The Empire of Japan is the Worlds oldest continuously existing nation tracing its routes back to 660bc. It has existed in its current form since the 1890's and the reign of Emperor Meji who established the supremacy of the Emperor and the Diet over the Shogun. Japan was isolated for nearly six hundred years prior to the 1850's but since the end of its isolationism quickly established itself as being equal to the western powers, Indeed even to this day Japan is the only Permanent member of the League of Nations high council that's ethnic group is not primarily made up of Europeans. It is the closest ally of the Anglo-Dutch Union and has been a member of the North Seas Alliance since its foundation.