The Japanese case raises the question of whether greater confidence would reduce decisions driven by fear. Germany faces a different constraint because its fleet is governed by Versailles. Wider exploitation of Washington by other navies therefore does not offer Germany the same freedom. Instead, their expanded fleets could leave Germany in a worse relative position. The regional predictions depend on those different treaty and strategic circumstances.
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Japan and Germany face different effects from treaty evasion
Japan's confidence might change its decisions, while a German fleet still governed by Versailles would probably fall farther behind.