Are Axis and Allies majors hard-coded?

[NobillyT]

I read in another thread entitled "Isolationist Germany" a post where someone said that majors like France and U.K. can only be Allied and Germany and Italy can only be Axis. Only the Soviet Union has room to wobble?

Is this true? If it is I am a little disappointed I was planning on doing different things like staying nuetral as Italy and possibly DoW on the axis. Will I be FORCED to join the Axis instead?!?

 

[John Poole]

Nope Italy does not start the 1936 scenario as a member of the Axis. I dont know if you can join the Allies or *gasp* the Comiterm though. I dont see any reason why Italy could not go to war with Germany and her allies as odd as that would be.

 

[BiB]

No. But u'll have a hard time joining anything but the Axis due to ur position in teh world. Germany, UK and SU are by default leaders of their alliances so will be have it even harder to change as u can't leave ur own alliance

 

[NobillyT]

I know it is odd, I probably wont do it. I would just like like to be able to do it, know what I mean?

 

[Yozhik]

What the...? I thought it's been promised that USSR has a lot of choice as to who can it join, if anyone...

 

[unmerged(881)]

Originally posted by Yozhik
What the...? I thought it's been promised that USSR has a lot of choice as to who can it join, if anyone...

All nations have a lot of choice but you have to remember the three governmental systems affect diplomatic relations not to mention the choices that the player makes. If as Italy, I engage in an expansionist diplomatic and military policy my relations with other nations takes a hit especially if that nation is of a different governmental system. Paradox made a nation's government type and choices a relevant factor on diplomatic standing (and other stuff of course) but they did not hard-code the game nor did they design it so such differences were meaningless.

 

[Mordoch]

Originally posted by Yozhik
What the...? I thought it's been promised that USSR has a lot of choice as to who can it join, if anyone...

There actually are ways for the USSR to ally with either the allies or the Axis, its a bit complicated to explain in detail though.

 

[BiB]

Originally posted by Yozhik
What the...? I thought it's been promised that USSR has a lot of choice as to who can it join, if anyone...

Doesn't make them any less the head of the comintern though.

 

[Razgovory]

I wonder what happens when one the alliance leaders is annexed, puppeted, etc...