British Malaya

Singapore

Democratic, Conservative

Allies

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.

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]

British Malaya starts with 3 research slots, and can acquire 2 more from the generic focus tree.

Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics & Industry
Infantry Eq. I Motorized Engineer Company I Recon Company I Great War Tank Light Tank I Towed Artillery Towed Anti-Air I	Destroyer II Light Cruiser I Heavy Cruiser I Battlecruiser I Battleship I Submarine I Transport Ship	Interwar Fighter Interwar Carrier Fighter Interwar Bomber Close Air Support I Naval Bomber I Carrier Naval Bomber I	Electronic Mechanical Engineering Radio Radio Detection
Doctrines
Grand Battleplan	Fleet in Being	None

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.

Political Party	Ideology	Popularity	Party Leader	Country Name	Is Ruling?
United Malays National Organisation	Democratic	29.11%	Shenton Thomas	Republic of Malaysia	Yes
Malayan Communist Party	Communist	29.11%	Lai Teck	Malay People's Republic	No
Panoceanic Unionists	Fascist	11.76%	Random Leader	Malaysia	No
Kesatuan Melayu Muda	Non-Aligned	30.00%	Ibrahim Hj Yaacob	Republic of Malaysia	No

Staff and designers[edit]

Political Advisors
Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Communist Politician	Communist Revolutionary	Daily Communism Support: +0.10	150
Democratic Politician	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.10	150
Fascist Politician	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.10	150
Thomas Churchill	Captain of Industry	Civilian Factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10%	150
Francis Stewart	Fortification Engineer	Land Fort construction speed: +20% Coastal Fort construction speed: +20% Anti Air construction speed: +20%	150
Max Napier	War Industrialist	Military Factory construction speed: +10% Dockyard construction speed: +10%	150

Tank Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Armor Company	Tank Designer	Armor Research Time: -10% Armor: Reliability: +5%	150

Ship Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Naval Company	Ship Designer	Naval Research Time: -10%	150

Aircraft Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Light Air Company	Light Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Fighter: Agility: +10% Max speed: +10% Carrier Fighter: Agility: +10% Max speed: +10%	150
Medium Air Company	Medium Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Heavy Fighter: Reliability: +20% Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20%	150
Heavy Air Company	Heavy Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Strategic Bomber: Strategic Bombing: +10%	150
Naval Air Company	Naval Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Naval Bomber: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% CV Naval Bomber: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10%	150

Materiel Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Motorization Company	Motorized Equipment Designer	Motorization Research Time: -10%	150
Small Arms Company	Infantry Equipment Designer	Weapons and Equipment Research Time: -10%	150
Artillery Company	Artillery Designer	Artillery Research Time: -10%	150

Industrial Concern
Concern	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Industrial Company	Industrial Concern	Industrial Research Time: -10%	150

Theorists
Theorist	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Geoffrey French	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Air Doctrine Research Time: -7%	150
Jake Havelock	Naval Theorist	Naval Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Naval Doctrine Research Time: -7%	150
Hubert Grant	Military Theorist	Army Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Land Doctrine Research Time: -7%	150

Economy[edit]

Laws[edit]

Malaya starts with the following laws:

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	Export Focus 50% Resources to market –5% Research time +10% Factory/Dockyard output +10% Construction speed

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.

Total resources 1936
Oil	Aluminum	Rubber	Tungsten	Steel	Chromium
16	20	497	246	26	0

Industry[edit]

British Malaya has virtually no industry in 1936.

Factories 1936
0 Military Factories	0 Naval Dockyard	1 Civilian Factory

Military[edit]

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.

Army
	Type	No.
	Infantry	2
	Total divisions	2

Navy
	Type	No.
	Total ships	0

Air force
	Type	No.
	Total planes	0

Army[edit]

The entirety of the military consists of 2 Malaya Infantry Brigades made up of 3 infantry battalions each.

Navy[edit]

British Malaya has no navy, but does possess 25 convoys.

Air force[edit]

British Malaya does not start with any aircraft.

Military staff[edit]

Chief of Army
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Winston Collin	Army Offense (Specialist)	Division Attack: +5%	150
Graham Dundas	Army Defense (Specialist)	Division Defense: +5%	150

Chief of Navy
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Richard Cochrane	Decisive Battle (Expert)	Capital Ship Attack: +10% Capital Ship Armor: +10% Screen Attack: +10% Screen Defense: +10%	150
Albert Roberts	Anti-Submarine (Expert)	Submarine Detection: +15%	150

Chief of Airforce
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Martin Thesiger	Close Air Support (Expert)	Close air support attack: +3% Close air support defense: +3% Close air support agility: +3%	150
Stanley Hardinge	All-Weather (Expert)	Bad Weather Penalty: -20%	150

Military High Command
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Alfred Fisher	Artillery (Specialist)	Artillery Attack: +10% Artillery Defense: +5%	150
Herbert Murphy	Army Logistics (Expert)	Division Attrition: -8%	150
William Tyrwhitt	Fleet Logistics (Specialist)	Naval max range factor: +5%	150
Edward Tyron	Air Combat Training (Expert)	Ace generation chance: +10%	150