Tenka Fubu Alliance

The term 'Tenka Fubu' has multiple meanings. It may refer to the alliance, or to the region that is one of the alliance members.

This page is dedicated to describing the alliance. For information about the region, visit the Tenka Fubu NSWiki page.

The Tenka Fubu Alliance is a collection of mutually supportive regions led by Feudal Japan. The alliance mission is to promote the restructuring and prosperity of all its members, who are initially welcomed into the alliance for the purpose of their rejuvination.

Members of the Tenka Fubu Alliance

• Feudal Japan (Ryoguko province; Alliance governance)
• Tenka Fubu (Ryoguko province; protecting the alliance name)
• The Emerald Coast (Kuni province; pirate theme)
• Alumni: Cathay (former Kuni province)
• Alumni: Isaac City (former Kuni province)

The Tenka Fubu Alliance Mission

Mission Statement: To apply the combined experience and expertise of the Tenka Fubu Alliance to the redevelopment of deserving regions brought within said alliance, to the point of their achieving independence from said alliance, such that these regions may enjoy a longevity which might otherwise be denied them.

Vision Statement: To produce a series of regions as alumni and continuing members of the Tenka Fubu Alliance, such that a strong bond of loyalty, respect and friendship may unite these several successful regions for all NS time.

Applying for Membership

Before submitting their application to become a Kuni province of the Tenka Fubu Alliance, the prospective applicant region should ensure the following requirements are met:

• the region has an active founder who supports the application (any additional nations residing in the applicant region who are prepared to actively participate in the region's revitalization will be considered an asset);

• the theme of the applying region will be unique within the Tenka Fubu Alliance (e.g. another region based on the theme of Japan's feudal era will not be found acceptable), and is not based on invader/defender activities;

• the region has less than forty nations, and a smaller population than Feudal Japan.

The applicant must provide a list of the region's active nations who are prepared to assist with developing the region further; a summary of the region's theme and how the applicant would like to see it be developed; and a brief statement as to why the Tenka Fubu Alliance should accept the applicant ahead of any other region's requests it may currently be entertaining.

Application for Ryoguko provincial membership in the Alliance is restricted to Kuni provinces only.

History of the Alliance

Note: For a more comprehensive history of Feudal Japan and the Tenka Fubu Alliance, visit the History of Feudal Japan NSWiki page.

The mission of the Tenka Fubu Alliance was initially conceived as the second element in the establishment of an empire by Nobunaga's Revenge, Emperor and first Shogun of Feudal Japan.

In November 2005, the Emperor stated that the concept of Tenka Fubu was an idea founded upon experience with the failures of known defender regions. Its intent was to help smaller regions that try to peacefully exist in relative solitude but which are ignored and/or forgotten when preyed upon by invaders. Nobunaga's Revenge outlined three initiatives by which Feudal Japan would lend its assistance, via the Tenka Fubu mission:

• Establishing alliances with smaller regions that agree to joint military actions in defense of helpless regions.

• Annexing dying regions directly into Tenka Fubu. Kokushus (highest rank of Daimyo) would then be placed in these provinces to rebuild and promote activity. All provincial members would be awarded the same status and opportunity as those of Feudal Japan itself.

• Taking on struggling regions as protectorates. Joshu (medium rank fo Daimyo) who wish to become Kokushu (highest rank) would be given the opportunity to help stabilize these province regions.

The second and third of these three bullets refer to the construction of the Tenka Fubu Alliance, via the adoption of 'province regions' owing fealty to and administered by Feudal Japan.

Following the resignation of Nobunaga's Revenge from office, subsequent Shoguns Burn up Blade and Knights of Zion steered away from the conception of Tenka Fubu as an expanding empire, regarding it as more of a standard alliance of nations, although the government of Feudal Japan continued to have authority over activities in the Tenka Fubu provinces.

Towards the end of 2006, the new mission statement was proposed that redirected Alliance efforts away from expansion and towards the peaceful development of provincial regions.