Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg

Pretty much any path that institutes greater racial and gender equality is at least alright in my book, with the exceptions of the integralists in Brazil.
 
Some of the non-syndie Norwegian branches are fine, as are some of the paths for the other Scandinavian countries and Finland. Depending on how the game plays out, some of the Central American branches are fine--SocDem Nicaragua->Centroamerica or liberal any of them -> Central American Confederation -> RadSocs (who promote racial equality and neutrality in this configuration, unlike in Centroamerica!). RadSoc Indochina also seems pretty moral in general, especially if you push for women's rights, although it can get up to some questionable things with land reform and has some expansionist paths (of course, it doesn't have to take them). Gandhi's Bhartiya Commune is an obvious candidate, too, especially if everything gets in place for the peaceful union with Delhi. I'd also put in a good word for monarchist Hawai'i--looking at the focus trees, they restore the rights of the native Hawaiians, establish a constitutional system, and set up various forms of welfare--although from what I recall the king option was a wife-beater and the female option a playgirl, so that might take them down some notches.

Other than that...syndie Australasia, especially if it remains neutral? A democratic Russia that devolves power to the communes seems fairly moral (certainly it's pretty much as moral as you can get with Russia, the total opposite of Savinkov), same with a peacefully formed Soviet Union that picks, IIRC, the autonomists--the ones that really do want to give the minorities plenty of power to do their own thing--although both are expansionistic enough that it might be a problem. Some of the South American countries can remain pretty democratic and free, without getting into any wars. So can Costa Rica, Panama, and Cuba, obviously depending on how you play. I'd put democratic or socialist Iran on here, but they have a strong expansionist bent. All things considered Haile Selassie can be relatively moral--integrating Eritrea, reforming society to establish a constitutional monarchy--or, of course, not. Honestly, it's kind of hard to figure which countries are the most moral. Aside from a few exceptions that have only "evil" or "bad" paths--Mongolia, Romania, Mittelafrika by virtue of being a colonial enterprise--most have paths that are at least somewhat good, or about as good as could be expected.

You also missed Fonte's Argentina on your list of "bad" regimes, although that might be covered in your "minor Totalist". I think it probably should be bumped up a notch, though, if you're putting natpop Argentina on there. I mean, it's literally a bandit kingdom, so it seems quite on par with the Mad Baron...
Even Mittelafrika has a path that is clearly less bad and moving in a moral direction - the Reformgruppe->Neue Reformgruppe Mittelafrika is still colonial, but dismantling the more exploitative measures, and building up native institutions and autonomy is probably as moral as you can get without major violence within the 30s-40s from the starting point of Göring's 1936 Mittelafrika. I do wish it was possible to get without relying on the slim chance of Germany picking it.
 
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Even Mittelafrika has a path that is clearly less bad and moving in a moral direction - the Reformgruppe->Neue Reformgruppe Mittelafrika is still colonial, but dismantling the more exploitative measures, and building up native institutions and autonomy is probably as moral as you can get without major violence within the 30s-40s from the starting point of Göring's 1936 Mittelafrika. I do wish it was possible to get without relying on the slim chance of Germany picking it.
Could just pick it as Germany and then tag switch to MAF.
 
Question for everyone: In your opinion, what are the most morally superior and most morally bankrupt nations/factions?

For me, I'd say the best would be Austria and the Pacific States, due to being generally pretty wholesome democracies with minimal atrocities committed.

For the morally worst, I have to pick the Internationale nations. Regardless of how noble their intentions are, they invariably plunge the world into a brutal war that kills millions, for the sake of their ideology alone. Also Pelley's America but that goes without saying

Most "Moral": CSA unless the totalists take over(and even then the totalists are bog standard M-Ls that's actually quite progressive), any of the non totalist Internationale nations. Runner-ups for this include some of the nicer social democrats, neutral socialist nations, and the radsoc faction for the Central American confederation. The Australasian First movement is also somewhat nice despite being far right. Huey Long can also be interpreted sympathetically.

Most "Evil": Pelley's America, nuff said. Iron Guard Romania and Carles Argentina are also pretty bad Nazi equvilents as well. Goering's mittleafrika is also a horror show that makes Leopold II look humane in comparison with the only saving grace being that Goering at least sets up wildlife preserves. Valois France since that's arguably the totalist that's closest to what you'd call a Nazbol. Fonte Argentina is also pretty bad with Fonte being some demented Pol Pot expy, but he's not really in the running for most evil because of the devs plan to remove him. Mussolini "Maoist/Futurist Italy" too, especially since Mussolini's cultural revolution is shown in all it's "glory". Also the dutch totalists and the dutch syndicalists if they go down the same path(the dutch syndicalists can choose to do something moderate or enforce totalitarian control too)

Runner-ups include Savinkov, who while not a racial supremacist or a raving antisemite and having some positive qualities in contrast to Pelley, the Iron Guard, Goering, and Carles, has the potential to facilitate a lot of Imperial Japan esque atrocities(borderline genocidal reprisals against Germans and mass rape happening everywhere) in his efforts to restore Russian glory, Business plot America for bascically creating a corporate dystopia enforced by a military strongmen(and there's the implication that they were playing every single faction in the war to destroy the CSA regardless of the chaos and suffering it would cause), and Mosley(who's a Stalin expy with dreams of becoming Big Brother) through I believe he pales in comparison to Pelley and outright Nazbols like Valois, and his actions aren't shown to be as graphic as Mussolini. But then again, neither Mosley and Valois have been reworked, with the implication by the devs that CoF rework will be very late in the development process, so I can't really gague how evil they are without speculation.

Oh and here's a Krasnacht lore teaser:

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So bascically, rather than four factions slug it off, we have a period of warlordism after Huey Long's death leads to the collapse of the AUS. This ultimately culminates in CSA victory. Pelley + Business plot use the opportunity to take over and establish their theofascist ultracorproatist state. Lindbergh seems to have broken with them and rallied the remants of the Huey Long supporters to his banner. The federal government has been divided into several warlords. Canada tried to intervene but it failed and the CSA inspired a revolution in Canada and Quebec secessionists rising up. Eisenhower and his supporters have already fled America for holdouts in the Caribbean.
 
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Looking at the map we made makes me wonder that honestly, KR should have an "American anarchy" if the war goes on for too long.

And if your side is struggling,you get hit the brunt of it. Huey Long could face an earlier Pelley or Business plot coup(or as we have it here, both could team up vs. Long) and AUS could fragment into warlordism between various military strongmen.
Federal government could have assassination of MacArthur and fragment into warlordism between various strongment and one of the warlords could potentially go natpop(not in the racial purity sense esproused by Pelley, more like ultra revanchist--like Savinkov or very, very antisocialist like the Australisian guard). CSA would maybe face a totalist coup or something. More democratic leaning splinters/warlords could potentially try to unite with the PSA either because they want to join the PSA or want a degree of autonomy in the new America(can be represented as subjects).

The side that is winning might actually get bonuses or morale boosts as the other sides collapses into disarray. And obviously there is a situation where all sides fail to gain an advantage.
 
Australasian First movement

Aren't they anti-democratic autocrats?

I really like this idea and it also opens up some interesting paths for Canada to take. Do they leave that mess as it is, bring some of the factions under their wing. Do they start taking land for themselves?

It makes North America a bit more dynamic after they made the Civil War unavoidable.
 
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Aren't they anti-democratic autocrats?


I really like this idea and it also opens up some interesting paths for Canada to take. Do they leave that mess as it is, bring some of the factions under their wing. Do they start taking land for themselves?

It makes North America a bit more dynamic after they made the Civil War unavoidable.

They support rights for women and end white Australia policy
 
Beautiful map, but how does the Internationale win so impressively without America bankrolling them?

I get that the Commonwealth is basically the PRC standin but not an insane personality cult, but this calls into question the 2WK results a bit.

Probably the same way Germany got such an early lead in OTL WW2: luck and surprise plus dumb/overconfident opponents.

Also Russia making sure Germany can't safely focus on the western front.
 
Probably the same way Germany got such an early lead in OTL WW2: luck and surprise plus dumb/overconfident opponents.
Fair enough.

Still kinda surprising given the immense logistical advantages Germany has at game start, unless it's idiotic enough to get involved in the Indochina revolt and send all its divisions to Vietnam.
 
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