British Raj

Delhi

Authoritarian, Despotic

Neutral

In 1936, the British Raj is one of the largest countries in terms of manpower, area and natural resources. The Raj contributed over 2.5 million soldiers to the Allied war effort, making its army the largest volunteer force in the history of the World. 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 the failed Indian War for Independence 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 2, 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 The war, however, was not without consequences to the people of the Raj, as wartime needs for the military often superseded any civilian concerns.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 British refusal to send food supplies there 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, got 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	Transport Ship	Close Air Support I	None
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%.

Diplomacy[edit]

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

Diplomatic Rules[edit]

Politics[edit]

National spirits[edit]

With the Together for Victory DLC enabled, the British Raj starts with the following national spirits in both the 1936 and 1939 scenario. Otherwise, they don't start with any national spirits and the ones they gain are dependent on the choices they make in the generic national focus tree.

Princely States

Daily autonomy progress gain: -0.1

Marginalized Muslim Community

Stability: −10%
Recruitable Population Factor: −20%

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.

Political parties[edit]

In both the 1936 and 1939 scenario, 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

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