A bit nitpicking - I guess it should be Республика Марий Эл if you want to have a Russian name, or Марий Эл Республика, if you want to stick to the native language. 
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Well we are going to put the names of nations in the native language... to add a sense of authenticity, I suppose.
Anyway, here's a small overview of Central Asia:
In this map, you can see Alash Orda (Kazakhstan), a nationalist Republican state based on Atatürk's Turkey with Turanist sympathies. It is ruled by the Alash Party and is trying to maintain its independence at all costs as war rages on in the south.
To the south is the Emirate of Bukhara, a Muslim state with designs on most of Central Asia and led by the ultra-conservative Emir Alim Khan and exiled Ottoman warlord Enver Pasha. As the reformist Mladobukhartsy called for reform to the Emirate along Jadidist lines, the Emir demanded their execution and a civil war broke out. The reformists fled the superior Emirate's armies and set up their liberal Turkestani Republic in the safety of the mountains of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, with its capital at Tashkent. Historically this state would be analagous to both the Bukhara PSR and the Kokand Autonomy. The two Turkestani States start off at war and will either reconcile or continue until one declares victory.
Sinkiang is little more than a personal clique of Jin Shuren,
and therefore a tool in the greater game of the Chinese Civil War and Great Plains War which starts at the beginning of the mod. However, Jin is becoming unpopular and the Uyghurs are agitating for independence. If the revolt succeeds and the Chinese are thrown out, a proper Uyghur Republic could well form and prove a useful ally for the Turkestan Republic in its war against the Emirate of Bukhara.
Afghanistan has just fallen to Nadir Shah, whose despotic and autocratic rule is seen as very useful by the British, who see him as the natural ally in the chaos of British India, and the Emir of Bukhara, who sees in him a fellow fighter in the struggle against liberalism. He has built new roads and has tried to industrialise the nation but thousands of liberals have fled Afghanistan and dissent is rising. The Afghans also have claims on the North-West frontier.
Kashmir is a weak and declining Princely State, a puppet of the British in India and eyed hungrily by the Afghans. The Maharaja, Hari Singh, could be a hope, as he has a progressive outlook and could manouvre Kashmir into meaningful independence. When the struggle against British domination occurs, however, Kashmiris will have to fight hard against foreign aggressors- and against their own sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims.
Anyway, here's a small overview of Central Asia:
In this map, you can see Alash Orda (Kazakhstan), a nationalist Republican state based on Atatürk's Turkey with Turanist sympathies. It is ruled by the Alash Party and is trying to maintain its independence at all costs as war rages on in the south.
To the south is the Emirate of Bukhara, a Muslim state with designs on most of Central Asia and led by the ultra-conservative Emir Alim Khan and exiled Ottoman warlord Enver Pasha. As the reformist Mladobukhartsy called for reform to the Emirate along Jadidist lines, the Emir demanded their execution and a civil war broke out. The reformists fled the superior Emirate's armies and set up their liberal Turkestani Republic in the safety of the mountains of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, with its capital at Tashkent. Historically this state would be analagous to both the Bukhara PSR and the Kokand Autonomy. The two Turkestani States start off at war and will either reconcile or continue until one declares victory.
Sinkiang is little more than a personal clique of Jin Shuren,
and therefore a tool in the greater game of the Chinese Civil War and Great Plains War which starts at the beginning of the mod. However, Jin is becoming unpopular and the Uyghurs are agitating for independence. If the revolt succeeds and the Chinese are thrown out, a proper Uyghur Republic could well form and prove a useful ally for the Turkestan Republic in its war against the Emirate of Bukhara.
Afghanistan has just fallen to Nadir Shah, whose despotic and autocratic rule is seen as very useful by the British, who see him as the natural ally in the chaos of British India, and the Emir of Bukhara, who sees in him a fellow fighter in the struggle against liberalism. He has built new roads and has tried to industrialise the nation but thousands of liberals have fled Afghanistan and dissent is rising. The Afghans also have claims on the North-West frontier.
Kashmir is a weak and declining Princely State, a puppet of the British in India and eyed hungrily by the Afghans. The Maharaja, Hari Singh, could be a hope, as he has a progressive outlook and could manouvre Kashmir into meaningful independence. When the struggle against British domination occurs, however, Kashmiris will have to fight hard against foreign aggressors- and against their own sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims.
Looking great in both the content and, for what it's worth, the country colors are some of the best I've seen.
Komi looks a bit wierd but the map overall...vertiginous is the only word that comes to my mind....
Well Mari El, the Komi Republic, and the Idel-Ural State play a surprisingly important role as they cut off Russia from Siberia, meaning they have to fight alone for the first few years. Idel-Ural also has a lot of industry and resources so it'll probably be pivotal to either the Polish and their anti-Russian encircling alliance (See: Prometheism and Międzymorze) or possibly the resurgence of a Turkic alliance of Turkey, Crimean Tatars, Azerbaijan, Alash Orda, Turkestani Republic, Idel Ural, Tuva, and Sinkiang (See: Turanism)
The Komi Republic itself is mainly ruled by the wealthy Russian elite but it'll probably end up serving as a second front along with Mari El in wars between Finland and Russia, based along the lines of a unity between Finno-Ugric Peoples (See: Heimosodat)
The Komi Republic itself is mainly ruled by the wealthy Russian elite but it'll probably end up serving as a second front along with Mari El in wars between Finland and Russia, based along the lines of a unity between Finno-Ugric Peoples (See: Heimosodat)
I think Narakir has been working on Poland more, so he's probably better placed to answer your question. Nonetheless to my understanding, this is what the situation is:
Poland, I think, will be ruled by Piłsudski himself and will certainly be the centre of an encircling alliance against Russia. Poland controls Nationalist Ukraine, led by Symon Petlyura, as a puppet, and could well extend its influence into the Baltic States. However, there could well be conflict with Austria which has its eyes on the breadbasket of Ukraine and wishes to install Vasyl I as King of Ukraine.
Poland is vulnerable from the West from a Marxist ruled Germany, and if Germany and France (both Marxist) put aside their differences, Poland will be in trouble indeed. The German enclave of East Prussia, blocked off from the Marxist Germans by the Danzig corridor, is also the last remnant of the German Empire still controlling a few colonies and vowing revenge against the Marxists ruling Germany proper. If the going gets really tough, Poland may have to link up with nations further afield, playing on real historical but obscure alliances which took place during the 1920s.
Poland controls large areas of Belarus and could well decide to attack a weakened Russia again, perhaps with help from other similarly minded Eastern European nations such as the Fascist Latvia ruled by the Perkonkrusts movement.
Poland, I think, will be ruled by Piłsudski himself and will certainly be the centre of an encircling alliance against Russia. Poland controls Nationalist Ukraine, led by Symon Petlyura, as a puppet, and could well extend its influence into the Baltic States. However, there could well be conflict with Austria which has its eyes on the breadbasket of Ukraine and wishes to install Vasyl I as King of Ukraine.
Poland is vulnerable from the West from a Marxist ruled Germany, and if Germany and France (both Marxist) put aside their differences, Poland will be in trouble indeed. The German enclave of East Prussia, blocked off from the Marxist Germans by the Danzig corridor, is also the last remnant of the German Empire still controlling a few colonies and vowing revenge against the Marxists ruling Germany proper. If the going gets really tough, Poland may have to link up with nations further afield, playing on real historical but obscure alliances which took place during the 1920s.
Poland controls large areas of Belarus and could well decide to attack a weakened Russia again, perhaps with help from other similarly minded Eastern European nations such as the Fascist Latvia ruled by the Perkonkrusts movement.
Awsome Anything about the UK and USA and any screenshots of them
Thanks and keep up the good work
Thanks and keep up the good work
any info about the Balkans and central Europe ?(Austria Hungary ,Romania ,Bulgaria,Serbia etc )
Poland sounds nice. It'd be very nice to see a power struggle in 1935, after Piłsudski's death. Alternatively, you can assume the Marshall did not suffer from cancer and lived well into late thirties, possibly even fourties (He'd have had 80 years in 1947 - age simmilar to Ferdinand Foch) - a plan that, IIRC was taken into account for ATR, but was ultimately given up.
I second for showing us the Balkans - Bulgaria has always been one of my favourite countries to play. Is Ferdinand I still in power? Would Bulgaria be a reasonable regional power, or be degradated to minor status, as in vanilla?
I second for showing us the Balkans - Bulgaria has always been one of my favourite countries to play. Is Ferdinand I still in power? Would Bulgaria be a reasonable regional power, or be degradated to minor status, as in vanilla?
Here are a few screenshots of our well-researched cabinets- though I do say so myself - sorry that I can't give any more info on Western Europe or North America but as you may have noticed my primary area of responsibility for this mod is the former Russian Empire, parts of China, India and the Middle East.
Bogdo Khanate of Mongplia
Emirate of Bukhara (i.e Kaiserreich Turkestan)
Alash Orda (Kazakhstan)
Using our Turkish skin- you can also see in this screenshot some of the countries available in the mod. They'll also all be referred to in game by their names in native languages.
- sorry that I can't give any more info on Western Europe or North America but as you may have noticed my primary area of responsibility for this mod is the former Russian Empire, parts of China, India and the Middle East.Bogdo Khanate of Mongplia
Emirate of Bukhara (i.e Kaiserreich Turkestan)
Alash Orda (Kazakhstan)
Using our Turkish skin- you can also see in this screenshot some of the countries available in the mod. They'll also all be referred to in game by their names in native languages.
Here's another full screenshot:
Israeli cabinet in 1930 (when the game begins), ruled by the left-wing Mapai party.
Israeli cabinet in 1930 (when the game begins), ruled by the left-wing Mapai party.
Eh...
I don't like it when the names of countries aren't in English. It makes the game look messy.
But I'll live, the mod seems so superb, that little fact won't bug me.
I don't like it when the names of countries aren't in English. It makes the game look messy.
But I'll live, the mod seems so superb, that little fact won't bug me.
We'll probably make an alternate version for people that don't like native names, though we guessed that this would make the whole thing would increase immersion even if we're sticking to the Latin Alphabet.
Polish cabinet is on hold since I'm going to re-verify it soon. As you can see we put a lot of efforts into tiny nations but we're doing almost the same for the big countries but this take more time.
Just the same as Poland.
I would be glad to finally have a release date but I prefer to say as usual "It's done when it's done". What I can say is that we'll probably not take another yearSo you have not got a release date then
Ok then will just have to wait
In the mean time isthere any new screenshots to keep us entertained
Cheers and Keep up the good work
This mod is definatly looking great!
But I agree about the names; when you speak about Spain in a French (I beleive its our mother language to both) discussion you will rever to 'l'Espagne' and not to 'l'Espana'. You speak about Cologne and not about Köln, about 'Chine' and not 'Zongghuo'. It is sure interesting to know country names in their native languages but since the whole mod is in English the country names should be as well.
But I agree about the names; when you speak about Spain in a French (I beleive its our mother language to both) discussion you will rever to 'l'Espagne' and not to 'l'Espana'. You speak about Cologne and not about Köln, about 'Chine' and not 'Zongghuo'. It is sure interesting to know country names in their native languages but since the whole mod is in English the country names should be as well.