Soviet national focus tree

 Soviet Union, as one of the seven major powers, got a unique national focus tree.

The Soviet focus tree includes four, both historical and alternative, branches:

• Finish the Five Year Plan focuses on development of infrastructure and factories
• Stalin Constitution focuses on manpower and research
• Found the PCDI is the main diplomatic tree that focuses on international relations
• Permanent Revolution / The Great Purge focuses on internal restructuring to unlock the full power of the Soviet Union.

Finish the Five Year Plan branch

Finish the Five Year Plan

	Focus	Effect(s)	Prerequisite(s)	Description
	Finish the Five Year Plan	Random Owned Controlled State: Add 2 Building Slots Add 2 Civilian factory Random Owned Controlled State: Add 2 Building Slots Add 2 Civilian factory	No National Focus Prerequisites The following will bypass the focus: The Soviet Union doesn't own any eligible states.	The second Five Year Plan prioritizes the development of heavy industry. The Soviet Union must develop quickly in order to match the Capitalist and Fascist powers of the West.
	Move Industry to the Urals	Moscow(219): Remove 6 military factories and 2 civilian factories. Leningrad(195): Remove 5 military factories and 1 civilian factory. Smolensk(242): Remove 2 civilian factories. Zlatoust(573): Add 8 shared building slots, 5 military factories and 3 civilian factories. Magnitogorsk(582): Add 8 shared building slots, 6 military factories and 2 civilian factories.	Finish the Five Year Plan Additional prerequisites: at war Moscow(219): Owned and controlled by Soviet Union and has at least 6 military factories and 2 civilian factories Leningrad(195): Owned and controlled by Soviet Union and has at least 5 military factories and 1 civilian factory Smolensk(252): Owned and controlled by Soviet Union and has at least 2 civilian factories Zlatoust(573) & Magnitogorsk(582): Owned and controlled by Soviet Union	The backstabbing Hitlerists must not be allowed to seize our precious factories in the western part of the USSR. With supreme effort and sacrifice, we should be able to quickly move the most valuable heavy equipment and facilities to Chelyabinsk and other locations in the Urals.
	Defense of Moscow	Gain +5 army experience. Add level 4 land fort in Moscow(129). Add level 3 land forts in 8 provinces around Moscow.	Move Industry to the Urals Additional prerequisites: Moscow (219): is controlled by Soviet Union AND One of the following must be true: Any neighboring state that is not controlled by Soviet Union Soviet Union is at least 10% towards capitulation	The Fascists are knocking at the gates of the capital! Moscow must not be allowed to fall at any cost. Mobilize everyone, from children to old people to hastily erect what defenses we can!
	Armament Effort	Gain +10 army experience. Sverdlovsk(653): Add 2 Building Slots Add 2 Military factory Chelyabinsk(572): Add 2 Building Slots Add 2 Military factory	Finish the Five Year Plan The following will bypass the focus: The Soviet Union doesn't own any eligible states.	If you can build tractors, you can build tanks! We must not allow our military production capacity to lag behind.
	Extra Research Slot	Gain 1 Research Slot.	Armament Effort AND Collectivist Propaganda
	Infrastructure Effort	Random Owned Controlled State: Add 3 Infrastructure Random Owned Controlled State: Add 3 Infrastructure Random Owned Controlled State: Add 3 Infrastructure Random Owned Controlled State: Add 3 Infrastructure	Extra Research Slot	The Soviet Union is vast but t×costly empty. We must ensure the ability to transport goods and equipment across the width of the country quickly.
	Transformation of Nature	gains 120  political power. Kzyl Orda(?): Add 6 Rubber	Infrastructure Effort	Stalin's Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature must be put into action. The environment must be shaped and molded on a massive scale to work in the People's favor.

Stalin Constitution branch

	Focus	Effects	Prerequisites	Description
	Stalin Constitution	Gain +160 political power.	No National Prerequisites	It is time to update our old constitution and impress the world with the rights enjoyed by the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union!
	Collectivist Propaganda	Gain +120 political power. Gain National Spirit Collectivist Propaganda, which grants: Stability: +20.00%	Stalin Constitution	In the Soviet Union, there is no room for individual glory. Our propaganda should strongly emphasize collective efforts; surpassed production goals, successful expeditions and massive construction projects.
	Militarized Schools	Gain National Spirit Militarized Schools which grants: +0.5% Recruitable population	Colectivist Propaganda AND Armament Effort	Soviet children should be inculcated in military discipline and Socialist virtues like self-sacrifice and solidarity. Young minds are more easily molded.
	Workers' Culture	Gain National Spirit Worker's Culture, which grants: +10% Construction speed	Militarized Schools	Socialism is not just an economic system and Marxism is not just a science; we must transform the very fabric of Soviet society to extirpate all remnants of bourgeois mores and traditions.
	Women in Aviation	Gain +25 air experience. Generated aces may be female. The 588. Night Bomber Regiment becomes active in Moscow.	Workers' Culture	Comrade Raskova, our heroic long distance aviator, should be allowed to form some all-female air regiments through her Aviation Group 122 program.
	Positive Heroism	Available as Military High Command: Konstantin Rokossovsky (Armor (Genius)), which grants: +15% Armor division attack +15% Armor division defense Available as Theorist: Georgy Zhukov (Mass Assault Expert), which grants: Mass Assault Doctrine: -10% research time 0.05/day Army experience Rokossovsky may be purged by Stalin. Zhukov may be purged by Trotsky.	Stalin Constitution	It is time to move on from the old Leninist collectivist propaganda and transform various exceptional individuals into larger-than-life Heroes of Socialism!
	Progress Cult	Gain National Spirit Progress Cult, which grants: -5% Research time	Positive Heroism	It is time to move on from the old Leninist collectivist propaganda and transform various exceptional individuals into larger-than-life Heroes of Socialism!
	Socialist Science	Gain National Spirit Socialist Science, which grants: +3% Recruitable population	Progress Cult	The world, like the mind, is in constant motion. Nature is in a state of constant progress; revolution even. The principles of dialectical materialism can be applied to the natural sciences as well as the social...
	Extra Research Slot	Gain 1 research slot.	Socialist Science
	Aviation Cult	Gain +25 air experience. gets 1x 100% research bonus for: Light Aircraft (land fighter, land close air support) Medium Aircraft (heavy fighter, tactical bomber) Heavy Aircraft (strategic bomber) Naval Aircraft (naval bomber, carrier aircraft)	Positive Heroism	The Soviet Union will impress the world with astounding feats of aviation. Our heroic pilots are the knights of Bolshevik culture and progress, demonstrating our technological mastery over nature. How far we have come since the days of the Tsar!
	New Soviet Man	Allows Kamikaze Strike air missions.	Aviation Cult	The New Soviet Man is selfless, learned, disciplined and healthy; a living triumph over base instincts and false consciousness. Men will gladly lay down their lives for the good of all, and women will bear many children for the future of Soviet society.
	Socialist Realism	Gain +120 political power.	Stalin Constitution	All works of art in the Soviet Union must strive to educate the people in the goals and meaning of Communism, depicting the proletariat in realistic and typical scenes of everyday life. Soviet artists are the engineers of souls!

Found the PCDI branch

	Focus	Prerequisites	Effects	Description
	Improve Railway Network	No National Focus prerequisite Random Owned Controlled State: Add 3 Infrastructure Random Owned Controlled State: Add 3 Infrastructure Random Owned Controlled State: Add 3 Infrastructure	Our First Five year plan proved to be too successful. The massive expansion in heavy industry has left the Soviet Union in a much stronger position to defend herself but the soviet railway network has hit some critical bottlenecks. The People's Commissariat of Railways (NKPS) has an ambitious plan to close these bottlenecks and ensure that we can defend the motherland.
	Transpolar Flights	No National Focus prerequisite	gets 1x 100% research bonus for: air doctrines.	Our bravest pilots are just beginning to prove that daring routes across the arctic are possible. By using unexpected shortcuts like these in our planning of aerial warfare, we will be able to surprise the enemy.
	An Oceangoing Navy	No National Focus prerequisite	gets 2x 100% research bonus for: Battleship models	Although the Union encompasses a greater land area than any nation on the planet, the oceans of the world are yet to be ruled by our ships. Heavily armored battleships will be a part of our future ocean going fleet.
	Found the PCDI	has the focus Improve Railway Network, Transpolar Flights, An Oceangoing Navy	gets the national spirit: People's Commissariat of Defense Industry –20% Civilian to Military Conversion Cost	The People's Commissariat of Defense Industry of the USSR will be a heavy industry ministry focusing on our military industrial projects. In the long term, the work load may require further divisions of the ministry.
	Anti-Fascist Diplomacy	has the focus Found the PCDI	(), (), (): +15 Opinion of Soviet Union (), (), (), and 6 others: −40 Opinion of Soviet Union	Though all Western regimes are repressive and corrupt, there are none worse than those who pretend to be progressive; or even Socialist! By promoting such false consciousness among the proletariat, they are attempting to delay the Revolution and keep the workers in perpetual bondage.
	Far East Fortification	has the focus Anti-Fascist Diplomacy	Chita(563): Add 6 land forts to the Japanese border Birobidzhan(657): Add 8 land forts to the Japanese border Khabarovsk(409): Add 4 land forts to the Japanese border Vladivostok(408): Add 2 land forts to a province	The Japanese are constantly making incursions across the border with Manchuria. We must improve our defenses along that frontier in order to deter them permanently.
	Operation Zet	has the focus Far East Fortification has at least 200 Infantry Equipment in Stockpile	China: +20 Opinion of Soviet Union  Japan,  People's Republic of China: −40 Opinion of Soviet Union	Though the Kuomintang is reactionary, it seems unlikely that Mao and his brand of communism will prevail in China. We should strive to improve relations with Chiang; the ridiculously anachronistic Empire of Japan is bound to collapse soon anyway.
	Annex Tannu Tuva	Soviet Union: has the focus Operation Zet Does not have National Spirits Trotskyite Plot? AND Officers Purged	Soviet Union: Annexes  Tannu Tuva Tannu Tuva must agree to this, but AI always does.
	War With Japan	has the focus Annex Tannu Tuva	Soviet Union: gets a ‘Conquer (Focus)’  war goal against Japan	It seems the Japanese have no plans to back down. The only effective deterrent is going to be war. They will regret having resisted our demands when The Red Army tramples them down.
	Improve Stalin Line	has the focus Anti-Fascist Diplomacy not in an offensive war	(Pskov): Add 6 land forts to a province; (Nevel): Add 4 land forts to a province; (Vitebsk): Add 4 land forts to 3 provinces; (Minsk): Add 4 land forts to a province; (Kiev): Add 7 land forts to 2 provinces; (Cherkasy): Add 7 land forts to a province; (Odessa): Add 5 land forts to 3 provinces	Our western border must be better protected from fascist aggression. The Stalin Line should be extended and modernized.
	Claims in Baltic	has the focus Improve Stalin Line	Soviet Union: Gain claims on (Kaunas), (Siaulai), (Vidzeme), (Kurzeme); World Tension +3.0; ( Lithuania), ( Latvia): −50 Opinion of Soviet Union	Peter the Great was right in seeking access to ports in the west. The Baltic States, which were lost after the revolution, should be reintegrated into the Soviet Union.
	Baltic Security	has the focus Claims in Baltic	Soviet Union: Gain claims on (Karjala), (Tartu), (Harju); World Tension +1.0; , , , : Gain Communist Pressure= +0.10 Communism support/day for 1 year	The Baltic is our front yard and must be protected at all costs. Karelia must be seized to give Leningrad a secure buffer zone, and the self-rule of Estonia is just ridiculous!
	Claims on Poland	has the focus Baltic Security	Soviet Union: Gain claims on (Wilno), (Nowogradek), (Polesie), (Wolyn), (Lwow), (Stanislawow); World Tension +3.0;  Poland: −50 Opinion of Soviet Union	The display of incompetence and embarrassment that was the Soviet-Polish war must be avenged and eastern Poland reintegrated into the USSR!
	Claim on Bessarabia	Soviet Union: has the focus Claims on Poland	Soviet Union: Gain claims on Bessarabia(78), Bucovina(80); World Tension +1.0;  Romania: −40 Opinion of Soviet Union	The Black Sea is even more important to our economy than the Baltic. We must do everything we can to secure control of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.
	War With Germany	has the focus Claim on Bessarabia	Soviet Union: Gain Puppet  war goal against  Germany.	The Germans have left us with no other choice. For the sake of the free world and the future of our children. It is time for war.
	Demand Eastern Poland	has the focus Claims on Poland does not have the focus Offer Poland Protection	Poland: gets the event “Soviet Union Demands the East” Poland must approve event for the following to occur Soviet Union: gains control of (Wilno), (Nowogradek), (Polesie), (Wolyn), (Lwow), (Stanislawow);	Having reasserted our right to Poland's eastern territories, we should make clear that they can only save themselves from another partition by handing them over peacefully.
	Offer Poland Protection	has the focus Claims on Poland does not have the focus Demand Eastern Poland	Poland: gets the event “Soviet Union Offers Protection” Poland must approve event for the following to occur  Poland: Gain claims on Ostpreussen(5), Hinterpommern(63), Ostmark(68), Niederschlesien(66), Oberschlesien(67); Soviet Union: gains control of (Wilno), (Nowogradek), (Polesie), (Wolyn), (Lwow), (Stanislawow);	Although we could simply seize eastern Poland, it would be much preferable if they joined our Comintern in the process. We would need to offer something in return for our claims, however. If we promise them eastern Germany, they might be interested.
	Anti-Capitalist Diplomacy	has the focus Found the PCDI	(), (), (), and 6 others: +15 Opinion of Soviet Union (), (), (): −40 Opinion of Soviet Union	The worst obstacles to global revolution are, without a doubt, the fat bankers of the USA and the ruthless colonialist oppressors of the United Kingdom. It must always be our primary aim to slap their grasping hands and undermine their liberalist propaganda.
	Expand the Red Fleet	has the focus Anti-Capitalist Diplomacy not in an offensive war	gains +25  navy experience; Random Owned Controlled State: Add 2 Building Slots Add 2 Naval dockyard Random Owned Controlled State: Add 2 Building Slots Add 2 Naval dockyard 2x 100% Research Bonus for: Naval Equipment	The Red Fleet is pathetically weak compared to the navies of the imperialist powers. We must make its expansion a national priority!
	The Comintern	has the focus Expand the Red Fleet	World Tension +1.0; (), (): Gain Communist Influence= +0.05 Communist support/day for 1095 days	With the capitalist system entering its period of final collapse, the correct stance for all Communist parties must be a highly aggressive, militant, ultra-left line. In particular, we urge the Communist parties of the world to devote their energies to the destruction of the moderate left.
	Southern Thrust	has the focus The Comintern	Soviet Union: gets a ‘Conquer (Focus)’  war goal against ( Iran), ( Iraq); (), (), (): −30 Opinion of ()	Annexing Iran and Iraq would both secure their vast oil reserves for the Revolution and put direct pressure on the British imperialists in Egypt and India.
	Claim the Straits	has the focus Expand the Red Fleet	Gain claims on (Istanbul), (Izmit), (Bursa), (Izmir); World Tension +2.0	The straits leading from The Black Sea to the Aegean Sea is a key strategic point. We cannot allow this territory to be controlled by foreign powers. To ensure relevance of The Red Fleet we need to secure the straits.
	Ultimatum to Greece	has the focus Claim the Straits	Soviet Union: Gain claim on Aegean Islands; ( Greece): Gets event Soviet Ultimatum	The Aegean Islands is the last strategic piece we need to make sure The Red Fleet can operate freely. The Greeks are pressured from all sides and will most like give up a little territory to avoid an all-out war.
	War With UK	Soviet Union has completed both Southern Thrust & Ultimatum to Greece Does not have National Spirits Trotskyite Plot? and Officers Purged ( United Kingdom): exists	Soviet Union: Gain Puppet  war goal against  United Kingdom	The imperialistic British have never had any respect for us. There is no doubt that they will turn to The Soviet Union when they are finished with the rest of the world. There is only one way to prevent their aggressive expansion. War!
	Reconcile Japan	Soviet Union: has the focus Anti-Capitalist Diplomacy is NOT a puppet at peace with Japan  Japan: is NOT in a faction	Japan: +20 Opinion of Soviet Union Gets event “Soviet Union Cedes Land” = Japan gains North Sakhalin(655)	Our relations with Japan have always been troubled, but there are bigger fish to fry. By exploiting their desperate lack of natural resources, the Japanese could be led by the nose... Their anachronistic feudal regime is bound to fall soon anyway.
	Claim Sinkiang	has the focus Reconcile Japan	Soviet Union: Gain claims on Dzungria(618), Urumqi(617), Yarknd(619), Taklamakan(287); World Tension +2.0;  Poland: −50 Opinion of Soviet Union	Under Comrade Sheng Shicai's rule, Sinkiang is already a virtual Soviet puppet state. We should make it official...

Permanent Revolution/Great Purge branch

	Focus	Prerequisites	Effects	Description
	Permanent Revolution	No National Prerequisites Other prerequisites: available on the return of Trotsky (Country Leader) has_country_flag = counter_purge is communist. is not in a civil war.	Reward Logic #1: IF has_country_flag = counter_purge Completion Reward #1 replace trait Permanent Revolutionary with Triumphant Revolutionary which grants: +15% Justify war goal time −50% Subversive activities cost +15% Ideology drift defense Reward Logic #2: IF does not has_country_flag = counter_purge Completion Reward #2 display tooltip: Trotsky gains a better leader trait.	The oppressive demagogue is gone! True power has been restored to the people of our nation. All are now able to pursue their interests independently and without compromise. We are forever changing. The permanent revolution is a triumphant revolution.
	The Great Purge	No National Focus prerequisite Other prerequisites: does not has country flag = counter_purge is communist. The following will bypass the focus: has country flag = counter_purge display tooltip: Trotsky becomes the leader of The Soviet Union	Start The Great Purge (amount of completed purges will affect chance and size of a civil war and the penalty from Officers Purged remove National Spirit Trotskyite Plot? gets the national spirit: Trotskyite Plot Purged? Stability: –5% Despite the purges, the fear of betrayal remains.	There is a dangerous Trotskyist plot brewing among the officers; even in the highest ranks. Though Trotsky's personal involvement remains unknown, the threat is great. The USSR could even be thrown into another civil war... unless we are prepared to break some eggs.
	Rehabilitated Military	has the focus The Great Purge does not have the focus NKVD Primacy	gets the national spirit: Rehabilitated Military +2% Reinforce Rate +10% Division Recovery Rate	With the taint of Trotskyism finally cleansed from the officer corps, it might be possible to allow the military some freedom from political interference again.
	Military Reorganization	has the focus Rehabilitated Military	gets 1x 100% research bonus for: land doctrines. gains +20  army experience.	The Purge has not left the military in a good state. The new leadership is green and ineffective, and no work has been done to develop our doctrines. We must rectify this situation immediately!
	NKVD Primacy	has the focus The Great Purge does not have the focus Rehabilitated Military	gets the national spirit: NKVD Subversive activities cost −50% Operative slot +1 NKVD, The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was a law enforcement agency of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the All Union Communist Party. It was also tasked with protection of Soviet borders and espionage, which included political assassinations abroad, influencing foreign governments and enforcing Stalinist policy within communist movements in other countries.	The military has shown that it can never be trusted. Therefore, the NKVD will need to be expanded and given greater powers, with more political commissars to keep an eye on the officers.
	NKVD Divisions	has the focus NKVD Primacy	gets upgraded national spirit NKVD: NKVD Subversive activities cost −50% Operative slots +1 +5% Reinforce Rate NKVD, The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was a law enforcement agency of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the All Union Communist Party. It was also tasked with protection of Soviet borders and espionage, which included political assassinations abroad, influencing foreign governments and enforcing Stalinist policy within communist movements in other countries.	The NKVD should be given some divisions of its own to act as Internal Troops, protecting railways and important installations.
	Lessons of War	has the focus Military Reorganization OR NKVD Divisions One of the following must be true: after 0100hrs 1.1.1941 has had a war since completing The Great Purge	gains +20  army experience. gets 1x 100% research bonus for: armor technology gets 1x 100% research bonus for: land doctrines. remove any existing Officers Purged & Great Patriotic War national spirits	With the experiences gained fighting limited wars, we should be able to make some breakthroughs in armored warfare, and perhaps even finally whip the depleted officer corps into shape!
	Research City Experiment	has the focus Lessons of War	gets a 1x 100% research bonus for: nuclear technology.	One of our foremost scientists, Kurchatov, has noted that when breaking up of kernels in a kilogram of uranium, the energy released must be equal to the explosion of 20,000 tons of trotyl. We need to harness this power before our enemies to ensure the survival of the Motherland.
	Diversify the Program	has the focus Research City Experiment	gets a 2x 100% research bonus for rocketry technology.	We have learned much from the last years and progress have been made in fields of traditional warfare. We are a nation of great scientists who have the capacity to uncover methods of war giving tremendous advantages. We must make sure they have the best conditions to work under if we want to see results.
	Closed City Network	has the focus Diversify the Program	Gain 1 Research Slot.	We should set up closed cities for research that require more space than we have available in our military bases. Restricting access to the cities ensures that our research remains secret, while giving our scientists plenty of space for large scale experiments.
	SMERSH	has the focus The Great Purge is at war with a major power The following will bypass the focus: does not have Trotskyite Plot Purged?	remove national spirit: Trotskyite Plot Purged? Stability: –15% Despite the purges, the fear of betrayal remains. gain national spirit: SMERSH Counter intelligence: +0.50% Operative slots: +1	SMERSH, or 'Death to Spies', is a proposed counter-intelligence initiative that would serve a dual purpose; rooting out enemy spies and executing deserters and partisans within the ranks of the Red Army.
	Partisan Suppression	has the focus SMERSH	gets the national spirit: Partisan Suppression Damage to Garrisons: -25.00%	SMERSH should be expanded to better be able to infiltrate and ruthlessly suppress all forms of partisan activity in occupied territory.

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