British Malaya
British Malaya is an integrated puppet of United Kingdom and a member of the British Commonwealth located in South East Asia. It is bordered by
Siam in the north and
Dutch East Indies in the south.
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Historical background[edit]
The first European outposts in the region were established by the Dutch in the 17th century. The British occupied these during the Napoleonic wars, and confirmed their control through a treaty with the Netherlands in 1824, which formally separated Malaya from the Dutch East Indies. Initially limited to Singapore and a few other trading centers, in the late 19th century British rule expanded over the whole peninsula.
British dominance over the Malay peninsula was of vital interest to the Empire, due to its abundant resources as well as Singapore's strategic location at the southern end of the Straits of Malacca, the most direct passage between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Japan invaded Malaya and Singapore in December 1941. The swift fall of Singapore, thought to be well-defended, was one of the greatest British setbacks in the Pacific theater and was called the "worst disaster" in British military history by Churchill. The Japanese occupation persisted until the end of the war in August 1945.
Following the war, Malaya returned to British control but enjoyed increased autonomy. It became independent in 1957 and merged with Singapore, British North Borneo and Sarawak to form Malaysia in 1963. Singapore was expelled from Malaysia in 1965.
National focus[edit]
- Main article: Generic national focus tree
British Malaya utilizes the generic national focus tree.
Some focuses in other countries' trees relate to Malaya. The United Kingdom's focuses in the "Fortify East Asia" branch of its politics tree add several land and coastal forts and anti-air to Singapore state, while slightly lowering autonomy. Additionally,
Australia has two ahistorical focuses that allow it to request control of Malaya from Britain, making Malaya (if it accepts) an Australian puppet instead of a direct British one.
Technology[edit]
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British Malaya starts with 3 research slots, and can acquire 2 more from the generic focus tree.
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British Malaya is not part of the Commonwealth technology sharing group, but will join the group automatically if it raises autonomy to Colony or higher.
Politics[edit]
As a Democratic country, British Malaya has a positive relationship with other Democratic countries (+20) and a slight negative relationship with everyone else (-10). British Malaya begins the game in the Allies. If the Together for Victory expansion has been activated, it starts as an integrated puppet of the United Kingdom with 500 autonomy points on the way to becoming a puppet.
National spirits[edit]
British Malaya starts with no national spirits.
Political parties[edit]
British Malaya starts as a Democratic nation. There are no elections.
Staff and designers[edit]
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Armor Company | Tank Designer |
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Naval Company | Ship Designer |
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Industrial Company | Industrial Concern |
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Electronics Company | Electronics Concern |
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Economy[edit]
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Laws[edit]
Malaya starts with the following laws:
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Resources[edit]
Malaya is very rich in resources for a small country. It has the majority of the world's rubber, a great deal of tungsten, and moderate amounts of steel and oil.
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Industry[edit]
British Malaya has virtually no industry in 1936.
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Military[edit]
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At the start of the game, British Malaya is reliant on its colonial master for defense and does not have a navy and an air force. It does however have control over 2 small infantry divisions. Overall, it has a total manpower of 56.86K with 6.00K in the army, leaving 50.86K available for recruitment.
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Infantry | 2 |
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Total divisions | 2 |
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Total ships | 0 |
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Total planes | 0 |
Army[edit]
The entirety of the military consists of 2 Malaya Infantry Brigades made up of 3 infantry battalions each.
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British Malaya has no navy, but does possess 25 convoys.
Air force[edit]
British Malaya does not start with any aircraft.
Military staff[edit]
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Zachary Roberts | Army Offense (Specialist) |
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Colbert Churchill | Army Defense (Specialist) |
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Strategies and guides[edit]
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Re-form the Thalassocracy[edit]
With the Waking the Tiger DLC enabled, British Malaya is arguably one of the most difficult nations to play as, due to it having the Generic Focus Tree and being an Integrated Puppet of the United Kingdom, there is not much room for the player to declare war on other countries. The player in this case has two choices. The first is to use the "Increase Autonomy" Continuous Focus to break free of the United Kingdom and second is to ignite a civil war. The latter is recommended due to the former taking an excruciatingly long time to complete, and also prevents the player from using the focus tree for better rewards.
When starting the game, pick the "Political Effort" focus to get started. This focus, when complete after 70 days, grants the player an extra 120 political power, which when combined with the 70 pp accumulated, allows the player to pick a Political Advisor. Pick the Communist Revolutionary or the Fascist Demagogue. While there is already high support for Communism in the nation, it should be noted that going down the
Fascist path is recommended if the player wishes to gain control of the
Dutch East Indies more quickly later in-game. While waiting for Stability to drop low enough and the popularity of Fascism to go high enough, it is essential that the player takes the "Industrial Effort" path for the focus tree and rush down the "Armament Effort" branch to accumulate as many Millitary Factories as possible for the civil war. The "Naval Effort" focus can also be completed if the player wants to undertake a naval invasion during the civil war. Research Marines and/or Paratroopers. Mountaineers are also a good template. Train around 2-3 divisons but DO NOT deploy them until the civl war has started. Allocate your civilian factory to build one military factory.
The player should note that the civil war should only be fired when the 2-3 divisions lined up for deployment have received sufficient weapons, the various decisions such as "Ensure Lower Army Command Loyalty", "Expand Civil/Military Support" have been taken. If the player is planning a naval invasion (which is recommended, as the player really cannot afford to allocate another military factory for transport planes), wait until at least one destroyer has been built in order to gain naval superiority for a naval invasion. Once you have 3 divisions queued up for deployment and one destroyer built, the civil war can be fired. The democratic side should be in North Borneo while the player controls Singapore, which is the reason why a naval invasion is required. The player can immediately deploy the 2-3 divisons they have stored up, and rush a naval invasion of North Borneo with the 1 divison they already have. The democratic supporters will be no match at all, due to the sheer difference in number of troops.
Once the civil war has ended, join the Axis if you are fascist. Germany will very likely accept you. Immediately justify on the Dutch East Indies once the civil war has ended. You need them to re-form the Majapahit Empire. Have a paradrop planned on the to victory points on the western islands, plan naval invasions to every single victory point the Dutch East Indies have and station around 6 divisions in North Borneo on the East Indies Border, in case the Dutch attack you. Declare war immediately when possible. You will essentially be fighting against both the
Netherlands and the East Indies. Germany will offer to help you in the war. Do not call them into war until you have capitulated the East Indies, or when they are close to capitulation. (This should be easy, as all of the East Indies' victory points are next to the sea. Micro your divisions to occupy as much land as possible if they have yet to capitulate, avoid engaging in actual combat, with the exception of the western islands and the North Borneo border.) Keep pumping out Infantry Divsions in the meantime. Germany will steamroll the Dutch easily on mainland Europe, so you need as many victory points as possible to annex the East Indies at the peace conference. Once you have all the islands, you can proclaim the creation of the
Greater Indonesian Confederacy, or as its fascist name, the Majapahit Empire.
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