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North Korea, officially referred as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, was a one-party Autoritarian-Totalitarian nation in East Asia, in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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North Korea was widely viewed by the world as an authoritarian totalitarian hereditary dictatorship and a rogue state. The nation was ruled by the Kim family, descending from the country's first leader Kim Il-sung to the present day leader Kim Jong-un. North Korea was notoriously known for its human rights abuse in which the population are strictly managed by the state and citizens perceived as disloyal to the state are deported to labor camps without trial.[1] Since North Korea's development of nuclear weapons in 2006, numerous nations imposed sanctions against North Korea.

The North Korean government promoted the state ideology of Juche, which endorsed North Korean political, economic and military self-reliance, and cementing the cult of personality of the Kim family. However, under the reign of Kim Jong-il, millions of North Koreans suffered from deadly famines resulting from Kim Jong-il's brutal policies and the government was forced to accept food aid from the outside and implement a number of market reforms.[2]

Following the death of Kim Jong-il in 2012, he was succeeded by his son Kim Jong-un. Unprecedentedly, the younger Kim was astutely aware of North Korea's global standing in which he initiated a radical series of reforms in an effort to re-engage with the world and peacefully reunite North Korea with South Korea.[3] These reforms includes the dismantlement of the Korean Demilitarized Zone and the release of prisoners from the labor camps in which international aid groups were allowed to provide relief to the recovering nation.[4] By 2015, Kim Jong-un succeeded in his objective and incorporated North Korea into the Greater Korean Republic.

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Originally established as a communist state following the end of World War II, North Korea instigated the Korean War which resulted in its defeat in 1953. The postwar aftermath resulted in North Korea abandoning its communist ideology and progressively embraced a free market economy.[1] North Korea soon gradually recovered from the war and followed the next twenty years of growth and prosperity.

In 1977, the communist government fell out of favor after becoming inept to a series of severe floods that devastated the country. As a result, Kim Il-sung resigned from office and was replaced by the more moderate Lee Dong-won.[1][2] Under Premier Lee Dong-won, North Korea gradually transitioned into a capitalist nation. From 1980 to 1995, North Korea entered a period of economic and technological growth as the government greatly contributed to the private sector, allowing new tech companies to thrive, and the establishment of an economic partnership with China that dwarfs other Asian tiger economies.[2] These successes were mainly influenced by the prominent APEX Corporation founded by Joe Tae-se that began North Korea's digital revolution and the nation's transformation into a global superpower.[1] In 1997, North Korea finally established long-lasting peace with South Korea.[2]

By the 21st century, John Tae-se, the CEO of the APEX Corporation, became Premier of North Korea in 2022 and effectively placing the nation under the control of the APEX Corporation.[1] In the same year, the United States owed trillions of dollars in unpaid war debts to North Korea after heavily investing in APEX military technology in their unending wars in the Middle East. As the U.S. economy was left in ruins, the North Korean and U.S. governments failed to reach an agreement to solve America's debt.

In 2025, Premier Tae-se declared the U.S. to be place under the control of a KPA occupational administration in order to restore stability to America until the debts were repaid. On July 4, 2025, Premier Tae-se remotely deactivated the APEX-dependent U.S. military. On July 19, the KPA landed on American soil unhindered as the impoverished American population welcomed them for their promise of providing humanitarian and economic aid to the country.[1] Although presented as a humanitarian effort to the world,[3][4] in reality, North Korea only sought to strip mine America's natural resources to repay the debt.[5] The occupation eventually led to the KPA enacting more brutal and repressive policies toward the American population in response to the American Resistance movement. The North Korean government later established a contingency plan to eliminate any American city that fell to insurrection by releasing nerve gas from KPA airships unto the city's population. At least two American cities, Pittsburgh and Boston, were gassed after American Resistance in these cities were unable to be suppressed. The gassed cities were covered-up and the public were left unaware of the Koreans' insidious secret.

In 2029, North Korea's grasp of America was beginning to shaken when Philadelphia fell under Resistance control in which they were even able to prevent the Korean occupational forces from gassing the city. Although the Philadelphia uprising caused further unrest in other American cities, North Korean forces recovered from their setback and managed to crush the rebellions and even routing the Resistance from Philadelphia. Despite their victory, North Korea faced an unexpected attack from NATO, which they dispatched a large invasion force to liberate America. Furthermore, North Korea suffered the loss of the APEX satellite network, which was destroyed by a nuclear missile that was launched by the Resistance, and thereby crippling the KPA's weapons technology as well as their integrated communication channel and enabling NATO to invade America unhindered.[6]

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