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I don't see how the tree for Japan could change ideology wise. The only other way I can really think of that happening is if you make Japan go even farther to the right. Japan had a lot of politicians and military officers who wanted to take things even father and identified with the Nazis. (Prince Chichibu , Imperial Way Faction, Nobutuka Shioden) But then you would have to make a new ideology, or a script for two types of "fascist" Japan. I don't even want to know the massive work that would entail. Overall Japan's tree just needs more detail. Maybe and just maybe you could also incorporate a path that allows for a rapprochement with Britain.
Sudden idea, you could have a path that allows for a successful coup via the 2/26 incident.
There was an event for it in HOI II but it didn't do much gameplay wise.
Already in-game, actually.
Facist ideology split into four branches: nazism, "clear" facism, falangism or rexism (branches exists for Democracy, Communists or non-aligned as well). That's how democratic elections in states like USA made - if Landon won, for example, ideology remains Democratic, but party renamed into Republican and branch changes from liberalism into conservatism (and, sure, you supposed to get another events and ideas; in Landon case you actually trade New Deal idea for 150 pp and more ideology drift defence).
Now it don't give any mechanical changes, just flavour, but it's already here, in the code.
Already in-game, actually.
Facist ideology split into four branches: nazism, "clear" facism, falangism or rexism (branches exists for Democracy, Communists or non-aligned as well). That's how democratic elections in states like USA made - if Landon won, for example, ideology remains Democratic, but party renamed into Republican and branch changes from liberalism into conservatism (and, sure, you supposed to get another events and ideas; in Landon case you actually trade New Deal idea for 150 pp and more ideology drift defence).
Now it don't give any mechanical changes, just flavour, but it's already here, in the code.
Is that how Millenium Dawn and Kaiserreich have broadened the political spectrum? By simpy just making those specific Sub parties of the ideologies visible?
Sure. I just meant that democracy as an political system isn't defenceless before communism, if rulers had a will to use it. Not more defenceless that dictatorship or absolute monarchy. Actually even less.
So Weimar Republic history showed, by the way.
I agree entirely that democracy is not defenseless. Democracy didn't win two world wars and a Cold War due to being defenceless. But I feel the Weimar Republic isn't like Britain or France in its, relative, strong parlamentary traditions. And I Think that showed.
But what I wanted to say is that the fact that the Communists were never banned and the Nazis were likewise allowed to move in the political sphere despite the fact that the Nazis should be well recognizable as enemies of liberty and democracy by anyone with her or his senses working. But likewise they were allowed to operate and a guy like Hitler, part of an attempted coup to overthrow the government not that many years before, rose to the top entirely legally.
Is that how Millenium Dawn and Kaiserreich have broadened the political spectrum? By simpy just making those specific Sub parties of the ideologies visible?
Nope. They actually created one ideology to every ideology and every their ideology have one subtype.
Now it works another way in Vanilla - you always have ONE democratic, ONE facist, ONE communist and ONE neutral party. That's why you can have some hillarious moment playing Hungray, who begins as Neutral, with Horthy in power (and so as a leader of non-aligned party), and there is facist party named "Horthy Government" with some guy as leader (I even can't remember is he historical). To change party name or leader you need event.
Kaiserreich make it same way: you always have only ONE party for every ideology, which name or leader set by event, and this parties are totally distinct.
It's quite magic, actually. For example in 1939 start in Vanilla Horthy starts as facist, so, if you have DoD and start a game, game as a starting event killing Horthy, and replace him by another Horthy!
But what I wanted to say is that the fact that the Communists were never banned and the Nazis were likewise allowed to move in the political sphere despite the fact that the Nazis should be well recognizable as enemies of liberty and democracy by anyone with her or his senses working.
Oh, sure, but I don't believe any German high generals (maybe but Ludendorff) actually seem themselves as an enemy of liberty and democracy. They were just professionals who make their work good for their country. They were quite ok in Weimar republic, quite ok in Reich, quite ok in BRD and DDR.
In offered new German focus tree question is - do they believe Hitler is ok for country or not.
