Gonna go with the fact that her name was raced from history, likely by divine ability, imma supporter of the minor divinity theory, with her Ascension all but wiping her from history.
They do have 1 advantage over Japan, a limited number of advanced weapons and replacing losses/used materials. The simple usage of planes puts serious wear and tear on them, let alone the missiles. Replacing them will be a problem when say, the chips they use are made in another world.
TLDR it's magical fertilizer.
Remember the staff scene after the tromb extermination? Same God, similar prayer, except this is a form you can sprinkle on your crops. The farm villages can grow without, but barely enough to survive. With they have such a surplus that they give their donation to...
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I mean, that would actually happen with some Muslim extremists for Muhammad, and for them it doesn't even need to be lewd. Multiple people have been killed over it.
If you lewd Muhammad, prepare to be jihaded.
Just had the thought, but the path to domination would definitely be napalm or something similar, train the eagles to dive bomb with barrels full of the stuff and something to light it off, as long as you prevent a total loss of the air you'll dominate the land.
Ah yes, I remember when I was discovered, Ben 10 on my DSI, nowhere near as bad but they still sat me down and had a discussion, anyone have anything worse?