Is it possible to get too much centralization? What happens if we do? Bad End?
Anyways,
[X] Accept The Czechoslovak Battalion's Offer (-2.00% Stability, +10 Army XP, +4000 Manpower)
Dirlewanger and his hoard of murderous men are about to pour into Orensburg, and they'll have whatever the crazy bastard in the Black Mountain has cooked up helping them do it. All we've got are some half-trained militias and a dubious ally in the Ural League, who I expect to turn on us the second we survive this war, if we survive it. It'd be idiotic to turn away any help.
[X] Grin And Bear It (+25 PP)
[X] A Single Investment Fund (-75 PP, Greatly Centralizes Orenburg)
[X] Roads Shall Break The Chains! (-50 PP, Centralizes Orenburg, 2 Infrastructure To Orenburg)
[X] Send The Czechs To The Ural League (+25 PP)
Let's not be too hasty guys. Remember that while that pile looks big, we will need to spend PP on every single focus. For that matter, the GM has said that we need to keep our PP positive to stay stable.
Great job ignoring the point where I explicitly said "while that pile looks big...". You might as well have not posted because this doesn't actually say anything. 😒
[X] A Fairer Burden (-25 PP, Centralizes Orenburg)
[X] A Supplementary Fund (-25 PP, Centralizes Orenburg)
[X] Roads Shall Break The Chains! (-50 PP, Centralizes Orenburg, 2 Infrastructure To Orenburg)
[X] Send The Czechs To The Ural League (+25 PP)
I'm going to be even more cautious. I think having a standing army with no loyalty to your political system is basically assisted suicide. And I'd like to keep enough PP to keep picking good options on following events.
I went for the moderate Fund option because I'm not sure the bigger one is worth thrice the price tag.
From what I know, no? We're past the point where too much centralization locks us onto Burba or Malenkov's paths. In fact, we need that centralization if we want LibSoc Orenburg to work. Otherwise, we just collapse back into squabbling communes.
Great job ignoring the point where I explicitly said "while that pile looks big...". You might as well have not posted because this doesn't actually say anything. 😒
Just because you think we can't afford to spend the PP doesn't mean you're correct, either the events will cost more than 500 or they won't. Obviously, we shouldn't spend our political power too frivolously but bolstering our military situation is well worth the cost.
From what I know, no? We're past the point where too much centralization locks us onto Burba or Malenkov's paths. In fact, we need that centralization if we want LibSoc Orenburg to work. Otherwise, we just collapse back into squabbling communes.
[X] A Fairer Burden (-25 PP, Centralizes Orenburg)
[X] A Single Investment Fund (-75 PP, Greatly Centralizes Orenburg)
[X] Roads Shall Break The Chains! (-50 PP, Centralizes Orenburg, 2 Infrastructure To Orenburg)
[X] Accept The Czechoslovak Battalion's Offer (-2.00% Stability, +10 Army XP, +4000 Manpower)
The rural communes would complain, but most of the Council felt they would come on board once they saw the benefits. Improvements to Orenburg city would pay dividends and end up improving all the communes in the long run.
"Look, if I went around calling myself Vozhd of the World Revolution because I said I found a secret letter written by Lenin, I'd get laughed out of town!"
Russia's harsh conditions meant that the worst of the worst would often be the ones to thrive, and that applied just as much to the Nazis as it did to our countrymen. It was good to keep that in mind sometimes, as if every Nazi were as psychotic as Dirlewanger, they would have never been able to achieve as much as they did.
In order to make sure that the communes still had a say in how funding would be distributed, the proposal to merge the various funds and budgets was implemented in full. The Worker's Congress would determine prioritization of the various requests and proposals, with the Council overseeing implementation and direction. Somewhat statelike, to be sure, but definitely better than the alternative.
There was a point to be made about the risk of accepting foreign mercenaries into our ranks, but most considered the boon of experienced troops to be worth it. Besides, they were socialists, and had been fighting against the Nazis for two decades. They deserved a place where they could settle down.
The first plan to be implemented under the new funding system would be the large-scale improvement of intra-commune infrastructure. It was an effective olive branch for the rural communes grumbling about tax redistribution, and a huge opportunity in general. Previous attempts to improve roads and even railroads had been shelved due to the constant German air raids. With the Nazis fighting amongst themselves, that was no longer an issue.
Finally, the issue of law and order would be settled in Orenburg. Despite what some may claim, a functioning system of mediation and judgement would be at the center of any anarchist enterprise, and the lack of such needed to be rectified. Justice would prevail in Orenburg.
This would take effort, and many insisted the informal system worked just fine. This was complete nonsense, as the informal system was a pseudo-capitalistic popularity contest, but it would be very difficult to uproot. It might be easier to make less extreme changes, or even merely token ones.
Malenkov's suggestion of reorganizing the revolutionary system of Popular Tribunals met with initial resistance, but the idea had some merit. Having the Council have a direct intermediary in the various communes to ensure that true justice was being carried out seemed sensible on the surface. The idea stank of Soviet repression and paranoia, however, and many considered it to be an unnecessary precaution.
The issue of lynching would have to be dealt with if we wanted to reform our judicial system. Despite the claims of those defending the practice, mob killings were the exact opposite of the sort of community justice we desired. They divided communities into feuding bodies, or worse created a hierarchy of violence as a minority was ground underneath the boot of a few charismatic individuals. However, the practice was widely defended in the more rural communes, and their representatives would likely balk at the idea of ending the killings.
[X] Radical Judicial Reforms (-50 PP, Greatly Centralizes Orenburg)
[X] Institute The Popular Tribunals (-50 PP, Centralizes Orenburg)
[X] Enforce Anti-Lynching Laws (-25 PP, Centralizes Orenburg)
Only reasons I'm not going with Radical Reforms are that I do think Popular Tribunals and Enforced Anti-Lynching Laws provide enough reforms to make a decent legal system and I do worry there might be some PP draining backlash when we least expect it.
Edit: Yeah no, that was being silly. Full reforms it is.
That he is. Bormann consistently tends to win in the demo, mostly due to the fact that he has the largest and most easily defended start. It's probably a function of the demo having no content or mechanics for the other factions, and there's almost certainly going to be a rebalance once the mod properly releases.
That he is. Bormann consistently tends to win in the demo, mostly due to the fact that he has the largest and most easily defended start. It's probably a function of the demo having no content or mechanics for the other factions, and there's almost certainly going to be a rebalance once the mod properly releases.
So, this is an announcement I've been saving for a while, but I'm on the dev team for a new HoI4 mod. What's the mod, you ask?
BRING THE WAR HOME details an alternate 1950s/1960s where things go very right-wing in the United States, leading to the collapse of federal authority and a massive civil war. Featuring a new map detailing the United States and the surrounding region, you'll be able to play as various state governments and/or revolting factions attempting to liberate the US, carve out their own secessionist state, or simply survive in the chaos. We've just released the first Lore Report detailing the alternate history on our Reddit page, and if you want to come ask us questions or even help development (which we would definitely appreciate) our Discord is right here.
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