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Hooray, Second US Civil War! Or maybe a British Civil War, or a Russian Civil War!
Maybe a civil war in Austria pre-war?
 
It says in the second screenshot that the communists demands for a referendum have been denied. Does that mean that it is possible to allow a referendum to switch ideologies?
 
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Isnt there a "Sandbox" mode and a "Historic" mode?

Why on earth would you not let the AI use Coups in the "Sandbox" mode?!

Can we at least mod the AI to use Coups if we want?

Because sandbox mode is just historically plausibleish stuff, not "everyone does whatever the hell they want" kinda thing.
 
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So you can make Germany a democracy the hard way? That does sound awesome but I still wonder if you can change the form of government diplomatically and not only through a civil war.
 
This looks great.
 
Looking forward to next week's Germany DD :) !
 
So you can make Germany a democracy the hard way? That does sound awesome but I still wonder if you can change the form of government diplomatically and not only through a civil war.

If it's really popular then there's a pretty good chance that it could be bloodless provided it's all internal. However for Germany I don't think there would be a peaceful way of going about changing your government. Same applies to the Soviet's and Americans too.
 
Can democracies become fascist or communist without civil wars? You know... through the democratic process.

That is the most common route, so should be navigable in game.
 
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What kind of position will a country be in after a civil war? For example, if I start a civil war in Germany and make it communist by winning, how long will it take to rebuild the military, industry, ect.
Because I really hope it isn't just a thing where I automatically become a full strength Germany after winning a civil war, there should definitely be some kind of damage and rebuilding process.
 
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I'm getting the feeling this game is setting us up for basically East v West. Obviously WWII is the big show in town but there are hopefully the deeper mechanics being revealed that will allow us to journey into the era of Proxy Wars and ill advised interventions.
 
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That is the most common route, so should be navigable in game.

In fairness to the "democratic process" in the case of Germany, even after Hitler was appointed chancellor, the Enabling Act that gave Hitler dictatorial powers couldn't have been passed without the Reichstag Fire, the Reichstag Fire Decree, and an election where the NSDAP gains some seats, and even then, the Nazis still didn't have an absolute majority.

This doesn't address Mussolini's rise to power which wasn't really in line with the democratic process, either.
 
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I really don't see how Germany could be turned democratic again after '36 as long as Hitler lives.

ooh...

Someone have a timemachine and a gun? We could test this theory :)
 
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On a side note, reading this DD makes me miss the CK2 days of fertiliser bombs, daggers and hunting accidents. I wish it could be that easy to rid yourself of political opponents in this game ;) .
 
I have a serious question about Spain's politics:

Why not CEDA instead of PRR as neutral faction? That means, you have the IR as socialist, democratic faction and PRR were also (maybe more radical in terms of democracy) but dissolved before the Civil War not beacuse they didn't want to be involved - but beacuse of diminished popularity (have to mention their splits parties did participated and were definitely not neutral). CEDA are the moderate monarchists that supported the status quo until 1936 elections (although they participated in the CW to their own gain) but formally are neither fascist, communist or democrat. Think about it, they should be replaced instead and also, in both 1936 and 1933 (won elections) they had much greater support than PRR.
 
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