Our Town

Our Town
The Home of Equality
FlagMap
Ideology	Equalism
Leader	Double Diamond
Ruling party	New Equality Party (75%)
Population	275,963
Ponypower	143
Race	Pony
Stability	61%
War support	50%
Factories	3 1 0 2
Capital	Starlight's Town
Continent	Southern Equus
Diplomacy	Guaranteed by  Stalliongrad
Demonym	Our
Tag	STL
Color	#BB70D7

Our Town is a landlocked city-state localized in Northern Equus, bordering the  Crystal Empire to the west,  Stalliongrad to the south and  Nova Griffonia to the east.

It once used to be part of  Equestria, together with  Stalliongrad. But with the revolution in Severyana, and the subsequent creation of  Stalliongrad, the province where the city was founded was given to Starlight Glimmer and her followers, who then founded Our Town.

Lore

Starlight Glimmer

Our Town was once a small barren land of dry valley under  Equestria, but following the socialist revolution in nearby Severyana region and the subsequent establishment of  Stalliongrad, the land was given to Starlight Glimmer and her followers by the Supreme Soviet in Stalliongrad, who tolerated her radical ideology of Equalism. She and her loyal followers built the first houses on the land, planting the roots of Our Town.

Starlight Glimmer's philosophy of Equalism sought to create a society reformed through sameness. A utopia of true happiness can only be obtained when society is one and the same. Under her rule, she brought her followers together in a true equal, cutie mark-less society; at least, that's how it seemed. Under the facade, while she preached true equality, she refused to embrace it herself and remove her own cutie mark. Starlight Glimmer forcibly removed the cutie marks of her followers with her own magic, ensuring "true" equality. She kept the cutie marks of her followers in a vault hidden near the mountains surrounding the town.

"In sameness, there is peace. Exceptionalism is a lie." - Starlight Glimmer

In 1004, Twilight Sparkle and the Elements of Harmony arrived at Our Town. While initially successful in obtaining the cutie marks of the Elements of Harmony, Starlight Glimmer was ultimately ousted as a fraud through Fluttershy's cunning actions. Exposed, Starlight attempts to flee with the cutie marks of the Elements bearers, but the liberated townsfolk caught up with her. She escapes, losing the cutie marks in the ordeal, which were eventually returned to the bearers.

The townsfolk regain their cutie marks

Since then, Our Town has recovered and even flourished. But landlocked between  Stalliongrad and the griffons of  Nova Griffonia, Our Town is left isolated from the rest of the world. Under pressure from Stalliongrad, Our Town formalizes a communist-leaning government under Double Diamond, Starlight Glimmer's former second-in-command, in an attempt to appease its Southern neighbor. The commune continues to strive for an equal and harmonious life.

Our Town, disconnected from the rest of the world, must rely on Stalliongrad for help and support. But that may soon change, as Stalliongrad may seek to re-integrate the province that was formerly theirs...

Starting Situation

Army

	Type	No.
	Equality Militia	1
	Equality Division	0
	Total divisions	1
	Ponypower used	4.00k

Division composition list
Division	Name list	Support companies	Combat battalions
Equality Militia			4x Infantry
Equality Division			6x Infantry

Our Town starts with two civilian factories and a single military factory. Compared to its vastly larger and intellectual neighbors, Our Town's total population is minuscule with around 275k. Despite that, the city-state is highly developed, utilizing 3 research slots, a developed research base, negligible poverty, and negligible illiteracy. Two extra research slots can be obtained through the focus tree.

Militarily, Our Town starts with 4k deployed ponies and 143 ponies in the ponypool. Consisting of just a single army division of 4 infantry battalions, Our Town has no navy or airforce whatsoever.

Threats and Opportunities

Our Town is a masochist's dream with a lot of time. Without access to the sea, you are landlocked between the Crystal Empire, Nova Griffonia, and Stalliongrad.

•  Stalliongrad: Stalliongrad gets a focus to annex or puppet you which can be declined when it comes. “New Horizons” or “Our Town” under Vasily and Sinister respective paths.
  • Our Town can get a war goal on Stalliongrad after completing focus “Our Stalliongrad”
•  Changeling Lands: The Changeling Lands can get a war goal on Stalliongrad and Our Town through the focus “Crush Stalliongrad”
•  Nova Griffonia and  Griffon Frontier: Our Town can get a war goal after completing focus “Our Liberation of the Colony”
•  Equestria: If Feather Bangs is elected, Harmonic Our Town can propose a military alliance with Equestria after completing focus “Call to War”

Playing defensive is a breeze with strong fortifications. If going offensive, taking out Stalliongrad and Nova Griffonia alone is very tricky but can be accomplished.
Hint: Use Stalliongrad's War against Nova Griffonia

Events

Main article: Our Town events

National Focus

Main article: Our Town national focus tree

Our Town's focus tree consists of a centralized political focus tree and a small industry focus tree on the top right. A central infrastructure/research tree is shared between mutually exclusive focuses Our Neighbors and The Teachings of Twilight Sparkle.

Our Elections

After years of isolation and dictatorship under the Cult of Equalism, the people of Our Town look to new leaders to prosper in a bright future. Two leaders step up in hopes of breaking the town's isolation: Double Diamond, a faithful follower of Starlight Glimmer's Equalist philosophy, and Feather Bangs, a local figurehead and firm believer in Twilight Sparkle's Harmonist principles.

After completing “Our Elections”, an election event appears, determining the outcome of Our Town's future.

Double Diamond Wins!

Double Diamond

Electing Double Diamond establishes a Pro-Stalliongrad policy.  Our Country is formed and the New Equality Party stays the de facto ruling party. With aid from  Stalliongrad, Our Country gains extensive bonuses for factory construction and output, population growth, and additional military bonuses for its army.

Further down the branch, Our Country may obtain war goals on both  Stalliongrad and  Nova Griffonia after completing “Our Stalliongrad” and “Our Liberation of the Colony” respectively.

Feather Bangs Wins!

Feather Bangs

Electing Feather Bangs establishes a Pro-Equestrian policy. The Party of Great Harmony becomes the ruling party. Our Town is renamed The city of  Townsville, a friendlier tone inspired by the likes of Ponyville. With aid from  Equestria, Townsville gains defensive bonuses with additional forts and an airbase. Townsville can send additional volunteers after completing “Equestrian Expeditionary Forces”.

In addition, Townsville can further benefit from a military alliance with  Equestria.

Our Unification Movement

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

"Our First Step" Effects

Our First Step

"We shall set up a grand republic as old Starlight envisioned a long time ago..."

Our Town can obtain a war goal on  Stalliongrad via national focus “Our Stalliongrad”. If Our Town capitulates and occupies all original Stalliongrad cores, Our Town unlocks the decision "Our First Step" to integrate  Equestria.

When taken, Our Town forms  Our Stalliongrad and the Equality Pact faction, gaining cores on all Stalliongrad provinces. Our Stalliongrad becomes the new capital. Our Stalliongrad inherits all current Stalliongrad technologies and gains four Stalliongrad Army generals. The New Equality Party becomes the Stalliongradian Equalist Party. Several Stalliongradian cities are renamed in honor of the philosophy of Equalism.

Generals
General	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
General Vinous Kostylev	Inspiring Commissar This commissar inspires soldiers to do the impossible and fight to their last breath. Motherland or Death! Division Recovery Rate: +10%	None	Level 4 Attack: 4 Defense: 3 Planning: 3 Logistics: 3	Pony
General Alexia Goldgear	Reckless A good officer needs to lead from the front. Planning Speed: +20% Chance to get wounded in combat: +50% Trickster Doing the unexpected in combat can give you a large advantage. Reconnaissance: +25% Artillery Expert A true expert in directing artillery. Artillery Attack: +10%	None	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Pony
General Cherry Swirl	Motorized Leader Skilled at using mobile forces to achieve victory. Motorized Attack: +12% Mechanized Attack: +12%	None	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 1 Planning: 2 Logistics: 2	Pony
General Katya Ironstead	Winter Specialist Possesses an intuitive understanding of the difficulties of fighting in Cold conditions. Winter Attrition: −50%	None	Level 1 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Planning: 1 Logistics: 1	Pony

"Our Greatest Achievement" Effects

Our Greatest Achievement

"From great Starlight to the farthest border
From the Lunar sea to the sea of Light
There is peace, where once there was disorder
There is dawn, where once was black as night"

If Our Stalliongrad capitulates  Equestria and occupies Canterlot, Manehattan, Whinnysota, Bales, and Fillydelphia, Our Stalliongrad unlocks the decision "Our Greatest Achievement" to integrate  Stalliongrad.

When taken, Our Stalliongrad forms  Our Equestria and gains cores on Equestria. Canterlot is renamed Equalopolis and becomes the new capital. Equestrian technologies are inherited. The Stalliongradian Equalist Party becomes the Ponies' Equalist Party.

Spoiler end.

Strategies

You should start doing "Our First Factory" and "Our Second Factory" to give you a headstart on building things faster. After that do the two focuses leading up to "Our Election". During "Our Election", you pick between Double Diamond (Communist) or Feather Bangs (Harmony). Feather Bangs is currently unfinished so picking Double Diamond is your best bet.

If No Step Back DLC is enabled, build up your army experience early on to unlock Ideological Loyalty in your Officer Corps which grants a weekly +500 ponypower.

Technology

Our Town starts off with 3 research slots available.

Army	Naval	Air	Tech / Industry
Primitive Weapons Muzzle-loaders Breech-loaded Rifles Bolt-action Rifles Early Truck Support Equipment Engineer Company I Recon Company I Military Police I Civilian Train Pre-Industrial Artillery Artillery Anti-Air Anti-Tank With  La Résistance: Basic Armored Car With  No Step Back: Early Tank Development Without  No Step Back: Early Tank	Designated Landing Barges With  Man the Guns: Torpedo Boat Destroyer Scout and Armoured Cruisers Naval Gunnery Without  Man the Guns: Torpedo Boat Destroyer Scout Cruiser	With  By Blood Alone: Early Small Airframe Early Medium Airframe Basic Transport (Basic Transport Plane) Aerial Bombs Dedicated Aircraft Machine Guns Dedicated Aircraft Engines Applied Wartime Construction Experience Without  By Blood Alone: Early Fighter Bomber (Inter-War Bomber) Basic Transport (Basic Transport Plane)	None
Doctrine			Racial
None	None	None	Pegasus Division I

Politics

National Spirits

Closed City State

• Construction Speed: -30.00%
• Factory Output: -15.00%

With Griffons in the North, Stalliongrad in the South, and no access to sea, Our Town is crippled by lack of trade.

Past of Equality

• Daily Political Power Cost: +0.10

The ponies of Our Town made a terrible mistake in giving up their cutie marks and are scarred by the experience. They remain hesitant about their future.

Leaders

Starting leaders
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Double Diamond		Equalism Communism NEPNew Equality Party	None	A faithful follower of Starlight Glimmer's Equalist philosophy, Double Diamond would see Equality succeed by following the lead of the Communists in Stalliongrad.
Feather Bangs		Social Harmonism Harmony PoGHParty of Great Harmony	None	A local heartthrob, Feather Bangs lost his love interest to a Ponyville stallion. Quick to move on, the entire incident has piqued his curiosity in the power of friendship and the ways of Equestria.	Select "Feather Bangs wins." in the Election Day event after completing “Our Elections” focus
		Populism Non-Aligned City Magistrate
Evening Cloud		Autocracy Supremacy Military Committee	Reluctant Interventionist Lend-lease tension limit: −20% Lend-lease request tension limit: −20% Stability: +5%	None
Post-1007 leaders [may contain spoilers]
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Spymaster Trochanter		Surveillance State Supremacy Military Committee	Cryptologic Genius Encryption: +25% Decryption: +25%	None	The  Changeling Lands forms the Severyana Protectorate.

Parties

Political parties
Name	Ideology			Leader	Popularity
NEP New Equality Party			Equalism Communism	Double Diamond	75%
PoGH Party of Great Harmony			Social Harmonism Harmony	Feather Bangs	23%
Military Committee			Autocracy Supremacy	Evening Cloud	1%
City Magistrate			Populism Non-Aligned	Feather Bangs	1%

Staff and Designers

Political Advisors
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Feather Bangs	Popular Figurehead	None	Stability: +15%	150
Party Favour	Party Maker	None	Division Speed: +5% Division Recovery Rate: +5% Military Factory construction speed: +10%	150
Sugar Belle	Best Baker In Town	None	Max Factories in a State: +10% Political Power Gain: +10% Stability: +5%	150
Generic Advisor	Communist Revolutionary	None	Daily Communism Support: +0.1	150
Generic Advisor	Pro-Harmony Reformer	None	Daily Harmony Support: +0.1	150
Generic Advisor	Supremacist Demagogue	None	Daily Supremacy Support: +0.1	150
Generic Advisor	Captain of Industry	None	Civilian Factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Railway construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10%	150
Generic Advisor	Fortification Engineer	None	Land Fort construction speed: +20% Coastal Fort construction speed: +20% Anti Air construction speed: +20%	150
Generic Advisor	War Industrialist	None	Military Factory construction speed: +10% Dockyard construction speed: +10% Fuel Silo construction speed: +10%	150
Generic Advisor	Backroom Backstabber	None	Justify war goal time: −10% Subversive activities cost: −25% Ideology drift defense: +25%	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
Armor Company	Tank Designer	None	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor technology: Reliability: +5% Armored Car: Reliability: +5%	150

Ship Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Naval Company	Ship Designer	None	Naval Research Speed: +15%	150

Aircraft Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Light Air Company	Light Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Small Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10%	150
Medium Air Company	Medium Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Heavy Fighter Airframe: Reliability: +20% Medium Airframe: Reliability: +20% Scout Plane Airframe: Reliability: +20%	150
Heavy Air Company	Heavy Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Large Airframe: Strat. Bombing: +10% Transport Plane: Range: +10%	150
Naval Air Company	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
Small Arms Company	Infantry Equipment Designer	None	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15%	150
Artillery Company	Artillery Designer	None	Artillery Research Speed: +15%	150
Motorization Company	Motorized Equipment Designer	None	Motorization Research Speed: +15%	150

Industrial Concerns
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Industrial Company	Industrial Concern	None	Industrial Research Speed: +15%	150
Electronics Company	Electronics Concern	None	Electronics Research Speed: +15%	150

Theorists
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Generic Advisor	Military Theorist	None	Land Doctrine Cost: −10%	150
Generic Advisor	Naval Theorist	None	Naval Doctrine Cost: −10%	150
Generic Advisor	Air Warfare Theorist	None	Air Doctrine Cost: −10%	150

Chiefs of Army
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Generic Advisor	Army Offense (Specialist)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.20 Division Attack: +5% AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: +15% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +10	50
Generic Advisor	Army Defense (Specialist)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.20 Division Defense: +5% AI Modifier: Focus on Defense: +15% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +10	50

Chiefs of Navy
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Generic Advisor	Decisive Battle (Expert)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.30 Capital Ship Attack: +10% Capital Ship Armor: +10% Screen Attack: +10% Screen Defense: +10% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20	100
Generic Advisor	Anti-Submarine (Expert)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.30 Submarine Detection: +15% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20	100

Chiefs of Airforce
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Generic Advisor	Close Air Support (Expert)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.30 Ground attack factor: +5% Air Support Mission Efficiency: +10% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20	100
Generic Advisor	All-Weather (Expert)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.30 Bad Weather Penalty: −20% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20	100

Military High Command
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Generic Advisor	Artillery (Specialist)	None	Artillery Attack: +10% Artillery Defense: +5% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +10	50
Generic Advisor	Army Logistics (Expert)	None	Division Attrition: −8% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20	100
Generic Advisor	Fleet Logistics (Specialist)	None	Naval max range factor: +5% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +10	50
Generic Advisor	Air Combat Training (Expert)	None	Ace generation chance: +10% Max. Command Power increase ( ): +20	100

Military Leaders

Generals
General	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
General Grey Bread	Red General Staunch communist, a hero of the Revolution. An inspiration figure for every soldier in their army. Division Recovery Rate: +5%	None	Level 4 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 4 Logistics: 5	Pony
General Liquid Miracle	Panzer Leader A natural with Tanks and Mechanized forces. Armor speed: +5% Armor Division Attack: +16% Winter Specialist Possesses an intuitive understanding of the difficulties of fighting in Cold conditions. Winter Attrition: −50%	None	Level 2 Attack: 1 Defense: 2 Planning: 2 Logistics: 2	Pony
General Magic Fly		None	Level 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 2 Logistics: 1	Pony
General Windbreaker	Supply Raider This general somehow always manages to scavenge, steal or find enough supplies to keep their troops well-provisioned. Equipment Capture Ratio Gain: +3% Non-Combat Out of Supply Penalties: −20% Motorized Officer Trained as a motorized infantry officer. Motorized Leader experience factor: +100%	See description: Windbreaker is a Stalliongradian pony sent to the backwater commune of Our Town, nominally as part of a military attache. His expertise in motorized formations has been utterly worthless here, but his skill at supply acquisition has proven quite useful in the remote mountains. While a Vanguard Socialist, he's more sympathetic to the allure of Equalism than most.	Level 2 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Planning: 2 Logistics: 3	Pony

Admiral
Admiral	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
Admiral Valery Stablein	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%	None	Level 2 Attack: 3 Defense: 1 Maneuvering: 2 Coordination: 1	Thestral

Flags

Flags
Flag	Information
	Our Town
	Starlight Town
	My Town
	Our Country Double Diamond is elected
	Starlight Town Feather Bangs is elected
	Our Stalliongrad Formed Stalliongrad
	Our Equestria Formed Equestria
	Severyanian Black Site  Changeling 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%	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
Developed Science Base No penalties	Modern Society No penalties	Negligible Illiteracy No penalties
Poverty	Race
Negligible Poverty No penalties	Pony Race Uses Pony Racial Tree

Industry and Resources

Factories

Military Factories	Naval Dockyards	Civilian Factories	Fuel Silos	Synthetic Refineries
1	0	2 (-1)	0	0

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

Resources

Oil	Aluminum	Rubber	Tungsten	Steel	Chromium	Crystal
0	0	0	13 (-7)	5 (-3)	0	8 (-4)

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