You can't really blame them. It's entirely laughably ahistorical, you either have a tiny focus tree like New Zealand or Canada or an insane one that makes no sense

@@gabewhooser8161 Yeah, you're not wrong

A: considering the lack of content in Africa I personally don't consider that a problem. B: thats semi historical. During the cold War Ethiopia became a shining example of anti colonialism in Africa. C: the only way to make Ethiopia powerful is to make it possible to expand heavily into Africa. Its not like most other focus tree countries which are powerful from the start.

@@mappingshaman5280 Yeah I agree with all of that but that doesn't make the focus tree less dumb or insane. I can only imagine how hard the job is for the guys who write the flavor descriptions at pdx.

@@mappingshaman5280 i do think there should be other ways to make Ethiopia powerful without expanding that much into Africa, maybe a path where they get the Horn of Africa itself (Be by diplomatic means or conquest or rebellion), then the other focuses go toward developing the land and such.

Thats normal for my slow ass computer 😭😭😭

At that point, do a world conquest

@@UlulvarCape I played on non historical and had 3 options: 1. Fight German Empire led Europe with occupied Soviet Union 2. Fight Comunist China, comunist Japan, USA and French Commune on exile. 3. Slowly make your way white peaceing until liberating all Africa, and go AFK banking pp. 3rd option was less shitty. But I belive on historical this would be much easier.

10 sec a day, that is pretty fast my dawg, my pc at 1960 would be like a minute or more hahaha

@@Mexa2105 no i meant like a minute a day at 1936

The sad part is that funny meme paths are awesome... but only if they're actually well integrated. So seeing them missing the shot like this hurts even more.

And the worst part about all of this is that it doesn't even matter anymore at a certain point because the compliance is so high

Everything about it is cool and fun, it's just too costly. Which is why I cheat and give myself political power.

They do, but Ethiopia doesn't have the convoys to receive it.

@@BubblesZest Same problem with Venezuela and Paraguay i.e. 'no legitimate route' can be found.

The problem is not industry, as Malaya and Indonesia have plenty of resources. The problem is also not anarchism (at least in game), because Anarchist Spain can unlock several different resource-prospecting decisions, as well as improving the Anarchist Society spirit with a bajillion different buffs to industry and recruitable population (the catch being a permanent and constant stability penalty).

@@colBoh resource prospecting is late game and not really worth it. Lack of resources makes most of Africa worthless beyond manpower because for obvious reasons they cant have much industry. At least if you could get resources you wouldnt have to trade what little factories you have for them

The famine, as far as man made factors went, has the highlights of Haile Selassie and the nobility confiscating a bunch of farmland for themselves, leading to a revolution that brings the DERG to power; leading to insurgencies with other communist groups made up of ethnic minorities who the DERG doesn’t treat well on top of war with neighboring countries, and the DERG fucking up the famine even further with authoritarian resettlement policies, most if not all of which I don’t see happening in the scenario of Ethiopia having been an anarchist commune since the 30s.

Go on then, what would you've used it on.

@@BubblesZest upgrading My units for example

Alright tell us what you'd upgrade, can't read your mind. Don't need to be so vague do we.

@@BubblesZest you know add additional combat wit, support equipment and so on. Pretty much everything regarding spending army experience on making the units better

That’s what you should’ve said from the start, I can’t tell what you think is better. Anyway tbh I don’t think there is that much in it, there’s more than one way to survive and you found one you prefer.