Portugal

Lisbon

Non-Aligned, Despotic

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Portugal is a Western European minor. Its mainland is bordered by Spain. Portugal has several colonies scattered around the world including Macau in China, Portuguese Timor in Indonesia, Goa in India, Sao Tome, Cape Verde, Portuguese Guinea, Angola and Mozambique in Africa.

Historical background[edit]

With a regicide in 1908 and a republican coup in 1910, the history of Portugal in the 20th century has been anything but stable. Portugal entered the first World War after interning naval vessels of the Central Powers and fought alongside the Entente on the Western Front and in Africa in its colonial holdings. Portugal's losses during the war were far more than her gains, however, political and economic instability continued into the 1920s.

In 1926, a military coup led to the rise of an authoritarian Presidential Dictatorship headed by José Mendes Cabeçadas and then Óscar Carmona, the latter appointing António de Oliveira Salazar as finance minister. The Presidential Dictatorship evolved and ended with the 1933 declaration of the Estado Novo, or "New State" regime. This new regime, with its basis in Catholic traditionalism and authoritarianism, had instead its power delegated in its new Prime Minister, António de Oliveira Salazar.

Salazar, an economist, constructed the new regime from scratch and largely rebuilt Portugal's economy and Portugal's political system. A Catholic traditionalist, Salazar developed the regime as one with a focus on conservative, nationalistic, authoritarian, and Catholic principles, as well as a staunch anti-communist stance.

In 1936, Portugal enters its third year as the Estado Novo regime, and with massive colonial holdings in Africa, as well as far-away territories such as Macau, Goa, and Timor-Leste under its grasp, the Portuguese Empire remains sizable.

National focus[edit]

Portuguese national focus tree.

Main article: Portuguese national focus tree

Portugal gets a unique national focus tree with the La Résistance expansion. Without the expansion, it utilizes the Generic national focus tree instead.

The Portuguese national focus tree can be divided into 5 branches and 5 sub-branches:

Colonial Assimilation Policy branch: This branch focuses on managing the Portuguese colonies and their industries.

Continue the Public Works branch: This branch focuses on industry expansion in Portugal, additional research slots and land and air military research boosts.

Second Navy Reequipment branch: This branch focuses on the naval industry expansion, additional research slot and navy research boosts.

Army Reorganization branch: This branch focuses on military infrastructure and land doctrines.

Popular Front/Estado Novo branch: This branch allows Portugal to choose its ideology, ruling party, and stance about the Spanish Civil War.

Nation in Arms sub-branch: This sub-branch allows Portugal to become communist and join the Comintern.

Support the Spanish Republic sub-branch: This sub-branch allows Portugal to become communist and spread it in South America.

Strict Neutrality in the Spanish Civil War sub-branch: This sub-branch allows Portugal to go democratic and join the Allies.

Support the Spanish Nationalists sub-branch: This sub-branch allows Portugal to join the Allies, remain unaligned, join the Axis or become the Fifth Empire.

A Royal Wedding sub-branch: This sub-branch allows Portugal to become a monarchy.

Technology[edit]

Portugal starts with 2 research slots, and can gain 3 more slots from its national focuses, namely "Instituto Superior Técnico", "Military Research Facilities" and "Naval Research Institutes". Of note is "Naval Research Institutes", which requires owning over 15 naval dockyards to complete.

Army technology	Naval technology	Air technology	Electronics & Industry
Infantry Eq. I Support Equipment Engineer Company I Towed Artillery Towed Anti-Air I	1936 Destroyer Hull Basic Depth Charges 1936 Submarine Hull Basic Torpedo Naval Gunnery Transport Ship Contact Mine Minelaying Submarine	Interwar Fighter Close Air Support I Interwar Bomber	None
Doctrines
None	None	None

Politics[edit]

Portugal in 1936 is a Non-Aligned nation with no elections.

Portugal has the following political parties:

Political party	Ideology	Popularity	Party leader	Country name	Is ruling?
Movimento de Unidade Nacional Antifascista	Democratic	20%	José Norton de Matos	Portuguese Republic	No
Partido Comunista Português	Communist	10%	Bento Gonçalves	Maximalist Portugal	No
Movimento Nacional-Sindicalista	Fascist	10%	Francisco de Barcelos Rolão Preto	Greater Portugal	No
União Nacional	Non-Aligned	60%	António de Oliveira Salazar	Portugal	Yes

National spirits[edit]

Portugal starts with two national spirits with the La Résistance expansion enabled. Otherwise it starts with none.

Unreliable Army

Division Organization: -10.0%
Recruitable Population Factor: -25%
War Support: -5.00%
Division Attack: -5.0%

With the constant coups and counter-coups since the implementation of the Republic in 1910, Army officers are more preoccupied with politics than with keeping discipline and promoting training in the army. The rank and file is demoralized, poorly equipped and poorly trained.

Unstable Republic

Daily Political Power Gain: -0.50
Weekly Stability: -0.50%
Construction Speed: -20.00%

The era of the Republic installed in 1910 was described as one of "continual anarchy, government corruption, rioting and pillage, assassinations, arbitrary imprisonment, and religious persecution". It witnessed the inauguration of nine presidents, 44 cabinet re-organisations, and 21 revolutions. Even after the Military coup of 1926, there have been several failed revolutionary attempts.

Diplomacy[edit]

Portugal may release Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau as independent nations or puppets. It may also give the state of Macau to China or Communist China, and Goa to the British Raj.

The United Kingdom may ask Portugal to join its alliance via the “Invoke the Alliance of 1373” decision, and Italy is able to influence Portugal via the Befriend Portugal focus.

Staff and designers[edit]

Political advisors
Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Fernando dos Santos Costa	War Industrialist	Military Factory Construction Speed: +10.00% Dockyard Construction Speed: +10.00% Fuel Silo Construction Speed: +10.00% Has not completed focus Popular Front	150
Jaime Cortesão	Compassionate Gentleman	Improve relations opinion: +15.00% Has completed focus Allow Free Elections	150
Francisco Craveiro Lopes	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% Has completed focus Colonial Army	150
Augusto de Vasconcelos	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.10	150
José Hipólito Raposo	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.10 Has completed focus National Syndicalism	150
José Adriano Pequito Rebelo	Financial Expert	Consumer Goods Factories: -5% Has not completed focus Popular Front	150
Francisco da Cunha Leal	Silent Workhorse	Political Power Gain: +15% One of the following must be true: Has completed focus Limited Self-Rule Has completed focus Allow Free Elections	150
Bento de Jesus Caraça	Financial Expert	Consumer Goods Factories: -5% Has completed focus Reorganization of the Communist Party	150
Alberto Monsaraz	National Integralist	Political Power Gain: +15% Weekly Stability: +0.10% Has completed focus National Syndicalism	150
Duarte José Pacheco	Captain of Industry	Infrastructure construction speed: +10.00% Civilian Factory construction speed: +10.00% Refinery construction speed: +10.00%	150
Alfredo da Silva	Technocrat	Research Speed: +5.00% Civilian Factory construction speed: +5.00%	150
Maria Lamas	Liberal Journalist	Political Power Gain: +5% Daily Democracy Support: +0.05 Has completed focus Popular Front	150
João Francisco de Barbosa Azevedo	Traditionalist Theorist	Political Power Gain: +15% Daily Support for Unaligned: +0.05 One of the following must be true: Has completed focus Appease Monarchists Has completed focus A Royal Wedding	150
João de Azevedo Coutinho	Fortification Engineer	Land Fort construction speed: +20.00% Coastal Fort construction speed: +20.00% Anti Air construction speed: +20.00% One of the following must be true: Has completed focus Appease Monarchists Has completed focus A Royal Wedding	150
Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira	Humble Appeaser	Stability: +10.00% War Support: -5.00% Has completed focus Concordat with the Holy See	150
Álvaro Cunhal	Communist Revolutionary	Daily Communism Support: +0.10 Is not Supervised State	150

Tank designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Armor Company	Tank Designer	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor: Reliability: +5%	150

Ship designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Arsenal do Alfeite	Ship Designer	Naval Research Speed: +15%	150

Aircraft designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
OGMA	Light Aircraft Designer	Light Aircraft Research Speed: +15% Fighter: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10%	150

Materiel designers
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Fábrica Nacional de Munições de Armas Ligeiras	Infantry Equipment Designer	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15%	150
OGME	Motorized Equipment Designer	Motorization Research Speed: +15% Has completed focus OGME	150
Fábrica de Munições de Artilharia, Armamento e Viaturas	Artillery Designer	Artillery Research Speed: +15% Has completed focus Portuguese Artillery	150

Industrial concerns
Concern	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Companhia União Fabril	Industrial Concern	Industrial Research Speed: +15%	150
Electronics Company	Electronics Concern	Electronics Research Speed: +15%	150

Theorists
Theorist	Type	Effect	Cost ()
José Norton de Matos	Military Theorist	Army Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Land Doctrine Research Speed: +10%	150
José Manuel Sarmento de Beires	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Air Doctrine Research Speed: +10% Has completed focus Allow Free Elections	150
Manuel Ortins Torres de Bettencourt	Naval Theorist	Naval Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Naval Doctrine Research Speed: +10%	150

Economy[edit]

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 +20% Civilian intelligence to others +10% Navy intelligence to others

Industry and resources[edit]

Resources
	Type	No.
	Aluminium	0
	Chromium	32
	Oil	0
	Rubber	2
	Steel	0
	Tungsten	290

Industry
	Type	No.
	Civilian factory	11
	Military factory	2
	Naval dockyard	3

Industry: Portugal has 1 civilian factory in Mozambique (unavailable at game start due to insufficient compliance), 2 in Porto, Lisbon, Guarda and Santarém and 3 in Beja. Its military factories are in Lisbon and its dockyards are in Porto and Lisbon. Guarda has 3 building slots and Porto, Beja, Azores, Madeira, North Angola and South Angola has 1 each.
Resources: Portugal has rubber in Portuguese Guinea and South Angola, tungsten in Lisbon and Guarda, and chromium in Santarém. It can acquire additional tungsten and chromium in the metropole, as well as steel, rubber, oil and aluminium in its African colonies after completing certain national focuses.

Military[edit]

Army
	Type	No.
	Infantry	15
	Cavalry	3
	Total divisions	18

Navy
	Type	No.
	Destroyer	6
	Submarine	3
	Total ships	9

Air force
	Type	No.
	Close air support	12
	Tactical bomber	12
	Total planes	24

Army[edit]

Portugal has 15 infantry divisions, with 5 of them made up of 6 infantry battalions, support artillery and engineer companies, and 10 of them made up of 2 infantry battalions. It also has 3 cavalry divisions made up of 4 battalions each.

Navy[edit]

Portugal has 6 destroyers and 3 submarines.

Air force[edit]

Portugal has 12 interwar bombers and 12 close air support I.

Military staff[edit]

Chief of Army
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Rolao Preto	Army Morale (Expert)	Division Recovery Rate: +8.0% All of the following must be true: Has not completed focus Popular Front Has not completed focus Strengthen the Regime	150
Domingos Oliveira	Old Guard	Political Power Gain: +10% Army Experience Gain: -10.0%	150
Vieira de Rocha	Army Offense (Expert)	Division Attack: +10.0%	150
Júlio Botelho Moniz	Army Reformer (Expert)	Army Experience Gain: +10.0% Has completed focus Estado Novo	150

Chief of Navy
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Jaime Afreixo	Naval Reformer (Expert)	Naval Experience Gain: +10.0%	150
Américo Thomaz	Naval Maneuver (Expert)	Naval Speed: +10%	150

Chief of Airforce
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Manuel Gouveia	Air Safety (Expert)	Air Accidents Chance: -10.0%	150
Humberto Delgado	Ground Support (Expert)	Air Superiority: +10.00%	150

Military High Command
Name	Type	Effect	Cost ()
Manuel Quintão Meireles	Fleet Logistics (Expert)	Naval max range factor: +10.00%	150
António Óscar Carmona	Army Logistics (Expert)	Division Attrition: -8.0%	150
Francisco da Costa Gomes	Infantry (Expert)	Infantry Division Attack: +10.0% Infantry Division Defense: +15.0%	150
José Filipe de Barros Rodrigues	Artillery (Expert)	Artillery Attack: +15.0% Artillery Defense: +10.0%	150

Strategies and guides[edit]

To start off, the player must annex or puppet Spain. The best time for the player to attack Spain is directly after the Spanish Civil War. While recovering from said Civil War, Spain is repairing their industry and has a low division count (After the event that gets rid of the ~50 Civil War divisions). Timing is crucial to the player, as Spain begins to pump out division quickly after the Civil War. If the player ends up missing the window of opportunity between the Civil War and Spain's recovery in division count, then the player will be incapable of expansion over land. The War should be easy, as Spain may not even have enough divisions to cover the Portugal/Spain border. The ideal time to begin Justifying a War goal is when the Civil War appears to be wrapping up.

Ideologically, the most optimal route would be to go Fascist. If the player fights the Nationalists whilst the player are in the Axis, they have no faction to join, they get no aid (Volunteers/Lend-Lease), and the player can get German help. If the player fights the Republicans, they can potentially join the Comintern, dragging the player into a war with the Soviet Union. Assuming they have done "The Great Purge", Germany can defeat the Soviets, but the player has to manually Justify a War Goal on Poland so Germany has a land border with the Soviets. The war with the Soviets will be a long and costly slog that may last at least 3 years. Becoming Communist is an objectively bad idea. Firstly, later in the game, the player will end up at war with the Axis after Germany declares war on the Soviet Union. This will most likely lead to Germany seizing the entire Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain), and its industry with it. Secondly, war with any other country will lead to an early World War between the Comintern and (For example) the Allies. This war would cripple the Soviet Union, and, without the Soviets, the entire Comintern will fall.

The player can intervene in the Spanish Civil war, but one must be careful. If the player faces the Nationalists, they may join the Axis, prompting Italy to possibly join the war. This is less probable, however, as in a recent patch the National Spirit "Recovering From Civil War" prevents them from joining a faction. As stated earlier, and combined with this information, the best faction to win is the Nationalists. Do not, for any reason, aid the Republicans. As stated before, and early Axis-Comintern war would be a disaster.

The rest of this guide assumes you are Fascist and you have full control of Spain.

Once Historical WW2 breaks out in Poland, Portugal can be a valuable asset to the Axis, as it leaves France's Southern flank open for attack. Once France has Capitulated, the player should mostly just aid in Germany's war operations (Operation Sealion, Operation Barbarossa, Controlling Africa, etc.)

Bonus! If the player has a sizable enough navy, you can re-colonize South America, Asia, and more. This can be achieved by Naval Invading from your colony in Guinea Bissau, taking Brazil, and then moving on through South America. However, this inherently compels war with the USA, as they have guaranteed the independence of all North and South American nations other than British Canada, stemming from the historical Monroe Doctrine's prohibition on accepting further European colonization of the New World.

Achievements[edit]

BFFs

As Portugal, join the same faction as Great Britain.

Go Ahead, Macau My Day

As Portugal, create a collaboration government in Macau and have it own all Chinese states.

Countries

Europe

Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Finland German Reich Greece Hungary Ireland Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Norway Poland Portugal Nationalist Spain Republican Spain Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

North America

Dominion of Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama United States

South America

Argentina Bolivia Chile Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela

Asia	Afghanistan Bhutan British Malaya British Raj Communist China Guangxi Clique Iran Iraq Mongolia Nepal Oman Philippines Saudi Arabia Siam Sinkiang Tannu Tuva Tibet Xibei San Ma Yemen Yunnan