I solved the Strait of Hormuz crisis with videogames, simply by creating an even bigger Strait of Hormuz crisis
… Ormuz has 50 heavy frigates? …
… Ormuz has 50 heavy frigates? …
… Instead, you, as a character of your own creation, land on the shores of Honshu aboard the Dutch frigate De Albatros, arriving just as Japan's Daimyos are squaring up for the final battles of the Sengoku era. …