Dutch East Indies

Dutch East Indies

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Capital:

Batavia

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Government type:

Democratic, Socialist

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Faction:

Neutral

The Dutch East Indies is a minor nation in Asia. They start out as an integrated puppet of the  Netherlands.

Technology

The Dutch East Indies starts with 2 research slots.

Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics & Industry
Basic Eq. Support Eq. Recon Company I	Destroyer II Light Cruiser II Heavy Cruiser I Submarine I Transport Ship	Interwar Fighter Interwar Bomber	None
Doctrines
None	None	None

Politics

The Dutch East Indies begins as a puppet of the  Netherlands. They have a  stability of 51% and  war support of 50%.

Alliances

In the 1936 start date, the Dutch East Indies is not part of any alliances.

National focus

Generic national focus tree.

Main article: Generic national focus tree

The Dutch East Indies isn't a major nation, and therefore uses the generic national focus tree.

The generic focus tree has 5 main branches:

Army Effort branch

Gives army experience and research bonuses to army research.

Aviation Effort branch

Gives air experience, builds air bases, and research bonuses to air research.

Naval Effort branch

Gives navy experience, builds naval dockyards, and research bonuses to navy research.

Industrial Effort branch

Builds civilian and military factories (usually even if building slots are already full), infrastructure and grants extra research slots.

Political Effort branch

Gives the country choices on which political path they will take.

Ideology

PNI (Democratic)

• Can declare war on 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

Political Parties

Political Party	Ideology	Popularity	Party Leader	Is Ruling?
PNI	Democratic	10%	A. T. van Starkenborgh Stachouwer	Yes
PNI	Democratic	---	Sukarno	No
PKI	Communist	30%	Amir Sjarifuddin Harahap	No
New Order	Fascist	10%	Suharto	No
Democrats	Non-Aligned	50%	Sutan Sjahrir	No

No elections.

Laws

The Dutch East Indies starts with following laws in 1936:

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

Ministers

Political Advisors

Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Bozo Landzaat	Captain of Industry	Civilian Factory Construction Speed: +10 % Infrastructure Construction Speed: +10 % Refinery Construction Speed: +10 %	150
Communist Politician	Communist Revolutionary	Daily Communism Support: +0.10 Gain Event Communism On The Rise	150
Fascist Politician	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascist Support: +0.10 Gets event Fascism on the Rise.	150
Democratic Politician	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.10 Gain Event Move Towards Democracy	150
Albert Sandberg	Fortification Engineer	Land Fort Construction Speed: +20% Coastal Fort Construction Speed: +20% Anti Air Construction Speed: +20%	150
Frits Best	War Industrialist	Military Factory Construction Speed: +10 % Dockyard Construction Speed: +10 %	150

Economy

Factories

In 1936 they start with

0 Military Factories	1 Naval Dockyard	2(2) Civilian Factories

*The number in the bracket are the total amount of factories when including those from trading and those given to the overlord.
In 1939 they start with

0 Military Factories	4 Naval Dockyard	3(2) Civilian Factories

Resources

Oil	Rubber	Steel	Aluminum	Tungsten	Chromium
18 (37)	275 (550)	0	18 (36)	0	0

*These numbers represent the available resources for production at start of the game. In the bracket are the complete numbers including those lost for trading.

Military

The remaining  manpower is at 874K in the 1936 starting date. It can be raised by changing the conscription law by spending 150  political power per level.

Army

The Dutch East Indies starts in 1936 with 9 infantry divisions.

Navy

In 1936 they don't have a navy, but there are 12 submarines owned by The Netherlands in Java.

Air Force

In 1936, The Dutch East Indies has no air force.

Military Staff

These are the military staff candidates for appointment of  Dutch East Indies:

Chief of Army

Candidate	Trait I	Trait II	Effects	Cost ()
Freek van Helsdingen	Army Offense	(Specialist)	Army Offense : +5 %	150
Christiaan Folmer	Army Defense	(Specialist)	Army Defense : +5 %	150

Chief of Navy

Candidate	Trait I	Trait II	Effects	Cost ()
Jacob Kraak	Decisive Battle	(Expert)	Capital Ship Attack: +10 % Capital Ship Armor: +10 % Screen Attack: +10 % Screen Defense: +10 %	150
Antonius Scherpenhuijzen	Anti Submarine	(Expert)	Submarine Detection : +15 %	150

Chief of Airforce

Candidate	Trait I	Trait II	Effects	Cost ()
Gerard Jacometti	Close Air Support	(Expert)	Close air support attack: +3 % Close air support defense: +3 % Close air support agility: +3 %	150
Johannes van Voorst tot Voorst	All-Weather	(Expert)	Bad Weather Penalty: -20 %	150

Military High Command

Candidate	Trait I	Trait II	Effects	Cost ()
Jan Giesen	Artillery	(Specialist)	Artillery Attack: +10 % Artillery Defense: +5 %	150
Jacobus Kraak	Army Logistics	(Expert)	Division Attrition : -8% %	150
Govert Tebrunsvelt	Fleet Logistics	(Expert)	Naval max range : +5 %	150
Mathias de Visser	Air Combat Training	(Expert)	Ace generation chance : +10 %	150

Strategies and Guides

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Two Paths to Independence

The Dutch East Indies (also known as the Netherlands East Indies or NEI) is one of the most resource-rich minor nations in the world. With massive room for industrial growth, the country faces one major problem: it is a Puppet (or, if playing with the Death or Dishonor DLCs enabled, an Integrated Puppet) of the Netherlands.

If you do not have Death or Dishonor, only one path to independence exists: that of Civil War. Note, however, that you will not have the problem of the Netherlands taking your industry and deployed divisions as you will with the Death or Dishonor DLC enabled.

If you have Death or Dishonor enabled, you have a second option, that of the slow and painful increase of Autonomy from Integrated Puppet to Freedom. If you choose this path, you will need to build at least 3 Military Factories in order to have 1 to use to produce Infantry Equipment using your civilian industry. It is not recommended to use the focuses to obtain Military Factories, as this will delay your use of the constant focus Raise Autonomy. It is also best to place the three Military Factories in Java, Sumatra, and the Lesser Sunda Islands, as these will be the easiest islands to defend against any foe and will ensure your control over at least two of them in a Civil War.

Strategy for Obtaining Independence Peacefully (Note: this strategy is designed without Man the Guns in mind.)

The player should begin the game by blitzing the Civilian Industry branch of the Minor Power Focus Tree, obtaining the Extra Research Slot as soon as possible and maximizing construction resources. Then, he should perform the Naval Effort focus and all Army/Doctrine Effort focuses (he should have researched the first stage of Mass Assault Doctrine first). By now, the player should have completed all the necessary focuses to unlock the Increase Autonomy focus. This should be started ASAP.

Meanwhile, the player should focus his political power getting a Communist Revolutionary, an Military Industrialist, switching his Trade Law to Free Trade, and obtaining a Military Theorist and Industrial/Infantry Equipment companies. Once Communist support has built up enough, switch ideology to Communist and change your Economy Law to War Economy.

As far as research is concerned, the player should focus on researching the latest Infantry Equipment and Industry technologies in order to attend to his massive deficit of equipment and keep ahead of the Netherlands. Once the Netherlands joins the war, lend-lease all produced Infantry Equipment and Convoys and send an Attache as soon as possible. However, do not send any troops to support the Dutch until they (hopefully) capitulate, giving you a nice boost to your autonomy when they fall. The huge increase in Autonomy you will receive from these efforts should push you out of Integrated Puppet like a rocket, allowing you full use of your industry. Once this occurs, you may choose to continue your current policy or build up your own military and fight in the war.

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