Czechoslovakia

Prague

Democratic, Conservative

Neutral

Czechoslovakia is a landlocked minor power in Central Europe. They are in an unenviable position, being a small democratic country surrounded by powerful potential enemies while enjoying only token protection by the erstwhile Allied Powers of France and the United Kingdom, who both prioritize maintaining peace with Germany over guaranteeing Czechoslovakian sovereignty.

Historical Background[edit]

Czechoslovakia was founded in October 1918, as one of the successor states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War I and as part of the Treaty of St. Germain. It consisted of the present day territories of Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia. The new country was a multi-ethnic state. The population consisted of Czechs (51%), Slovaks (16%), Germans (22%), Hungarians (5%) and Rusyns (4%). Many of the Germans, Hungarians, Poles and some Slovaks, felt oppressed because the political elite did not generally allow political autonomy for minority ethnic groups. This policy, combined with increasing Nazi propaganda especially in the industrialized German-speaking Sudetenland, led to unrest among the non-Czech population. Foreign minister Beneš became the prime architect of the Czechoslovak-Romanian-Yugoslav alliance (the "Little Entente", 1921–38) directed against Hungarian attempts to reclaim lost areas. Beneš worked closely with France. After 1933, Czechoslovakia remained the only democratic country in central and eastern Europe. The German Reich demanded Sudetenland in September 1938, which it was granted by the Munich Agreement, part of the Allies' overall policy of appeasement. Southern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia were ceded to Hungary in November 1938 during the First Vienna Award. Later in March 1939, the German Reich established the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and turned Slovakia into the Slovak Republic, a puppet state.

Events[edit]

Main article: Czechoslovakian events

National focus[edit]

Czechoslovakian national focus tree.

Main article: Czechoslovakian national focus tree

Czechoslovakia, along with three other nations situated between the German Reich and the Soviet Union, gets a unique national focus tree as part of the Death or Dishonor expansion. Without the expansion, Czechoslovakia utilizes the Generic national focus tree instead.

Czechoslovakia's unique focus tree has 7 distinct branches:

Fortification Studies: This centers around land fortifications needed to successfully defend against German aggression. Note that some foci in this section set the fort level in provinces instead of adding extra forts. Building forts is not advised, as they will be overwritten when a new fort level is set.
Industrial Legacy: This provides Czechoslovakia with additional factories and industrial bonuses.
Political Direction: Here Czechoslovakia is given options for steering politics & diplomacy towards one of the major factions or a faction of its own.
Strategy Decisions: These foci are similar to the political section but provide more interaction on cessions and research sharing.
Land, Air & Naval Branches: Each section is devoted to one branch of military power and research. Note that the Naval branch cannot be started until Czechoslovakia gains a coastal province

Technology[edit]

Czechoslovakia in 1936 begins with the following researched:

Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics
ZH-29 (Infantry Equipment I) Mountain Infantry I Recon Company I LT vz.35 (Light Tank II) 8 cm kanon vz. 30 (Towed Artillery I) ZB vz. 60 (Towed Anti-Air I)	None	Aero A.101 (Close Air Support I) Aero B-34.1 (Interwar Fighter) Aero A.100 (Interwar Bomber)	None
Land doctrine	Naval doctrine	Air doctrine	Industrial
None	None	None	None

Diplomacy[edit]

Czechoslovakia is a neutral country.

Alliances[edit]

Czechoslovakia is not in any alliances or factions. However, it can join the Little Entente via French event.

The Little Entente[edit]

The Little or French Entente is a faction that can be formed by France. When this faction is formed, France won't join the Allies. Potential members are France, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Romania.

Czech Entente[edit]

The Czech Entente is a faction that can be formed by Czechoslovakia via An Entente of Our Own focus. Potential members are Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania and Hungary

Politics[edit]

Czechoslovakia is a democratic country with president Edvard Beneš as the leader.

Ideology[edit]

Česká strana národně sociální

Can declare war on a country with the same ideology group without a war goal.
Can guarantee other ideologies.
Lowers World Tension with Guarantees.
Can puppet a country.
Can justify war goals against a country that have not generated world tension.
Generate war goal tension limit: +100%
Join faction tension limit: +80%
Lend-lease tension limit: +50%
Send volunteers tension limit: +50%
Guarantee tension limit: +25%
Take states cost: +25%
Annex cost: +50%
Election every 5 years

Political Parties[edit]

Party name	Popularity	Party Leader	Country Name
Česká strana národně sociální	65%	Edvard Beneš	Czechoslovakia
Komunistická strana Československa	10%	Klement Gottwald	Czechoslovak Union
Fascist	5%	Jaroslav Krejčí	Bohemian Empire
Non-Aligned	20%	Generic	Kingdom of Bohemia

Note: When puppeted by Germany, the name changes to "Reichsprotektorat Böhmen-Mähren". There are also dynamic name changes for when Slovakia breaks loose but Czechia still remains for democratic and communist governments, namely the Czech Republic and the Czech People's Republic, respectively. Political Parties, however, do not change.

National Spirits[edit]

Czechoslovakia, along with other nations situated between the German Reich and the Soviet Union, gets unique National spirits as part of the Death or Dishonor expansion. Without the expansion, Czechoslovakia starts with the level one "Fortification Focus" national spirit.

Škoda Works icon

Škoda Works

Factory output: +10.00%

Divided Nation

Recruitable Population: -0.50%
Stability: -20.00%

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

Internal Politics[edit]

Czechoslovakia starts with 50% National unity, but can increase it to 70% by removing the National spirit Divided Nation.

Staff and Designers[edit]

Political Advisors
Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Vojtech Tuka	Prince of Terror	Effect of partisans on us: -25.00% Foreign subversive activities efficiency: -30.00% Non-core Manpower: +2.00%	150
Ferdinand Catlos	Quartermaster General	Air Base construction speed: +15.00% Naval Base construction speed: +15.00% Rocket Site construction speed: +15.00% Radar Station construction speed: +15.00% Nuclear Reactor construction speed: +15.00%	150
Jozef Tiso	Backroom Backstabber	Political Power Gain: +5 % Ideology drift defense: +15 %	150
Stefan Osusky	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.10 Gets event 'Move towards Democracy'.	150
Gustáv Husák	Communist Revolutionary	Daily Communist Support: +0.10 Gets event 'Communism on the Rise'.	150
Konrad Henlein	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.10 Gets event 'Fascism on the Rise'.	150

Tank Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
CKD	Mobile Tank Designer	Armor Research Time: -10% Armor Max Speed: +5% Armor Reliability: +10% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Tatra	Tank Designer	Armor Research Time: -10% Armor Reliability: +5% Armor Soft attack: +5% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Skoda Armor	Heavy Tank Designer	Armor Research Time: -10% Armor Armor: +5% Armor Hard attack: +5% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Ship Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Skoda Shipyards	Coastal Defense Fleet Designer	Naval Research Time: -10% Carrier: Production Cost: -25% Deck Size: -20% Max Range: -50% Capital Ship: Production Cost: -25% Armor: -20% % Naval firepower: -20% Max Range: -50% Screen: Production Cost: -25% Max Range: -50% Submarines: Production Cost: -25% Max Range: -50% By selecting this Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Aircraft Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
CKD-Praga	Naval Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Naval Bomber: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% CV Naval Bomber: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Avia	Light Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Fighter: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Aero	Medium Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Heavy Fighter: Reliability: +20% Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
LETOV	Heavy Aircraft Designer	Air Research Time: -10% Strategic Bomber: Strategic Bombing: +10% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Materiel Designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Skoda Artillery	Artillery Designer	Artillery Research Time: -10 %	150
Zbrojovka Brno	Infantry Equipment Designer	Weapons and Equipment Research Time: -10 %	150
Praga	Motorization Equipment Designer	Motorization Research Time: -10 %	150

Industrial Concern
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Skoda	Industrial Concern	Industrial Research Time: -10 %	150
Elektra	Electronics Concern	Electronics Research Time: -10 %	150

Theorists
Theorist	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Karel Václav Petrik	Military Theorist	Army Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Land Interdiction DoctrineResearch Time: -7 %	150
Alois Vicherek	Air Warfare Expert	Air Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Air Doctrine Research Time: -7 %	150

Economy[edit]

Buildings[edit]

9 Military Factories	0 Naval Dockyard	17 (8) Civilian Factories

These numbers represent the available factories for production at start of the game. In parentheses are the complete numbers including those lost for Consumer Goods.

Resources[edit]

Oil	Aluminium	Rubber	Tungsten	Steel	Chromium
4 (2)	0	0	2 (1)	42 (21)	4 (2)

These numbers represent the available resources for production at start of the game. In parentheses are the total resources available for production, accounting for those lost to trading.

Military[edit]

Army[edit]

16 Infantry Divisions	4 Cavalry Brigades	2 Mountain Divisions

Examples of alternative division template names for Czechoslovakia include:

Mountaineers - Horská Divize
Marines - Námořní Pěchota
Paratroopers - Výsadková Divize
Motorized - Motorizovaná Divize
Mechanized - Mechanizovaná Divize
Armor - Rychlá Divize or Tanková Divize

Navy[edit]

Czechoslovakia doesn't own a navy as it is a landlocked nation.

Air Force[edit]

144 Interwar Fighters	48 Close Air Support	72 Interwar Bombers

Strategies and Guides[edit]

Czechoslovakia starts out in a peculiar position, and the one thing that will guarantee your survival is fortifying the Sudetenland. Using the Sudetenland Fortifications focuses, you will have level 7 land forts along the German border and it continues through the Sudetenland to Bratislava. The Czech Entente focuses get you some backing, and you get Yugoslavia and Romania on your side. Having the two biggest armies in the Balkans on your side is crucial to your survival as Czechoslovakia. Or, hope the French go down the Little Entente path and invite you to the Little Entente, but this is much more likely when you have Historical AI Focus off. Keep note that you don't need Historical AI focus to get Czechmate or The Munich Disagreement. Then wait around and build up your army until the Germans come in, and the Wehrmacht has to take in the fact that the Sudetenland is mountainous and going into the Sudetenland forts would be a suicide mission! While waiting for the Germans to invade, hope that France and Britain back you and build up forts in Bohemia and Moravia. If time allows, go ahead and build forts on the Polish and Hungarian borders. When the Germans make an invasion attempt of Czechoslovakia (if they do), those forts are going to help you out. With those forts backing up the Germans and your allies keeping the German invasion of Czechoslovakia weaker, go for Munich and you will get The Munich Disagreement achievement. Continue through Germany with as many divisions as you can, get the Germans to capitulate (nukes do not help with captitulation, they just kill more people) and when the treaty comes, take as much land as you can.

Getting that new land will get you sea access, boost your industry and increase manpower, plus no threat of invasion from the west. Now go ahead and take care of Hungary. By this point you and your allies should surround Hungary, so invading Hungary should be easier. Just put all your divisions on the fronts, get your allies into the war and head for Budapest. Pecs and Debrecen will be captured along the way. If Italy backs them up, send an invasion there too. If you really want to get Czechmate, wait for world tension to build up (if you're democratic), justify war on the United Kingdom and begin. Via France you can do a joint naval invasion of England from northern France, and wait for your navy to build up for you to navally invade Egypt (or if you have Libya, head for the Suez Canal), invade Gibraltar, secure the Mediterranean by capturing Malta and Cyprus, then invade a bit of the Raj and East Africa if you wish, but since you really want to get Czechmate, focus your navy on getting to Western Australia. Land near Perth, and you will get the achievement Czechmate. Then occupy the rest of Australia, and don't worry about Canada. Just don't invade them unless you really want to. Then seize as much of the British Empire as you can, and inevitably you will face the Soviet Union. Go ahead and attack them if you want to, but potentially it is a suicide mission. And for this, produce as much equipment as you can to face the British Empire.