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PBJ
Oct 10, 2012

Grimey Drawer

Kavak posted:

I don't like the Syndie Mexican flag anyway- doesn't Mexico take its flag really seriously compared to America where we plaster it on everything?

Yeah, Mexico takes its flag regulations very seriously in regards to media depictions. For example, South Park was unable to air the episode "Pinewood Derby" in Mexico because they did not have a permit to use the flag featured in the episode. The US takes it more seriously in regards to the physical copies of the flag, which seem to function at times as a modern Roman aquila in regards to how important they can be.

As for the Syndie Mexican flag, I actually ended up changing it from the default flag, to one that more closely resembled Zapata's banner while he was leading the Liberation Army of the South:



A variant was also used during the Cristero War. I also ended up changing the flags for half of the Syndicalist nations, since many of them made no sense (I'm looking at you, France and Britian).

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PBJ
Oct 10, 2012

Grimey Drawer
I always thought that if Kaiserreich wanted some good inspiration for a syndicalist/socialist America, taking inspiration from Reds! would be a good idea.

It's an incredibly well-written and thought out alt-history scenario where the US undergoes a socialist/communist/anarchist revolution in the 20s, and how American society/the world would develop as a reaction.

PBJ
Oct 10, 2012

Grimey Drawer

Kavak posted:

Kaiserreich copies Reds beat-for-beat on a few points, like the MacArthur junta and exiled Federal government going to Cuba, so you're a little late on that. Still, I think its ideas about the domestic policy of a socialist America could be interesting.

Huh, I always thought the MacArthur junta was always just a case of parallel evolution, but now that I replay the CSA again, I can see the influence.

PBJ
Oct 10, 2012

Grimey Drawer

TheMcD posted:

Does it even have proper Syndie ministers for the RoC? I seem to remember that China/Japan has absolutely nothing organic for Syndicalists right now.

The closest thing I've seen recently is the progressive faction of the RoC. There used to be a proper PRC with ministers, along with a syndicalist Japan, but they've been removed for some time.

PBJ
Oct 10, 2012

Grimey Drawer

Drone posted:

Didn't that get patched out somehow?

Kind of. So long as the enemy has access to a port, they can still receive supply. However, if you were to conquer every major sea province of China, you could technically turn it into a giant pocket devoid of supply so long as Beijing was surrounded and not conquered .

PBJ
Oct 10, 2012

Grimey Drawer

i81icu812 posted:

So exactly how many people died?

About 5 million casualties between the Qing and India, with 4 million of those being Chinese.

PBJ
Oct 10, 2012

Grimey Drawer

Erwin the German posted:

Great to see this return. I keep sorta hoping for something to come along that the CSA can't handle, though. I hate it when games become steamrolls.

That's the problem with the United States in HoI: without the whole world united against you, it's quite easy to curbstomp the whole of Europe or Asia yourself, if it calls for it.

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PBJ
Oct 10, 2012

Grimey Drawer

ThatBasqueGuy posted:

Historically accurate :911:

Eh, I'd say the United States is actually neutered in the HoI games, because it's simply impossible to build 30 carriers in the span of two years in this game. Meanwhile, the United States had the industrial capacity to not only do that, but also build enough strategic bombers, tanks, small arms, and other various goodies to drown all of Eurasia in a ocean of lend-lease.

It simply boggles the mind just how massive the US industrial edge was compared to everyone else.

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