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|Name = [[File:GEACPS-icon.png]] Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere [[File:JapEmp-icon.png]]
|NativeName = {{ILSize|JapaneseL-icon.png|Japanese Language}}: 大東亞共榮圈
|founded = 1940
|predicon = JapEmp
|onlypredecessor = Empire of Japan
|ended = 1945
|nexticon = USA
|onlysuccessor = United States of America
|image = GEACPS.png
|Caption = ALL HAIL [[Japan|JAPAN]]!! So many puppet states.
|Alias = [[File:Imp-icon.png]] [[Imperialism|Japanese Imperialism]]<br>[[File:DeathWorship-icon.png]] Literally [[Death Worship|Eastasia]]<br>Liberator of Asia (by themselves)
|Time of Exist = June 29, 1940 - August 15, 1945
|Government = [[File:Ball base-icon.png]] [[Empire of Japan|Hypothetical Union Sphere]]
|Languages = <div style="overflow:auto; height:auto; max-height:100px; background:transparent;">
*[[File:JapaneseL-icon.png]] [[Japanese Language|Japanese]]
*[[File:ChineseL-icon.png]] [[Chinese Language|Chinese]]
*[[File:KoreanL-icon.png]] [[Korean Language|Korean]]
*[[File:ManchuL-icon.png]] [[Manchu Language|Manchurian]]
*[[File:ThaiL-icon.png]] [[Thai Language|Thai]]
|Affiliation = [[File:Axis-icon.png]] [[Axis Powers]]
|Religions = 
|Friends = [[File:Nazi-icon.png]] [[German Third Reich]]<br>{{i|Wang Jingwei}} [[Wang Jingwei Regime]]<br>{{i|Thailand}} [[Thailand]]
|Enemies = [[File:USAWW2-icon.png]] [[United States of America|United States]]<br>{{i|ROC}} [[Republic of China]]
|Likes = [[File:Japan-icon.png]] [[Japan|The Superior Japanese Race]], war crimes, propaganda posters
|Dislikes = 
|Preceded =
|Succeeded = 
|themecolor = #b12d3d
|textcolor = White
}}The <b>Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere</b>, also known as the <b>GEACPS</b>, was a [[File:Asia-icon.png]] [[Asia|pan-Asian]] alliance that the [[File:JapEmp-icon.png]] [[Empire of Japan]] sought to establish. It was a [[File:Fascism-icon.png]] [[Fascism|fascist]] idea of an Asia dominated by Japan and free from any western influence. Initially, it encompassed [[File:Japan-icon.png]] [[Japan]] (including annexed [[File:JapKorea-icon.png]] [[Japanese Korea|Korea]] <i>(Chōsen)</i>), [[File:Manchukuo-icon.png]] [[Manchukuo]], and parts of [[File:ROC-icon.png]] [[Republic of China|China]]. As the [[File:Water-icon.png]] [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] War progressed, the Sphere expanded to include territories in [[File:ASEAN-icon.png]] [[Southeast Asia]]. The term was first introduced by Minister for Foreign Affairs [[File:PanNat-icon.png]] [[Pan-Nationalism|Hachirō Arita]] on June 29, 1940.

The proposed objectives of this union were to ensure economic self-sufficiency and cooperation among the member states, along with resisting the influence of [[File:Imp-icon.png]] [[Imperialism|Western imperialism]] and [[File:MarxLenin-icon.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Soviet communism]]. In reality, [[File:Stratocracy-icon.png]] [[Stratocracy|militarists]] and [[File:Nationalism-icon.png]] [[Nationalism|nationalists]] saw it as an effective propaganda tool to enforce Japanese hegemony. The latter approach was reflected in a document released by Japan's [[File:JapanHealth-icon.png]] [[Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare|Ministry of Health and Welfare]], <i>An Investigation of Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus</i>, which promoted [[File:Racism-icon.png]] [[Racism|racial supremacist]] theories. Japanese spokesmen openly described the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere as a device for the "development of the [[File:Japan-icon.png]] [[Japan|Japanese]] race." When World War II ended, the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere became a source of criticism and scorn.

== History ==
On November 3, 1938, Prime Minister [[File:JapEmpSane-icon.png]] [[Shōwa Statism|Fumimaro Konoe]] and Minister for Foreign Affairs [[File:JapEmpSane-icon.png]] [[Shōwa Statism|Hachirō Arita]] proposed the development of the <i><b>New Order in East Asia</b></i> (東亜新秩序, Tōa Shin Chitsujo), which was limited to Japan, China, and the puppet state of [[File:Manchukuo-icon.png]] [[Manchukuo]]. They believed that the union had 6 purposes:

*Permanent stability of Eastern Asia
*Neighbourly amity and international justice
*Joint defence against communism
*Creation of a new culture
*Economic cohesion and co-operation
*World peace

The idea of the GEACPS developed from a series of issues. Japanese leaders had an [[File:Imp-icon.png]] [[Imperialism|imperialistic]] interest in securing natural resources and expanding Japan’s territory, military, and economy. In addition, they believed that Westerners treated the Japanese unfairly, out of racial and ethnic prejudice against [[File:Asia-icon.png]] [[Asia|Asians]] (despite themselves massacring non-Japanese Asians), and they resented the Western colonization of [[File:Asia-icon.png]] [[Asia|Asian]] countries as well as the discriminatory laws and sentiments against [[File:Asia-icon.png]] [[Asia|Asians]] in the [[File:USA-icon.png]] [[United States of America]] and other Western countries. 

The GEACPS seeked to incorporate all of East Asia, though this was cut short as the [[File:USAWW2-icon.png]] [[World Wars in the United States|United States]] decided to drop two atomic bombs on [[File:JapEmpSane-icon.png]] [[Empire of Japan|Japan]].

== Members ==
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*[[File:JapEmp-icon.png]] [[Empire of Japan]]
*[[File:ManchuFirst-icon.png]] [[Northeast Supreme Administrative Council]]<ref>{{i|JapEmpSane}} [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] puppet organization in {{i|Manchu}} [[Manchuria]] before the establishment of {{i|Manchukuo}} [[Manchukuo]], not {{i|Beiyang}} [[Fengtian Clique]]</ref>
*[[File:Manchukuo-icon.png]] [[Manchukuo]]
*[[File:Beiyang-icon.png]] [[East Hebei Autonomous Government]]
*[[File:Mengjiang-icon.png]] [[Mengjiang]]
*[[File:Great Way Gov-icon.png]] [[Great Way Government]]
*[[File:Beiyang-icon.png]] [[Japanese Provisional Government of the Republic of China]]
*[[File:Beiyang-icon.png]] [[Reformed Government of the Republic of China]]
*[[File:Wang Jingwei-icon.png]] [[Wang Jingwei Regime]]
*[[File:State of Burma-icon.png]] [[State of Burma]]
*[[File:Second Philippine Republic-icon.png]] [[Second Philippine Republic]]
*[[File:Azad Hind-icon.png]] [[Azad Hind]]
*[[File:Empire of Vietnam-icon.png]] [[Empire of Vietnam]]
*[[File:Kingdom of K-icon.png]] [[Kingdom of Kampuchea]]
*[[File:Luang-icon.png]] [[Japanese Kingdom of Luang Prabang]]
*[[File:Thailand-icon.png]] [[Thai State]]
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== Relations ==
=== Allies ===
*[[File:Nazi-icon.png]] [[German Third Reich]] - An ally, with similar goals to mine.

== Gallery ==
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== Notes ==
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== See Also ==
*{{i|EmpireJapan}} [[Empire of Japan]]
*{{i|ShoStat}} [[Shōwa Statism]]

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