Now I know why you dont give Rico authority over police in Port Drazon...

Back in my early days in suzerain, my lil dumbass thought if I join the Young Sords in the prologue, I thought it would prevent Cricas' death and instead idk killed Remus I thought? Turns out, Circas fate is to die for our development as a character. RIP the funny communist guy that I knew only for 5 seconds

I'm sorry it was midnight and I had this really weird motivation to do this

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In your first term as President Anton Rayne, did you uphold Soll’s legacy, reform the Constitution, expand presidential power, or pursue a capitalist or socialist economic vision? Some of these paths can overlap, so choose the option that best reflects the overall direction of your playthrough.

I wonder if the game gave this condition at Esqiris field convo, how would ppl play it lol.

First of all, I don't mean the war itself, my issue lies in how it's implemented in the Story, in fact I have no opinion on the gameplay at all because I haven't played the war mini game so far. That's because I find this shift in gameplay pretty bad for the overall flow of the Story. It's also overwhelming in terms of Gameplay in a way that takes away all of my motivation whenever I try. I know that you could just let the Azaros handle it but I've heard they're pretty bad at it, so it would require to dump a massive amount of resources into the military industry which is also annoying especially if I'd be at an advantage if I'd do it myself.

This isn't meant as criticism though, I'm very aware that this is purely a "me" issue, but I still just personally wouldn't want it to come back in future dlcs. I am however excited about Wars of Suzerain where this Gameplay style is the focus and maybe I'll come back to Rizia after I gained some experience there.

Rumburg's future in the event of military defeat is quite uncertain. Which of these possibilities is more interresting for you ? How would the alliances made by sordlands, it's strategy during the war and the state of GRACE change the future ? Would a second war happen ? Feel free to describe your own headcannon in the comments.

1. Balkanisation:

   A large scale civil war rips the country apart. As during the Russian civil war, dozens of factions emerge. Minorities try to gain independance, some noble families try to restore order, others try to usurp the throne. Meanwhile foreign powers support rebels of various ideologies. After several years, the front stabilise and several new countries emerges.

2. Division between East and West Rumburg :

The malenyevist ( heavely supported by valgsland ) manage to seize key industrial areas and proclaim a revolution. Whats left of the elites after sordish war crimes flees to the west of the contry. Grace members like Nahrburk and the principalities seek ATO's help to finance a conter-revolution. Even with direct military intervention they manage to secure only-half of the country. The frontlines freezes and Rumburg will remain divided for the foreseeable future.

1. Stagnation:

Beatrice livingston manages to cling to power by suppressing in blood any dissent. To survive, the regime invest more and more money in the military and secret police while other public sectors lare neglected. Moreover internal sanctions complicate trade and standards of living does not keep up with the rest of Merkopa. The state survive for now but the systeme is slowly rotting like modern day Iran or Cuba.

1. Structural reform:

Delegitimized, Beatrice loses power ( wheter by a military coup, abdication or assasination ). His succesor is competent and undertook major economic and political reform. The country democratise progressivly and diversify it's industry away from the military sector. Like Japan ans Germany, the losing side of a devastating war does more than rebuild itself. It Becomes one of the most stable and prosperous contries in the world.

He is the responsible of Zille Bombing, wanting to own the whole Aureus while the ANDOR rule is almost 50-50 Rizia-Pales, taking Axel into a diplomatic hostage, sometimes being drunk in diplomatic talks like the failed Agnolia-Lespia talks.

Although he is helpful in some ways, defender against CSP, placing Rumburg's military into ATO hands so expansionist GRACE will be gone, strong air force. In Rizia there is a rumor about giving you supports and tanks but personally I never encounter it.

His negative traits about him are being unprofessional to AN meeting, placing nuclear sites to Heljiland if succeeded, harassing pro ATO trading ships, supporting Bludish genocide in Wehlen, supporting revolutionaries that can destabilise countries further if necessary

If Sordland ally Valgsland then can serve as naval power and protect your trade routes, if Rumburg got invaded well Hegel will force it into the CSP government. In Rizia they are mostly beneficial deals like MITZ 40/50%, free naval and equipment military aid, although you cannot trade with Valgsland unlike Lespia.

So I wanted to post this after the disastorous poll where a user asked people who would they support in the Civil War and almost Rikard got more votes than soll and luderin got like 20.

King Egmund Norsord: So we do not know much about his reign but we know enough to judge him. Firstly we have to consider he ruled the country for like 60 years and so far we know how many of his screwups? Let me say, none(Even his closest thing to a screwup is the 15 Day War and it ended in a stalemate.). We know people were generally happy with his reign and we also know that he did not ruled with an absolute monarchy and actually listened to people. He did not screw up the eco, did not lose territories and most importantly peacefully abdicated when he realized people didnt want him anymore.

Tarquin Soll: I mean do I even have to speak? He took charge of a country which Luderin and Rikard messed up completely. Destroyed both the fascists and commies to estabilish a real republic and took the country from a civil war ridden wreck into a fully functioned one. Created major companies, repaired everything from scratch, stopped sordland from being relied on other economies, created energy and infestructure systems that we still use etc. the list goes on. His only major flaw was the Izzam incident. Do not get me wrong, I do not find Izzam and the bluds right. Should we just stopped with a project that could power up 2 entire regions just because some peasants refused to leave their village? Ever heard of for the good of the many? Soll should have sent in the police and dispersed them from day 1 to stop this bs from continuing against the dam construction. But you know what they say, no man is perfect.

Artor S. Wisci: Well I like Wisci. He tried to reform and modernize sordland, estabilish democracy, have the state care for its citizens etc but there are some things that people step over when they talk about Artor Wisci. Firstly yes he abolished the monarchy but the monarchy that was abolished was..... good? I mean King Egmund didnt cause revolts or oppresed people or tanked the economy, he was a good ruler. And that was just the small part. Now to the major screw up. Wisci spent 40 years in kingdom politics before being the president and I mean I have to ask Artor:

What the hell did you expect the military(which by that time entirely consisted of fascists and monarchists) to do when you allowed ALL parties to go in elections and did stuff that mostly malenyevists did? I mean a man with 40 years on politics should have known that military wont stand idle for stuff like this, and kaboom wisci and luderin got us into a civil war that Soll had to bust his back to recover the country from.

Ewald Alphonso: He is just like wisci. Yes he tried to modernize and reform sordland for the better but come on Alphonso. He actually thought he could change the country from 20 years of sollonomics into a market economy in just 4(FOUR) years. I mean this is the reason he was a bad president. He is the male version of Nia Morgna. He wants to do all the best stuff but doesnt realize that he has to compromise to those stuff.

Works day and night, forgets fam like his rich daddy,works hard plays hard.

So its solo war or agnland ally victory over them and rizia golden age intermerkopa very close with sordland . So we know ato or csp dont get involved.

1. Does the monarchy survive as i think she doesnt get replaced in the treaty but who knows.

2. What happens to grace as i dont see rumburg being capable to carry the organisation anymore.

3. Rizia and sordland what will be their strategy towards rumburg . As rizia and intermerkopa has more to gain by renewing relations with rumburg as they are still going to be a huge market 80 million or more.

Rizia needs to sell gas and needs a export market due to them industrialising and the obvious rumburg diaspora connection.

With sordland i really do not know and lets say if they join intermerkopa they will have a say on rumburg question .

1. Waiting wouldnt be a choice as i really think ato or arcasia could become a major player if intermerkopa and rizia didnt act soon .

2. I know it also depends on how rumburg is going to act and that is also a open question.

Can someone say how the hell do you make RNC win? It's my third playtrough and RPP once again won.