Kingdom of Yakyakistan

Kingdom of Yakyakistan
The Yak Way of Life
Ideology	Benevolent Absolutism
Leader	Prince Rutherford
Ruling party	Yaki Royalty (70%)
Population	5,847,436
Ponypower	44,292
Race	Yak
Stability	90%
War support	50%
Factories	5 2 0 3
Capital	Yakistown
Continent	Northern Equus
Demonym	Yakyakistani
Tag	YAK
Color	#7CC6F0

Lore

Yakyakistan, the ancient home of the Yaks, is a solitary society hidden deep within the mountains north of the Crystal Empire. Over many centuries, they have practiced and embraced this solitude and isolation from the rest of the world, so much that it is an essential part of the Yak way of life.

However, in 1003 ALB, Prince Rutherford, the gruffy leader of the Yak Kingdom, did the unthinkable. He opened the borders to Equestria after a "hundred moons". This opening was a success, and the Yaks slowly opened up to the Equestrian way of life, as Prince Rutherford embraced harmonic institutions. In 1005, when Yakistown was devastated by an avalanche, Equestria was able to forge ties with the Yaks via Pinkie Pie, who was appointed official Friendship Ambassador to the Yaks.

In 1006, conservative and traditionalist members of the Yak Council declared independence under Rutherford's brother, Prince Bradford, angry with his Equestria-aligned policies and what they perceived as his destruction of the Yak way of life. They would go on to form the  Jaki Clan in the east, promising to be a bulwark of tradition and isolationism.

Rutherford wants peace, but the Jakis are preparing for war, and soon, Yakyakistan might be thrown into a conflict they cannot afford. Industrialization, their society, the army - it is all currently in disarray, and must be mended after the conflict with Bradford is ended, either by force, or by peace, though most Yaks don't think that the latter will ever be possible with Jaki Clan.

Starting Situation

Yakyakistan starts in a weak position. It's one of the few nations that starts with the crippling Agrarian Society development idea, its industry is poor, and it has few resources. Even after annexing the Jaki-Clans, its industry will be behind that of two potential enemies,  Nova Griffonia and  Stalliongrad. While Yakyakistan has some mountainous terrain, most of it is located in the west and those two nations will attack from the east.

If they can complete their industry tree and annex and core the Jaki-Clans as well as the  Griffon Frontier and Nova Griffonia, they will be able to compete with their potential remaining industrially and in ponypower.

The Yakyakistan army begins with 44k deployed yaks, including 4 Infantry divisions and 3 Mountaineer divisions.

Threats and Opportunities

 Jaki-Clan to the east is Yakyakistan's rival. Jaki-Clan will usually attack by Mid to Late 1007, and a player should take any focuses possible to gain troops, industry, and forts to defend against the re-invigorated traditionalists. Jaki-Clan will often push ahead early in the war, but a player can hold them back with staunch defense and fort-building, or, if Jaks are controlled by AI - carefully planned attacks through to their capital.

 Polar Bear Communities and  Kingdom of Pingland to the north are typically easy targets for expansion, having little in the name of an army.

 Griffon Frontier is almost always annexed by Nova Griffonia. However, if they were not, they will be an easy target for Yak expansion. Not only does Yakyakistan have claims on some of their states, but they also get a good number of factories and resources from their focus tree.

 Stalliongrad's actions toward Yakyakistan will depend on who is elected as General Secretary.

If Vasiliy is elected as General Secretary, then they may try to increase communist support in Yakyakistan. If this happens, then Yakyakistan will gain national spirits that increase communist support each day, and a civil war will be caused when communist support nears 50% (removable by YAKs decision). If the Yaks are communist, however, they can receive an alliance with Stalliongrad.

If Sinister is elected as General Secretary, then Yakyakistan will be attacked by Stalliongrad after their war with Nova Griffonia.

 Changeling Lands will attack the Yaks after or even during the Great War with Equestria, but it mostly happens in the late-game period.

 Solar Empire and  Lunar Empire will attack the Yaks during their Equus conquests.

 Nova Griffonia and Yakyakistan's relations will depend on the ruling party of Nova Griffonia after Teafeather's assassination. If Highhill's coup succeeds, and Wildcard is not taken, then Nova Griffonia will eventually get a war goal on Yakyakistan. As such they are often an enemy for Yakyakistan.

 Equestria is a faithful ally to Rutherford's Yakyakistan, but can demand help against the changelings in exchange for protection through their faction, the United Ponies Alliance.

Game Mechanics

Yakyakistan can annex a puppeted Jaki-Clan by decision in cost of 10 Politics Power - however, there is no point not to annex it in the war, as Jaki-Clan can not do their industrial focuses without owning your capital, and you can not continue down the political tree without owning theirs.

The communist path gets special decision for "Organizing the People" once the focuses Reform The Trade Unions and Mandatory Fun Cultural Activities are completed. These have various positive effects, listed below.

• Break the Teamsters - Gains Base Stability: +10%
• Rein in the United AutoYaks - Gains Base War Support: +10%
• Scab on the Builders - Gains Base Stability: +10%
• SMASH the Teacher's Union - Gains Base War Support: +10%
• A New Worker Program - Construction Speed: +5% and Production Efficiency Cap: +10% and Factory Output: +10%
• A New Miners Program - Resourse Gain Efficiency: +10% and Infrastructure construction speed: +10%

The Supremacy path has the "Form the Yak Khaganate" decision, which will all you to core all your claims on Nova Griffonian and Griffon Frontier territory, as well as Yakiborder if you own the states and are no longer an Agrarian Society.

National Focus

Politics and Ideology

Main article: Kingdom of Yakyakistan shared national focus tree/scriptoutput

Kingdom of Yakyakistan focus tree

The Council of Elders begins the main political tree for Yakyakistan. It allows the country to get factories, military units, and stability/war support bonuses before the inevitable war against Jaki-Clan. All of the focuses and bonuses will be bypassed after the war - you cannot get them all, so choose wisely!

During the war with the Jaki-Clan - it would be a good idea to do the Economics branch, and in 504 days - get one extra research slot ("Import Teachers" focus), if the Jaks will capitulate by this time - the war is not difficult, and it can be concluded in as soon as half a year from its beginning.

After the war, both an election focus and trial focus are available to choose the Yakyakistan ideology and an additional focus tree, as well as deal with Prince Bradford:

• Support the Prince is a classic harmonist path. On this way - Yakiakistan restores the divides that followed the war with Jaki-Clan, bridging political gaps and listening to Equestrian advice, especially that from ambassador Pinkie Pie. It will gain lots of fortifications, as this is mostly a defensive and peaceful path with no wargoals. It is possible to get six research slots with this focus tree if Yakiakistan chooses to ally with Equestria.

• All Power To The Soviet! is a fairly generic communist path. It establishes trade unions, nationalization, pioneer programs and research. It also moves Yakyakistan closer to Stalliongrad, and supports communist revolution in the North. This path allows for war justification on the nations to the North and gives the Yaks a faithful ally in the Equus continent to unite it in Friendship and Labor.

• Reclaiming the Empire is an expansionist, nationalist path that involves the Yak people re-asserting themselves, restoring their former glory, and militarizing society. Public works will be created, the Yaks will be put to work, and the lost realms of Yakyakistan will be restored! The path diverges at two major paths - smashing the Griffons, Penguins, and Polar Bears, or allying against the necessary Changeling evil. A player in this path will be inadvertently assisting the Changelings, as they serve common goals in the continent. This path provides the most wargoals available for Yakiakistan.

Comparison Tables for Focus Trees

Benefits of the Three Key Political Trees.

Tree Bonus	Harmony	Communists	Supremacists
Rush Time (d)	Research Slot (469/(518 if took Appeal to the Vanquished focus)) Bonuses below are optional, check comparison tables under this one: Guarantee from Equestria (463) Alliance with Equestria (735) Uniqual Research (770) Research Slot (819)	Research Slot (560) Options below: Ally with Stalliongrad (868) or War with Polar Bears (938)	Research Slot (308) Options below: War with Changeling Lands (714) or War with Penguins or Polar Bears or Nova Griffonia (805) (war goals on all three of them -> 945)
Political
Stability	+60%	+85%	+57%
Political Power (Flat)	+350	+150	+300
Political Power (Daily)	+0.52	+0.50	+1.04
Military
War support	+60%	+40%	+60%
Recruitable Pop	+5.30% +140k one time Monthly Population: +20%	+5.70% +50k one time Monthly Population: +20%	+5.70% Factor: +2% +50k one time
Construction
Construction Speed	+5% Infrastructure: +10% Military Factory: +10% Civilian Factory: +10%	+25%	+5% Infrastructure: +10% Military Factory: +10% Civilian Factory: +10%
Production Efficiency Cap		+20%
Civilian factory		4	2
Military factory			4
Consumer Goods			-5%
Infrastructure		10	2
Building slot		14	8
Production cost		Support Equipment: -10% Infantry Equipment: -10% Motorized: -10%
Output		Factory: +10% Dockyard: +10%
Combat
Recovery Rate		+5%
Training Time		-10%
Attack		+20%	+35%
Defense			+25%
Speed		+10%
Organization		+10%	+10%
Planning Speed			+10%
Science
Research Time	+15%	+25%	+25%
One-off reductions (100%)			1x Land Doctrine
Other Notes / Bonuses
	Harmony Popularity: +10% 1 Research Slot 1 Field Marshal Bonuses from two more variable branches, dividing by two variations both, bonuses shown in comparison tables below	Effect of Partisans on us: -10% Ideology Drift Defense: +15% Communism Popularity: +80% 1 Research Slot 20 steel resourses Daily Communism Support: +0.01 Also has two bonus variations at the end: 1 Variation: Alliance with Stalliongrad 10 Land Forts Wargoal against Polar Bears War Support: +10% Division Attack: +10% Guarantee Cost: -50% 2 Variation: Land Fort Construction Speed: +10% Division Defense: +20% Resourse Gain Efficiency: +10% Factory Output: +10% Justify war goal time on us: +30%	Five Elite Divisions Fascism Popularity: +65% 1 Research Slot Also has two bonus variations at the end: 1 Variation: Division Speed: +10% Division Organization: +12% Division Defense: +7% Division Attack: +7% Non-Core Manpower: +3% Annex war goals on Polar Bears, Penguins and Nova Griffonia 2 Variation: War Support: +10% Ponypower: +20k Puppet (Focus) war goal on Changeling Lands

Comparison tables for branches of Harmonic Politics Tree

First Division

Tree Bonus	Friendship With Equestria	Relying On Ourselves
Rush Time (d)	Completing the path (245)	Completing the path (245)
Political
Stability	+15%	+35%
Political Power (Daily)	+0.47	+0.77
Military
War support	+10%	+20%
Recruitable Pop	+0.40%	+0.40%
Construction
Civilian factory	3	2
Construction Speed		+5%
Military factory	3	2
Building slot	6	4
Combat
Recovery Rate		+5%
Division Defense		+5%
Other Notes / Bonuses
	Guarantee from Equestria

Second Division

Tree Bonus	Send Envoys to the Ponies	Friend to All, Beholden to None
Rush Time (d)	Completing the path (280)	Completing the path (287)
Construction
Land fort	4	12
Anti-air		8
Building slot		8
Army Experience Gain	+0.03 Daily
Combat
Defense		+10%
Science
Research Time	Land Doctrine Research Time: -3% Armor Research Speed: +6%
One-off reductions (100%)	2x Magical Technology
Other Notes / Bonuses
	Alliance with Equestria Research sharing with Equestria 1 Research Slot	Mountinous Ability Increase

Technology

Yakyakistan starts with 3 research slots available.

Army	Naval	Air	Tech / Industry
Primitive Weapons Muzzle-loaders Breech-loaded Rifles Mountain Infantry I Support Equipment Recon Company I Pre-Industrial Artillery Artillery	Torpedo Boat Destroyer Basic Depth Chargers Scout and Armoured Cruisers Naval Gunnery Basic Torpedo Designated Landing Barges	None	None
Doctrine			Racial
None	None	None	None

Politics

National spirits

Yak Resilience

• Division Attack on Core Territory: +5.0%
• Division Defense on Core Territory: +5.0%
• Resistance Target in our states occupied by the enemy: +10.0%

Yaks are strong! Water is wet!

Leaders

Starting leaders
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Prince Rutherford		Benevolent Absolutism Harmony Yakyakian Royalty	None	Beyond the Crystal Mountains, Prince Rutherford leads a proud nation of Yaks. Prince Rutherford is the disputed ruler of the traditionally isolationist Yaks and has only recently begun to enter the global scene. This entry resulted in a nearly disastrous diplomatic event, which almost brought the underdeveloped nation of Yakyakistan into a war with Equestria. Luckily Pinkie Pie - Equestria's own Element of Laughter was able to step in and prevent the situation from spiraling out of control. Since the incident, Prince Rutherford has become committed to bringing his kingdom out of its current dark ages, and into an age of prosperity. Rutherford is willing to do just about anything for his people, provided it does not come at the expense of the Yaks' pride.
Karsak Sükhbataar		Revolutionary Dictatorship Communism Ardin Communar Nam	None	None	Select "The common yak shall no longer suffer. For the People!" in the The Election event after completing “Post-War Elections” focus
Khan Koletiv		Autocracy Supremacy Khan Ezent Guren	Dictator Political Power Gain: +25% AI Modifier: Desired Divisions Factor: +20% Weekly War Support (Combat Casualties): +0.1%	None	Select "Bara'dur is right. Yakyakistan First and Only!" in the The Election event after completing “Post-War Elections” focus
Fergus		Despotism Non-Aligned Snow Council	None	None

Parties

Political parties
Name	Ideology			Leader	Popularity
Yaki Royalty			Benevolent Absolutism Harmony	Prince Rutherford	70%
Ardin Communar Nam			Revolutionary Dictatorship Communism	Karsak Sükhbataar	4%
Khan Ezent Guren			Autocracy Supremacy	Khan Koletiv	6%
Snow Council			Despotism Non-Aligned	Fergus	20%

Staff and Designers

Political Advisors
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Prince Rutherford	Warrior Chief	None	Division Recovery Rate: +5% War Support: +5%	150
Yona	Friendship School Graduate	Current ruling party is Harmonic.	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	150
Vindhov	State Investor	None	Research Speed: +2.5%	150
Alastair	Captain of Industry	None	Civilian Factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Railway construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10%	150
McKinley	War Industrialist	None	Military Factory construction speed: +10% Dockyard construction speed: +10% Fuel Silo construction speed: +10%	150
Generic Advisor	Illusive Gentlebeing	DLC  La Résistance is enabled Has created an Intelligence Agency	Operative slots: +1 Agency upgrade time: −15%	150

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

Ship Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Serekh ni Khurtel	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

Aircraft Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Northwind Designs	Light Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Small Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10%	150
Dark Sky Aeronautics	Medium Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Heavy Fighter Airframe: Reliability: +20% Medium Airframe: Reliability: +20% Scout Plane Airframe: Reliability: +20%	150

Materiel Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Ryben Industries	Infantry Equipment Designer	None	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15% Infantry Equipment: Production Cost: −10%	150

Industrial Concerns
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Saihan River Authority	Electronics Concern	Owns state Saihan Tolgod (274)	Electronics Research Speed: +15%	150
Siahan Loggers	Industrial Concern	Owns state Saihandale (267)	Industrial Research Speed: +15%	150

Theorists
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Dougal Khan	Military Theorist	None	Land Doctrine Cost: −10%	100
Erikka	Air Warfare Theorist	None	Air Doctrine Cost: −10%	100

Chiefs of Army
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Chieftess Sheyak	Army Defense (Specialist)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.20 Division Defense: +5% AI Modifier: Focus on Defense: +15%	50  30
Dougal Khan	Army Organization (Expert)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.30 Division Organization: +8%	100  20

Chiefs of Navy
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Heroi	Decisive Battle (Specialist)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.20 Capital Ship Attack: +5% Capital Ship Armor: +5% Screen Attack: +5% Screen Defense: +5%	50  30

Chiefs of Airforce
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Skychief Agnes	Air Reformer (Expert)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.30 Air Experience Gain: +10% AI Modifier: Focus on Aviation: +10%	100  20

Military High Command
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Skychief Agnes	Air Combat Training (Expert)	None	Ace generation chance: +10%	100  20
Prince Bradford	Infantry (Specialist)	Bradford is welcomed Home (?)	Infantry Division Attack: +5% Infantry Division Defense: +10% See description: The prince of Jakistani lands is also a trained officer with knowledge on how to lead his people into battle	50  30
Barrak	Army Logistics (Genius)	None	Division Attrition: −12%	200  10
Boomer	Artillery (Specialist)	None	Artillery Attack: +10% Artillery Defense: +5%	50  30

Flags

Flags
Flag	Information
	Kingdom of Yakyakistan / Yakyakian Uls
	Khanate of Yakyakistan
	Yakyakistan Kholboo
	Yakyakistan Protectorate  Changeling vassal

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%	Civilian Economy Industrial Research Speed: +3% Electronics Research Speed: +2% Consumer Goods Factories: 35.0% Military to Civilian Factory conversion cost: +30.00% Civilian to Military Factory conversion cost: +30.00% Fuel Gain per Oil: -40.00% Fuel Capacity: -25.00% Infrastructure construction speed: +10.00% Military Factory construction speed: -30.00% Civilian Factory construction speed: -30.00% Refinery construction speed: +5.00%
Scientific Development	Society Development	Illiteracy
Substantial Science Base Daily Political Power Gain: +0.10 Research Speed: -30.00%	Agrarian Society Resource Gain Efficiency: -50.00% Monthly Population: -25.0% Construction Speed: -50.00% Production Efficiency Cap: -20.00% Research Speed: -50.00% Factory Output: -50.00% Dockyard Output: -50.00% Factory Bomb Vulnerability: -50.00%	Modest Illiteracy Construction Speed: -10.00% Research Speed: -30.00%
Poverty	Race
Negligible Poverty No penalties	Yak Uses Generic Racial Tree

Industry and Resources

Factories

Military Factories	Naval Dockyards	Civilian Factories	Fuel Silos	Synthetic Refineries
2	0	3 (-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	11 (-6)	0	4 (-2)	17 (-9)	0	17 (-9)

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

Military

Army

Army

	Name	Composition	No.
	Yak Warband	x6	4
	Mountaineer Warband	x6	3
	Total divisions		7
	Ponypower used		43.50K

Army Leaders

Field Marshal
Field Marshal	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
Field Marshal Chieftess Sheyak	Infantry Officer Trained as an infantry officer. Infantry Leader experience factor: +100% Unyielding Defender Retreat is not an option. Defense: +10%	None	Level 3 Attack: 3 Defense: 3 Planning: 2 Logistics: 2	Yak

Generals
General	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
General Evanna Boom		None	Level 4 Attack: 5 Defense: 6 Planning: 1 Logistics: 1	Yak
General Brigan Taih	Scavenger More likely to scavenge and repair captured equipment for use by their own troops. Equipment Capture Ratio Gain: +3%	None	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 3	Yak
General Yakba	Infantry Expert A true expert in leading infantry. Infantry Division Attack: +10%	None	Level 2 Attack: 1 Defense: 2 Planning: 3 Logistics: 1	Yak
General Yona	Inflexible Strategist Skilled but stubborn. A good enough plan can survive contact with the enemy. Defense: +1 Logistics: +1 Promising Leader This leader has proven to be a quick learner. Leader Experience Gain: +25%	None	Level 1 Attack: 1 Defense: 2 Planning: 1 Logistics: 2	Yak
General Ridoven Taini	Infantry Officer Trained as an infantry officer. Infantry Leader experience factor: +100%	None	Level 1 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 1	Yak

Navy

Being landlocked, the Kingdom of Yakyakistan does not possess a fleet or any admirals.

Airforce

The Kingdom of Yakyakistan does not have an airforce or any air bases.