Of all the nations that hold significant geo political importance I have given identities to, Korea and Japan among others are left out. So let’s explore it.
A little History
Korea was colonial estate of Japan like China. It got freedom in 1945 after the End of world war 2 and Japan was defeated. After the war it was temporarily divided into two part.
Soviet occupation – North.
USA occupation – Douth.
The temporary division hardened into two governments in 1948.
Then came the decisive event:
1950 — North Korea invaded South Korea → Korean War → 1953 armistice.
After that whole history in short is as following.
North Korea
Kim Il Sung → Kim Jong Il → Kim Jong Un Communist/socialist state → extreme political centralization → nuclear weapons → isolation
South Korea
Authoritarian governments → industrialization → democratization → capitalist democracy → technological/global power.
Why I do it ?
Since the world is fragmented by imaginary states boundaries our identities must also be fragmented in exact same way at the very least because they are the origin of such identities.
My PhD father thesis was sent to South Korea for verification. It was on Modern Algebra. I know only this much.
Both north and south korea have been very consistent in excelling in Maths at the international level but their way of approach is very different.
| Dimension | South Korea | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| School Mathematics | Extremely strong | Strong, especially for selected students |
| Mathematical Olympiads | World-class | World-class among a small elite |
| University Mathematics | Broad and internationally connected | More isolated and state-directed |
| Pure Mathematics Research | Strong and internationally visible | Some genuine research, but difficult to measure |
| International Collaboration | Very extensive | Very limited |
| Research Visibility | High | Low |
| Number of Active Mathematicians | Large | Much smaller and less visible internationally |
| Advanced Institutions | KIAS, KAIST, SNU, POSTECH and others | Kim Il Sung University, Kim Chaek University, Academy of Sciences and others |
| Strongest Visible Area | Broad modern mathematical research and olympiad mathematics | Elite mathematical problem solving and competition mathematics |
| International Integration | Highly integrated with global mathematics | Highly restricted by scientific and political isolation |
I think this difference is because they approach it with two different brains. Left and Right.
Set theory and alike are domain specific of Right brain I think. So North Korea is left while South is Right.
But there is one important thing which is the context to look at the world.
If our world is the only world ie Only Earth has life then it is like above. Otherwise it is opposite. Ie North is Right while South is Left. But Aliens I think are not as much of a possibility as forced creation. But it was suppose to be like this I guess.
Regarding identity I think the Korea represent my Mathematician identity which is divided as left brain and Right brain.
So I think I can posit grand claims now.
1.) If Aliens are ever going to contact a country it will be North Korea. If any individual then me.
2.) I was offered to go to South Korea for Vacation under the pseudonym of technical training along with many others. I refused may be because for me Chattisgarh was South and MP was North Korea at that time.
So it will be South Koreans who will contact me if ever they will rather than the other way around unlike Aliens contacting North Korea.
3.) There was Korean guesthouse in NTPC as they stayed for significant period there for commissioning of their Turbine. So I think I can call my Old Job as South Korea and New one at BARC as North Korea. Their(My two jobs and two Koreas) Unification are interdependent. Are you catching my point.
5.) Both North and South Korea had dictatorship till mass protest for democracy in 1987 in South Korea, the year I was born.
5.) North Korea ignores it’s economy for excelling in Maths unlike South Korean. Similarly my left brain Mathematician identity have been underutilised by me for finance or survival for which world actually uses most. The right brain Mathematician identity is very optimally utilised for Engineering study that is love and I would like to keep it that way except for may be SEO.
6.) Russia is good friends with North Korea. So is my PhD father(my OBC identity) with my left brain Mathematician identity. USA is good friends with South Korea. So is home owner identity with Right brain engineering loving Mathematician identity.
7.) North Korea has nuclear weapon. I have Delete Weapon.
8.) It is North Korea who attacked South Korea like the nasty habit of left to interfere with Right but unfairly blocking Right.
Ok that finishes up Korea. Let’s now talk about Japan. Japan is relatively geo politically stable. It has two social problems of declining population and highest suicide rate and one geological problem of frequent Earthquakes.
I have a cousin named Harshima. It sounds like Hiroshima. She has done diploma in fine arts I think and is quite good at it. I think I may have a significant role in it because she is very poor in academics.
So Japan is my Sketch artist identity to whatever extent I honed it. I went for 20ish days sketching class in 5th or 6th but was successful to get compliment of being quite good for my age. That much was enough for me.
There was no Anime or Manga known to me at that time. So I chose my other hobbies that were more conducive and helpful for survival in that time. The high suicide rate in Japan may be me not developing this skill to its potential.
Declining population may be me not marrying or having child of my own and I would like to keep it that way.
How is my sketching related to Earth Quakes is something I have to figure out.
Also I think I am past point of developing this hobby to much extent. So I will like if any kid who is influenced by me and is good in this art to develop it much further. What it will be helpful for in age of AI?
Three words White Board Animation. (Videos like RSA) AI can never have the creative freedom of a real artist.
Plus we don’t value art because of it’s shape or design. We value it for the history or story behind it. This site for example.
So overall I now have figured out following identities linked to various nations besides Indian for India.
1.) China – Big Brother.
2.) USA – Home Owner.
3.) Europe – Chandel.
4.) UK – British Colonial.
5.) Russia – OBC.
6.) Ukraine – Kshatriya.
7.) Korea – Mathematician.
8.) Japan – Sketch Artist.
9.) Iran – Don’t know how but My own mother. Like the movie The Runner starring Gal Gadot. Except I am the mother and the the child, both.
10.) Israel – BARC.
I will figure more for other countries in the coming future.
- The Korean War — Office of the Historian
- The Division and Occupation of Korea — Office of the Historian
- U.S. Occupation of Southern Korea, 1945
- KIAS School of Mathematics
- June E. Huh Center for Mathematical Challenges
- KIAS Mathematics Research Publications
- 2025 Population Census of Japan
- Suicide Statistics in Japan
- Seismic Activity in and Around Japan