Each domain (藩) was like an independent community under a country (國) that's part of Japan (日本).
Domains shared a common language and culture, but everyone had their own currencies, culture (culture within a culture, yes), traditions, and so on.
People also seemed much more freer back then, as everything was more about commerse and travelling, whereas today it's all more about work and paying extortion, I mean taxes to the legal mafia, I mean central government to prevent you from getting rich, I mean to build roads.
Also, in Japanese we say 明治維新, which in English gets translated to "Meiji Restoration".
The English term however is incorrect, because a "restoration" suggests that there was something before we got back to, but the stuff introduced during that time period was brand new.
The Japanese term on the other hand is correct, 明治 is just Meiji, and 維新 is innovation, and "innovation" suggests bringing something brand new to life.
The 明治維新 was brought to us by the Jews/Freemasons, which is obvious, because it's all about westernizing Japan, authoritarianism under a central government, and stealing away people's means to defend themselves (swords and guns).
There's so much bloat going on there, though at least it's not using a MitM, at least none of what could be detected, which is pretty rare among those who are both clearnet-only, have a very soydev-like web design, and promote controlled opposition platforms like Telegram, Opussy, and Flote at the same time. https://social.076.moe/url/61057
Surprisingly, nobody from Roshan, North Kongyo Korea, Cuba, Iran, and Syria is joining, all the countries we're told to be "the evil villians of the world" ironically.
All these countries are treated like Japan, Italy, and Deutschland used to be treated in the 1930s and 1940s.
But the dick suckers, I mean """representatives""" of both Japan and USSA are fucking massive, some of the "Japanese" ones are obviously gaijin even.