Minor countries

[Heruure]

I would play with Denmark of course, reunite the Kalmar Unioun and take Scania as rightful Danish Clay.
(I can feel the Paradox ban hammer coming after me)

You know what? I had the exact same plan, but under Swedish rule this time.

 

[Kovax]

11 Leadership is what you get for not taking over the UK. In one HOI3 game, I invaded and conquered the British Isles with HUN, which roughly doubled my already expanded Leadership to slightly more than Italy's. Those two University provinces make an awesome addition. There's just about nothing like having a Hungarian carrier fleet, for a "landlocked" country.

 

[Nuklearius]

11#

 

[Blijert]

Communist Luxembourg

No, seriously, I hope it's a good way to test AI behaviour (or bugs). Will the Germans leave me be at first? Will they post massive armies on my small province to counter the glorious Luxembourgian Partisans? Will Russia strike extra hard and early to liberate me, and then grant all of the low countries as a protectorate? Or will it be the most boring hoi4 europe game I could possible have chosen? These questions must be answered before any real game can begin.

 

[GaerneIvar]

I see the Danes and Swedes wanting to reunite the Kalmar Union, what they don't know is that it is actually Norway that will lead the union this time. It's our turn, damn it! And when WWII starts, it's actually only 35 years since Norway was finally truly independent since 1380.


Also we're probably going to be communist

 

[BBBD316]

I would imagine that if someone like Luxemburg did have a revolution that all their guarantees would be dissolved so Germany could annex them with only a rise in WT to worry about, but do they bother till the attack on France? Not like you are going to be picking up a huge amount of IC or anything.

 

[Aries666]

Of course if Ulm were in the game, and I firmly believe they were left out for balancing reasons, they would steamroll Europe by sept 39.

 

[Heruure]

I see the Danes and Swedes wanting to reunite the Kalmar Union, what they don't know is that it is actually Norway that will lead the union this time. It's our turn, damn it! And when WWII starts, it's actually only 35 years since Norway was finally truly independent since 1380.


Also we're probably going to be communist

You guys dont have the requirements for it, Denmark will surrender in the first few hours and Norway will be firmly smacked in the face at Oslo, Trondheim, Mo i Rana and Narvik.
I dont have the disadvantage of shipping my troops like Germany had.
Finland has been independent even less then you guys so dont complain.

 

[Will Steel]

In both HoI3 and Darkest Hour, for the first 2-3 years in the game I would do nothing except build infrastructure and factories to bring myself up to a competitive level to some major powers. This seems to be the standard gameplay route for minors.

How is it going to be in HoI4 though? I guess you can build divisions first and focus on industry later in this game, considering a lot of factors like having an army early on and putting it into training camps can give a lot of experience points, and such...