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I would like an 1897 start with the Spanish American war implemented.
As cool as that would be, I think that such a scenario going that far back would be rather difficult to implement fully in a patch like the upcoming one. It's a lot of work and goes a little way beyond the means of this game. Having said that, there would, I am sure, be room for people to develop such a scenario as part of a mod - and by god, i'll help such an endeavour lol.
Balkan Wars would be both interesting and would work with the WWI engine without any modding.
Oh, also a few event decision ideas things: firsly, i'd like the ability to actually stand up to the Nazi's etc in terms of their expansion, so the option to appease or put your foot down and say don't you dare do it Adolf! I'd also like more options to depict the prospects of aiding Finland for the Allies in 1939-40, as there were considerable plans to expand the Norway venture into an intervention to aid Finland, along with plans to bomb Russian oilfields in the Caucasus etc to deny Germany the oil Stalin was supplying as part of the Nazi-Soviet pact
No, cores.
There were millions of destitute refugees waiting to return home. If WW3 had broken out in 1955 and the allies won, a reunited Germany would have had absolutely no trouble repopulating those lands because they were still struggling to house and accommodate the expellees. By 1980 though? not a chance.
Given paradox's policies regarding ethnic cleansing, genocide, ect the best bet is to keep the whole thing as abstract as possible - if you're going to do it with claims then you need events for if/when they're realized.
Don't mention it at all. In paradox games nobody dies and everyone gets to keep their home whoever rules it.
Just slap the cores for West Germany and be done with it. No questions asked and everyone is happy.
It is totally plausible there were even a allied plan to rearm german forces in 1945 and start a war against SU. But it was considered not feasible. I forgot the name of the operation but if i remember i will post it here.
operation unthinkable, as the allies expected to get royally screwed by the largest, and best (at the time) combined arms military force in the world
I second this. I think that the Balkan wars and a few, simple ahistorical Ottoman options (being given HMS Agincourt and Erin and consequently staying neutral,for example) would add a lot of flavor to the game.
Moving the start date to 1912 would also give a lot of users the preparation time they want in the WWI scenario, and a relatively simple ahistorical WWI that could come out of the Agadir crisis.
Polish legislative elections of 2007
Cores or not, the Poles have inherited the Prussian pathos
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According to wiki: PO = centerright; PIS = rightwing.
My guess is that the former german territories still hold a higher concentration of industry and have higher employment rates.
I'm pretty sure the former german parts came out of the war in a better state industry and infrastructure wise, the polish parts were fought over multiple times and industry was multiple times dismantled and moved.
So after the war it was much easier to stabilized their economy by improving the industries in the former german territories, and agriculture in the old polish territories and the pattern kept over the years creating a specific income pattern in the population.
Only halfassed speculation for my part, it would be really interesting if someone who actually knows something about polish demographcis would comment.
You should use a "map" of more recent elections:
Why use the one from 2007?
The situation is more complicated IRL, because there were various forced and unforced demographic transfers after WWII. Also, e.g. warmińsko-mazurskie (Voivodeship in north-eastern Poland including much of former East Prussia) is poor and economically closer to eastern Poland levels, but culturally and politically it is closer to western Poland. Keep in mind that the division between the richer western Poland and poorer eastern Poland existed during the Interbellum as well. It's partially a result of Polish Partitions - Prussia was richer than Russia or Austria, so the territories they controlled may also seem to be more developed economically.
In some cases the division is clearly ideological, e.g. south-eastern Poland is definitely more conservative than other parts of the country and it's nothing new, as it has been like that for many years. Moreover, big cities are a category on their own, e.g. check Warsaw and compare the results with the rest of Masovian Voivodeship. In general the countryside is more conservative and more eurosceptic than large urban areas, although obviously this is a generalisation.
Why use the one from 2007?
The situation is more complicated IRL, because there were various forced and unforced demographic transfers after WWII. Also, e.g. warmińsko-mazurskie (Voivodeship in north-eastern Poland including much of former East Prussia) is poor and economically closer to eastern Poland levels, but culturally and politically it is closer to western Poland. Keep in mind that the division between the richer western Poland and poorer eastern Poland existed during the Interbellum as well. It's partially a result of Polish Partitions - Prussia was richer than Russia or Austria, so the territories they controlled may also seem to be more developed economically.
In some cases the division is clearly ideological, e.g. south-eastern Poland is definitely more conservative than other parts of the country and it's nothing new, as it has been like that for many years. Moreover, big cities are a category on their own, e.g. check Warsaw and compare the results with the rest of Masovian Voivodeship. In general the countryside is more conservative and more eurosceptic than large urban areas, although obviously this is a generalisation.
If you puppet Canada as Japan and the German or yourself make operation seelion than GB get anexed by Nationalsocialist Canada.
Would it not make more sense when a other Allied power annex GB, when Canada is Part of the Axis?
Would it not make more sense when a other Allied power annex GB, when Canada is Part of the Axis?
I was thinking of a battlescenario at first. As far as I know there have been some plans for 1911/1912 scenario but it will probably take plenty of time before working on it gets started.
Having plans doesn't mean that it was truly considered a real possibility. Sometimes consideration leads to a decision that it is not worth it.
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?573331-Ministers-Improvement-Mod)
Any hope of something like this being implemented with the patch? Historical info is always great.
Any hope of something like this being implemented with the patch? Historical info is always great.
In my opinion the improvement of existing scenario's should come first, like 33 communist germany.
Before even considering to make a new one.
Opinion often defended but which does not make any sense since the people working on 1933/1914/1936 scenarios and those working on WW2 scenarios (1939, 1940, etc) are not the same.
Indeed.
It's like the habit of saying "humanity should focus on preventing climate change instead of curing AIDS" without realizing that solving these two problems have nothing to do with each other.