Austria

Vienna

Non-Aligned, Centrism

Neutral

Austria is a mountainous, medium sized country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany and Czechoslovakia to the north, Switzerland to the west, Italy and Yugoslavia to the south and Hungary to the east.

Historical background[edit | edit source]

The Republic of German-Austria (Or Republik Deutschösterreich or Deutsch-Österreich) was formed in 1918 after the abdication of the Emperor Carl I with the Social Democrat Karl Renner as Chancellor of Austria. And as one of the defeated powers of WWI Austria was forced to signed the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The territory of Austria was greatly reduced to 25% of its original territory, forced to reduce the army to 30 000 and to pay war reparations. Ethnic Germans were separated from Austrian lands as a result. To make it worse, the newly landlocked Austria lost their ability to trade via the sea, causing their economic situation to collapse. Austria also became dependent on its neighbors for trade, particularly the newly formed Weimar Republic to the north.

In 1927, during a political clash in Schattendorf, an old man and a child were shot and killed by Heimwehr. On 14 July 1927 the shooters were acquitted and left-wing supporters began a massive protest during which the Ministry of Justice building was burned. To restore order police and army shot and killed 89 people and injured 600. The huge protest is known as the July Revolt of 1927. Social Democrats called for a general strike which lasted four days.

After the 1927 events the conservative elements became stronger and violence in Austria continued to escalate until the early 1930s when Engelbert Dollfuss became Fuhrer.

In 1938 Austria was annexed by German Reich.

National focus[edit | edit source]

Generic national focus tree.

Main article: Generic national focus tree

Austria, lacking a unique national focus tree, uses the generic national focus tree instead.

The generic focus tree has 5 main branches:

Army Effort branch: Gives army experience and research bonuses to army research.
Aviation Effort branch: Gives air experience, builds air bases, and research bonuses to air research.
Naval Effort branch: Gives navy experience, builds naval dockyards, and research bonuses to navy research.
Industrial Effort branch: Builds civilian and military factories (usually even if building slots are already full), infrastructure and grants extra research slots.
Political Effort branch: Gives the country choices on which political path they will take.

Technology[edit | edit source]

Austria starts with 3 research slots.

Army technology	Naval technology	Air technology	Electronics & Industry
Infantry Equipment I Mountaineers I Support Equipment Engineer I Recon I	None	Interwar Fighter	None
Doctrines
None	None	None

Cosmetic names[edit | edit source]

Austria has various unique cosmetic names for its equipment, listed here. Note that generic names are not listed.

Infantry equipment list
Name	Type	Techyear
Steyr M95/30	Basic Eq.	1918
Steyr Stutzen M95/30	Weapons I	1936
Steyr MP34	Weapons II	1939
Steyr MG30	Weapons III

Artillery techs
Tech year	Anti-Air	Artillery	Rocket Artillery	Anti-Tank
1934		7,5 cm M. 15
1936
1939		15 cm schw. FH M.15
1940
1942		15 cm Autokanone M. 15/16
1943

Politics[edit | edit source]

Austria is a Non-Aligned nation. It has no elections. Austria has the following political parties:

Political party	Ideology	Popularity	Party leader	Country name	Is ruling?
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs	Democratic	1%	Karl Renner	Republic of Austria	No
Kommunistische Partei Österreichs	Communist	1%	Alfred Klahr	Austrian Soviet Republic	No
DNSAP	Fascist	50%	Arthur Seyss-Inquart	Deutschsozialen Austria	No
Vaterländische Front	Non-Aligned	48%	Kurt Schuschnigg	Austria	Yes

National spirits[edit | edit source]

None

Diplomacy[edit | edit source]

Under the German national focus tree, Germany may annex Austria in their fascist branch, return the Habsburgs to their throne in their Monarchist branch or ally Austria in their Democratic branch.

Under the Hungarian national focus tree, Hungary may restore the Austro-Hungarian Empire in their Monarchist branch via war or referendum or guarantee Austria via their Fascist branch.

Austria has claims on the Italian states of Alto Adige and Trentino.

Austria may form Austria-Hungary by controlling all of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, northern Yugoslavia and western Romania

Staff and designer[edit | edit source]

Political advisors
Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost
Arthur Seyss-Inquart	Prince of Terror	Effect of Partisans against us: -25.00% Foreign Subversive Activities Efficiency: -30% Non-core Manpower: +2.00%	150
Leopold Figl	Popular Figurehead	Stability: +15.0%	150
Julius Raab	Captain of Industry	Civilian Factory Construction Speed: +10.00% Infrastructure Construction Speed: +10.00% Synthetic refinery Construction Speed: +10.00%	150
Franz Koritschoner	Communist Revolutionary	Daily Communism Support: +0.10	150
Adolf Schärf	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.10	150
Wilhelm Miklas	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.10	150
Hans Meyer	Illusive Gentleman	Operative slots: +1 Agency upgrade time: -15%	150

Tank designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost
Steyr-Daimler-Puch	Tank Designer	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor: Reliability: +5.0%	150

Ship designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost
Naval Company	Ship designer	Naval Research Speed: +15%	150

Aircraft designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost
Light Air Company	Light aircraft	Air Research Speed: +15% Fighter: Agility: +10.0% Fighter: Max Speed: +10.0% Carrier Fighter: Agility: +10.0% Carrier Fighter: Max Speed: +10.0%	150
Medium Air Company	Medium aircraft	Air Research Speed: +15% Heavy Fighter: Reliability: +20.0% Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20.0% Scout Planes: Reliability: +20.0%	150
Heavy Air Company	Heavy aircraft	Air Research Speed: +15% Strategic Bomber: Strategic Bombing: +10.0%	150
Naval Air Company	Naval aircraft	Air Research Speed: +15% Naval Bomber: Range: +10.0% Naval Bomber: Naval Attack: +10.0% CV Naval Bomber: Range: +10.0% CV Naval Bomber: Naval Attack: +10.0% Carrier Fighter: Range: +10.0% Carrier Fighter: Agility: +10.0% Carrier CAS: Range: +10.0% Carrier CAS: Naval Attack: +10.0%	150

Materiel designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost
Small Arms Company	Infantry Equipment designer	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15%	150
Motorization Company	Motorized Equipment designer	Motorization Research Speed: +15%	150
Hirtenberger	Artillery designer	Artillery Research Speed: +15%	150

Industrial concern
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost
Industrial Company	Industrial Concern	Industrial Research Speed: +15%	150
Electronics Company	Electronics Concern	Electronics Research Speed: +15%	150

Theorists
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost
Otto Meixner von Zweienstamm	Military Theorist	Army Experience Gain: +0.05 Land Doctrine Research Speed: +10%	align="center"\|150
Julius Yllam	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Experience Gain: +0.05 Air Doctrine Research Speed: +10%	align="center"\|150

Economy[edit | edit source]

Laws[edit | edit source]

Conscription Law	Economy Law	Trade Law
Volunteer Only 1.5% Recruitable population	Civilian Economy 35% Consumer Goods factories –30% Factory construction speed +30% Factory (type) conversion cost –40% Fuel gain per oil –25% Fuel capacity	Export Focus 50% Resources to market +5% Research speed +10% Factory/Dockyard output +10% Construction speed +20% Civilian intelligence to others +10% Navy intelligence to others

Industry and resources[edit | edit source]

Resources
	Type	No.
	Aluminium	2
	Chromium	0
	Oil	2
	Rubber	0
	Steel	8
	Tungsten	0

Industry
	Type	No.
	Civilian factory	9
	Military factory	3
	Naval dockyard	0

Industry: Austria has 5 civilian factories and 3 military factories in Lower Austria, 3 civilian factories in Upper Austria and 1 civilian factories in Tyrol. It has 3 more building slots each in Upper Austria and Tyrol.

Resources: Austria's Oil is in Lower Austria while its other resources are in Upper Austria. With the Waking the Tiger expansion, Austria gains decently amounts of oil that can be acquired via resource prospecting decisions

Military[edit | edit source]

Austria has a military roughly as strong as Hungary. However, it's weak in comparison with any of its other neighbors.

Army
	Type	No.
	Infantry	4
	Cavalry	1
	Motorized infantry	0
	Light tank	0
	Marine	0
	Mountaineer	4
	Paratrooper	0
	Total divisions	9

Navy
	Type	No.
	Destroyer	0
	Light cruiser	0
	Heavy cruiser	0
	Battlecruiser	0
	Battleship	0
	Submarine	0
	Carrier	0
	Convoy	0
	Total ships	0

Air force
	Type	No.
	Close air support	0
	Fighter	42
	Heavy fighter	0
	Naval bomber	0
	Tactical bomber	0
	Strategic bomber	0
	Transport	0
	Total planes	42

Army: Their Infantry has 9 units with engineer companies, their mountaineers have 6 units with engineer companies and their cavalry has 4 units.

Navy: As a landlocked nation, they do not have a navy.

Air force: They have 42 fighters.

Strategies and guides[edit | edit source]

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Austria. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

Austria is an extremely difficult nation to play. The Germans are on your border, and will attempt to annex you. You have until around 1937-1938 to prepare. Focus on the industry branch of the focus tree, getting as many military factories as possible. You should then focus on the political branch. Going democratic or communist is ideal, so you can join a major faction when the Germans invade. Remaining fascist can get you manpower though, if you decide to remain fascist, ally Italy if possible, or Japan, though allying with Japan is less rewarding. You should make a lot of weaker infantry divisions, instead of trying to get ideal stats. This tends to make the AI hesitant to attack your lines. When the Germans attack you will mainly want to hold out in the mountains. If you are not playing iron man, you should save before the Germans press for Anschluss, because if the Germans make it through the mountains, they will have a stronger attack. Once you make your defensive line, you can just wait until the German AI overwhelms itself. Joining the Allies or Comintern will speed this up. Once you defeat the Germans, your army should be big enough to establish dominance in central Europe.

It is possible to avoid Germany's attempt to annex you. If you go fascist and ask to join the Axis, Germany will accept you into the faction, however, this alone will not save you because if you refuse their annex request, Germany will kick you from the Axis and declare war on you. The way around that is to be in a war with another nation with whom Germany is also at war. If you refuse the request, Germany will still kick you from the Axis, but because you both have a common enemy and are both fascist, they send you an invite to join the Axis right after kicking you. You aren't entirely safe because Germany does maintain a war goal against you until February 1940, but if you can ride that out or strengthen your position, perhaps by forming Austria-Hungary, they are likely to look elsewhere.

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