Lake City

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Lake City
The Golden City
Ideology	Centrism
Leader	Springtime Frost
Ruling party	Constitutional Democratic Party (61%)
Population	6,515,606
Ponypower	48,928
Race	Pony
Stability	47%
War support	65%
Factories	11 4 0 7
Capital	Jezeragrad
Continent	Eastern Griffonia
Diplomacy	Member of the River Coalition
Demonym	Lakeish
Tag	LCT
Color	#A1513F

The Republic of Lake City has stood vigilant for hundreds of years against the great Griffon hordes, and the brave, fearless ponies are prepared to stand brave and tall for hundreds more. It is known as the first point of contact of Ponies and Griffons, and stands as a prosperous republic with strong, powerful merchant guilds that keep money flowing into industries. With the nations of the Griffking river basin and the lands of Southern Griffonia falling into chaos and disorder, it is Lake City's time to strike and begin a Second Golden Age, reclaiming the glory of Blessed Sword himself, and perhaps even uniting the Riverlands.

Their military is incredibly influential and has a strong hold on politics, even assassinating the previous president of the Republic. Any Harmonists must deal with the power of the military, or risk suffering a coup. The nation's fanatic militarism must be solved, either by encouraging it or discouraging it, and the army's influence must be either curtailed or strengthened.

Their economy is in shambles due to the Griffonian depression, and monopolistic guilds control the majority of the nation's wealth. A player who wants to send Lake City into the 11th century must deal with the problems of poverty and incomplete industrialisation.

Lore

History

Empire of the Lake

In 66 BLB, Grand Prince Blessed Sword faced Strategos Adynatos of  Nimbusia in the Battle of Chaeroneigh and defeated him. The last obstacle to Lake City's domination of the Riverlands was gone and its hegemony began. It would last for centuries and would later be considered the Golden Age of Lake City's long history. Even the  Zaphzan tribes in the south had been subjugated.

However, all good things must come to an end. In 353 ALB the Zaphzans rose up, tired of wearing the pony yoke on their necks. Soon enough unrest spread as the East hungered for freedom. To make things worse, the Princely Civil War began. Lake City stood no chance and was defeated. The Zaphzan griffons founded the Kingdom of Zaphzia,  Rijekograd formed its own Principality and all other subject nations in the Riverlands broke free.

Sacking of Jezeragrad and Subsequent Rise of the Republic

In 752, the capital of Lake City, Jezeragrad, was sacked by the  Imperial Army, and in the following turmoil, Grand Prince Frail Spear was forced to abdicate the throne. Later in 752, the Guilds launched a coup, establishing a democratic republic with considerable merchant and military influence. In 898, following an attack from the Empire, Lake City signed the Treaty of Coltstream, being one of the founding members of the River Coalition.

Current Issues

Factions and Characters

Social Democratic Party (Harmonist) - The SDP is a party based on the liberalization of the economy, increased social spending for ponies in need, and the continuation of a strong, stable, equine democracy. Their goals include the socialization of healthcare, the empowering of Lake City's powerful merchant guilds, and the right for unionization and fair working rights. However, the SDP is also against the military that has held the Republic of Lake City under its thumb for the past decades. They advocate for the slashing of the military budget to ensure poverty is dealt with. Because of their advocation for democracy and their hostility towards military spending, they have become enemies of the military and if they come to power, they must watch out for a military coup. The SDP has rallied behind two major ponies - while they support Wavebreaker's candidacy against Westerly Leeward, the environmentalist and activist Deirdre Skye represents the true beliefs and goals of the SDP.

Constitutional Democratic Party (Non-Aligned) - The CDP has stood triumphant for years, coming to power on the back of a military coup that exalted Springtime Frost, CDP leader, to the highest office in the nation. The CDP's policies include continued support for the Lake City Army, the guilds, and the military-industrial complex. They are a status-quo party, a party that will safeguard the republic's stability, but will not necessarily introduce any major reforms. In addition, they are fiercely anti-griffon, advocating for a massive fortification plan that will see bunkers built all across Lake City's hostile borders. They support the independent candidate Wavebreaker against Westerly Leeward for the 1007 elections.

Republican Vanguards (Supremacy) - Westerly Leeward, the xenophobic, militaristic pony, is a sworn enemy to all Griffonkind, and his party plans for massive overhauls of the pony society. Though it is more of a militant group than a party, and shows no love for Lake City's stable democracy, instead preferring a highly militarized republic controlled by the Republican Vanguards and without the influence of the traitorous SDP and the decadent guilds.

Princely Restoration Faction (Supremacy) - The Princely Restoration faction seeks a return to the old regime of Lake City, the Grand Principality that once ruled over all of the Riverlands. While it appeals to the common people's militarism and anti-Griffon sentiment, the faction has little support from the people - and its only support in the military comes from Wild Tree, a prominent general in the Lake City army. The faction proposes a traditionalist, powerful monarchy, and some figures within the group even support leaving the River Coalition and uniting the entire continent under a Holy Pony Empire.

Relations to Griffonkind

The nation of Lake City is known by the world as "the first point of contact between the Ponies and Griffons of Eastern Griffonia", leading to the nation being the frequent victim of consistent Griffon raids. This long history of brutalization has instilled the ponies of Lake City with militarism, passion, and pride in holding back "the hordes of Griffonkind", and created a largely anti-Griffon environment in the nation.

The Lake City Army

While the LCA is relatively new in its formation, it has proven a worthy adversary to the Griffon raiders of the Gryphian Host and other neighboring Griffon nations. But over the last few decades, the LCA has grown more and more influential in Lake City society, and militarism has skyrocketed. LCA troops are present in every aspect of civilian life, and they are seen as the defenders of the republic, although they often interfere in the politics of Lake City. The military's interference with the Lake City political system is downright undemocratic, and the LCA is notorious for using violence to achieve their goals, even assassinating the previous President to install Springtime Frost, a conservative military puppet.

The Guilds and the Economy

Due to Lake City's undeveloped industrial base and the Griffonian depression which has ravaged all of the continent for decades, poverty has spread rapidly, and Lake City has been forced to call upon the heavily monopolistic guilds to bail its economy out. The Guilds now have a stranglehold upon much of the nation's resources and considerable influence upon the government like the military. Both princely factions and militarists condemn the Guilds for working against the interests of common ponies, but both the CDP and SDP support the Guilds and actively further their interests. This is because the Guilds continue to support the interests of the CDP and especially the SDP, who promise to offer the guilds additional resource charters to ensure their continued support for the political party.

National Focus

Political Tree

There are four major paths in the political tree. Princely Restoration, Unify with the Military, Placate the Military, and Curtail the Military. The political path the player goes down is determined by the outcomes of a restorationist coup by radical elements of the military, which occurs on February 4, 1007.

The player can choose the outcome of the coup, which determines the political path the player goes down.

• The coup succeeds: Princely Restoration.
• Westerly's vanguards crush the coup: The player will have another choice on whether or not mayor Springtime Frost died during the coup.
  • The mayor has survived, and Westerly demobilizes his forces: Triggers Election of 1007 event (see below).
  • The mayor has died, and Westerly assumes "temporary" mayoral powers: Unify with the Military.
• The rest of the military crushes the coup: Triggers Election of 1007 event (see below).

In the Election of 1007 event, the player can choose to elect Wavebreaker or Westerly Leeward:

• Wavebreaker: Choice between Placate the Military or Curtail the Military.
• Westerly Leeward: Unify with the Military.

Princely Restoration (Supremacy)

Princely Restoration will restore the Grand Principality of Lake City and create a new expansionist imperial regime. This path has opportunities to puppet Deponya, to leave the River Coalition and create the East-Griffonian Co-Prosperity Sphere with a Supremacy Diamond Mountain and other nations, to march into the River Republic and declare the creation of the River Empire, invade the Griffon-Riverlands frontier, and finally conquer Herzland to take revenge for 752 and establish the Holy Pony Empire. It is perhaps the most fun path for a player, because of its variety of war goals against the River Federation and Griffonian Empire. However, it does not get war goals on nations such as the Gryphian Host and the Principality of Lushi like other paths do.

Unify with the Military (Supremacy)

Unify with the Military will create a Supremacy government under Westerly Leeward, leader of the Vanguards. Leeward will expand into Griffonia in the name of security, with the possibility to attack Hellquill, Longsword, Lushi, the Gryphian Host, Prywhen, and possibly even the Griffonian Empire. This allows the country to become incredibly powerful in the early game by picking off weak Griffon nations. However, you will get kicked out of the River Coalition if you expand too heavily, so be wary. This path will give great bonuses to the military and will end the problem of the guilds by nationalizing them into the state.

Placate the Military (Non-Aligned)

Placate the Military sees Wavebreaker appease the military and maintain the status quo of the Lake City's flawed democracy. Wavebreaker can, if he desires, pursue the same interventionist actions to the west and the south like Westerly, but he can also pursue a defensive policy. This path will encourage militarism but will encourage the guilds for their support of the military-puppet democracy. This path will receive election events, but the only candidate will be Wavebreaker, who will be elected either with a narrow majority, or with 110% of the vote.

Curtail the Military (Harmony)

Curtail the Military will create a free, prosperous, and harmonic society - if you can make sure that is it not overthrown by the military. A player who goes down this path will have to take decisions to reduce the risk of military unrest before taking the first focus to avoid a coup by Westerly Leeward. Should Wavebreaker successfully establish a democratic government, he will pursue real elections. These elections will be held between Wavebreaker and Dierdre Skye, an activist and environmentalist. They will quash militarism and pursue a more civilian-focused economy.

The Red Talons focus grants the possibility to form an anti-communist defensive alliance with non-communist Griffon nations in the Evi Valley and a possible puppet war goal on the Griffon Liberation Army. Aside from this however, this path provides no expansion opportunity. As such, the path is suitable for racing for the River Coalition and securing an independent River Federation.

Political Paths - Comparison table

Below are listed the various bonuses received from each political path. Note that since some bonuses might be received from a mutually exclusive choice, those will be marked with L (Left) or R (Right).

Tree Bonus	Princely Restoration	Unify with the Military	Placate the Military	Curtail the Military
Rush Time (d)	875 L (945 R)	1085	910 L (490 R)	735
Complete Time (d)	1855 L (1995 R)	1575	1540 L (1085 R)	1085
Political
Stability	(+15% WT, +20% HS L) (+30% R)		+10%	+55% L (+45% R)
Political Power (Flat)	(50 WT, 35 HS L). (25 R	500	400 L	350 L (200R
Political Power (%)		+25%		+2%
Political Power (Daily)	-0.15	-0.50
Military
War support	+30%	+10%		+10%
Recruitable Pop	+1.5%	+1.5%	+1.5%	+1.5%
Recruitable Pop Factor	+10% For 730 days
Training Time	-10% For 730 days	-10%
Construction
Civilian factory	+4	+1	+2	+3
Construction Speed		+5% Mil +5% Civ	+5% Mil +5% Civ	-5% Mil +10% Civ
Consumer Goods	-10%	+5%
Infrastructure				+6
Production
Military factory	+2	+5	+2
Factory Output			+5%
Production Efficiency Cap	+10%	+5%		+10%
Science
Research Time (all)	+5%			+5%
Research Time (specific)	+5% Land Doctrine +5% Air Doctrine	+5% Land Doctrine +5% Air Doctrine		+5% Industrial +5% Electronic
Combat
Attack (All) / (Core) / (Inf)	0% / +10% L (+5% R) / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / +10% L / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Defence (All) / (Core) / (Inf)	0% / +10% L (+5% R) / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / +10% L / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Organization	-5%			+5%
Recovery Rate	+5% L +10% R
Resources
Aluminum			23 R	23 L
Tungsten		6
Steel		20	19 R	19 L
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Other Notes / Bonuses
All paths will grant 2 research slots All paths will get rid of Illiteracy All paths will get rid of Poverty	Can form an alliance of it's own. (R) +5% Efficiency Growth (R) +5% Efficiency Retention (R) Kamikaze missions become available (R) +0.05 Daily Supremacy Support (R) Allows the use of "Last Stand" and "Force Attack" commands at a reduced cost (R) Can puppet Deponya, and afterwards develop it. +45 Army experience	+1 level of new army generals -10% Infantry equipment production cost for 185 days +25% conversion speed bonus for 185 +5% Efficiency Growth +0.05 Daily Supremacy Support +15 Army Experience	+10 Army Experience Can fortify both western and southern borders +10% Efficiency Growth +10% Efficiency Retention +10% Efficiency Base Can embark on the same invasions as Westerly (L)	+10% efficiency growth +10% efficiency retention +10% efficiency base +20% Monthly population +15% Improve relations opinion +50% Same ideology monthly opinion +20% Lend-lease tension limit +50% Guarantee tension limit +50% Guarantee cost +25% Ideology drift defense Can from the Anti-Communist pact (R) Puppet-wargoal on GLA (R)

Technology

Army	Naval	Air	Tech / Industry
Weapon 989 (Puska M95M) Engineer Company I Recon Company I Pre-Industrial Artillery	Transport Ship	Pre-War Fighter (Type 91) Pre-War Bomber (G3M Bucka)	None
Doctrine			Racial
None	None	None	Pegasus Division I

Politics

National Spirits

Defenders of the East

• Division Defense on Core Territory: +5%
• Division Attack on Core Territory: +5%
• Resistance Target in our states occupied by the enemy: +10%

Lake City has always been the first point of contact between the Ponies and Griffons of Eastern Griffonia, leading to the lands being the frequent victim of Griffon raids. This long history of brutalization has instilled our Ponies with a sense of pride in holding back the hordes of Griffonkind.

The Merchant families of Lake City own several powerful guilds. These Guilds have a near monopoly on their specialities and can pull strings within the government and military, whilst also keeping the economy tightly under control.

Rising Militarism

• Daily Political Power Gain: -0.25
• Division Organization: -15%
• Division Recovery Rate: +5%
• Stability: -10%
• War Support: +20%
• Research Speed: -5%

The Lake City Army is relatively new, but has proven itself repeatedly against Griffon raiders. Over the last few decades, its influence among citizens and the government has grown, leading to the military having considerable influence over society. LCA troops are now present in every aspect of civilian life, with their proud grey uniforms dress in flowers from passing supporters. Ponies cheer and wave military flags as these brave mares and stallions pass. They are seen as the defenders of freedom, even if they plot the occasional assassination of elected officals.

Treaty of Coltstream Member

This state has signed the Treaty of Coltstream. In 898 the River Coalition was founded, following Emperor Grover II's destructive invasion and the continuous raids by neighbouring griffons and deer. The founding members of the treaty were Lake City, Bakara, River Republic and Nimbusia. Although the treaty has been mainly a defensive alliance since its inception, some politicians and their supporters advocate to expand the treaty to allow for more cooperation between the states of the River Coalition.

The River Coalition is primarily a defensive alliance. Therefore, member states cannot join offensive wars unless they are waged by the Coalition leader.

Leaders

Starting leaders
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Springtime Frost		Centrism Non-Aligned CDPConstitutional Democratic Party	None	None
Deirdra Skye		Harmonic Republicanism Harmony SDPSocial Democratic Party	Environmentalist Political Power Gain: +2% Stability: +10%	None
Tito Titovich		Democratic Socialism Communism ULSUnited Lake Syndicates	None	None
Westerly Leeward		Fascism Supremacy VanguardsRepublican Vanguard	Dictator Political Power Gain: +25% AI Modifier: Desired Divisions Factor: +20% Weekly War Support (Combat Casualties): +0.1%	None
Post-1007 leaders [may contain spoilers]
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Wavebreaker		Harmonic Republicanism Harmony SDPSocial Democratic Party	None	None
		Centrism Non-Aligned CDP Constitutional Democratic Party
Wild Tree		Stratocracy Supremacy Prince FactionPrincely Restoration and National Renewal Faction	None	None
Heavenly Snow		Autocracy Supremacy Prince FactionPrincely Restoration and National Renewal Faction	Heir of Blessed Sword Daily Political Power Gain: +0.05 Stability: +5% War Support: +5%	None

Parties

Political parties
Name	Ideology			Leader	Popularity
CDP Constitutional Democratic Party			Centrism Non-Aligned	Springtime Frost	61%
SDP Social Democratic Party			Harmonic Republicanism Harmony	Deirdra Skye	20%
ULS United Lake Syndicates			Democratic Socialism Communism	Tito Titovich	1%
Vanguards Republican Vanguard			Fascism Supremacy	Westerly Leeward	18%

Staff and Designers

Political Advisors
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Beaver Run	Fortification Engineer	Has completed national focus “Fortification Studies”	Land Fort construction speed: +20% Coastal Fort construction speed: +20% Anti Air construction speed: +20%	150
River Smog	Captain of Industry	None	Civilian Factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Railway construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10%	150
Tinker Tock	War Industrialist	None	Military Factory construction speed: +10% Dockyard construction speed: +10% Fuel Silo construction speed: +10%	150
Waterdew	Silent Workpony	None	Political Power Gain: +15%	150
Small Grin	Prince of Terror	Has completed national focus “The Cult of the Prince”	Non-Core Ponypower: +2% Foreign subversive activities efficiency: −30% Damage to Garrisons: −25%	150
Down River	Backroom Backstabber	None	Subversive activities cost: −25% Ideology drift defense: +25%	150
Sweetie Spring	Smooth-Talking Charmer	None	Trade deal opinion factor: +10% Improve relations maintain cost: −50%	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
Lake City Army Arsenal	Heavy Tank Designer	None	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor technology: Hard attack: +5% Armor: +5% Armored Car: Hard attack: +5% Armor: +5%	150
Neighsan	Mobile Tank Designer	None	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor technology: Max Speed: +5% Reliability: +10% Armored Car: Max Speed: +5% Reliability: +10%	150

Ship Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Lake Guard Arsenal	Celestial Sea Fleet Designer	Has completed national focus “Develop a Short-Range Navy”	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: HP: +10% Armor: +50% Capital Ships: Armor: +10% Heavy Attack: +10%	150
Coltre Naval Arsenal	Lunar Ocean Fleet Designer	Has completed national focus “Develop a Long-Range Navy”	Naval Research Speed: +15% Carrier: Max Range: +25% Armor: −15% Deck size: +100% Capital Ships: Max Range: +25% Screens: Max Range: +25% Submarine: Max Range: +25%	150
Griffking Freight Corporation	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

Aircraft Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
JASA	Agility-focused Aircraft Designer	Has completed national focus “Jezeragrad Aluminium and Steel Association”	Air Research Speed: +15% Small Airframe: Agility: +20% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter Airframe: Agility: +20% Max Speed: +10%	150
Manesibishi	Light Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Small Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10%	150
Neighjima	Range-focused Aircraft Designer	Has completed national focus “Neighjima”	Air Research Speed: +15% Small Airframe: Range: +10% Heavy Fighter Airframe: Range: +10% Reliability: +20% Medium Airframe: Reliability: +20%	150
Aicoltchi	Heavy Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Large Airframe: Strat. Bombing: +10% Transport Plane: Range: +10%	150
Coltsuka	Naval Aircraft Designer	Has completed national focus “Hire Equestrian Experts”	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
Svetigrad Armaments	Infantry Equipment Designer	Owns state Svetazemlja (550)	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15%	150
Jezeragrad Arsenal	Artillery Designer	None	Artillery Research Speed: +15%	150
Trotoyta	Motorized Equipment Designer	None	Motorization Research Speed: +15%	150

Industrial Concerns
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Watersaki	Industrial Concern	None	Industrial Research Speed: +15%	150
Pony Corporation	Electronics Concern	None	Electronics Research Speed: +15%	150
Idemanesu Kosan	Refining Concern	None	Industrial Research Speed: +8% Synthetic Resources Research Speed: +15%	150

Theorists
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Fire Flash	Military Theorist	None	Land Doctrine Cost: −10%	100
Tied Turner	Naval Theorist	None	Naval Doctrine Cost: −10%	100
Prism Sortie	Air Warfare Theorist	None	Air Doctrine Cost: −10%	100

Chiefs of Army
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Haster Razor	Army Drill (Expert)	Has completed national focus “200 Battalion Plan”	Army Experience Gain: +0.30 Division training time: −10%	100  20
Mist Flower	Army Morale (Expert)	None	Non-Combat Out of Supply Penalties: −6% Army Experience Gain: +0.30	100  20

Chiefs of Navy
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Water Wings	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
Shadow Shower	Commerce Raiding (Specialist)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.20 Convoy Raiding Efficiency: +10%	50  30
Cannonade	Decisive Battle (Expert)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.30 Capital Ship Attack: +10% Capital Ship Armor: +10% Screen Attack: +10% Screen Defense: +10%	100  20

Chiefs of Airforce
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Greasette Cogwheel	Ground Support (Expert)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.30 Air Superiority: +10%	100  20
Windsock	Air Safety (Expert)	None	Air Accidents Chance: −10% Air Experience Gain: +0.30	100  20
Cool Mist	Night Operations (Specialist)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.20 Night Operations Penalty: −10%	50  30
Study Cloud	All-Weather (Specialist)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.20 Bad Weather Penalty: −10%	50  30

Military High Command
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Tito Titovich	Concealment (Expert)	None	Enemy Air Support: −10%	100  20
Riversword	Army Maneuver (Expert)	None	Division Speed: +10%	100  20
Iron Water	Army Logistics (Expert)	None	Division Attrition: −8%	100  20
Willow Moss	Infantry (Expert)	None	Infantry Division Attack: +10% Infantry Division Defense: +15%	100  20
Full Light	Bomber Interception (Specialist)	None	Interception attack: +2% Interception defense: +2% Interception agility: +2%	50  30
Greasette Cogwheel	Tactical Bombing (Expert)	None	Ground support: +15%	100  20

Military Leaders

Field Marshals
Field Marshal	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
Field Marshal Riversword	Old Guard While not the most brilliant officer, he is unlikely to cause trouble. Leader Experience Gain: −25% Max Entrenchment: +1 Infantry Officer Trained as an infantry officer. Infantry Leader experience factor: +100% Organizer Able to plan and organize the movement of large armies. Planning Speed: +10% Infantry Leader Skilled at leading infantry in combat. Infantry Division Defense: +13%	None	Level 3 Attack: 2 Defense: 3 Planning: 3 Logistics: 2	Pony
Field Marshal Lake Shield	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% Offensive Doctrine More Offensive-minded than most. Org Loss when Moving: −30% Attack: +1	None	Level 4 Attack: 5 Defense: 4 Planning: 3 Logistics: 2	Pony
Field Marshal Cold Dew	Offensive Doctrine More Offensive-minded than most. Org Loss when Moving: −30% Attack: +1	None	Level 4 Attack: 4 Defense: 4 Planning: 2 Logistics: 4	Pony

Generals
General	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
General Tito Titovich	Cautious Takes their time and plans carefully. Planning Speed: −20% Chance to get wounded in combat: −50% Infantry Officer Trained as an infantry officer. Infantry Leader experience factor: +100%	None	Level 2 Attack: 1 Defense: 3 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Pony
General Wild Tree	Career Officer Dedicated to the life as an officer, with ambitions to match. Promotion Cost: −25% 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%	None	Level 3 Attack: 3 Defense: 2 Planning: 4 Logistics: 1	Pony
General Thunder Wing	Armor Officer Trained as an armor officer. Panzer Leader experience factor: +100%	None	Level 3 Attack: 3 Defense: 2 Planning: 3 Logistics: 2	Pony
General Bright Star	Career Officer Dedicated to the life as an officer, with ambitions to match. Promotion Cost: −25%	None	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Pony
General Iron Water	Career Officer Dedicated to the life as an officer, with ambitions to match. Promotion Cost: −25% 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% Fortress Buster Assaulting a Fort holds no terror for this officer. Fort: Attack: +15%	None	Level 3 Attack: 1 Defense: 3 Planning: 3 Logistics: 3	Pony
General Azure	Career Officer Dedicated to the life as an officer, with ambitions to match. Promotion Cost: −25% Cautious Takes their time and plans carefully. Planning Speed: −20% Chance to get wounded in combat: −50% Renowned Markspony This commander excels in marksponyship, and is sure to share their knowledge and skills with their troops. Infantry Division Attack: +5% Infantry Division Defense: +5% Planning Speed: −5%	None	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Pony
General Starwort	Cautious Takes their time and plans carefully. Planning Speed: −20% Chance to get wounded in combat: −50% 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%	None	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 1 Logistics: 2	Pony
General Willow Moss	Infantry Officer Trained as an infantry officer. Infantry Leader experience factor: +100%	None	Level 3 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 3 Logistics: 3	Pony
General Sunrise Sky	Trickster Doing the unexpected in combat can give you a large advantage. Reconnaissance: +25%	See description: Born: 20th of May, 970 in Equestria Biography:Born in a scenic oceanside village in the Sunny Shore, Sunrise's childhood was, on the surface, not unlike most Equestrian foals; However, Sunrise grew up in a household marred by alcoholism and abuse. After a particularly bad altercation which resulted in a kitchen knife being slashed over her eye, a 13 year old Sunrise ran away from home, stowing away on a merchant ship bound for Rottendedam. In another turn of events, the merchant vessel was captured and sacked by Hauklander Pirates, taking Sunrise with them. After three years with the pirates, and another year on a Feathisian ship as a "expert guide to the crossroads pirates", Sunrise finally made it to Griffonia. Following a stint as a small-time criminal in Rottendedam, she became a mercenary under a griffon named Marcus Grimfeathers, and began travelling the continent as a soldier of fortune. Shooting her way through the ranks (both literally and figuratively), Sunrise eventually found herself as Grimfeathers' right-hoof mare. Eventually the mercs found themselves in the employ of Count Caelan of Blackhollow in his war against Griffonstone, and Grimfeathers was met with an untimely demise, leaving Sunrise in command of the entire company. By 1001, she was hired by Lake City in an effort to maintain discipline within the Lakeish troops. Portrait by: Scroup	Level 2 Attack: 1 Defense: 2 Planning: 2 Logistics: 2	Pony
General Pon Sanyć		None	Level 2 Attack: 3 Defense: 1 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Pony
General Janko Pašnjaković	Infantry Officer Trained as an infantry officer. Infantry Leader experience factor: +100%	None	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Pony

Flags

Flags
Flag	Information
	Lake City / Republic of Lake City
	Ponies' Republic of Lake City
	State of Lake City
	Princely Lake City / Greater Lake City / River Empire Wild Tree maintains the regency
	Grand Principality of Lake City / Greater Lake City / River Empire Heavenly Snow is crowned earlier
Spoilers below, we recommend these are best experienced in game before reading Spoiler end.	Holy Pony Empire A monarchist Lake City has conquered  Griffenheim
	Groß-Seestadt  Griffonian Empire puppet
	Greater Lake City  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%	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
Small Science Base Daily Political Power Gain: +0.20 Research Speed: -55.00%	Newly Industrialized Society Resource Gain Efficiency: -10.00% Construction Speed: -10.00% Research Speed: -10.00% Factory Output: -10.00% Dockyard Output: -10.00%	Limited Illiteracy Construction Speed: -5.00% Research Speed: -15.00%
Poverty	Race
Low Poverty Monthly Population: -7.0% Consumer Goods Factories: 7.0% Construction Speed: -10.00% Research Speed: -2.50%	Pony Uses Pony Racial Tree

Industry and Resources

Factories

Military Factories	Naval Dockyards	Civilian Factories	Fuel Silos	Synthetic Refineries
4	0	7 (-4)	0	0

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

Resources

Oil	Aluminum	Rubber	Tungsten	Steel	Chromium	Crystal
0	0	0	0	14 (-7)	0	0

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

Strategies and guides

Starting Situation

Lake City's close proximity to both the  Ordensstaat Hellquill, the  Gryphian Host, and the  Principality of Lushi allows it to pursue expansionist policies into Griffon territory and obtain a significant industrial advantage over its opponents in the River Coalition. However, expansion into Griffon territory may result in loss of critical focuses that could have been used to one-up Lake City's opponents in the Race for the River Federation or could result in expulsion from the River Coalition all together.

Lake City starts out with a weaker military of 6 Onhooves Divisions, contrived of 6 infantry brigades, 1 support artillery brigade, and 1 engineer company, and 1 Pegasus Division, contrived of 6 pegasi brigade and 1 recon company. The army has full manpower but starts with a deficit in artillery, support equipment, and infantry equipment. As such, their divisions are only 60% equipped.

Threats and Opportunities

Lake City has no major threats at the beginning of the game other than the occasional raid from the southern Griffons, and Lake City's griffon enemies such as Hellquill and the Gryphian Host will only achieve war goals later into the game. Because of this, it is easy to build up industry and focus on the Race for the River Federation, making Lake City a nation with two major strategies - attack Griffonian enemies and then move on to attack the River Coalition, or focus purely on the Race for the River Federation. These strategies will be suited to different ideologies - both non-aligned and Supremacy paths are more successful at expansion than the harmonic path.

Strategy #1 - Race for the River Federation (Every Ideology)

Because of Lake City's absence of major threats at the start of the game, the Race for the River Federation is a key strategy for a non-princely Lake City. The only ideology that cannot do this is a Co-Prosperity Sphere Princely Faction, who will break away from the River Coalition in favor of its own goals. This path is a simple one, focusing entirely on rushing down the River Coalition's shared tree to become a powerhouse of the East.

This path works better as Non-Aligned or Supremacy however, because of the war goals against the Griffons that you can pursue after you have united the Federation, but if you want to play Harmonic, this is the only viable path to secure Lake City's dominance.

Strategy #2 - Expansionism (Every Ideology except Harmonic)

Lake City's focus tree allows for a variety of war goals against Griffon nations such as the Gryphian Host, Lushi, Longsword, Hellquill, and numerous others, allowing for the nation to expand its borders into these conquered lands. With industry and manpower from these lands, they will be able to build up a sizable army to challenge the rest of the River Coalition and even the Griffonian Empire.

This strategy is best done as the Prince, however, because of his ability to puppet Deponya, but it can be done as any ideology as long as they have the ability to obtain war goals against major Griffon nations. Some ideologies may even get war goals against Prywhen, allowing them to secure a massive amount of land if Prywhen has expanded before they take the focus to destroy them.

Guides

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Awards

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Ode To Joy

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