how to increase the manpower?

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currently playing as luxemburg, i have conquered belgium and netherlands, but my manpower is still the same as was when i was a single province nation. so how to increase the MP? will moving towards the hawk lobby create much difference? or researching? what are the other factors which increase the MP?

 

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If you're lucky, you have some choices for the minister of security and chief of army, who will give you bonuses for manpower gains. With Luxemburg, a few percents on your 0.0x something increase of manpower isn't much, a 10% gain on foreign manpower might help you though.

 

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There are a couple of ways, there's the manpower minister which gives a nice bonus, you can move your sliders towards hawk lobby, and you can research the agricultural techs. However, with a nation as limited as Luxemburg, you're not likely to see much difference. IIRC manpower in occupied territories is subject to the same penalties as industry and resources, so you won't be seeing much of it from conquering Belgium and the Netherlands, and the MP in Luxemburg is too small for those couple of percentages to make a difference.

 

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You need a minister that lets you use foreign manpower. There's "Man of the People" and I think one other one for security ministers. Might be "compassionate gentleman." The best you'll get is 15% of foreign manpower, but it's better than nothing. I've never played Luxembourg and I have no clue what they have. Actually, I'm not sure if I've even bothered to look at their diplomacy screen other than to declare war and annex them.

What are you going to do about Germany attacking? Influence them, maybe go fascist, and try to join the Axis? That would probably be the best bet for expansion. Germany will probably attack France through your territory and you'll get a nice chunk of France. I'm not sure if the Vichy event will still fire if an Axis Luxembourg controls France though, and if it does the Germans will probably steal all your new territory.

 

[Draigh]

What are you going to do about Germany attacking? Influence them, maybe go fascist, and try to join the Axis? That would probably be the best bet for expansion. Germany will probably attack France through your territory and you'll get a nice chunk of France. I'm not sure if the Vichy event will still fire if an Axis Luxembourg controls France though, and if it does the Germans will probably steal all your new territory.

It doesn't when you conquer France as Italy, and when manually firing the event all non-German provinces remain occupied French territory.