While retaining its time-honored culture, Japan rapidly absorbed Western technology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After its devastating defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become the second most powerful economy in the world and a staunch ally of the US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, actual power rests in networks of powerful politicians, bureaucrats, and business executives. The economy experienced a major slowdown in the 1990's following three decades of unprecedented growth.
Demographic Data
Capital: Tokyo
Government type: Democracy
Government stability: 96.2%
Government efficiency: 95.2%
Population's support to government: 95.6%
Area: 374,744 square kilometers
Habitable land: 82.0%
Farmable land: 13.0%
Total population: 125,506 thousands
Population's growth: 0.3%
Country's development level: 9,380
Economic Data
GNP: 2,527,400,000,000
Industralisation: 77.6%
International funding: 6,318,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 6,317
Military Data
Technological generation: 3
Number of rebels: 1,004
Rebels development: 8,442
Rebels technological access: 6,565