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1Mefhor Canon Bloc is an Roleplaying Bloc of ''Website/NationStates'', consisting of Mefpan, Horizont, Gigaverse and The Soviet Lunar State (and to much lesser extent: Neo Byzantine Empire and Oaledonia).
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3The premise is basically if the regimes of said roleplayers interact on the political stage. Throw in {{Schizo Tech}}. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome And some realism]]. Or not - it all depends on the nation in question.
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5Imagine, if you will, a world not unlike our own. The entirety of history developed almost entirely as we know it; World War Two ended with the victory of the Western Allies and the Soviet Union, the Cold War was won by the West and the world has endured the first years of the early 21st century and the troubles it had in store for it. Or did it?
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7Enter the year 2013 - and things begin to change dramatically. A revolt of Greeks in modern Turkey that were never expelled in the aftermath of World War One ends up spiraling into an all-out revolution that, due to sluggish reactions by the West and outright support from other powers including Mefpan, a former German-British island colony somewhere south of India, succeeds in toppling the government and leads to the restoration of the Roman Empire. Soon after, it begins its reconquest of what it considers its legitimate territory, at first restricting itself to the Middle East and the Balkans.
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9Then, the already-fragile structure of the European Union is struck and shattered by a joint assault of Byzantine and Mefpanian forces to the South and North of Europe, heralding the beginning of the end for the old world - Northwestern Europe, heavily engaged in combat in the Austrian alps, falls quickly to an unexpected naval invasion conducted with submarines. America, in the meantime, is more than busy in an attempt to ward off an invasion by the Mugen Tengoku / Holy Japonian Empire - a resurgent Japan. Likewise, Russia loses its easternmost port as it, too, is far too busy trying to fight off a Japonian invasion to defend its eastern frontier.
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11A short time later, the world experiences its next shock: The world, already stricken with war, learns that the Third Reich never fell - it only fled to Antarctica to lick its wounds for its eventual return - and it did, only a short time after the subjugation of Europe - with the blessing of Mefpan's government, which willingly turned over Germany and various surrounding territories in the aftermath of a most unfortunate incident involving a colonial governor.
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13If that wasn't enough, the Reich soon reported having made contact with a remnant of the Soviet Union in a most unlikely place - the Moon. Just like the other nations, they, too, were planning to take revenge upon the world they believed to have betrayed them.
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15Currently, we write the year 2014 and the lid is closing on the Old World's coffin: Representatives of these nations gather to discuss the future fate of the world in order to avoid a planet-spanning war for dominance that would lead only to their doom.
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17The spirit of Man is crushed and trampled upon. Entire peoples turn into puppets and chess pieces for a greater game. Old beliefs are shaken and done away with as the now-dominant powers unveil their greatest achievements in all fields and annihilate long thought valid scientific theories.
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19Dozens of gambits intertwine, hundreds of plots collide, thousands of plans are drawn up. Where does it lead?
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21!!This Roleplay contains examples of:
22* ActionGirl: All characters coming from Mefpan seem to be cute/beautiful girls who can kick ass, and a large portion of the Reich's cast is this as well.
23* AirstripOne: Area 4 ([[spoiler:China]]) and Area 6 ([[spoiler:the United States]]).
24* AllMonksKnowKungFu: The Japonian ones. Justified, since East Asia is under their control, and the regime is eager to teach people how to defend themselves.
25* AllNationsAreSuperpowers:
26%%** Somewhat subverted with Oaledonia.
27** Double subverted with Mefpan, which has the least territory but is quite powerful. [[spoiler:Mefpan is actually in control of a reasonably large subterranean area, the normal inaccessibility of which means an abundance of usable resources, in part fueling its war machine.]]
28%%* AlternativeCalendar: One for the Tengoku, and one for Byzantium.
29* AlternateHistory: It was perfectly normal until 2008, when things changed. Howard T. Ackerman, [[spoiler: a Japonian puppet,]] is the Democratic winner of the 2012 Presidential elections. [[spoiler: He then proceeds to slowly hand the United States over to the Tengoku before dying a "KarmicDeath"]].
30%%* AmnesiacLover: [[spoiler: Izanami.]]
31%%* AnimeHair: Sakahara [[spoiler: and The Tennou]] when he doesn't wear anything over his head.
32* {{Animeland}}: The Tengoku. All that's missing are fantasy creatures walking the city streets. [[spoiler:Sakahara and The Tennou will take care of that.]]
33* AntiMagic:
34** Emeline Knightsbridge and her trusty armor, made from a special kind of steel.
35** [[spoiler: Sakahara and The Tennou, being PhysicalGods]], can easily repel magic.
36* AnyoneCanDie: Somewhat averted. Unless it involves the Tengoku, in which case the chance is 50 / 50.
37* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Basically, if you work for the governments of the Tengoku, Mefpan or the Fourth Reich, your asskicking ability is probably top-notch.
38* AuthorityInNameOnly: [[spoiler: The Japonian Tennou]], for all reasons and purposes, is a figurehead ruler, whose powers in every fields are behind that of the [[spoiler: Supreme Shogun]]. Justified, since the latter is [[spoiler: a PhysicalGod much stronger than the former]].
39* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Sakahara and his couple of twins.]]
40%%* BadassLongcoat: Anyone from the Tengoku is effectively this.
41%%* TheBadGuyWins: To an extent, [[spoiler: the Tennou]].
42%%* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: [[spoiler: Izanami.]]
43* BewareTheNiceOnes: Tama Mokuji does not kill anyone unless provoked, Sakahara [[spoiler: violently proved it through the Space Station Incident]], while Hisoka Murakami learns it from Sakahara.
44%%* BigDamnHeroes: Sakahara has his moments.
45%%* BigNo: [[spoiler:Izanagi.]]
46* BittersweetEnding: To "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bittersweet Melancholy]]". The Japonian Civil War ended, [[spoiler: the ColonyDrop is stopped, and the MonsterOfTheWeek is defeated, only for Sakahara to lose the single person he cares about the most; as well as the Murakami siblings losing their CoolOldGuy single father. Also came as TheReveal about the Japonian Space Station project and secretive colonization of Mars. The "sweet" part is BabiesEverAfter.]]
47* BlackAndGreyMorality: The totalitarian regimes ruling the world are no angels, but there are darker forces working behind the scene.
48%%* BlessedWithSuck:
49%%** Sakahara. [[spoiler: Being a God isn't easy.]]
50%%** [[spoiler: The Tennou and Overkill.]]
51%%* BlingOfWar: The Tengoku. Perhaps the Reich also counts.
52%%* BodyguardCrush: Several girls had this for Sakahara.
53%%* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: Sakahara and Wilhelmina - both of whom are master tacticians, strategists and {{Lightning Bruiser}}s.
54* BreadAndCircuses: You'd be surprised that such oppressive totalitarian regimes like the Reich or the Tengoku manage to make it into a New World Order without much incident.
55* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: [[spoiler:Sakahara's initial solution to his Harem after losing his sister. It didn't last – credits to The Tennou.]]
56* BreakTheCutie: Several. Viktoria von Hartmann and Sakahara being prominent examples.
57%%* BrotherSisterIncest:
58%%** [[spoiler:Izanagi and Izanami.]]
59%%** [[spoiler: Hisoka and Kotori.]]
60%%* CanonForeigner: [[spoiler: The Tengoku's government.]]
61* CardCarryingVillain / DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The Tennou. Subverted when he claimed that [[WellIntentionedExtremist he has good intentions]].
62%%* CatchPhrase:
63%%** "All Hail Japonia!" as often as "Banzai!"
64%%** "You Will Know Endless Torment!"
65%%** [[spoiler: "Destroy Humanity and re-create it anew!"]]
66* CelibateHero: Played straight by Sakahara [[spoiler: for fear of CartwrightCurse]]. Subverted once he realized it will solve nothing.
67%%* CensorshipBureau: The Strategic Espionage Command of the Tengoku acts as a mild version. Also, the Reich's Ministry of Public Enlightenment.
68* ChainsawGood: Sakahara, when he feels particularly [[spoiler: {{Yandere}}]].
69* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Originally only a mild faction based off [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3 the Empire of the Rising Sun]], the Mugen Tengoku then evolves to slowly catch up with UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, then exceed the sum of both. It's now either a very dark shade of grey or even ALighterShadeOfBlack.
70* CharClone: Unintentionally, Sakahara. WordOfGod [[http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=15360602#p15360602 claims that the creator didn't know about Char until several months after the character was created.]]
71%%* CheerfulChild: [[spoiler:Sakahara's twin children.]]
72%%* TheChessmaster: Sakahara. It's more of an InformedAbility, as of yet.
73* ChurchMilitant: The [[ReligionOfEvil Imperial Cult]] of the Tengoku. For a minor religion, its adherents are comparable to [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Acolytes]] with guns and {{katanas|AreJustBetter}}. [[spoiler:They are so similar to the Acolytes they even do the summoning in CanisLatinicus.]]
74* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Supreme Shogun Sakahara shows up most of the time dressed in [[DarkIsNotEvil black]]. Faction-wise, the Tengoku is Gold, the Reich is Green, the Union is Red, Mefpan is Blue, the Neo Byzantine Empire is Purple and Oaledonia is Azure.
75* CommieNazis: The Reich, which makes "National Socialism" seems more like "Nationalist Socialism".
76%%* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: The mentality [[spoiler:The Tennou]] has for [[spoiler: the Tengoku]].
77%%* ControlFreak: [[spoiler:The Tennou]].
78%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sakahara, who is not so Corrupt as Scheming, probably counts.
79* CrapsaccharineWorld: Lives in totalitarian regimes are all comfortable (with perhaps the exception of the Byzantine regime) as long as you do nothing wrong.
80** CrapsackOnlyByComparison: Because there are no more truly free regimes left in the world, it's hard to say which one is Crapsack and which one is not.
81* CrapsackWorld: So you have an UsefulNotes/{{Imperial Japan}}ese regime that makes UsefulNotes/NaziGermany cringe in comparison, a Nazi German Reich that has reformed itself to be much more left-wing (but still totalitarian) in nature, a faux-matriarchy of {{Magical|Girl}} {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s, a UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire that has taken over Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca that goes on to oppressing everyone not following the Roman Pagan religion, a [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] that is... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin no different from the former Soviet Union]], and a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} faux-Commonwealth. What could possibly go wrong?
82* CruelAndUnusualDeath:
83** [[spoiler:Anakin Murakami, [[HeroicSacrifice who jumped in the way of a villain, thus shredded and burnt like paper, allowing his son enough time to deal a critical hit]].]]
84** Sakahara likes handing this out, especially to those who wronged his loved ones.
85%%* CrushingThePopulace: Area 4. Later, Area 6.
86* DarkAndTroubledPast:
87** Sakahara [[spoiler:is a PhysicalGod without a childhood, having suffered millennia of torment and loneliness before getting his sister back in his life [[CosmicPlaything just to lose her again]].]]
88** Viktoria von Hartmann [[spoiler:is suffering from a bad case of SplitPersonality, and has always mourned the loss of her sister - until she came back; but Vicky is still suffering from the EnemyWithin scenario.]]
89** [[spoiler:The Tennou counts - if only he didn't consider his parents' deaths a blessing later on.]]
90%%* DarkerAndEdgier: The Tengoku is slowly slipping into this territory.
91* DarkIsNotEvil: Sakahara, coated in black, is an AffablyEvil NobleDemon.
92%%* DemocracyIsBad: Every single nation in the New World Order that is not Oaledonia believes in this.
93* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Sakahara's sister [[AnyoneCanDie was a casualty in the war]]. His reaction? Singlehandedly stop the entire Rebellion and defeated a fellow EldritchAbomination all in one UnstoppableRage.]]
94* DistantFinale: Not a Finale per se, but [[spoiler:we eventually find out that the Führerin will become Empress of the Imperium of Mars ''40,000'' years into the future]].
95%%* DontYouDarePityMe: Invoked by Sakahara and [[spoiler: evil]] Viktoria.
96* DoomsdayDevice: [[spoiler:For an AssimilationPlot during the Japonian Civil War.]]
97%%* TheDragon: Sakahara to The Tennou. Later, Hisoka Murakami to Sakahara.
98%%* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Izanami.]]
99%%* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Tennou and Sakahara.]]
100%%* TheEmpire:
101%%** Though most of the nations have something akin to "Empire" in it, judging from the context, the Tengoku and the Neo Byzantine Empire are the most fitting examples for the trope.
102%%** The Reich seems to be becoming this.
103%%* EnemyMine: A brief one between Mefpan and the Neo Byzantine Empire [[spoiler:to take over Europe]].
104%%* EvilWillFail: Averted if one counts the current regimes as evil.
105%%* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Erika Hartmann and Tsuya Mokuji agree. Zigzagged with, of all people, The Tennou.
106* EunuchsAreEvil: [[spoiler:Averted by the Tengoku. It straight-up gender-bends those who might potentially become Eunuchs, and forces them to be subservient.]]
107* {{Expy}}:
108** Sakahara is basically a cross between [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch Vi Britannia]] and [[Franchise/MegaMan Zero]]. Appropriately, both of whom are named Zero at one time or another.
109** [[spoiler:The Tennou is [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]] if he chose to wear ScaryShinyGlasses, sport wild black AnimeHair and instead of getting the Death Note, gets a similar [[Anime/CodeGeass Geass]] that functions disturbingly like how a [[Manga/ElfenLied Diclonius]] fights.]]
110** Alternatively, Sakahara is [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Kel'Thuzad]] [[spoiler: to The Tennou's [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Arthas. The latter became a completely different person after lusting for vengeance, and the former is his twisted friend.]]
111** Li Yamada is [[Anime/CodeGeass Li Xingke]] [[spoiler:without tuberculosis]].
112** Angelika Kautz appears just like [[Literature/ShakuganNoShana Shana]].
113%%* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Anakin Murakami.]]
114* FailedFutureForecast: So apparently, from 2008 onwards, the world changed from perfectly normal like in our world, slowly gets itself owned by a handful of totalitarian regimes.
115%%* FarEast: Embodied by the Tengoku, the regime that owns East Asia.
116* FascistButInefficient: Averted. The Tengoku and the Reich both seem very efficient.
117* FateWorseThanDeath: The Tengoku. If you'll so much as commit a crime, you will probably be [[spoiler: put in jars of green goo in a state of hibernation for genetic study, [[AttractiveBentGender turned into cute girls]] and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil used as means to produce more "members of the perfect humanity"]], along with other punishments best left to your imagination]].
118** On a personal level, [[spoiler: The Tennou,]] Sakahara, Wilhelmina von Wagnerberg, and perhaps Tsuya Mokuji, are the specialists in the fields of physical or psychological torment.
119%%* FeudingFamilies: Averted by the Tengoku. Probably played straight in the Neo Byzantine Empire.
120%%* FictionalPoliticalParty: Subverted. The NSDAP is VERY REAL.
121%%* ForbiddenZone: Expect there to be a lot in all nations.
122%%* ForeverWar: Inverted – it's Forever Peace, and a strange version at that.
123%%* ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted. [[spoiler:Sakahara]], despite going around with the girls, will never forget.
124* ForHappiness: One of the secondary principles of the Tengoku and the Reich. Unfortunately, the latter seems to be more focused on [[UltimateLifeForm Greater Goals]].
125%%* FormFittingWardrobe
126%%* ForScience: Gerlach Krombholz, Albrecht Derrotte and Kuro Ishii being the three most prominent examples.
127%%* ForYourOwnGood: What the totalitarian governments propose.
128* GenericanEmpire: The Mugen Tengoku. Subverted by its other name, Holy Japonian Empire.
129%%* {{Ghostapo}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Gestapo, with ghosts.]]
130* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:The Tennou. He is, by all means, a PhysicalGod.]]
131%%* GodEmperor: The Japonian Tennou. [[spoiler:Same reason as above.]]
132%%* GoryDiscretionShot: Special mention goes to Sakahara, [[spoiler: The Tennou,]] Tsuya Mokuji and Wilhelmina von Wagnerberg.
133* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: It's hinted that [[EvilerThanThou an even larger threat than the Tennou]] is looming.]]
134%%* GreatOffScreenWar: The Absolute Revolutions.
135%%* TheGreys and ReptilianConspiracy: A compulsory part of the many Nazi conspiracies making up the Reich.
136%%* HappinessIsMandatory: The Tengoku and the Reich.
137* HappinessInSlavery:
138** The Tengoku invokes this on its populace, [[spoiler: with great success]].
139** On a personal level, Sakahara's slaves don't complain.
140* HatedHometown: Li Yamada is basically the second Wang Jingwei of China. [[spoiler:Subverted when we learn he's been completely brainwashed. Before he adopted "Yamada" in his name, he despised the idea of working for the Tengoku despite being part of the Revolution.]]
141%%* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Sakahara suffers from a hard one. Is slowly getting better, but one can never tell.]] He acts as TheStoic to cover it up.
142%%* HobbesWasRight: The New World Order plays this very straight.
143%%* HomeGuard: The Tengoku has an elite variation.
144%%* HufflepuffHouse: Oaledonia. And, to an extent, the Neo Byzantine Empire.
145%%* IdolSinger: Expect there to be at least one in the Tengoku.
146* IHaveManyNames: [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that Shinji Sakahara is a fake name. [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Izanagi]] is the real identity of the Japonian Supreme Shogun.]]
147%%* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Every major characters. And every civilian characters from either the Tengoku or Oaledonia.
148* ImprobableAge: Sakahara is 26, Erika is 25, Führerin Viktoria is 23, Theodora is around 21, The Tennou is 21, Tsuya is 20, Tama-chan is 17... among others. [[spoiler:Actually an inverted trope for most of them. Sakahara is Izanagi – synonymous with the fact that his age cannot be read within a normal human's lifetime. The Tennou comes from an entirely different place, and might as well be a few million of years old. Tsuya and Tama are 120 and 117, respectively; but even they lie about their age.]]
149%%* IncestSubtext: It's there with the Tengoku. Maybe less prevalent with Mefpan and the Reich.
150%%* IndustrializedEvil: The Tengoku and the Reich. Again.
151%%* InnocentBlueEyes: Those of the Murakami siblings.
152%%* InsistentTerminology: ''Tengoku'', ''Tennou'' and ''Japonian''. Also, Viktoria ''von'' Hartmann.
153* InstantDeathBullet: Pistols with these are carried by [[spoiler: the Tennou,]] Sakahara, and Wilhelmina.
154%%* InterfaithSmoothie: The Imperial Cult of the Tengoku, in and out of character.
155* {{Irony}}: Mefpan, a state that fought against both Nazi Germany and to an extent, Imperial Japan, is now actively aiding regimes that are both their successors and both far outmatch their predecessors in comparison.
156* InterServiceRivalry:
157** With the Reich having so many different armed organizations, there ought to be some.
158** Averted by the Tengoku, since [[spoiler: the highest military officers are either clones of The Tennou and/or Sakahara, mind-controlled, or ''both'']].
159%%* ItGetsEasier: [[spoiler: The Tennou.]]
160%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sakahara.
161%%* JustFollowingOrders: Sakahara, Adalwolfa and Isla Rommel.
162%%* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The Tennou.]]
163* KidsAreCruel:
164** Not so much kids anymore, but The Tennou and Viktoria von Hartmann count. [[spoiler:The latter of which is a case of EnemyWithin.]]
165** Averted with the normal children. [[spoiler:Including Sakahara's twins.]]
166%%* KimonoIsTraditional: The Tengoku and Oaledonia. A much lower chance of probability includes Mefpan.
167%%* KnightTemplar: The only reason the regimes here are better than [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Oceania]].
168%%* LaResistance: The Tennou's Archipelagos Group, before the Revolution.
169%%* LargeHam: Every characters get their fair share of Hammy moments. Particularly, Wilhelmina.
170* LensmanArmsRace: What seems to be going on between the Superpowers. Subverted because they're doing so for peaceful purposes, or to defend against theoretical extraterrestrial aliens.
171* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Combines this with modern warfare, you get the Imperial Japonian military. Combine THAT with magic, you get the highest-ranking officers.
172%%* LightningBruiser:
173%%** Sakahara has this as his default mode. Wilhelmina and Tsuya may count, though the former seems more like MightyGlacier while the latter is a relative FragileSpeedster / GlassCannon.
174%%** When he does fight without using his magic from afar, [[spoiler:The Tennou]].
175* MadScientist:
176** Kuro Ishii is a case of [[spoiler:EvilutionaryBiologist and a minor [[TheDragon Dragon]] to The Tennou.]]
177%%** Gerlach Krombholz and Albrecht Derrotte
178%%* MagicalGirlWarrior: Loads. Especially Mefpan.
179%%* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Kotori Murakami, and perhaps Tama Mokuji.
180%%* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: The Tennou and]] Sakahara when he doesn't feel particularly nice.
181%%* ManlyTears: Sakahara.
182%%* MarryThemAll: The Shogun of Two suggested it to Sakahara. He rejected.
183* MartyrdomCulture: The Imperial Japonian military, while discouraging StupidSacrifice, is otherwise the most blatant example with all the fanatical soldiers. [[spoiler:Probably inverted if Psionics is involved.]]
184* MayflyDecemberRomance: [[spoiler: Eventually, Sakahara's romantic life may become this. If he doesn't use Psionics to fix things.]]
185* MeaningfulName:
186** [[spoiler: ''UsefulNotes/{{Hideki|Tojo}}'' Minamoto.]] [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse from there]].
187%%** Isla ''[[UsefulNotes/ErwinRommel Rommel]]''.
188%%* MegaCorp: Best exemplified by the Sakahara Zaibatsu.
189* MenAreTheExpendableGender:
190%%** Played straight by Mefpan.
191%%** Somewhat averted by the Reich.
192** Averted by the Tengoku (i.e. [[spoiler: killing off Mrs. Murakami and Izanami, though the latter might be a case of PutOnABus]]).
193* TheMenInBlack:
194** Few people know how Japonian agencies work. They just know that they do work, are very effective, and it's best not to ask questions.
195%%** The Reich operates like this.
196* MightyGlacier: At first glance, Emeline Knightsbridge. [[LightningBruiser She then proves herself to be fairly mobile and deadly]].
197* MildlyMilitary: The Tengoku, for [[ArtisticLicense artistic reasons]].
198%%* AMillionIsAStatistic: Taken up to eleven by [[spoiler: The Tennou]].
199%%* MindRape: Sakahara has a variation. [[spoiler:He also once suffered a variation.]]
200* MiniMecha: The [[spoiler: Tengoku]] pioneered its use in open warfare against [[spoiler:the United States]].
201* TheMole: [[spoiler:President Howard T. Ackerman. He's an ArtificialHuman and a PersonOfMassDestruction at the same time.]]
202* MoreThanMindControl:
203** [[spoiler: The Tengoku's way of applying Psionics.]]
204** [[spoiler:One of Sakahara's use of Psionics.]]
205* {{Mukokuseki}}: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the title "Mukokuseki Utopia" of the Tengoku.
206%%* ANaziByAnyOtherName: [[spoiler: The Tennou]].
207* NaziGold:
208** The Fourth Reich, [[spoiler:much more successful than the Third Reich partly with the aid of what might as well be the Second Japanese Empire,]] plays this straight.
209** The way the Tengoku... appropriates, uses and keeps massive stockpiles of gold is very similar in nature.
210%%* NecessaryEvil: ''AND HOW! ''
211* NinjaMaid: Rumor has it that Sakahara has several.
212* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: By 2012 (in this world), there are no world leaders with real-life names.
213* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Played straight by the Tengoku with the TOTALITY Defense System, effectively developed to neutralize all incoming nuclear attacks. Perhaps also used by Mefpan. Probably averted by other nations.
214* OfficerAndAGentleman: How Japonian Shoguns are expected to behave. Double subverted with lower Imperial officers, who are polite every time, even when [[spoiler:gang-raping]] under Imperial orders.
215%%* OneManArmy:
216%%** Anyone in the governments of the Tengoku and Mefpan.
217%%** A majority of the Reich's government counts.
218* OnePersonOnePower: Some more versatile than others. [[spoiler: Sakahara is an aversion – he alone has multiple.]]
219* PersonOfMassDestruction: Many people. [[spoiler:Howard T. Ackerman is a literal example.]]
220%%* PimpedOutDress: Worn by those from the Tengoku.
221%%* PluckyComicRelief: Doctor Albrecht Derrotte.
222%%* PowerPerversionPotential: Sakahara. ''NOT'' played for comedy.
223%%* PrinceCharming: Sakahara is a variation.
224%%* PuttingOnTheReich
225* QuitYourWhining: Sakahara to Hisoka Murakami, when [[spoiler:the former lost his dearest person and the latter, along with his little sister, was mourning his recently-deceased father]]. Proves just how much of TheStoic he is.
226* RageAgainstTheHeavens: [[spoiler:Before the New World Order is assembled, it's heavily implied that Sakahara and The Tennou both come from an entirely different reality and have killed their variation of Gods. Sakahara is hinted to be a rank under them.]]
227* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Sakahara was given one in the Civil War, during his RoaringRampageOfRevenge on the Space Station. He proceeded to counter it with a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, before giving the dying villain his own "The Reason You Suck" Speech.]]
228%%* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler:Izanagi and Izanami.]]
229* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: The Murakami siblings, from closer-than-usual siblings to [[BrotherSisterIncest tentative couple]], after the Japonian Civil War.]]
230* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:The Murakami siblings, when Hisoka saved his sister Kotori from zombies.]]
231* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The so-called "Absolute Revolution" in East Asia, a mysterious event that led to the creation of a regime that is on par with [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Oceania]] in the amount of terror and secretiveness.
232%%* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Sakahara and his Martian Space Station incident.]]
233* RoyalHarem: Sakahara, the Supreme Shogun of the Tengoku, is rumored to have at least 500 consorts.
234%%* RuleOfCool: Several embodiments include Wilhelmina and Sakahara.
235%%* RuleOfSymbolism: Sakahara's favorite fruit is the [[ForbiddenFruit Apple]].
236* SaintlyChurch: The imperial cult of the Tengoku claims to be one, although its [[TheTheocracy political affiliation]] with [[TheEmpire the Imperial regime]] makes it a questionable statement.
237* {{Samurai}}: The Tengoku has both samurai and Western knights.
238%%* SaveTheWorldClimax: [[spoiler: The Space Station Incident.]]
239* ScaryShinyGlasses: [[spoiler: The Tennou,]] when he's not in his LightIsNotGood [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes Impossibly Cool Imperial Attire]].
240* SceneryGorn: [[spoiler:Former United States. Especially Washington D.C. More specifically, the White House.]]
241%%* SceneryPorn: Very much so in the Tengoku and Oaledonia.
242* SchizoTech: A fair mix between fantasy and post-modern.
243* ScrewDestiny: Sakahara is a firm believer in this. Though he was kicked hard when [[spoiler: he lost his sister]], [[TheStoic he still stands up and gives fate the middle finger]].
244* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: There is basically no constitution in the Tengoku, the Tennou and the Supreme Shogun are the absolute rulers. Local constitutions in provinces can be created, however.
245%%* SecretPolice:
246%%** People don't know whether they even exist or not.
247%%** Predictably, the Gestapo.
248%%* ShadowDictator: Not many people have seen The Tennou's face.
249%%* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Hisoka Murakami, regarding his sister. [[spoiler:Initially.]]
250%%* ShipTease: Sakahara with innumerable girls.
251* ShoutOut:
252** The last US President's name is [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3 Howard T. Ackerman]]. [[spoiler: Appropriately, he's TheMole of UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan.]]
253** The title "Supreme Shogun" is the title given to the player at the end of the same game's campaign for the Empire of the Rising Sun.
254** You would expect that Holy Japonian Empire is a name based on [[Anime/CodeGeass a very similar regime]].
255%%** [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft The Ascending Legion]].]]
256* SpaceFillingEmpire: The whole world is under the grip of several superpowers: The Mugen Tengoku (North America and a prominent portion of South America, large parts of Asia, the Northern part of Great Britain and North London, the Western portion of Europe and most of Scandinavia, Central Africa, South Africa and Madagascar, effectively most of the Pacific Ocean), the Neo Byzantine Empire (North and East Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe), the Soviet Union (a shrunken Soviet Union – without Eastern Siberia and Eastern Europe), the Fourth Reich (most of the rest of the world), Oaledonia (New Zealand) and Mefpan (with its own archipelago). [[spoiler:The Hollow Earth theory is true in this world, which means the map covers only the surface world.]]
257%%* SphereOfDestruction: What happens when you set off Kodiak.
258%%* StagedPopulistUprising: The Absolute Revolution.
259%%* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:Izanagi and Izanami.]]
260* StateSec:
261** The Tengoku has several very secretive ones.
262%%** The Reich's Schutzstaffel.
263%%** The Gestapo probably counts.
264%%* StatusQuoIsGod: Averted character-wise.
265%%* SuperPrototype: [[spoiler:Izanagi. The character and the HumongousMecha.]]
266%%* TheReveal: Sakahara's real name is [[spoiler:[[Myth/JapaneseMythology Izanagi]].]]
267%%* ThoseWackyNazis: Predictably, the Reich is made of this.
268* TokenEvilTeammate: While none of the regimes depicted seems too angelic, the Tengoku is especially nasty when it comes to Evil.
269%%* ToThePain: Invoked by the Tengoku. And Sakahara.
270%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: [[ForbiddenFruit Apples]] and Coffee for Sakahara.
271* TransformingMecha: The Tengoku is working on them.
272* TruceZone: Usually, anywhere even remotely close to Emeline Knightsbridge. She's been trained to protect neutral ground to uphold peaceful negotiations at all costs, considers it her job and [[BerserkButton she takes it very seriously]].
273%%* TwiceShy: [[spoiler:Resident cute couple, the Murakami siblings.]]
274%%* UndyingLoyalty: Many people's loyalty to Sakahara.
275%%* {{Unperson}}: Expect the Tengoku and the Reich to be good at this.
276* UnwantedHarem: Subverted. Sakahara probably wants it, and [[DeclarationOfProtection has sworn to protect its members]].
277%%* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans:
278%%** The mentality of Sakahara.
279%%** Probably the mentality of Erika Hartmann.
280%%** [[spoiler:Was the mentality of The Tennou.]]
281%%* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: [[spoiler:It happened to Sakahara after the Civil War ended.]]
282%%* WeHaveReserves: The Tennou's idea. Sakahara disagrees.
283%%* WhamEpisode: In-Universe Example to the Tengoku: [[spoiler:its Civil War]].
284* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Bittersweet Melancholy" was originally intended to be a bit lengthy and dramatic. Due to the roleplayers' laziness, it didn't happen. [[spoiler:It didn't stop the ending from being revealed, however.]]
285%%* WickedCultured: Sakahara.
286%%* WorldOfHam
287* WorldOfSilence: [[spoiler:The Tennou originally planned it. Then the appearance of other states calmed him down somewhat.]]
288%%* WouldNotShootACivilian: Zigzagged by the Tengoku so much it hurts.
289%%* XanatosGambit: The Japonian faction, overall.
290%%* YamatoNadeshiko: Expect some of these from the Tengoku, and, to a lesser extent, Mefpan.
291%%* {{Yandere}}:
292%%** [[spoiler: Sakahara.]]
293%%** Tsuya is a "mild" example.
294%%** [[spoiler: Almost every major world leaders have shades of this.]]
295* YouAreACreditToYourRace: "Honorary Japonians", which, in The Tennou's mind, seems to be synonymous with "Honorary Human".
296%%* YouAreWorthHell:
297%%** Sakahara to his Harem.
298%%** [[spoiler: Izanagi to Izanami.]]
299%%** [[spoiler: Hisoka to Kotori.]]
300* YoungConqueror: Most of the cast. [[spoiler:Subverted, since they're all OlderThanTheyLook.]]
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302%%!!OOC tropes of the Mefhor Canon Bloc include:
303%%* MindScrew: Mefpan is especially good at this.

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