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Originally Posted by Commander 598
How did Britannia compare to other in universe nations? What little we saw of the EU seems to indicate that they were arrogant cunts, the Chinese as I recall were infamous for essentially being a third world nation, pre-invasion Japan had what may have been an iron fisted military dictator hell bent on taking his entire nation with him in a blaze of glory. As you can see it was a real contest of shining stars...and the real world sure as hell have a pretty spotty record IRL too.
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You must not have been watching the show when the Emperor describes the EU as nothing less than the America of the Code Geass world. Free rights, liberties and all that. It's a paradise until Britannia conquers it.
China had poverty as a problem, but they weren't nearly as bad as Britannia.
Japan didn't have an iron-fisted ruler, just a prime minister who people followed. And if you find this unusual, know that real-world Japan was almost exactly the same in WW2 (except those "to the last man" elements weren't running the show.
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Originally Posted by Commander 598
Which is merely a matter of citizenship that sounds oddly similar to that of Ancient Rome or perhaps something out of a Heinlein novel, basically citizenship is considered something more earned than simply given. Unfortunately none of this was ever elaborated on...
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Sure it was. You become an Honorary Britannian, you still get treated like shit but at least you get a nice place to live for the trouble. Becoming full Britannian citizens isn't possible for Numbers.
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Originally Posted by Commander 598
Wasn't that whole place run by a big criminal willing to shoot people in the face in broad daylight for calling him out about his cheating though? Because that's what I remember...
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It was mafia hangout, but Britannian agents were sitting in the middle of the damn thing and didn't give a shit, so it still counts.