Why are island nations so weak and easy to dominate? How come island nations are always inferior to non-island nations? How come island nations aren't good at making empires like land based nations are?
There is a prime counter example marked in your image
>t. Jean Zhang
>>18462854Oh yes how could I forget the mighty empire of.... *checks notes* cuba
>The UK>Japan
>>18462851Most of them are inhabited by ooga boogas with little technology transfer from the outside world.The only exception are Britain and Japan which are close to the mainland and received waves of mainland immigrants and knowledge over the centuries.
>>18462851They don't have the fertile land necessary to rack up the sheer amount of gibbering slumdog biomass that the continents can throw at a rival power/state
>>18462851You silly sod.
>>18462851In order to even invade another country, you have to invest in a powerful navy, which is then useless when on land.
>>18462860Japan lost every war with China before the 19th century Meiji restoration where Japan funded its British built navy with Jewish loans and selling Japanese teenage girls as prostitutes (karayuki-san) to foreign men including Chinese men.
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>>18463781>>18463788Ulsan Dosan fortress Imjin war (1592-1598)Japanese invaded Korea and killed and raped 1 million Koreans
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>>18463807Also, Jurchen Toi pirates mass raped Japanese girls in the Toi pirate raids of 1019.Meanwhile Jurchens lost every naval battle with Han, like battle of Tangdao where a Jurchen prince was beheaded and Battle of Caishi, the Jurchens had numerical superiority in all the battles.The Qing navy was entirely staffed by Han sailors and officers like Shi Lang. Han bannermen riverine naval fleets helped defeat Russian Cossacks at Albazin in the 1680s.>>18463836Japanese TV drama series serial mentioning Toi Jurchen raids on Japan.
