Chapter I: Introduction
HPP offers you the “Introduction” decision which can be enacted to get a general idea about the mod and it also offers a bit of information about your specific country. Let’s see what kind of journey our young state of Yugoslavia underwent in the past 20 years!
As you can see, Yugoslavia is deeply divided. Having just 60% national unity and very unpopular ruling party. The regent Pavle Karađorđević rules the country for now, but it’s estimated that Petar II Karađorđević would be able to inherit his father’s throne in 1941, when he reaches the age of 18.
What’s even worse is the pitiful state of the Royal Yugoslavian Army. It was decided that only the head command would be preserved, as a great reconstruction of the army is needed. The previous system was woefully ineffective, with 29 land units in total, but 11 of them were HQs (excluding the head command).
There is no navy or air force to compete even with our weaker neighbors, let alone Italy, let alone Germany. The land army is in desperate need of support units for infantry, as well as the cavalry.
There are three nations which claim our lands as theirs, namely Hungary, Bulgaria or Italy, with the latter actually owning great swathes of Slovenia, as well as the port of Zadar.
Hence, an early defensive plan is vital, if the hostilities were to begin in the following years. According to the Treaty of Saint-Germain, Austrians were not allowed to unite with Germany, leaving the country disintegrated to a large extent. But with such a madman in power, which Hitler surely is, he’ll do whatever he can to unite all the Germans of the world, no matter where they were. What is even worse is that he has more or less already allied with Mussolini, another great threat to our fragile kingdom.
Romania is actually quite friendly to us, as mutual treaty, named Small Entete, is helping both sides, their democratic rule might however succumb soon due to fear of other nations, as some of their lands are claimed by Bulgaria, Hungary, as well as Soviet Union.
As for Albania, this country would meet a swift end if they were to attack us; however they are protected by Italians, who will probably want to take their oil refineries in Tirane into their own hands soon enough.
Greece was once allied with the Triple Entéte, though now their population is divided because of the politics. But truth to be told, it isn’t likely they would turn out to be our enemies; they actually have quarrels with Italians over some isles in the Mediterranean which means they might ally with us, thanks to the old saying “enemy of my enemy is my friend”.
We have signed non-aggression pacts with other Balkan states. What is worse is that none of the democratic countries guarantees our independence, just our future enemies.
Yugoslavia is quite backwards on the technological field, at least in comparison to other similar-sized neighbors.
Espionage is all set to unify our people, as unity is one of the most basic things needed for waging a war, be it on defense or offense!
That’s it for introduction, the clock will be moving from on now!
