Ohh, so our current generals were with us during the civil war? That is useful.
Hmm, I presume that whilst our generals were with us during the civil war a large portion of the nation's military stayed on the sidelines? That would be the same nation's military that we now command.
Basically, do we have a core of loyal military men that are personally loyal and an outer sphere who are basically the rest of the military?
Loyalty is a tricky thing. Considering that things were actually a bit of a civil war, your top officers have (nominally) belonged to your group, though they've spent more time with one another rather than with you. They seemed to be agreeable to your cause to begin with, and currently they're living rather high on the hog thanks to the extensive budgeting in their favor.
Meeting with the various factions might be a good idea, but considering we're probably going to have to end up purging at least some of them I'd rather not waste effort on it. We can figure out most of the same stuff by just asking
@Gunther who the main factions are and what they want. Speaking of, Gunther, who are the main factions and what do they want (in our eyes of course)?
Well, to break it down, there's several core groups in your government. There's subdivisions that somewhat blur the lines (for example, motorists who will be displeased if you institute a gas tax.)
These groups are:
Patriots - They want a strong military, high GDP, and for the borders to expand all the way to the sea. Their biggest constituent is your former hardcore supporters, and draws on all demographics.
Socialists - They wish for strong, centralized government. They're willing to accept new taxes to pay for extra services, but at the moment they want government-run utilities. Tends towards the middle and lower classes.
Capitalists - The antithesis of your socialist population, and admittedly a smaller percentage of the population, they also are some of your wealthiest citizens. While trickle-down policies don't necessarily result in everyone getting richer, tax cuts for the wealthy tends to bring them in, and that means more revenues on your part. They favor privatization; seeing the state as a business to be run. Tends towards the upper and middle classes.
Religious - Catholics and Muslims are the two major religious populations, which tends to coincide along ethnic lines. Each wishes to see the other cast out, and each also pushes for national holidays and enforcement of religious norms.
Military - Goes without saying. These men point guns at people for you, and tend to overlap with the poor and middle class along the lower ranks. Your nation still boasts a system of military in which officers buy their commission, leaving it a bit of a skewed demographics. They enjoy a high budget and new toys.
Communists - It's not the Balkans if there aren't Communists! To be fair, these people tend to be the elderly and the poor, and favor strong ties to Russia. They also support a universal minimum income, as well as government control of almost all sectors of life and state-run unions.
Your government, internally, features a high representation between the military, upper class, and patriots. The poor, despite being the bulk of your support, lack the education needed to run bureaucracy. There's also a fairly even distribution of capitalist and socialist amongst the government, as well as communists in the older ranks.
Do we have any assets to entice some of the western countries to send economic aid? Also could we agree to signing some of the international treaties, like Nuclear non proliferation an kyoto to try and get some aid. We do need to stamp down on corruption as well, if we do we can then allocate some of our budget to pay down our debt and try to get onto a net positive.
You do have some oil deposits, though some private corporations (complete with mercenary muscle) have set up on the richest deposit. Your heavy manufacturing, when running, can also be geared towards both consumer and industrial goods. Finally, if you aren't afraid of dealing with some unhappy foreign corporate types, you can also nationalize the corporate facilities refining the titanium you mine up. Titanium, oil, and manufacturing are some of your biggest assets when it comes to achieving foreign aid (though it might undermine your legitimacy to local patriots.)
You could certainly cash in on popular, incentivized treaties, though they tie your hands in exchange for the little perks you get. Becoming a nuclear power gets harder to an extent, for example.
So! To answer your questions, Redtape...
