Over the past three days, I’ve had a lot of free time on my hands, which means I’ve finished two more trees. Today, I’ll be going over the focus tree for Hungary.
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The focus trees allow the players (and the AI) to direct the development of their nation. Each country has a focus tree, representing a number of progression paths (branches) available to that nation. These paths may be based on actual historical situations or on alternative historical possibilities. Hoi4 templates Hoi4 templates.
Hungary is an interesting country to model because, in real life, Hungary had a bloodless revolution in 1919 which resulted in the establishment of a Communist government, which only lasted for a few months before being overthrown by Romania. I tried a few different ways of representing this in-game, before deciding that it would be the beginning of the tree.
After the first few focuses are complete and Bela Kun is in power, the player has three paths to choose from: liberalism, fascism, and communism.
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Liberal Path (27 focuses):
This path allows the player to align with Britain and France, develop national industry, and build a strong defensive military. This puts the player in a unique position to attack Germany or Italy should they go fascist or communist. However, this tree forces the player to renounce all claims on territory not yet owned by the player. This makes it a great choice for Hungary if it is released with all of its territory, as opposed to its modern borders.
Fascist Path (25 focuses):
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This path brings the player into the sphere of whatever large fascist power emerged from the ruins of WWI. It allows the player to build up a very strong military and claim all the land that Hungary took during WWII in real life. Additional policies allow for bonuses to national unity, production speed, etc. This is best for playing an aggressive, expansionist Hungary.
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Communist Path (29 focuses):
This path allows the player to keep Bela Kun and friends in power. Since historically one of the Hungarian Communists’ most popular demands was to restore Hungary’s old borders from before annexation into Austria, this tree gives the player claims on that territory as well. Economic policies allow the player to develop national industry either through a planned economy or a state capitalist economy (NEP-style). The player also has a choice between being more authoritarian or not in administrating the new Communist government, which can align them either towards Spartacist Germany or Soviet Russia depending on which form and which path each chooses respectively.
That’s a very brief overview of the Hungarian tree. Soon I’ll give an update on the Russian tree, and sometime later the now-in-progress Italian focus tree. See you then!