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Suzerain

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Rayne the Almighty - Autocratic Totalitarianism Run (3.1)
By EvoKeR
A totalist-nationalistic Anton seeks to make Sordland a regional powerhouse all while fulfilling his ambitions to consolidate absolute political power within the government.
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Our Anton

Sollist - Anton admires and builds upon the legacy of Colonel Soll who brought stability to Sordland under a tumultuous period of unrest. Anton is a nationalistic Sord who genuinely cares about the welfare of his country and intends to restore Sordland to its former glory through any means necessary. Anton has grown to mistrust all factions, who are blinded by personal greed, and are tearing the country apart. The difficult and unpopular decisions he makes are with Sordland's best interest at heart and he believes he is the only one capable of bringing about real change and stability to the nation. In his quest for Sordland, will Anton become the very thing he despises and swore to destroy?

Autocrat - Anton will start off playing to the tune of the Old Guards and enact a state of Emergency, granting his administration the power to deal with foreign and domestic threats immediately and restore stability to the country. Anton views anyone who opposes the administration as an enemy of the state. Anton will eventually outmanoeuvre the Old Guard in an attempt to seize complete control of the administration.
Goals
  • Nationalisation of HOS, Bergia Steel and the Central Bank.

  • Annihilation of BFF separatists - There is no place in Sordland for BFF shenanigans or separatist ideologies.

  • Neutralise all enemies of the state - Frens Ricter, Manoly Suheil, Avi Mikhail, Walter Tusk, Marcel Koronti, Orso Hawker, Ilana Vance, and anyone else who so much as breathes wrong.

  • Quell nationwide protests.

  • Economic Recovery - Stable economy, inflation down to 2%, unemployment remains at 16%, recover stability in most regions with high synergy.

  • Marriage - Stay married to Monica.

  • Alliances - Sordland secures alliances to the West and East of its borders. To the East, we reunite with our cousins across the Grey Strait, the mighty Valgish Navy will work with the Sordish Navy to exercise control of trade routes in the Markian and Valgonesiean Seas. To the West, Funny Man and the Wehzek people share our plight and common enemy - the BFF and Rumburg.

  • Defeat Rumburg - Rumburg's increasingly aggressive posturing along Sordland's Northern border is a serious cause for concern. We will not sit idly by and wait for them to attack us, instead we will hit them hard and fast on our terms.



Prologue
  • Rich Family Background
  • Economics at Lachaven University
  • Student Council
  • Not particularly interested in Monica's Women's Rights
  • Young Sords
  • Escort refugees back to the Wehlen border
  • Improve our position in the party
  • Loyal to Soll's administration, help Alphonso's, advise Alphonso to step down
  • Preserve national values
  • Promote planned economy
  • Neutrality
  • Promise Health (or Military or Internal Security) - we will fund all 3.
Turn 1
  • Work with old guard (or anyone, doesn't matter)
  • Planned economy
  • Organise meeting with Marcel Koronti
  • Megaproject - L1 Railway.
  • Sign Electoral Campaign Finance Bill
  • Buy Armadine stocks (-3 personal wealth)

Turn 2
  • Unrest - visit affected towns in person
  • Tusk bribe - ask him to do better (+2 personal wealth)
  • Marcel deal - accept.
  • No Economic Relief Plans
  • Megaproject - L1 Railway. Pick SSC and betray the Tusk deal.
  • Attend Bernard Circas' funeral. Be compassionate and allow Red Youths in, despite different ideologies, recite poem.
  • Diplomatic condemnation response to Rumburg closing consulate (not in a position to escalate yet).
  • Veto Tourism and Cultural Preservation Act (we are preparing for war).
  • Meeting Old Guard - Speak to Hawker in private, accept Emergency decree.
Turn 3
  • Family BBQ - Drink with Franc, tell him the horrors of our youth (Franc needs to be a man and it'll help him mentally prepare for the Military).
  • Offer to pay for Serge's children education (-2 personal wealth)
  • Be respectful to Gus and Alphonso, solo full investment into Gasom, ask Gasom to give back to Narbel through housing, education, healthcare.
  • Face the protestors - announce details of giving back through the Gasom Narbel deal.
  • Veto Ecological Act.
  • Emergency Decree - Ban Workers Party of Bludia, allow all 3 police and security measures, sanction Rumburg. Do not ban Red Youth, we want checks and balances against the Young Sords, this also avoids upsetting Chancellor Hegel when we ask for an alliance with Valgsland.
  • Lotherberg meeting - be accommodating, don't antagonise Oligarchs yet, ignore or refuse Tusk bribe.
  • EPA increase to 49% - attracts foreign investment while retaining majority stake. (3)
  • Budget meeting - Increase Healthcare, Security, and Military. (-6)
Turn 4
  • Sign Workers Rights Act - Helps quell unrest. (-7)
  • Invest in Lorren. (-9)
  • Internal Security - Form the SSP with Lileas.
  • Reject Monica's proposal for Women's Right speech at Benfi Festival.
  • Megaproject Delay - Consequences for SSC, replace project managers.
  • Taxation - Increase for large corporations, no change for SMEs.
  • School visit - Encourage and praise students, do not remove Soll's portrait, do not enact any changes. The education system is fine as it is for now.
  • Education - Do not reform or privatise.
  • Trade War - If ED is <(-9) a Superpower Trade War event occurs and it will be nearly impossible to recover the economy without heavy sacrifices. The limit is actually <(-8), but we get <(-9) threshold from joining a Student Council in the prologue. The trade war results in losing our Armadine investment (can recover 1 if invested 3 personal wealth).
  • Gruni Development - Mechanise Farms (-10).
  • Chess with Lucian - Black, Knight March, Bishop, Unleash the Rook, Rizian Fork, Exploit back rank, Decoy Queen.
Turn 5
  • Decline superpower aid. CSP aid of (+3) ED is the better deal and so tempting. From an RP perspective, we don't want foreign superpower militaries on Sordish territory. If we accept CSP aid here, be anti communist in our dialogues with Iosef and Lileas or they can coup us.
  • Sign Religious Harmony Bill.
  • Armadine investment doubles. (+6 personal wealth)
  • Tighten immigration Policy.
  • Petr's Gentlemans Club - Talk to Gus and buy the Vineyard (or invest in Anrica FC).
  • Benfi Festival - Monica is out of line and interrupts the host publicly, I tell her not to make a scene and apologise to Curtan Leste, this will ruin our relationship with Monica and the press will say Anton didn't defend his wife. To maintain a good relationship with Monica and Curtan, say "you know what, my wife is right" > "we will take up her concerns at a later time" > "please finish your speech Mr Leste". In the second option, Monica will be grateful we stood up for her and make us a cookie with Deana when we reach home, we also won't have as much negative press. At home, do not stop Monica from advocating Women's Rights, stopping her outright can ruin your marriage, the assembly (GNA) will reject her work later in the game, if it passes GNA just Veto it, do not use emergency powers to approve which will cost (-2) ED.
  • Military Budget - Listen to Iosef on everything military as he represents the new school of thought by having a highly modernised, motivated and professional army. Iosef's strategy will result in significantly fewer losses during the war with Rumburg. Valken represents the old school of thought of trench warfare and throwing bodies at a problem, however will help drop unemployment rates and maintain popularity among conservatives. We must be consistent in either Iosef's or Valken's strategy in all decisions moving forward leading up to war. Having a mixed strategy can lose us the war with Rumburg.
  • SSP - Focus on the reformists, they are gaining popularity fast and are a threat. No need to focus on Old Guard, Lileas is loyal to the old guard and will find out. Not sure if there are any consequences.
  • Wehlen Trade - Have fun with Funny Man, be impressed with the statue, say he knows how to handle dissidents, ask him to pay the street vendor (throwback to Putin and Erdogan ice cream interaction), be enthusiastic against BFF and Rumburg, accept to participate in the FULL OBT immediately, do not negotiate Sordland's contribution of just closing the borders. Now we can exterminate the BFF problem and they won't give us trouble during the war. Note: full OBT will damage our international standing and prevent kicking Rumburg out of OMEC to damage their economy following the Kyrute interview. However, because we will have Wehlen and Valgsland as our allies, and we aim to end the war quickly with Iosef's strategy, we will avoid a long drawn out war of attrition and Rumburg's OMEC and economy shouldn't matter as much.
  • Agnolia Trade - Maartin's is disrespectful, he does not greet us at the airport, he allows anti Sordish protests and sentiment on Agnolian streets, and tries to offer a crap deal without giving anything in return, all while acting like Agnolia has the upperhand over mighty Sordland. Anton took this insult personally and gave a dog as a gift to Maartin despite his fear of dogs (throwback to the Putin and Merkel dog incident in Sochi), drink just water, mention the protests, Maartin will not offer a deal, "have you brought me all the way out here to insult me", end the visit early by breaking tradition and return to Sordland.
  • Extend Emergency.
  • GNA - don't say anything, don't vote, leave without a word like a baussssss, enjoy Leke calling you a Totalist.
Turn 6
  • Military - Listen to Iosef, remove conscription, upgrade airforce.
  • Sign Central Bank Reinforcement Act.
  • Healthcare - improve rural treatment, do not privatise.
  • Megaproject 2 - Morna Port (for synergy with upcoming Valgsland coal trade deal). Pick SSC. It will cost -1 ED. Benfi Airport is a waste as Lespia sanctions us for allying Valgsland.
  • Agree to Centralise Bergia under Lileas and revoke Bergia Special Zone.
  • Education - Listen to Lucian's advice. Stick with Creationism. Or creationism with the option of evolution. To maintain PO among conservative voters.
  • Gasom - Divest 1/3 shares.
  • Victory Day - comment on Kibener's Rippo lighter, accept alliance with NFP and Young Sords.
Turn 7
  • Koronti calls - don’t promise anything, say you'll think about it.
  • Lucian - be honest with him. He is probably bugging your office and acts surprised if you lie.
  • Fully nationalise both Bergia Steel and HOS. Dare Aven to call you an idiot. Let the guards take him to the Gulag.
  • Sign the Sordish Language Act from the NFP.
  • Marcel and Tusk - Have fun with them in the dialogue, get them to sign the documents, lend and ask for your pen back (throwback to Putin and Oleg Deripaska during the factory visit), listen to their threats and then send both of them to the Gulag.
  • Grant asylum to Rumburg defector. We will later get information about Rumburg nukes and announce it at the AN meeting later. Vital to prevent Rumburg from nuking Sordland.
  • Movie premier - Sordish Dream. Go to the bathroom and pee next to Soll, be respectful as he is a hero, he will say Hawker tried to warn him about Anton because we failed to ban Red Youth, tell him he could have spoken to us directly.
  • Diplomatic trade deal with Valgsland.
  • Send Franc to the military. Stop Monica from going after him to his room. Franc needs to become a man and take responsibility for his actions. His presence in the military will also boost our troops morale.
  • Supreme Court Decision on Emergency - Censor journalists, do not detain Frens Ricter.
  • Cabinet Meeting - Agree with Lileas to proceed with BFF operation, keep Gendarmerie under Iosef. Gendarmerie are Iosef's elite troops and essential for urban warfare in Estord later.
  • SSP - Tell Karl to assassinate Frens Ricter.
  • NFP - Call Remus Holstron and instruct the Young Sords to assassinate Hawker. Hawker indirectly threatened to impeach us by reviewing the Emergency and he smeared our good name to Colonel Soll, which is unforgivable.
  • Addressing the Nation - Do not mention Bernard Circas assassination during inauguration or anything NFP related. Focus attention on BFF and Rumburg. Mention the administration's accomplishments.
Turn 8
  • Judge Selection - Select Didier Meyer. Do not select Gloria Tory, we need her as the lead spokesperson of the GNA.
  • Decrees - Choose 3 between Centralising Central Bank (will synergise well with fully planned economy and allow us to print money or extract emergency funds for +2 ED later), Relocate unemployed teachers and doctors to rural areas (there will be some pushback, but this can help recover underdeveloped regions from red to orange), VAT (gives +2 ED, but can hurt the economy and PO), FTCC (helps businesses), Capital Punishment (can solve overcrowded prisons). The first 3 decrees are solid, we want to focus on bills that yield positive ED at this point in the game.
  • Sign Bergia Centralisation.
  • Valgsland trade - Focus on looking to the future and collaboration between both nations, the trade deal signifies the first step in strengthening relations, the deal has nothing to do with Rumburg and we don't make deals based on external threats. Hejiland: we would slaughter them if our people were slaughtered, Hegel will say things would be easier with Sordlands support (of recognising the island as Valgsland's), agree to it. Ask for an alliance. Drink lots of vodka. Ask if there is anything you can do to help. Recognising the island here may motivate the Valgsland military to be more involved during our war, as our generals will advise during war planning that the extent of our allies involvement depends on the extent of our help. We can still ally Valgsland and remain friendly with Agnolia if we select "we will not get involved in matters between Valgsland and Agnolia", Valgsland will still come to our aid, but they may not fight as hard as our generals question Hegel's military prowess during war planning.
  • Petr - Meet him in the old office, take all memorabilia, let him confess, call Evelyn to try plead his love for her (no success here), call Lucian and tell him everything. Lucian makes for a more capable VP imo, but we're not able to that unless we kill Petr.
  • Rumburg Spy - Trust Lucian. Act cool with Livia and don't scare her. Get Lucian to investigate her. Get SSP to kill Ilana, we don't want to deal with negative PO. We value our friendship with Petr and will not harm him.
  • Women's Rights - Don't use your emergency powers. Send it to the GNA. They will reject it.
  • Dispute between Lileas and Iosef - Focus on getting them to work together. Keep Gendarmerie with Iosef.
  • SSP - tell Karl Marcel Koronti is lying and trying to take us down with him, order his death as he is a threat to the administration even behind bars.
  • Sign Less Smoke Bill.
  • Healthcare - Mandatory vaccination. Take the surplus +1 ED back.
  • Aschraf Anniversary - Prohibit gathering. If you allow it, choose not to attend. If you attend, go with an armoured convoy, but you will be disrespected and there will be BFF flags in the crowd and negative press about how we were treated.
  • Industry Expansion - Military Industry Complex.
  • Extend Emergency.
Turn 9
  • Accept CSP agricultural aid (+1 ED). Should synergise with the Gruni mechanise investment. (-7)
  • Veto Human Dignity Bill (-7)
  • Veto Children for Future Act (-7)
  • Leke Meeting - Say you can’t help him. We've come too far now.
  • Sign Alcohol Tax Act (-6)
  • Sign Fair Luxury Tax (-4)
  • Youth Groups - Fund neither.
  • Emergency meeting - START THE SORDISH WAR MACHINE! This will allow us to initiate the attack with our smaller force and catch them off guard.
  • Campaign Advertisement - Nil. Young Sords will ensure only 'suitable' votes are accepted.
  • Manoly Suheil - Plant false evidence and get her out of the picture.
  • Central Bank - Print Money (+2 ED). Inflation is at 2% and we can afford to print money. Extracting emergency funds or taking IMF loan is bad PO. (-2)
  • Economy - Our economy is now stable and within the safe threshold. We will end our ED with -2.
  • Televised Interview - Be diplomatic but honest. We can't get Rumburg kicked out of OMEC because we participated in full OBT.
Turn 10
  • AN Meeting - Mention Rumburg is funding separatist groups and interfering in Sordland. Mention the whistleblower Mr Hailstone has revealed Rumburg has a nuclear programme. Rumburg will get heavily sanctioned and not be able to complete their nukes.
  • Malenyev Meeting - You can choose to meet him or not. If you meet him do not join CSP, he will be disappointed and think you wasted his time, say you would like to continue working with CSP. Joining CSP may trigger a nuclear war when you attack Rumburg (I think Arcasia gives or helps them complete their nuclear program).
  • Deivid Meeting - Accept resignation. Hug him. He is a legend.
  • Ciara and Nia Meeting - Accept the couples' resignation. A king sounds nice. Get out of my face.
  • Monica Meeting - Say you'll make time and take them to the vineyard. Do not agree to retire.
  • War Planning - Franc stays on the front line. Allow Deivid to participate. Listen to Colonel Soll and Iosef, ignore Valken. Because Rumburg outnumbers us, we will open as many fronts as possible to split their forces. Pick Iosef's pincer tactic. Get Wehlen to attack the 2 towns in Rumburg, Valgsland will open the North Eastern front. Then get Wehlen to cover you as you push directly to their capital. Shock and awe!
Turn 11
  • Vectern sis da! - Don't shake or kiss Beatrice's hand, antagonise her and ask her to say please, she will call us barbarians. Anton and Funny Man gain territory, while Hegel gets to install a puppet communist government to what remains of Rumburg. Give Beatrice the middle finger on Franc's behalf.
Epilogue
TBC
Note to self
To share spectrum map (Sollist / Malenyevist)
To add images
To format text and make it look pretty
To check last few turns
To write about re-election - rushed through this part and forgot what was picked.
8 Comments
SomeGenericBlob 3 Oct @ 8:40pm 
I like that fucking up this run absolutely makes you look like a maniacal, monstrous idiot if you mess it all up
SomeGenericBlob 3 Oct @ 8:37pm 
@MFX_Media You have to stick very close to the guide's advice on economic development and bills to veto to keep the budget balanced. I honestly think it should just say the CSP packages are mandatory gets.
MFX_Media 2 Oct @ 9:41am 
I don't think I got the ED from centralizing the bank. Ah... :l
MFX_Media 2 Oct @ 9:37am 
guide doesn't work. Got Debt Crisis, dunno how, and lost the war.
is it possible to give women more rights while still doing all of this?
just curious really if not possible then by all means
Vectern sis da!
Sublimis 17 Sep @ 7:05pm 
Beautiful Guide! I had a great time playing this!
Sierdto 29 Aug @ 11:18am 
Great guide!
mantarlitavukluborek 24 Aug @ 4:59am 
ed means economic development not goverment budget (its a good guide by the way)