Hearts of iron forum update#

Unsurprisingly, the revolutionary left are little-represented given their defeat in the civil war. Reactionary parties control 23 per cent of the Duma, while the far-right national populists hold a worryingly large share at 32 per cent. The Duma is divided between the parties that support the status quo (to at least some degree) - the SR, the Kadets and Russkiy Soyuz - which collectively control around 39 per cent of delegates. Even without Kerensky and the political unrest that plagues the Republic, the country's stability would still be -6% - not only dangerously low, but also a drag on the economy. Not only is stability comfortably into negative numbers, but divisions within the army and naval general staffs mean that researching new doctrines is much harder than it should be. The political landscape is a complete mess. Stability usually runs from 0-100%, with values lower than 50% causing problems. It is in the realm of politics where the Republic's greatest weaknesses are to be found. Geographically, Russia is at a nadir, but for all that its physical and human resources are yet able to impress. The Republic's core population of 94 million makes it the most populous state in Europe, while the wealth of natural resources it controls holds out the promise of better times to come. The subsequent civil war saw Germany impose a peace which created buffer states in the west and the Caucasus, while breakaway states formed in Central Asia and Transamur.Дespite this, the Russian Republic retains much of its Imperial predecessor's population and industrial base. Imperial Russia's defeat to Japan in 1905 was followed by its complete collapse in 1917 as the strain of the Weltkreig (Kaiserreich's term for the First World War) proved too much for the tsarist institutions to bear. Areas in blue are currently claimed by the Russian Republic. The red boundary shows the approximate territorial extent of the Russian Empire in 1914. One more thing - I've tried to include images with this post, but I'm not sure if it's worked or not - let me know if they're showing up.

Hearts of iron forum update#

I'll give folks some time to respond with suggestions for a nation to play and then post an update setting out the lay of the land.

I'm happy to entertain suggestions for any nation, but probably won't pick one that's too small to get anything done. I've not even mentioned all the big players (such as Austria or the French Republic), but didn't want to make this post even longer than it already is. In keeping with standard HoI, any nation is playable, even if only technically (Luxemburg can't really achieve much). Most of them won't come into conflict with the major powers until fairly late in the day, when it's too late to make much of a difference to the wider war. The common thread with the rest of the world is that their conflicts are more or less self-contained.

India is a straight fight between the Dominion of India (the remnants of British India), the Princely Federation and the Bharatiya Commune.Д®ast Asia is a complete mess, with innumerable Chinese factions, Russian breakaway Transamur and various other Japanese puppets. Egypt has the potential to become a regional power, as does Persia. The Ottomans and their neighbours are one big mess - the Ottomans often find themselves beset on all sides, and always face at least one existential challenge in the course of the game. Of these, Argentina and Chile are the bigger countries, although Patagonia can replace Argentina if it can defeat it on the battlefield. South America is a confused scrum, with Argentina on one side and Chile, Patagonia and Paraguay on the other. Aside from the countries listed above, there are a number of more regional conflicts that look fun.