NationStates Jolt Archive

this factbook can also be used for any RP's in the 1940's as well as the NS WW2.


Empire of Kirisubo (1940 CE)

location : 100 miles east of Japan, north pacific ocean
population: 17 million
capital city : Edo
anthem : Kimigayo (the original 1870 tune)
provinces : Shoshu, Hokkida, Kimika and Surika
languages : Kirisuban (similiar to Japanese), English

ruler : His Imperial Majesty Katsuo, son of heaven and the Shogun, Lord General Nakamura Kenji.

flag : a black field with a red rising sun; the naval standard is the normal flag with a gold anchor in the middle of the flag.

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system of government : constitutional monarchy with an elected parliment, the council of Daimyos. They select the Shogun along with the ruling monarch.

current status : Neutrality is prefered but they will fight back strongly if attacked. have enjoyed 490 years of peace and would prefer to maintain that.

military forces :

3 defence armies responsible for a section of the Empire totaling 1.5 million men under arms. half of these forces are trained reservists. also includes the 500 aircraft of the Imperial Airforce.

their current tanks are the panzer 3 & 4 models and the airforce prefers a license built copy of the spitfire Mk 1 (called the Tenchi) as their front line fighter. they also have medium range bombers as well.


the imperial navy has 10 carriers with 30 assorted craft on each one. Sea Tenchi and
Aosagi (heron) two seater bombers comprise the main types. they also operate flying boats, floatplanes and land based squadrons nears the coast.

the navy has 500 frontline aircraft.

the ecomony

the economy is strong Kirisubo having rebuilt from the dark times of the great depression. Defence force modernisation was the spur for the economy to improve and it still is with Kirisuban arms factories supplying all the nations needs and all military hardware being built under license in the Empire.

weapons of war

Armour:

Panzer 3 & 4 medium tanks
Tora light tank with 37 mm gun
Ki-rin class tank hunter with 70mm gun.

armoured cars with 20mm guns (troop support)

warships

10 Aircraft carriers, 20 diesel submarines, 20 heavy cruisers, 30 destroyers.

also 200 surface attack craft scattered round the empire

aircraft

spitfire MK 1; the Kirisubans built their version round 4 cannons rather than 8 machine guns although.
Aosagi low level bomber : a two seater general ground and sea attack craft able to carry up to 500lbs of bombs or a single torpedo.
Washi (eagle) medium bomber : built by Kasigi industries its the main bomber used for general operations. Land based they can carry up to 2000 lbs of bombs or 4 torpedoes.



other weapons

Showa period rifle : a 20 shot bolt action rifle that’s a firm favourite of the imperial forces.
Type 28 submachine gun : based on the German MP28 SMG but mostly made of metal stamped parts for rapid manufacture.
Type 20 light machinegun : an air cooled model that two men can handle easily

K70 anti-aircraft gun : a standard design firing a 70mm flak shell .

An Alliance with me and angermanland could be useful.

the Kirisuban government considered this request and sent the following reply to the embassy of the Dominion of Russia.

we would like to hear more about this offer before we decide on it. with tensions in Europe rising and these able to affect even our nations in the pacific ocean I would like to invite your ambassador and one from Angermanland to the Imperial palace in Edo to discuss these matters with the Shogun and the Emperor.

I look forward to hearing from you

a similar reply was sent to the Angermanland Ambassador in Edo.

the responce from the Angerman ambasidor was swift enough. he would, of course, attend, that being a large part of his job and the rest being dependant on his doing so. subsiquent messages between underlings established minor details such as when, who to bring or not bring, and other items of protocal.

the protocols set forth for the meeting included having no weapons in the palace since the samurai would look after security, a limit of 3 aides including a translator and a willingness to arrive to arrive at a solution.

it was well known that the Kirisubans were an efficent people and it was no different with diplomacy..

arangements were easily made. normal security untill reaching the palace, then protocal kicked in. the Angerman ambasidor wasn't quite sure what the 'situation' was exactly, but the purpose of diplomacy Was to solve problems, and thus reaching some sort of an agreement was his job. even if it were a worst case scenario and the agreement was to "make holes in each other with explosives and pointy things untill someone gives up" not ideal, but an... agreement, of sorts.

hopefully, something far better was on the agenda for this meeting though.

ooc: on that note: dude needs a name :S

The Dominion of Russia declared war on the owners of Poland today, it should be an easy conquer.

with the Dominon of Russia declaring war on Poland there certainly was something to talk about now at the meeting. a time was set for the next day and the ambassadors were informed of it.

top secret ic:

Sumashikka island airbase

testing started on a swept wing piston engined fighter.

a Tenchi now marked 'XJ2' was the original test bed for the jet fighter and would now test out the belief that a swept wing fighter would be better in combat that a straight wing one.

an army Tenchi was also involved in the air-race and the drag was certainly reduced on the experimental model allowing it to go faster.

combat tests would continue with this possibly leading into a new era for kirisuban aircraft design.

also on the base was 'flight section 4' which was also looking at flying wing designs for aircraft. their main concern was gliders for now and getting the basic flight controls sorted out but this line of technology was also promising