Yunnan

The Yunnan Province is a Chinese warlord state, that is a member of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and is a de jure region of the Republic of China, but is de facto independent. They border Xikang to the north, Tibet to the north-west, the Southwest Military and Administrative Committee to the north-east, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam to the south, Guangxi to the east and Burma to the west.

History

When the Battle of Chongqing ended and the city razed to the ground, General Lu Han made a secret agreement with the Japanese towards the end of the war and defected, seeing no further use in resistance against the victorious Japanese. Taking over the province of Yunnan from his cousin Long Yun, Lu Han became a good puppet of the Japanese.

Sandwiched between Sphere members, with the Burma Road and the Kunming-Haiphong Railway running through it's lands and rich in natural resources like Tin and Precious metals, the Zaibatsus see valuable business in the mines of Yunnan. As a result, Yunnan’s main source of trade and income is through the Sphere, with Japan seeing Yunnan as a good trading partner as a result.

Behind this facade however, trouble is brewing internally.