South Korea

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South Korea (Hangul: 남한; Hanja: 南韓; Namhan lit. "Southern Han [State]"), officially the Republic of Korea (Hangul: 대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk lit. "The great country of Han people") is an independent nation in Eastern Asia.

South Korea
Flag of South Korea   Coat of Arms of South Korea

On the map


General
General rank 24
Motto Unification Korea
Demographics
Language Korean/English
Population 902
Politics
President Sysclan
Party RL Korean Union
Economics
Currency Flag-South Korea.jpg KRW
Minimum salary Flag-South Korea.jpg 1.00 KRW
Average salary Flag-South Korea.jpg 20.38 KRW

Map of South Korea

Last update September 6th, 2014


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Geography

South Korea is in East Asia and comprises of the territories that traditionally make up most of the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. The capital region is Chungcheongbuk-do. (Gyeonggi-do prior to the Second Japan-South Korea War). South Korea shares natural borders with China, Russia, North Korea, Japan and Republic of China (Taiwan).

Icon-South Korea.png Regions of South Korea

The following are regions of South Korea: The original territory of South Korea is composed of several regions: Chungcheongnam-doGangwon-doGyeonggi-do (occupied by Icon-Colombia.png), Gyeongsangnam-do (occupied by Icon-Republic of Moldova.png), Jeollabuk-do (occupied by Icon-Turkey.png), Jeollanam-do, and Jeju.

Its current territories are listed below:

Original Owner Resource
Jeju Icon-capital.gif Icon-South Korea.png Icon - Limestone.png Limestone
Chungcheongbuk-do Icon-South Korea.png Icon - Iron.png Iron
Chungcheongnam-do Icon-South Korea.png Icon - Grain.png Grain
Gangwon-do Icon-South Korea.png Icon - Sand.png Sand (resource)
Jeollanam-do Icon-South Korea.png Icon - Aluminum.png Aluminum


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Taxation

This table shows the taxes currently established in South Korea.

Product Work Tax Import Tax VAT
Icon - Food Q3.png Food 1% 9%
Icon - Weapon Q2.png Weapon 1% 4%
Icon - Aircraft Q1.png Aircraft weapon
Icon - Moving ticket Q3.png Moving ticket 99% 25%
Icon - House Q3.png House 10% 10%
Raw material Work Tax Import Tax VAT
Icon - Food Raw Materials.png Food raw material 15% -
Icon - Weapon Raw Materials.png Weapon raw material 15% -
Icon - Aircraft Weapon Raw Materials.png Aircraft weapon raw material -
Icon - House Raw Materials.png House raw material 1% -
*Last update: September 6th, 2014 by Princess Luna

Embargo List

This country doesn't have any trading embargoes at the moment.


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Icon position country president.gif Presidents

  • Red Background : Foreign
  • Blue Backgoround : Korean
Year Month President V-President Party Notes Era
2008 Dec Melkion Liberal Democrats of Korea First Era
(원시 시대)
2009 Jan Father The Party
2009 Feb Parrot Korean Alliance Party
2009 Mar Francis DeBoyle Korean Social Democratic Party
2009 Apr PowerSweden[1] Korean Alliance Party 1st War against Icon-Japan.png
(Impeached)
**Toki Wart00th** TSAB Japan (2nd CP in Apr)
2009 May Yonai Keiko United Korea 1st War against Icon-China.png Union Era
(연합 시대)
2009 Jun Yonai Keiko JASKO Union Icon-South Korea.png & Icon-Japan.png Merger
2009 Jul Yonai Keiko JASKO Union Icon-South Korea.png & Icon-Japan.png Merger
2009 Aug Yonai Keiko JASKO Union Icon-South Korea.png & Icon-Japan.png Merger
War for Protect Korea with Icon-Japan.png against PTO
2009 Sep Colinar SK Theocratic Party Theocratic Era
(신정주의 시대)
2009 Oct Dio Akira Federal Social Democrat Party
2009 Nov Flashgun Project for a New Korea
2009 Dec icsiszer Federal Social Democrat Party
2010 Jan leop[1] Federal Social Democrat Party (Impeached)
**Chris Moltisanti** Socialist Party of eSK (2nd CP in Jan)
2010 Feb Spade Korean Nationalist Party Republic of 798
(798 공화국)
2010 Mar Spade[2] Korean Nationalist Party (Impeached after ban)
[3] (Vacant seat)
2010 Apr Peter de LusionisT Bae SC798
2010 May Peter de LusionisT Bae SC798 2nd War against Icon-Japan.png
2010 Jun Arjay Phoenician Communist Party (South Korea)
2010 Jul Arjay Phoenician Sin-gan Association 1st Baby-boom started
2010 Aug Grease Sin-gan Association 1st native Korean CP[4] New Era
of 1st Republic
(제 1 공화국 - 새 시대)
2010 Sep Veritas Causidicus Party Party
2010 Oct Grease Sin-gan Association
2010 Nov Grease Sin-gan Association
2010 Dec Grease Sin-gan Association
2011 Jan rythemdj
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Sin-gan Association
(??? wing)
2nd War against Icon-China.png
2011 Feb Clopoyaur
(RL:Icon-Romania.png )
FSR Party
(??? wing)
PTO (by Icon-Romania.png ) Colonial Era
(식민 시대)
2011 Mar Clopoyaur
(RL:Icon-Romania.png )
FSR Party
(??? wing)
PTO (by Icon-Romania.png )
2011 Apr Clopoyaur
(RL:Icon-Romania.png )
FSR Party
(??? wing)
PTO (by Icon-Romania.png )
2011 May utoronto
(RL:Icon-Canada.png , Icon-South Korea.png )
Grease
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
ATO of President (from Icon-Romania.png ) Independent Era
of 1.5th Repulic
(제 1.5 공화국 - 독립 시대)
2011 Jun utoronto
(RL:Icon-Canada.png , Icon-South Korea.png )
Grease
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
2011 Jul Icome[1]
(RL:(RL:Icon-Canada.png , Icon-South Korea.png )
Grease
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
2nd Baby-boom started(Jul-Sep)
(Impeached)
**Cloyopaur**
(RL:Icon-Romania.png )
FSR party
(??? wing)
(5 days, 2nd CP in Jul)
2011 Aug Grease
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
danyeo
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
ATO of Congress (from Icon-Romania.png )
Left pro-EDEN
3rd War against Icon-China.png
2011 Sep rythemdj
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Grease
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
Helped War for Icon-Japan.png against Icon-Canada.png
2011 Oct rythemdj
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Grease
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
Helped ATO for Icon-Denmark.png from Icon-Romania.png
(Team Leader : Ernesto Jeon)
2011 Nov danyeo
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Lost and Homeless
(Middle wing)
pro-ONE
2011 Dec isforever
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Ernesto Jeon
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
Helped ATO for Icon-Japan.png from Icon-Cyprus.png (Inci PTO)
(Team Leader : Ernesto Jeon)
Resistance Era
of 2nd Republic
(제 2 공화국 - 항쟁 시대)
2012 Jan isforever
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Ahn Lee
(RL:Icon-USA.png , Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
1st War against Icon-Taiwan.png
2012 Feb isforever
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
KOR_Sohn
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
Joined EPIC
2012 Mar KOR_Sohn
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
2012 Apr KOR_Sohn
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Ahn Lee
(RL:Icon-USA.png , Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
2012 May alss11
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
THE KOREAN
(Middle wing)
Left EPIC
2012 Jun szkudlar
(RL:Icon-Poland.png )[5]
Jinsu Park
(RL:Icon-Mexico.png (?), Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
Joined CoT
Negotiation and ended war with Icon-Taiwan.png
(MoFA Leader : jungrim)
Dark Ages
of 3rd Republic
(제 3 공화국 - 내부 암흑기)
2012 Jul MIllIM[1]
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Shield
(Right wing) 20px
(Impeached)
**yang1988**
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
(18 days, 2nd CP in Jul)
2012 Aug KOR_Sohn
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Shield
(Right wing) 20px
Created 2 National MUs for div 3 and 4
2012 Sep Eureka2011
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
Revitalization of eSK MUs
2012 Oct Dokabi
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Shield
(Right wing) 20px
Please see this article
2012 Nov theirina
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Communist Party of eKorea
(Left wing)
2012 Dec KOR_Sohn
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Shield
(Right wing) 20px
2013 Jan mahyun
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
2nd War against Icon-Taiwan.png The Revival Campaign
of 4th Republic
(제 4 공화국 - 부흥 운동)
2013 Feb Ernesto Jeon
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
isforever
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
Korean Translation Project started
2013 Mar Ernesto Jeon
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
The Liberal Democrats
(Right wing) 20px
East Asia NAP(Icon-South Korea.png , Icon-USA.png ,Icon-Japan.png ,Icon-Taiwan.png )
Negotiation and ended war with Icon-Taiwan.png
2013 Apr Ernesto Jeon
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
The Liberal Democrats
(Right wing) 20px
MU Integration of Icon-South Korea.png
(S.T.A.R.K - Silmido, New Revolution, etc)
2013 May Ernesto Jeon
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
The Quenya
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
(theirina)
The Liberal Democrats
(Right wing) 20px
Korean Translation Project Complited
2013 Jun The Quenya
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
(theirina)
Ernesto Jeon
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Republican Patry of eSK
(Middle wing)
Broken NAP by Icon-Taiwan.png
3rd War against Icon-Taiwan.png
2013 Jul Ernesto Jeon
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
The Liberal Democrats
(Right wing) 20px
3rd Baby-Boom Started(Jul-Sep)
2013 Aug KOR_Sohn
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Shield
(Right wing) 20px
2013 Sep asdaqwfsvd
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Xo901
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Royalismus of eSK
(Right wing)
3rd Baby-Boom Finished
Left CoT
2013 Oct Xo901
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Park Ju Chan
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Social Democratic Party
(Left wing)
2013 Nov Park Ju Chan
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
asdaqwfsvd
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
First eSK AS WAR
(ePHP, Visayas)
2013 Dec yhpdoit[5]
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Shield
(Right wing) 20px
2014 Jan Nuclear429
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
Burning Newbies
of 5th Republic
(제 5 공화국 - 뉴비 대도약)
2014 Feb serzel
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Shield
(Right wing) 20px
4st Baby-Boom Started(Feb-Apr)
(Gradually)
2014 Mar Dr.You
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Social Democratic Party
(Left wing)
2014 Apr isforever
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
4st Baby-Boom Finished
2014 May Park Ju Chan
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
RL Korean Union
(Middle wing) 20px
Second eSK AS WAR
(eILD)
Join Pro-Sirius
2014 Jun Sysclan
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
Reisen U Inaba
(RL:Icon-South Korea.png )
eGensokyo
(Left wing)
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The CP was impeached.
  2. This CP was banned.
  3. Some candidates did not exist in this month
  4. Still debatable.
  5. 5.0 5.1 The CP was "Eat and run" style.
  • Didn't know about Chinese War before 2011
  • Last update June 12th, 2014 by Ernesto Jeon

Icon position party president.gif Parties

South Korean Parliament building.

Active Top 5 Parties:

Party Name Initials Orientation Party President Members Congressman
(May 2014)
%of Congress
RL Korean Union 20px RLKU Center, Authoritarian isforever 92 0 0%
eGensokyo EGK Far-Left, Libertarian Reisen U Inaba 57 0 0%
KE-Crestia KC Far-Left, Libertarian KN koyomi 37 0 0%
Shield 20px SID Center-right, Totalitarian Dokabi 34 0 0%
Sport Party SP Center, Libertarian Park Byeong ho 18 0 0%


Current Government

Position Name
President Sysclan Icon-South Korea.png
Prime Minister Reisen U Inaba Icon-South Korea.png
Minister of Defense (MoD) Imsosleepy Icon-South Korea.png
Minister of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) minecraftcreeper Icon-South Korea.png
Governor (MoF) isforever Icon-South Korea.png
Minister of Education (MoE) [[]] Icon-South Korea.png

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Military Units Fight-war.gif

MU Name Logo Commander # Members Link Note
S.T.A.R.K S.T.A.R.K.jpg Ernesto Jeon 293 S.T.A.R.K Icon-South Korea.png

Full Name : Special Tactics Army on Republic of Korea

Lego Empire Army Lego Empire Army.jpg lucky789 640 Lego Empire Army Icon-South Korea.png
South Korean Dragons South Korea Dragon.jpg ManuR 11 South Korean Dragons Icon-South Korea.png Running by Not RL SK
Korean White Tigers erk the Great 101 Korean White Tigers Icon-South Korea.png
  • South Korea has a lot of MU. but many of them are dead or non-active.
Written By Princess Luna (2014-09-06)

Wars

Throughout its entire history, South Korea has been directly involved in the following wars:

Start End O-Allies Our Enemy E-Allies Title
21 Apr '09 24 Apr '09 Icon-South Korea.png Icon-Japan.png First Japan-South Korea War[1]
08 May '09 24 May '09 Icon-Turkey.png Icon-Thailand.png Icon-South Korea.png Icon-China.png Icon-Indonesia.png China-South Korea War[2]
24 Aug '09 07 Sep '09 Icon-South Korea.png Icon-Japan.png Theocratic War[3][4]
06 May '10 07 Nov '10 Icon-Germany.png Icon-Russia.png Icon-Austria.png Icon-South Korea.png Icon-Japan.png Icon-Croatia.png Icon-USA.png Icon-Canada.png Icon-Australia.png Icon-Peru.png Second Japan-South Korea War[5]
?? ??? '11 17 Jul '11 Icon-Bulgaria.png Icon-Hungary.png Icon-Serbia.png Icon-Japan.png Icon-South Korea.png Icon-China.png Icon-Republic of China (Taiwan).png Icon-Romania.png Icon-USA.png Icon-North Korea.png 2nd China-South Korea War
05 Sep '11 12 Sep '11 Icon-South Korea.png Icon-Japan.png Icon-Canada.png Icon-USA.png Canada-Japan War
01 Nov '11 10 Jul '12 Pro-25px( Icon-South Korea.png )

23px

25px Flag-ABC.png Flag-EDEN.jpg 35px Pro-Flag-EDEN.jpg

Pro-35px

Icon-warinprogress.gifWorld War V (Mar '11)

(South Korea ProONE join)

06 Nov '11 31 Dec '11 Icon-Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).png Icon-Indonesia.png Icon-Serbia.png Icon-Poland.png Icon-Hungary.png Icon-Spain.png Icon-Sweden.png Icon-Iran.png Icon-Turkey.png Icon-Slovenia.png Icon-New Zealand.png Icon-Mexico.png Icon-Pakistan.png Icon-Estonia.png Icon-Japan.png Icon-Australia.png Icon-South Korea.png Icon-China.png Icon-Republic of China (Taiwan).png Icon-Croatia.png Icon-Romania.png Icon-Cyprus.png Icon-Russia.png Icon-USA.png Icon-Philippines.png Icon-India.png Icon-North Korea.png
Icon-warinprogress.gifWorld War V
01 Jan '12 07 Jan '12 25px Flag-ABC.png

Pro-25px

Icon-South Korea.png Icon-China.png Flag-EDEN.jpg

Pro-Flag-EDEN.jpg

Icon-warinprogress.gifWorld War V

(Attack-Shandong)[11]
(Attack-Kangwon)[12]

07 Jan '12 10 Jul '12 Icon-South Korea.png Icon-Republic of China (Taiwan).png Icon-China.png Icon-warinprogress.gifWorld War V
10 Jul '12 06 May '13 25px25px Flag-EDEN.jpg Icon-warinprogress.gifWorld War VI (Mar '11)

(South Korea CoT join)
(South Korea & Taiwan negotiation - about peace)

18 Jan '13 20 Mar '13 25px 25px Icon-South Korea.png Icon-Japan.png Icon-USA.png Icon-China.png Icon-Republic of China (Taiwan).png Flag-EDEN.jpg Icon-warinprogress.gifWorld War VI
05 Jul '13 ?? Oct '13 25px 40px 25px Icon-warinprogress.gifWorld War VII

(EDEN Breakdown)
(CoTWO Union Breakdown)

09 Jul '13 ?? Oct '13 25px 40px Icon-South Korea.png Icon-USA.png Icon-Mexico.png Icon-Taiwan.png 25pxIcon-China.png Icon-North Korea.png Icon-warinprogress.gifWorld War VII
01 Oct '13 ~ Icon-Indonesia.png Icon-Germany.png Icon-Macedonia.png Icon-South Korea.png Icon-Japan.png Icon-Taiwan.png 25pxIcon-China.png Icon-North Korea.png (CoT Breakdown, Octobor)

(Determination(RW) System Update, Novembor)

06 Dec '13 07 Dec '13 Icon-Indonesia.png Icon-Germany.png Icon-Macedonia.png Icon-South Korea.png Icon-Philippines.png Icon-Taiwan.png Icon-China.png Icon-Pakistan.png Icon-Malaysia.png 1st eS.Korea AIR STRIKE WAR of South Korean Airstrike

(ePhilippines, Visayas)

?? Feb '14 (-ing) 25px 25px JasKo 25px 25px 25px25px Icon-warinprogress.gifWorld War VIII

(Redefining the world)

22 May '14 24 May '14 Icon-Macedonia.png Icon-Indonesia.png Icon-Chile.png Icon-Spain.png Icon-Poland.png Icon-Bulgaria.png Icon-Ireland.png Icon-South Korea.png Icon-Ireland.png Icon-Taiwan.png Icon-China.png 2nd eS.Korea AIR STRIKE WAR of South Korean Airstrike

(eIreland)
South Korea signed "Rent Region" with Ireland.

Written By Ernesto Jeon (2014-06-12)


Currently, South Korea is at war with the following countries:


Alliances

South Korea has alliances with the following countries:

This country doesn't have any mutual protection pacts at the moment.


Rank History

  • First 3 Titan Player of South Korean :
Number Name Acheive Note
1 doodogi Day 2228 He is RL Korean and is only living eSouth Korea
2 Ernesto Jeon Day 2229 He is RL Korean and lived many e-foreign countries
3 lucky789 Day 2231 He is RL Korean and lived many e-foreign counries

History

The First Republic

Not much is known of South Korea's history before the Japan-South Korea War in May 2008 that resulted in the annexation of South Korea into Japan. In November 2008, ATLANTIS-backed freedom fighters alongside richie450 and his efforts launched three successful resistance wars in Gyeonggi-do, Gyeongsangnam-do, and Chungcheongnam-do, putting the country back on the map; if South Korea were to have a Founding Father, richie could certainly be considered.

The Early Days

After South Korea's liberation, richie450 remained to help rebuild the country. The population was small, only 40-60 people at the time, but notable citizens like Yonai Keiko, Parrot, and Khairul Asyraf were arriving. Taking advantage of this, Parrot immediately started the Liberal Socialist Worker Party to run for president unopposed, but Defiantly Sin started the Liberal Democrats of Korea to challenge him. A power struggle ensued and continued until the congressional elections. Eleven Congressmen were elected and lead the country until the first presidential elections. Defiantly Sin left eRepublik for real life issues and left the party to Melkion, a French war hero who ran just for the medal; citizens soon realized their mistake in voting for a president who wouldn't do anything.

In mid December The Party arrived in South Korea, led by the Triumvirate of Father (Peregrine), Teacher (ThisGenMedia), and Watcher (Trisk). They kept to themselves and spoke little, only saying they wanted to make Korea "better". With a growing population, South Koreans fought off The Party in the December Congressional elections, but in the end, The Party took over Congress, and then, the Presidency.

The Party ran South Korea in classic PTO fashion. They owned several companies which produced plenty of stock and enabled them to manipulate the economy. Their forums were never public, and they proved themselves inaccessible to citizens. Richie450, among others, abandoned his position in Congress and left the country. The Party lost its hold on the nation in the January congressional elections by Parrot due to the support of the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA's intervention is rumored to have been due to personal grudges of the then American government against the Triumvirate.

The Parrot and DeBoyle Administrations

With Parrot winning the February 2009 presidential election, The Party was ultimately defeated. Though he was saddled with a weak economy, low production, and a small and starving population, Parrot rallied the community and, with the help of Japanese and private donations, was able to stave of starvation and refill the treasury. His actions spawned the first immigration wave to South Korea, where new companies were built, wages were competitive, cost were low, and the economy was strengthening.

Unfortunately, Parrot could not end the bickering with remnants of The Party and his heavy-handed response to criticism started to draw many comparisons to the autocratic system his administration replaced. In March 2009, in the first free elections in the country's history, he was defeated by one vote by Francis DeBoyle, who promised greater visibility, more freedom and continued economic growth.

The Goonrush and PowerSweden

No sooner had the economy revived (the KRW holding at 0.025 gold), the Goons arrived on the scene. Whatever gains made by the Parrot and DeBoyle administrations were soon eroding into media chaos and market freefall. They quickly grew in number and in domestic allies, and rumors of coorruption grew; the president appeared unconcerned, the Minister of Defense is alleged to have cut a deal with the Goons to retain his post, and the Unity candidate of the Free Koreans, Mr. brodie, is also rumored to have been bought off.

On the heels of the Goons' arrival, however, came another wave of immigration, this time from Turkey. Among the newcomers was PowerSweden, a man accustomed to the destructive nature of the Goons, and he had come to neutralize their effect on the country. Thanks in part to the efforts of his compatriot, LanceLoTR, a dialogue was established with the Free Koreans. PowerSweden quickly attained their support for the April presidential election.

Mr. brodie had a trick up his sleeve; on election day, he sought an impeachment vote, of which the vote would end three hours into the new president's term. The trick momentarily worked; PowerSweden won the election and was immediately impeached, with the presidency thus going to the Goon candidate, TokiWart00th. The admins sorted everything out, TokiWart00th was removed from office, Mr. brodie was temporarily banned for his scheme, and PowerSweden was re-installed as president.

During the melee, China sought to seize on the confusion by invading South Korea. During their small window of 'power' the goons were able to scrape the gold for an MPP from amongst their ranks but too late to stop the fall of Seoul. With the rightful return of PowerSweden, however, the tables turned and with the help of eTurks, eThais and a powerful effort from PowerSweden himself, South Korea was able to fend off the Chinese attack on Chungcheongnam-do and eventually expel them from the peninsula in the following liberation of Seoul (see China-South Korea War).

With the Goon plot to ascend to the presidency defeated and the Chinese pushed out of the country, PowerSweden decided to retire by way of self-imposed impeachment, leaving the presidency in the hands of Yonai Keiko.

The May 2009 Presidential Election

In her time as interim president, Yonai oversaw success across the board, in economic, diplomatic, population, and social matters, and she parlayed this into a win in the May 2009 election. Still burdened with a relatively small population, however, political leaders realized the nation's vulnerability to PTO's.

The cracks had, however, begun to appear.

Party leaders acknowledged the need for unity when threatened by foreign PTO groups. Leading up to the election, they had agreed to nominate one candidate, who would then for an administration using leading members from all parties. This was seen as a short-term solution, and with population bound to grow, this was planned as a temporary anti-PTO measure, not permanent policy. A few days before the election, however, LordSlowPoke, leader of the Workers' Party, broke the agreement by nominating Aarons-Miller for President. Yonai won the election, but the idea of unity for the sake of thwarting PTO attempts was destroyed. Sure enough, PTO groups from Poland and the United States of America soon came, and with every new PTO attempt, national morale waned.

The JASKO Union

With the never-ending waves of PTO mercenaries coming in, with parties unable to broker deals to assure unity, and in an era before the citizenship module, national leaders from the center and right, unable to trust leftist leaders like those in the Workers' Party, began to seek other options. As it stood, the choice was to either allow one PTO group after another take over the government, or to merge with Japan, a country with a democratic tradition and a population large enough to not have to worry about constant PTO's.

A postal vote was held, and by two-thirds majority, South Koreans decided to stop being at the mercy of PTO malice and to join Japan.

With Japan's consent, South Korea declared war on them, and the process of merging began. By the time the June 2009 Congressional elections came around, the process was complete; South Korea was part of Japan. The South Korean community assimilated into Japanese culture and seemed content with the move.

The Theocratic Nation

How the Theocrats Took South Korea

During the merger with Japan, South Korean leadership in exile planned to eventually rejuvenate the country. On August 20, 2009, Yonai Keiko started a resistance war in Gyeongsangnam-do, just in time for the August Congressional Elections. After two months, working with the Japanese, South Korea returned to the map. After this success, Yonai was the defacto president of the nation and was proposing a war with Japan (with Japan's blessing) in the hope to slowly take back old South Korean regions; with no Congress, the proposal met no opposition.

Unfortunately, the country was vulnerable for the five days it went without a Congress; without a Congress, the citizenship module was not in effect, meaning the old PTO problems the country faced before were still a concern for this window of time. Over this span, the population bloated with newcomers, in particular, the Theocrats, a military culture with a quasi-religious tie to Dioism. The South Korean community, a mix of veteran citizens like Yonai and Alfagrem on one hand, and new devotees like Spade and Smily132 on the other, appealed to the international community for assistance. With the world watching the election, even with last-minute voters jumping from South Africa to assist the indigenous community, the Theocrats won six of the ten seats up for grabs; quite truly, they won by the skin of their teeth, only a couple of votes could have turned the tables. The Theocratic win became a very sore point of contention, as many Theocrats were subsequently banned for creating multi's. Without control of Congress, the community could only hope to stave off impeachment.

The Theocracy ruled South Korea from August 2009 to January 2010

Leadership sought to merge with Japan again, and at their request, Japan opened up a battle in Gyeongsangnam-do to take the country back and to undo the Theocratic PTO. This was the beginning of the Theocratic War. The day after the election, the battle commenced, and it concluded successfully, with South Korea retreating from the battle, and Japan retaking the country. The Theocrats, however, were not going to just allow this to happen. Initiated by Cidadao, they started a resistance war in Gyeonggi-do late on September 3 in order to get the country back on the map just in the nick of time for presidential elections on September 5 and to get their candidate on the ballot. The battle was bitterly fought, and with an hour left, the wall stood at 50,000, its highest of the fight; however, thanks to Theocratic expertise in tanking, they quickly brought the wall down to -6000 and won.

With South Korea back on the map and presidential elections the very next day, the Theocrats were much better prepared, and their candidate, Colinar, defeated long-time South Korean resident Alfagrem by a 2-to-1 margin. With the Presidency and Congress in their pocket, they fought a war with Japan to maintain control of the country and to gain regions; despite Japan's best efforts and momentary wins, they ultimately were unable to retake South Korea. In the September Congressional elections, the Theocrats cemented political power with a much more convincing win than in August. Many who were loyal to the indigenous South Korean community left in disgust.

How the Theocrats Ruled South Korea

With the Theocrats firmly entrenched in power, they turned South Korea into, as Dio Maksas called it, a fascist-communist state. Tax rates were installed to basically destroy the food and grain industries, putting many South Koreans out of business; without food, they build a Q5 hospital in Gyeonggi-do to deal with wellness. Being a militaristic culture, they sought an MPP with Malaysia to engage in the Sol wargames; between the wargames, regional conflicts, and fighting on behalf of EDEN forces, there were plenty of opportunities for battles and using said hospital. They shut the door completely on citizenship, and unless an applicant was pre-established in the Theocracy, he would be rejected. Dissenting voices were shouted down by chants of “SILENT LEGES INTER ARMA”, their motto, or a little more provocative, "SLIA or GTFO!" After several weeks of Theocratic dominance, the population thinned out, which was of no consequence to the Theocrats; with tight control of the economy and their own companies replacing those already in place, they hardly cared. Many criticized them for creating a sort of segregated society, a closed totalitarian regime; in response, such critics were harassed and mocked until they gave up.

Not every South Korean folded under Theocratic dominance. In September 2009, as the Theocrats were trying to enjoy their MPP with Malaysia to take advantage of the Sol wargames, Alfagrem took it on himself to start a series of resistance wars in Thailand to try to keep the Theocrats from strengthening their multi's; he funded the RW's himself, but also received criticism for the effort. Also, in the middle of the Theocratic totalitarian regime, Andrei Vissarionovich came and created the Democratic Nationalist Party in the hope of creating a true democratic presence; to his credit, he managed to get several members of his party into Congress, including Herbert Von Bern.

While the Theocrats held their regions, Russia sought to take control of the peninsula for themselves. They were successful in taking over North Korea and keeping it as a "colony" under Shaolin control. The Theocrats were successful in fending off Russian and Japanese threats, and by January 2010, of the nine original South Korean regions, only Jeju-do was not in Theocratic hands.

The Republic of 798

A Return to Democracy

In January 2010, after five months in power, the Theocrats announced they were leaving South Korea. With a lack of battles in the region and a distaste for governance, leadership directed members and resources to Spain and worked with the South Koreans to transfer power as smoothly as possible. To their credit, their departure was much more diplomatic, much more affable, than was their arrival. By the January Congressional elections, the Theocratic Era was over.

The post-Theocratic era was greeted by the community with enthusiasm and eagerness to rebuild. Facing many of the problems which had always plagued South Korea (weak currency, a turbulent economy, predators and PTO groups looking to take their share of the country), those who stayed were committed to a return to a free-market, democratic society. The newspaper media sprang to life, the national forum buzzed with activity, and positivity replaced the pessimism seen in Theocratic South Korea. The KRW quickly strengthened from 112 KRW/gold to 65 KRW/gold, the food and grain industries were slowly rebuilt, the South Korean Guard and Crimson Tigers were created to fill the military vacuum created when the Theocrats left, the population rose from just over 300 in mid-January to 650 by March, and an MPP was signed with Malaysia for the sake of wargames. The political parties that were vacated by the Theocrats were soon put to use.

After waiting five months, Spade's dream came true as he won the February Presidential election over Andrei Vissarionovich by a single vote. His leadership through this transition garnered him wide support, and in March he ran for re-election unopposed.

Operation Spiderman

In late February the Goons returned to South Korea, soon to be followed by the Facepunchers, who initially devoted themselves to rendering any Goon threat useless with an initiative called Operation Spiderman. Gaining the support of Spade and the community at large, they used their goodwill to target the Goons' party, the party In My Pants. Under the leadership of Abdul'Allah Kazim Kyrgazi and monkey111, they took over the party during the March Party President elections and renamed it the Federal Social Democrat Party.

A Peaceful Transference of Power

The Goon/Facepuncher conflict was not the only event marking Spade's second term. During the March Congressional elections, his profile was hacked into, with which the hacker acted with vulgarity and disregard for the country and its president. The hacker proposed a pornographic citizen message and published Spade's private messages. Speaking through an organization, Spade directed the National Assembly to impeach his citizen account in order to halt the hacker's antics, and the Assembly obliged him.

The April Presidential Election would be considered by many Koreans to be the first democratic election since the Theocrats arrived. Peter de LusionisT Bae won the election with just under 43% of the vote.

The Second War with Japan

Below is a summary; for more details see: Second Japan-South Korea War

Peter was reelected on May 5, and the next day, Japan declared war on South Korea, giving a list of reasons for the action, from wanting to eliminate multi's from South Korea to owing it to the country to erase it and let them start over, but no one was fooled, it was for the "lulz". The Japanese won the first battle by less than one tank, which forced them to escalate the war with the incorporation of EDEN forces, especially from Croatia. Peter signed an MPP with Germany. The first resistance battle of the war was again a narrow win for Japan, but two days later, they attacked three regions at once, winning all three handily; by the end of the week, they had taken the South Korean capital of Gyeonggi-do and reduce SK to two useless regions.

Resistance battles bore fruit, but it was the signing of the MPP with Russia that ended Japanese aggression once and for all. Koreans pushed the Japanese out rather quickly, and with numeric superiority, they regained Jeju, becoming whole for the first time since coming back on the map the previous August.

The MPP with Russia did not come without a price; upon signing the deal, Russia was able to use Gyeonggi-do to launch an attack on the Chinese region of Shandong, altering the ongoing war over Liaoning.

New president Arjay Phoenician took these new realities as an opportunity to change the course of the country. Among other things, he sought the renewal of the MPP with Russia, guaranteeing the Japanese would not launch another attack. In his two terms, he oversaw a good-sized baby boom, bloating the population from 546 on June 6 to 1003 by August 4, an 84% increase in two months. Many of these newcomers were native Koreans, and he encouraged the growth of Korean-language newspapers. They came from a Korean gaming site, Europa Universalis, and notables from this community include Grease, Philip Park, and Elignis Jinn.

Grease succeeded Arjay after two terms, becoming the first president from real-life Korea.