Takamaiku

Takamaiku (Japanese: 高舞; formally 高舞共和国, Takamaiku-Kyōwakoku, lit "The Republic of Takamaiku") is an island country located in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean the nation lies north of Japan, seperated by the Asakanai Strait and south of Amuria through the Sakhalin Island.

Takamaiku was established in 1871 after it gained indepedence from Japan and became the first republic nation in Asia. During the Second World War, Takamaiku was invaded and occupied by the Imperial Japanese and became a Puppet state of Japan from 1942-1945. After the Japanese surrendered to the US in 1945, the nation's sovereignty was under control by the United States to restore peace, order, and democracy in the island until 1948 before it reverted back its control to the hands of the Takamaikan Government. Despite the early years of turbelence within the order of the society, Takamaiku gained back its post-war stability and experienced rapid growth of economy by up to 20% throughout the 60s-90s dubbed The Great Takamaikan Miracle. Nowadays, Takamaiku evolved itself with an Asian Tiger Economy with its economy based technology, logistics, and trading.

Takamaiku is one of East Asia's healthcare, manufacturing, technology, trade, and transport hub and ranks 6th on World Competitiveness Yearbook, second-most innovative nation in Asia, 7th most economic-free nation, 13th largest economy in Alliance in the Independent Nations, and one of the world's smartest city. Takamaiku is considered a highly developed country and is ranked 13th on AIN Human Development Index. Takamaikan citizens enjoy one of the highest quality of life, education, and healthcare sector in East Asia and has one of the lowest mortality rates in the world.

Takamaiku is a unitary semi-presidental republic with a President and a Prime Minister who serves as the Head of State and the head of the government respectively. Takamaiku is considered as a "full-democracy" nation by the EIU's Democracy Index and holds highest in civil liberty, quality of life, education, and healthcare. Takamaiku is part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions such as the United Nations, East Asia Summit, and one of the member of Major non-NATO Allies.