita promises and administration guided by tempered reform and economic expansion. However, Matsushita is neither an engineer nor a salesman, making him something of an outsider among Guangdong's ruling class. Whether this will prove his undoing, or rather the greatest opportunity to prove himself yet, remains to be seen.
Sony
Main article: The Gadgeteer of Guangdong
The Legislative Council has voted to elect Morita Akio of Sony Corporation as the new Chief Executive of Guangdong. A voice of reform on the Pearl Delta, Morita is a champion of Guandong's Cantonese-Japanese Zhujin class, and will seek to improve the status of the state's native population. However, Morita's new administration is not without its opponents, especially from Guangdong's Japanese elite and corporate hardliners, embodied by Morita's former business partner Ibuka Masaru.
Fujitsu
Main article: The Silicon Visionary
The Legislative Council has voted to elect Ibuka Masaru of Fujitsu Limited as the new Chief Executive of Guangdong. A brilliant engineer and key figure among Guandong's corporate hardliners. Ibuka 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 native population, and Ibuka's opposition to reform is sure to draw ire, especially from his former business partner Morita Akio. But Ibuka is no stranger to emnity, and Guangdong will bend to his will, one way or another. For the Pearl Delta is but a canvas, and Ibuka Masaru hold the brush.
Hitachi
Main article: Hail Hitachi
One singular night. In the space of six hours, the course of South Chinese history has been changed forever. What months of preparation, planning and deals has culminated in, Komai has executed in one, final masterstroke. The Big Four Corporations in Guangdong lie shattered, their leaders in limbo of what their place in Komai's new order shall be, and
Hitachi rules as its maestro, its leader, its God.
Chaos has descended upon Guangdong, with many refusing to accept the hostile takeover. Riots have spread like wildfire, and with brutality not seen since Japan's subjugation of Asia, have been quashed in their entirety. While
Manchuria may celebrate.
China may weep and
Japan shall look on in a muted silence, the question of what Komai's Guangdong shall truly look like forms. Nobody is quite sure, but one thing is for certain.
Those who will not bow to Komai, will be hanged by him.
IJA Coup
Main article: IJA Coup of Guangdong
Guangdong was a mistake.
One that the Imperial Japanese Army is going to fix.