Meiyuuhi

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

I can't speak for anyone else, but I offset things I had slightly ahead of time (the PIAT-style weapons, which were on use like three years later) with things I don't have (tanks, armored vehicles, gasoline-based ships). Sure some stuff is OP in comparison, but you also have to take into account weaknesses.

But it is important to remember this is a roleplay, not a strategy game. You cannot "win". The point is to create an evocative story.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

Well, I have Siberia.

And if I look at present-day oil production?

Russia: 10,107,000

Saudi Arabia: 9,735,200

Take that, fundamentalist scum.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

@Mihndar As long as they have weaknesses.

@Voltus_Ventus

Of course. There's only so much armor you can put on an elephant, so they would still be quite vulnerable to tank fire if they get hit first.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

My nation will have a strong airship program, since after all we don't have the technology for conventional planes, but we'll already have them and they will be primarily filled with helium, since we produce that ourselves. And Kataylabinsk will also be a producer of bulletproof plastic fibers (yay chemistry) that they will use for their airships to make them resistant to flak cannons and such.

My particular thoughts, however, are around our ground military. Instead of tanks, I was thinking war elephants, like those used in India, except these would be armored and mounted with some kind of small cannon that shoots thermite rounds to disable enemy tanks.

And I was also going to outfit troops with rocket-propelled grenades to deal with enemy armor, since again, we don't have them.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

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Airships.

@Voltus_Ventus

Fair enough.

Well the idea wasn't that nobody else would have submarines, it's just that I'd have the most/best submarines. But like I was asking, what are your thoughts on that? Would it be too much for me to have a big population, the most land, and a bunch of submarines to boot?

@Cyclone

Sounds fine to me. I was also planning on having really good submarines since we're both down on technological expertise in the mechanical area.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

@Mihndar

Aww sorry! I just got around to reading your NS in detail only minutes ago and was like "Uh oh.... they ain't gonna be happy about Kavuria...." XD

@Skepic

I can just sell to those who have bad relations with you, so it'll be fine.

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Wait for someone new but I'm pitting down a little claim on the peninsula above the nation that looks like Africa because I have little land and no empire.

@Voltus_Ventus

But... you have no ports... so how would you even get there?

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

<Snipped quote by Mihndar>Oh right, I was supposed to be one of your chief buyers in helium.
Oh well, there are tons of other products you can sell.
Really, chemistry is such a thriving business, even in the 1940s.

@Willy Vereb

Yep. I'm changing the PRK to be one of the leading producers of plastics and fuels as well as electronics, which is somewhat of an unfulfilled niche so far.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

@Willy Vereb

Sure, that deal would work out fabulously. I'll update my NS with the materials. Mithril would definitely be used more so in light aircraft as opposed to heavier airships.

@Skepic

Thank you for making my nation's specialty useless, Skepic XD

Now I have to go and change plastic to our prime industry because everyone will want Kavuria.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

You can have big mechanical bears but no real bears inside, kinda like I have mechanical horses with no horses inside.

@Voltus_Ventus

Alrighty, how about war elephants? Those actually existed in India and were often used for combat.

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I see a bright future for us, if you take the right steps.

@Voltus_Ventus

Or... as long as you're a republic, you can side with the PRK and we'll hold off the Tin hordes for you.

The Sun Will Never Set (A Statisticless NRP)(It had a good run)

The question remains. Become an immigrant loving, democracy thriving, mixing pot of the world nation? Or an Israel nation wedged in between three enemies, constantly fighting for survival? Only time with tell.... (most likely the first :P)

@Skepic

Well if you're going to be right there, we should probably have some history.

My nation used to be a powerful empire (modeled on the Byzantines) and then had a revolution so now it's a socialist republic. That being said, we don't intend to invade anyone, just maybe send some spies to foment revolution. And we'll probably be concentrated on your two fundamentalist conservative neighbors, so we're probably going to be on decent terms. More so if you're also a democracy.

Also, @Voltus_Ventus, have you taken a look at my nation sheet? I want to be sure everything is good. Also I wanted to ask you if I could have armored giant bears for use instead of tanks.