British Raj

Delhi

Non-Aligned, Despotic

Neutral

In 1936, the British Raj is one of the largest countries in terms of manpower, area and natural resources. However, they are still a puppet of the United Kingdom and their fate is inevitably tied to that of the UK.

Historical background[edit]

The British Raj was the result of piecemeal annexation of Indian princely states by the British East India Company. After a series of failed mutinies in 1857, the British Government took control of India from the BEIC and the Raj was born with Queen Victoria being given the title of Empress of India. Modern day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar form part of the British Raj in 1936. Although some territories like Rajputana were independently governed under British suzerainty, they have been abstracted under the overall control of the Raj for game play purposes.

During World War II, British India fielded the largest volunteer army in the war, and used it to contain the Japanese advance into the Indian Ocean basin, as well as stopping Japanese advances into the Indian subcontinent. The Battle of Imphal was a critical victory that stopped the Japanese army's advances from occupied Burma. The war, however, was not without consequences to the people of the Raj, as wartime needs for the military often superseded any civilian concerns. A massive famine in the Bengal region was blamed upon the limited food aid sent by the British in favor of sending those supplies to the European and African theaters.

The British Raj suffered politically during the war as different groups vied to command leadership of the then flourishing Indian independence movement. The Muslim League and the Indian National Congress disagreed on their opinions on supporting the British war effort, with the League backing the British and Congress calling for supporting the British in exchange for concessions. Eventually, the British government agreed to consider Indian independence after the war ended. The last Viceroy of India, Louis Mountbatten, left in 1947, just two years after the war.

Events[edit]

Main article: British Raj events

National focus[edit]

British Raj's national focus tree.

Main article: British Raj national focus tree

British Raj, along with other nations of the British commonwealth, gets a unique national focus tree as part of the Together for Victory expansion. Without the expansion, the British Raj utilizes the Generic national focus tree.

The British Raj has a unique focus tree with 3 main branches:

Provincial Elections: Focuses on gaining independence and modifies the debilitating national spirits of the British Raj.
Lessons of the Great War: Focuses on expanding the army, establishes the air force and gives elite infantry divisions.
Great Indian Peninsula Railway: Focuses on building infrastructure, naval dockyards, and gives extra research slots.

Technology[edit]

The British Raj starts with the fewest technologies in the Commonwealth, lacking any tank or naval technologies whatsoever.

Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics & Industry
Infantry Eq. I Engineer Company I Recon Company I	None	Close Air Support I	Fuel Refining I
Doctrines
Grand Battleplan	Fleet in Being	None

The Raj starts with only 2 research slots. It can get a third quite quickly, but can't unlock any more until becoming independent. However, with Together for Victory it does get access to technology sharing from being in the Commonwealth. Becoming a dominion will increase the maximum cost reduction to -50% from -25%.

Politics[edit]

The British Raj in 1936 is beset with communal divisions between the Hindus and the Muslims, and the Burmese in the extreme east outright rejects any affinity with the Raj, insisting that they are a separate nation that was unreasonably incorporated into the Raj by the British only because of geographical proximity. In the game, this is represented by the states of Peshawar, Punjab, Quetta, Baluchistan and Sind in the west, and Mandalay and Burma in the east being classified as occupied states, which significantly reduces the amount of manpower, resources, and industrial capacity the player can utilize from these states.

National spirits[edit]

With the Together for Victory expansion enabled, the British Raj starts with the following national spirits in both the 1936 and 1939 scenarios. Otherwise, it does not start with any national spirits and the ones it gains are dependent on the choices it make in the generic national focus tree.

Princely States

Daily autonomy progress gain: -0.1

Marginalized Muslim Community

Recruitable Population Factor: -20%
Stability: -10.00%

Agrarian Society

Recruitable Population Factor: -69%

The local administrators believe that their agrarian lifestyle has made a large part of the Indian population simply unfit for military service or warfare of any kind. They maintain that we should only recruit from the so-called "martial tribes". This belief is so wide-spread and well-entreched that it will require at least a generation to overcome. For the foreseeable future, we must accept that they would simply ignore any order to draft farmers.

Risk of Famine

The Indian system of food production is very fragile. Even a small interruption might cause a collapse.

Princely States and Marginalized Muslim Community are automatically lost on becoming independent peacefully (including the more beneficial versions of these traits unlockable via focuses)^[1]. Princely States and Risk of Famine are also removed if India becomes communist or fascist^[2]. Agrarian Society can't be removed.

Diplomacy[edit]

With the Together For Victory expansion it is now possible to leave the Commonwealth. India can choose to join the Comintern or Axis via the Swaraj branch of its national focus tree. This will lead to a civil war which will be backed by its new allies.

Political parties[edit]

In both the 1936 and 1939 scenarios, the non-aligned Indian National Congress is the ruling political party in the British Raj with Lord Linlithgow acting as the Governor-General and Viceroy of India with overwhelming popularity.

Political Party	Ideology	Popularity	Party Leader	Country Name (If Independent)
Indian National Congress	Non-Aligned	80.00%	Lord Linlithgow	India
India Independence Movement	Democratic	17.00%	B. P. Sitaramayya	India
Communist Party of India	Communist	1.0%	P. Krishna Pillai	Indian People's Republic
All-India Hindu Assembly	Fascist	2.0%	V. D. Savarkar	Free India

Staff and designers[edit]

Political Advisors
Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.10 Has completed focus Indian National Congress Is not Supervised State	150
Karam Singh Mann	Communist Revolutionary	Daily Communism Support: +0.10 Has completed focus All India Forward Bloc Is not Supervised State	150
Subhas Chandra Bose	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.10 Has completed focus All India Forward Bloc Is not Supervised State	150
John Edward Golightly	Silent Workhorse	Political Power Gain: +15%	150
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari	Popular Figurehead	Stability: +15.00%	150
Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi	Compassionate Gentleman	Improve relations opinion: +15.00%	150
John Mathai	Captain of Industry	Infrastructure construction speed: +10.00% Civilian Factory construction speed: +10.00% Refinery construction speed: +10.00%	150
Sir Muhammed Iqbal	Backroom Backstabber	Political Power Gain: +5% Ideology drift defense: +15.0%	150
Agha Khan III	Ideological Crusader	Same ideology monthly opinion: +100.00%	150

Tank Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Armor Company	Tank Designer	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor: Reliability: +5%	150

Ship Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Mazagon Dock Limited	Escort Fleet Designer	Naval Research Speed: +15% Screen: Max Range: +30% Sub detection: +10% Max Speed: +10% Production Cost: +10.00%	150
Garden Reach Shipbuilders	Pacific Fleet Designer	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: Deck Size: +25% Armor: -15% Max Range: +25% Capital Ship: Max Range: +25% Screen: Max Range: +25% Submarine: Max Range: +25%	150
Scindia Shipbuilders	Atlantic Fleet Designer	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: Armor: +50% HP: +10% Capital Ship: Armor: +10% Heavy Attack: +10%	150

Aircraft Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Hindustan Aircraft Corporation	Light Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15% Fighter: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10%	150
Medium Air Company	Medium Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15% Heavy Fighter: Reliability: +20% Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20%	150
Heavy Air Company	Heavy Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15% Strategic Bomber: Strategic Bombing: +10%	150
Naval Air Company	Naval Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15% Naval Bomber: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% CV Naval Bomber: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% Carrier Fighter: Range: +10% Agility: +10% Carrier CAS: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10%	150

Materiel Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Ishapore Rifle Factory	Infantry Equipment Designer	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15%	150
Ordnance Factories Board	Artillery Designer	Artillery Research Speed: +15%	150
Motorization Company	Motorized Equipment Designer	Motorization Research Speed: +15%	150

Industrial Concerns
Concern	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Industrial Company	Industrial Concern	Industrial Research Speed: +15%	150
Electronics Company	Electronics Concern	Electronics Research Speed: +15%	150

Theorists
Theorist	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Rajendra Prasad	Military Theorist	Army Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Land Doctrine Research Speed: +10%	150
Anyang Bhula	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Air Doctrine Research Speed: +10%	150
Bahadur Jayla of Khoch Bahur	Naval Theorist	Naval Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Naval Doctrine Research Speed: +10%	150
Homi J. Bhabha	Nuclear Scientist	Nuclear Doctrine Research Speed: +7% Has completed focus Institute of Fundamental Research	150

Economy[edit]

Laws[edit]

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

The Raj can't increase its conscription law past Volunteer Only until it becomes independent.

Industry and resources[edit]

Resources
	Type	No.
	Aluminum	1
	Chromium	55
	Oil	11
	Rubber	30
	Steel	55
	Tungsten	100

Industry
	Type	No.
	Civilian factory	13
	Military factory	2
	Naval dockyard	1

Industry: Although the British Raj starts with a total of 14 civilian factories, 1 of them is unavailable at game start due to insufficient compliance. All in all, it has 47 free slots, enough to build up a much larger industrial base.
Resources: The Raj starts with significant reserves of rare earth minerals and enough steel and oil to field a sizeable force. Note that since its tungsten reserves are entirely located in Burma and Mandalay, both of them occupied states, only a fraction of tungsten is available for use at game start.

Military[edit]

In 1936, the British Raj starts with a small and under-equipped army, as well as a small air force. It does not possess a navy. Due to its starting national spirits vastly reducing its recruitable population, it only has a total manpower of 353.41K, of which 99.00K is tied up in the army, and 1.60K in the air force, leaving 252.82K available for recruitment.

Army
	Type	No.
	Infantry	11
	Total divisions	11

Navy
	Type	No.
	Total ships	0

Air force
	Type	No.
	Close air support	80
	Total planes	80

Army[edit]

The British Raj starts with 11 infantry divisions made up of 9 infantry battalions.

Infantry equipment list
Name	Type	Techyear
GRI Rifle No.1 MkIII	Basic Eq.	1918
POF Rifle No.4 MkI	Weapons I	1936
GRI Sten MkII	Weapons II	1939
GRI Sterling MkI	Weapons III	1942

Motorized units list
Name	Type	Techyear
Motorized	Motorized	1936
Bren Carrier	Mechanized I	1940
Universal Carrier	Mechanized II	1942
Windsor Carrier	Mechanized III	1944

Tank units list
Name	Type	Techyear
Mark V	Great War Tank	1918
Vickers II	Light Tank I	1934
Matilda	Light Tank II	1936
Valentine	Light Tank III	1941
Crusader	Medium Tank I	1939
Cromwell	Medium Tank II	1941
Comet	Medium Tank III	1943
Vickers	Heavy Tank I	1934
Churchill	Heavy Tank II	1941
Black Prince	Heavy Tank III	1943
Tortoise	Super Heavy Tank	1943
Centurion	MBT	1945

Navy[edit]

The British Raj does not possess any warships.

Air force[edit]

The British Raj starts with 80 close air support I stationed in Delhi.

Aircraft Types
Tech Year	Close Air Support (Carrier Variant)	Fighter (Carrier Variant)	Naval Bomber (Carrier Variant)	Heavy Fighter	Tactical Bomber	Strategic Bomber
1933		Hawker Hart			Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
1936	Hawker Hector (Hawker Osprey)	Hawker Demon	Fairey Swordfish (Blackburn Shark)	Bristol Blenheim	Vickers Wellington	Handley Page Halifax
1940	Hawker Typhoon (Blackburn Skua)	Supermarine Spitfire (Fairey Fulmar)	Fairey Albacore (Blackburn Roc)	Bristol Beaufighter	Bristol Beaufort	Avro Lancaster
1944	Hawker Tempest (Hawker Sea Fury)	Supermarine Spiteful (Hawker Sea Fury)	Fairey Barracuda (Blackburn Firebrand)	de Havilland Mosquito FB	de Havilland Mosquito B	Avro Lincoln
^{Jet Engine Technology}
1945		Gloster Meteor			de Havilland Venom
1950		de Havilland Vampire			English Electric Canberra	Vickers Valiant

Military staff[edit]

Chief of Army
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Arthur A. Barrett	Army Defense (Expert)	Division Defense: +10.0%	150
Archibald Wavell	Army Reformer (Expert)	Army Experience Gain: +10.0%	150
Reginald Savory	Army Drill (Expert)	Division training time: -10.0%	150
Kodandera Cariappa	Army Morale (Expert)	Division Recovery Rate: +8.0%	150
Mohan Singh	Army Offense (Expert)	Division Attack: +10.0%	150

Chief of Navy
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Louis Mountbatten	Naval Maneuver (Expert)	Naval Speed: +10%	150
William E. Parry	Commerce Raiding (Expert)	Convoy Raiding Efficiency: +15.00%	150
Bhaskar Soman	Decisive Battle (Expert)	Capital Ship Attack: +10.00% Capital Ship Armor: +10.00% Screen Attack: +10.00% Screen Defense: +10.00%	150
Ram Dass Katari	Naval Reformer (Expert)	Naval Experience Gain: +10.0%	150

Chief of Airforce
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Bruce W. McPherson	Air Safety (Expert)	Air Accidents Chance: -10.0%	150
Subroto Mukherjee	Ground Support (Expert)	Air Superiority: +10.00%	150
Ravindra Darshan Singh	Night Operations (Expert)	Night Operations Penalty: -20.00%	150

Military High Command
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Ram Singh Thakuri	Infantry (Expert)	Infantry Division Attack: +10.0% Infantry Division Defense: +15.0%	150
Arjan Singh	Air Combat Training (Genius)	Ace generation chance: +15.00%	150
Aspy Merwan Engineer	Naval Strike (Expert)	Naval Bombing: +3% Naval Targeting: +3% Naval Agility: +3%	150
Mehar Singh	Close Air Support (Genius)	Close air support attack: +5.00% Close air support defense: +5.00% Close air support agility: +5.00%	150
W.H. Gould-Bradford	Anti-Submarine (Expert)	Submarine Detection: +15.00%	150

Strategies and guides[edit]

Here is a basic strategy for most competitive multiplayer games. As British Raj, you have two roles in the world war, to lead an invasion into the African Horn and to defend against a Japanese invasion. You want to research your industrial techs first, as you will need to produce large amounts of equipment so you can use your manpower. Do not stop building civilian factories until early 1939 although try to keep your factories away from the east, as that is where the Japanese invasion will start from. Your divisions need to be 20 width pure infantry, with engineers. Support artillery is to be added by the time the Japanese war starts. When against the Japanese, you will only want to hold the main part of Burma, not the strip of land in the south, I suggest positioning your troops behind a river and on the mountains and forests, as you will get the most terrain bonuses this way and to create a few airfields to allow allied planes to support you. I also suggest adding a secondary fall back line in Bangladesh, just in case your main line falls falls. Create a 5-6 40 width mountaineers with 4 artillery and 14 mountaineers along with engineers and recon, you will keep these in the back and move them into any province that is being heavily attacked. This is the most basic of strategies when it comes to British Raj, it is extremely boring to use as most of the time you will just be waiting, but I do not have enough experience in competitive games as this country to give a more advanced strategy.

Achievements[edit]

Our Words Are Backed With Nuclear Weapons

As India, develop and deploy a nuke. You must have the Quit India Movement national spirit.

Rule Britannia

As any British Subject state, conquer all of Britain.

Spies Trade

As India, become the spymaster for the Allies.

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