Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg

I agree with you that the only way National France can continue to survive is if it provides some level of rights to the native population, I'm just skeptical if they'd ever do such a thing, even if it was the only thing that'd let them survive. Keep in mind that National France is made up of the Right-Wing of French Politics, so I think most potential reformist activists would have stayed with the Commune.
Well the thing is that you had a certain form of anticolonial thought that also existed on the right wing of the political spectrum. Not sure they'd make the majority but it's not impossible you'd have certain political currents in National France that just want to get rid of the colonial empire once it has served its purpose.

Also, reformists don't exists solely on the left side of the spectrum: Conservatives can make reforms, they just usually don't have the same aims and goals as Socialists or Liberals. Or when they do, they usually don't use the same methods and/or have different motivations.

Finally, you could argue that there are reformists that have joined National France because the Commune is simply too radical for them. Not saying these people would necessarilly be in power nor marginalized, but they still could be around and possibly gain influence if the right decisions are made (read: done by the player).
I do agree that a native elite would probably be implemented, but I'm also skeptical of the idea that it would do anything more than buy time.
I'm not saying otherwise. By all means National France should have a high risk of native anticolonial revolt on its hand (especially since the Commune would likely work towards supporting such dissension) at the start, with focuses only meant to ensure the colonies stay quiet at least until the birthright is fully reclaimed. And even after that happens, there would likely be a colonial question once Paris is recovered: after all, all those Indigenous soldiers that fought to liberate the mainland will likely want some form of retribution for their contribution (in the case National France managed to keep them from revolting by peaceful means) or would still want to get rid of their colonial chains (in the case where National France has basically survived by cracking down on every potential revolt).
1) The military government, focused on the singular goal of "reclaiming the birthright", puts all of the resources that they have into an invasion. Any potential reformers are overshadowed by Petain and the Reactionaries who see any further reform as "syndicalist evil".
Depends exactly on what makes Pétain's entourage. As I said, De Gaulle originally was a protégé of Pétain and depending on the circumstances he could still occupy a high position in the current government. Depending on how the power shifts in Pétain's government and assuming De Gaulle follows more or less his OTL path (split from Pétain's crowd and follow a slightly less authoritarian way of thinking), there could still be reforms around, even if reclaiming the mainland would likely still be the number one priority.

And that's not without mentionning who exactly makes the government of National France. Likely a majoirty of military staff and right-wing politicians sure, but they're not necessarilly meant to be only reactionnaries. The dynamic probably shifts in the Reactionnaries' favor at the start but it doesn't have to stay that way nor to go further right. All depends on how the government evolves.
3) As the war drags on, National France is forced to extract more labor from their native population, likely with more forced labor camps.
Could be a thing if the Regime does follow the more authoritarian paths. But I think the player should be left with the possibility of having to avoid doing that, even it's not the most likely choice the AI would make.
 
Last I checked, in the current lore the Commune explicitly is less welcoming of reformists (specifically, SocDems) than the Union of Britain. That will of course change with the UoB rework, but so might the slave labour mentions for NatFrance with its rework.
 
Dudes, there is any mod that increases the power of the strategic bombing?

Realy, i got two thousand tactical bombers and six hundred strategic ones and the french are taking less than one point zero (my keyboard is missing numbers) damage for their industry, and I got two thousand and four hundred fighters while they got one hundred and seventy five, I should be dresdening the whole commune, but nothing happens
 
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From reddit, wonder how this would happen In-universe
 
While I understand why there's no real opportunity for it to happen, I'd be very interested in seeing a world where the non-Federalist factions of the 2ACW agreed to partition the former United States amongst themselves.
 

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Finally finished (effectively) my Liangguang Clique -> Guangzhou Federal Gov't -> United Provinces of China playthrough, since I'm not sure if today's patch broke any saves. Made it up to the end of 1947 and reunified around 1943-44, having to wipe out more rivals than I was hoping to. The Qing were complete and utter pushovers thanks to most of their soldiers being devoted to the front against the Fengtian Clique (which, luckily for me, broke with Japan). Yunnan was a slog because of the mountainous terrain, but after six moonths to a year I was able to secure it. Hunan and Sichuan joined me without a fight, Tibet was resistant for a while and had a friend in Mongolia. I then fight against Fengtian while cleaning up the Tibetan and Mongolian remnants (both Buddhist), and managed to sweep them off and secure Federal jurisdiction over them. Managed to form the UPC by '44 after dealing with Xinjiang, established a constitution, and fixed most of the pressing problems immediately plaguing the reunified country. Only thing left is to declare the Co-Prosperity Sphere persona non grata on the Mainland, which is not the easiest of tasks but it's been done before.

The year 1948 dawns on a Europe divided between a mostly Totalist Third Internationale (with Makhno recently being elected to France to replace Valois, don't ask me to explain this), a relatively democratic Moscow Accord backed by a republican Russia, the remnants of the Entente clinging on to their positions in Africa (but doing just fine in Canada, Mexico, Australasia, and India), and Japan mostly dominant in East Asia, a position the UPC looks forward to toppling. Long won out after the 2ACW's conclusion in '43, managing to defeat threats both outside (MacArthur, Reed, and the PSA) and inside (Moseley's Business Plot and the arguably just as cursed Silver Legion), and is slowly rebuilding the broken country. South America is surprisingly stable, with democracy surviving in Brazil and across most of the continent.

Honestly not particularly grim but not the greatest of worlds either. I think the Liangguang Clique path is one of my personal favorites in reunifying China, and I think I actually like it more than the L-KMT. This one is definitely easier if you play your cards right and get lucky here and there, and is incredibly blessed. Depending on foci you take and trade policy, you have the means to get to four research slots with up to nearly a sixty percent boost on research, which is incredibly good from my point of view.
 
I've played KR on hoi4 for nearly 2 years and didnt realize the ships had description. freakin love this mod XD


While I understand why there's no real opportunity for it to happen, I'd be very interested in seeing a world where the non-Federalist factions of the 2ACW agreed to partition the former United States amongst themselves.

in the darkk time of the loing long ago, i remember this was an option.,..

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Explain, please.
It was very messy
First of all, Khalistani movement did not exist until the Partition. Pakistan was also a thing spurred on by the Brits to be fair, but at least it was a thing in KR. That said, the Baloch princes were not pro-Pakistan, and the princes there would likely be more powerful.
Bengal was where "Azad Hind" started off, and Hyderabad and Mysore have modern borders.
 
It was very messy
First of all, Khalistani movement did not exist until the Partition. Pakistan was also a thing spurred on by the Brits to be fair, but at least it was a thing in KR. That said, the Baloch princes were not pro-Pakistan, and the princes there would likely be more powerful.
Bengal was where "Azad Hind" started off, and Hyderabad and Mysore have modern borders.

Where did you see this? They’re actually going with the whole religious divide kinda thing and a Sikh chauvinist/separatist movement???
 
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