I think you're pretty much obliged to make do with what you've got, and research Industry: Education improvements. There might be some ministers that give boosts to leadership, and you can increase education spending via the politics screen, assuming you're not already at the maximum.Alright, thanks. In that case, how do you get substantially more leadership (without cheating)?
So it's not forgetfulness, yet you cite an example of something else that did happen, yet is not implemented. I'm not sure I follow your line of reasoning, and I don't believe that something not happening in history makes giving the option of doing it in a game completely "ahistorical". Afaik, Greece didn't attack Bulgaria in 1938 and force it to become a puppet state, yet this can be acheived in-game; likewise, it's entirely possible for me to fight Persia for control of part of its Russian border, although to my (limited) knowledge, this was never considered a realistic goal... yet fighting Turkey, e.g. for control of "traditional" Greek territories is verboten? Certainly before Italy declared war after annexing Albania, there must have been some figures—irridendist thinkers, politicians, generals, etc.—who quite fancied Metaxas's idea of a "Third Hellenic Civilisation", and but for more pressing matters, might have attempted to push Greece into war with Ataturk.You also can't give Transnistria to Romania after the bitter peace and you are complaining about something a country didn't even had the chance to try. That's not forgetfulness, they just don't give you every ahistorical outcome and leave that part to the modding community.
So no, I don't think a Greek conflict over "Byzantine" territories with Italy or Turkey would be completely "ahistorical".
...and I still don't understand how anyone, let alone Greece, is meant to acheive the conditions necessary for earning the Turkish Strait strat. effect!
Another question: Before being dragged into a war with Germany, which likewise brought in Italy and auto-aligned me (and Yugoslavia) to the Allies, I had the option of using a territorial demand wargoal on Italy, but this has since been replaced with the "Restore Democracy!" wargoal (along with the usual puppet/conquer options). Is this a deliberate effect of membership of a faction, e.g. the Allies?
Thanks.