Hippogriffia

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Hippogriffia is the home of the Hippogriffs and Seaponies. It is a harmonic absolute monarchy, still recovering from years of isolation under the waves. Queen Novo protected her country during the Storm War, though some think she could have done much more to stop the Storm King's ravages. But even as the royal court reels from the changing world and balances the demands of international diplomacy and isolationists at home, new ideas trickle in. Republicanism and even communism are on the rise, and it remains to be seen how the Queen will respond. Will Hippogriffia stay the course of harmony, will it embrace the extreme ideas of the left, or will it fall back into reaction to avoid them? — Hippogriffia's Brief History in Country Selection

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Hippogriffia
The Mountain and the Sea
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Ideology	Benevolent Absolutism
Leader	Queen Novo
Ruling party	Royal Court (100%)
Population	10,956,221 13,171,489 (with Zumidia)
Ponypower	104,295
Race	Hippogriff
Stability	70%
War support	15%
Factories	32 8 10 15
Capital	Mount Aris
Continent	Northern Zebrica
Demonym	Hippogriff
Tag	HIP
Color	#81E3EE

Lore

Legend has it that when the daughter of the sky god An and the son of the sea goddess Tiamat fell in love, their parents created for them a paradise where the ocean meets the heavens, and gave to them the Pearl of Transformation, so that they could move freely between land, sea, and sky. That paradise was the twin realms of Mount Aris and Seaquestria, and their descendants were the first of the Hippogriffs and the Seaponies. For many millennia, the two realms flourished and prospered, with anycreature able to change forms by petitioning the high priest-kings to use the Pearl of Transformation. During this time, the two realms wanted little to do with the outside world, and life was simple but good.

Over time however, the priest-kings grew greedy, demanding lavish tributes to even see the Pearl of Transformation, much less use it. The two realms drifted apart, with the hippogriffs looking to the outside world, to North Zebrica and Equestria, and the seaponies turning inward. Local nobles and merchants came to dominate society, bringing prosperity to the land but also dissatisfaction with the arrogant and distant priest-kings. Finally, in the year 523 ALB by Equestrian reckoning, one family of nobles rebelled against the priest-kings and their monopoly on the Pearl.

This family, known now as the Royal Line of Novo, rallied both seaponies and hippogriffs to unite into one Kingdom of Hippogriffia, with the Pearl of Transformation now freely available to any creature who wished to use it. They established a tradition of twin capitals: one on Mount Aris, the other in Seaquestria, with the king or queen dutifully moving their court between the capitals every six months, and practiced a form of Absolutist Harmony inspired by Princess Celestia.

And so it was for many generations: an unbroken line of kings and queens, each one designating a single heir based on which displayed the greatest wisdom and compassion. Change came gradually, usually introduced from above in small portions. Even the industrial revolution was brought in relatively-orderly fashion during the reign of King Skylance and his daughter Queen Novo, who has reigned for the last thirty years.

Of course, Hippogriffia could not stay apart from the chaos of the world forever. When the Storm King's armies set their sights on North Zebrica, Queen Novo began the creation of a grand army. But when it became clear they would not have enough time before the Storm King arrived, Novo, heeding the counsel of Royal Advisor Raft Wood, used the Pearl of Transformation to evacuate the population of Mount Aris into Seaquestria.

The two years spent beneath the waves were hard on the hippogriff population, and caused rifts to form between those who had always been seaponies and those forced to adopt seapony ways to survive. Cut off from information about the outside world, forced to abandon their homes, many secretly called Queen Novo a tyrant and a coward, abusing the Pearl just as the old Priest-Kings had. The Queen's own daughter Princess Skystar agitated to return to the surface and confront the Storm King. But it was only thanks to the intervention of the Equestrian Element Bearers that Novo finally relented, and sent the hippogriff army to attack the Storm King's forces massed at Ain Trotgourait.

The Battle of Ain Trotgourait changed the course of history. The Storm King's armies taken completely by surprise, their airships were shot down by the mighty Hippogriff airforce with the flagship downed by the famous ace pilot Crack Lightning. The Storm King himself was betrayed and slain by his own lieutenant after Princess Skystar and the Element Bearers battled their way past his retinue. The Storm King's conquests were cut short in a single day, but Hippogriffia had changed forever. Seeing the devastation he had wrought on their neighbours while they hid, many Hippogriffs declared that they would never hide again, and began going abroad to see the larger world, bringing back foreign ideas with them. Meanwhile many seaponies see recent events as proof that Hippogriffia should avoid the barbaric wider world, lest they become warmongers too.

Seeing Hippogriffia beginning to fray, Queen Novo fired Raft Wood and had the Pearl of Transformation divided into millions of tiny shards, giving up the power which the monarchy had held for so long: now any Hippogriff or seapony could transform at will. She also sent her niece Silverstream to study friendship in Equestria, and set up a reconstruction mandate and refugee zone in the zebra kingdom of Zumidia, in order to prevent the kingdom falling into anarchy after the murder of their king by the Storm King and the devastation his armies brought.

Now, Hippogriffia stands at a crossroads. Will they stay true to Harmony, or will they reject their monarchy in favour of new ideals? Will they become an active player on the world stage, or retreat into isolation once more?

Geography

Hippogriffia is historically an island nation, with the recent acquisition of Zumidia being its only continental territory. Hippogriffia is dominated by Aris, the second-largest island in the world. Aris has several jungles spread across its land, broken up by rivers, plains and the Arisian mountain range, which run in a curve from north to south. Aris has several urban areas, such as Mount Aris, Howlington, Canterford and Winggarden. Moving away from Aris, several other Hippogriffian islands lie near it, such as Talonzatore, Terrarife, Terraceia and Grand Alaudia. Grand Alaudia has jungles in the north and hills in the centre of its southern end, and the Feathered Isles to the northwest of Aris also have a hill range on its eastern end, but otherwise the islands are plains. To the southwest, between the  Wingbardian colony of Purrsia and the  Aquileian colony of  Les Meridiennes lie the Trots and Canters Islands, a small archipelago with hills and jungles on its largest island and consist of plains for the rest.

Zumidia, Hippogriffia's only territory on continental Zebrica, has an urban area in Ain Trotgourait, the Aurez Hills in its northern reaches near the  Colthaginian border and two jungles further inland. One river flows through Zumidia into the sea, and the landscape is dominated by plains, especially in its eastern and southern reaches.

Decisions

Main article: Hippogriff decisions

Events

Main articles: Hippogriff events, Hippogriff events 2, Hippogriff events 3, Hippogriff events 4, Hippogriff events 5

National focus

Main article: Hippogriff national focus tree

Hippogriffia Focus Tree

Hippogriffia's focus tree consists of five branches: a political tree, a navy tree, a primacy tree, an army tree, and an air force tree.

Placating The Isolationists Branch

Hippogriffia Political Tree

This is the main political branch for Hippogriffia where the decision is made to remain either closed or open up the country. Depending on the choice made the player can continue to either the non-aligned path or the communist path, if they manage to get enough support. The harmonic path is taken in case the support for Aris First isn't enough or the player can choose between harmonic and communist, as long as there is enough communist support, if they took path to open up the country.

Navy Branch

Hippogriffia Navy Tree

While Hippogriffia starts the game with a strong navy, improving it further is a key to success for an island nation. Several focuses provide doctrine bonuses as well as navy XP, while others provide research bonuses to radar, destroyers, cruisers, and submarines. The player can choose to invest into improving marines and convoys as well as making all ship types cheaper to build. However the main attraction is choosing between a battleship or carrier-focused navy, allowing the player to build super-heavy battleships with ease, or improving both carriers and their planes.

Seapony and Hippogriff Primacy Branch

Hippogriffia Primacy Tree

This branch is required in order to access the army branch. The player must choose between improvements to their navy or air force, however most focuses in the subtree can be taken regardless of which path is chosen. Among the shared focuses included bouses to underwater factories, industry research, improvements to oil resource gain, and a research slot. The player can choose between underwater, offmap civilian factories or improving infrastructure on the main island of Aris. On the seapony side are bonuses to dockyard output and repair speed, as well as even more boosts to submarines shared with the navy branch. The hippogriff side includes a unique design company for aircraft, as well as production bonuses to said aircraft.

Army Branch

Hippogriffia Army Tree

This branch can be accessed by first choosing between either seapony or hippogriff primacy. The army tree has many good bonuses to many aspects of the Hippogriffian army, including division org, planning bonus, and even military factory construction speed. The left side includes focuses that provide valuable ponypower, while the center focuses provide land doctrine and special forces bonuses. The rightmost focuses are technology-centered, with bonuses for infantry equipment, support companies, artillery, motorized/mechanized and tanks.

Air Force Branch

Hippogriffia Air Force Tree

Hippogriffia is capable of producing a formidable air force, and it's air force tree helps greatly in accomplishing that. The initial focus gives the player a large amount of air XP, as well as a pair of military factories to ramp up air production. The player can choose between concentrating on close air support with Battlefield Support doctrine, or focus of strategic bombers with Strategic Destruction. Various bonuses for all plane types can be found throughout the tree including heavy fighters, tactical bombers, strategic bombers, and close air support. The right side of the tree provides boosts to ace generation, air XP gain, air doctrine cost, and finally bonuses towards researching rocketry, jet, and atomic technologies.

Technology

Army	Naval	Air	Tech / Industry
Primitive Weapons Muzzle-loaders Breech-Loaded Rifles Support Weapons I Bolt-Action Rifles Truck Basic Armored Car Marines I Support Equipment Engineer Company I Recon Company I Civilian train Pre-Industrial Artillery Artillery Anti-Air With  No Step Back Early Tank Development Without  No Step Back Early Tank	Modernised Coastal Submarine Fleet Submarine Designated Landing barges With  Man the Guns: Torpedo Boat Destroyer Hydrophone Basic Depth Charge Enlarged Destroyer Scout and Armoured Cruisers Improved Airplane catapult Escort and Upgunned Cruisers Basic Cruiser Armor Scheme Inclined Belt Armor Scheme Fast Battleships and Dreadnoughts Deck Conversions Escort Carrier Naval Gunnery Basic Light Battery Basic Medium Battery Basic Heavy Battery Basic Torpedo Contact Mine Minelaying Submarine Without  Man the Guns: Torpedo Boat Destroyer Enlarged Destroyer Scout Cruiser Escort Cruiser Late Armoured Cruiser Upgunned Cruiser Fast Battleship Late Dreadnought Long-Range Battleships Flat Deck Cruiser Hippogrifian-Style Carrier Escort carrier	With  By Blood Alone: Early Small Airframe Basic Small Airframe Early Medium Airframe Basic Medium Airframe Aerial Bombs Dedicated Aircraft Machine Guns Dedicated Aircraft Engines Applied Wartime Construction Experience Aircraft Inline Engines Without  By Blood Alone: Early Fighter Basic Fighter Basic CAS Early Bomber	Central Fire Control Organised Fuel Storage Synthetic Material Experiments Systemised Naphtha Refineries
Doctrine			Racial
Superior Firepower	Base Strike	None	We can Swim!

Designers, concerns and theorists

Tank designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Marbreeze-Herring	Medium Tank Designer	None	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor technology: Soft attack: +5% Reliability: +5% Armored Car: Soft attack: +5% Reliability: +5%	150
Crystalstar Corporation	Infantry Tank Designer	None	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor technology: Soft attack: +5% Armor: +5% Armored Car: Soft attack: +5% Armor: +5%	150
Army Ordnance Department	Super Heavy Tank Designer	None	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor technology: Breakthrough: +5% Piercing: +5% Armored Car: Breakthrough: +5% Piercing: +5%	150

Ship Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Clawes Naval Yard	Coastal Defense Fleet Designer	None	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: Production Cost: −25% Max Range: −50% Capital Ships: Production Cost: −25% Max Range: −50% Armor: −20% Heavy Attack: −20% Screens: Production Cost: −25% Max Range: −50% Submarine: Production Cost: −25% Max Range: −50%	150
Electric Boat Company	Raiding Fleet Designer	None	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: Surface Visibility: −10% Max Speed: +10% Capital Ships: Surface Visibility: −10% Max Speed: +10% Heavy Attack: −10% Screens: Surface Visibility: −10% Max Speed: +10% Submarine: Surface Visibility: −10% Sub Visibility: −10% Max Speed: +10%	150
Aris Trench Naval Yard	Celestial Sea Fleet Designer	None	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: HP: +10% Armor: +50% Capital Ships: Armor: +10% Heavy Attack: +10%	150
Northpoint National Shipbuilding	Lunar Ocean Fleet Designer	None	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: Max Range: +25% Armor: −15% Deck size: +1 Capital Ships: Max Range: +25% Screens: Max Range: +25% Submarine: Max Range: +25%	150

Aircraft Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
National Aeronautical Association	Light Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Small Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10%	150
Bellbreeze	Agility-focused Aircraft Designer	At least one of the following is true: Has completed national focus “Form The Bellbreeze Aircraft Corporation” Has completed national focus “Create New Design Bureaus” We have seized control of the corporations by force. (?)	Air Research Speed: +15% Small Airframe: Agility: +20% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter Airframe: Agility: +20% Max Speed: +10%	150
Lightning	Medium Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Heavy Fighter Airframe: Reliability: +20% Medium Airframe: Reliability: +20% Scout Plane Airframe: Reliability: +20%	150
Downwind Aircraft Company	CAS Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Close Air Support Airframe: Ground Attack: +10% Reliability: +10% Carrier CAS Airframe: Ground Attack: +10% Reliability: +10%	150
Bluewing	Heavy Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Large Airframe: Strat. Bombing: +10% Transport Plane: Range: +10%	150
Consolidated Aircraft	Range-focused Aircraft Designer	At least one of the following is true: Has completed national focus “Consolidated Aircraft” Has completed national focus “Create New Design Bureaus” We have seized control of the corporations by force. (?)	Air Research Speed: +15% Small Airframe: Range: +10% Heavy Fighter Airframe: Range: +10% Reliability: +20% Medium Airframe: Reliability: +20%	150
Gunmare	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
Summershores Armoury	Infantry Equipment Designer	None	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15% Infantry Division Defense: +5%	150
Lightstar Motor Company	Motorized Equipment Designer	None	Motorization Research Speed: +15% Armor speed: +5%	150
Royal Island Arsenal	Artillery Designer	None	Artillery Research Speed: +15% Artillery Attack: +5%	150

Industrial concerns
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Shell Oil Company	Refining Concern	At least one of the following is true: Has completed national focus “Shell Oil Company” Has completed national focus “Found New Industrial Bureaus” We have seized control of the corporations by force. (?)	Industrial Research Speed: +15% Synthetic Resources Research Speed: +30% Refinery construction speed: +10% See description: Although we have a reasonable amount of crude oil, it isn't enough to fuel our massive navy. We'll need to develop our oil refining process, and synthetic refineries are also worth looking into.	150
Standard Electric	Electronics Concern	None	Electronics Research Speed: +15% Reinforce Rate: +5%	150
General Machines	Industrial Concern	None	Industrial Research Speed: +15% Production Efficiency Base: +5%	150
Seaquestrian Line	Railway Company	None	Trains and Railways Research Speed: +15% Railway construction speed: +15% Supply Hub construction speed: +15% Train: Production Cost: −25% Reliability: +10%	150

Theorists
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Sugar Coral	Superior Firepower Expert	None	Superior Firepower Doctrine Cost: −15%	150
Lightdance	Military Theorist	None	Land Doctrine Cost: −10%	100
Aquamare	Naval Theorist	None	Naval Doctrine Cost: −10%	100
Saltwing Skyward	Naval Aviation Pioneer	None	Base Strike Doctrine Cost: −15%	150
Raincloud Firebringer	Victory Through Airpower	Has completed national focus “Strategic Obliteration Doctrine”	Strategic Destruction Doctrine Cost: −15%	150
Skyfire	Air Warfare Theorist	None	Air Doctrine Cost: −10%	100
Luna Wings	Rocket Theorist	None	Rocket Research Speed: +15%	100
Terrafin	Experimental Genius	None	Jet Technology Research Speed: +15% Nuclear Research Speed: +15% Helicopter Technology Research Speed: +15% See description: Some say Terrafin is a once in a generation genius, inventing technologies that foreign scientists can only dream of. Others say he is a mad scientist who recklessly pursues new discoveries with no regard for potential danger. As for Terrafin himself, he doesn't care what people call him so long as his projects get funding.	150

Politics

National spirits

Divided Society - Balanced

For the moment, the government is generally seen as successfully balancing the competing interests of its hippogriff and seapony citizens, and is generally supported on both Aris and Seaquestria.

The Royal Line of Novo

• Political Power Gain: +10%
• Division Recovery Rate: +5.0%
• Political Advisor Cost: -15%

Novo's royal lineage dates back well over a thousand years, and her daughter Skystar will succeed her. To the hippogriffs and seaponies, this is simply how things are. Any change from this predictable formula will be a major shock to the people of Aris.

Parties

Political parties
Name	Ideology			Leader	Popularity
Royal Court			Benevolent Absolutism Harmony	Queen Novo	100%
Socialists			Marksism Communism	Nobody	0%
Nationalists			Autocracy Supremacy	Nobody	0%
Non-Harmonists			Oligarchy Non-Aligned	Nobody	0%

Leaders

Starting leaders
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Queen Novo See alternate portraits: Seapony		Benevolent Absolutism Harmony Royal Court	Queen of the Hippogriffs and the Seaponies AI Modifier: Focus on Defense: +30% AI Modifier: Focus on Peace: +20% Stability: +25%	Born: 9th of May, 944 in Seaquestria. Biography: For the last thirty years, Aris and Seaquestria have been ruled by the steady claw -or fin- of Queen Novo. Novo's reign has been highly eventful, to say the least. Its early years were marked by completing the integration of industrial production into Hippogriffia's economy, a process started by her father King Skylance. Novo managed to soften industrialism's birth-pangs by impressing strong Harmonic values upon the industrialist class, preferring to lead by example rather than force. The second decade of her reign was marked by a long period of stability and peace, with Aris retreating from North Zebrican affairs and establishing closer ties with Equestria and New Mareland. All that changed when the Storm King attacked. Unwilling to risk total destruction as had befallen so many other nations which had faced his wrath, Novo evacuated the population and industry of Mount Aris to the underwater realm of Seaquestria. There, she prepared for an eventual confrontation. Her fin forced by her precocious daughter and the Equestrian Elements of Harmony, Novo's forces defeated the Storm King and reclaimed Aris. However, the evacuation left deep scars, and Novo has had more and more difficulty balancing the needs of her creatures: seaponies and hippogriffs clash and the new generation of industrialists abandons Harmonic values in the name of profit, all while the new generation of workers and students turn to radical ideas. Throughout her long reign, Novo has proven herself a master of negotiation, or some would say concession. She has proven herself a pragmatic ruler, or some would say a coward. She has been a rock of stability in a rapidly changing world, or some would say she has held Hippogriffia back. Some whisper that she plans to retire in favour of her daughter Skystar, others long for a change of pace, but most Arisians simply could not imagine an Aris without Queen Novo. Portrait By: Kessel
Nobody		Vanguard Socialism Communism Socialists	None	None
		Autocracy Supremacy Nationalists
		Oligarchy Non-Aligned Non-Harmonists
Post-1007 leaders [may contain spoilers]
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Queen Novo		Despotism Non-Aligned Royal Court	Queen of the Hippogriffs and the Seaponies AI Modifier: Focus on Defense: +30% AI Modifier: Focus on Peace: +20% Stability: +25%	None	Lose the North Zebrican War as Queen Novo then complete the focus History Will Vindicate Us.
Queen Skystar		Benevolent Absolutism Harmony Royal Court	Eccentric Royal Research Speed: +3% Stability: +10% War Support: +10%	None	After victory in the North Zebrican War when Harmonic, complete the focus Long Live Queen Skystar!
		Democratic Monarchism Harmony Royal Court			After Queen Skystar becomes the leader, complete either Draft A Constitution or Entrench Representative Institutions focus.
		Socialist Monarchism Communism Blue Faction Popular Front - Blue Faction			Lose the North Zebrican as Crack Lightning, submit to Skystar's demands, then complete The People's Princess focus.
Council of Students		Democratic Socialism Communism SLPASocialist Labour Party of Aris	Communist Intellectual Research Speed: +5% Daily Communism Support: +0.05 Acceptance of Communist Diplomacy: +25	None
Posada See alternate portraits: "Happy" "Weary"		Futurist Socialism Communism RWPRevolutionary Workers' Party	Nuclear Revolutionary Nuclear Production: +20% Research Speed: +2% Nuclear Reactor construction speed: +20% Acceptance of Communist Diplomacy: +70	Born: 14th of May, 980 in Seaquestria Biography: For most of her childhood, Posada was ostracised by her peers. But she liked it that way, it left her more time to explore and play with her imaginary friends. She became an apprentice bookmaker in her teenage years. When she first went to the surface, she looked upon the stars in wonder and often would stargaze while contemplating if there were creatures on other worlds. It was on one such night she accidentally drifted over towards Zebrican territory and was captured by the Storm King's forces. Posada was chained inside the cargo hold of an airship full of looted trophies and treasures from Colthage. During the long journey she suffered at the hands of her yeti captors, but one night she was able to break free of her shackles. Sneaking through the ship's hold, she was seeking to make a quick escape and then follow the stars home when a flash of green light caught her attention. The light ebbed from out the crack in the lid of a large golden chest intricately carved with images of horned beasts and bowing goats. Unable to help herself, she broke the chains and opened the lid. What she saw would change her forever. Images flashed before her eyes, images of things nogriff should ever know. Images of conflict, strife, poverty and the stars, so many stars. She saw galaxies of the scale of atoms. She saw how stars burned. And more, much more, she could not understand. It is unknown how she returned to Hippogriffia. Her mind was broken, and it was months before she could talk in coherent sentences again. Shortly after the Storm King's defeat, a copy of the works of Caramel Marks crossed her desk at work. She found the book as a symbol that she was destined to rediscover what the chest had shown her and to free everycreature from the shackles of capitalism and monarchy. She founded the Revolutionary Workers' Party and quickly started preaching her ideology to every hippogriff and seapony she could. Now with RWP in power, the interstellar revolution is upon creaturekind Portrait By: Neither	In the event The Blue Revolution from the focus The Marksist Revolution.
Supreme Workers' Council		Futurist Socialism Communism RWPRevolutionary Workers' Party	Provisional Government Generate war goal tension limit: +100% Join faction tension limit: +100% Lend-lease tension limit: +100% Send volunteers tension limit: +100% Guarantee tension limit: +100% Justify war goal time: +100%	None	Temporarily takes power if Posada is dead or deposed.
Starry Eyes		Futurist Socialism Communism RWPRevolutionary Workers' Party	Idealistic Visionary Non-Core Ponypower: +5% Research Speed: +5% AI Modifier: Focus on Peace: +50% Compliance Growth Speed: +10%	Born: 24th of July, 984 in Starfield Biography: As the youngest daughter of a lower middle-class family, Starry Eyes enjoyed a happy childhood. She loved spending time with her many friends, but she was also known to spend hours by herself engrossed in a good book. On occasion she read about politics and history, but her favorites were always works of fiction and poetry. Like many other hippogriffs, her life was upended by the Storm King's arrival in 1005. Moving underwater could have been disastrous for her family, as her parents were unable to work and there wasn't enough food and shelter to go around. However, a generous seapony invited the whole family in and shared what he had with them. Starry would never forget this random act of kindness, and it inspired her to always help creatures in need. When the Storm King was finally defeated she decided to remain in Seaquestria. She was working at a soup kitchen when she first met Posada, who convinced her to join the newly formed RWP Her talent for organizing and her ability to make friends with everyone helped her rise through the party's ranks rapidly. By the time Posada announced her retirement, Starry had already been elected to the Supreme Workers' Council and the Presidium. Now serving as General Secretary, she is continuing most of Posada's policies while also trying to step out of her shadow. Instead of investing heavily in technological progress, Starry believes the revolution will be best served by reforming the social relations between creatures. Portrait By: Neither	In the Posada's path in War Plan Hydrogen either: pick the peaceful option and then complete The Mission Completed pick the warmongering option and then achieve your goal without ever using a Thermonuclear Weapon
Terrafin		Futurist Socialism Communism RWPRevolutionary Workers' Party	Technocrat Research Speed: +5% Civilian Factory construction speed: +5%	Portrait By: RyanBoi	In Posada's path, when deciding the fate of Chiropterra, pick the genocidal option. This will result in her committing suicide in Revolutionary North Zebrica Rises!. Then, in Soldiering On Terrafin can be elected regardless of which mutually exclusive focus you picked.
Skybolt Spear		Vanguard Socialism Communism RWPRevolutionary Workers' Party	Great War Hero Division Attack on core territory: +20% Division Defense on core territory: +20% Stability: +5% War Support: +5%	Portrait By: Kaiser-Sauce	Same as Terrafin, except you must take An Admitted Monster.
Silverstream		Democratic Socialism Communism RWPRevolutionary Workers' Party	Defender of the Peasantry Political Power Gain: +10% Research Speed: +2% Factory Output: −5% Stability: +5% Civilian intelligence to others: +15% Acceptance of Harmonist Diplomacy: +50	Silverstream, niece of Queen Novo and graduate of Princess Twilight Sparkle's School of Friendship, was the last creature anyone expected to become the new General Secretary of Revolutionary North Zebrica When the revolution came to Hippogriffia, Silverstream chose not to flee like many other members of the extended royal family. Instead she took the advice of her cousin Skystar and formed a harmonist faction within the RWP. Her platform of curbing the revolution's worse excesses and improving relations with Equestria attracted many followers. After Posada's death both the party and the people wanted a leader who could restore some semblance of normalcy, and they turned to Silverstream. But fulfilling the people's hopes is easier said than done. Silverstream never wanted to be General Secretary, and she now finds herself in a very precarious position. Posada's many crimes have done severe damage to the government's reputation, and the effects of other communist policies remain divisive issues. Silverstream will have to tread carefully if she hopes to restore any form of harmony to her troubled homeland. Portrait By: RyanBoi	Similar to Skybolt Spear, but you must also have completed the Cooperate With The Harmonists focus earlier.
		Social Harmonism Harmony RWP - H Revolutionary Workers' Party - Harmonist			Communist Silvestream may change her ideology to harmony by completing the focus Harmonic Communism! and then reintroducing private property in the subsequent event.
		Social Harmonism Harmony NHP New Harmony Party			After Salina Blue takes power, every two years there will be elections where you are able to change your leader. The available candidates are Salina Blue, Skystar, and Silvestream.
Hard Line		Anti-Revisionism Communism RWPRevolutionary Workers' Party	Ruthless Anti-Revisionist Weekly Ponypower: −200 Monthly Population: −20% Improve relations opinion: −75% Justify war goal time on us: −75% Justify war goal time: −75% Daily Supremacy Support: −0.2 Daily Support for Unaligned: −0.2 Daily Harmony Support: −0.2	Born: 16th of September, 977 in Seaquestria Biography: Among the seaponies, having a lure is seen as a sign of nobility. For Hard line, it is a reminder of a past that has haunted him for his entire life. Hard Line, born with the name Kelp Strand, was the product of an affair between a highborn duchess and a poor mechanic. His mother abandoned the family just after he was born. His father tried his best to provide a good life, but living on the edge of poverty meant that times were often hard. Kelp's origins as a bastard child frequently made him the target of insults and mockery from his peers, and over time he came to blame his mother for all the indignities he suffered. Among the many enemies of the revolution, those of royal or noble birth are the only ones he truly despises. Kelp Strand was always a very bright student, excelling in all of his classes. It was in school that he first came across the collected works of Caramel Marks, which he devoured voraciously. He soon developed a set of ultra-orthodox Marksist beliefs, upholding dialectical materialism with almost religious fervor. Even world-renowned revolutionaries like Steel Stallion are considered revisionists within his framework. To showcase the strength of his convictions he adopted the name Hard Line. Hard Line joined the RWP as a founding member and quickly became one of Posada's chief advisors. Although he was often critical of her policies, he never broke with the party of the General Secretary. Now Posada's untimely demise has allowed him to take control, beginning a dark new chapter in the history of Revolutionary North Zebrica. Revisionists, reactionaries, even those with no interest in politics: none are safe in a state that has declared compassion and basic decency to be "bourgeois constructs." Portrait By: Egil	Same as Terrafin, but you must take Our Eternal Hero
Crack Lightning		Ethno-Socialism Communism RWPRevolutionary Workers' Party	Supremacist Sympathies Acceptance of Supremacist Diplomacy: +70 The Ace Ace generation chance: +5% Air Superiority: +5% Justify war goal time: −25% Sortie efficiency: +5% AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: +20% AI Modifier: Focus on Peace: −10% AI Modifier: Focus on Aviation: +10% War Penalty Stability Modifier: +10%	Born: 4th of February, 977 in Harmonizing Heights. Biography: Crack Lightning became a household name during the Storm War and has remained one ever since. He is known for being many things: a heroic fighter ace, talented and adventurous aviator, and a bombastic nationalist firebrand. But one thing most people did not know about him until very recently is that he was also a close friend of Posada. Just after the war Crack was introduced to Posada, whose miraculous escape from the Storm King had earned her minor fame. The pair bonded over their mutual hatred of the yeti conquerors and shared desire to embrace new ideas. Although Posada became a marksist while Crack took inspiration from Wingbardian fascists, they remained on friendly terms in private. As Posada took control of the state and expanded it across North Zebrica by force, Crack came to see her communist party as a possible vehicle for his own ideas of hippogriff hegemony. He unexpectedly asked to form a National Communist wing of the RWP, and Posada even more unexpectedly allowed it. Crack Lighting supported all of Posada's most controversial policies, especially her brutal treatment of the Chiropterrans. He believes that Skystar and other harmonists unjustly vilified Posada for doing what was right and drove her to suicide. Now that fortune has placed him in the General Secretary's chair, his priorities are twofold: build the hippogriff hegemony he's always dreamed of, and take revenge on those responsible for the death of his friend. Portrait By: Tofus	Similar to Hard Line, but you also must have taken Cooperate With The Harmonists and allowed the RWP-NC to form.
		National Communism Supremacy Revolutionary Workers' Party - National Communist			Communist Crack Lightning may change his ideology to supremacy by completing the focus Class, Culture, And Race! and then selecting the appropriate option in the subsequent event.
Salina Blue		Democratic Socialism Communism SLPASocialist Labour Party of Aris	Organizer of Labor and Defense Consumer Goods Factories factor: −15% Army Experience Gain: +5% Division Defense on core territory: +5% Research Speed: −3%	Born: 22nd of December, 977 in Seaquestria. Biography: Salina Blue was always a shy, reclusive seapony. She never wanted to rule a town, let alone all of Aris. But fate, it seems, had other things in mind for her. Before the final battle with the Storm King she met Fluttershy, Element of Kindness, and she came away more confident and self-assured, though still shy. A radio operator from a poor family, she came to read the works and deeds of Alexander Kemerskai, Théodore Vérany, Caramel Marks, and even the peasant revolts throughout history. Realizing that a better life was not only possible but achievable, she became a founding member of one of Hippogriffia's first unions, the Arisian Union of Telegraphists, and served in Posada's government. With the loss of Zumidia and the collapse of Posada's revolutionary government, a new one has been instituted: republican, not revolutionary. The Workers' Republic of Aris may not be as visionary or future-minded as Revolutionary North Zebrica, but it will hopefully prove more stable and long-lasting. Salina may lack her predecessor's fiery rhetoric and ferocious dreams, but is determined to do the best for all the people of Aris and lead the nation into a brighter future. Portrait By: Venva	Lose the North Zebrican War as Posada, then complete the focus The Vote Of No Confidence.
Skystar		Marksism Communism RWPRevolutionary Workers' Party	Eccentric Ex-Royal Research Speed: +3% Stability: +10% War Support: +10%	Skystar has always been an unusual hippogriff, and was pivotal in convincing the seaponies to attack the Storm King's forces. She is far more fiery and radical than her mother. Portrait By: Egil	After Salina Blue takes power, every two years there will be elections where you are able to change your leader. The available candidates are Salina Blue, Skystar, and Silvestream.
Seapony Schools		Anarcho-Communism Communism PCCCA - LPost-Civilization Coalition of Communities, Anarchist - Left	Our Right to Survive Division Defense on core territory: +10% War Support: +10%	None	Lose the North Zebrican War as Posada, then complete the focus An Anarchist General Secretary.
Raft Wood and Crack Lightning		Populism Non-Aligned Aris First	Uneasy Duumvirate Weekly Stability: −0.1% Daily Communism Support: −0.01	None	Have Aris First take power in As The War Approaches
Raft Wood		Populism Non-Aligned Aris First	Isolationist Advisor Stability: +5% Political Advisor Cost: −15%	None	Some time after Aris First takes power, you will get a timed mission The Looming Crisis. Have non-aligned popularity exceed supremacist popularity when it expires.
		Oligarchy Non-Aligned Aris First			Win the North Zebrican War as Raft Wood to unlock the new focus tree. Hold the Aris First convention triggered by the focus The Fate Of Aris First and cause the Aris First to become politically irrelevant, which is most easily done by maintaining AHAC agent presence during the convention.
Crack Lightning		Fascism Supremacy Aris First - Hardliners	The Ace Ace generation chance: +5% Air Superiority: +5% Justify war goal time: −25% Sortie efficiency: +5% AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: +20% AI Modifier: Focus on Peace: −10% AI Modifier: Focus on Aviation: +10% War Penalty Stability Modifier: +10%	Born: 4th of February, 977 in Harmonizing Heights. Biography: If you'd asked anygriff what Crack Lightning's future held after his rise to fame as an ace pilot in the Storm War, none would have guessed he planned on becoming the voice of the Aris First nationalist movement, much less the supreme commander of Aris' armed forces or the de facto ruler of Hippogriffia. Few now remember that Crack Lightning opposed the move to Seaquestria following the Storm King's arrival, nor that until his rise to fame he had never particularly cared for traditionalism, for all of that has been wiped away by the bombastic fervour of his commitment to Aris First after his round-the-world flight. Passionate, young, aggressive, adventurous, seductive, he was everything Aris First needed to contrast the stoic Raft Wood and to rile up the youth into a nationalistic frenzy. Few suspected that his ambitions went far beyond the isolationism of his colleague, and those that did notice found their objections falling on deaf ears as his influence grew and his followers grew more zealous. Now with Raft Wood out of the picture, Hippogriffia is under the full control of Crack Lightning, and there is little doubt that "The Ace," as his followers call him, will put the country's considerable might towards creating the Hegemony he dreams of. Portrait By: Tofus	Similar to Raft Wood, except supremacist popularity must exceed non-aligned popularity.
Razorbeak		Stratocracy Supremacy Aris First - Hardliners	Hardened Officer Entrenchment speed: +5% Division Defense on core territory: +5% Recruitable Population Factor: +5% Max Entrenchment: +5	Born: 1st of December, 971 in Winggarden. A harsh and demanding officer, Colonel Razorbeak has spent most of her career as an instructor at Hippogriffia's military academies, attempting to weed out weakness among future officers. Her involvement in the Phalanx, once considered a career-limiting move, led her into Crack Lightning's inner circle during his brief rule as dictator of Aris. Even when the rest of the Phalanx turned on him, Razorbeak remained loyal. Lightning's assassination and the bloody fighting which followed has seen Razorbeak take over as Supreme Commander of Aris, unleashing her signature cold-hearted violence on those who failed The Ace. She now rules with an iron claw, seeking to weed out weakness among the entire Hippogriff race in the same way she once did to cadets at the academy, now completely unrestrained by law and oversight. The people of Aris once called Crack Lightning a tyrant, but Razorbeak is determined to show them real tyranny, and to mould the next generation into a nation of fanatics who will succeed where their parents failed. Portrait By: Egil	Lose the North Zebrican War as Crack Lightning and do not submit to Skystar's demands.
Plumage Moonfeather		Corporatocracy Supremacy Moonfeather CliqueMoonfeather's Friends and Associates	Comically Corrupt Kleptocrat Consumer Goods Factories factor: 10% Factory Output: +5% Dockyard Output: +5% Stability: −10%	Born: 31st of August, 966 in Mount Aris. Biography: Plumage Moonfeather was born to an affluent family steeped in the values of a harmonic society. The only child of a judge and a captain of the Royal Guard, his loving parents catered to his every need. He received a world class education at some of the country's premier institutions. After graduating from university he entered the private sector... ...and became one of the world's most ruthless businessgriffs. With one claw he cut down the competition, using corporate espionage and market manipulation to destroy rival companies. With the other claw he brutally oppressed the workers, hiring thugs to break up strikes and blackmailing union organizers. These tactics earned him riches but also made him a social pariah, something he never seemed to mind. While the Storm King's arrival was a traumatic event for most hippogriffs, Plumage took it very differently. In private conversations he would later deny, he admired how much wealth the yeti had acquired through conquest and wondered aloud if a hippogriff could emulate his "success." Despite his massive economic influence, Plumage has always been politically isolated. Leftists and harmonists alike are disgusted by his cruel business practices, while conservatives bemoan his lack of patriotism. Now that he's attained a position of power the future of Hippogriffia, and all of North Zebrica, looks very bleak. Portrait By: Tofkov	Win the North Zebrican War as Raft Wood to unlock the new focus tree. Complete either A Puppet Sufrit? or Handle Chiropterra focus before you hold the Aris First convention triggered by the focus The Fate Of Aris First (or cause the convention to make Aris First politically irrelevant through poor choices). In the event The Prodigal Businessgriff, deny Moonfeather any help and wait a few weeks.

Political Advisors

Political advisors
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Raft Wood	Genial Anti-Revolutionary	Current ruling party is not Communist	Political Power Gain: +10% Stability: +5% See description: Raft Wood was Queen Novo's advisor during the Storm War, the seapony who first suggested the evacuation to Seaquestria. He's seen as a calm voice in an uncalm age, though his status as a founding member of the Aris First committee has raised some eyebrows, and many disparage him as a symbol of weakness.	150
Silverstream	Friendship School Graduate	At least one of the following is true: Current ruling party is Harmonic. Has completed national focus “Cooperate With The Harmonists” Not:We have fully rejected the Equestrian understanding of Harmony. (?)	Same ideology monthly opinion: +100% Trade deal opinion factor: +10% AI Modifier: Focus on Peace: +5% Stability: +10% Daily Harmony Support: +0.02 Acceptance of Harmonist Diplomacy: +70 See description: The niece of Queen Novo, Silverstream was the first Hippogriff to graduate from Princess Twilight Sparkle's School of Friendship.	150
Fetchflow	Captain of Industry	None	Civilian Factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Railway construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10% See description: A rare example of a seapony businesspony who invested in Arisian industry, Fetch Flow is regarded in both Seaquestria and Mount Aris as a pillar of ethical businesspractices and social responsibility.	150
Bit Tracker	Economist	None	Production Efficiency Cap: +5% See description: Eminent accountant and microeconomist Bit Tracker once worked for the controversial businessgriff Plumage Moonfeather, but was laid off for unknown reasons.	150
Rocket Neverfall	Policy Analyst	Rocket Neverfall has been invited into our government. (?) Not:Rocket Neverfall has left the government. (?)	Production Efficiency Growth: +10% Mobilization speed: +10% See description: A statistician turned corporate strategic planner in the nascent Hippogriff automotive industry, Rocket Neverfall has since joined the government to help rationalise and improve policy efficiency in a variety of areas.	75
Coral Ridge	Professional Crisis Solver	Current ruling party is not Supremacist	Weekly War Support (Combat Casualties): +0.1% Daily Political Power Gain: +0.05 Stability: +5% See description: Born in a small village in Seaquestria, it was clear from a young age that Coral Ridge would become a writer. He started out small, writing news articles for the local school paper, and eventually worked his way up through local newspapers until he became Head Writer for Seaquestria's largest newspaper, the Daily Fish. He is widely complimented for his soothing and inspiring writing style, especially in his weekly columns where he criticises militarisation and the polarisation of Hippogriffian politics.	150
Sunlight Rays	Smooth-Talking Charmer	None	Political Power Gain: +5% Trade deal opinion factor: +10% Improve relations maintain cost: −50% See description: A veteran diplomat, Sunlight Rays has been a long-time fixture in the Hippogriff foreign service. Her smoothing-over of the incident when Princess Twilight Sparkle attempted to steal the Pearl of Transformation won her particular praise.	150
Sandcastle Star	Fortification Engineer	None	Land Fort construction speed: +20% Coastal Fort construction speed: +20% Anti Air construction speed: +20% See description: A pioneering engineer, Sandcastle Star developed the procedures for building concrete structures underwater, combining careful preparation and seapony magic. She has recently taken an interest in military affairs, and is often seen puzzling over proposed layouts for trench complexes and bomb shelters.	150
Cloud Breeze	Armaments Organizer	None	Civilian to Military Factory conversion cost: −20% Supply Hub construction speed: +10% See description: Cloud Breeze is a well-connected hippogriff in the armaments industry, and has spent years mapping out the complex web of supply chains which form the strengths and weaknesses of the industry. He has long advocated government assistance in building up that industry.	150
Swift Shell	Quartermaster General	None	Air Base construction speed: +15% Naval base construction speed: +15% Rocket Site construction speed: +15% Radar Station construction speed: +15% Nuclear Reactor construction speed: +15% See description: Acting as liaison between the government and the military procurement offices, Swift Shell's quick thinking allowed the hippogriff army to prepare itself to face the Storm King during the time in Seaquestria, setting up underwater and concealed surface supply depots in preparation for the final confrontation.	150
Zephyr Gust	Staunch Aristocrat	Current ruling party is Harmonic.	Consumer Goods Factories factor: −20% Ideology drift defense: +15% See description: Seen as a bit of a relic by some, Zephyr Gust was once an assistant to Queen Novo's father, King Skylance, and served him throughout his twenty year reign. He is a proud traditionalist, and one of the few still alive with a real connection to that older time.	150
Blackeyes Whitewind	Cryptologic Genius	DLC  La Résistance is enabled Has created an Intelligence Agency	Operative slots: +1 Decryption Power: +15 Cryptology Level: +1 Agency upgrade time: −15% Without  La Résistance Encryption: +25% Decryption: +25% See description: Blackeyes Whitewind is an eccentric professor of linguistics by day and a master cryptographer by night. His advanced decoding methods keep Hippogriffia decades ahead of its enemies, but his exploits earn him little fame. To preserve secrecy, the government has never acknowledged the full extent of his activities.	150
Violet Facade	Chief of AHAC	Has completed national focus “The Anti-Harmonic Activities Committee”	Daily Political Power Gain: +0.1 Party Popularity Stability Modifier: +15% Resistance Growth Speed: −5% Enemy operative detection chance factor: +10% See description: Violet Facade is a historian turned head of the Anti-Harmonic Activities Committee. She has seen what radical ideas can do unchecked through her studies of Griffonia, and will stop at nothing to protect Aris from a similar fate.	50

Flags

Flags
Flag	Information
	Hippogriffia / United Kingdom of Aris
	Hippogriffia
	Phalangist Aris
	Revolutionary North Zebrica
	Committee of World Revolution Posada has commited suicide, and Hard Line was elected as her successor
	National Revolutionary Hippogriffia Posada has commited suicide, and Crack Lightning was elected as her successor
	People's North Zebrican Federation Posada has commited suicide, and Silverstream was elected as her successor
	Socialist Kingdom of Aris Hippogriffia has lost the North Zebrican War under Crack Lightning, and Princess Skystar succeeded in the coup and adopted socialism afterwards
	Workers' Republic of Aris Hippogriffia has lost the North Zebrican War under Posada and the Democratic Socialists have taken over
	Seaquestria Hippogriffia has lost the North Zebrican War under Posada and the Anarchists have taken over
	Aris Military Government Hippogriffia has lost the North Zebrican War under Crack Lightning and Skystar's coup fails, with Razorbeak taking up leadership of the party after Lightning's assassination
	Government of National Unity Hippogriffia has won the North Zebrican War under Raft Wood, and Aris First has falle in disarray with Moonfeather Clique's taking power amid the power vacuum
	Sirenalia  The Sirens returned and took over Hippogriffia
	Sirenalia Adagio Dazzle obtains primacy over the other two sirens
	Sirenalia Aria Blaze obtains primacy over the other two sirens
	Sirenalia Sonata Dusk obtains primacy over the other two sirens
	Arisian Purification Mandate  Ascendant puppet

Economy

Laws and development

Laws and Development
Conscription Law	Trade Law	Economy Law
Volunteer Only Recruitable Population: 1.50%	Export Focus Construction Speed: +10.00% Research Speed: +5.00% Factory Output: +10.00% Dockyard Output: +10.00% Resources to Market: +50% Civilian intelligence to others: +20.0% Navy intelligence to others: +10.0% Market construction boost multiplier: 10.00%	Isolation Consumer Goods Factories: 40.0% Military to Civilian Factory conversion cost: +40.00% Civilian to Military Factory conversion cost: +40.00% Generate war goal tension limit: +100.0% Join faction tension limit: +20.0% Send volunteers tension limit: +20.0% Generate tension limit: +50.0% Fuel Gain per Oil: -50.00% Fuel Capacity: -35.00% Agency upgrade time: +80.0% Military Factory construction speed: +40.00% Civilian Factory construction speed: +40.00% Dockyard construction speed: +40.00%
Scientific Development	Society Development	Illiteracy
Developed Science Base No penalties	Modern Society No penalties	Negligible Illiteracy No penalties
Poverty	Race
Negligible Poverty No penalties	Hippogriff Race Uses Hippogriff Racial Tree

Industry and resources

Factories

Military Factories	Naval Dockyards	Civilian Factories	Fuel Silos	Synthetic Refineries
8	10	15 (-8)	1	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
26 (-13)	79 (-40)	52 (-26)	10 (-5)	90 (-45)	0	20 (-10)

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

Military

Army

Army

	Type	No.
	Leg Infantry	15
	Royal Guard	1
	Marine Brigade	3
	Tank Brigade	1
	Total divisions	20
	Ponypower used	147.40k

The full army consists of 180 light tanks with a total of 147k manpower deployed and fully equipped

Field Marshal
Field Marshal	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
Field Marshal Stratus Skyranger	Inflexible Strategist Skilled but stubborn. A good enough plan can survive contact with the enemy. Defense: +1 Logistics: +1 Cautious Takes their time and plans carefully. Planning Speed: −20% Chance to get wounded in combat: −50% Politically Connected This leader has political connections which has smoothed the way for his career. Perhaps too quickly. Leader Experience Gain: −10% Promotion Cost: −50% War Hero Hailed as a hero from their actions in war. Promotion Cost: −50% Army reassignment duration: +50% Organizer Able to plan and organize the movement of large armies. Planning Speed: +10%	See description: Rank: General of the Army Portrait By: Niezow	Level 4 Attack: 3 Defense: 4 Planning: 4 Logistics: 4	Hippogriff

Generals
General	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
General Ocean Breeze	Brilliant Strategist A natural born strategist that is able to adapt to the dynamics of the battlefield. Attack: +1 Planning: +1 Media Personality This general will go out of his way to talk to the media and will always try to be in the limelight. Army reassignment duration: +100% Infantry Leader Skilled at leading infantry in combat. Infantry Division Defense: +13%	See description: Rank: Lieutenant General Portrait By: Neither	Level 3 Attack: 4 Defense: 3 Planning: 3 Logistics: 2	Hippogriff
General Sky Beak	Reckless A good officer needs to lead from the front. Planning Speed: +20% Chance to get wounded in combat: +50% Armor Officer Trained as an armor officer. Panzer Leader experience factor: +100% Politically Connected This leader has political connections which has smoothed the way for his career. Perhaps too quickly. Leader Experience Gain: −10% Promotion Cost: −50% Engineer Adept in the arts of crossing rivers and constructing field fortifications. River: Attack: +5% Fort: Attack: +10%	See description: Rank: General Portrait By: Kessel	Level 3 Attack: 2 Defense: 3 Planning: 3 Logistics: 2	Hippogriff
General Nimbus Cloudstriker	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% Desert Fox Entirely at home when fighting in a Desert. Desert: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10%	See description: Rank: General Portrait By: Leo	Level 3 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 3 Logistics: 3	Hippogriff
General Lucy Duskfeather	Mountaineer An excellent climber and skilled at Mountain warfare. Mountain: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10%	See description: Born: 8th of July, 973 ALB on Mount Aris Biography: Born high above the land atop Mount Aris, Lucy Duskfeather had grown to enjoy and eventually love the great heights of her home. Born to a high-middle class commoner family, Lucy was originally intended to succeed her mother and take over a local bakery business. Tensions in the family resulted from this as soon as the young Hippogriff reached the age of 14 and made it known that she intended to join the local scouts which her parents objected to. After a month-long deadlock and emotions flaring both towards sadness and anger, her parents relented and sent her off. To this day, Lucy would go on to say that her time in the scouts on Mount Aris was perhaps the second most impactful time of her life, with only the Storm King's invasion overtaking it. She found herself quick to reach out to her fellow hippogriffs to make friends and allies, and generally enjoyed the experience of developing new and existing skills and using them to tackle challenge after challenge. As she left the scouts and looked to her future, her parents had come to terms with their daughter's ambitions, and Lucy went on to attend the Royal Seaquestrian Military Academy at the age of 20. She would go on to become an overall adequate officer, but developed a particular hunch for combat in greater and greater heights, taking great inspiration from her childhood on Mount Aris, to the point where some of her subordinates wondered why she had joined the Army and not the Air Force. A Major-General by the time, Lucy chafed under the Storm King's reign, being forced beneath the waves by the Queen where her skills were made useless. The subsequent defeat of the King, however, made her all the more expressive that, if Hippogriffia should ever again come under siege, they should utilise the great peaks and heights of their mountain for safety, not the depths of Seaquestria. Privately, the newly minted Lieutenant-General came to blame the left-wingers among society for the humiliating plunder of Aris, coming to see socialists more as somegriffs that failed to make friends in society, and thus resorted to sabotaging a society they thought had failed them. Portrait By: Scroup	Level 3 Attack: 3 Defense: 3 Planning: 1 Logistics: 3	Hippogriff
General Faber Greyfeather	Invader An expert in performing naval invasions. The perfect guy for preparing an invasion of a hostile beach and carrying it out. Amphibious Invasion Speed: +30% Invasion Preparation Time: −30% Amphibious Naval invasions may need to fight for a long time before resupply can arrive. Extra Marine Supply Grace: +240	See description: Rank: Major General Portrait By: Printik	Level 2 Attack: 3 Defense: 1 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Hippogriff
General Sugar Coral	Career Officer Dedicated to the life as an officer, with ambitions to match. Promotion Cost: −25% Artillery Expert A true expert in directing artillery. Artillery Attack: +10%	None	Level 2 Attack: 3 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 2	Hippogriff
General Cold Stream	Inflexible Strategist Skilled but stubborn. A good enough plan can survive contact with the enemy. Defense: +1 Logistics: +1 Career Officer Dedicated to the life as an officer, with ambitions to match. Promotion Cost: −25%	See description: Rank: Brigadier General Portrait By: Kam	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 3 Planning: 2 Logistics: 2	Hippogriff
General Razorbeak	Focused Focusing on a small portion of the army, the general can organize and manage their divisions in the most efficient way. Division Organization: +3% General Max Army Size: −12 Harsh Leader Discipline is necessary to lead an army, but some leaders take it a bit too far. Division Recovery Rate: −10% Attack: +1 Organizer Able to plan and organize the movement of large armies. Planning Speed: +10%	See description: Rank: Colonel A harsh and demanding officer, Colonel Razorbeak has spent most of her career as an instructor at Hippogriffia's military academies, attempting to weed out weakness among future officers. Her career peaked at colonel due to her controversial methods and alleged ties to far-right organizations, and she has made many enemies over the years. Still, the high command frequently calls upon her to lead strike forces when raw aggression and an iron will are needed to carry the day. Portrait By: Egil	Level 2 Attack: 5 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 1	Hippogriff
General Arcus Firebrand	Motorized Officer Trained as a motorized infantry officer. Motorized Leader experience factor: +100% Desert Fox Entirely at home when fighting in a Desert. Desert: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10%	See description: Rank: Lieutenant General Portrait By: AdagioString	Level 2 Attack: 3 Defense: 2 Planning: 1 Logistics: 1	Hippogriff
General Arden Ironquill	Old Guard While not the most brilliant officer, he is unlikely to cause trouble. Leader Experience Gain: −25% Max Entrenchment: +1 Infantry Leader Skilled at leading infantry in combat. Infantry Division Defense: +13%	See description: Rank: Lieutenant General Portrait By: Kleowolfy	Level 2 Attack: 1 Defense: 3 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Hippogriff
General Ulyssess	Panzer Leader A natural with Tanks and Mechanized forces. Armor speed: +5% Armor Division Attack: +16% Trickster Doing the unexpected in combat can give you a large advantage. Reconnaissance: +25%	See description: Rank: Major General Portrait By: Kleowolfy	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 3	Hippogriff

Division composition list

Division composition list
Division	Name list	Support companies	Combat battalions
Armored Car Garrison	None		4x Armored Car
National Guard	Garrison Division	Engineer	3x Infantry
Leg Infantry	Infantry Division	Artillery, Engineer, Logistics	6x Infantry
Royal Guard	Infantry Division	Artillery, Engineer, Logistics	9x Infantry
Marine Brigade	Marine Brigade	Engineer, Logistics, Recon	7x Marines
Tank Brigade	Armored Brigade	Engineer, Logistics	3x Light Tank, 3x Motorized Infantry

Navy

Navy

	Type	No.
	Carrier	1
	Battleship	2
	Battlecruiser
	Heavy Cruiser	4
	Light Cruiser	14
	Destroyer	32
	Submarine	24
	Total ships	77
	Ponypower used	39.76k

Hippogriffia has 10 dockyards and 265 convoys

Admirals
Admiral	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
Admiral Seaspray	Courteous This officer instills a sense of respect in subordinates and enemies alike. Navy Organization: +5 Enemy retreat chance: +20% Naval Lineage It takes 3 years to build a ship. It takes 300 years to build a tradition. Number of ships in the first contact: +25% Retreat Decision Chance: −25% Superior Tactician A master of Fleet Positioning. Positioning: +25% Spotter The Spotter pays special attention to keeping an eye out for enemy fleets. Spotting Speed: +10% Blue Water Expert This officer is an expert in fighting on the high seas. Deep Oceans: Attack: +10% Movement: +10% Defense: +10%	See description: Rank: Fleet Admiral Portrait By: Bunnyshrubby	Level 4 Attack: 3 Defense: 3 Maneuvering: 3 Coordination: 4	Hippogriff
Admiral Typhoon	Naval Lineage It takes 3 years to build a ship. It takes 300 years to build a tradition. Number of ships in the first contact: +25% Retreat Decision Chance: −25% Sea and Sky Believes that the best way to hold the sea is by controlling the air. Naval Air Attacks from Carriers: +10% Naval Air Agility from Carriers: +10% Sortie efficiency: +10% Air Controller An expert in the nascent field of naval aviation, the Air Controller is a natural choice to command carriers. Naval Air Targeting from Carriers: +10% Sortie efficiency: +10% Flight Deck Manager Launching a plane from the deck of a ship is fairly simple. It's launching the other two dozen at the same time that's the problem. Sortie efficiency: +10%	See description: Rank: Admiral Portrait By: Tofkov	Level 3 Attack: 1 Defense: 2 Maneuvering: 5 Coordination: 2	Hippogriff
Admiral Skybolt Spear	Craven "Engage the enemy less closely. A lot less closely." Retreat Decision Chance: +25% Naval Damage: −5% Paranoid Isn't comfortable unless there are many screening ships between them and the enemy. Naval Damage: −5% Screening Efficiency: +10% Sea Wolf The Sea Wolf is particularly skilled in Convoy Raiding Submarine Attack: +20% Blockade Runner Able to rapidly Disengage from Naval Combat. Retreat Decision Chance: +20% Fleet speed while retreating: +15% Convoy speed while retreating: +5%	See description: Rank: Rear Admiral Portrait By: Kaiser-Sauce	Level 3 Attack: 3 Defense: 2 Maneuvering: 2 Coordination: 3	Hippogriff
Admiral Blizzard Blitz	Courteous This officer instills a sense of respect in subordinates and enemies alike. Navy Organization: +5 Enemy retreat chance: +20% Media Personality This Admiral has a knack for giving the right quote to the right person. Attack when in combat alongside the Pride of the Fleet: +10% Defense when in combat alongside the Pride of the Fleet: +10% Battleship Adherent Naval air power will never become a viable alternative to big guns. Naval AA attack: −20% Capital Ship Attack: +10% Ironside Determined to defend our home waters with the most powerful ships our navy can muster. Capital Ship Armor: +10%	See description: Rank: Vice Admiral Portrait By: RyanBoi	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Maneuvering: 1 Coordination: 2	Hippogriff

Air force

Air Force

	Type	No.
	Close air support	14
	Fighter	100
	Naval bomber	10
	Heavy fighter
	Tactical bomber
	Transport plane
	Total planes	385
	Ponypower used	8.50k

Hippogriffia's airforce stockpile consists of

• 100 Early Fighters
• 58 Early Carrier Fighters
• 58 Early Carrier Naval Bomber
• 50 Early Bombers

Aces
Ace	Modifiers	Plane types
Fire 'Stormkiller' Current	Max Air Speed: +5% Air Attack: +6% Agility: +10%	Fighters and Interceptors

Military staff

Chiefs of Army
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Stratus Skyranger	Entrenchment Expert	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.30 Max Entrenchment: +5 Mobilization speed: −4%	100  20
Thunderclap Star	Army Drill (Expert)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.30 Division training time: −10%	100  20
Sky Beak	Army Offense (Expert)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.30 Division Attack: +10% AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: +15%	100  20

Chiefs of Navy
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Stingray Slider	Commerce Raiding (Expert)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.30 Convoy Raiding Efficiency: +15%	100  20
Waterfly Fall	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
Seaspray	Naval Reformer (Expert)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.30 Naval Experience Gain: +10%	100  20

Chiefs of Airforce
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Crack Lightning	The Ace	At least one of the following is true: Current ruling party is not Communist The RWP-NC has been formed. (?)	Ace generation chance: +5% Air Experience Gain: +0.40 AI Modifier: Focus on Aviation: +10% Air Superiority Mission Efficiency: +15% Daily Supremacy Support: +0.02 See description: Controversial war hero and nationalist Crack Lightning is most famous for shooting down the Storm King's personal airship, for his three-month world tour in his custom airplane, and for being a founding member of the Aris First committee.	200  10
Featherfall Sun	Air Safety (Expert)	None	Air Accidents Chance: −10% Air Experience Gain: +0.30	100  20
Honey Airbreeze	Air Reformer (Genius)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.40 Air Experience Gain: +15% AI Modifier: Focus on Aviation: +10%	200  10
Cloud Cover	Night Operations (Expert)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.30 Night Operations Penalty: −20%	100  20

Military High Command
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Faber Greyfeather	Amphibious Assault (Expert)	None	Amphibious Invasion Speed: +10%	100  20
Windbringer Rain	Army Logistics (Expert)	None	Division Attrition: −8%	100  20
Nimbus Cloudstriker	Commando (Expert)	None	Special forces Attack: +10% Special Forces Cap: +6	100  20
Arcus Firebrand	Infantry (Expert)	None	Infantry Division Attack: +10% Infantry Division Defense: +15%	100  20
Sunstriker Firefall	Strategic Bombing (Expert)	None	Strategic Bombing: +5% Bomber defense: +2%	100  20
Lightning Thunderfall	Close Air Support (Expert)	None	Ground attack factor: +5% Air Support Mission Efficiency: +10%	100  20
Talonclaw Windfin	Tactical Bombing (Expert)	None	Ground support: +15%	100  20
Starshine Wave	Naval Air Defense (Expert)	None	Naval AA attack: +15%	100  20
Cealummare	Carriers (Expert)	None	Sortie efficiency: +15%	100  20

Gameplay

Starting situation

Hippogriffia sits as an nation largely made up of islands with a foothold in Zebrica is the form of the Zumidian mandate. It's one starts with one of the largest industrial bases in Zebrica and has a modern society and scientific base. It's many advantages are offset by the Isolation/Splendid Isolation law which severely hampers further industrial growth and prevents any foreign involvement.

Hippogriff territory consists the main island, 3 nearby offshore islands, 3 outer islands and the Zumidian mandate on mainland Zebrica. The main island lacks any attachment to mainland Zebrica making it so naval travel is the only way to make it between the two locations. The Zumidian mandate starts off as an uncored territory that can later be made into a core by progressing most paths of the focus tree. Hippogriffia starts out on volunteer only with the export focus economy with negligible poverty and illiteracy

Threats and opportunities

•  Chiropterra: Chiropterra, along with Colthage, is likely going to be one of your largest enemies in the North Zebrican War. They will likely expand into Tobuck and Zaratania before invading Warzena and then Hippogriffia.
•  Colthage: Sitting directly to the north east of the Zumidian mandate, Colthage is likely to going to declare war on Hippogriffia as soon as they solve their internal issue in order to seize Zumidia. If Colthage is to go communist, they are likely to join Hippogriffia's faction if they are also harmonist
•  Tobuck: If not already conquered, Tobuck serves as a relatively easy to invade and will most likely not declare war on Hippogriffia.
•  Warzena: Sitting to the south of the Zumidian mandate, Warzena serves as either an ally in the North Zebrican War or as a relatively easy to conquer neighbor depending on the path taken. If an expansionist path in taken, it would be smart to invade them before Chiropterra is able to in order to secure Zumidia's southern border.
•  Wingbardy: If Wingbardy goes down their fascist tree and Colthage aligns with Chiropterra, it is likely that during the North Zebrican War they will intervene to try to take some of Hippogriffia's outlying islands. If this happens, the North Zebrican War will likely be a loss as taking on all three powers at the same time will likely prove too much.
•  Zarantia: Zaratania, depending on the path and if they aren't already conquered, will either serve as relatively easy land to take or as a peaceful neighbor if they manage to stay alive.

Paths

Spoilers below, we recommend these are best experienced in game before reading

All of Hippogriffia's routes are directly affected by the North Zebrican War against  Chiropterra,  Colthage and potentially  Wingbardy, where the aftermath of victory or defeat will significantly alter the course of events.

Harmony Above All

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Empower Aris First

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Organize the Left

This is an extended route route that replaces the regular military and primacy focus subtrees with its own, multi-stage focus subtree. Military spirits from the regular tree will not be retained in this route, although other bonuses (such as research and factories) will be kept.

Early in the game the player will be presented with three events involving Queen Novo facing left-wing agitation, where taking a harsh stance will increase communism support by 5%; doing this at least twice is necessary to get the 20% support required for the Organize The Left focus (it may also be desirable to avoid too many decisions in other events that strengthen Aris First). Once this focus is taken, various decisions become available to raise communism support further to the 50% required for The Marksist Revolution.

After completing the next focuses, Posada becomes the head of government for the new state of Revolutionary North Zebrica. Losing the North Zebrican War, or use of excessively brutal methods after winning the war, will result in her replacement by a different leader, and the communist focuses will change as the RNZ copes with the crisis and explores alternative avenues of socialism. For the 'full' Posada experience, it is necessary to avoid these outcomes.

The first phase of the Posada focuses broadly involve political, military and economic restructuring. One focus involves allying with the  Kingdom of Warzena if it is communist or subjugating it if not, and another unlocks the ability to core most North Zebrican states with sufficient compliance.

The second phase has one branch for dealing with  Chiropterra and  Colthage, including the postwar deradicalization of Chiropterra and seizing of its technology. Other regional states will subsequently also be brought into the revolutionary fold. Another branch deals with further sociopolitical and economic developments, including unlocking the fifth research slot. The early stages of Revolutionary North Zebrica's nuclear and advanced armaments program are included in this phase. Completing this phase requires RNZ to control all of North Zebrica directly or through a subject/faction member, and possess at least one nuclear weapon.

In the third phase, more nuclear-related focuses are provided, along with some esoteric options involving space exploration and paranormal study. Another branch involves diplomatic relations with other communist countries worldwide.

After completing War Plan Hydrogen, the final focus in this phase, the player must decide whether to proceed with Posada's eponymous plan to make war on all supremacist states in the world. Doing so will provide a military focus branch to support this effort; otherwise, a couple of focuses become available for a more peaceful approach to internationalism and post-scarcity. Using a thermonuclear weapon during War Plan Hydrogen results in a 'bad end' event. If Hydrogen is not enacted or is won without such weapons, the route concludes with a few epilogue focuses and events.

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Awards

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Comeback

As Hippogriffia, first lose the North Zebrican War, then defeat Chiropterra.