1 year as president

Ladies, gentlemen and femboys of War Era,

With this electoral victory, I can say that I’ve reached one uninterrupted year as President of Japan.

After the May 2025 restart, my former companions in Japan in Alpha version, Genocidio, and MissUsagi decided to follow a different path.

Japan then became my own project: few but strong. Together with Yukisa and Sygy, we started down an unknown road, soon conquering many territories and establishing strong alliances.

We created CoS alongside several Asian and Latin American countries.

Little by little, more players started joining. Sandhoff, Frede (now Learsey), Heather, Wish, Dcto, Linco, Mon (Rize) decided they wanted to come see what this strange thing was a Japan that fought toe-to-toe with major powers of the time like Estonia, Lithuania, Sweden. It means, to discover what this country of highly coordinated, high-level players who performed miracles. Who led the first version of AF, and later joined the main coalition of the moment: Ñ.

Months went by, and Japan established itself as a powerhouse country.

Destructor (now Madara) landed on our shores, bringing many of his friends from other games: Vaggs, Asans, Imenof, Mijata, among others.

Chuck Norris also decided to come discover Japan along with Mario and other friends. MissUsagi decided she wanted to return home and joined us again.

Before I knew it, Japan held half of Asia and had become one of the most respected countries in the game. And above all, it was no longer just my solo project. It had become a multinational community of players who wanted to play differently, who wanted to be different.

It was no longer my project: it was our project.

As my dear MoFA Vaggs would say: we started to become a family.

Many started coming and going. Dcto became our symbol of the well-traveled player. But there was something key: whoever came and left, came back soon.

Players like Dopa and Meme from Malaysia joined, others like Angel, Capy or Alfonso came frustrated with Argentina, or Morgoth tired of Uruguay. Even the great Johnny came to spend a vacation.

Japan became the country people went to rest, to try something different, to play in a different kind of community, like ImNotaNilouSimp or Tarek did.

Some, like Mon or Heather, soon began leaving the game. But they remained in our hearts and on our Discord (if you say their names three times there, they might reply).

Even old enemies like Mickey chose us for their final steps.

And then the day came.

After two months of holding off Mongolian rebellions and diplomatic ostracism, Destru/Madara returned to Venezuela. But the community continues. And not only continues. Led by Chuck, they asked me once again to do something different.

We thought it through and debated it. And in a single day of congressional fury and 50 laws, Japan gave up all its territories.

A new Japan was born.

The ronins were born, and, with them, our trademark: Bountypon.

The change wasn’t easy. Only Saudi Arabia were mercenaries at the time, being pioneers in it.

But the message was clear: we weren’t just going to be mercenaries: we were going to be the fucking reference of a mercenary country.

A machine began, one that gradually learned from its mistakes and forged a path: the path of bounty.

Play chill and go for bounty became our motto.

The message was well received, though many didn’t understand what we were proposing. Some left, but many others arrived. Others who had been inactive, like Pudu-Ronin, suddenly wrote: “GW, I’d like to try this mercenary thing.”

Credits: War Era Tinder app (Yes, Pudu is my valentine. Sorry girls)

Out of boredom, frustration with geopolitics, or just curiosity, names like Meliststion, Caio, Gueppo, Trufas joined to try this mercenary-country idea. And they liked it.

Japan began building its client network, showing up in every battle. Etching a message in blood and fire: put bounty.

The message spread far and fast. Soon, we became an inspiration for others who wanted to try something similar.

Our Discord filled with questions and requests. Before timers existed, we were artists: the client placed the bounty, and we devoured it in the blink of an eye. We managed to do 5M in less than a minute, back when 5M was serious business.

World wars came and went, and Japan was always there, working with all sides when needed. Another motto emerged: hire now, before your enemy does.

It didn’t make the same difference when you contacted us. Damage reservations were scheduled weeks in advance.

The noise spread far, reaching distant lands.

Olek, now our beloved VP, joined out of curiosity along with Ciambo and Nadia. Kucoma was born. And Olek, first as MoFA and later as VP, also print his mark.

Japan went from being a reference to becoming almost synonymous with mercenaries, attracting powerful players like Zaraki, Mamaluteo, Strato (now Harmonia), Cat, Miyabi, Canelo, among others.

As our Indian friends say to us once: "we don't say we need mercs, we say we need japs".

(MU Tournament final won by Bountypon)

Before I knew it, Japan was no longer my solo project. Not even just a group of friends forged through fire in a game.

Japan had become the benchmark of what a mercenary country should be, firmly holding first place in the bounty rank. It started winning tournaments, one after another. It kept bringing in new players like Nastenka, Astra, Mirai, Noru, Mr. Klaus, and more.

Credits: Vaggs

We even built a training ground for new players.

After the successful experiment of training from 0 our dear TheNone, one day MissUsagi proposed that an abandoned MU we had, left by Heather, should become a seedbed for new players.

That’s how Littlepon was born: an organized place to train new ronins.

Today, some of them, like Speedy, Piraterer, and Akaida (our current MoE), are central to our community. Others like Zabuza, Bolinhas, or Hararomo are our future.

In recent weeks, we’ve also had major returns: Madara and Chuck are now back home.

So why did a post about my uninterrupted year as President of Japan turn into a short history of Japan’s periods in this game and of (almost) everyone who has been part of it?

Because a long time ago I understood that being president of this group of crazy lunatics is an honor they grant me.

That being the visible face of a collective project is much more than wearing a president’s badge.

It’s mutual trust. The desire to have a good time together. The fact that when someone asks something, 20 people answer at once.

Knowing each person’s story, where they come from. Standing firm when updates bring major changes. Fighting with all the admins and council of this game when they propose large-scale harmful updates, those are part of the job.

Being president also means understanding that some difficult decisions must be made, but never alone.

It also means understanding that while some want to leave and try new things, others want to stay and keep growing together.

And others want to keep coming to see what this thing called Japan is, what’s behind Bountypon. Who those crazy ronin mercenaries are who left geopolitics behind long ago and play just to have a good time every day. And to earn bounty.

Love you all, thank you for the trust every day.

With love,

your president

Credits: I can't remember if were Vaggs, Pudu or Sand.

P.S.: put bounty