So I uh...finished a Vic 2 game with Japan...kinda. The save file was corrupted it seems, and all nations became Primitive Nations and lost all their technology and all their diplomatic relations, and the map glitched out a bit as well. My territory was left almost completely intact, though, so I thought I'd show off what I had worked pretty hard for and then lost. The things missing are some blank spots in Malaya, Taiwan, the Philippines, Moluccas, half of New Guinea and all of Micronesia. Due to the "reset" of all the nations, you also cannot see Dai Nam and Manchuria which were both my puppets. The year was 1907, and I had just toppled Britain as the world's leading superpower by breaking their legs in the first Great War.
Eh, I might give Japan another go soon. It's my absolute favorite nation to play.