Pan-Hiakemirism

Pan-Hiakemirism, also known as Osamism after its founder Osamu Kyu-Bong, is an ideology which calls for political and economic unity amongst the people of the continent of East Hiakemiria, calling for the establishment of a "Continental Nation" (Tairiku Kokka) which will prevent any form of future colonization from West Hiakemiria or Kistavich. Pan-Hiakemirism is the stated ruling ideology of Neo-Korea, although scholars have noted the lack of actual action taken on the front of unity as proof that Neo-Korea is primarily using Pan-Hiakemirism as a smokescreen to enact its own policies with the vestige of public support.

Pan-Hiakemirism was at one time compared to Lorism, in the sense of being a generally "Revolutionary" ideology which professed political policies supposedly supportive of the working class. This comparison is generally considered historically dated as of the current period, owing to the lack of overlap in the institutions of state, the economic policies of such, and the reasoning and political beliefs propagated through such, all of which the two ideologies are near entirely opposed to the other in. An additional reason for the divorcing of these two ideologies in the sphere of comparison was the lack of spread of Pan-Hiakemirism, which has near entirely been localized to the Nán Yánshēn and the territories of the Kāichrén states.

Bodies associated with Pan-Hiakemirism include the Pan-Hiakemirian Congress, the Pan-Hiakemirist National Development Coalition, and the Pan-Hiakemirian Cultural Association (all headquartered in Neo-Korea).

Kāichrén Pan-Hiakemirism

Pan-Hiakemirism was developed by the Korean philosopher Osamu Kyu-Bong, and has been the guiding ideology (to greater or lesser degrees) of all independent Korean states since independence. Osamu's primary vision for how the policies of Pan-Hiakemirism would be enacted was of a federation structure which would allow for a unified response in economics, foreign policy, and collective military action. This was to present a united front against colonial adventurism from abroad, while maintaining the policy-independence of those states associated with the federation.

Other ideologues of Pan-Hiakemirism included Yuichi Yang, who would establish the economic basis of Pan-Hiakemirism in collaboration with Osamu, primarily by legitimizing the view that State-Corporate collaboration would bring about the necessary resources for federation, and Nae Ose, who would posit that Pan-Hiakemirism would also have to overcome boundaries between individuals, such as discrimination as a whole, for the ideology to last for a great period of time. The ideology would become popularized due to the economic struggles of the late 1800s- and the failed Marquesan response to domestic unrest in the then-colonized Korea, which would eventually lead to the Kāichrén Revolution.

Kaesong Period

Pan-Hiakemirism was legitimized by the Kaesong Government being lead by a former student (Hamamoto Jaeon) to Osamu, who would bring him into governance (alongside Yuichi, although Nae would be excluded) to assist in the establishment and proliferation of the ideology amongst the populace. During this period, the Pan-Hiakemirian Congress would be established, acting as a supporter of foreign Pan-Hiakemirists (despite the general failures of such policies) and utilizing the funds of the state to assist in revolutionary movements abroad. This policy was both genuine, in the sense that it had real internal support from members of the state due to ideological reasons, and interest-based, with those nations who would experience revolutionary activity potentially being opened to either incorporation or economic exploitation.

Pan-Hiakemirism would be developed throughout the period of Kaesong's control, with the integration of its prime ideological developers into the affairs of state being used to make it a "national ideology" of a sort. This would meet pushback by certain pre-independence elements of the state, they were ultimately surpassed by those aligned with Pan-Hiakemirian doctrine, primarily due to the efforts of Hamamoto and his unreserved support for implementation of Hiakemirist concepts. It was ultimately this support that would cause Pan-Hiakemirism to entrench itself in the fabric of the state.

KDS Period

With the fall of Kaesong, the Korean Democratic State would move away from certain elements of Pan-Hiakemirism in the wake of the Kaihō Kinenbi, although many of the revolutionaries who overthrew the state continued to believe in the key principles of such. The Kakumei Dōmeitō would return rapidly to the principles of Pan-Hiakemirism upon its election, shuttering many experimental attempts at privatization in favor of the corporatist policies of the Kaesong State. This would include support for the New Iminchebol, and a general policy of state mediation in economic and political conflicts. To some extent, economic collaboration between the Iminchebol and the State grew to its greatest extent in this period, as members of the state assumed direct control over certain war-related Iminchebol, and combined the flows of income such bodies had with the profits of the state.

The primary change on the economic front of Pan-Hiakemirism would be as a result of its blending with the economic philosophy of Sukoism during this period, an economic philosophy derived from Yoshiba Suko's personal philosophies which encouraged mass production through vertical integration of industry into the Iminchebol as a structure and the complete abolishment of craft production, and the roles within industrial life which encouraged such. The goal of this mass production was a similar culture of mass consumption (although his beliefs on such were not able to be seen to this end, owing to the Great War), which would result in greater funds to simplify, and thus greater funds for the consumers, in a positive feedback loop which would also provide for the needs of the state. Throughout the course of the war, Sukoism would be used as the justification for the utilization of forced labor to create military equipment, the subjugation of Jungg'o native companies to the Iminchebol structures of the Nán Yánshēn, and other actions which would be undertaken by the Korean Democratic State.

The later KDS would escalate these positions after Ogata Katsu's coup against Kurokawa Isao, with his subjugation of the Kakumei Dōmeitō to his ultranationalistic "Dōin Satakka" (Mobilized Nation) concepts, including the abolishment of all parties outside of the Kakumei and his subordination of the Iminchebol to the Kokka Butōgi-kai (National Logistics Council), which took control of production and economic planning out of the hands of both the union-like entities of workers under the Iminchebol and from the Iminchebol themselves. Ogata’s self-proclaimed struggle against the systems of anti-state activity would be used as an excuse to initiate both mass collectivization of key agricultural resources to feed the military and to destroy or otherwise neutralize the sources of power once present outside the state’s oversight, with Jungg’o being placed under a defacto state of military occupation from 1946-1950, until the collapse of Ogata’s government and his death.

Kaichren Civil War

A majority of the factions of the civil war continued to believe, generally, in the militaristic and nationalistic variant of the KDS's Pan-Hiakemirism, including Hikaru Sakuma's Provisional Directorate. More specifically, the post-Ogata period would primarily see the remnants of the Kakumei and members of the military which Ogata had firmly ideologically aligned with himself begin to seize the positions and armaments the Kaichren Civil War would be fought with. Nationalists who blamed the state’s lack of “strength” on the failure in the war would notably target Meridonian assets in Saishū, owing to perceived betrayal in the peace negotiations which were then ongoing on the part of Meridon. This battld would be one of the reasons why, after the formation of Neo-Korea, relations did not recover between the two powers until the Marquesan Intervention in 2015.

Non-Hiakemirist groupings, while notably present in the earlier stages of the Kaichren Civil War, would not last long, excluding in the Jungg’oan theatre of such, owing to a perceived lack of legitimacy and foreign capitulation attached to the often unimpressive forces of such powers. Additionally causing the lack of such factions was lesser military support being given to them on the part of the former assets of the Kāichrén Democratic Army, although to some degree this could be made up materially with foreign aid, experience-wise the lack of such support would be devastating.

Neo-Korea

Hikaru Sakuma’s Provisional Directorate would be the eventual winner of the civil war, owing to military support and early seizure of key industrial points in the south of the country, the Directorate eventually being reorganized into Neo-Korea. Hikaru would have an outsized role in ideological development as of this stage, with his personal beliefs (and those beliefs of the individuals who would staff the CGC and other such institutions) prompting a distinct realignment in both ideological priorities and the means to accomplish such. Most especially, this would be catalyzed in the form of a rollback of the corporatist state to some degree, with the establishment of Iminchebol power being similar moreso to the late Kaesong period than that of the late KDS.

The Mobilized State would similarly be done away with, with foreign capital (especially Anagonian) and media used to inspire domestic development of such, alongside a greater effort being imitated to provide civilian luxuries to assist in the post-war building of confidence in the state. This effort of de-mobilization was somewhat ironically also the cause of the Invasion of Jungg’o, owing to the perceived need to abolish rationing.

Non-Korean Pan-Hiakemirism

Jungg'o

Jungg'o, despite their recent liberation from the KDS, did not wholly dispense with the concept of Pan-Hiakemirism, for both the general reason that there was a lack of other potential guiding national ideals to turn to at this point (primarily due to Kāichrénization efforts engaged in by the KDS) and due to the fact that several officials in the newly independent state were ardent believers in the concept, if centered around Jungg'o as the vessel for liberation instead of the Nán Yánshēn. These officials would attempt to orient Jungg'o as a major industrial and political leader throughout its independence, engaging in multiple joint efforts with surrounding nations to build infrastructural and economic lines with Jungg'o as the hub.

Ultimately, these officials would lose favor in the early 80's, as Neo-Korea itself began utilizing more of the rhetoric of Pan-Hiakemirism, eventually being generally exiled to the north, where they would languish until the Invasion of Jungg'o. During said invasion, these officials would utilize some of these ideals in an attempt to drum up public support for continued resistance in the north, although the primary vector of anti-NK action remained non-Hiakemirian political groupings, such as the now-resurgent bandit groupings, which took on new anarchist political leanings due to their mutual integration with already established anti-Hiakemirian actors.

TBA: Janpian Civil War Pan-Hiakemirists, Other(?)

Variants

Orthodox Pan-Hiakemirism

"Orthodox" Pan-Hiakemirism is, in and of itself, something of an oxymoron, as even the principle founders of the ideology had differing ideals on foreign, political, and economic systems in relation to the establishment of the ideology. Still, being an "Orthodox" Pan-Hiakemirist is generally implied to entail a belief in Pan-Hiakemirian unification under a federation structure, a belief in economic corporatism, and general adherence to what Osamu Kyu-Bong wrote.

Notable orthodox Pan-Hiakemirists include:

• Osamu Kyu-Bong
• Yuichi Yang
• Nae Ose
• Terenti Petrov

Variants on Orthodox Pan-Hiakemirism

Despite the general consistency maintained by the fact that its ideologue was directly involved in the operation of a state, variants on his ideals did emerge within his lifetime, the most notable of which would linger into the modern period and influence later ideas. The most notable of these groupings included the Jiritsu School and the Kokka no Shinjitsu Faction, both of which agitated for independence from existing power structures, on an economic and political level respectively. They opposed the corporatist economic system and supported direct-rule of the state in regards to the process of industrialization, with a more hegemonic perspective on the federation structure as well.

Notable followers of the Jiritsu School include:

• Hikaru Sakuma (to some degree, although he would incorporate his own ideals into the ideological basis of his personal ideology)
• Shiroma Katsumi (notable philosopher)

Beliefs

Economics

The primary economic beliefs of Pan-Hiakemirism were coined, as mentioned above, by Yuichi Yang, who promoted positive interaction between the state, workers, and corporate groupings instead of class conflict, believing that this positive relation would maintain the necessary economic growth to allow for the state to grow and maintain its independence. This corporatist economic system would express itself in all post-independence states, as a result of the continued need for economic growth perceived by all of these states. This has primarily manifested itself in multi-year plans formed from the collaboration of state and pseudo-public economic actors.

An additional inclusion to these economic beliefs in the modern period is the relationship between the National Development Party and the State-Corporate-Worker relationship, with some modern observers (most notably Ji Kita) noting that the party to some degree has taken over the role of the corporate entity, with the Iminchebol and other economic bodies being strongly associated, and to some degree managed by, members of the NDP.

Foreign Policy

The Continental Nation

The Continental Nation (Tairiku Kokka) is the primary "Internal" (in the sense of targeting East Hiakemiria) foreign policy concept of Pan-Hiakemirism. Calling for the establishment of a unified structure which will allow for the maintaining of independence, this structure is variably described in either the terms of federation or hegemony, depending on the school of the Pan-Hiakemirism.