Japanese - Korean Economic Union

The collapse of the Peoples Republic of China created a vacuum that rekindled Japan’s desire to expand into the Northern Resource Area coveted by Imperial Japan in the 1930’s. The Japanese-Korean Economic Union (JKEU) of 2051CE enabled the Union to annex Manchuria from the Republic of China and Siberia from Russia. The annexation of Siberia from Russia should be considered the first example of total economic warfare. The JKEU, using the tight economic controls inherent in their governmental system, initiated a total economic blockade of Russia destabilizing the Russian economy and resulting in Russia giving the JKEU the Siberian concession in return for the resumption of trade and economic assistance.