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Well, they do have rubber which is a very valuable resource in the late game. And because of the weird hard coding of Victoria immigration, Argentina is one of the most popular nations with immigrants so its population is getting quite large.
As far as HOI, while I appreciate everyone's enthusiasm, I don't think I'm going to do it. Partly because my inspiration is flagging, partly because conceptually I was trying to minimize the impact of the change of game to stick to "paradox's history" and HOI would require a lot of intervention on my part to set up, and partly because I'm not sure how well it would actually work because it's so much less sandbox and more scripted than the other games. So sorry, but no.
If HOI4 happens to ship with a V2 converter, I might change my mind.
Africa, 1916-1935
While the most significant events of the late twenties and early thirties either occurred in Europe or were driven by the wars in Europe, there were conflicts originating in Africa as well. Some of the most significant of these were by the election of the National Liberal party in Genoa in the 1920's that pursued aggressive expansionist policies. They were abetted in this endeavor by their larger and more powerful Malinese allies. Indeed, many saw Genoa as a vehicle by which the Sultan of Mali extended its influence into those nations of North Africa and Iberia that Mali's diplomats had failed to dominate.
Citing a desire to free the city of Alicante from the grip of the Castillian dictatorship, Genoa invaded in January 1924. Genoa was stronger than Castille militarily and industrially and could likely have launched a successful invasion by itself. With the help of Mali, Castille was utterly crushed by spring. In addition to seizing Castillian Valencia, they chose to force Castille to dismantle its naval base in Texas. As it seemed unlikely that either Mali or Genoa had designs on North America, most observers theorized that they hoped to cripple Castille's sea communications in order to pursue further gains in Iberia.
Genoa went on the offensive again in 1933, this time against the Papal States. The Pope implored the catholic nations of the world to defend him but this was during the Second Great War. England, Etruria and Leinster had other concerns and religion was no longer the binding force it had been in past centuries. Mali's forces steamrolled through Papal Africa and besieged Gibraltar in the fall of 1933.
The Genoese-Papal War, January 1934.
After the fall of Gibraltar, the Pope sued for peace rather than risk an invasion of Rome that could devastate its priceless architectural heritage. Genoa agreed to peace in return for the northern half of Papal Africa.
Genoa, January, 1935.
The other major African conflict of the time was the lengthy Funjian civil war. By 1916, the iron rule the Despots of Funj had imposed on the nation since its days as a Byzantine vassal had become widely unpopular. The question was not whether the absolutist rule would continue but what would replace it. The predominantly Greek speaking north saw a revolt of liberal forces hoping to bring a constitutional monarch on the English model, while communists in the African south had a more radical agenda. To complicate matters further, the Ethiopian Liberation movement sought to reunite Funj Oromia with Ethiopia, a cause that was at times supported by Leinster, but opposed by Etruria. By the 1920's, a third rebel force had arisen with fascist leanings.
Funj in January 1922
Even so, it was the liberals to whom the capital fell in 1922, and a constitutional monarchy was declared. But the new government was unable to bring the rebels to heel. Its Asian and European possessions and much of northern Africa were largely under fascist control, while in the south, the communists held sway. The parliament in Cairo could pass all the legislation they wanted but it made little difference to most of their supposed subjects.
It was inevitable that a neighboring state with designs on their lands would attack. In 1933, Vijayanagar declared war, seeking to regain control of Zanzibar. The weak Funj government could do little as Vijayanagar established control of the Horn of Africa and much of the African coast to the south.
Funj-Vijayanagar War, January 1935.
In December 1935, Vijayanagar regained Zanzibar ending its war with Funj, but the civil war in Funj continued.
Eastern Africa in December, 1935.
While the most significant events of the late twenties and early thirties either occurred in Europe or were driven by the wars in Europe, there were conflicts originating in Africa as well. Some of the most significant of these were by the election of the National Liberal party in Genoa in the 1920's that pursued aggressive expansionist policies. They were abetted in this endeavor by their larger and more powerful Malinese allies. Indeed, many saw Genoa as a vehicle by which the Sultan of Mali extended its influence into those nations of North Africa and Iberia that Mali's diplomats had failed to dominate.
Citing a desire to free the city of Alicante from the grip of the Castillian dictatorship, Genoa invaded in January 1924. Genoa was stronger than Castille militarily and industrially and could likely have launched a successful invasion by itself. With the help of Mali, Castille was utterly crushed by spring. In addition to seizing Castillian Valencia, they chose to force Castille to dismantle its naval base in Texas. As it seemed unlikely that either Mali or Genoa had designs on North America, most observers theorized that they hoped to cripple Castille's sea communications in order to pursue further gains in Iberia.
Genoa went on the offensive again in 1933, this time against the Papal States. The Pope implored the catholic nations of the world to defend him but this was during the Second Great War. England, Etruria and Leinster had other concerns and religion was no longer the binding force it had been in past centuries. Mali's forces steamrolled through Papal Africa and besieged Gibraltar in the fall of 1933.
The Genoese-Papal War, January 1934.
After the fall of Gibraltar, the Pope sued for peace rather than risk an invasion of Rome that could devastate its priceless architectural heritage. Genoa agreed to peace in return for the northern half of Papal Africa.
Genoa, January, 1935.
The other major African conflict of the time was the lengthy Funjian civil war. By 1916, the iron rule the Despots of Funj had imposed on the nation since its days as a Byzantine vassal had become widely unpopular. The question was not whether the absolutist rule would continue but what would replace it. The predominantly Greek speaking north saw a revolt of liberal forces hoping to bring a constitutional monarch on the English model, while communists in the African south had a more radical agenda. To complicate matters further, the Ethiopian Liberation movement sought to reunite Funj Oromia with Ethiopia, a cause that was at times supported by Leinster, but opposed by Etruria. By the 1920's, a third rebel force had arisen with fascist leanings.
Funj in January 1922
Even so, it was the liberals to whom the capital fell in 1922, and a constitutional monarchy was declared. But the new government was unable to bring the rebels to heel. Its Asian and European possessions and much of northern Africa were largely under fascist control, while in the south, the communists held sway. The parliament in Cairo could pass all the legislation they wanted but it made little difference to most of their supposed subjects.
It was inevitable that a neighboring state with designs on their lands would attack. In 1933, Vijayanagar declared war, seeking to regain control of Zanzibar. The weak Funj government could do little as Vijayanagar established control of the Horn of Africa and much of the African coast to the south.
Funj-Vijayanagar War, January 1935.
In December 1935, Vijayanagar regained Zanzibar ending its war with Funj, but the civil war in Funj continued.
Eastern Africa in December, 1935.
Nice to see Vijayanagar regaining its African holdings. Still hoping that the Byzantines will be able to at least connect their African holdings to the sea.
Coming to this a bit late, but just wanted to say how amazing this is
Truly a work of art
Truly a work of art
Technological, Intellectual and Social Developments, 1913-1935
After the explosion of new ideas and technologies that characterized the first dozen years of the twentieth century, the following decades saw a distinct slowing of the pace of change. Central Europe had long been the source of most innovation, but it was convulsed in war for much of this period. The young men who might have been developing new theories and techniques were dying on the battlefields instead.
The arts, philosophy and social science were noticeably stagnant in those years. The ideas developed in the early years of the century were refined somewhat and certainly spread, but no truly new movements spawned between the end of the First Great War and our period's end. Similarly, there were few great innovations in business in those years, though ideas first popularized at the beginning of the century became understood and applied throughout the world. The most significant new idea was that of mutual funds. They first appeared in nations like Navarra, Sibir, Wu, Frankfurt, Venice and England in 1921 but rapidly become an important form of investment worldwide.
The pace of scientific and technological change slowed as well. The most significant developments were in chemistry. New synthetic polymers such as rayon and bakelite were developed during the twenties. Many of these new materials were first developed for military applications but proved to have properties that were so useful they came to have a wide variety of purposes. Elsewhere, perhaps the most notable development was a consequence of the growing number of motorized vehicles. In an effort to enable through traffic to move swiftly, the first limited access roads were developed in Savoie in 1920.
The one area of human endeavor where significant progress was made was--predictably--in the military sciences. By the early 1920's, the military analysts in nations like Zaparaozhie and Gelre had studied the First Great War and the impact of modern technology on military strategy. Their inferences about the Great War led to new strategic doctrines that emerged first in Tirol, but spreading rapidly, even as far afield as Champassak. But it was the application of the powerful internal combustion engines to warfare that was truly revolutionary. In 1921, the first armored vehicles were developed in Toulouse. Toulouse was also a hotbed of aeronautical innovation, and prototypes of planes designed to carry troops to infiltrate beyond enemy lines, attack troops on the ground. and to attack enemy planes were developed. Ryazan was working on military planes at the same time but researching different lines, focusing on development of bombers designed to attack enemy infrastructure. Though neither Toulouse nor Ryazan had the capacity to be a major player in warfare, their innovations would be passed on to Germany and Hungary respectively. By the Second Great War, the battle in the skies was as important as the fight on the ground.
War on the seas changed during those times as well. Tyrone developed new naval doctrines shortly after the conclusion of the First Great War that were widely copied. The internal combustion engine saw application on the sea as well, as the first first oil-driven ships were built in Yemen in 1921. The new oil-driven ships led to improvements in ship design; the ships built by Mali in the early twenties would become the standard for ambitious maratime nations around the globe within a decade. Nations like Castille and the USA sought to improve their navies by changing their training programs in the early twenties. And by the mid-1920's, Leinster had developed strategies integrating their naval forces with land and air strikes. Their ability to make "amphibious assaults" made Leinster's navy especially feared and was critical in its ability to fight off the powerful Germans.
But despite the advances, overall this was a time when the new ideas of the past spread, rather than a time of great innovation. With telephone and radio communication, keeping new developments secret had become increasingly difficult. Rocked by repeated, devastating wars, Europe's technological edge on the rising powers of East Asia had begun to dwindle.
After the explosion of new ideas and technologies that characterized the first dozen years of the twentieth century, the following decades saw a distinct slowing of the pace of change. Central Europe had long been the source of most innovation, but it was convulsed in war for much of this period. The young men who might have been developing new theories and techniques were dying on the battlefields instead.
The arts, philosophy and social science were noticeably stagnant in those years. The ideas developed in the early years of the century were refined somewhat and certainly spread, but no truly new movements spawned between the end of the First Great War and our period's end. Similarly, there were few great innovations in business in those years, though ideas first popularized at the beginning of the century became understood and applied throughout the world. The most significant new idea was that of mutual funds. They first appeared in nations like Navarra, Sibir, Wu, Frankfurt, Venice and England in 1921 but rapidly become an important form of investment worldwide.
The pace of scientific and technological change slowed as well. The most significant developments were in chemistry. New synthetic polymers such as rayon and bakelite were developed during the twenties. Many of these new materials were first developed for military applications but proved to have properties that were so useful they came to have a wide variety of purposes. Elsewhere, perhaps the most notable development was a consequence of the growing number of motorized vehicles. In an effort to enable through traffic to move swiftly, the first limited access roads were developed in Savoie in 1920.
The one area of human endeavor where significant progress was made was--predictably--in the military sciences. By the early 1920's, the military analysts in nations like Zaparaozhie and Gelre had studied the First Great War and the impact of modern technology on military strategy. Their inferences about the Great War led to new strategic doctrines that emerged first in Tirol, but spreading rapidly, even as far afield as Champassak. But it was the application of the powerful internal combustion engines to warfare that was truly revolutionary. In 1921, the first armored vehicles were developed in Toulouse. Toulouse was also a hotbed of aeronautical innovation, and prototypes of planes designed to carry troops to infiltrate beyond enemy lines, attack troops on the ground. and to attack enemy planes were developed. Ryazan was working on military planes at the same time but researching different lines, focusing on development of bombers designed to attack enemy infrastructure. Though neither Toulouse nor Ryazan had the capacity to be a major player in warfare, their innovations would be passed on to Germany and Hungary respectively. By the Second Great War, the battle in the skies was as important as the fight on the ground.
War on the seas changed during those times as well. Tyrone developed new naval doctrines shortly after the conclusion of the First Great War that were widely copied. The internal combustion engine saw application on the sea as well, as the first first oil-driven ships were built in Yemen in 1921. The new oil-driven ships led to improvements in ship design; the ships built by Mali in the early twenties would become the standard for ambitious maratime nations around the globe within a decade. Nations like Castille and the USA sought to improve their navies by changing their training programs in the early twenties. And by the mid-1920's, Leinster had developed strategies integrating their naval forces with land and air strikes. Their ability to make "amphibious assaults" made Leinster's navy especially feared and was critical in its ability to fight off the powerful Germans.
But despite the advances, overall this was a time when the new ideas of the past spread, rather than a time of great innovation. With telephone and radio communication, keeping new developments secret had become increasingly difficult. Rocked by repeated, devastating wars, Europe's technological edge on the rising powers of East Asia had begun to dwindle.
It always seems like random little countries make the scientific advances first. Why does USA a even have a navy? :laugh:
Where is Venice, by the way?
Where is Venice, by the way?
Venice is basically the province of Verona, although it also owns Hartford and Providence in New England as a result of bizarre EU3 defections. As to the US, they don't really have a navy but the volunteer state coast guards are very well trained!
Of course, us Americans, under the holy text of the Monroe Doctrine, and the principles of our founding fathers, have only declared three wars ever, Killing the British,Killing Slavery, and Killing Hitler.
You need to stop sleeping through history class.
I'm American myself, and I know that's not true. Technically we didn't even start the last two you mentioned, being the Confederated States of America declared war on the Union, and the Japanese attacked the US without declaring war, making the US join WWII. We didn't even kill Hitler, he commited suicide when Germany lost the war.
(The dates of the wars below are listed by when the US joined to when the war ended, not when it was started)
Here are the wars I can name when the United States started them:
• American Revolutionary War, 1775-1763
• War of 1812, 1812-1815
• Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
• Spanish-American War, 1898-1898
Wars the US was in they didn't start:
• American Civil War, 1861-1865
• World War I, 1917-1918
• World War II, 1941-1945
You're welcome. And to you non-Americans out there, some Americans can be smart and think about more than just hamburgers
You need to stop sleeping through history class.
I'm American myself, and I know that's not true. Technically we didn't even start the last two you mentioned, being the Confederated States of America declared war on the Union, and the Japanese attacked the US without declaring war, making the US join WWII. We didn't even kill Hitler, he commited suicide when Germany lost the war.
(The dates of the wars below are listed by when the US joined to when the war ended, not when it was started)
Here are the wars I can name when the United States started them:
• American Revolutionary War, 1775-1763
• War of 1812, 1812-1815
• Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
• Spanish-American War, 1898-1898
Wars the US was in they didn't start:
• American Civil War, 1861-1865
• World War I, 1917-1918
• World War II, 1941-1945
You're welcome. And to you non-Americans out there, some Americans can be smart and think about more than just hamburgers
He was joking, but you would have to add the 2003 Iraq War at least to wars started by the US and I would put the Gulf War, the Vietnam War, and the War in Afghanistan (the first and third could be easily considered as started by the US as well, especially the War in Afghanistan.)