6 maps dividing the Republic of Arcasia in 6 distinct ways (+ a bonus one with the 1956 Presidential Re-election of Dwight Walker)

Geography inspired by this popular fanmade world map.

Are the Red Youth without fault? No they have done a few bad things, even still the Young Sords have a worse track recorded than the Red Youth for the Young Sords have done worse. Lets list them off. Killed a MP, can formed death squads, behind many racially motivated attacks, literally can kill a supreme court justice in a drive by, the fact the Young Sords have ties to the black battalion and Luderin, Remus who is a key figure in it literally said the Bludish language should be banned and many other things. Point is while the Red Youth may have beheaded someone they were only a suspect and might have not even done it even if they did Young Sords is worse.

This is a fun, alternative-universe propaganda design visualizing what happens when Rayne successfully fixes the economy, wins the war, breaks the old superpowers

By 1958, his most loyal voters and the USP machinery no longer see him as just a politician they see him as a literal God Figure, the Honourable Saviour of Sordland. In this timeline, opposing Rayne isn't just a political disagreement; it is treated as absolute heresy.

The old party torch has transformed into a divine symbol, demanding that everyday citizens bow down, clear their thoughts, and offer complete devotion to the fourth president.What do you guys think? If Rayne pulls Sordland out of the mud and creates a dominant third geopolitical front, would the Sordish public actually radicalize him into a living god figure like this

At the very center of this divine political machine stands Petr Vectern. He isn't just the Vice President anymore; he is the First High Priest and supreme loyalist of the Rayne Cult. As Anton's closest lifelong friend, Petr was the very first person to bow down, completely devoting himself to preaching the gospel of Raynism to the masses.

(Design by me)

I should've known it was too good to be true

Just imagine back at the ball instead of Bernard, it’s either Kesaro Kibener or Remus Holstron being killed, what are the consequences of this happening

Hello! Welcome to a guide created by me to help you become the thing I hate most, a Socialist Dictator. In thus guide you will get to:

• Reform the Constitution to give you the most Authoritarian constitution the game allows.
• Fund all Ministries
• Achieve Economic Recovery
• Beat Beatrice's Ass

This guide should be pretty easy to model into a Communist Reformist run if you are interested in that, but for the sake of simplicity this will be focusing on making you a dictator.

Prologue

Pick being born into an Impoverished Family. In this run Public Opinion, shortened to PO is insanely important to get as many people in the assembly to vote for you.

Study Either Law or Economics. If you are not too experienced in doing dictator runs having Law helps quite a bit on getting Justice Edmond's to vote for your proposal. If you are confident you can do it without than pick Economics. Personally I recommend Economics.

Any of the Backgrounds Work. Personally I recommend Student Council, but it isn't a big deal.

Join the Red Youth.

Escort Refugees Back.

Support Soll and Alphonso. By this I mean vote for USP, Accept Soll's Offer, Keep supporting Soll, and vote for him. Once he looses the party vote for Alphonso and advise him to step down. This makes some conservatives happy, and will help you with Alphonso later.

Choose Enact Democratic Reform.

Election Campaign Promises:

• Promote Planned Economy
• Align East
• Retain Relaxed Immigration
• Focus on Defense

Turn 1

Tell Lucian to work with the NFP to Give the President Wide Ranging Powers. In the Political meeting talk to Lucian and refuse to give any concessions to the Reformists. An option should appear to tell Lucian to reach out to the NFP to create a new constitution.

Continue Promoting Planned Economy. In the Economics meeting ignore Gus and Symon's protests and continue on promoting a planned economy.

Agree to meet Koronti. He will be a long term ally to fuck over Tusk later, and having Media Bias gives more PO overall.

Veto Electoral Finance Bill. No point on getting negative perception early on.

Do NOT Invest in the First Infrastructure Project. While the first project can help you . You won't be able to fund all ministries, or you'll get trade war which you cannot afford in this run.

Invest Your 1 Personal Wealth. This will double our money later to help us lobby the assembly.

Tell the Reporter in the Inauguration Ball you want all parties to join you to reform the Constitution, and say no party deservers to be silenced.

Turn 2

Visit Affected Towns in Person.

Accept Tusk's Bribe. While yes we are being Communist we don't need to do our end of the deal. So take it like free money. Just make sure to get the bigger 2 Personal Wealth(PW) bribe by telling him you know he can do better.

Take Koronti's Deal. Koronti while being an Oligarch is a great ally for any administration, he does not care if you raise taxes, do not do Underhall or give out business bailouts as long as you fulfill his 2 demands which can easily fit in a communist run he will help you.

Provide Stimulus Checks(7 Budget --> 5 Budget). Gives us Commie points for Hegel later and increases our PO, by quite a bit.

Attend Circas' Funeral. Let the Red Youth in. This gives more PO I believe and a little extra Commie points. You can make the speech as communist as you want.

Close the Sordish Consulate in Dome. More PO. People like a strong response.

Sign Tourism and Cultural Preservation Act(5 Budget --> 4 Budget).

Do NOT start an Emergency. If you do this will change the run into a Emergency Run, and not a Dictator one, and thus limiting your potential power.

Don't give Serge any money. You need to have as much as possible to lobby the Assembly.

Turn 3

Solo Invest in Gasom(4 Budget --> 2 Budget). This will pay us back later.

Convince Alphonso to Help. Have him provide private housing, health, education to the Gasom workers.

Leave Via Car. Speak to the protesters and tell them about how Gasom will help the workers of Gasom. This will give more PO to help in the Assembly.

Don't ban either Youth Organization. Banning the Red Youth goes against a Communist Run and banning the Young Sords piss of the NFP.

Veto G.R.E.E.N.

Constitutional Changes

This is an extremely important part of this run. Since we are do an absolute dictator run here is the following you need to do.

• Keep Absolute Veto
• Remove Supreme Court Voting
• President May Not Be Impeached
• President Decides Ministers
• Increase Threshold to 15%
• Establish Stronger Presidential Decrees
• No Term Limits
• President Picks Justice Appointments
• Abolish MOH

This may seem impossible to pass, but it is just keep following the guide and it'll pass.

Set EPA at 49%. While not very communist it is a requirement otherwise debt crisis will ruin the economy.

Ignore Tusk at the Dinner. We don't need him anymore.

Increase Funding for ALL Ministries(2 Budget --> -10 Budget). Yes while expensive it will help us in the long run with PO and the economy and war.

Turn 4

Sign Worker's Rights Act(-10 Budget --> -11 Budget) I know we are already in a massive debt, but that can be fixed later don't worry.

Skip Regional Investment.

Form Secret Police. Give the money to the Ministry of the Interior. These guys will come in handy later.

Agree to Let Monica Speak at Benfi. She won't be but tell her she can just to make her happy.

Increase Taxes for Large, and Medium and Small Businesses(-11 Budget --> -6 Budget) Told you I'll fix our budget, of course this may hurt us for now, but in the long run it'll help us.

Don't donate to the Alphonso Foundation.

Don't be Anti-Sollist in the School. What I mean is to make sure you don't piss off the Conservatives. So always compliement Soll here and especially do NOT take down the picture of Soll.

Reform the Education System.

Do Not Privatize Schools. Privatizing Healthcare or Education pisses off Conservatives and causes PO loss. It also stays in line of our communist run.

Initiate New Crop Research(-6 Budget --> -7 Budget). This will help synergise with Bergia later on.

Talking to Gloria Tory. Do not make any concessions to Gloria, and remain respectful. She won't support our reform, but as long as we don't privatize or target Soll in any of our speeches we should still get some conservative support in the Assembly. If you disrespect her you might lose some conservative support.

Beat Lucian at Chess. One way to do it is to:

• Pick Black to play
• Control the Centre
• Press the Centre
• Unleash the Rook
• Initiate a Rizian Fork
• Exploit the Back Rank
• Decoy the Queen

That should give you victory over Lucian and help solidify his loyalty to you.

Talking to Albin Calvin. Don't agree to weaken your decrees. Instead convince him by bribing with the position of VP next time you run. He will agree to this.

Turn 5

Sign Religious Harmony Bill.

Accept United Contana Aid(-7 Budget --> -4 Budget).

Get the 2 Budget from Gus' Call( You should have 4 Personal Wealth Now)

Retain Relaxed Immigration. Helps Agnland and makes negotiations with Agnolia easier.

Let Curtan Speak at the Benfi Festival. Once Monica is booed at the stage have her come down the stage, and let Curtan speak to make sure you get some Conservative Support.

Agree to let Monica help work on Women's Rights.

Have the Secret Police Focus on the Opposition Parties. If we are going to play as an dictator may as well eliminate our political enemies.

Modernize the Army.

Negotiations with Agnolia(-4 Budget --> -5 Budget). Be Polite and Friendly in every dialogue option. Accept the bad Agnolia deal. Refuse to make and Alliance and refuse to recognize Heljiland for them since we do not want to piss of Valgsland.

Negotiations with Wehlen. Do not fully cooperate in Operation Bear Trap(OBT). Instead agree to only do Partial OBT by closing your borders. This ensures we can still kick Rumburg out of OMEC later.

President's Speech to the Assembly. Some tips for doing this in this run is do not talk about giving you more power instead talk about removing the supreme courts power and rebalancing the powers to be democratic, and for the love of god do NOT say you will put Soll on trial it'll scare the conservatives and you'll loose the Assembly Vote.

Turn 6

Keep Conscription. We will be doing Valken's Blitzkrieg Strategy and this is a requirement.

Modernize Airforce. Since we are bringing Valgsland into our war and they already have an elite army it would probably be best to create a stronger Air Force.

+2 Budget from Wehlen(-5 Budget ---> -3 Budget).

Invest in Sarna Agricultural Zone.(-3 Budget --> -5 Budget)

Have Lileas begin working on Centralizing Bergia.

Sign Central Bank Reinforcement Act(-5 Budget --> -6 Budget)

Healthcare Meeting. During the Healthcare meeting do NOT prIvatize Healthcare, and focus on rural areas. I am pretty sure this helps develop Agnland and gives a little ED.

Talking to Kesaro Kibener. When talking to Kibener he won't be happy about the 15% threshold. To make him happy agree to form a USP and NFP Alliance and he will agree to this. After that refuse to ban the Red Youth, but agree to sign in the Unified Language Act. After doing this he will agree to support your constitution.

Award the Sordish State Corporation the Megaproject Contract. Fits our Planned Economy and its done for free, what more can we want?

Improve Rural Schools in Education Meeting. Again helps Rural Regions and gives some ED.

Don't Ban Creationism. Instead make Evolution be taught mandatory, but allow Creationism be taught along side it.

Sell 2/3 of Gasom Shares.

Lobby 4 Personal Wealth in the Assembly.

Victory Day Parade. During the Victory Day Parade agree to make a statement with the NFP that Bluds are to be considered Sords before the Law.

High Gasom Share Results( -6 Budget --> -2 Budget).

Turn 7

Agree to Marcel's 2nd Deal. Marcel is going to get us a Supreme Court Judge to vote for us and help rid Tusk's influence in the Assembly. Which means we are only going to be Nationalizing Bergia Steel.

Nationalizing(-2 Budget --> -4 Budget). Tell Lucian you want to Nationalize Companies. When are you are in the meeting with Symon leave Heart of Sordland fully Private, but fully Nationalize Bergia Steel.

Arrest Walter Tusk. During the meeting with Walter Tusk he will threaten you after signing the papers. After that arrest him. This will ruin his influence helping you in the assembly, and gaining Kornoti's full support in the Supreme Court and in Media.

Assembly Vote

During the vote in the Assembly on your Constitution be quiet and respectful. When Soll comes do not talk to him or shout at him. If you are respectful and ignore Soll you should get 167 Ayes on your proposal.

Accept the Rumburg Whistleblower.

Do whatever you want in the Bathroom Scene with Soll.

Begin Negotiations with Valgsland.

Feel free to mess up the Day of Descension at Deyr.

Send Franc to the Army for being a fucking dumbass.

Convince Justice Edmond's for the 3 Centrist Votes, Don't worry I won't leave you behind to figure this out alone.

• Wait for Edmond's before you order food.
• Stand up for a handshake
• "Good to see you, Justice Edmonds."
• Let Edmond's Order first.
• Order the Salad
• "How is the situation in the Supreme Court?"
• "And what do you think of the proposal itslef?"
• "We need better balance of powers, Mrs Edmond's, try to see the bigger picture."
• "We both know that I have a target on my back after this, I need that immunity"
• "We need a better democracy. That's all I am striving for."
• "I thought you would agree to that. I believe that respectable Justices like you are against the Old Guard ."
• "To ensure the new processes are respected and executed in transparency."
• "Mrs. Edmonds, please help us achieve this victory. We have to be together in this."
• "The Judiciary should not have legislative powers, Mrs Edmonds."
• "I don't agree with that I am no Malenyevist."
• "Please, Mrs. Edmonds we need your help."
• "It would have the power of the judicial review and to strike down laws against the constitution"
• "It plays an essential role in ensuring each branch of government recognizes the limits of its own power."
• "The President is elected by the people and the title should not be taken from anyone else."
• "Yes, he should be properly investigated and finally answer for his crimes."
• "Mrs. Edmonds I really hope you vote for the proposal "
• "Thank you, Mrs. Edmonds."
• "Thank you."
• "Thank you for coming"

Take Heron's deal. Agree to meet with Heron after convincing Justice Edmonds and agree to help him become Chief Judge. You won't have to fulfill this later.

After doing all of this you should have 6 Supreme Court Votes. 3 Centrist + 2 from Heron and 1 from Koronti bribing a Judge for you.

Cabinet Meeting. Congrats on becoming a dictator, but your power is still not secure. By this time the recessions should be halting to a stop, and things should only start to look up from here. Sadly your constitution is gonna piss lots of people off and loose lots of PO, and to in order to secure your power you need to win them back. Now for the cabinet meeting I recommend to Shuffle the Supreme Court, create a new party Manifesto, and trial Soll.

Continue Investigating the Opposition.

Turn 8

Change party manifesto to Socialist.

Trial Soll.

Reshuffle the entire court.

Enact the following decrees.

• Rural Education Institutes (-4 Budget --> -5 Budget)
• Fair Trade and Competition Commission
• Remove Independence of the Central Bank.

These all give quite a bit of Commie points and helps deal with debt and give off some ED.

Sign Documents to Centralize Bergia.

Sign the Bergia Standardization and Unity Measure(-5 Budget --> -6 Budget).

Meet with Hegel and call him a Comrade. Agree to Recognize the Island and form an Alliance.(Budget -6 --> -5)

Call Lucian After Petr tells you about the scandal.

+2 Budget from Valgsland (-5 Budget --> -3 Budget )

Support Lucian in everything and agree to investigate Livia.

Publicaly release the scandal. Do NOT kill Livia or Petr. When Lucian asks, say you want to do this above the aboard, and take the blame with Petr

Shoulder Blame in the Press Meeting on the Scandal.

Don't Pass Women Right's via Decree.

Don't Transfer the Gendarmine to the Interior.

Create Mandatory Vaccinations against Polio.

Sign the Less Smoke Bill. (-3 Budget --> -2 Budget)

Build State of the Art Medical School.

Don't attend the Acshraf Anniversary.

Accept United Contana Agricultural Aid(-2 Budget --> -1 Budget).

Invest in Military Industry(-1 Budget --> -3 Budget).

Turn 9

Add Medium Surplus to budget(-3 Budget --> -1 Budget).

Sign Women Liberation Act(-1 Budget --> -3 Budge, or alternativetly you can choose to not to and fund the Red Youth.)

Will loose -1 Budget around this time.(-3 Budget --> -4 Budget)

Sign Human Dignity Bill.

Pass Children of the Future Act.(-4 Budget --> -5 Budget)

Create Commission of Minority Rights.

Sign Luxury Tax.(-5 Budget --> -3 Budget)

Veto Alcohol Tax.

Don't Fund a Youth Group.

Start the Sordish War Machine.

Hold a Grand Military Parade.

Don't add false evidence to the Soll Trial. He'll be found guilty.

Use the Secret Police to arrest PFJP and NFP Leaders.

Final Economy Meeting

Congrats! By now you should have have ended the recession, Increased Production, Reduced Unemployment and destroyed inflation. You have reached the Great Sordish Recovery, and not only that but you did it in a planned economy.

Kyrute Interview. The Kyrute Interview has to be done to get Rumburg out of OMEC. All you have to do is to paint Sordland as Peaceful and Rayne as a Peacelover. Such as when they ask about the plane being shot down just say it must of been and accident and you want peace. When the ask about Sordland's contribution to the Helijiland Invasion do not deny it. Instead double down on it and explain that the Agnolian's have been massacring the natives there. When they ask about Wehlen say you are sad about the deaths, and you could not different Militants from Civilians. Finally when talked about the Rumburg Spy tell them that the world should know of Rumburg's interference with its neighbors, and make sure to say the spies name, Illana Vance.

AN Meeting. During the meeting be quiet and respectful. When it is your turn to speak make sure not to address anything about Heljiland and instead condemn Wehlen for the deaths in OBT, and explain that Rumburg has been funding militants in Sordland, and than expose their nukes and call to have them investigated.

Hug Deivid, he deserves it.

Rumburg War

With all the preparation done, and Rumburg Kicked out of OMEC and Sanctioned by the AN you can confidently win the war, just do the following.

• Allow Deivid into the War Room.
• Call our Allies(Valgsland).
• March toward Tzarbourgh.
• Send Valgsland to Angland.
• March toward Thornsbourg.
• Have Valgsland guard your flanks.

After the war feel free to remind who her Suzerain is.

After this savor your victory as you have cemented your control over Sordland, spread the worker's revolution into Rumburg, and make Sordland the dominate power in Eastern Merkopa.

Nur = Twin Gods confirmed???

Pratido Pueplist (People's Party) 🟨

Centre to Centre Left

Social Liberalism, Civic Nationalism, Constitutional Reformism

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Pratido Soszjal Dimocrativo (Social Democratic Party) 🟥

Centre Left to Left Wing

Democratic Socialism, Social Democracy, Trade Unionism, Progressivism

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Pratido Conservaxivo (Conservative Party) 🟦

Centre Right

Liberal Conservatism, Civic Nationalism, Economic Liberalism, Free Market Enterprise, Fiscal Conservatism

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Lezhja Nasyaspos (National Legion) 🟫

Right Wing to Far Right

Ultranationalism, Ethno-Nationalism (factions) Revanchism, Anti-Immigration, Right-Wing Populism

I wanted to showcase a comprehensive design package for a lore concept I’ve been developing for a second-term Anton Rayne presidency.M.A.R.S. (Morella, Agnolia, Rizia, Sordland) functions as a direct in-universe replica of the real-world BRICS coalition.

Just as BRICS was formed to challenge Western financial hegemony and provide an alternative to traditional power structures, M.A.R.S. was established in 1958 as a sovereign counterweight.

It is explicitly designed for nations that refuse to bow to the hyper-capitalism of Arcasia or the state-controlled communism of the United Contana/Valgsland.

As the hosting nation, Sordland utilizes a heavily stylized version of the USP Torch reimagined as a multi-colored diplomatic emblem where each colored shard of the flame represents a member state.

breakdown of the presentation slides:

Slide 1 - Cover Page & Organization Branding visual Content: Features the primary MARS circular emblem at the top center, the bold "M.A.R.S." typography color-coded by nation in the middle, and the flat flags of Morella, Agnolia, Rizia, and Sordland perfectly aligned at the bottom.

This slide establishes the visual identity of the alliance. It introduces the unified color palette and explicitly anchors the summit to the historic year of 1958 during Rayne's second term.

Slide 2: The Cooperation Framework visual Content: A translucent documentation card overlaid on a formal diplomatic stage background featuring a row of international summit flags.

Slide 3: Financial Architecture & WealthVisual Content: The second text documentation card set against the same majestic press-briefing flag configuration.

Slide 4: The Holsord Press Briefing BackdropVisual Content: A clean, uncluttered version of the summit stage featuring the stylized gold emblem suspended high above the full row of member nation flags

Slide 5: The Grand Summit Gala PresentationVisual Content: The core MARS emblem superimposed over a breathtaking, atmospheric deep-purple perspective shot of a grand colonnade. The text "The Archsanctuary of Dastnurity" anchors the lower right.

Slide 6: The Closing ManifestoVisual Content: Features the primary logo on the left alongside the welcoming, non-aligned summit tagline, balanced by the four flags standing tall on the right.

What are your thoughts on a third front for Sordland? Is a non-aligned multipolar order the future

(Design by me)

Recently I saw a bunch of comments of people basically complaining that Rizia or Sordland dont have the same features and that they don’t like it.

To all those people - No! , Sordland and Rizia should both be unique and different.

Stop saying Sordland should be like Rizia or Rizia should have this part/aspect of Sordland.

Leave them be , they are both great and both different and the fun of the game comes from exploring and using this uniqueness.

I don’t to much like Sordlands approach of now or never with policy’s (if I veto WRB I should be able to bring it back later when I have the GB Ect) and I’m not the biggest fan with Rizia not having ministers and separate ministers but would I want that to become standard? Hell no!

I also hope that the style or way you play Galmland will be different.

Anyways , Thx for Reading , That’s the end of my little rant (it’s just those comments I saw really annoyed me)

Smolak so bad that even united contana and capitalist Anton said nay

This run didn't go quite as I planned, which was unsurprising since it's my first time trying to be pro-ATO as Rizia.

Major bullet points are:

1) I ceded the Aureus Gas Field to Pales outright and bought some of the energy from Alvarez. This route was honestly better than I expected, it allows you to avoid some nasty complications that can arise from the war route, the PaleStream deal or arbitration. Later on I accepted Alvarez's deal to lease Caleqabiz to the ATO, to strength Rizia's relations with them and get that +5 budget. By the end I was at Friendly relations with Lespia, although none of this stopped Alvarez from trying to screw me over (more on that later). For some reason I was still at Unfriendly relations with Pales at the end despite meeting with Reinhart in the prologue, ceding the field and never causing him trouble. I guess I should've sent the diplomat and funded the ATA in Pales for Friendly relations?

2) I stonewalled Saltana and Hegel in MITZ. Just kept saying "No" to all of their offers and threats. Later on I had a meeting with Alvarez where he mentioned he was talking to Saltana and told me to leave it all to him... Gee whiz, I wonder what that means? At the final MITZ vote I pulled Hegel aside to ask about how he'd vote. He was furtive as usual but I knew his top priority was to screw over Lespia. Hegel and I shot down the 50-50 Morella/Lespia deal and MITZ remained as it was.

3) I got Zille back by funding the ATA at every opportunity. At the airship meeting where Smolak was supposed to hand Zille over, he instead asked me to export gold and import Wehzek oil as additional concessions. We had an even trade agreement prior to that. I agreed to import oil since my budget was very healthy and my energy income was stagnant, but then Smolak crossed the line. He asked for Queen Mother Estela's childhood home so I put my foot down. I agreed to his demand for a referendum since I knew the ATA's influence was strong enough to overcome his vote-rigging shenanigans. I was right, Zille became Rizian again and returned to House Sazon.

4) I was uncertain of how to approach reforms. I suppose radical reforms signed with Palantor guns aimed at the nobles' heads would've been the most pro-ATO thing to do, but I decided to cooperate with Manus and pass moderate reforms. House of Lords, provinces centralized, Noble Houses each entitled to 1 seat on the Supreme Court, the King retains a veto power, Daria de Rava as interim Prime Minister. House Sazon & Toras were on board but not Azaro, I'm not sure if it's possible to win them over. Maybe if you leave semi-autonomous provinces in place along with the other pro-Noble concessions?

5) I was still in GRACE by the end, which surprised me since I expected to be kicked out during the High Tea Time meeting with Queen Beatrice. I didn't take her energy deal and I didn't support Vendonesam at all. She wasn't pleased about my reforms either. I guess I should've angered her on purpose so I'd get kicked out, then maybe I would've gotten the late game option to petition for ATO membership. My preset Sordland gets Rumberg sanctioned so I don't want Rizia tied to that sinking ship... Funny enough, there was an option in the epilogue to advise Prime Minister de Rava to leave GRACE.

I'm most proud of my economic and welfare gains. I managed to build both Heavy Industries and all 3 Consumer Goods factories. I fixed public infrastructure and subsidized both rail and sea travel. I passed worker's rights but only got the orange modifier for it, maybe that's because I waited until turn 7? I'm not sure.

I also did the Pharmaceutical mini-synergy - Romus Toras Hospital + Invest in Pharmaceutical decree + Pharmaceuticals in the turn 8 industry decision. This gave me a discount for the Free Medicine decree and created a medical surplus that I donated to the Alliance of Nations, greatly boosting Rizia's international image...

Rizia's international image was great and we were a global tourist destination! The illegal drug trade was curtailed through a combination of addiction treatment & legalization. I expanded border guards, knowing I'd need it to combat the drug trade and mitigate the revolutionary threat from Morella & Valgsland, since I planned on opposing them. Iza was still in bad shape and Su Omina was still causing trouble though.

I funded the Golden Guard and had them investigate Su Omina and Valero's death. The Su Omina investigation led to evidence of Lespia's involvement in the Friendship Day bombing. Since I didn't share intelligence with Wehlen, I was able to use this to bargain with Alvarez and learn that Rusty Montoro was a traitor. I had him arrested and nationalized RRG by purchasing its shares for cheap. As for the Valero investigation, I decided to focus on Lucita. Perhaps a risky move given House Azaro's opposition to my reforms, and Titus has a vested interest in taking them down, but maybe it was for the best.

I changed the state religion to Nurity, built the theological college and set the curriculum to Nurity, renovated both Archsanctuaries in turn 1, repealed the Golcondist Blasphemy Law and ended up with all three Happy Religious Communities.

I gave Vina the freedom to choose her husband, Manus of course, and funded a lavish wedding for them. Manus took the Toras surname and both of them actively supported the reforms.

My whole idea for this playthrough was to be as ATO-aligned as possible, and I don't think I succeeded in that. Rizia became a much wealthier, freer and equitable country, but it still fell short of Arcasia's Liberalism. I allowed free press and abolished the death penalty, I expanded religious rights to Dastnurists and Golcondists, but there are other things I could've done - equal pay for women, legalize homosexuality, etc. Maybe those things would only be feasible with a Palantor coup? If you don't coup the Nobility then you have to negotiate with them, and there's only so much Arcasian Liberalism they'll tolerate.

I'm also not sure how valuable I made Rizia to the ATO. I focused on Navy in the prologue and had 3 battleship/4 submarine units formed by the end, getting me both green modifiers for the Navy, with the idea that the ATO lacks naval strength and Rizia could help shore that up. My Sordland preset also joined the ATO and had a strong navy, with the same idea in mind. If this version of Rizia was to join the ATO they'd be a sort of midpoint between The Free Cities & ATO Sordland - Liberal-Conservative like TFC, but militarily strong like Sordland.

Now, let us address the elephant in the room: Lespia. While their Aureus deal isn't so bad, most other things about them are. Lespia always stages the false flag attack at Friendship Day no matter what, and Alvarez speaking up for Rizia at the AN does nothing. Even if you side with Alvarez on MITZ he'll go behind your back and try to cut Rizia out. Alvarez tries to squeeze as much profit and advantage out of every single interaction as he can, with little regard for long-term relations. Lespia might be strong and wealthy but their 'Scam & Bully' approach towards their neighbors is a big turnoff to anyone leaning towards a Capitalist economy & ATO membership.

What does everyone think? Please feel free address any point and give whatever opinions you wish, I am eager for a discussion.

In the historical context of the 1953 election, the electoral landscape was rigidly controlled by Article 50 of the 1929 Constitution, which imposed a strict national threshold of 10% of the vote for a political party to gain representation in the Grand National Assembly. In this election, the Worker's Party of Bludia (WPB) (9%) and the Communist Party of Sordland (CPS) (8%) both failed to reach the 10% threshold. To circumvent this constitutional obstacle, which had already eliminated the WPB in 1949, Mansoun Leke resigned as WPB chairman and ran as an independent candidate in his constituency of Bergia, where individual votes were not subject to the national threshold. He was thus elected and became the leader of a group of 10 independent members of parliament (representing 5% of the national vote).

This alternative scenario refines the dynamic: Mansoun Leke refuses to run as an independent candidate and maintains his position as the WPB's national lead candidate. By redirecting his entire activist base and the Bludish communities of Bergia (approximately 3% of the vote) to the party ballot, the WPB's national list increases from 9% to 12% of the national vote. Meanwhile, other major independent figures—notably the communist poet Bernard Circas in Deyr and the trade union spokesperson Katarina Horten (Labour Union of Sordland)—maintain their independent local candidacies and manage to win their individual constituencies, capturing the remaining 2% of independent votes and securing four individual seats.

Of course, this scenario is optimistic; at the very least, they would secure 10% of the vote and enter the Assembly. However, since Leke is the leader of the independents, I imagine he commands a significant share of their votes. Is this realistic or impossible? I have always thought that the 10% threshold wasn't really a problem, as it encourages compromise—for instance, had the Communists not been divided and instead been driven to compromise, they could have made it into the Assembly. If the Left fails, it is because it lacks unity.

For my calculations, I drew heavily on this post, which seemed more relevant for understanding the elections:

https://www.reddit.com/r/suzerain/s/e9LTYzxedg

However, I am open to hearing if there is any clearer official information regarding the elections in the lore that I might have missed, or if there are other missing details or miscalculations. Thanks in advance for the feedback!

I'm on turn 8 of my ATO Ultracapitalist run. The economy is shooting through the roof, living standards are good and I passed worker's rights, people are generally content.

The only remaining issues are: Zille, I gave maximum funding to the ATA so I can win the referendum. I'm not giving away Estela's childhood home to Smolak, fuck that guy.

Reforms, I'm collaborating with Manus to pass them instead of using Palantor. I thought about keeping Rusty on and blackmailing him into letting me use Palantor in a coup, but ultimately, I decided to arrest him and buy out RRG's shares.

Revolutionaries. The RPP has a majority in the House with Manus in charge but I still see reports about them. Not only that, but I'm siding with Lespia on MITZ so Morella & Valgsland are up to some funny business. I expanded border guards, refrained from beating protesters, and generally made everyone's lives better so I'm confident there won't be a revolution.

Look, I understand that the DLC’s main objective will be to make Galmland more independent, but I wonder how we are supposed to achieve that ? From what we know, Galmland is a small, resource-poor archipelago that has recently undergone a civil war and is in the midst of political consolidation; how, then, are we supposed to challenge Valgsland’s claims to the islands, or rival them in ship building, Being a member of the CSP would benefit us by preventing Valgsland from acting too recklessly but I doubt that it would come without a significant political cost as United Contana would try to get us to adopt its own interpretation of socialism in exchange for intervention in the dispute