Ideology

Each country has one of the four ideologies. These are difficult to change and affect under what circumstances a country can perform certain actions, and what happens to occupied territory.

Democracy

Democracy is a form of government in which the popular vote governs, directly or indirectly. It is characterized by a commitment to civil liberties.

Types of Democracy

Conservatism: Considering rapid changes to society to be potentially harmful, conservatism espouses tradition and moderate reforms, sometimes advocating a return to old moral values.

Liberalism: With a long philosophical tradition of valuing personal liberty, liberalism views safeguarding these rights as the primary function of the state.

Socialism: Striving for equality and a socialist state by reformist means, democratic socialism aims to abolish or mitigate the effects of capitalism with public mandate.

Traits

• Cannot declare war on democratic countries without a wargoal
• Can impose its ideology on other countries
• Cannot puppet a country in a peace conference
• Cannot occupy territory owned by neutral countries (it is given to the owner instead)
• Cannot justify war goals against countries that have not generated  World Tension
• Cannot send volunteers (Unless changed by a focus/event/decision)
• Can guarantee countries with other ideologies
• Lowers World Tension with guarantees
• Can host governments in exile
• Cannot prepare collaboration goverments
• Annex cost: +50%
• Faction trade opinion modifier: +50%
• Civilian intelligence to others: +20%
• Army intelligence to others: +5%
• Navy intelligence to others: +20%
• Airforce intelligence to others: +5%

Tension limits

• Guarantee independence: 25%
• Send volunteers: 50%
• Join faction: 80%, capped at 50% during a defensive war.
• Declare war: 100%
• Send Lend-Lease: 50%

Unique occupation law

Democratic nations can employ Local Autonomy occupation law.

Countries that start out as a democracy

Majors:

Liberal:

•  France
•  United States

Conservative:

•  United Kingdom

Socialist:

•  France (1939)

Minors:

Conservative:

•  Belgium
•  British Malaya
•  Czechoslovakia
•  Dutch East Indies
•  Haiti
•  Honduras
•  Ireland
•  Liberia
•  Luxembourg
•  Netherlands
•  Philippines
•  Romania
•  South Africa
•  Spain
•  Switzerland

Liberal:

•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Costa Rica
•  Cuba
•  Dominion of Canada
•  Panama
•  Uruguay

Socialist:

•  Australia
•  Denmark
•  Ecuador
•  New Zealand
•  Norway
•  Sweden

Communism

Communism is a form of government based on social equality and collective ownership of the means of production.

Types of Communism

Marxism: Encompassing a broad spectrum of economic and historical views, Marxist politics seek to apply the theories of Karl Marx to political practice. Class struggle and the need for transition to a society based on common ownership of the means of production characterize these ideologies.

Leninism: A political ideology based in Marxist thought, Leninism seeks to establish a socialist state by a vanguard party leading a revolution overthrowing capitalist society. Once in power, the party rules through a system whereby policies are open for internal debate until a decision has been made.

Stalinism: Identifying as a form of government applying and developing Marxist-Leninist policies emphasizes rapid industrialization and collectivization as well as the need for a strong authoritative socialist state to purge any counter-revolutionary elements.

Anti-Revisionism: A reaction to the many ideologies claiming to be successors to Marxism, Anti-Revisionism advocates retaining key elements of original revolutionary theory. Mainly opposing incorporation of capitalist economic elements into socialist states, the ideology is defined as much by what it isn't as what it is.

Anarchist Communism: An ideology embracing the idea of communism as a stateless society, Anarchist Communism eschews the idea of a transitionary socialist state and favors a society based on voluntary associations and mutual aid.

Traits

• Impact of war declaration on World Tension: –25%
• Impact of joining faction on World Tension: –50%
• Can impose its ideology on other countries
• Can send volunteers
• Can puppet countries in a peace conference
• Can occupy territory owned by neutral countries
• Can host governments in exile
• Can prepare collaboration goverments
• Puppet cost: –30%
• Civilian intelligence to others: +10%
• Army intelligence to others: +7.5%
• Navy intelligence to others: +12.5%
• Airforce intelligence to others: +7.5%
• World Tension required to join faction: -10%

Tension limits

Communist countries are not limited by World Tension.

Unique occupation law

Communist nations can employ Liberated Workers occupation law.

Countries that start out as communist

Majors:

Stalinist:

•  Soviet Union

Minors:

Marxist:

•  Communist China
•  Mongolia
•  Paraguay

Stalinist:

•  Sinkiang
•  Tannu Tuva

Fascism

Fascism is a form of government characterized by authoritarian nationalism.

Types of Fascism

Nazism: Rooted in extreme nationalism, National Socialism is driven by ideas of Germanic supremacy. It promotes aggressive expansionism and a totalitarian state where the people are united under a leader with absolute power, the Führer.

Generic Nazism: Rooted in extreme nationalism, National Socialism is driven by ideas of racial supremacy. It promotes aggressive expansionism and a totalitarian state where the people are united under a leader with absolute power.

Fascism: Encompassing a variety of ultra-nationalist movements, fascism typically venerates devotion to the state and uniting the people under a strong leader.

Falangism: An authoritarian ideology with traits of fascism and conservatism, Falangism values national and Catholic identity.

Rexism: Strongly opposed to both liberal and communist ideals, Rexism is a staunchly conservative nationalist movement who advocate a corporatist economic policy. Employing increasingly populist and authoritarian rhetoric, their ideals are shifting closer to other fascist movements.

Traits

• Time to justify war when at war with major power: –80%
• Can force government of another country to adopt the same ideology
• Can send volunteer forces
• Can puppet countries in a peace conference
• Can occupy territory owned by neutral countries
• Can host governments in exile
• Can prepare collaboration goverments
• Civilian intelligence to others: +15%
• Army intelligence to others: +10%
• Navy intelligence to others: +10%
• Airforce intelligence to others: +10%
• World Tension requirement to join faction: -10%

Tension limits

Fascist countries are not limited by World Tension.

Unique occupation law

Fascist nations can employ Brutal Oppression occupation law.

Countries that start out as fascist

Majors:

Nazist:

•  German Reich

Fascist:

•  Italy
•  Japan

Minors:

Fascist:

•  Dominican Republic
•  El Salvador
•  Hungary (1939)
•  Peru
•  Siamese Empire (1939)
•  Slovakia (1939)
•  Venezuela

Rexist:

•  Manchukuo
•  Mengkukuo

Non-Aligned

Non-Aligned is a catch-all for any remaining ideology that doesn't belong in the other three.

Types of Non-Aligned

Despotic: Despotism is a form of government in which a single person rules with absolute power.

Oligarchic: Oligarchy is a form of government in which a group of people rule with absolute power.

Moderatism: Moderatism is a form of government which avoids the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action.

Centrism: Centrism is a form of government which wants to achieve common sense solutions that appropriately address current and future needs, that support the public trust and serve the common good with consideration of risk and capacity in context of these needs.

Anarchism: Anarchism is the rejection of authority itself, promoting the division of society into self-managing and self-governing collectives instead of a singular, centralized state.

Traits

• Impact of declaring war on World Tension: –75%
• Impact of joining factions on World Tension: –90%
• Cannot impose its ideology on other countries
• Cannot send volunteers
• Can puppet countries in a peace conference
• Cannot boost support of this ideology
• Cannot prepare collaboration goverments
• Ideology drift defence: –30%
• Civilian intelligence to others: +20%
• Army intelligence to others: +10%
• Navy intelligence to others: +20%
• Airforce intelligence to others: +10%

Tension limits

• Guarantee independence: 40%
• Send volunteers: 40%
• Join faction: 40%
• Justify war goal: 50%
• Declare war: 25%
• Send Lend-Lease: 40%

Countries that start out non-aligned

Despotic:

•  Afghanistan
•  Albania
•  Argentina
•  Sultanate of Aussa
•  Bhutan
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  British Raj
•  Bulgaria
•  China
•  Ethiopia
•  Kingdom of Greece (1939)
•  Guangxi Clique
•  Guatemala
•  Iran
•  Iraq
•  Nepal
•  Nicaragua
•  Oman
•  Paraguay (1939)
•  Portugal
•  Kingdom of Romania (1939)
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Shanxi
•  Siam
•  Nationalist Spain (1939)
•  Tibet
•  Turkey
•  Xibei San Ma
•  Yemen
•  Yugoslavia
•  Yunnan

Oligarchic:

•  Estonia
•  Kingdom of Hungary
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Poland

Moderate:

•  Mexico

Centrist:

•  Austria
•  Finland
•  Kingdom of Greece

Changing ideology

A country can change its ideology in four ways:

• Having an election while another ideology has more than 50% support. This creates an event that enables a peaceful change of power without a civil war.

Main article: Election events

• Executing a coup (see below)
• Fighting and winning a civil war. The support of the conflicting ideology decides how much troops and states they get at the beginning.

Main article: Civil War

• Using the command set_ruling_party (ideology)

Below is a list of events that might appear if a corresponding minister is appointed or another ideology enjoys widespread support.

Event	Requirements	Mean time to happen	Effects
[Ideology] on the Rise	Fires on appointing an ideology-changing minister	Immediate	Option 1: Internal support Increases chances of a coup Option 2: Popular support Increases chances of support-increasing events
[Ideological] Sympathies in government/military	Minister for [Ideology]	500 days (250 days if internal support was chosen)	Makes a future coup possible.
Class Conflicts Divide	At least 20% popularity	365 days (~182 if popular support was chosen)	+5% popularity –5% Stability
Soldiers Desert to Communist Partisans	At least 30% popularity Can only be active once	365 days (~182 if popular support was chosen)	+5% popularity Until government change: +0.05% popularity per day, -0,20% recruitable population
Coup	Minister Sympathies in government/military event happened Not major or puppet : At least 40% popularity Cannot create a second People's Republic of China : At least 30% popularity	100 days (half if at least 50% popularity)	Immediately changes the country's ideology Reign of Terror for two years (+10% political power)
The [Month] Revolution	Minister At least 40% popularity Cannot create a second People's Republic of China	365 days (x0.75 if popular support was chosen)	Option 1: Civil war Starts a civil war with 60% of the country being opposed Reign of Terror for two years (+10% political power) Option 2: Do nothing
Civil War for Fascism	At least 25% popularity	365 days (x0.75 if popular support was chosen)	Option 1: Civil war Starts a civil war with 70% of the country being opposed (60% if at least 40% popularity) Reign of Terror for two years (+10% political power) Option 2: Do nothing
Fascist Assault Divisions Form	At least 30% popularity Can only be active once	365 days (half if popular support was chosen)	+5% popularity Until government change: +0.05% popularity per day +0.2% recruitable population –5% Stability
The Threat of Communism	At least 25% popularity At least one neighboring country is communist	365 days (half if popular support was chosen)	+10% popularity
[Ideological] Demonstrations	Not puppet At least 50% popularity	30 days	Option 1: Suppress –10% popularity –5% [ideology.ADJ] revolutionaries Option 2: Ignore –5% [ideology.ADJ] revolutionaries Option 3: Allow Government changes –5% Stability

Mechanics

Events and Decisions

Events • Decisions