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(1) Grand Imperial Korea (그랜드 임페리얼 조선) - During the late 1500’s, the Korean peninsula which was then under the Joseon dynasty was opened to the Western world thanks to British, Russian, French, and Portuguese trade allowing the Korean nation to become westernized along side it’s nextdoor neighbor Japan. However despite being neighbors with another nation who hopped on the “Westernize Me” bandwagon, the Koreans and Japanese have always shown extreme rivalry and outright hatred towards one another from various things (whether it be over the disputed Liancourt Islands, the fact that Korea claims that it “civilized” Japan from being a nation of barbarians, to even down to Koreans claiming for fact that Japanese culture is a copy of Korean culture) and in a few incidents resulted in some wars between the two nations with only stalemates as a result. Eventually by the 1880’s the Korean kingdom ruled by the Joseon dynasty was seen to have way too much power when it came to governing the Korean people resulting in a compromise resulting in Korea becoming an “empire” but at same time a constitutional monarchy in which the Emperor of Korea has now little power, while the prime minister (whom is elected every five years) is the one with the absolute power. By the closing of the 19th century, Korea ended up assisting in the Boxer Rebellion taking a lot of territory in China and eventually took over and annexed Manchuria into its empire while giving the Manchu people equal status since the Korean government views Manchus as long lost siblings to the Korean people (while at the same time views the Han Chinese and Japanese as outright inferior savages). Other wars in which made Korea a dominant power were the Formosa War (in which Korea and Japan fought control over Formosa (Taiwan) which in end the Koreans won total control over it), Russo-Korean War (resulting in Tsarist Russia being outmatched by Korea’s might and resulted in “Outer Manchuria” being annexed into the Korean Empire), and the current ongoing Sino-Korean War in which Korea claims is “liberating” China from savagery, but in reality is warring China to create more settler colonies for the Korean people. Of course once again it’s nextdoor rival the Japanese Empire has also become mighty as well having taking over Russian Alaska (as Alaska never was sold to the US), Marshall Islands, the Philippines, and much of Micronesia. As a result it only a matter of time until the two powerhouses war one another.

(2) Orthodox Kingdom of Korea (Чосён-ый Bанк-кук) - The Russian Empire as it expanded into Siberia eventually didn’t stop there once reaching the Pacific, instead Tsarist Russia expanded south eventually colonizing Mongolia, Manchuria, and even the Korean peninsula eventually after successfully warring the Qing dynasty in China during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. As a result Mongolia and much of Manchuria became settled by Russians and Ukrainians and even Volga Germans, however the Korean peninsula was a different story as it was made into more of a short-lived protectorate of the Russian Empire resulting in Korea becoming a hub for Orthodoxy to thrive as Koreans began to convert to it resulting in the creation of the Korean Orthodox Church by 1824. At that time the Korean royal family would end up converting to Orthodoxy as it was now the common religion in the kingdom alongside Korean shamanism. Eventually furthermore the nation itself would scrap the Hangul alphabet and replace it with a Cyrillic alphabet used for the Korean language that it still uses today. When it comes to foreign relations in East Asia, Korea has trouble since Japan and China want nothing to do with an Orthodox/Christian nation to which many view as traitorous.

(3) Empire of Korea (한국의 제국) - In this universe the Korean Empire (which existed in OTL from 1897 until Japan forcefully annexed it in 1910) still exists in the 21st century, albeit as a constitutional monarchy nonetheless. Since Japan never invaded and annex Korea in 1910, it instead became more of a client state to the Japanese Empire especially during World War II (similar to how Thailand was), but with the Japanese defeat at the end of the Second World War, Korea was occupied by Allied forces and immediately went back to being a constitutional monarchy again seeing that it is the “traditional way”. As a result of this the Empire of Korea would end up intermarrying with the Japanese royal family to the point many Koreans and Japanese sometimes dream of a personal union, but odds of this happening are questionable to the eyes of a Westerner. During the Cold War, the nation of Korea saw itself undergo a major economic boom as tech corporations like Samsung and car corporations like Kia and Hyundai saw huge success in the West making Korea become a very modernized developed nation alongside Japan, seeing that cities like Hanseong (Seoul), Busan, Hwangsong (Pyongyang), Incheon, Suwon, and Changwon are metropolises with millions of hardworking devoted Koreans.

(4) - Military South Korea (Republic of Korea) - The military dictatorship ran by Park Chung-lee never falls in Korea as when he was assassinated in 1979, his eldest daughter Park Geun-hye became the new leader of the so called “Republic of Korea” which of course still a military dictatorship today as whenever national elections are held the ruling Democratic Republican Party (not to be confused with the US one) always wins election mostly by the means of cheating and fraud, but of course nobody dares to speak out against it unless they want to end up vanishing the next day. Although it is a major economic hub for corporations like Samsung, Kia, Hyundai, and LG it’s working conditions are reported by Westerners to be more “horrific” than that of China with some reporting that some companies have workers working 20 hours a day. Not to mention the fact that tertiary education is very important to the point it is mandatory in South Korea and it is consider criminal offense if one drops out or doesn’t go to college or trade school once after serving three years in military service (in which all men and women have to do once turning 18). As a result of this the military-run South Korea is not only a heavily defended nation it also has nuclear weapons ready to be launched on it’s northern communist neighbor of North Korea incase a Second Korean War ever breaks out, which if that ever happens North Korea will be instantly razed to dust.

(5) People’s Republic of Korea (조선 민주주의 인민 공화국) - The Korean War turned out very differently due to a minor POD being that US General Douglas MacArthur was killed in World War II. As a result although US and UN forces (on the side of the US) would still intervene in the beginning, by 1952 the war was already a major loss to them resulting in Truman having to pull out of the Korean peninsula with the last US and UN (mostly Indian, Turkish, Australian, British, French, and Canadian troops) forces pulling out from Busan in September of 1952, which afterwards resulted in the entire peninsula dominated under communist rule by Kim Il-sung. However although Korea is still a communist nation today, it has adopted capitalist techniques like China has allowing corporations like Samsung and LG to thrive well and unlike China, Korea allows freedom of religion as long you don’t speak out against the government still run by the Kim family.

(6) Republic of New Judea (רפובליקת יהודה החדשה) - Japan never allies with Nazi Germany and Mussolini’s Italy in World War II and as a result becomes neutral throughout the entire war (US still gets involved in a parallel attack similar to Pearl Harbor, but happens in Boston in 1942 by German U-boats). That said this gave time for Japan to use the Korean peninsula for other plans than it had originally seeing how the Japanese Empire was becoming flooded with Jewish refugees fleeing from Europe to escape from genocide done by the Nazis. As a result the Japanese had plans in mind for Korea resulting in the creation of a Jewish state under the name of “New Judea” in 1946. As a result it becomes a destination for millions of Jews worldwide to relocate to. However despite this it came at a cost as the Korean inhabitants faced the same situation like Palestinian Arabs do in OTL, resulting in a bloody war during the 1950’s resulting in the creation of the State of Korea which is a very poor nation with little economic success. Although the Jews enjoy a life of no more oppression, the Koreans face the oppression being regarded by New Judeans as backwards polytheistic people, resulting in plenty of hatred for one another hear and there. But of course despite this Japan and the US recognizes New Judea as a legitimate nation even if Asian countries like China, Manchuria, and Mongolia do not seeing New Judea as a evil nation expanding and oppressing the Korean people under “Japanese Zionism”.

(7) Korean SSR (Корейская ССР) - With the victory against communist North Korea in the Korean War resulting in the Korean peninsula under capitalism, the Soviets responded to this by the creation of the Korean SSR using the island of Sakhalin as it’s location seeing it being geographically closer to Korea. As a result throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s resulted in the Korean SSR becoming a destination for North Korean veterans and for Korean communists to settle in especially in the capital city of New Pyongyang (originally called Poronaysk). Currently as of the 1980’s it has become the Soviet Union’s economic tech hub for computer and electronic companies to thrive and exist with in return benefits the rest of the Soviet Union.

Description
(1) Grand Imperial Korea (그랜드 임페리얼 조선) - During the late 1500’s, the Korean peninsula which was then under the Joseon dynasty was opened to the Western world thanks to British, Russian, French, and Portuguese trade allowing the Korean nation to become westernized along side it’s nextdoor neighbor Japan. However despite being neighbors with another nation who hopped on the “Westernize Me” bandwagon, the Koreans and Japanese have always shown extreme rivalry and outright hatred towards one another from various things (whether it be over the disputed Liancourt Islands, the fact that Korea claims that it “civilized” Japan from being a nation of barbarians, to even down to Koreans claiming for fact that Japanese culture is a copy of Korean culture) and in a few incidents resulted in some wars between the two nations with only stalemates as a result. Eventually by the 1880’s the Korean kingdom ruled by the Joseon dynasty was seen to have way too much power when it came to governing the Korean people resulting in a compromise resulting in Korea becoming an “empire” but at same time a constitutional monarchy in which the Emperor of Korea has now little power, while the prime minister (whom is elected every five years) is the one with the absolute power. By the closing of the 19th century, Korea ended up assisting in the Boxer Rebellion taking a lot of territory in China and eventually took over and annexed Manchuria into its empire while giving the Manchu people equal status since the Korean government views Manchus as long lost siblings to the Korean people (while at the same time views the Han Chinese and Japanese as outright inferior savages). Other wars in which made Korea a dominant power were the Formosa War (in which Korea and Japan fought control over Formosa (Taiwan) which in end the Koreans won total control over it), Russo-Korean War (resulting in Tsarist Russia being outmatched by Korea’s might and resulted in “Outer Manchuria” being annexed into the Korean Empire), and the current ongoing Sino-Korean War in which Korea claims is “liberating” China from savagery, but in reality is warring China to create more settler colonies for the Korean people. Of course once again it’s nextdoor rival the Japanese Empire has also become mighty as well having taking over Russian Alaska (as Alaska never was sold to the US), Marshall Islands, the Philippines, and much of Micronesia. As a result it only a matter of time until the two powerhouses war one another.

(2) Orthodox Kingdom of Korea (Чосён-ый Bанк-кук) - The Russian Empire as it expanded into Siberia eventually didn’t stop there once reaching the Pacific, instead Tsarist Russia expanded south eventually colonizing Mongolia, Manchuria, and even the Korean peninsula eventually after successfully warring the Qing dynasty in China during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. As a result Mongolia and much of Manchuria became settled by Russians and Ukrainians and even Volga Germans, however the Korean peninsula was a different story as it was made into more of a short-lived protectorate of the Russian Empire resulting in Korea becoming a hub for Orthodoxy to thrive as Koreans began to convert to it resulting in the creation of the Korean Orthodox Church by 1824. At that time the Korean royal family would end up converting to Orthodoxy as it was now the common religion in the kingdom alongside Korean shamanism. Eventually furthermore the nation itself would scrap the Hangul alphabet and replace it with a Cyrillic alphabet used for the Korean language that it still uses today. When it comes to foreign relations in East Asia, Korea has trouble since Japan and China want nothing to do with an Orthodox/Christian nation to which many view as traitorous.

(3) Empire of Korea (한국의 제국) - In this universe the Korean Empire (which existed in OTL from 1897 until Japan forcefully annexed it in 1910) still exists in the 21st century, albeit as a constitutional monarchy nonetheless. Since Japan never invaded and annex Korea in 1910, it instead became more of a client state to the Japanese Empire especially during World War II (similar to how Thailand was), but with the Japanese defeat at the end of the Second World War, Korea was occupied by Allied forces and immediately went back to being a constitutional monarchy again seeing that it is the “traditional way”. As a result of this the Empire of Korea would end up intermarrying with the Japanese royal family to the point many Koreans and Japanese sometimes dream of a personal union, but odds of this happening are questionable to the eyes of a Westerner. During the Cold War, the nation of Korea saw itself undergo a major economic boom as tech corporations like Samsung and car corporations like Kia and Hyundai saw huge success in the West making Korea become a very modernized developed nation alongside Japan, seeing that cities like Hanseong (Seoul), Busan, Hwangsong (Pyongyang), Incheon, Suwon, and Changwon are metropolises with millions of hardworking devoted Koreans.

(4) - Military South Korea (Republic of Korea) - The military dictatorship ran by Park Chung-lee never falls in Korea as when he was assassinated in 1979, his eldest daughter Park Geun-hye became the new leader of the so called “Republic of Korea” which of course still a military dictatorship today as whenever national elections are held the ruling Democratic Republican Party (not to be confused with the US one) always wins election mostly by the means of cheating and fraud, but of course nobody dares to speak out against it unless they want to end up vanishing the next day. Although it is a major economic hub for corporations like Samsung, Kia, Hyundai, and LG it’s working conditions are reported by Westerners to be more “horrific” than that of China with some reporting that some companies have workers working 20 hours a day. Not to mention the fact that tertiary education is very important to the point it is mandatory in South Korea and it is consider criminal offense if one drops out or doesn’t go to college or trade school once after serving three years in military service (in which all men and women have to do once turning 18). As a result of this the military-run South Korea is not only a heavily defended nation it also has nuclear weapons ready to be launched on it’s northern communist neighbor of North Korea incase a Second Korean War ever breaks out, which if that ever happens North Korea will be instantly razed to dust.

(5) People’s Republic of Korea (조선 민주주의 인민 공화국) - The Korean War turned out very differently due to a minor POD being that US General Douglas MacArthur was killed in World War II. As a result although US and UN forces (on the side of the US) would still intervene in the beginning, by 1952 the war was already a major loss to them resulting in Truman having to pull out of the Korean peninsula with the last US and UN (mostly Indian, Turkish, Australian, British, French, and Canadian troops) forces pulling out from Busan in September of 1952, which afterwards resulted in the entire peninsula dominated under communist rule by Kim Il-sung. However although Korea is still a communist nation today, it has adopted capitalist techniques like China has allowing corporations like Samsung and LG to thrive well and unlike China, Korea allows freedom of religion as long you don’t speak out against the government still run by the Kim family.

(6) Republic of New Judea (רפובליקת יהודה החדשה) - Japan never allies with Nazi Germany and Mussolini’s Italy in World War II and as a result becomes neutral throughout the entire war (US still gets involved in a parallel attack similar to Pearl Harbor, but happens in Boston in 1942 by German U-boats). That said this gave time for Japan to use the Korean peninsula for other plans than it had originally seeing how the Japanese Empire was becoming flooded with Jewish refugees fleeing from Europe to escape from genocide done by the Nazis. As a result the Japanese had plans in mind for Korea resulting in the creation of a Jewish state under the name of “New Judea” in 1946. As a result it becomes a destination for millions of Jews worldwide to relocate to. However despite this it came at a cost as the Korean inhabitants faced the same situation like Palestinian Arabs do in OTL, resulting in a bloody war during the 1950’s resulting in the creation of the State of Korea which is a very poor nation with little economic success. Although the Jews enjoy a life of no more oppression, the Koreans face the oppression being regarded by New Judeans as backwards polytheistic people, resulting in plenty of hatred for one another hear and there. But of course despite this Japan and the US recognizes New Judea as a legitimate nation even if Asian countries like China, Manchuria, and Mongolia do not seeing New Judea as a evil nation expanding and oppressing the Korean people under “Japanese Zionism”.

(7) Korean SSR (Корейская ССР) - With the victory against communist North Korea in the Korean War resulting in the Korean peninsula under capitalism, the Soviets responded to this by the creation of the Korean SSR using the island of Sakhalin as it’s location seeing it being geographically closer to Korea. As a result throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s resulted in the Korean SSR becoming a destination for North Korean veterans and for Korean communists to settle in especially in the capital city of New Pyongyang (originally called Poronaysk). Currently as of the 1980’s it has become the Soviet Union’s economic tech hub for computer and electronic companies to thrive and exist with in return benefits the rest of the Soviet Union.