Forces
Sanctions
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On the other side, when the USA placed crippling sanctions upon the Empire of Japan to protest their occupation of French Indochina (and implicitly, their continued war upon China), the Japanese cabinet refused to consider negotiating seriously on withdrawing Japan's forces.
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The mining companies once had massive paramilitary security forces, though a war between two big companies over a resource-rich planet ended in armed intervention by the Core Navy and heavy sanctions being put on the extent of the MegaCorps' military power.
Source: Video Game / Shattered Steel
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