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== Japan ==
Japan, the weakest of the ¥€$ states, nonetheless maintains a high standard of living and a high employment rate. It maintains a vast amount of online space, most of which remains sadly unused. Japan maintains heavy use of English as a second language, though Russian is now also taught in schools. 

China attacked Japan in early 2031, and his failed attack was seen as part of the decline of China as a state. Japan now controls the Shadong, Liaoning and Jianso regions, which are officially recognized as extraterritorial colonies. These areas are a strong trading base with Russia and the rest of the Chinese States.

Japan briefly controlled North Korea in 2079, which since regained independence from Japan