This is why our lord and savior Stalin gave us Human wave tactics.
Edit: Honestly though, would that work? Does conscription prioritize unemployed POP's that could be sent on "pointless" wars in the middle of Malaria-ville?
Not really. Even in worst case scenario, you'll end up losing a couple of hundreds of thousands, while your pop growth from just SoL will be several times that yearly.
I'm playing a fully liberal Russia. In 1906 I have around 250 million population, with 30 million of those in Africa roughly. I expect to surpass China by game end.
It actually worked for me once in a colonial war as Germany aigainst USA.
USA Had mobilised Like two Million troops Oversee and because of raiding Had 100% attrition.
So for the two years of the war (took so Long as i was fighting already Russia in a previous war) the casualties were equal tò the yearly growth. But as Said, It worked because of two Millions mobilised at 100% attrition.
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