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The United Republic of Greater Korea (Korean: 데한 합중민곡, Daehan Hapjungminguk) is a country in East Asia occupying the entirety of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital is Sŏul and it borders Manchuria in the north and the European Federation in the northeast.

The Korean Peninsula was one of the prime battlefield of WWIII and one of the three boiling points were the first battles of the war were fought, the other two were Taiwan and Israel. The Republic of Korea was attacked en masse and rapidly overwhelmed by Chinese and North Korean forces. Within one and a half year, all South Korea soldiers who had not died in combat had either evacuated the island or surrendered to the invading armies. For the greater duration of the World War, the Republic of Korea was reduced to Cheju Island, which was made into a virtual island fortress and remained in South Korean hand for the rest of the war. Like the Republic of China, the Republic of Korea formed a resistance group, called the Free Koreans’ Patriotic Volunteer Army, which was based out of Japan and the United States. In the final stages of the war, the South Koreans together with the Japanese, American, Canadian and Republican Chinese forces successfully landed on and conquered the entire nuclear peninsula. Warheads launched by the north were quickly destroyed by a then newly developed weapons system that had been specifically designed for the purpose of dealing with nuclear weapons.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, having invaded the south, solidified its position on the peninsula and quickly utilized the agricultural and industrial resources of the South. The industry was wholly converted to support the war effort, and many former South Korean citizens who were sent to rehabilitation camps were drafter in the Korean People’s Liberation Army and sent to fight alongside Chinese forces in Russia and Central Asia or to Indonesia. The North saw a period of heavy industrial development during the war, primarily factories producing various sorts of military equipment. The agriculture was also made more efficient with Chinese assistance to the point where the Peninsula could be considered near self-sufficient. North Korean soldiers fought in such varied fronts as Korean and Japan, the Indonesian archipelago, Russia and Central Asia and all the way from Donetsk in Ukraine to Berlin in Germany. Some Koreans even served on the Hindustan Front against India and Bangladesh and later even Pakistan. Toward the end of the war however, when an extended and bloody skirmish between China and Pakistan led the Arab League and its allies to declare war on China, the war turned in favour of the Allies (Europe, US, Japan-Korea-Taiwan etc.) and the DPRK soon faced an invasion spearheaded by the RPK and supported by American, Canadian, Taiwanese and Filipino forces. When the Allies broke through the heavily fortified line that used to be the Demilitarized Zone, the North launched all of its 36 nuclear warheads against Allied powers, which were all intercepted by aircraft and nuclear defence systems. This constituted the only use of nuclear warheads in WWIII and the only offensive use of such weapons since the American bombings of Japanese Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII. Pyŏngyang was captured in 2043 and the war ended five years later.

Following the war, Korea saw a major upswing in all sectors as reconstruction efforts occupied all of the Peninsula’s industries and the North Korean war industry was converted to serve this purpose. A provisional government was instituted in the North that lasted till the unification of Korea in 2053 on the hundred-year anniversary of the end of the Korean War. During this period, the North went through a period of gradual acclimatization to Southern norms and standards in preparation for the unification. As a result, Korea’s industries became twice as effective as it had been before the World War and it economy continued to rejuvenate at a hideously rapid rate. By 2065, Korea counted among the ten largest economic powers in the world.

Korea has had relatively good relations with its neighbours, especially with Japan, with whom relations improved substantially in 2056 when Japan formally apologized for the atrocities committed during the Japanese occupation of the Peninsula over a hundred years ago and split the Liancourt Rocks with the Treaty of Naha, with Japan recognizing Korea’s sovereignty over the Western rocks. Japan and Korea have since have had very close cultural, economic and military ties, which intensified even more with the fall of the USA in the 2060s that prompted Japan to move even closer to its East Asian neighbours. Korea was one of the founders of the East Asian Economic Cooperation Sphere. The Great Insurrection (a.k.a. WWIV) had little effect on Korea, which experienced only minor riots from ideological extremists in the largest urban centres. Korea’s economy was thus not hampered by the turmoil of the 2060s, giving it a slightly superior position to most countries at the end of the crisis.

Korea is however, much like Japan, experiencing an increasing demographic problem where the number of elderly in the country drastically outweighs the number of young, putting strains on the country’s extensive social security system. Like other countries with similar problems, Korea is looking to the stars and plans to found its own Martian colony in 2112. Another interesting fact is the legacy of the DPRK in modern Korea, with the social security system and the strength of the Social Democratic Workers Party of Korea being the most noticeable of these. Pyŏngyang was furthermore preserved in its Juche-era state as a living museum, serving as a constant reminder to the Korean people of the terror-regime of the defunct North.

Description
The United Republic of Greater Korea (Korean: 데한 합중민곡, Daehan Hapjungminguk) is a country in East Asia occupying the entirety of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital is Sŏul and it borders Manchuria in the north and the European Federation in the northeast.

The Korean Peninsula was one of the prime battlefield of WWIII and one of the three boiling points were the first battles of the war were fought, the other two were Taiwan and Israel. The Republic of Korea was attacked en masse and rapidly overwhelmed by Chinese and North Korean forces. Within one and a half year, all South Korea soldiers who had not died in combat had either evacuated the island or surrendered to the invading armies. For the greater duration of the World War, the Republic of Korea was reduced to Cheju Island, which was made into a virtual island fortress and remained in South Korean hand for the rest of the war. Like the Republic of China, the Republic of Korea formed a resistance group, called the Free Koreans’ Patriotic Volunteer Army, which was based out of Japan and the United States. In the final stages of the war, the South Koreans together with the Japanese, American, Canadian and Republican Chinese forces successfully landed on and conquered the entire nuclear peninsula. Warheads launched by the north were quickly destroyed by a then newly developed weapons system that had been specifically designed for the purpose of dealing with nuclear weapons.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, having invaded the south, solidified its position on the peninsula and quickly utilized the agricultural and industrial resources of the South. The industry was wholly converted to support the war effort, and many former South Korean citizens who were sent to rehabilitation camps were drafter in the Korean People’s Liberation Army and sent to fight alongside Chinese forces in Russia and Central Asia or to Indonesia. The North saw a period of heavy industrial development during the war, primarily factories producing various sorts of military equipment. The agriculture was also made more efficient with Chinese assistance to the point where the Peninsula could be considered near self-sufficient. North Korean soldiers fought in such varied fronts as Korean and Japan, the Indonesian archipelago, Russia and Central Asia and all the way from Donetsk in Ukraine to Berlin in Germany. Some Koreans even served on the Hindustan Front against India and Bangladesh and later even Pakistan. Toward the end of the war however, when an extended and bloody skirmish between China and Pakistan led the Arab League and its allies to declare war on China, the war turned in favour of the Allies (Europe, US, Japan-Korea-Taiwan etc.) and the DPRK soon faced an invasion spearheaded by the RPK and supported by American, Canadian, Taiwanese and Filipino forces. When the Allies broke through the heavily fortified line that used to be the Demilitarized Zone, the North launched all of its 36 nuclear warheads against Allied powers, which were all intercepted by aircraft and nuclear defence systems. This constituted the only use of nuclear warheads in WWIII and the only offensive use of such weapons since the American bombings of Japanese Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII. Pyŏngyang was captured in 2043 and the war ended five years later.

Following the war, Korea saw a major upswing in all sectors as reconstruction efforts occupied all of the Peninsula’s industries and the North Korean war industry was converted to serve this purpose. A provisional government was instituted in the North that lasted till the unification of Korea in 2053 on the hundred-year anniversary of the end of the Korean War. During this period, the North went through a period of gradual acclimatization to Southern norms and standards in preparation for the unification. As a result, Korea’s industries became twice as effective as it had been before the World War and it economy continued to rejuvenate at a hideously rapid rate. By 2065, Korea counted among the ten largest economic powers in the world.

Korea has had relatively good relations with its neighbours, especially with Japan, with whom relations improved substantially in 2056 when Japan formally apologized for the atrocities committed during the Japanese occupation of the Peninsula over a hundred years ago and split the Liancourt Rocks with the Treaty of Naha, with Japan recognizing Korea’s sovereignty over the Western rocks. Japan and Korea have since have had very close cultural, economic and military ties, which intensified even more with the fall of the USA in the 2060s that prompted Japan to move even closer to its East Asian neighbours. Korea was one of the founders of the East Asian Economic Cooperation Sphere. The Great Insurrection (a.k.a. WWIV) had little effect on Korea, which experienced only minor riots from ideological extremists in the largest urban centres. Korea’s economy was thus not hampered by the turmoil of the 2060s, giving it a slightly superior position to most countries at the end of the crisis.

Korea is however, much like Japan, experiencing an increasing demographic problem where the number of elderly in the country drastically outweighs the number of young, putting strains on the country’s extensive social security system. Like other countries with similar problems, Korea is looking to the stars and plans to found its own Martian colony in 2112. Another interesting fact is the legacy of the DPRK in modern Korea, with the social security system and the strength of the Social Democratic Workers Party of Korea being the most noticeable of these. Pyŏngyang was furthermore preserved in its Juche-era state as a living museum, serving as a constant reminder to the Korean people of the terror-regime of the defunct North.