Shikaku-Mon world map
Variant [ ] Chi in 23 Skidoo ; it is 9 years ahead of its "Homeline" (Alpha)
Shikaku-Mon, 2027
The balance of a cyberpunk world shifts between four great powers: the Japanese Empire, the Swedish Empire, the Empire of Brazil, and the Kingdom of France.
1497; the son of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain survives to become King John III, weakening the Habsburgs and causing Portugal to focus its attention overseas on Brazil and missionary activities in Japan. As a consequence, Japan converts to Christianity, never turns away from the gun, and begins expanding in the 1590s.
Japanese-Western (empire), Western (multipolar).
Japanese Empire (oligarchy, CR4 in Home Islands, CR3 elsewhere), Swedish Empire (technocratic oligarchy, CR6), Empire of Brazil (corporate state, CR1), Kingdom of France (dictatorship, CR4).
TL: 8 (aerospace and electronics, TL9)
[ ] John III Trastámara
The Conversion of Japan
Britain
The English Diaspora
Who Really Rules the Empire?
Being Shikaku-mon Japanese
Other Cities
Nieuw Holland
Synarchism
Louisiana
The Commonwealth of Virginia
The Holy See
Pollution
The CEM
Launching Lasers
Mass Drivers
Nuclear Pulse Drive
Direct Interfacing
Entertainment
Fashion
Shikaku-mon’s World of the Mind
Campaigning in Shikaku-mon References [ ] 
