[StAnDeliver]

"A lot of coercive colonial-style diktats (i.e. STFU and do what you're told) were laid down in Japan and Germany that we never did in Iraq and Afghanistan."

We failed to demand tribute. A leviathian who moves without demanding tribute will soon find their own revolt...

[Zhang Fei]

We failed to demand tribute. A leviathian who moves without demanding tribute will soon find their own revolt...

No tribute needed in Germany, where about 50% of the fighting age males (18-35) had been killed in battle or Japan, where about 20% of the fighting age males had died for the Emperor.