I thank Trip and Locutus for their highly enlightening contributions to the thread (and of course Alexander for his always interesting stuff).
It is good to know that Japan's lack of second leader was not a result of neglect from the devs. Despite speaking Japanese at an intermidateish level, I never really learned of the legally challenging environment that concerns depicting even long-deceased emperors. This was really interesting stuff to know.
I'm sure you guys are at least vaguely familiar with the chap, but if there is even a third XP, I would personally recommend Oda Nobunaga if Meiji would be too dicey to include. His personality could be an interesting counterpoint to Tokugawa since he was the exact opposite of an isolationist. He encouraged western trade and the spread of Christianity, was a major proponent of firearms (developing musket tactics that were even superior to those of Europeans at the time), and abolished a lot of the barriers and restrictions to trade between various daimyo domains. Best of all, he is one of the few Japanese rulers that some percentage of westerners might be famillar with.
The only downside is that he was a contemporary of Tokugawa, so having two leaders from the exact same time period might disqualify him outright.
It is good to know that Japan's lack of second leader was not a result of neglect from the devs. Despite speaking Japanese at an intermidateish level, I never really learned of the legally challenging environment that concerns depicting even long-deceased emperors. This was really interesting stuff to know.
I'm sure you guys are at least vaguely familiar with the chap, but if there is even a third XP, I would personally recommend Oda Nobunaga if Meiji would be too dicey to include. His personality could be an interesting counterpoint to Tokugawa since he was the exact opposite of an isolationist. He encouraged western trade and the spread of Christianity, was a major proponent of firearms (developing musket tactics that were even superior to those of Europeans at the time), and abolished a lot of the barriers and restrictions to trade between various daimyo domains. Best of all, he is one of the few Japanese rulers that some percentage of westerners might be famillar with.
The only downside is that he was a contemporary of Tokugawa, so having two leaders from the exact same time period might disqualify him outright.
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