Diamond Mountain

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Diamond Mountain
The Dog Kingdom
Ideology	Kratocracy
Leader	Rover Diamondshield
Ruling party	Glory to the Royal Will (90%)
Population	3,823,987
Ponypower	36,312
Race	Diamond Dog
Stability	17%
War support	50%
Factories	8 3 1 4
Capital	Diamond Mountain
Continent	Eastern Griffonia
Diplomacy	Member of the River Coalition
Demonym	Diamond Mountain
Tag	DMT
Color	#8D9EA9

Great miners and craftsdogs of the mountains, the Diamond Dogs of Diamond Mountain toil for gold and wealth. Yet their vaults lie empty, robbed by the Griffon Knights of Hellquill. Eager for revenge, King Rover Diamondshield works to rebuild and rearm. However, trouble brews in the depths of the Mountain. Slaves speak of freedom, whether from inside or from the agitation from Diamond Mountain's riverpony "allies".

Lore

Diamond Dogs have long been present across Griffonia and Equus. However their underground nature and hit and run slaving meant that they typically worked hidden from the societies above their tunnels. Diamond Mountain is the exception - a fortified stronghold from which their opponents could be enslaved and forced to mine the great mountain. The Kings under the Mountain jealously guarded their wealth, accrued by using a large caste of slaves. However, over time, decadence and overconfidence caused the dogs' vigilance to grow ever weaker. Jealous eyes search for a way in. Eventually, the Knights of Hellquill, at a stalemate against the united ponies of the Riverlands, decided to push north for easier targets in 972. During the reign of King Tug the Boneless griffons broke into the Mountain, sacked the capital and flew off with almost all the treasures of the Kingdom. Ever since, the dogs hunger for revenge.

Now, under the reign of Tug's son, Rover Diamondshield, the Mountain Kingdom is finally regaining its former glory, gem by gem. The dogs have aligned themselves with ponies of the River Coalition against the threat of the griffons to the West. However, if the dogs are to fight the knights, much remains to be done. Firstly, the revolting slaves have to brought back in line. A new book has been circulating amongst them and the slaves now scream a new word: revolution. How these revolutionaries are dealt with might well shape the course of the Kingdom. Although the King simply wishes to crush them, his daughter, Princess Molly, quietly hopes for a calmer approach.

It remains to be seen what the monuments to Rover Diamondshield will say about him. Will the King reclaim his father's wealth, will the Mountain Kingdom succumb to internal struggles or will a new power seize control of the riches underneath Diamond Mountain?

Gameplay Mechanics

Racial Tech

See Diamond Dogs.

Troll Hounds (Support Companies)

"Take a dog. Corrupt it with dark magic and

The detailed statistic for Troll Hound support Company.

science. Throw it into a pit with others for a few weeks and take the survivors out and break their minds. These are the Troll Dogs. We can use them as front-line shock troops that can shrug off bullets, smash armoured tanks with their bare paws and cause havoc in the enemy's ranks"

Troll Hounds are exclusive support company for the Diamond Mountain's Army. You can obtain it by finishing the Troll Hounds in focus tree. This support company gives you a staggering +16 Breakthrough, +12 Soft Attack, +10 Defense, alongside with +11.6 Piercing to deal with the armored divisions. They also have +10% bonuses for fighting in Fort and Urban. If you can not afford to have Artillery and Anti-Tank as support company, then this is the best option to have.

National Focus

The full Diamond Mountain Focus Tree.

Political Branches

Diamond Mountain has 3 political branches:

• In the Hall of the Mountain King (Supremacy) - To enforce the rule of King Rover Diamondshield. King Diamondshield will have a choice between stay with the River Union or seek revenge at Hellquill.
• The Princess Regent (Harmonic) - Princess Molly (daughter of the Diamond King) will attempt to replace her father and install the Harmonic rule over her nation. She will end the slavery that plagued the whole nation for more than a thousand years.
• Great Strike (Communist) - will install a Communist government after overthrowing the Royal rule. Clifford the Red will have three options: to exile the Princess and kill the King, to spare them, or to execute both of them. After dealing with the Royals, Clifford will spread communism either alone or create the communist River Coalition.

These branches are summarised below. Note, some of these branches include sub-branches, designated in the effects as L (Left) and R (Right)

Tree Bonus	In the Hall of the Mountain King	The Princess Regent	The Free Mountain*
Rush Time (d)	280	420	490
Complete Time (d)	840	910	910
Political
Stability	+48% (-4% L)	+20% (+10% R)	-10 (+10 R)
Political Power (Flat)	+550 (+25 L)	-200	-50 (+150 R)
Political Power (%)	+10%
Political Power (Daily)			+0.35
Military
War support	+11%	(+10% L)
Recruitable Pop Factor	2.00%	5% (+10% L)	20
Construction
Civilian factory		2
Construction Speed		+15% (1080 days) (+10% L)	-5% (+5% L)
Consumer Goods	-12%	-7% (1080 days) (+5% R)	+8%
Production
Factory Output	+10%	(+10% L)	+15% (+5% L)
Dockyard Output	+10%		+10%
Production Efficiency Cap			+5% (+5% L)
Science
Research Time (all)		(+5% L) (-5% R)	+3%
One-off reductions (50%)	1
Combat
Attack (All) / (Core) / (Inf)	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / (+10% R) / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Defence (All) / (Core) / (Inf)	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / (+10% R) / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Organization	-5%
Resources
Resource Gain Efficiency	+5%	+15%	+15%
Aluminum		4
Tungsten		3
Steel		4
Chromium		3
{{{caption}}}	38 (+76 L)	3
Other Notes / Bonuses
		Research sharing group with Communist nations with opinion >+60

*For the Free Mountain path, there is an event to deal with the Royals, that includes the following choices (not shown in the details above

• Spare the Princess. Kill the King - +25 PP, River Republic gets event "The Exile Princess"
• We'll look better if we kick both them out - +25 PP, -5% Stability, River Republic gets event "The Exile Princess", Barrad Magocracy gets event "The Exile King"
• Death to Royalty - -10% Stability, +50 PP

Industrial Tree

Tree Bonus	Industrial Tree
Complete Time (d)	1260
Construction
Civilian factory	6 (+3 R)
Construction Speed	+10% Infrastructure +20% Fort +20% Anti Air (+10% Military L) (+20% Civilian R)
Consumer Goods	-3%
Infrastructure	23
Production
Military factory	7 (+3 L)
Factory Output	+5%, +10% (720d)
Science
One-off reductions (50%)	3x50% Industry 2x25% Infantry Weapons 1x50% Nuclear Tech
Resources
Steel	8

Military Trees

Troll Hounds Unit Unlocked from the Military Focus Tree

The military tree is short and fairly typical, with the usual doctrinal choices. Of special note is Underhill Roads, which provide bonuses to Artillery and Antitank movement speed, and Troll Hounds under Mass Assault Doctrine, which are a unique unit type unlocked by this focus.

Starting Situation

Military - Diamond Mountain starts with 73.5K in deployed infantry, but severely lack of equipment, left alone with 33.12K spare ponypower for recruiting. virtually no aircraft, and a Navy which consists of 2 Destroyers.

All branches in Diamond Mountain are militarily weak compared to their pony allies in River Coalition. Players should rely Racial tech advantages, which help the dogs play defensively and work in mountainous terrain.

Industry - Diamond Mountain's industry is very weak at the start of the game, with only a few factories to begin with. Thanks to the vast resources in the nation, you can use them to boost the industry by trading. At the same time, your industry is being affected negatively by the national spirits. You should get rid of them as soon as possible in order to expand your Industry and Army quickly and make use of your massive resource base.

Gameplay and Strategy

Slave Riots

A few days after the start of the game, players will encounter Slave riots, since Diamond Mountain still has slaves. Players have no choice but to crush the Rebellion, losing political power, stability and dogpower. 

They will then have a choice on how to deal with the remnants - track them down (-25PP, Supremacy / Harmonist Path), or we have more important things to do (Communist path). 

Track them down

After capturing the remaining rebels, the King is faced with a choice as his daughter, Molly pleas for mercy for the prisoners.

Kill them all - National spirit The Strong Rule will give you +25 political power, +10% in both Stability and Supremacy popularity, and most importantly remove the national spirit, Risk of Rebellion.

You heard the princess, throw them in prison - A trial will be held. Rover can allow them to continue (Harmonic Path) or interrupt the trial and hold an execution (Supremacy Path, same results as kill them all).

If the player follows the harmonic path, eventually Molly will inherit the throne, unlocking the the princess Regent focus trees and BARK (Harmonic) becomes the ruling party.

We have more important things to do

Allowed to regroup and recover, Communists gain support. Our movement grows gives popularity of Communism +10% and Growing Support of Communism as the National Spirit.

(tbc)

War with Hellquill

If players are still ruling Diamond Mountain as Rover's Supremacy Party, and have finished the Revenge focus, they will have an Annex war goal against Hellquill. But be careful, if Hellquill decides to choose "Status Quo" focus tree- then later "The Shield of Griffonkind", Hellquill will become a subject of Griffon Empire. Players will end up fighting half of Griffonia if they're not careful. So, to counter this, players either have to swiftly conquer Hellquill alone, before they finish the required focus, or choose to call their allies for a long grueling war.

Technology

Army	Naval	Air	Tech / Industry
Muzzle-loaders (Muzzle-loading Guns) Mountain Infantry I Support Equipment Engineer Company I Pre-Industrial Artillery	Early Destroyer Basic Depth Charges Early Submarine Basic Torpedo Naval Gunnery Casemate Secondary Battery Transport Ship Contact Mine	None	None
Doctrine			Racial
None	None	None	Ironpaws Division

Politics

National Spirits

Grudges and Grievances

• Surrender Limit: +5.00%
• War Suppory: +20.00%

A few decades ago, the griffons of Hellquill did the unthinkable. They breached the impenetrable walls of Diamond Mountain and sacked the city, making off with the King's Hoard. This act of humiliation has remained in the hearts and minds of Diamond Dogs everywhere and the call for revenge will not be silenced until Hellquill pays. A Diamond Dog never forgets, nor does he forgive his sworn enemies, the griffon knights!

Dog Eats Dog

• Political Power Gain: -20%
• Resource Gain Efficiency: +10.00%
• Consumer Goods Factories: -5.0%
• Stability: -10.00%

A Diamond Dog respects nothing but strength and brute force, and he shows that by subjugating those who are too weak to resist. The upper halls of the Diamond Mountain may be opulent in displays of both wealth and culture, but underneath them, deep in the mines, slaves toil day after day under the keen eye of the houndmasters. Most are too cowed by the whip, but the Dog spirit refuses to be dominated.

An Army of Thralls

• Political Power Gain: -20%
• Division Organization: -30.0%
• Recruitable Population Factor: 15%
• Stability: -10.00%
• War Support: -10.00%

To prevent the slaves from becoming too numerous and attached to each other, their wise masters regularly separate and force those determined to be particularly troublesome to fight the King's enemies, whether they be other slaves or joining raiding parties tunnelling to griffon lands. They are kept in check by their Ironpaw overseers, but the only thing the Diamond Army has in advantage are sheer numbers.

Whistles of Rebellion

• Surrender Limit: +5.00%
• War Suppory: +20.00%

A Dog does not easily accept being enslaved - slave revolts are frequent, but easily beaten. However, the slaves are growing more bolder and unwilling to follow orders, suggesting there is an organised rebellion in the works. They must be crushed!

Treaty of Coltstream Member

This state has signed the Treaty of Coltstream. In 898 the River Coalition was founded after an attack by the Griffon Orders was pushed back. The founding members of the treaty were Lake City, Deponya, River Republic and Nimbusia. Although the treaty has been mainly a defensive alliance since its inception, some politicians and their supporters advocate to expand the treaty to allow for more cooperation between the states of the River Coalition.

Leaders

Starting leaders
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Rover Diamondshield		Kratocracy Supremacy GRoWlGlory to the Royal Will	Diamond King Resource Gain Efficiency: +10%	None
Princess Molly		Benevolent Absolutism Harmony BaRKBread and Recreation Kinship	None	None
Clifford the Red		Marksism Communism WUFWorkers' United Front	None	None
Bernard		Centrism Non-Aligned PaNTParty National	None	None

Parties

Political parties
Name	Ideology			Leader	Popularity
GRoWl Glory to the Royal Will			Kratocracy Supremacy	Rover Diamondshield	50%
BaRK Bread and Recreation Kinship			Benevolent Absolutism Harmony	Princess Molly	35%
WUF Workers' United Front			Marksism Communism	Clifford the Red	13%
PaNT Party National			Centrism Non-Aligned	Bernard	2%

Staff and Designers

Political Advisors
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Sweep	Pro-Harmony Reformer	Has completed national focus “A New Mountain”	Daily Harmony Support: +0.1	150
Fido	Communist Revolutionary	Has completed national focus “The Ruby Mountain”	Daily Communism Support: +0.1	150
Royal	Supremacist Demagogue	Has completed national focus “Crackdown on Dissent”	Daily Supremacy Support: +0.1	150
Manndober	Silent Workdog	None	Political Power Gain: +15%	150
Shih Tzu	Backroom Backstabber	None	Subversive activities cost: −25% Ideology drift defense: +25%	150
Akita	Ruthless Industrialist	None	Daily Political Power Gain: −0.05 Construction Speed: +5% Production Efficiency Cap: +5%	150
Yorkie	Captain of Industry	None	Civilian Factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Railway construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10%	150
Rex	Prince of Terror	None	Non-Core Ponypower: +2% Foreign subversive activities efficiency: −30% Damage to Garrisons: −25%	150
Mastiff	Cult Leader	Current ruling party is Supremacist.	Political Power Gain: +10% Ideology drift defense: +10% Stability: +5%	150
Daner	Secret Police Chief	None	With  La Résistance DLC: Political Power Gain: −5% Ideology drift defense: +15% Cryptology Level: +1 Enemy operative detection chance factor: +15% Without  La Résistance DLC: Political Power Gain: −5% Encryption: +0.5 Ideology drift defense: +15% Resistance Activity Chance: −10%	150
Generic Advisor	Illusive Gentlebeing	Has created an Intelligence Agency	Operative slots: +1 Agency upgrade time: −15%	150

Tank Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Cerberus	Mobile Tank Designer	None	Armor Research Speed: +15% Light Tank: Breakthrough: +5% Armor technology: Max Speed: +5% Reliability: +10% Armored Car: Max Speed: +5% Reliability: +10%	150
Boxer	Medium Tank Designer	None	Armor Research Speed: +15% Medium Tank: Soft attack: +5% Armor technology: Soft attack: +5% Reliability: +5% Armored Car: Soft attack: +5% Reliability: +5%	150

Ship Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Podelia	Ship Designer	Any controlled state: Is coastal.	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: Surface Visibility: −5% Anti-air: +5% Armor: +5% Heavy Ship: Light Attack: +5% Heavy Attack: +5% Cruiser: Light Attack: +5% Heavy Attack: +5%	150
Gold Triver	Ship Designer	Any controlled state: Is coastal.	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: Surface Visibility: −5% Anti-air: +5% Armor: +5% Light Hull: Production Cost: −5% Standardised Coastal Submarine Hull: Production Cost: −5%	150

Aircraft Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
L. Black	Light Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Small Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10%	150
Herder	Medium Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Heavy Fighter Airframe: Reliability: +20% Medium Airframe: Reliability: +20% Scout Plane Airframe: Reliability: +20%	150
B. Agle	Naval Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Naval Bomber Airframe: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% Carrier Naval Bomber Airframe: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% Carrier Fighter Airframe: Range: +10% Agility: +10% Carrier CAS Airframe: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10%	150

Materiel Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Kal Spankaz Forge	Infantry Equipment Designer	None	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15% Infantry Equipment: Defense: +5%	150
Var Alsas Forge	Artillery Designer	None	Artillery Research Speed: +15% Towed Artillery: Soft attack: +5%	150
Terri Azur Forge	Motorized Equipment Designer	None	Motorization Research Speed: +15% Truck: Reliability: +5%	150

Industrial Concerns
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Huskeria	Industrial Concern	None	Industrial Research Speed: +15%	150
Puggy	Electronics Concern	None	Electronics Research Speed: +15%	150
Dalmari	Refining Concern	None	Synthetic Resources Research Speed: +15%	150

Theorists
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Roarer	Military Theorist	None	Land Doctrine Cost: −10%	100
Canette	Naval Theorist	None	Naval Doctrine Cost: −10%	100
Scboobles	Air Warfare Theorist	None	Air Doctrine Cost: −10%	100

Chiefs of Army
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Collin	Army Defense (Expert)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.30 Division Defense: +10% AI Modifier: Focus on Defense: +15%	100  20
Aushard	Army Offense (Specialist)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.20 Division Attack: +5% AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: +15%	50  30
Pointer	Army Morale (Specialist)	None	Non-Combat Out of Supply Penalties: −3% Army Experience Gain: +0.20	50  30
Spaniel	Army Maneuver (Expert)	None	Division Speed: +10% Army Experience Gain: +0.30	100  20

Chiefs of Navy
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Borzoi	Naval Aviation (Expert)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.30 Naval Air Attacks from Carriers: +6% Naval Air Targeting from Carriers: +7% Naval Air Agility from Carriers: +8%	100  20
Blizzard	Decisive Battle (Genius)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.40 Capital Ship Attack: +15% Capital Ship Armor: +15% Screen Attack: +15% Screen Defense: +15%	200  10

Chiefs of Airforce
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Corgi	Air Superiority (Genius)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.40 Air superiority attack: +5% Air superiority defense: +5% Air superiority agility: +5%	200  10
Boston	Close Air Support (Expert)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.30 Close air support attack: +3% Close air support defense: +3% Close air support agility: +3%	100  20
Basenji	Bomber Interception (Expert)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.30 Interception attack: +3% Interception defense: +3% Interception agility: +3%	100  20

Military High Command
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Lupus	Artillery (Expert)	None	Artillery Attack: +15% Artillery Defense: +10%	100  20
Canis	Infantry (Specialist)	None	Infantry Division Attack: +5% Infantry Division Defense: +10%	50  30
Wolfy	Armor (Specialist)	None	Armor Division Attack: +5% Armor Division Defense: +5%	50  30
Rocky	Commando (Expert)	None	Special forces Attack: +10% Special Forces Cap: 6	100  20
Spot	Army Regrouping (Genius)	None	Division Recovery Rate: +12%	200  10

Military Leaders

Field Marshal
Field Marshal	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
Field Marshal Rover Diamondshield	Harsh Leader Discipline is necessary to lead an army, but some leaders take it a bit too far. Division Recovery Rate: −10% Attack: +1 Mountaineer An excellent climber and skilled at Mountain warfare. Mountain: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10% Hill Fighter Excels at fighting in Hilly terrain. Hills: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10%	None	Level 3 Attack: 5 Defense: 2 Planning: 1 Logistics: 3	Diamond Dog

Generals
General	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
General Gnasher	Reckless A good officer needs to lead from the front. Planning Speed: +20% Chance to get wounded in combat: +50% Harsh Leader Discipline is necessary to lead an army, but some leaders take it a bit too far. Division Recovery Rate: −10% Attack: +1 Commando Skilled in Amphibious operations, Air Assaults, and Cold weather conditions - the Commando is a man of many talents. Non-Combat Out of Supply Penalties: −25% Mountaineer An excellent climber and skilled at Mountain warfare. Mountain: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10%	None	Level 2 Attack: 4 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 2	Diamond Dog
General Biter	Harsh Leader Discipline is necessary to lead an army, but some leaders take it a bit too far. Division Recovery Rate: −10% Attack: +1 Trickster Doing the unexpected in combat can give you a large advantage. Reconnaissance: +25% Engineer Adept in the arts of crossing rivers and constructing field fortifications. River: Attack: +5% Fort: Attack: +10% Hill Fighter Excels at fighting in Hilly terrain. Hills: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10%	None	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 3 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Diamond Dog

Flags

Flags
Flag	Information
	Diamond Mountain
	Diamond Mountain
	Eastern Dogs' Republic
	Kingdom of Diamond Mountain
	Kaza-ar-Bark Republic  Bakaran Republic puppet

Economy

Laws and Development

Laws and Development
Conscription Law	Trade Law	Economy Law
Limited Conscription Recruitable Population: 2.50%	Limited Exports Construction Speed: +5.00% Research Speed: +1.00% Factory Output: +5.00% Dockyard Output: +5.00% Resources to Market: +25% Trade deal opinion factor: -30.00% Civilian intelligence to others: +10.0% Navy intelligence to others: +5.0%	Slave-Based Economy Daily Political Power Gain: -0.25 Resource Gain Efficiency: +15.00% Consumer Goods Factories: 25.0% Stability: -20.00% Military to Civilian Factory conversion cost: +15.00% Civilian to Military Factory conversion cost: +15.00% Construction Speed: +15.00% Production Efficiency Cap: -10.00% Production Efficiency Growth: -10.00% Factory Output: -10.00% Factory Repair Speed: +15.00% Fuel Gain per oil: -10.00% Electronics Research Speed: -5% Industrial Research Speed: -5%
Scientific Development	Society Development	Illiteracy
Small Science Base Daily Political Power Gain: +0.20 Research Speed: -55.00%	Industrialising Society Resource Gain Efficiency: -20.00% Monthly Population: -10.0% Construction Speed: -20.00% Production Efficiency Cap: -10.00% Research Speed: -20.00% Factory Output: -20.00% Dockyard Output: -20.00% Factory Bomb Vulnerability: -25.00%	Mass Illiteracy Construction Speed: -20.00% Research Speed: -60.00%
Poverty	Race
High Poverty Monthly Population: -13.0% Consumer Goods Factories: 11.0% Construction Speed: -16.00% Research Speed: -7.50%	Diamond Dog Uses Diamond Dog Racial Tree

Industry and Resources

Factories

Military Factories	Naval Dockyards	Civilian Factories	Fuel Silos	Synthetic Refineries
3	1	4 (-1)	0	0

Numbers in red indicate the number of civilian factories required to produce consumer goods, based on economy laws and the total number of military and civilian factories, rounded up.

Resources

Oil	Aluminum	Rubber	Tungsten	Steel	Chromium	Crystal
0	0	0	29 (-7)	65 (-16)	30 (-8)	139 (-35)

Numbers in red indicate how many resources are reserved for export due to trade laws.

Awards

Main article: Awards

Ode To Joy

As any original member of the River Coalition, become the founder of the River Federation.