Talk:AFOH/@comment-27015223-20151001104017/@comment-27015223-20151003151828

(Sorry this is a long post but I recommend reading the OOC as it raises some important points to help settle the South Korea problem. Just skip to the bottom line if you don't want to read it all.)

IC:

"Thank you sir," Lieutenant Leader smiles as he shakes the Admiral's hand, then suddenly notices the oil, blood, and salt water on his hand and sleeve. After glancing down at himself he quickly removes his helmet and runs a hand through his black hair, not embarrassed but still apologetic. "Admiral, it seems that I've graced your floor and hand with a generous amount of Navy juice."

OOC:

Bouexic was correct in that this RP scenario was created to explain my ships' joining of the AFOH but I purposely chose to do this because I noticed that South Korea was not owned by any navy nor were there any scenario's involving it. My scenario with the ROJ, therefore, seems legit.

Concerning Japan and Korea: 1st off, yes I am a Korean, but I think Japan is awesome, they have awesome culture and rich history. I'm not a Japan hater.

"South Korea never placed a heavy ban on Japanese culture and imports to the country, which helped the two countries get a stronger political relationship." This is the RP world's version of Korean-Japanese relations. First off, South Korea and Japan already have very similar cultures in many different aspects, though there are major differences. Second, Korea and Japan exchange a lot of entertainment culture with Japanese manga, anime, and rock being popular in Korea while Korean pop and dramas are popular in Japan. Concerning imports: this would certainly lead to a stronger economic relationship between the two countries but that doesn't necessarily equate to a stronger political relationship, as evidenced by how Korea has a incredibly strong connection to China economically yet remains closer to America politically. However in the RP universe Korea and Japan do have a stronger political relationship because the wiki says so, period. This is not, however, a good enough reason to justify a "Japanese Commonwealth" where Korea is subordinated to Japan. First off in the RP timeline Japan would still be constitutionally limited to not having a standing military and only a self-defense force after the loss of WWII. It would also not be permitted to establish a commonwealth. Second, this idea is obviously based off of the British Commonwealth which grew out of the British Empire. Britian's relationship to her colonies were very different from the Japanese-Korean relationship. Countries like Canada and Australia were colonies established by the British where the colonists became the majority population. After the end of the empire these nations kept their historic bond by forming the commonwealth. Japan, on the other hand, conquered and oppressed Korea. After they left, Koreans were more than happy to say good bye to the Japanese. Now in modern IRL universe, Korea and Japan compare as follows: Japan is stronger economically and also has a superior navy Korea, however, has a far stronger Army and Air Force, also boasting the world's 2nd largest Marine Corps, whereas Japan has no such purpose-built amphibious assault/expeditionary force. Korea's economy ain't half bad either. Neither is their Navy. Japanese naval forces also lack strike capability against ground targets as they don't have tomahawk cruise missiles. Only their small 5-inch guns. The Japanese air forces similarly lack a strong force of close air support, ground attack, and bomber aircraft. This severely limits their ability to wage war effectively. Now things are probably different in RP but because a proper South Korean Navy has not yet been found, one cannot say South Korea is weaker than Japan. If IRL is our meter stick, one could even argue that Japan should be militarily weaker than South Korea in RP.

BOTTOM LINE: My point is, not only is the idea of subordinating South Korea to Japan in a "Japanese Commonwealth" in a RP scenario insensitive and offensive, but it makes no sense, even in the changed RP universe we play in.