Japan (Volatile Disposition)

Japan is an Asian superpower with 124 million people in population and an additional 14 million foreign Permanent Residents (adopted from the Singapore system), most from Eastern Russia or Korea. It is one of the founding members of the Association of East Asian Nations, and a technological superstar in Asia.

Economically, Japan is reliant on its burgeoning electronics and vehicle industry, although its growing arms and tourism industries play huge parts as well. It is part of the AEAN and is thus a major trade partner with most countries in the region (except the MDP).

Militarily, Japan has the fifth-largest standing military in the world at 1.4 million active duty members and a strong focus on naval and aerial warfare. It has the third-strongest navy in the world with eleven aircraft carriers, the second-largest amount of carriers in the world after the combined forces of the UK and Germany, and was one of the pioneers in the spread of Railgun technology. Japan is secretly carrying out experiments to create a satellite-based Weapons system, although fruition is decades away. Although a ceasefire was agreed in 2051, Japan is still at war with China. East Turkestan, Tibet and Eastern Russia are militarily dependent on Japan.

Politically, Japan is split between two major parties: the left-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party and the right-pacifist Socialist Party. However, Japan's ranked-choice voting system encourages large amounts of independents, which means neither party has any guaranteed strongholds outside of certain cities.