So many repplies, so many subjects to take care of.
@yourworstnightm: as i said, Japan don't have more than Korea and Dalian on the continent, i doubt than they can influence Chinese politics very much. Both Russian and Japan are respecting China's neutrality because the other state would intervene on the other side for the simple reason of balance of power, and thus be put in a disadventage.
Russia
will have revolts, there is no doubts about that. The Ottoman Empire also, and i have planned than the Young Turks would seize the power once again in the first years.
For Austria, im still thinking about it. This is not 1848, the Augleisch renegotiations of 1917 went well under the leadership of a more open minded Franz Ferdinand, and 1927 finished to shape A-H on a federal structure. Im still strangely attached to this flag and to the 'Austria-Hungary' name for the nice white blob.
@cegorach: Congress Poland did existed prior to WWI (as a Polish you probably already know that) And the little state there is nothing more than a little more autonomous Russian client state. It don't have claims on any Russian province, only the Dantzig corridor and Galicia.
Making it neutral would be a mess for a Germany-Austria war against Russia, and it would have been unlikely tham the Tsar would have allower such a thing.
@rcduggan: There would be no revolutions in Europe simply because every European powers would do everythng possible to prevent them, for obvious stability reasons.
@patriot1 and Crush3r: Please, don't start a balkanic war in my thread!
What i was planning for the Balkans are a multi-phases war, begining with a Greece-Bulgarian conflict. The outcome of this war will define the geopolitic of the Balkans for the game: a victorious Greece would get Bulgaria's sea acces, and will adopt a 'Greater Greece', or 'Megali idea' doctrine against Serbia and the decadent Ottoman Empire. A victorious Bulgaria would press it claims on Serbia (also for Macedonia) and Romania (that Dobruja conflict).
Serbia would only fight a defensive war against Bulgaria, they have no claims on it. Same for Romania, both states being happy with their actual lands (only in the Balkans, obviously).
@Kabraloth: im divided about Austria. What to do? Ihave already explained my ideas of a 'federalist' A-H, i think it would be enough to calm the minoritis at least until 1947, at a point the game would maybe loose it sense as it alway do in HoI
@Gigalocus: A quick look at a 1914 world map will show you than there is little room for more European expension. You can see new 'treaty ports' in China, Tibet will probably be a British puppet (it was almost in OTL).
For Ethiopia, the last independent African country, both Britain and Italy would certainly like to get it, but the context is similar than in Manchuria: both of them are keeping an eye at each other. Maybe an unxepected Russian expedition led by some drunk cossacks could turn it into a Russian puppet, they already tried in the 1800's.
@Fgorginator: British dominions are closely watched by London, and are still 'satellites'. I don't expect them to rebel, but Canada may loose it cores on Quebec if it goes to war against France.
Yes, i have planned than Britain may eventually side with Germany. They often opposed the Russians in the 1800, and even the French at Fashoda in Sudan in the early 1900. The Franco-British rivality may be still be alive, and Wilhelm II is a member of George's family. This may definitivly change the entire game, and would in my opinion be the best thing to avoid a WWI in 1940 with the same members than in 1914.
