Post Your vanilla Victoria II Empire
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My glorious Socialist Kingdom of Germany:
It's been quite an interesting game;
I have a HM's Government, with full political and social reforms, and a population who are 86% socialist and have been for about 35 years. Russia has eaten Korea and all of Japan except for the capital province. Switzerland, Chile, Parma and Lucca (I think it's Lucca, anyway) are Communist, while Belgium(the Walloon-led, Flemish majority bit) is in the midst of a revolution. Modena is having an extended revolutionary party; it's their 8th in the past 20 years. The Communists take over, then they have a Jacobin rebellion, then the Communists rebel again, and so on. I was trying to ferment my own Communist rebellion at one point, but they got to about 15K strength at the most then faded away again. I guess everyone just loves my governance.
It's been quite an interesting game;
I have a HM's Government, with full political and social reforms, and a population who are 86% socialist and have been for about 35 years. Russia has eaten Korea and all of Japan except for the capital province. Switzerland, Chile, Parma and Lucca (I think it's Lucca, anyway) are Communist, while Belgium(the Walloon-led, Flemish majority bit) is in the midst of a revolution. Modena is having an extended revolutionary party; it's their 8th in the past 20 years. The Communists take over, then they have a Jacobin rebellion, then the Communists rebel again, and so on. I was trying to ferment my own Communist rebellion at one point, but they got to about 15K strength at the most then faded away again. I guess everyone just loves my governance.
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Lots of decent sized states in your game. China looks more like a Greater Mongolia. Interesting to see Ecuador do so well.
I added some commentary to my German Empire map; it's filled with inside jokes and Hetalia references, in case anyone gave a fuck.
My Ottoman Empire:
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My Japanese Empire:
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I did it a bunch of pages back
I shudder at the amount of time and infamy it would take to create the Byzantine Empire, let alone the entire Roman Empire itself. You'd have to go through the French Empire, the Austrian Empire, the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Spanish Empire, and even the British Empire. It hardly seems worth it from my perspective, but my crown is off to any enterprising conqueror who has the cajones to try it!
I did almost all of the Roman Empire too, as Two Sicilies -> Italy in 1.1, before quitting the game because of lag and the 1.2 patch. I would've made it apart from getting London, didn't have time to pick the entire British colonial empire apart.
In the mist of a Panjab game myself but I don't see a way possible to afford enough brigades to even put up a decent defense against the British. Currently in 1892, I have annexed Afghanistan, taken 3 states from Persia, 1 one from China and have 52 brigades (Ranked 7th). The British have 1222 brigades, I don't see anyway to get even close to having 1/6th the size of their army... and I am even playing the mod that greatly reduces the ability for the UK to turn their colonies into states. I don't stand a chance.
But then again, I am no master of the economy in Victoria 2
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An update from my last post. As you can see, the Crimean Khanate is fully restored under our rule, and the Russian Empire is pushed from the Black Sea completely. Next on the agenda is liberating all of Africa, annexing Rome, and to completely conquer the Austrian Empire!
To the shores!
if you are playing popdemand then panjab is actually pretty difficult economywise. much easier in vanilla. and that late in the game uk will always be huge. it would be better to attack them earlier.
First of all, every game is different, so there's always the possibility that your UK is stronger than mine. Also, I played umodded V2 1.2. Time is also a factor. The longer you wait to go to war with the UK, the stronger they'll get compared to you (and everyone else). They start with a huge population base, they have healthcare from the beginning. So, you'll have to attack them as early as possible; however, you also need to get a decent amount of brigades and good tech. It's not easy to decide when the time is right, though, but you'll have to have this in mind while playing; for every year that passes, your chance of defeating them gets slimmer.
I checked my save for some data for you. I went for it in 1885, so not that much earlier than you. However, I had 195 brigades plus 80 in the mobilization pool, against their 1173 brigades meaning roughly a ratio of 1:4. We had the same amount of army tech, with the difference that I had two levels higher in military science but two levels lower in heavy armament, meaning higher organization and mob pool for me, but weaker artillery.
I've always forgotten to get them. I said 'fuck it' to infamy and started my conquests, but the Greek Kingdom has been pretty much solid in its intent to stay neutral. I'll wait until they attack me first, like with every other attack from a foreign country. They want to either contain me or to liberate some land, but then I invade them, and the Ottoman Blitzkrieg War Machine goes to work.
I am still continuing my campaign. I have a goal to take over all of Africa, and then I will attempt to break the rest of the British nutshell called India. I was able to conquer two regions in India by blockading the hell out of all of Britain's ports and then taking their little island. Once all other empires weaken, I'll let a revolt happen. From there, I will begin to destroy the countries in my old SOI in order to gain more troops and land. The goal in Europe is to finish off Austria-Hungary and break it into many parts. After that, take Italy. Then Spain. Shortly thereafter, the southern portion of France. Prussia and France are my biggest obstacles so far, as I have successfully destroyed the British fleet, and have all ships prepared to blockade their ports. As you can see, I have a ring of puppets protecting me from a Russian invasion, so they are little to no worry. I have footholds in America and Australia just in the need of invasion later. If I ever happen to be losing a war, like with Russia or France, I would immediately call all of my puppets, which would double my forces.
I will be continuing to make smaller and smaller countries in the wake of my frontlines. As I said, I need them to be small, for when the right revolution comes along, I'll annex all of the small countries.
Note: My infamy is around 500-700. I can usually fend off any other invading empires by blockading ports and just wait for a white peace.
Also, Alaska is mine. I forgot to label.
If you were wondering how I got into power as Tripoli, it was a lot of guerrilla warfare. Being the Sahara is nearby, I simply let the enemy take over my territory and become depleted. I then attacked them with my superior army.
I will be continuing to make smaller and smaller countries in the wake of my frontlines. As I said, I need them to be small, for when the right revolution comes along, I'll annex all of the small countries.
Note: My infamy is around 500-700. I can usually fend off any other invading empires by blockading ports and just wait for a white peace.
Also, Alaska is mine. I forgot to label.
If you were wondering how I got into power as Tripoli, it was a lot of guerrilla warfare. Being the Sahara is nearby, I simply let the enemy take over my territory and become depleted. I then attacked them with my superior army.
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