New Revolters for AoD

Nekronion said:

1.Abchasia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abchasia
2.Saarland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarland (In fact it was short time indpendent at the beginning of the 50s, only problem is Saarbrücken province is rather big so maybe rename it to Saarpfalz (Saarland +Palatinate)
3.Somaliland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland
4.Puntland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland

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I'd prefer to regard the Saar as a subject of territorial dispute between France and Germany, and ceded to France in a Morgenthau-type peace plan.
Puntland has not aspired for independence.
As for the other two I definitely will not make them available in WW2 but they both have modern-day relevance. Some modern nations such as Kosovo are utterly pointless but do exist.

There are several places that are potentially independent nations but are part of France because they want to be--French Guyana, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Reunion, Martinique, etc. Making one of these available means I have to make all of them available.

OK-Saarland IF AND ONLY IF you can develop ministers and tech team files. It's possibly applicable in a pre-1936 scenario (which I won't develop but others might), or post WW2 (only if German defeat and no Soviet Union/insignificant Soviet Union), so you'd have to cover at least the years 1930-1960 with real ministers. Use tag UF9. They'd probably have to eventually hold a plebiscite and I'm sure the pro-German side would win again. Potential release dates 1930-1953

Himalaya Federation U15 release dates 1930-1960
Somaliland U16 release dates 1990 to 2020
Abkhazia U17 release dates 1990 to 2020
The only thing I can think of for a Himalaya flag would be the international Buddhist flag:

Keioel,
Thank you

Other plans
U05 Antigua and Barbuda 1970+
U06 St Lucia 1970+
U07 Grenada 1960+

possible
U12 Seychelles 1975+

Are there any states actually achieving independence that I forgot about, and are on the map? These states could be limited recognition states as long as they have de facto sovereignty, like Manchukuo.

Vatican City would have to be in as an off-map state, as it is in Mod-33. It would add some flavor but I think that might better be done by coming up with a set of ministers for "International Community" Though it would have absolutely no effect on game play one might make the Pope a "Man of the People" Minister of Security for the International Community.

Taiwan is already in the game.

Hong Kong was leased by treaty from China and by treaty had to revert to Chinese control by 1997.

Okinawa and or Ryuku? No. Non-existent state. New Nations tried it and failed miserably at finding ministers.

Khanate Mongolia??? I think that is a special interest thing that could best be resolved by playing Mongolia, turning "tech team takeover on annexation" on, and adding cores by event. You can use the "steal_leader" command in your inc file for Mongolia to add a host of new leaders--suggest raiding the UPE and Turkestan (U35) files. You can also patch in the MEN ministers, giving them new numbers, into your ministers file and maybe do the same with their tech teams. Use your imagination. There's also a releasable Idel-Ural state (U11) that is quite strong.

East Timor is in the game already.

Acre? If this is what you mean by Acre you really lost me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre,_Israel

Crete and Sicily would IMO be most applicable in the event of a Soviet steamroller in Europe in which they controlled Greece and Italy but none of the islands. But that usually eventually becomes a Soviet world conquest. The biggest issue is this--how on earth would I find ministers for Crete or Sicily? I think the best idea would be a Mediterranean mega-nation based on Cyprus plus Malta. Then you just add Crete, Sicily and other Greek Islands to their claims. On the other hand you could always release "something" by just writing a custom event to release "European Union".

Keioel,
I suggest modding the scenario yourself. Copy the 1936 scenario under a new name, create your own button for it and be sure the button name is referenced by the file. Change the inc file so it loads Ottoman Empire instead of Turkey. Mod the Ottoman Empire file as you see fit, using steal_leader if needed. You can get extra leaders from the UTO or UPE files. Essentially do what I did when I created Red Barons. If you do this and have a playable mod, I'll distribute it.

Austen,
Doesn't the game have enough axis puppets already? You have fascist leaders available for all the eastern European nations, and you can release all the Soviet republics as independent nations and even parts of Russia as independent nations. What are you looking for?

Actually I found out that the country was briefly independent in 1960 but voted to join the former Italian part. Ministers from World Statesman
HOS
11 Jul 1959 - 26 Jun 1960 Sir Douglas Hall (b. 1909 - d. 2004)
HOG
Prime minister (de facto head of state)
26 Jun 1960 - 1 Jul 1960 Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (b. 1928 - d. 2002) SNL
The others can be anonymous
So I'll make the country available in 1960.

This was an issue debated years ago in the original fatherland thread, and we decided that these constituted administrative districts, not independent nations. In fatherland there are events that over time turn these territories into German national provinces, generally by about 1956. But in the meantime there are partisan issues. (google "Generalplan Ost") Turning them into independent puppets means no partisan problems which is unrealistic. Germany always has the option of giving the Russians true independence as Russia, and avoiding the partisan issues.

The cores would have to be removed by event. However, there are two additional difficulties:
1) Finding ministers
2) Possible effects on the AI in the event of a war with either Russia or the Soviet Union, either of which is conceivable in a nazi victory scenario.
Frankly the "Reichskommisariat" scheme was simply a means of "Germanizing" the provinces. In the fatherland mod, which I intend to eventually bring online (see my Cold War Extension for AOD thread), I'm keeping to the original plan of having the areas become German national provinces in a staged plan. No "Reichskommisariats", sorry.

New Nations almost certainly will NOT come to AOD, except maybe as a "you pay for it" addon. I'd like to take this time to invite fans of the classic New Nations Mod to assist me in the development of this project. I'm prepared to include some of the more important nations, though not silly ones like Springfield, Aland, or Sao Paulo. But it must be done in such a way as to prevent copyright claims.

If that's what you want then release the ordinary states like Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and Baltic Union. That would roughly cover the area. Be sure to immediately depuppetize them so you don't get hit with the colonial policy thing. You would of course be abandoning the colonization policy in favor of acting as the liberator of the Soviet people from communism--something Hitler was against but many of his generals and politicians would have favored. You may want to create a custom event to release Russia, as you might be lacking some of the 'required' provinces. Releasing Dietsland and giving Vichy cores and provinces by event may help you in the West.

EDIT: The last two tags from the U00 to U99 series will be:
U02: Socialist Afghanistan
U03: Mujahideen Afghanistan (later Taliban)
Afghanistan had numerous flag changes, but these represent the most significant ones.
The present Northern Alliance will use the regular Afghanistan tag formerly used by the kingdom.
There are still 59 tags left, but these will be the ones introduced by AOD.
UA0 is Catalonia
UA1-UF9 are free