Karelia

Äänislinna

Democratic

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Karelia is a releasable Northeast European nation. When used with the Nordics or Soviet Union Fragmented custom game rule(which can be found in the custom game rules), it stretches from the White Sea coast to the Gulf of Finland. It contains the two largest lakes in Europe, Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega. The Karelian Isthmus is located between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga. The highest point of Karelia, the 576 metres (1,890 ft) high Nuorunen, is located in the Russian side of the Maanselka hill region. It is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the Soviet era), Finland, and Sweden. It is currently divided between northwestern Russia (the federal subjects of the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast) and Finland (the regions of South Karelia, North Karelia, and the eastern portion of Kymenlaakso).

Historical background[edit | edit source]

Finnish partisans were involved in attempts to overthrow the Bolsheviks in Russian Karelia (East Karelia) in 1918–21, as in the failed Aunus expedition. They also wanted to incorporate the rest of Karelia into Finland and cooperated with the short-lived Republic of Uhtua. These mainly private expeditions ended after the signing of the Treaty of Tartu. After the end of the Russian Civil War and the establishment of the Soviet Union in 1922, the Russian part of Karelia became the Karelian Autonomous republic of the Soviet Union (ASSR) in 1923.

At the beginning of the Second World War in 1939, the Soviet Union attacked Finland, thus starting the Winter War. The Treaty of Moscow, signed in 1940, handed a large portion of Finnish Karelia to the Soviet Union, and over 400,000 people had to be relocated within Finland. During the Continuation War of 1941-1944, Finland took back territory ceded in 1940, and also invaded and occupied much of East Karelia. Finland was forced out of these regions in 1944. After the war, Soviet expansion caused considerable bitterness in Finland, which lost its fourth biggest city, Viipuri, its industrial heartland along the river Vuoksi, the eastern portion of the Saimaa canal that connected central Finland to the Gulf of Finland, and access to the fishing waters of Lake Ladoga (Finnish: Laatokka). One eighth of its citizens became refugees with no chance of return. The whole population from the areas ceded to the Soviet Union was evacuated and resettled in other parts of Finland. The present inhabitants of the former Finnish parts of Russia, including the city of Vyborg/Viipuri and the Karelian Isthmus – are post-war immigrants or their descendants.

The former Karelian ASSR was incorporated into a new Karelo-Finnish SSR from 1941 to 1956, but then it became an ASSR again. Karelia was the only Soviet republic that was "demoted" from an SSR to an ASSR within the Russian SFSR. In 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the ASSR became the Republic of Karelia.

The portion of Viipuri Province that remained within Finland following the Second World War was renamed Kymi Province, and kept this name from 1945 to 1997. The eastern part of this province is now the region of South Karelia, while the western portion is part of Kymenlaakso.

National focus[edit | edit source]

Generic national focus tree.

Main article: Generic national focus tree

Karelia, lacking a unique national focus tree, uses the generic national focus tree instead.

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.

Technology[edit | edit source]

Karelia starts the game with 3 Research slots. As a releasable nation, when released it will inherit all technologies that the releasing nation had already researched.

Geography[edit | edit source]

Karelia controls 4 states. Which shares cores with Finland and with the Soviet Union.

Terrain[edit | edit source]

Table
State	Provinces	Terrain (# prov)	Region
Karjala	16	Forest (12) Plains (4)	town
Salla	3	Forest (3)	enclave
Olonets	22	Forest (19) Marsh (3)	rural
Onega	37	Forest (32) Plains (5)	rural

Victory points[edit | edit source]

Table
State	City
Karjala	Viipuri	3
Salla	Suomussalmi	1
Onega
Olonets	Petrozavodsk(Äänislinna)	1

The following victory points are created if either the Soviet Union Fragmented rule or the Nordics Fragmented rule is enabled:

State	City
Onega	Uhtua	1
	Porajärvi	1
	Repola	1

Politics[edit | edit source]

When released as a puppet, Karelia will adopt whatever ideology its releasing overlord has. If released as an independent nation, Karelia will be a nation with no elections.

Karelia has the following political parties:

Political party	Ideology	Popularity	Party leader	Country name	Is ruling?
Väinämöinen Supporters	Democratic	50%	Ukki Väinämöinen	Karelia	No
Karelo-Finnish Bolshevik Party (KFB)	Communist	40%	Pēteris Irklis	Karelian People’s Republic	No
Pan-Finnic Assembly (PFA)	Fascist	10%	Ukki Väinämöinen	Karelo-Finnic Unitary State	No
The Karelian National Junta (KNJ)	Non-Aligned	0%	Jalmari Takkinen	Karelo-Finnish Military Junta	No

Military[edit | edit source]

Generals
Portrait	Name	Skill	ATK	DEF	PLN	LOG	Traits	Requirements
	Jalmari Takkinen	2	3	2	1	1	Commando Winter Specialist Ranger	–

Strategies and guides[edit | edit source]

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Karelia. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

Soviet Union Fragmented[edit | edit source]

Karelia just like the other nations under the Soviet Union, can be played independently, either if the Soviet Union or the Nordics are Fragmented as mentioned above. With a small core population almost equal to Honduras, possessing large amount of steel, 2 civilian factories, Karelia has a way for expansion, and even more that it can form the Nordic League.

Forming Nordic League[edit | edit source]

Initially, as staying as a democratic state wont allow you to get the chance of forming Nordic League under Karelian control. Karelia has to go fascist, being that the political popularity is the third biggest in the country besides the current Democratic government. This will give you an easy go to conquer the entirety of your neighbours, before reaching in front of the Russian or Baltic borders. Or turn communist, just like Tannu Tuva, for a decent amount of manpower generation. Build a decent army and declare war onto Finland to gain access and way for expansion along with Norway. It should be an durable run, as the Northern nations have debuffs regarding their forces per branch, and it is only a matter of time if they gain one unit or more and soon they buff on their own. As Norway is conquered, go with Sweden, Denmark and should the latter surrender, Iceland will be the next target.

The remnants for Nordic League[edit | edit source]

At this point most of Scandinavia and the rest of Danish Oversees territories are in your domain. The last piece is owned by Russia, which is a Sami core. Since Russia is likely to either to declare war on you for Karjala, join a faction. With much land gained, Karelia can finally concentrate its forces all the way in their east direction where Russia is. And, if the favours are on Nordic League side then snatch the Sami core and depending on the players choice, it can take more from the Soviets and make the Nordic league a visible large nation on map.

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