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cptbutton · 02-03-2012, 09:13 PM

I've got an idea for some PCs in OTL Japan whose train gets misrouted to a timeline where Japan is still militarized. I don't mean an alternate where Japan won WWII but one where they lost but did not get occupied and have their society transformed the way they did in OTL.

Are there any canonical IW timelines like that?

My thoughts on how things look different in day to day life in Japan:

There are pictures of the Emperor everywhere. Foreign culture influences are much less visible. Many more people are wearing uniforms or clothes that might as well be uniforms.

English does not have the trendy coolness it has in OTL, and is rarely used in advertisements and popular culture.

Movies and TV are censored by the government, and tend towards the xenophobic.

Other ideas?

02-03-2012, 09:13 PM	#1
cptbutton Join Date: Jul 2007	[IW] Still Militarized Japan in the 21st Century I've got an idea for some PCs in OTL Japan whose train gets misrouted to a timeline where Japan is still militarized. I don't mean an alternate where Japan won WWII but one where they lost but did not get occupied and have their society transformed the way they did in OTL. Are there any canonical IW timelines like that? My thoughts on how things look different in day to day life in Japan: There are pictures of the Emperor everywhere. Foreign culture influences are much less visible. Many more people are wearing uniforms or clothes that might as well be uniforms. English does not have the trendy coolness it has in OTL, and is rarely used in advertisements and popular culture. Movies and TV are censored by the government, and tend towards the xenophobic. Other ideas?