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Created by the 2027 Treaty on Mutual Defense in San Francisco, the short lived Pacific Treaty Organization established the precursor to the League. However, the PTO would collapse within months due to internal conflicts over the distribution of power. Following the 2028 Sino-Indian war, which showed the destructive power and brutal lengths China was willing to use to defeat opponents and secure its allies, the signatories of the PTO reconvened in San Francisco and signed the 2028 Treaty on Mutual Defense officially establishing the Pan-Pacific Defense League, with an official policy of stopping the spread of Chinese influence and weakening Chinese hegemony. The founding members being The United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia. By 2035 the League had expanded to include Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Cuba, and Indonesia, with a 3rd expansion allowing the entry of North and South Vietnam into the League. The creation of the League can be best described as the fruition of the idea of "Pacificism" which stressed the necessity of trans-pacific cooperation to limit Chinese expansion.
The initial creation of the League significantly worsened U.S-China relations as the former NATO policy of encirclement seemed to be playing out against the Chinese. This became a clear reality after the entrance of North and South Vietnam into the League and the resulting movement of League troops onto Vietnamese soil. The 2034 Taiwan Missile Crisis brought U.S-China relations to a standstill as sporadic violence and skirmishes between American and Chinese allies brought home the threat of war and proved to be a sobering event as the last minute signing 3rd Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT III) barely evaded war. This first test of the League proved vital and cemented the alliance as a world power. In a response to perceived American aggression the Chinese would hold The Beijing Conference which united China and its allies in a mutual defense organization however the Beijing Conference would never produce an official super-national organization just a mutual understanding of defense between China and its allies. The 2035 Beijing Strategic Defense Accords solidified the Beijing Conference as the framework for Chinese national defense.
To further diminish Chinese influence the League began a series of treaties which established "Protectorates" around the world. These Protectorates were mostly officially neutral states however they embodied a significant strategic advantage to whoever could control them. The establishment of the Protectorates de facto confined the state to only American influence however the expensive nature of protecting these states would prove a limiting factor. This coupled with the threat of war by China if the establishment of Protectorates continued would stop the consolidation of the World under American influence.
The League would begin to unravel slowly after 2049 and the Chinese crackdown during the Day of the Democrats. The Military crackdowns across the Chinese Empire showed the obvious fragility of Chinese influence across the globe and began the collapse of the Chinese sphere. No longer under threat from a major power, disagreements between the U.S and Japan slowly fractured the League.
The League would be significantly weakened in 2066 after the withdraw of Japan following the sudden collapse of much of the Chinese Empire as China fell into civil war and separatist violence. The League would officially dissolve in 2078 after the systematic withdraw of members and the worsening economic depression resulting from the collapse of China.

Description
Created by the 2027 Treaty on Mutual Defense in San Francisco, the short lived Pacific Treaty Organization established the precursor to the League. However, the PTO would collapse within months due to internal conflicts over the distribution of power. Following the 2028 Sino-Indian war, which showed the destructive power and brutal lengths China was willing to use to defeat opponents and secure its allies, the signatories of the PTO reconvened in San Francisco and signed the 2028 Treaty on Mutual Defense officially establishing the Pan-Pacific Defense League, with an official policy of stopping the spread of Chinese influence and weakening Chinese hegemony. The founding members being The United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia. By 2035 the League had expanded to include Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Cuba, and Indonesia, with a 3rd expansion allowing the entry of North and South Vietnam into the League. The creation of the League can be best described as the fruition of the idea of "Pacificism" which stressed the necessity of trans-pacific cooperation to limit Chinese expansion.
The initial creation of the League significantly worsened U.S-China relations as the former NATO policy of encirclement seemed to be playing out against the Chinese. This became a clear reality after the entrance of North and South Vietnam into the League and the resulting movement of League troops onto Vietnamese soil. The 2034 Taiwan Missile Crisis brought U.S-China relations to a standstill as sporadic violence and skirmishes between American and Chinese allies brought home the threat of war and proved to be a sobering event as the last minute signing 3rd Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT III) barely evaded war. This first test of the League proved vital and cemented the alliance as a world power. In a response to perceived American aggression the Chinese would hold The Beijing Conference which united China and its allies in a mutual defense organization however the Beijing Conference would never produce an official super-national organization just a mutual understanding of defense between China and its allies. The 2035 Beijing Strategic Defense Accords solidified the Beijing Conference as the framework for Chinese national defense.
To further diminish Chinese influence the League began a series of treaties which established "Protectorates" around the world. These Protectorates were mostly officially neutral states however they embodied a significant strategic advantage to whoever could control them. The establishment of the Protectorates de facto confined the state to only American influence however the expensive nature of protecting these states would prove a limiting factor. This coupled with the threat of war by China if the establishment of Protectorates continued would stop the consolidation of the World under American influence.
The League would begin to unravel slowly after 2049 and the Chinese crackdown during the Day of the Democrats. The Military crackdowns across the Chinese Empire showed the obvious fragility of Chinese influence across the globe and began the collapse of the Chinese sphere. No longer under threat from a major power, disagreements between the U.S and Japan slowly fractured the League.
The League would be significantly weakened in 2066 after the withdraw of Japan following the sudden collapse of much of the Chinese Empire as China fell into civil war and separatist violence. The League would officially dissolve in 2078 after the systematic withdraw of members and the worsening economic depression resulting from the collapse of China.