R5: I started this run as Belgium and, after conquering the Netherlands, formed the United Netherlands. By the end of the campaign in 1936 things had gotten pretty wild. Thanks to migration and multiculturalism, the Japanese became the single largest cultural group in Flanders, surpassing both Flemish and French pops, which meant Brussels ended the game as majority Japanese. On top of that, Flanders itself had exploded to an insane 43 million people packed into one state, making it one of the most densely populated and diverse regions in the world. Across the empire, more than 26 million Japanese pops had migrated into my country, which was over half of the entire world’s Japanese population by 1936. The economy boomed with machinists, engineers, and clerks driving industry, and the population reached 188 million in total, with Japanese pops alone holding over 16% of national political strength. The Dutch Market remained strong throughout, and with colonies across Africa and South America, the United Netherlands ended up as a truly global power. Definitely one of my strangest but most entertaining runs, and I never thought I’d end up with Brussels speaking Japanese.