Forbidden Land

The Forbidden Land is the name now used to refer to japan, which is now largely under water. The first reason for this was the nuclear strike on Tokyo in 2070, largely believed to have been an attempt to take out the Joking Clown, and the second was a geological phenomenon not well understood, that kicked in immediately after the Comet Strike of 2134. In 2135, the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupted, causing tremors and reactivations all over the world, and long-extinct volcanoes in Siberia, Mongolia and Japan fulminated into life. The japan crust tipped up and slid under the sea eastwards, leaving the western margin elevated a few metres above sea level. After that, the great increase in ice coverage led to more of the devastated islang being uncovered, but most is still under ten to fifty metres of water.