History Characters / TNOGuangdong

** The State of Guangdong has a meager native police force, but the Kenpeitai has unrivalled surveillance and control of its people. [[spoiler:Failing to deal with the riots that spring up in the wake of the Oil Crisis makes this even worse, causing the [=IJA=] to impose martial law under an ultramilitarist general and begin razing the Pearl River delta to restore order, also serving as a Japanese spearhead for the coming Great Asian War.]]

->'''Ideology:''' Ultramilitarism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]

** Nagano regards Guangdong as an abomination of a nation, as it is essentially [[OneNationUnderCopyright the only country in the world that's run by and for corporations and doesn't pretend otherwise]]. His vision for Guangdong as an ultramilitarist IJA base is far worse, but at least it can claim to not be a purely self-serving corporatocracy.

->'''Ideology:''' Ultramilitarism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]

->'''Ideology:''' Ultramilitarism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]

->'''Ideology:''' Ultramilitarism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]

* ToxicInc: Most of the Japanese compares are producing heaps of pollutants that are poisoning the air and water that people rely on. Only Morita and Li Ka-shing have qualms about this and they can can implement regulations on air quality and water purity.

* LesCollaborateurs: Wang was born in Beijing, but has now become a Japanese collaborator, serving as the Chinese-consulate's political attaché, [[spoiller:though it's later {{subverted}} when he's actually a KMT spy.]]

* {{Auction}}: Following the Yasuda Crisis, the titular corporation's remaining assets are put up on [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1089041053614620682/20230324211731_1.jpg auction]] for the other companies to buy out. This allows the other companies to severely weaken a rival and accumulate more support in the Legislative Council. The auction also allows the government, who came into possession of Yasuda's assets, to fill up their financial reserves and remove the associated maintenance costs.

*** [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120100595500601394/sony_tank_screen.png Sony's tank]] is equipped with an infrared scanner, which can pinpoint heat signatures under 100 meters away. And by "heat signatures", it means ''all'' heat signatures. When deployed in Indonesia, the scanner is blanketed in orange and distinct yellow spots are only produced when the enemy is already firing at the unit, making it functionally useless.
*** Matsushita Electric develops their [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120100065994887298/matsushita_tank_screen.png MBT missiles]] to be wire-guided and it produces an impressive explosion when it makes contact. However, not only does the increased ammunition mean that the tank must be less armored, but a single stray shell can also destroy a tank from the same unit, wiping out both the enemy and themselves.
*** The [=MBTs=] produced by Fujitsu have a [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120099038495252530/fujitsu_tank_screen.png gyrostabilizer]] that enables them to fire while still moving, giving them more versatility on paper. Except that these tanks are being deployed in the dense rainforests of Indonesia, so this advantage will rarely be used.
*** Hitachi seemingly presents a more mundane upgrade with a [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120099609478443161/hitachi_tank_screen.png screw suspension]] that makes their tanks more mobile in rough terrain. Unsaid with this upgrade is shredding whatever land the tank crosses over, which could come back to haunt the Sphere if reinforcements or logistics are trying to follow them.

*** [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120100469897953370/sony_SPART_screen.png Sony's SPART module]] has an autoloader to increase the firing rate, but it is incredibly unreliable, where the rounds can lose velocity and cause friendly fire, melt the barrels' protective coating, and blow up the entire vehicle from even a small round penetrating the platform and hitting the ammunition belt or gas tank.
*** [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120099919546552480/matsushita_SPART_screen.png Matsushita's SPART]] has a lightweight wheel suspension to reduce their travel time, but in order to make the most of this advantage, they need to push deep into enemy lines. From there, it's near impossible to logistically satiate their insane RPM. Until supplies arrive, the trucks are vulnerable to counterattack and have very poor evasive actions if caught by the enemy.
*** Fujitsu is imaginative enough to arm their [=SPARTs=] with a [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120098560994725888/fujitsu_SPART_screen.png computer-assisted gun platform]] and, when deployed, it hits its target with extreme accuracy. However, when the enemy retreats to a more defensive position, the artillery cannot adapt because the trucks have terrible traversability, not even being able to scale a small hill. Short circuits are also a major problem, which renders the artillery useless and requires repairs that could take days to happen.
*** Hitachi presents a [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120099393786347660/hitachi_SPART_screen.png missile saturation turret]] that can fire fragmentation submunitions to bomb the enemy with unrelenting firepower. However, resupplying them with ammunition is extremely lengthy and costly, yet expanding their initial ammunition capacity is not a good option either because the extra weight means that more fuel must be consumed.

*** [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120099770011242686/matsushita_helicopter_screen.png Transport helicopters]] are Matsushita Electric's speciality, with the latest invention capable of carrying 10 passengers. The trade-off, though, is giving almost no armor or durability to the vehicle, making it extremely easy to shoot down, even compared to other helicopters of its kind. Many pilots joke that the vehicles are manned by undisciplined soldiers who have been given a suicide mission in all but name.
*** [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120098189018673312/fujitsu_helicopter_screen.png Fujitsu's helicopter gunships]] have state-of-the-art guidance systems and weaponry that make them some of the most mobile artillery seen in history. There's one major problem: the cost. The price of one can be used to outfit several infantry companies, so these weapons see limited deployment.
*** The [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120099246067155095/hitachi_helicopter_screen.png attack helicopters]] mobilized by Hitachi are some of the deadliest in the entire world, capable of destroying American and German choppers with ease. Unfortunately, not only are they just as expensive as Fujitsu's helicopters, they also require a complex system of electronics trademarked by Hitachi, so even the most minor inconvenience will require a Hitachi engineer to be called and brought over.
*** Shockingly, the rare subversion is [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1120100266071568434/sony_helicopter_screen.png Sony's chopper]], which is armed with a multitude of weapons and a multi-sensory electronic optical system, seemingly setting it up to be yet another impractical device. It does take a little practice to master, but otherwise, the helicopter accomplishes exactly what it promises with no significant drawbacks, being very flexible, lightweight, and fuel-efficient.

* CorporateConspiracy: Hitachi is shown to resort to [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1088984198729179269/image.png intrigue and bribes]] to grow their influence on the Legislative Council, eventually resulting in a coup that ousts the current Chief Executive in favour of their CEO Komai should the conspiracy go unchecked.

* DystopiaIsHard: All the repression and exploitation done by the corporations foments a simmering hatred in the Chinese and Zhujin, producing an unsustainable system for how a country should be run, something that even Suzuki points out. [[spoiler:By the end, it culminates in massive riots, with the Chinese organized by the Committee of Chinese Labor and the Zhujin organized by the Guangdong Federation of Tradesmen. Their strength and radicalism needs to be [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1088992207131918416/image.png carefully managed]] by either negotiation or more extreme force. Failure to do so leads the IJA to intervene and overthrow the Chief Executive.]]

* FictionalCountry: Even moreso than Manchukuo, Guangdong is a completely artificial state invented by the Japanese to make money, and has no real reason to exist. An important part of Guangdong content is forming the Guangdong national identity, making a state from nothing. This plays a major role in [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1088985509000396931/unknown.png "The Three Evils of Guangdong"]] mechanic, where the Chief Executive must build Guangdong's reputation to Japan and China as more than just a cynical corporate project infested with corruption.

* MegaCorp: Guangdong's politics are dominated by the financial conglomerate Yasuda and the consumer electronics firms Matsushita, Sony and Fujitsu, who have pervasive control over the "Silicon Delta"'s [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1088984740079616151/unknown.png Legislative Council]]. Guangdong's mechanics include developing new consumer products to increase a company's market share and political influence as well as keep the state's finances balanced.

* MergingMachine: If all of the PTRG objectives for the rifle are completed, Guangdong can unlock the [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1088974499300515860/GNG_experimental_infantry_equipment_chimera.png 'NUE' Next Generation Rifle]], a design combining the bullpup configuration and electronic optics of the Fujitsu rifle, the saboted flechette ammunition and drum magazine of the Matsushita rifle, and the modularity and grenade launcher of the Sony rifle.

* TheRival: Following the Pan-Asian Economic Conference, Manchukuo and Guangdong become economic rivals seeking to [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1088985719785132082/image.png out perform]] each other, proving which of their economic systems is superior and scoring a political win for any one of the Chief Executives. This seems to change if the Manchurian-backed Hitachi coup occurs and turns Guangdong into an added appendage of Manchuria, with a matching economic system. [[spoiler:However, it becomes DoubleSubverted Komai betrays them to assert his own independence and reignites the rivalry.]]

* WarForFunAndProfit: The megacorporations conduct a series of [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1088985132205084802/unknown.png military product tests]], where they invent a fancy new weapon and have it utilized in far-off proxy wars through "research regiments", all to prove their usefulness to the rest of the Sphere and get them to purchase these inventions via arms trafficking. For each conflict, the regiments must satisfy a list of objectives, with the profitability of the venture increasing with each goal being met.

* BattleCry: After Lee Chun's assassination of Komai and subsequent death in the fumbled Oil Crisis response, Guangdong falls into a state of [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1088989603832266812/image.png anarchy]] before the IJA takes over, with the resistance sending one final rallying call:

* OldFriend: Takashima is good friends with Japanese artist Hirata Shōdō, the biological father of Matsushita Masaharu. Tellingly, Takashima is the only person who Hirata can confide to, confessing his hopes for Masaharu to visit one of his exhibitions

* LesCollaborateurs: Song is a Chinese diplomat who was born in Guangdong and currently collaborates with the Japanese colonial regime.

* EnemyMine: If Guangdong has done enough to improve the quality of life of its Chinese citizens and subsequently raise China's opinion, Song can be asked by the reigning Chief Executive to help investigate the Hitachi coup plot. In such a case, he will he help on the basis that a Hitachi coup could threaten China and its people.

** Song has old friends in a Chinese district that he grew up in, still visiting them and checking how his hometown is doing. The Chief Executive assumes that he was just doing his job and Song denies it, though he sarcastically adds that he might collect some complaints from the community for the Chief Executive to hear.

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Investigations can reveal that Song is a CPC mole who's been aiding the Guangdong riots to overthrow the reigning Japanese class.]]

* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Song is usually reserved and collected, but he actually starts to panic if the Police investigates the CCL and gets enough evidence to justify an isolation of the Chinese Consulate for potentially aiding the rioters. Song tries to get into contact with Nanjing, but struggles to do so and thus squirms even more.]]

* PreciousPhoto: Song has various framed photos around his office, some of which include him and other soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War. [[spoiler:It is one of many hints that Song harbors stronger anti-Japanese sentiment than first realized]].

* LesCollaborateurs: Wang was born in Beijing, but has now become a Japanese collaborator, serving as the Chinese-consulate's political attaché.

* TheHermit: [[spoiler:Wang is rarely seen in the public during the Riots, even making sporadic appearances at the Chinese Consulate.]]

* {{Nepotism}}: His promotion to the military intelligence department was greatly boosted from He Yingqin being his father-in-law.

* PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:If the Chinese consulate's role in aiding the Guangdong rioters is revealed, Wang will be fired from his position and effectively exiled from his department.]]

* TheSpymaster: Wang Jingxu plays a chief role in the intelligence operations of the Republic of China within Guangdong. He relies on a small cohort of individuals, gathering information for his superiors [[spoiler:and potentially aiding the insurgents, as indicated by his erratic actions during the Guangdong Riots.]]

* RedOniBlueOni: Nagano is the red oni to Takashima's blue oni. Both are similar characters who represent Tokyo's interests and will hold the Chief Executive's feet to it. However, while Takashima is affable and relatively reserved, Nagano is passionate and wild, expressing his anger through furious rants and willing to use extreme force when his patience runs out.

* TheRival: Following the Pan-Asian Economic Conference, Manchukuo and Guangdong become economic rivals seeking to [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1072264986375757854/1088985719785132082/image.png out perform]] each other and prove which of their economic systems is superior. This seems to change if the Manchurian-backed Hitachi coup occurs and turns Guangdong into an added appendage of Manchuria, with a matching economic system. [[spoiler:However, it becomes DoubleSubverted Komai betrays them to assert his own independence and reignites the rivalry.]]

* BadLiar: Miyazaki is an unconvincing liar. During the investigation of the Hitachi coup, he gets suspiciously angry when asked about his involvement in the Manchurian emergency landings. If the Chief Executive sends a detective to interrogate him further, Miyazaki will first tell the detective to leave and stop wasting his time before escalating when the detective persists, insulting the detective's appearance and threatening to get Nagano involved without ever disproving the accusations.

* TheSpook: Compared to the GFT, the CCL is much more secretive with their ambitions and leadership, preferring to act in the background and let the GFT take the spotlight.

* TheAssimilator: In addition to Japanese settlers who have integrated into Cantonese culture, the Zhujin also include Chinese citizens who have assimilated into Japanese culture, adopting Japanese names and their language. Since 1956, the state has conduced censuses to keep track of civil servants and business owners deemed "reliable".

* CommonalityConnection: Famous Japanese artist, Hirata Shōdō, has a surprisingly friendly conversation with Chinese artist, Lin Fengmian, during an exhibition. Despite coming from opposing countries, they connect over their shared interest in art and its ability to connect with anyone, regardless of nationality or language.

** Once the Western Insurrection escalates, thousands of refugees try to escape the conflict by migrating to Guangdong. The government may choose to accept them all to fill up labor shortages or only accepted skilled laborers.

* WretchedHive: Even compared to Kōshu and Honkon, crime in Makao is especially bad, with Yakuza and Triad bosses using street violence and corruption to tighten their grip on the underworld and terrorize the citizens, while propping up a vast casino industry to enrich themselves. In Ibuka's path this can be undone with his aggressive crackdown on crime and gambling, with all of the great casinos demolished and replaced with office blocks. On the other hand, Morita can take advantage of this and help his Triad allies by buying the Makao casino license and running the Yakuza out of town.

* UndyingLoyalty: Nagano is unquestionably loyal to Japan. Even as he looks to overthrow the reigning Chief Executive during the riots, he will never act without Japan's approval.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Guangdong is the least respected member of the Sphere, as China views it as an illegitimate state occupying their territory and Japan has largely shifted their attention away from what they consider an "unnatural tributary". Even Manchuria looks down on Guangdong [[TemptingFate and is considered a far more prosperous puppet state to Japan]]. [[spoiler:This perception completely backflips once Guangdong survives the Oil Crisis, as the international community recognizes how resilient Guangdong is and its metamorphosis into a premier industrial capital.]]

* BilingualBonus: The three Chinese characters on the flag stand for the three major cities of Guangdong or the "Three Pearls": Guangzhou (廣州), Macau (澳門), and Hong Kong (香港). Even better, their location on the flag represents their relative geographic position to each other, with Guangzhou being north of the Pearl River Delta, Macau being west, and Hong Kong being east.

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* LesCollaborateurs: Guangdong's administration seeks greater cooperation from the Zhujin, the old business elite that dominated Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta before the war and now compose a middle class that has since adopted the Japanese language. However, most of the Japanese megacorporations aren't keen on giving the Chinese oligarchs and tycoons too ''much'' leeway, though Sony wants to expand legal protections and privileges for them.