Scenarios about 'global commerce'
The systems, networks, and institutions facilitating international trade of goods, services, and resources across national boundaries. Global commerce has evolved from ancient trade routes like the Silk Road to modern digital marketplaces, shaping economic development, cultural exchange, and power dynamics between nations. In alternate history scenarios, different patterns of global commerce often reflect divergent technological development, political alignments, or resource distributions.
What If Japan Never Closed Itself to The Outside World?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Japan never implemented the sakoku policy of national isolation, potentially reshaping East Asian geopolitics, global trade networks, and technological development for centuries.