>>15565953Isolationists.
They thought the rest of the world was afraid, when most just didn't care, as they were irrelevant to the world stage.
The mongols were the only ones to bother sending any troops, when they got fucked over by the "divine wind" the japanese thought they were invincible.
Then they fucked around with larger more advanced countries, and found out the hard way that superstition and blind loyalty are worthless.