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The Syonanese Diarchy | Syonan Nikun-shu

 * Government: Mixed Noble Republic
 * Grand Kōshaku of All Syonan, Suwawa and Tidung, Lord Protector of Sabah and Palawan: The Grand Kōshaku is the ruler of Syonan. He is elected by the Syonanese Diet upon the previous Kōshaku’s death, resignation, or impeachment and serves a life term.
 * Noriaki Kakyoin (born 1462, ruled 1491-)
 * Subordinate Kōshakus: The constituent kingdoms of Hiraga and Nagasato are each ruled by a subordinate Kōshaku. Subordinate Kōshakus are the second most powerful positions in Syonan, with a subordinate Kōshaku having almost total control in their respective domains, answering only to the Grand Kōshaku and their respective Diets.
 * Hiragan Kōshaku:
 * Yoshimune Kira (born 1449, ruled 1475-1514)
 * Ryohei Higashikata (born 1455, ruled 1514-)
 * Nagasatoan Kōshaku:
 * Ginzo Souji (born 1453, ruled 1482-)
 * Yang di-Pertua Agong of Sabah and Palawan: Serves a similar role to a subordinate Kōshaku, with free reign over the 8 prefectures of Sabah and Palawan.
 * Pengiran Dahud Sinaman (born 1470, ruled 1511-)
 * Syonanese Diet: The Syonanese Diet is the main legislative body of Syonan. A bicameral system based on Syonan’s 2 constituent kingdoms, it is composed of Syonan’s nobility and particularly powerful burgher families. The Syonanese Diet hosts 732 delegates in total.
 * Hiragan Diet: The Hiragan Diet is the main legislative body of the constituent Kingdom of Hiraga (located in the northern half of Syonan). Made up of notable Hiragan noble and burgher families, the Hiragan Diet hosts 437 delegates.
 * The autonomous province of Sabah and Palawan sends 27 delegates to the Hiragan Diet.
 * Nagasatoan Diet: The Nagasatoan Diet is the main legislative body of the constituent Kingdom of Nagasato (including the overseas territories of Suwawa and Tidung), located in the southern half of the country. Composed of notable Nagasatoan noble and burgher families, the Nagasatoan Diet hosts 295 delegates.
 * Suwawa and Tidung, being governed under Nagasato, is theoretically subject to the Nagasatoan Diet. However, there is little to no representation of the two overseas territories in the Syonanese legislature.
 * Political Parties: Although no real political parties exist in Syonan as of yet, there are several loose power blocs within the Syonanese Diet, with borders between specific power blocs sometimes muddy and difficult to discern. Many delegates are influenced by multiple blocs.
 * Centralists: The Centralist bloc is composed of those delegates who desire more central government control over local affairs in Syonan. An extremely big tent bloc, Centralists range from those who simply want more government oversight in day to day governance, to supporters of Anjuro Katagiri’s absolutist and imperial policies, to those who want to do away with the Diarchy system altogether. Significantly more powerful in the north than in the south the Centralists, along with their bitter enemies the Federalists, are the two most powerful blocs in the Syonanese Diet.
 * Federalists: The Federalist bloc is composed of those delegates who desire less central government control over Syonan. A similarly big tent bloc to the Centralists, they range from feudalists to status quo supporters to even a few Nagastoan secessionists. Significantly more powerful in the south and in the Bornean territories than in the north, the Federalists, along with the Centralists, are the two most powerful blocs in the Syonanese Diet, and are perpetually at odds with one another.
 * Traders: Supporting mercantilist policies and touting the trade guilds as the lifeblood of the Syonanese economy, the traders punch far above their weight in power, mostly due to Syonan’s control over the seas. They are the most staunch supporters of the Sulu Sea sound toll. Many of them tend to agree in part with the Militarists on certain supposed “integral territories of Syonan”.
 * Militarists: The Syonanese militarists are probably by far the most unified bloc in Syonanese politics, uniformly advocating for stratocratic principles and aggressive foreign policy to “keep Syonan great” (read. continue Syonanese near-hegemony over maritime Southeast Asia). They are quite inclined to randomly scream “Syonan Banzai” and debate you for hours on how Palawan and Sabah are integral territories of Syonan stolen by the Bruneians.
 * Traditionalists: The traditionalists are a faction dedicated to preserving the status quo. They are the most socially conservative group, and also tout an isolationist foreign policy, which they call “Sakoku”. No one really takes them seriously at the moment.
 * Religious Supremacists: Syonan’s religious supremacists are a mostly fringe group that emphasize increased authority of religious bodies over governance and everyday life. Although the Shinto, Buddhist, Hindu and Xianist blocs clash often, their proposed policies are much the same, designed to give their religion more power in state affairs.
 * Reformists: Even with the most conventional parliamentary system, there will always be a couple hardy radicals. ‘Nuff said.
 * Administration: Syonan is divided into 2 constituent kingdoms (koku), which are further subdivided into 10 provinces (dō). The 9 provinces are in turn subdivided into 43 prefectures (ken), which are in turn further divided into districts (gun).
 * Suwawa and Tidung are considered overseas territories of the constituent Kingdom of Nagasato. They do not have any representation in the Syonanese Diet, and their people are not considered Syonanese citizens (and thus are not awarded the rights of Syonanese citizens) unless they are descended from at least one Syonanese parent or descended from at least one parent that has served in the Syonanese military.
 * Sabah and Palawan is an autonomous province under the constituent Kingdom of Hiraga (with the exception of the southernmost portions of former Bruneian Sabah, which has been incorporated into the Kingdom of Nagasato as Tarakan Prefecture). Autonomous provinces are similar to normal provinces except that they have more power domestically, as the constituent kingdom-level government is not allowed to impose laws and restrictions on the autonomous province, with the only power they are able to wield over provincial authorities in an autonomous province being a veto.
 * Capital City:
 * Syonanese and Hiragan Capital: Morioh
 * Sabahan Capital: Sandakan
 * Nagasatoan Capital: Nagasato
 * Suwawan Capital: Gorontalo
 * Tidungese Capital: Kutei
 * Economy: Syonan boasts a diverse and robust economy geared towards foreign trade. Major sectors of the Syonanese economy include agriculture, mining, the spice trade, fishing, and logging. The late 15th and early 16th centuries would see the inception of the Syonanese plantation economy, particularly prevalent in the plains of Central Luzon and inland Mindanao, while urban and coastal economies would remain dominated by various merchant guilds.
 * Currency: The Syonanese taru is the main currency in Syonan, backed up by gold reserves, with one taru equivalent to around 3.2 grams of gold. In rural and remote areas, however, the barter system is king, due to limited state influence in these areas.
 * Demographics:
 * Total Population: 1,102,118
 * Hiraga: 400,295
 * Morioh: 30,025
 * Mei-nira: 55,012
 * Kanakawa: 32,525
 * Kitahara: 26,878
 * Keishi: 25,193
 * Naga: 22,378
 * Nagasato (including Tarakan but not Suwawa or Tidung): 262,470
 * Nagasato-shi: 26,145
 * Davao: 33,104
 * Pemagarong: 25,992
 * Souhama-Shibu: 21,023
 * Cagayan: 13,887
 * Tsuhama: 13,125
 * Sabah and Palawan: 237,048
 * Sandakan: 29,370
 * Api: 20,925
 * Suwawa: 71,028
 * Gorontalo: 11,213
 * Tidung: 131,277
 * Kutei: 21,169
 * Ethnicities:
 * 28.3% Syonanese (312,245 people)
 * 12.9% Yojin (“pure” Syonanese) (40,280 people)
 * 87.1% In-jin (mixed race Syonanese) (271,965 people)
 * 22.3% Native Syonanese (245,993 people)
 * 22.8% Takairō-jin/Tagalog (56,086 people)
 * 19.7% Kabishi-jin/Visayan (48,460 people)
 * 12.5% Rusonto-jin/Ilocano (30,749 people)
 * 7.4% Ibaruno-jin/Bicolano (18,203 people)
 * 7.1% Nagasato-jin/Maguindanao (17,465 people)
 * 30.5% Other groups (75,028 people)
 * 14.2% Malay (157,280 people)
 * 1.6% Chinese (18,021 people)
 * 1.6% Japanese (17,523 people)
 * 6.3% Suwawan (69,023 people)
 * 9.0% Kadazan-Dusun (98,865 people)
 * 6.8% Bajau (75,225 people)
 * 2.9% Murut (32,145 people)
 * 6.7% Dayak (61,777 people)
 * 1.3% Other (mostly Southeast Asian, Indian and Arabian traders) (14,021 people)
 * Religions: Religion in Syonan is not necessarily exclusive, with many Syonanese ascribing to beliefs from 2 or more religions.
 * Syonanese Shinto: Syonanese Shinto has diverged greatly from Shinto in the Japanese islands, with many Shinto kami being syncretized with native and Hindu deities, and Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism heavily influencing the religion. Most prevalent in coastal, urban and lowland areas dominated by ethnic Syonanese, Syonanese Shinto is the main religion of Syonan.
 * ~55% of the population (~600,000 people)
 * Syonanese Buddhism: A sect of Buddhism almost totally exclusive to the islands of Syonan, Syonanese Buddhism is heavily influenced by Shinto, Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism and native beliefs. It is by far the most influential Buddhist sect in Syonan, although other sects do manage to gain followers in the Syonanese Isles.
 * ~50% of the population (~550,000 people)
 * Other Buddhist sects (Mahayana, Theravada and Zen Buddhism) are practiced by ~9% of the population (~98,000 people)
 * Hinduism: Practiced by many indigenous and mixed-race Syonanese especially in Mindanao and the Visayas, Hinduism in Syonan has been heavily syncretized with Syonanese Buddhism and Shinto (and vice versa), with many Hindu gods in Syonan being almost indistinguishable from the Syonanese variants of Shinto kami. A more “pure” version of Hinduism exists in coastal Tidung and in newly-acquired Sabah.
 * ~40% of the population (~450,000 people)
 * Xianism: Xianism states that the sole god of man, Tian, has endowed humans with the ability to become "Xian", basically deities, unlocked by committing good deeds in Tian's name, and understanding Tian and the way the universe works. Unlike many Eastern religions, Xianism is a monotheistic religion. Practitioners of the religion are mostly confined to the ethnic Chinese minority within Syonan, and are most prevalent in Pemagarong and Mindoru Prefectures.
 * ~1.5% of the population (~17,000 people)
 * Other: In remote, mountainous areas of inland Syonan, as well as in the jungles of Tidung and Suwawa, many native tribes still live as they did before Syonanese settlement on the islands, and still worship their old gods in much the same way as they once did.
 * ~15% of the population (~170,000 people)
 * Military:
 * Grand Army of Syonan:
 * Deployed forces: 16,000 (9,000 in Sabah in order to fully cement control)
 * Total forces: 25,000
 * 3,500 Heavy Breakthrough Elite Infantry
 * 2,000 Field Artillery Personnel
 * 7,500 Light Infantry
 * 1,000 Light Mixed Cavalry
 * 2,000 Homeland Security Infantry (Military Police)
 * Reservists/Potential levies: 15,000
 * Syonan Nikun Royal Navy:
 * Total sailors: 26,000
 * Total ships (excluding coastal patrol): 565 ships
 * SNRN Muramasa-class Oceanic Battlecruiser Muramasa
 * Crew: 120
 * SNRN Yamamoto-class Oceanic Battlecruiser Yamamoto
 * Crew: 70
 * SNRN Yamamoto-class Oceanic Battlecruiser Higashikata
 * Crew: 70
 * 13 Muramasa-class Oceanic Battlecruisers
 * Crew: 120
 * 32 Yamamoto-class Oceanic Battlecruisers
 * Crew: 70
 * 242 Subarashi Pagong-class Oceanic Cruisers
 * Crew: 60
 * 275 Subarashi Dātsu-class Oceanic Interceptors
 * Crew: 40
 * 600 Tsuna-class Torpedo Boats
 * Crew: 10
 * 515 Transport Ships
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Nanshindo War (Gwarri-Yolngu War): The Gwarri-Yolngu War, known in Syonan as the Nanshindo War, was a conflict between the northern Australian Gwarri and Yolngu tribes, sparked with the former’s spontaneous invasion of the latter. Called into the war on the side of Yolngu due to an alliance and trade ties, Syonanese participation in the Nanshindo War would mainly be via mercenaries and irregular troops.
 * We send 8000 troops, mostly made up of irregular auxiliaries from various Dayak tribes from inner Tidung (6000 troops), as well as the Nihonese Southern Company (1500 troops), a mercenary group led by Kanzaki Setsuna and based in the Japanese isles, and the Syonan Nikun 78th Battalion (500 troops), to the Nanshindo War. They are tasked with holding back the Gwarri onslaught and pushing back their hordes.
 * Syonanese Casualties: 818 Syonanese military, 97 civilian (from the previous legation to Yolngu)
 * Divided into 4 groups of 2000 troops each, our forces will land on specific areas of the Gwarri coast, establishing beachheads. From there, they will attempt to control coastal regions, pushing the Gwarri inland and weakening their hold. 
 * Having captured several beachheads across the Gwarri coast, we begin to push further along the northern coast of Gwarri, with the eventual goal of uniting our fronts with the Yolngu fronts in the east. Meanwhile, an effort will be made to encircle Garrihu and hopefully seize the city.
 * ~500 troops will detach from the main army and begin raiding the interior of Gwarri territory, attempting to obstruct and stall supply lines. This contingent shall be commanded by none other than Nakamura Souji herself.
 * Seeing as the war is now most likely a Yolngu victory, compounded by the volatile situation back home, we withdraw our troops from Australia.
 * Research:
 * Type 001 Yajiri Torpedo Mod. 1498: An updated model of the Yajiri Torpedo allowing it to reach faster speeds in water and improving its accuracy.
 * Subarashi Kulog Taihou Mk.V: We begin to equip more ships with this cannon.
 * Bakuchiku Mk.I: The Bakuchiku cannon is now standard fare for all Syonanese ships.
 * Kogata-jū: A variant of the Javanese arquebus indigenous to Syonan, the Kogata-jū has become the standard firearm of choice for the Syonanese Army.
 * Early Rocket Developments: Early rocket launchers are devised by several bright minds of Syonan, with most failing but a few managing to barely work. However, even the designs that work need a lot of refining in order to produce a functional weapon.
 * Reptilian Growth: Continued breeding of the Filipino monitor lizard has caused the species to grow in size, through decades, if not centuries will be required for the lizards to grow even larger.
 * That being said, they are now large enough to be farmed for food, as these monitor lizards slowly become a delicacy in the Nagasatoan region.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Agousta: We will let your people trade in our ports if you allow us to trade in yours, and we will pay the same prices for your goods as anyone else’s goods, but keep in mind that as soon as you try something fishy like you did in Malacca and Brunei you are getting kicked out of our islands.
 * Zhaowa: lol pay up
 * Events:
 * The Sabah Crisis: With the Sabahan and Palawanese nobilities’ 1511 petition for Syonan to annex their lands in the wake of the Agoustan invasion and takeover of Brunei, the nation was at first elated at its new territorial acquisitions, with the Militarist faction of the Syonanese Diet being particularly overjoyed at completing “the natural borders of Syonan”. However, this initial sense of joy and elation at a new territorial acquisition soon became one of tension and discord, as the constituent kingdoms of Hiraga and Nagasato jockeyed for the right to control the newly-annexed territories, and basic policies of integration and citizenship became extremely contentious topics. After 8 months of extremely tense deliberation (including a period in time where the Nagasatoan Diet threatened to walk out of the National Assembly if their demands of full control of Sabah and the ability to exploit “human resources” from the territory were not met), a compromise was eventually reached, in which southern Sabah was given to Nagasato (as Tarakan Prefecture), while Hiraga exercised nominal suzerainty over the rest of Sabah and Palawan while giving the established noble class there near-total control over internal affairs. Citizenship in the newly-annexed territories was strictly restricted to nobility and anyone wealthy enough to pay a hefty bribe to the correct people in government, and a policy of enticing Syonanese to migrate to Sabah and Palawan would be pursued by the territories under Hiragan control, while Nagasato was content to run its territory much like Tidung and Suwawa (i.e a glorified slave labor camp).
 * Strangers from the Far West: Agousta’s seizure of Brunei has ruffled many feathers in Syonan. The idea that a foreign power from far away can just waltz into a previously robust and functional kingdom during a time of weakness and just take it over from the inside strikes fear and panic into the hearts of much of Syonan’s nobility, and more than a few comparisons of Brunei’s pre-Agoustan takeover situations to Syonan’s current system of constituent nations are made. This fear rejuvenates the Centralist position in government, with many members of the Syonanese Diet taking a noticeably anti-Agoustan bent and espousing their belief that the distinctions between Hiraga and Nagasato be removed if Syonan is to avoid takeover from a foreign power, with the most outspoken of them all being Keicho Nijimura, a minor noble from Souhama who greatly admires Anjuro Katagiri’s imperial rule of Syonan and strongly condemns the current “divided and weak government”. Grand Koshaku Kakyoin, confident that the Syonanese nation is strong enough to rebuff any attempt at outside control, disregards the Centralist crowd, allowing Agoustan traders to trade in Syonanese ports providing they follow the same etiquette and rules as other foreign nations, albeit keeping a close eye on them and reassuring the Diet that the Agoustans will be booted out of Syonan should they try anything fishy.
 * Sulu Sea Sound Toll: With the seizure of Sabah, the Syonanese government would demand Sabah’s nobility to stop allowing non-allied merchant ships to circumvent Syonan’s Sulu Sea Sound Toll, levied to any trade passing through the Sulu Sea. Promising Sabahan authorities 25% of the revenue from this venture, this move has made sure that traders cannot simply hug the Bornean coast to escape Syonanese tolls anymore.
 * Nakamura Souji’s Bizarre Adventure: Homecoming: After the war in Gwarri, Nakamura Souji would finally return home to Syonan after nearly a decade away from its shores. Following a tearful reunion with her family (they thought she had died, as Nakamura remained one of only 3 surviving members of the original legation to Yolngu), she would once again strike out, this time to the Syonanese capital of Morioh, living off revenues from books about the Nanshindo War and being lauded as a war hero. Between writing books, being paraded around every other day, and having to take care of young Tourin Souji (now officially adopted into the Souji family), Nakamura would still find the time to visit her good friend and would-be lover, Setsuna Kanzaki, at least once a week. Bonding over shared experiences in the Nanshindo War and a shared adventurous spirit, they eventually grew closer and more inseparable, until, one night, Nakamura confessed her love for Setsuna in a drunken stupor…
 * The Black Hand’s Baptism: Tourin Souji would take to Syonan and its society the same way a duck takes to water. Quickly learning the Syonanese language, and then mastering everything his adopted family and his tutor threw at him: Syonanese customs, history, literature, the arts and crafts, maths, science, religion, and even a bit of military theory. He was very obviously turning out to be a genius – in fact having every faculty of what Westerners would call “the Renaissance Man”, as much as he tried to deny he was ever that smart. Although young and an adopted child, it was clear that young Tourin would be destined for great things...