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Game: Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday v1.0
Difficulty: Normal/Normal
Nation: Mexico
Sexy author: Yes

(note: this is my first AAR, as well as my first game in Doomsday, please be gentle :rolleyes: )





It was late in the afternoon, January 1st 1936, when the president of Mexico, Lázaro Cárdenas, finally woke up after a new years eve of epic proportions. He knew his hangover would be something out of this world. Considering his last clear memory of that evening was that of a tequila-filled piñata, nausea, vomiting, and a drilling sensation against his temples would probably haunt him for the remainder of the week.
He groaned loudly as he sat up in bed. Sleeping for another 2-48 hours would off course have been prefered, but in a few hours he would have to adress the nation about the governments plans for the new year, a huge responsibility which he was clearly not in the condition to handle.


After spending fifteen minutes wobbling back and forth by the side of the bed, Lázaro finally managed to stand up fairly straight.
At least it felt that way, but with the earth spinning so fast it was hard to tell.
Knowing his speech would go straight down the drain unless he knew what to say, he stumbled over to his jacket and pulled out the piece of paper where he and his cabinet last night had written down all the important issues that would have to be adressed:

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The fact that it were written on a napkin using lipstick didn't feel like a big deal at the moment.


Suddenly, he felt an unsettling rumble going through his stomach, which, despite his current lack of balance, led him to reach the toilet amazingly quick.
After a long and horrible ordeal in the bathroom, which is best to leave untold, Lázaro found himself cowering in fear for the grotesque 1,5m long snake staring at him from the toilet bowl. He couldn't decide what was worse, that it had resided within his body and exited in a very unattractive way, or that it had the face of an old man with feathers instead of hair. It might have been because he had never seen a comb-over and a moustache made of feathers he considered option no.2 the worst.


Three minutes of silence and staring into each others eyes passed.
Just when Lázaro was about to open his mouth, the mansnake roared with a terrifying voice:

"Silence mortal! I am the almighty Quetzalcoatl, and I demand obedience!"

Lázaro was terrified. The volume was far too high for him to handle.
 

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The imposing image of Quetzalcoatl


Lázaros couldn't comprehend the situation; the almighty aztec god Quetzalcoatl was right there, in his very toilet! How a snake had ended up inside Lázaro to begin with was a mystery, but that very snake being an ancient god was far too much of a stretch, even after such a spectacular new years eve.
Maybe it would be for the best to ask Quetzalcoatl himself, Lázaro thought, because he was sure the five gallons of tequila he drank around 10 pm the night before would have been enough to let him forget anything related to aztec gods suddenly taking up residence in his interiors.

"Excu-"

"Silence!" Lázaro was once again interrupted. "Your face is as clear as a questionmark, mortal! I sense that you wish to know why I, the great Quetzalcoatl, was residing in your interiors, correct!?"

"Well-"

"Silence I said! I, the great Quetzalcoatl, entered your very body because you called me!"

"With all due resp-"

"Sile-"

"Shut up!" Lázaros might have had respect for gods normally, but frequent interruptions during a hangover was enough for him to willingly face satan himself if necessary. "I did no such thing as ask a dirty old snake with the face of an old man to enter my body! I might do some weird stuff when I'm drunk, but I'm not perverse!"

"Then let me refresh your memory, fool. Last night, standing at the pyramid of the sun in the grand city of Teotihuacán, you spilled the blood of another human and cursed your own god. Thanks to you I am now free to reign supreme in this world once again!"

Teotihuacán? Was he that far away from Mexico City last night? He did have some memories of riding a long way on the back of a donkey, but that far?
And what about the blood? Thinking hard, he managed to pull out a vague memory of a knife-fight with his old supporter Callas, but that was nothing out of the ordinary, they did that all the time.
But why would he curse god? It made no sense, he was much too faithful in his beliefs to do that. Or was he? Suddenly he remembered how he'd yelled out how much he hated god for abandoning him and left him without tequila. An unfortunate thing to do, in retrospect.

"Now, you may wonder why I chose to yield your call! It's simple really, I want blood to flow, people to submit to my greatness, golden palaces built in my honor, and rivers and cheap merchandise named after me."

Deeming the situation too bothersome, Lázaro decided just to accept his demands.
At least it would give him some material for his new years-speech that was due in an hour.



Part 1 - A new way for Mexico


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Lázaro Cárdenas delivering his speech to the nation, January 1st 1936


"...and so, we must all submit to the will of Quetzalcoatl from now on. I apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused any catholics in our nation."

The speech had gone better than expected; Lázaro quite enjoyed talking about human sacrifices and golden palaces, it felt... manly.
People might be upset at first he thought, but it probably wasn't that much of a change. A hundred years ago Mexico was ruled by the king of Spain, and in all honesty, could Quetzalcoatl really be worse than that? Besides, he'd been here long before the king of Spain.

"To finish off, Quetzalcoatl himself would like to say a few words."

"Huhum!" Quetzalcoatl cleared his throat, which might very well have been his whole body. "As the ruler of this great democracy, I demand full support from every mexican, man, woman and child. You shall serve me until you die, which might very well be on top of an altar. That is all." With those words a new era in mexican history would start.



Fifteen minutes later Lázaro and his cabinet assembled to discuss the future plans for Mexico with Quetzalcoatl.


"Well then, let's begin this meeting, shall we?" Said Lázaro. "Mexico have for a long time suffered from civil turmoil, and while we have managed to stabilize the situation, our industrial and military capacity is painfully weak."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What is this 'industrial' that you speak of, mortal?"

"Industry, is our means of production. Our industrial capacity is equal to, say... 19. However, due to our cabinets extensive drinking, this is in fact no more than 17. In comparison, our northern neighbour have over 1000% more capacity than us."

"Our nation is worth as much as my greatest invention then."

"Which is?"

"The zero."

"Ah..."

"Well then, if this 'industry' is so important, let's build more! And then we'll outfit some fresh jaguar-warrior divisions and conquer the whole mexican valley! Mwahaha!"

"Ehm... My lord..."

"What?"

"We already own the mexican valley..."

"Whatever! We'll just take whatever we can then!"

"Guatemala it is... Well, on to other matters. What should we focus our research on this coming year? Might I suggest cheaper distilling methods to reduce our cabinets drain on our industry?"

"Fine, as long as we focus on getting me a mighty army later on!"

"Excuse me, your holyness" It was the chief of staff, Benjamin G. Hill. "I was wondering if you might considering investing in say, the airforce, or maybe the navy as well as the army?"

"Na-vy? What's that?" Quetzalcoatl apparently knew as much about maritime affairs as the old aztecs.

"No idea" Said the chief of the navy, Hector Meixueiro, which apparently knew just as little, produly carrying on a mexican tradition.

"Well then," Said Lázaro. "let's call it a day."



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Quetzalcoatl takes a sudden interest in industry.


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Improved distilling techniques to reduce governmental spendings on alcohol.


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Quetzalcoatl remembers his fear of horses and promptly disbands Mexicos only cavalrydivisions.



Next part: War, human sacrifice, and other important daily routines.
 

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lifeless said:
:rofl: cmon guys we gotta fight the infidels of spain! but theyre too far away...cuba will do then!:p

I wouldn't mind getting revenge on the conquistadors in Spain, but the mexican navy is just as well developed as the aztec one 400 years before, meaning we only have transports and nothing else. Hopefully we can change that though!