Played it over a year ago and got absolutely rammed in every department so I want some pointers on how for my next run, namely:How to go full dictator.How to deal with the old guard fuckheads and oligarchs.How to not shit the bed with the economy.How to shit on Lespia the most.And optionally avoid the Rumburg war and join the communists to further piss on Lespia if possible.
>>2142607>How to go full dictator.By "full" I assume you want to give yourself MoH and privatize everything in which case you need both oligarchs, nationalists, bluds and the libs. Oligarchs can be won over by giving them contract. I don't think tax cut is necessary. Also troll koronelli by saying you will nationalize and then back off.Nationalists will always support you afaik To win bluds don't pass racist bills and pick the lib option in prologue. Maybe also invest in bergia idkLibs will always support you if you promise a cabinet position Also spend 5 money on campaigning and you should win by 10 votes>How to deal with the old guard fuckheads and oligarchs.Old guard becomes irrelevant after passing dictator constitution and removing them from court. Oligarchs can be put to jail when you nationalize everything and targeted when you form SSP. >How to not shit the bed with the economy.Idk just aim for synergies if you're allied with commies build a naval port etc it should be intuitive. Economy doesn't really matter if you're not going for 1v1 Rumburg on mass mob in which case you need everything to be green. I failed that cuz I was too racist and couldn't get bergia to green so don't be racist and you're economy will be better
>>2142607>How to shit on Lespia the most.They don't have much content but I guess allying with valgsland and winning rumburg war will give commies the most advantage >And optionally avoid the Rumburg war 1. Fuck them in the UN (hard)2. Be peaceful and pay reparations (easy)3. Join an alliance (very easy)
>>2142622I once read here that there is a path you can take to get empowered by the old guard and then fuck them over so I assumed that was the dictator path. Also working with the oligarchs and then nationalizing them is possible right? Also on those choices you mentioned like promising a cabinet position, I can go back on the deal and stuff like that?
>>2142651>get empowered by the old guard and then fuck them overIt's possible and it's more brutal than the normal dictator path. You need to first work with the Old Guard and start the state of emergency but then turn against them and and ally the Young Sords and have them murder Hawker. The rest of the Old Guard will be too scared to do anything after that. I think you also need to have the secret police and use them against the Old Guards. The Oligarchs you can just arrest when you nationalise their companies.
*hits pipe*
>>2142751These guys have a knack for making me hate women.
>>2142764at least she's way easier to gaslight than bitch Monica, I had no problem getting her to agree to marry Axel. And apparently you can even make her fall for Rico through a specific series of events if you're terrible at hunting and injure his dog
>>2142607in my opinion the devs should have clarified things more. the base game is too opaque when it comes to managing resources, especially for a """political simulation game""" where budgeting and economics are central to making good decisions and stuff. theres no clear display of your total national budge or annual revenue, or how close you are to going into a deficit. I heard they fixed some of those with the rizzia dlc?
I regret ever trying to accomodate and work with all parties to democratize Sordland further.I cut a check to that worm Ricter to guarantee his support, only to see his party being spared by the ensuing media shitstorm.I tried so hard to love Monica and support her, but she just wouldn't relent on trying to usurp my presidency and make it about women's rights.I banned both youth factions because of the daily killings and I was slapped in the face with accusations of authoritarianism.I did my best to appease Bludia only to narrowly escape assassination.I reinforced the army with Lancea only to be betrayed by the wicked bitch in my cabinet, and die with him during the siege of Holsord.It was a great experience. Many thanks to the german government for thoroughly smashing my delusional views about democracy, and to Gus Manger for doing his job right without a fuss.
>>2142860I should try playing democrat for once. I played like 50 times but I always went dictator since other option sucked
>>2142860>ensuing media shitstormyou've gotta censor the media if you're gonna bribe people>I tried so hard to love Monica and support her, but she just wouldn't relentyeah you just need to gaslight her the entire way and then at the end say "oh darn we couldn't get your retarded bill to pass oh well sorry honey" and she's okay with it>I did my best to appease Bludia only to narrowly escape assassinationdid you pass any of the dumb NFP bills? I assimilation-maxxed and mainly did agricultural economy focus on Bergia and the Bluds loved me despite having never supported any of their separatist bullshit>I reinforced the army with Lancea only to be betrayed by the wicked bitch in my cabinetwait which wicked bitch, and how did they betray you?
The abrupt way of winning the war makes a lot more sense when you realize it's all in Rayne's head while he's knocked out in a cocaine-fueled coping session.
There should be a DLC where you play as some warlord in notAfrica. Even doing the most basic Rizian government function would feel like a revolutionary act while having access to flexible political and ethnic decisions.
>fullfil all of my campaign promises>the recession is ending>develop the land>oppress bluds>deal with the east as promised>change the constitution >champion worker's rights>defend the faith>stop a pandemic>start investing in healthcare >20% of the people support me>Lucian argues it is barely salvageableI hate democracy. This whole fucking region is cursed with retarded people if that retard van Pooper can get reelected after fumbling away the region's only ally for nothing.
>>2143686 It's not your fault, Rizia is just bugged. In my first run I did everything perfect and got a coup off screen because I didn't let the guy uncork the wine.
>>2143686you still really fucked up somehow if you're at 20% approval, is there mass unrest?>if that retard van Pooper can get reelectedyeah he's by far the most retarded of all the leaders, completely misunderstands the terrible situation his country is in and how desperately he needs allies. I hate him and have never been able to bring myself to side with him in any of my playthroughs>>2143947he's talking about Sordland. also are you talking about the house toras wine event or what?
>>2142751Ugly pugface
>>2144069>you still really fucked up somehow if you're at 20% approvalI don't know how. Economy was improving, I passed the dictator constitution, supported worker's rights bills while placating conservatives and so on until everything went tits up for no apparent reason. Also, as it turns out, CSP membership means jack shit and Rumburg invades anyway. And since I didn't have any allies besides Vargs and didn't invest in the army I lost regardless. CSP as a whole didn't help in any way other than hurting my trade. Furthering my theory that Smolak is the only competent and trustworthy guy in the whole region.
>>2144268Are you sure you allied with CSP and not just Valgsland? It shouldn't be possible for them to invade if you're in a faction. Anyway it's really easy to avoid war just by being peaceful and not allying with your neighbours.
Rizia seems alot easier compared to sordland, my first rizia run i managed to reunite lost lands without war and get a pretty stable economy despite flip-flopping on a lot of issues, and i went in completely blind.
>>2144295>my first rizia run i managed to reunite lost lands without war and get a pretty stable economy despite flip-flopping on a lot of issues, and i went in completely blind.That's the easiest path. The problem is that you get couped at the end
>>2142607flip off the judges, apply tough love to tycoons, give everything to serge, have friends among the secret police and the nationalists, don't investigate yourself for corruption if you're corrupt, and most importantlyORDER THE FUCKING SALADand join nato, this isn't yugoslavia
>>2144332>and join natoI'll rather ally with Rumburg. In NATO You literally get cucked
>>2144339you can tell the prez to fuck off and he actually does
>>2144341>Implying he won't do it behind your back
>>2144345>implying he wouldn't get kennedy'd
>>2144346>Implying you wouldn't get euromaidan'd the moment he grows tired of shagging your wifehttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/-EZXgLW-VII
>>2144368you don't euromaidan your allies anon, not with blocs like grace or csp in very close proximityit's not anybody's fault your rayne was a cuck
>>2144424ATO doesn't have allies, only puppets. US literally sided with USSR against their NATO allies during suez crisis because it didn't like them having sovereignity and influence
>>2144457>ATO doesn't have allies, only puppetsthat would be the warsaw pact, NATO allies bicker all the time
>>2144298I was not couped thoughever
How do Rizian war stages work? If I lose phase 1 do I get a different phase 2 and vice versa? I might have to rewind a couple of turns since only four action points is killing me.
>>2142607Not a /vst/ game
>How to go full dictator.>How to deal with the old guard fuckheads and oligarchs.Both have the same answer: if you can't beat them, join them.Give the Old Guard some scraps (let Soll live in peace, crack down on commies and Bluds) and placate the oligarchs with favorable contracts and policies (but don't make yourself indebted to any of them). You don't really have to give a shit about the constitutional reform, because ultimately it serves you just fine to leave it the way it is.>How to not shit the bed with the economy.Just follow the Keynesian playbook. Deficit spending, up to a point (-7 seems to be the breaking point), and pick the right policies for short-term economic growth. I have always gotten positive results with the train project to Laclaven and the agricultural zone (which also pacifies the Bluds because they get jobs). And do everything you can to butter up to Arcasia, since they will give you trade deals and military support in the end.I tried my hardest to piss off the Bluds to start a civil war, but they didn't even try to assassinate me in this run. Smoked cigars with Soll and Hawker as we laughed about fucking over liberals. Easily reelected and kept the Rayne Train going for another four years.
Is there a full world map? The one in the game is very nice looking but I want to look at the scale of how irrelevant Sordland and Rizia's shitflinging is.
>>2145053what happens on that continent on the right?
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>>2142751>in her early 20s>looks like she's in her late 30sRumburgian genetics...
>I solve every problem and avoid every pitfall>Become an Extreme CentristAnd all I had to do was sacrifice my best friend! I really wish we could play for at least one more term
>>2145134I imagine post Victory would be a lot less painful(and fun) since reparations may give you some money to work with and not have to tard-wrangle retards nowhere near as much. New areas would also improve the economy and dear God does Sordland need it. Comparing it to Rizia feels like comparing Moldavia and China. Rizia can pop a dam, several military industries, consumer industries and a port expansion while Sordland struggles to build a shitty highway. And noble houses are a lot less retarded and pushy, Vina excluded.
>>2143223>you've gotta censor the mediaThis one is on me, but I was more upset that the PFJP seemingly got away with taking a bribe while I got raked through the coals. Sordland has 2.5 parties, who the hell are you going to vote for if both are involved in the same "scandal"?>you just need to gaslight herDamn it was that easy>did you pass any of the dumb NFP billsNot that I recall, but I think I half-assed assmiliation, or that my speech wasn't neutral enough.>the wicked bitchLileas Graf from the interior. Against my better judgement (and my nigga Iosef's advice, sorry bud) and she immediately resigned to announce her bid for the USP primaries. I think this doomed my war against Rumburg too, so I hope it was worth it you whore.At least I wasn't caught being a terrible politician in real life. I'll get it right next run, after I finish Rizia.
>>2145230*against my better judgement, I transferred the gendarmerie to her and the interior ministry.
>>2144281>Anyway it's really easy to avoid war just by being peaceful and not allying with your neighboursAt least in the current version you still need to pay R*mb*rg reparations for them not to invade you even if you take all the peaceful response options, which is just so cringe I can never bring myself to do it, also tanks your approval. Best (and as someone else mentioned, most technically difficult as far as choosing all the right options) way to avoid war without an alliance is to get the AN to sanction Rumburg>>2144298Who did you get couped by? I also reunited all lands without war and was never in coup danger, I even deposed Rico at my university speech and House Toras was still cool with me. Azaro loved me because I married Lucita and Sazon was too weak and disorganized to do anything to me.>>2145405If anything that makes Lileas like you more and less likely to primary you, and Iosef more likely to coup you. So you must have really pissed her/the conservatives off in other ways. Also don't believe it has any effect on Rumburg war.
