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Originally Posted by James Langham
Are there any clues in 2300?
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From 2300AD Earth-Cybertech Sourcebook
Korea
Although the world economic collapse caused by the Twilight War brought chaos to both North and South Korea, South Korea, with the impressive industrialization it had achieved by the war's beginning, was able to recover much more quickly than its northern neighbor. Given South Korea's economic health in the first half of the 21st century, communist North Korea accepted annexation by the democratic South almost without quarrel. Through the rest of that century, the unified nation worked to spread its southern industrial power through the North. During this period, Japan invested heavily in Korea's development, working to economically dominate the nation's growing industry. But Manchuria, seeking to avoid the establishment of a Japanese stronghold on the continent, expelled the Japanese and pressured Korea into nationalizing the facilities that Japan had built. Through the 22nd and 23rd centuries, Korea worked closely with Manchuria, ever in the larger nation's shadow. In 2300, Korea is a very modern industrial nation, but it is definitely dominated politically by Manchuria. Korean citizens compare favorably with Texans in terms of quality of life, and they do not seem to view Manchuria's domination as onerous, preferring it to domination by Japan.
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