Empire of Japan

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Empire of Japan
Constitutional Monarchy
Capital	Tokyo
Languages	Japanese
Population	118,000,000

The Empire of Japan is a constitutional monarchy in East Asia and a major world industrial economy. Its military government effectively collapsed during the second world war following a military coup that ended the Pacific War. This informed a period of autocratic rule that lasted until the late 20th Century, when democratic institutions were restored. The former military party, called the Tōsei-ha, has found considerable success in democratic Japan and has ruled almost uninterrupted for over a hundred years.

Japan is a major producer of heavy manufactured goods, photoelectrics and precision engineering, with extensive trade across the Pacific and Southeast Asia. It maintains a large military and interferes regularly in Asian affairs, though usually indirectly. It is an isolated country with a distinct domestic consumer market and culture, and its pan-asian interests keep it apart from the American and Soviet blocs.