World

The Dictatorship

Previous government kept order really well with harsh punishments for criminals and dissidents, but mostly freedom for everyone else
El presidente’s party gets banned and later becomes a nuisance in a different form
?The president is a sort of omnipresent figure who is never seen (until a point) but the fallout from his actions often create conflict for the protagonist

Dictator in hiding, intelligence services will get you boyo dw
?A later bit has the dictator on trial by a legislature committee and the protag has the deciding opinion
Or maybe is burdened with what to do but in the end it doesn’t even matter
Oh yeah naming style, gotta get that down
Maybe faux-Japanese
Just lost a war against the {NOT AMERICA} coalition which ousted the dictator of {NOT JAPAN}
The dictator was rabidly popular but that dropped sharply near the end of the war when {NOT JAPAN} was losing
The occupying {NOT AMERICA} are trying to transition {NOT JAPAN} to democracy but are really hamfisted about it and oftentimes are a nuisance to deal with
How hard to be on war vets
Soldiers need to be rehabilitated
People need to be de-El Presidente’d
Higher ups need to be prosecuted…right?
“These men and women all helped us fight the war! How dare you even THINK about throwing them into prison or, god forbid, murdering them.”
{NOT AMERICA} tensions
Diplomacy or threats?
A big chunk of pre-war territory is yet to be returned

Good cultural emphasis on education
Education needs to be overhauled, it was pretty good but too much el presidente worship
More conservative members of the legislature want to add in “realistic” elements, downplaying the country’s loss in the war and the negatives of the presidente regime

Compromise with the private companies? Reduce regulation despite how it hurts the people in order to spur economic growth and later public works.
South Korea and Japan both name their big conglomorate companies with special names (Chaebol and Zaibatsu then Keiretsu)
Economic reform with the help of some tense negotiations with {NOT AMERICA}
Over-loaning as a clever tactic
Maybe the protag’s closest friend/ally is a high up economic advisor

Transitional council, can’t rush into democracy too soon now
Many in the ruling party are divided between the people not being educated enough to vote yet, and that the party should never allow voting for efficiency’s sake
There’s also a small minority who believes that we need to implement democracy right flipping now but they are very much not the majority
Wtf does “educated” even mean?
Later on, need debate about lack of term limits for president
Losing the president could bring a lot of the country’s tensions to the fore

Could be merged with the Charon independence story, but the modern-ness is part of what makes it work
ESPIONAGE, it’s a thing that happens

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