Great Joseon

Great Joseon, also known as Korea, or as the Joseon Dynasty, is a sophisticated dynasty in Asia which rules over a united Korean Peninsula. It borders the Qing Dynasty in the north.

Description
Korea, for centuries under Joseon Dynastic rule, has prospered on its peninsula. As society remains stable and agriculturally based, Korea has allowed itself to be weak against its much more modern neighboring countries. With concerns about such possibilities, can you modernize Korea and eternalize its independence?

Backstory
The Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) was founded by the powerful Goryeo (918–1392) military commander Yi Seong-gye, who named it Joseon after Gojoseon (2333 BCE-108 BCE). Yi Seong-gye moved the capital to Hanyang (now Seoul), and allied himself with a group of reform-minded Confucian scholars, who reorganized Korean society using the teachings of Confucius as their guiding principles. These teachings emphasized order and peace based on the cultivation of harmonious interpersonal relationships and proper conduct. In 1418, Sejong the Great ascended to the throne and brought the Joseon Dynasty to its height in power as established the four forts and six posts in north to protect Korea from the Jurchens. Kim Jong-Seo would play a role in establishing the modern Sino-Korean Border and defending Korea from the Jurchens. Sejong The Great's most famous action under his reign is his establishment of Hangul (Modern Korean) in 1443. In 1592, the peace and stability that Joseon had would begin to decline as the Japanese unified under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, would attempt to colonize Korea in order to expand into the Ming Dynasty. Admiral Yi Sun-Sin would be regarded as one of the greatest heros in Korean history as his naval expertise changed the tides of the Imjin war into a Ming-Joseon victory against the Japanese. Admiral Yi Sun-Sin would die at the Battle of Noryang in 1598. In 1627, Joseon would once again be invaded but by the Later Jin Dynasty which was Jurchen. The Later Jin Dynasty would be victorious against Joseon leading Joseon to become a Later Jin tributary state which was not regularly enforced. In 1636, The Qing Dynasty (sucessor of the Later Jin) would lead another invasion into Joseon forcing the country to terminate diplomatic relations with The Ming Dynasty and was forced to establish tributary relations with the Qing (which was regularly enforced) and diplomatic relations. The Joseon Dynasty would begin to decline and eventually end as Emperor Gojong would proclaim The Korean Empire (1897-1910) until the Japan-Korea annexation treaty of 1910 which would place Korea as part of Japan