Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Democratic, Conservative

Neutral

Luxembourg is one of the minor nations in HOI4. Starting off with only one province, it is the tiniest nation in the game. It has very little in terms of resources, manpower or industrial power.

Background[edit]

Luxembourg is of little concern to the great powers. Its position between France, Belgium and Germany means that it is part of the slightly more important Benelux Region. It has very little significance in the greater schemes of the great powers, and thus usually ends up as a footnote in history. Should a war break out between Germany and France, Luxembourg probably will be invaded because, like Belgium, it allows bypassing the heavily fortified French-German border. It's unlikely it would offer any major resistance.

Politics[edit]

In line with the Netherlands, their senior personal union partner at the time, Luxembourg became a democracy in the 1840s.

National Spirits[edit]

Luxembourg does not have any national spirits.

Diplomacy[edit]

Being a democratic country, Luxembourg has a positive relationship with other Democratic countries (+20) and a slight negative relationship with everyone else (-10). It lacks colonies of any kind and does not hold any puppets at the start.

Luxembourg does not have claims or cores on foreign soil.

Ideology[edit]

Luxembourg starts 1936 as a democracy with elections every four years, the next being in 1937. The ruling party is the Rietspartei led by Joseph Bech.

Political Parties[edit]

Luxembourg has the following political parties:

Political Party	Ideology	Popularity	Party Leader	Country Name	Is Ruling?
Rietspartei (Right-Wing Party)	Democratic	92%	Joseph Bech	Luxembourg	Yes
Kommunistesch Partei Lëtzebuerg (Communist Party Luxembourg)	Communist	5%	No leader	Rosa Luxembourg	no
Fascist	Fascist	3%	No leader	Luxembourg	no
Non-Aligned	Non-Aligned	0%	No leader	Royalist Luxembourg	no

Political Advisors[edit]

Luxembourg can choose from the following Political Advisors:

Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost
Paul Medinger	Communist Revolutionary	Daily Communism Support: +0.1%	150 pp
Damian Kratzenberg	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.1%	150 pp
Pierre Dupong	Silent Workhorse	Political Power Gain: +15%	150 pp
Pierre Krier	Captain of Industry	Civilian Factory Construction Speed: +10%, Infrastructure Construction Speed: +10%, Refinery Construction Speed: +10%	150 pp
René Blum	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.1%	150 pp
Martin Karp	War Industrialist	Military Factory Construction Speed: +10%, Naval Dockyard Construction Speed: +10%	150 pp

Economy[edit]

Luxembourg starts out with little industrial capacity and no room for expansion. It also has access to a small amount of Steel.

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

Industry[edit]

Factories 1936
1 Military Factory	0 Naval Dockyards	3 Civilian Factories

Resources[edit]

Total resources 1936
Oil	Aluminium	Rubber	Tungsten	Steel	Chromium
0	0	0	0	8	0

These numbers represent the available resources, depending on trade law a certain amount may be traded away.

Technology[edit]

Luxembourg has, contrary to other countries in Europe and North America, only 2 research slots.

Latest Technologies Researched 1936
Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics & Industry	Doctrines
Weapons I Engineer Company I Artillery	None Researched	Fighter	None Researched	None Researched

National focus[edit]

Main article: National_focus#Generic_tree

As a minor country, Luxembourg has the generic national focus tree.

Military[edit]

Luxembourg is completely pacified in 1936 and has no military at all.

Army[edit]

1 Public Force/Infantry Division

Navy[edit]

No Ships

Air Force[edit]

No Fighters

Strategies and Guides[edit]

There is little hope for Luxembourg to survive in the face of her powerful neighbors: the German Reich, in particular, almost always uses a focus to declare war on the BeNeLux to go around the Maginot line. Nevertheless, Luxembourg can greatly extend her existence by construcing land forts on its only province since day one. These forts, protected from being encircled and cut off from the capital, will end up more useful than the entire Maginot Line. Entrench as deep as possible, add a few artillery batallions, expand your army to no more than wide enough for the entire border (240), and try to cause as much casuality to your enemies as possible.

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