From the desk of A. Walrus:
Armaments report -
I am pleased to announce, that due to the merging of Sierra Leone with our country, we will only have to make minor reductions in non-military production to produce the required armaments to fit out the divisions whose construction has been ordered.
Also, we have recovered numerous British small arms, as well as a couple of outdated field guns, which actually outclass the few we have.
Unfortunately, without extreme sacrifices with regards to the production of consumer good and general supplies, we lack the factory space (as well as the expertise) to produce enough aircraft to outfit a full strength aircraft wing; and despite now being in possesion of two modern, large port facilities, we are not currently in a position to begin building any large ships.
Conclusion: I believe, depending on the views of others in the cabinet, that we should either try to develop better quality machine tools to make the most of our current factories; otherwise, we should use the equipment captured in Sierra Leone to enable research that should bring our army somewhat into the 20th century.
Also, while I welcome the decision to strengthen our military, I hope the armed forces see fit to leave some men of working age in our factories - putting them all into the military may make us look powerful, but if I don't have the manpower to produce new equipment for the armed forces, its about as useless as letting the Paradox OT communally run our industry.
A. Walrus