User:Vengir/Hippone

Vengir/Hippone
Ideology	Supremacy
Ruling party	Supremacist (60%) (by default, if spawned through console commands)
Population	varies
Ponypower	varies
Race	Zebra
Stability	varies
War support	varies
Factories	varies
Capital	Hippone
Continent	Zebrica
Demonym	Hipponian
Tag	HIE
Color	#CD50C8

Hippone (also referred to as the Ascendancy after its sole playable path) is a nation that may appear at some point over the course of a playthrough. It doesn't have any core or claims at the start of the game.

Spawns by:

• colthage_other.122 - Batrun Zaryes's authority in Colthaginian Republic collapses (one or more generals are disloyal, but none of them have sufficient power; number of nations spawned depends on how many were disloyal; Ochzor is for Hippone)
• colthaginian_federation.53 (main one) - Zarishat's Colthage collapses
• arisfirst.72 - Raft Wood redraws the borders of Colthaginian Republic

Lore

According to historical records, Hippone as a city is older than Colthage itself. Founded millennia ago by Zonician colonists, it quickly became one of the most preeminent cities in northern Zebrica thanks to its geographical location and excellent deepwater harbour. Nestled between hills, it has always been easy to defend and history has treated it far better than Colthage. Many ancient buildings stand to this day, mostly unharmed and well maintained by the citizenry.

These marvelous buildings hint to the rich culture of the city. Throughout history, Hippone has been the cultural heart of Zonician civilization. It is a shining example of urban planning, with the streets closely following the contours of the hills surrounding the city's center. There are numerous parks and orchards full of tropical plants. These green areas are favoured by the city's numerous artists and musicians who enjoy the calm refuges from urbanity.

The beauty of the city is funded by the wealthy local merchants, who are also patrons of the arts. The patricians draw their prosperity from the vital east-west naval trade, acting as an entrepot and stopping point for travelling ships. However, the recent modernization of the Colthaginian Republic and other nearby nations has replaced wooden vessels with long-ranged ships of steel which can travel directly to their destination.

As such, Hippone's importance has diminished over the years. It is almost like the city itself refuses to adapt to modernity, as its patricians wish to preserve the beauty of the city. The first factories and urban apartments of Hippone were purposefully built far from the city proper. Time will tell if the local resistance to modernity will last much longer. The city will either adapt or fade into irrelevance, becoming little more than a beautiful tourist attraction.

Unbeknownst to the general populace, a secret and peculiar club has formed, gathering intellectuals from University of Hippone and other nearby educational facilities. They vow to realise the Covenant of Zebrakind and many among them express concerningly radical views of avian species. With such highly-educated membership, it's almost certain that they are among the most influential zebras in the country; some perhaps even close to the sufrit himself. At present, however, support for their vision among others is minuscule, and unless something

Geography

The city of Hippone lies on the western coast of the  Colthaginian Republic. It is separated from the jungles further inland by the Alaudid mountain range. It, and another city a bit to the south are the only two ports in their part of the country. Though the Alaudid Range state is relatively well developed, it has no natural resources.

Which states end up beign a part of the country of Hippone when it spawns on the map depends on the circumstances that caused it. This is especially true for Zauro Ochzor's secession, as in that case it will include any states over which Ochzor was given control, which in the most exteme instance may include nothing more than the Alaudid Range.

National Focus

Ascendancy's civil war tree

Only one version of Hippone has unique focus trees. If Zarishat-led  Coltvan Republic wins the second Colthaginian civil war, and then too many of their prefectures fall into anarchy, the third civil war will break out - a three-way conflict between general Monzano in Colthage, Benoam Gerza's cronies centered around Trotkat, and mysterious cultists from Hippone. The latter's main forces will be concentrated in the western part of the country, though they also have some smaller presence in the east, which is going to distract  Trotkat somewhat.

The civil war tree is divided into the main trunk and side branches. The completion of the former is mandatory to progress the story. One of the focuses will grant you a temporary national spirit that will prevent you from completing certain other focuses further down until it expires, so plan accordingly. Some of the focuses near the bottom are only available after the civil war ends. Focuses in the side branches are there to help you finish the civil war if it is taking too long.

Post civil war

The main focus tree is divided into three branches, economic on the left, political in the center, and military on the right, with the neighbouring branches overlapping somewhat at the bottom. The break around the halfway point of the tree is mostly for aesthetic and clarity purposes. Before you can start any focus in the lower half, you must first complete one of the three mutually-exclusive focuses at the bottom of the upper half of the political branch. For economic and military branches in the lower half, you need to complete both the political branch in the upper half, and one of the two mutually-exclusive focuses in their respective branches at the bottom of the upper half.

In the upper half of the political branch two schools of political thought compete; Zumanites (or artists) and Umundites (or academics). The first two mutually-exclusive focuses will determine their ultimate power, which affects which focus will be available to you in the third mutually-exclusive pair, as well as which two out of the three mutually-exclusive ones at the bottom. As academics start at a slight advantage, the only way to unlock artist focuses is to support them both times. The middle out of the three mutually-exclusive focuses is always available, regardless of which school is more dominant. It's also impossible to have both schools be equally influential. If all you care about is completing this portion of the focus tree as quickly as possible, support artists both times to be able to complete The Transcendental Magistrates, but finish the tree with the neutral The Beauty Of The Equine Experience. A purely academic route which ends with Cherish The Intellect Of The Godhead is only about 15 days longer, so it may also be worth considering.

Similarly, in the upper half of the economic branch, two schools of economic thought compete: Zynskaites (or agrarians) and Zidonites (or urbanists). In this case, however, their relative strength is not determined by which focuses you have taken (with one exception), but primarily through their projects in each state. Each of your owned corable state in mainland Zebrica, of which there can be a maximum of 22 (starting Colthaginian states plus Coltvan and Coltdarian states), is eligible for implementation of either agrarian or urban economic model. Those projects can be further upgraded a few times, but only the first step affects the relative influence of each school. Another way to strengthen one school or the other is through a series of ecological projects unlocked after Nature Must Be Nourished. Finally, agrarians can be strengthened once through the focus A Return To Nature. Which school is stronger determines what national spirit you will get after completing mutually-exclusive focuses. Those bonuses are determined only upon the completion of the focus, and you will not gain the other if the balance shifts later. Only the final pair of mutually-exclusive focuses requires that the relevant school is stronger than the other.

The popularity of the two schools of economic thought is measured on a scale from 0 to 5, described by different adjectives (Non-Existent, Low, Minor, Moderate, Decent, and Overwhelming), and they can never drift further than Non-Existent versus Overwhelming. Further supporting the school of Overwhelming popularity has no effect. This also means that at most you only need to support the weaker school three times in a row to make it dominant (bringing the balance to Moderate versus Minor), regardless of your earlier actions. For example, if you support agrarians 14 times, and afterwards you support urbanists 3 times, the latter will still become more popular, even though you supported the former more times in total.

In the lower half of the political branch, in the focus Approach The Legionaries Of The Night, you get the option to ally with  Chiropterra. It may be wise to rush here as soon as you can, as you stand a much better chance against  Hippogriffia with them by your side, and they are unlikely to win against them without help. Around the top of the political branch you unlock the ability to embark on journeys to gather alchemical ingredients from around the world and prepare concoctions out of them. This is important to achieve the ending and will give various buffs along the way, so it should be done relatively early.

The military branch offers variety of bonuses to your land forces and air force, but none to navy. Winning against an opponent with a stronger navy will require the utilisation of some strategy involving naval bombers, paratroopers, or both.

The final focus requires a certain amount of crystals to be present in Colthage. You generate them primarily by inflicting casualties in wars, so try to encircle and destroy enemy divisions whenever possible. This is further improved by one of the potions that you can make. Other methods of increasing resources present in a state, such as building infrastructure or implementing agrarian school of economic thought, also work.

Technology

Hippone generally inherits technology of their predecessor nations. The only exception to that is if it was formed by Raft Wood's border redraw or certain console commands, in which case it is granted technologies listed below.

Army	Naval	Air	Tech / Industry
Primitive Weapons Muzzle-loaders Breech-loaded Rifles Mountain Infantry 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 Smoke Generators Basic Depth Charge Enlarged Destroyer Scout and Armoured Cruisers Basic Cruiser Armor Scheme Inclined Belt Armor Scheme Fast Battleships and Dreadnoughts Long Range Battleships 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 Late Armoured Cruiser Fast Battleship Battlecruiser	With  By Blood Alone: Early Small Airframe Basic Small Airframe Early 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 NAV Early Bomber	Organised Fuel Storage
Doctrine			Racial
None	Trade Interdiction	None	Charger Division War Canoes Deep Sea Canoes

Designers, concerns and theorists

By selecting a Design Company they will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched and designed while they are hired.

Tank Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Maztrotta Cars	Infantry Tank Designer	None	Armor Research Speed: +15% Armor technology: Soft attack: +5% Armor: +5% Armored Car: Soft attack: +5% Armor: +5%	150
Hippone Tractor Factory	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
Mercantile Escort Shipyard	Escort Fleet Designer	None	Naval Research Speed: +15% Screens: Sub detection: +10% Production Cost: +10% Max Speed: +10% Max Range: +30%	150
Cothon Of Colthage	Battlefleet Designer	Owns state Colthage (875)	Naval Research Speed: +15% Capital Ships: Armor: +15% Heavy Attack: +15% Screens: Sub detection: −25% Torpedo attack: +25%	150

Aircraft Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
National Aviation Workshops	Light Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Speed: +15% Small Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter Airframe: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10%	150

Materiel Designers
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Ochzor Rifle Designs	Infantry Equipment Designer	None	Weapons and Equipment Research Speed: +15% Infantry Equipment: Soft attack: +5%	150
Ochzor Cannon Designs	Artillery Designer	None	Artillery Research Speed: +15% Towed Artillery: Breakthrough: +5% Defense: +5%	150
Army Materiel Command	Support Equipment Designer	None	Support Unit Research Speed: +15% Support Equipment: Production Cost: −15%	150

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

Theorists
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Zimrida Ikkalid	Air Warfare Theorist	None	Air Doctrine Cost: −10%	50
Hyrum Zalissanid	Military Theorist	None	Land Doctrine Cost: −10%	50
Zyrum Adoniahit	Naval Theorist	None	Naval Doctrine Cost: −10%	50

Cosmetic Names

Vengir/Hippone has many unique cosmetic names for its equipment, listed here.

Pre-industrial equipment

Type	Name
Pre-firearm	Zonician Swords
Muskets	Quaggatai Matchlocks

Infantry & motorized techs

Type	989	1007	1009	1010	1011	1012	1013	1014	1015	1016	1017	1018	1019	1020	1021	1023	1025
Infantry Equipment	Garcano-Ochzor Model 989	Ochzor Rifle C-1007		Aztarte C-1010			Aztarte C-1013						Rezheph M-1				Rezheph M-2
Magical Infantry Equipment				Zothar Rifle			Or Shotgun M-1						Zephon C-1019				Or Shotgun M-2

Aircraft techs

Tech Year	Close Air Support (Carrier)	Fighter (Carrier)	Naval Bomber (Carrier)	Heavy Fighter	Tactical Bomber	Strategic Bomber (Superheavy)	Scout Plane
1004		National Aviation Workshop Serie B			Aztarte Hocico
1007	Aztarte Bombardero Prototipo 1 (Aztarte Bombardero Prototipo 1 Transportadora)	National Aviation Workshop Serie E (National Aviation Workshop Serie C)	Columbroni-NAW Lanza 1 (Columbroni-NAW Lanza 2)	Clypeus Ataque	Aztarte Rabo	Tabnit Grande	Clypeus Ataque Exploradora
1011	Aztarte Bombardero Pequeño 2 'Kan' (Aztarte Pequeño Bombardero Portaaviones 2)	National Aviation Workshop Serie G (National Aviation Workshop Serie F)	Columbroni-NAW Lanza 4 (Columbroni-NAW Lanza 3)	Clypeus Pezuña	Aztarte Ala	Tabnit Bombardeo	Clypeus Pezuña Exploradora
1015	Aztarte Bombardero Pequeño 5 'Río' (Aztarte Pequeño Bombardero Portaaviones 7)	National Aviation Workshop Serie J (National Aviation Workshop Serie I)	Columbroni-NAW Lanza 6 (Columbroni-NAW Lanza 5)	Aztarte Sierra	Aztarte Bucear	Tabnit Desde Arriba
Jet Engine Technology
1016		National Aviation Workshop Serie N (National Aviation Workshop Serie O)			Zahummid Sol
1021		National Aviation Workshop Serie Y (National Aviation Workshop Serie X)			Aztarte Luna	Tabnit Delantero Reacción
1026					Aztarte Estrella	Tabnit Trituradora (Tabnit Monstruosidad)

Politics

National Spirits

By default, Hippone has no starting national spirits. If it appears as a result of the Third Colthaginian Civil War, it is granted the following:

Devastating Famine

• Monthly Population: -30.0%
• Recruitable Population Factor: -30%
• Consumer Goods Factories factor: 30.0%
• Production Efficiency Cap: -30.00%
• Factory Output: -30.00%
• Dockyard Output: -30.00%
• Resources to Market: -30%

The Age of Strife

• War Penalty Stability Modifier: +15.00%
• Surrender Limit: +5.00%
• This National Spirit will be removed at the end of the Civil War!
•  
• (The Coltaginian Federal Army Forces) Attack bonus against country: +5.0%
• (The Coltaginian Federal Army Forces) Defense bonus against country: +5.0%
• (The United Colthaginian Republican Front) Attack bonus against country: +5.0%
• (The United Colthaginian Republican Front) Defense bonus against country: +5.0%

Lessons of the Father, Number 1: In the beginning, there was the Godhead, and they were Good. Then, the Arch-Enemy, Za'al-Maar tricked the Godhead and shattered them. Only now through virtuous action will the world be made pure, and the Godhead restored.

The Lockstep Legions

• Mobilization speed: -10.00%
• Division Organization: +5.0%
• Recruitable Population Factor: -15%
• Division Recovery Rate: +5.0%
• This National Spirit will be removed at the end of the Civil War!

The Star Father has spoken, and his servants march.

If Hippone forms through Raft Wood's border redraw, it instead is granted the following:

Colthage Shattered

• Weekly Stability: -0.10%
• Weekly War Support: +0.10%
• Can join factions

Colthage lies broken. Until we are reunified, we will endure chaos and misery.

Diplomacy

If the Third Colthaginian War is taking place, Hippone will end up at war with the other two factions very soon after forming. Otherwise, there is no special diplomatic status with other countries. If Raft Wood decides to redraw the borders of Colthage, Hippone will become an independent nation, not a puppet.

Parties

The initial popularity between the political parties is similar in all three scenarios with minor alterations. Zauro Ochzor starts with more popularity for his party. Hippone created by Raft Wood is ruled by a Non-Aligned party with weak support, and the Third Colthaginian Civil War version of the country enjoys a moderate support for their ruling party.

After Raft Wood's border redraw:

Political parties
Name	Ideology			Leader	Popularity
Non-Aligned			Non-Aligned Non-Aligned	'	20%
Supremacist			Supremacy Supremacy		60%
Harmonic			Harmony Harmony		10%
Communist			Communism Communism		10%

If Zauro Ochzor secedes:

Political parties
Name	Ideology			Leader	Popularity
Ochzorids			Stratocracy Supremacy	Zauro Ochzor	80%
Non-Aligned			Non-Aligned Non-Aligned		20%
Harmonic			Harmony Harmony		0%
Communist			Communism Communism		0%

At the start of the Third Colthaginian Civil War:

Political parties
Name	Ideology			Leader	Popularity
The Covenant The Covenant, The Sword, And The Hoof Of Equinity			Esotericism Supremacy	Hiram Zerranid	60%
Heathens			Non-Aligned Non-Aligned		20%
Heathens			Harmony Harmony		10%
Heathens			Communism Communism		10%

Leaders

Starting leaders
Leader	Leader		Ideology and party		Traits	Description	Comes to power by
Generic Leader		Non-Aligned Non-Aligned	None	None	Raft Wood's Hippogriffia has redrawn the borders of the Colthaginian Republic
Zauro Ochzor		Stratocracy Supremacy Ochzorids	Infantry Equipment Designer Infantry Equipment: Production Cost: −10%	Zauro Ochzor is one of the senior generals of the Colthaginian army, and is greatly respected by soldiers and civilians alike. Born in Colturubis, he entered the military academy of Colthage and graduated as an artillery officer. His father had been an engineer and Zauro had developed a fascination with firearms from a young age, so it was inevitable that he ended up becoming a designer of military materiel. As Zamilcar Zarca was modernizing the Colthaginian army, he needed zebras like Zauro to create a modern arsenal. Zauro answered the call and proved to be an ingenius and diligent designer, taking Griffonian designs and modifying them to perfection. His most famous work is the Garcano-Ochzor Model 989, the standard weapon of Colthaginian infantry. He also wrote several manuals on weapons and was promoted to Director of the Department of Artillery. After the invasion of the Storm King, he started work on the world's first gas-operated semi-automatic rifle, which he calls the C-1007 and which others simply call the Ochzor Rifle. It is a revolutionary design, but he is distracted by his duties as a general of the army during a period of instability. While he is loyal to the Zarcid regime, he also believes that other factions in Colthage would be foolish to not adopt his superior design once it is finished.	When  Colthaginian Republic's government is couped by the Militarists, and then Zauro Ochzor's loyalty towards the leader is either Dangerously Low or Non-existent, while his power is neither Dangerously High nor Negligible, and no other general is both disloyal and has Dangerously High power.
Hiram Zerranid		Esotericism Supremacy The CovenantThe Covenant, The Sword, And The Hoof Of Equinity	None	Biography: Born to a rich patrician family in Hippone, Hiram Zerranid had an easy life and could focus freely on his studies. As an adult, he enrolled in the University of Hippone and studied history, philosophy, hippology and alchemy. During his time there, he joined a small, secret society and quickly rose through its ranks due to his charismatic nature, eventually becoming its leader. Over time this society slowly grew in numbers, though it likely would have remained as such that had the government not collapsed multiple times in quick succession. By the end of the Second Colthaginian Civil War, Hiram's followers had grown from a small club to a legion of thousands. His teachings gave the aimless purpose and the destitute hope. Once he had gained enough support, he made the daring act of rebelling against Zarishat's regime under the pretense of her being unfit to rule. As a direct result of this, his influence skyrocketed and the knowledge of his beliefs spread throughout Colthage. To others he was no longer Hiram Zerranid, for his followers whispered a new name in reverence while his enemies cursed the title that he had come to be known by: The Star Father. Now that the Age of Strife has begun, only time will tell what will come of this mysterious zebra and his new religion. Will he be content with brutally cleansing his homeland of the "evil" he claims infests it, or will he strive for higher, more terrifying goals? Portrait By: Scroup	As  Coltvan Republic cause Zarishat to become the leader, win the Second Colthaginian Civil War, and finally, have too many prefectures end up in an anarchy.

Political Advisors

Political advisors
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Tabnit Abibaalid	Silent Workpony	There was no third Colthaginian Civil War. (?)	Political Power Gain: +15%	150
Arvad Zimridatid	Occultist	There was no third Colthaginian Civil War. (?)	Daily Political Power Gain: −0.05 Research Speed: +2.5% Ideology drift defense: +5%	150
Arvad Zimridatid	Conductor Of The Choir Of Knowledge	The third Colthaginian Civil War happened. (?)	Research Speed: +7.5% Weekly War Support: +0.25% Resistance Growth Speed: −2.5%	150
Adoniah Tanyihit	Propaganda Master	There was no third Colthaginian Civil War. (?)	Political Power Gain: +5% War Support: +5% Resistance Decay Speed: +15%	150
Jezalla Zaalatit	Cult Leader	There was no third Colthaginian Civil War. (?)	Political Power Gain: +10% Ideology drift defense: +10% Stability: +5%	150
Jezalla Zaalatit	Architect Of The Works Of Beauty	The third Colthaginian Civil War happened. (?)	Political Power Gain: +10% Weekly Stability: +0.25% Compliance Growth Speed: +2.5%	150
Qarnaim Sikarbaalid	War Industrialist	There was no third Colthaginian Civil War. (?)	Military Factory construction speed: +10% Dockyard construction speed: +10% Fuel Silo construction speed: +10%	150
Qarnaim Sikarbaalid	Arcadian Idealist	The third Colthaginian Civil War happened. (?)	Resource Gain Efficiency: +5% Consumer Goods Factories factor: −5% Recruitable Population Factor: +5% Monthly Population: +10%	150
Zisa Shibanit	Captain of Industry	There was no third Colthaginian Civil War. (?)	Civilian Factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Railway construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10%	150
The Guide	Wielder of The Guidance	The Alchemical Super Projects have been unlocked via the focus The Secrets Of Alchemy. (?)	Daily Political Power Gain: −0.05 Alchemical Super Projects: Cooldown Time: −20% Journal: Time Taken Factor: −15% Journal: Success Odds Factor: +7.5% The Guide's connections allows her to call in favors in aid of her expeditions.	75

Flags

Flags
Flag	Information
	Hippone/The Hipponian Republic
	Hippone
	Hippone
	The Covenant, The Sword, And The Hoof Of Equinity The Ascendancy Of Zebrakind

Economy

Laws and Development

Default

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
Developed Science Base No penalties	Industrialising Society Resource Gain Efficiency: -20.00% Monthly Population: -10.0% Construction Speed: -20.00% Production Efficiency Cap: -10.00% Research Speed: -20.00% Factory Output: -20.00% Dockyard Output: -20.00% Factory Bomb Vulnerability: -25.00%	Negligible Illiteracy No penalties
Poverty	Race
High Poverty Monthly Population: -13.0% Consumer Goods Factories: 11.0% Construction Speed: -16.00% Research Speed: -7.50%	Zebra Race Uses Zebra Racial Tree

Hiram

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%	Early Mobilization Industrial Research Speed: +2% Consumer Goods Factories: 30.0% Fuel Gain per Oil: -25.00% Infrastructure construction speed: +5.00% Military Factory construction speed: -10.00% Civilian Factory construction speed: -10.00%
Scientific Development	Society Development	Illiteracy
Developed Science Base No penalties	Industrialising Society Resource Gain Efficiency: -20.00% Monthly Population: -10.0% Construction Speed: -20.00% Production Efficiency Cap: -10.00% Research Speed: -20.00% Factory Output: -20.00% Dockyard Output: -20.00% Factory Bomb Vulnerability: -25.00%	Limited Illiteracy Construction Speed: -5.00% Research Speed: -15.00%
Poverty	Race
High Poverty Monthly Population: -13.0% Consumer Goods Factories: 11.0% Construction Speed: -16.00% Research Speed: -7.50%	Zebra Race Uses Zebra Racial Tree

Industry and Resources

Balkanized

Factories*

Military Factories	Naval Dockyards	Civilian Factories	Fuel Silos	Synthetic Refineries
3	1	3 (-2)	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	3 (-1)	24 (-12)	0	5 (-2)	0	14 (-7)

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

Hiram

Factories*

Military Factories	Naval Dockyards	Civilian Factories	Fuel Silos	Synthetic Refineries
3	2	3 (-2)	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	3 (-1)	44 (-9)	0	0	0	0

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

Ochzor (just the capital state)

Factories*

Military Factories	Naval Dockyards	Civilian Factories	Fuel Silos	Synthetic Refineries
1	1	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	0	0	0	0

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

Military

Army

WIP - add Hiram's OOB

Army

	Type	No.
	Transcendental Legion Division	6
	Transcendental Aspirant Division	6
	Transcendental Cohort Division	6
	Total divisions	18
	Ponypower used	125.40k

Though intended for Hiram's path, all versions of Hippone have access to the six Grandmasters. Zauro Ochzor is only available as a general if Hippone formed by him seceding from militarist Colthage.

Generals
General	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
General Gradmaster Of Love	Harsh Leader Discipline is necessary to lead an army, but some leaders take it a bit too far. Division Recovery Rate: −10% Attack: +1 Trickster Doing the unexpected in combat can give you a large advantage. Reconnaissance: +25% Guerilla Fighter The skilled guerilla fighter is an expert at using natural terrain and obstacles to their advantage. Entrenchment speed: +50%	None	Level 3 Attack: 3 Defense: 2 Planning: 3 Logistics: 3	Zebra
General Grandmaster Of Joy	Old Guard While not the most brilliant officer, he is unlikely to cause trouble. Leader Experience Gain: −25% Max Entrenchment: +1 Brilliant Strategist A natural born strategist that is able to adapt to the dynamics of the battlefield. Attack: +1 Planning: +1 Infantry Leader Skilled at leading infantry in combat. Infantry Division Defense: +13% Skilled Staffer Surrounded by some of the best staff, this leader is able to organize and manage a larger number of units. General Max Army Size: +6	None	Level 3 Attack: 4 Defense: 2 Planning: 3 Logistics: 3	Zebra
General Grandmaster Of Pleasure	Master of Psychology Having studied Psychology long before joining the military, this pony knows how to use their expertise to convince their troops to put in that extra effort into everything they do. Division Organization: +5% Division Recovery Rate: +5% Organizer Able to plan and organize the movement of large armies. Planning Speed: +10% Trickster Doing the unexpected in combat can give you a large advantage. Reconnaissance: +25%	None	Level 3 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Planning: 4 Logistics: 4	Zebra
General Grandmistress Of Companionship	Infantry Leader Skilled at leading infantry in combat. Infantry Division Defense: +13% 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% Hill Fighter Excels at fighting in Hilly terrain. Hills: Movement: +5% Attack: +10% Defense: +10%	None	Level 3 Attack: 1 Defense: 4 Planning: 3 Logistics: 2	Zebra
General Grandmistress Of Poetry	Artillery Leader Skilled at directing artillery in combat. Artillery Defense: +10% Artillery Expert A true expert in directing artillery. Artillery Attack: +10% Heat Specialist Possesses an intuitive understanding of the difficulties of fighting in Hot conditions. Heat Attrition: −50%	None	Level 3 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Planning: 3 Logistics: 3	Zebra
General Grandmistress Of Violence	Cautious Takes their time and plans carefully. Planning Speed: −20% Chance to get wounded in combat: −50% Engineer Adept in the arts of crossing rivers and constructing field fortifications. River: Attack: +5% Fort: Attack: +10% Fortress Buster Assaulting a Fort holds no terror for this officer. Fort: Attack: +15%	None	Level 3 Attack: 2 Defense: 4 Planning: 2 Logistics: 2	Zebra
General Zauro Ochzor	Old Guard While not the most brilliant officer, he is unlikely to cause trouble. Leader Experience Gain: −25% Max Entrenchment: +1 Career Officer Dedicated to the life as an officer, with ambitions to match. Promotion Cost: −25% Artillery Leader Skilled at directing artillery in combat. Artillery Defense: +10%	See description: Zauro Ochzor is one of the senior generals of the Colthaginian army, and is greatly respected by soldiers and civilians alike. Born in Colturubis, he entered the military academy of Colthage and graduated as an artillery officer. His father had been an engineer and Zauro had developed a fascination with firearms from a young age, so it was inevitable that he ended up becoming a designer of military materiel. As Zamilcar Zarca was modernizing the Colthaginian army, he needed zebras like Zauro to create a modern arsenal. Zauro answered the call and proved to be an ingenius and diligent designer, taking Griffonian designs and modifying them to perfection. His most famous work is the Garcano-Ochzor Model 989, the standard weapon of Colthaginian infantry. He also wrote several manuals on weapons and was promoted to Director of the Department of Artillery. After the invasion of the Storm King, he started work on the world's first gas-operated semi-automatic rifle, which he calls the C-1007 and which others simply call the Ochzor Rifle. It is a revolutionary design, but he is distracted by his duties as a general of the army during a period of instability. While he is loyal to the Zarcid regime, he also believes that other factions in Colthage would be foolish to not adopt his superior design once it is finished.	Level 2 Attack: 1 Defense: 2 Planning: 2 Logistics: 2	Zebra

Division composition list

Division composition list
Division	Name list	Support companies	Combat battalions
Transcendental Legion Division	None	Recon Detachment, Engineer Company	9x Chargers
Transcendental Aspirant Division	None	Artillery, Engineer Company	6x Infantry
Transcendental Cohort Division	None	Military Police	4x Infantry

Tank Variants list

Tank Variants list (With No Step Back)
Name	Chassis	Suspension	Armor?	Engine?	Main Armament	Turret	Special Features
Early Light Tank	Early Light Tank	Bogie	Riveted 1	Gasoline 1	Heavy Machine Gun	One Pony Turret
* marks a variant as "outdated".

Navy

Hippone doesn't have a predefined navy. If formed through Zauro Ochzor declaring independence, a portion of Colthaginian navy will be transferred to them. Likewise, Admiral Zamalad Ochzor will also defect to Hippone, whose stats are listed below.

If formed through other means, Hippone starts with no admirals, and must build their navy from scratch.

Admiral
Admiral	Traits	Description	Skills	Race
Admiral Zamalad Ochzor	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% Pirate This character is a pirate and is loyal to the pirate code. Blockade Runner Able to rapidly Disengage from Naval Combat. Retreat Decision Chance: +20% Fleet speed while retreating: +15% Convoy speed while retreating: +5% Spotter The Spotter pays special attention to keeping an eye out for enemy fleets. Spotting Speed: +10% Concealment Expert This officer has completed the government-mandated training course on how not to be seen. Visibility: −20%	None	Level 3 Attack: 3 Defense: 1 Maneuvering: 5 Coordination: 1	Zebra

Air

Hippone doesn't have an air force. If formed through Zauro Ochzor declaring independence, a portion of Colthaginian aircraft will be transferred to them.

If formed through other means, Hippone must build their air force from scratch.

Military staff

Chiefs of Army
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Philosir Zabdosirid	Army Offense (Expert)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.30 Division Attack: +10% AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: +15%	100  20
Zitthobaal Zishanit	Army Organization (Expert)	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.30 Division Organization: +8%	100  20
Izabel Zadoniait	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
Aqhat Hailamaid	Naval Maneuver (Genius)	None	Naval Speed: +15% Naval Experience Gain: +0.40	200  10
Zashtartyaton Abdosirys	Commerce Raiding (Specialist)	None	Naval Experience Gain: +0.20 Convoy Raiding Efficiency: +10%	50  30
Izavel Belzid	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

Chiefs of Airforce
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Milkherem Zikkalid	Air Safety (Genius)	None	Air Accidents Chance: −15% Air Experience Gain: +0.40	200  10
Zibibaal Tammuzid	Ground Support (Expert)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.30 Air Superiority: +10%	100  20
Adoncia Zhemenid	Night Operations (Expert)	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.30 Night Operations Penalty: −20%	100  20

Military High Command
Name	Trait	Requirement	Effect	Cost
Resheph Tammuzit	Infantry (Expert)	None	Infantry Division Attack: +10% Infantry Division Defense: +15%	100  20
Zadohnes Hibanit	Army Regrouping (Specialist)	None	Division Recovery Rate: +4%	50  30
Tanith Carnaid	Commando (Expert)	None	Special forces Attack: +10% Special Forces Cap: +6	100  20
Kanmi Autpanid	Air Combat Training (Specialist)	None	Ace generation chance: +5%	50  30
Tabnit Shapashays	Air Superiority (Genius)	None	Air Superiority Mission Efficiency: +15%	200  10
Domina Emeshmonys	Bomber Interception (Expert)	None	Interception Mission Efficiency: +10%	100  20
Zaqhat Hiramit	Fleet Logistics (Expert)	None	Naval max range factor: +10%	100  20
Zatrun Akarbaalys	Naval Air Defense (Genius)	None	Naval AA attack: +20%	200  10
Zaqhat Zezidys	Submarines (Specialist)	None	Submarine Attack: +10% Submarine Defense: +5%	50  30

Gameplay and Strategy

As Hiram is the only playable leader of Hippone, this section focuses entirely on his path.

How to form

For Ascendancy to appear, a specific sequence of events must occur.

1. In Colthaginian Republic, Constitutionalists revolt against Zarcids. Upon reaching certain surrender progress, when militarists offer their help with overthrowing the sufrit, they must accept.
2. Zeshmunazash from Coltva must agree to the negotiations in Colthage, resulting in Zarishat replacing him (and Coltva appearing on the map, if it didn't already exist) and the second civil war.
3. Zarishat defeats the Constitutionalists, but fails to maintain control of the country, resulting in the third civil war.

A wise thing to do from the start of the game is to construct some rail connections between supply hubs, especially in the southern part of the country. This will help keep your army supplied during civil wars. Additionally, while the focus to fortify Coltva builds forts on the eastern and southeastern border, one of those provinces will be on the frontline of the first and second civil war, which may prove beneficial when you are defending as Coltva.

As all of this involves switching tags, you may be tempted to delete your army and stockpile before doing so. If you have no reservations against playing like that, the best way might be to maintain normal garrison in Coltva, never weaken the Constitutionalists before the first Civil War, switch to them, and capitulate Zarcids before Coltva revolts. Delete any units you are allowed to before you switch to Coltva. As long as Coltva still isn't on the map, you will be able to switch after the failed negotiations. If Coltva appears during the first civil war when you have already switched to Constitutionalists, the only way to switch to Coltva will be through console commands.

However, if you want keep the first two civil wars more fair for your enemy, it might be wiser to allow Coltva to rise during the first civil war. Before starting the game, set the AI behavior for the Colthaginian Republic to the non-aligned path (to ensure that Constitutionalists accept Militarists' aid). At the start of the game, set your occupation law in Coltva to no garrison and wait. When the Constitutionalists start the civil war, keep playing as Zarcids until Coltva revolts and switch to them instead. You may weaken the Constitutionalists once (for example through the event chain started by quelling the student protests) to ensure that Zarcids don't fall too early. This has the benefit of allowing Coltva to complete the first few focuses in their tree and setting up their divisions in beneficial defensive positions before being forced to fight on their own against Constitutionalists.

Threats and Opportunities

• Naval Invasions - a significant portion of your playthrough will be spent fighting countries with stronger navies. The AI likes targeting ports in your core states the most. One decent or two weak divisions per port ought to be sufficient to protect it. Without a captured port for supply, the enemy divisions that land in a neighbouring province will be easy prey. This is important especially during the second civil war and the war against Hippogriffia.
•  Chiropterra - your only potential ally if they don't fall to Hippogriffia too early and there wasn't an Equestrian Civil War that was won by Nigthmare Moon. The North Zebrican War may start later if  Kingdom of Warzena is not guaranteed by or in faction with the hippogriffs.
•  Hippogriffia - probably your first big enemy after winning the third civil war. They have a much stronger navy, which you need to either slowly whittle down with your naval and tactical bombers (for that, you want to eventually cover all of their ports with port strikes, in addition to naval strikes on surrounding sea regions), bypass with paratroopers, or both (for example, you might capture minor islands, which are likely to be weaker, with paratroopers, which will reduce the number of regions where you need to maintain port strikes). They have two air bases: one in Ain Trotgourait, and another on Mount Aris, in the centre of the island. When pushed from mainland Zebrica, they will likely only be able to maintain air superiority on the two air regions covering their home island. Extra bases of your own on the hippogriff islands connected by strait crossing to the mainland and in the northern state of Chiropterra might help your planes get some extra range you need. If they have already won the North Zebrican War, are harmonic, and in faction with Equestria, they will be basically unbeatable. If they are led by Crack Lightning from the radical branch of Aris First, they will not guarantee Warzena or ally anyone. If led by Posada's communist party, they won't guarantee them either, but will be quite strong by themselves.
•  Sirenalia - they may appear instead of Hippogriffia. After retaking Zumidia, they might declare war on you even before you're done with the third civil war, let alone in alliance with Chiropterra. However, in the hands of the AI, they are prone to running out of steam early. Be aware that at the time when Ascendancy released, Sirenalia was a player-only country, so it's possible that certain interactions will not go as you'd expect. Set this path at your own risk.
•  Coltvan Republic,  Quaggatai and  Llambet - hold some of the mainland states that you can core. Confrontation is inevitable, but will be easy if you're not otherwise busy. You can create custom puppets out of the latter two.
•  Yarildom of Chital - regardless of their path, they have competing interests in Llambet, which may lead to a confrontation. At the same time, if led by Eva Pillai, they will fight against Macawia together with you. Do not accept a non-aggresion pact with them, as that may complicate things if you don't get everything you need.
•  Macawia - the final Zebrican country that is in your sphere of interest. Their two largest islands hold all the victory points needed to capitulate them, but to progress your focus tree, you need to become the owner of the five states located on their small islands. Do not let anyone else take them in the peace conference, especially not your ally (or you will need to change ownership via console or kick them from faction and declare war against them).
•  Republic of Asterion - the final country with a free wargoal from the focus tree and your potential gateway to Griffonia. If they are harmonic, they will form a faction and invite some nearby countries, including Macawia. Although the relevant focus bypasses if they no longer exist, most of their potential enemies prefer to merely puppet them instead.
•  Kása Free State - the only Griffonian country with a significant zebra population, Kása can be manually justified against and invaded for some potential core states. As they are considered a crypto-avian nation, the justification time reduction will still apply.
• Various powers of Griffonia - while you don't technically need to fight anyone else on Griffonia, both the war justification time reduction and the story encourages you to get your remaining blood crystals in Griffonia rather than Zebrica. By the time you get there, however, most of the continent would have already consolidated under only a handful of nations, unless you have carefully selected AI behaviour settings to limit that. All of Griffonia, as well as northeastern Equus can be turned into custom puppets, but you will likely have sufficient amount of crystals after conquering the south of the continent.
  • A combination of Lord Protector in Griffonian Empire, Claus Rosewing in Griffonian Republic, Supremacist Aquileia, Centrist Wingbardy, The Order of Opinicus Gryphus (to get rid of Prywhen), Supremacist Asterion, and Supremacist Sicameon will result in griffons staying separated in manageable chunks, even in the late game.
  • If you also wish to force Riverlands into infighting, set Nimbusia and Wittenland to Supremacist, Lake City to Princely Restoration, River Republic to Nova Whirl, and Diamond Mountain to Communist. When the dust settles, only River Republic, Pònaidhean, and Wittenland will likely remain.
  • Dark Wing's Stalliongrad, Corporate Nova Griffonia, and Communist Pingland, will likely leave the avians of Equus outside any alliances, with the rest of the continent in faction with Equestria.

Gameplay Mechanics

• After the focus Bring About The End Of Soul Theft you will be locked into the Hidden Economy Trade Law. As a result, you won't be able to import any resources, not even from your puppets. This limitation may be bypassed if Wittenland constructs a special dam project in one of their states and you capture it. Partly as a result of that, it may make creating puppets less desirable.
• Custom puppets of most avian nations have severe maluses, rendering them practically useless beyond short-term bonuses. However, you can still request garrison support from them, making the occupation of conquered territories less taxing on your ponypower. Avians have their uses, after all.
• Any time you want to justify a war goal on another nation, you need to check whether a nation is avian (meaning that you get a justification time reduction) or not. To do that, you must first left-click on one of that nation's states, then right-click it, click an avian skull next to the justification button, and finally close and reopen the diplomacy window for that nation. Simply right-clicking won't make the avian skull appear.
  • An avian nation is any nation whose race is bird-like, that is hippogriff, harpy, griffon, or penguin. The former two are taken care of through the focus tree.
  •  County of Bronzehill,  Kása Free State, and communist  County of Longsword are considered "crypto-avian" nations, meaning that they are eligible for the same justification time reduction like any other nation. This is especially noteworthy for Kása, which is corable.
• After the third civil war, enemy casualties you inflict in wars generate crystal resources in your capital state. They can be used like any other crystals (for magical weapons and nuclear reactors), for transmutation, and finally, for the final ritual. The rate at which you can gain crystal can be doubled with one of the potions.
• Through resource transmutation you can change all of one type of resource in a given state to another.
• 22 mainland corable states can be designated for implementation of either urbanist or agrarian economic thought, granting relevant bonuses. Each project can be upgraded a few times. When one economic thought has 7, 14, or 22 states with fully upgraded projects, you get additional milestone bonuses. It may be wise to split the states 14 to 7 between the factions (with the 22nd going to either) to get two milestone bonuses from one faction, and one milestone from the other.

Alchemy, The Guide, and the Journal

The most unique mechanic of the nation is the alchemical journal. It is unlocked through the focus The Secrets Of Alchemy and accessed through the special button next to the clock. You may send The Guide on various missions across the globe to collect unique potion ingredients. Hire The Guide as an advisor to receive various benefits. The focus The Strange Friends Of Hiram Zerranid may change some of the events you receive and is required before you can embark on a mission to Manehattan, but it doesn't change anything else.

Before each mission, you can send supplies to The Guide in the form of (political power, support equipment, command power, and army experience) for percentage points that can be spent to increase success rate of the next mission by that amount. Unspent points carry over for another mission, so feel free to give The Guide everything, if you can afford it. A successful mission adds a new ingredient to your collection.

Each potion requires three different ingredients to brew. You can try different combinations without consequences or cooldowns, until you find one that works. The position of each ingredient doesn't matter, only that you have the correct combination of three. Once you find a working combination, you'll get a new potion, granting you some positive effects (and in most cases, some negative effects as well), a cooldown will initiate before you are allowed to brew another potion, and the three ingredients will be removed from your collection so that you don't waste your time trying them again for other potions.

When you have three ingredients that can make a potion, you will receive a hint from The Guide on how to make it. One of those ingredients should be the most recently obtained one, and some hints refer to the place or the creature you got them from, so it's worth keeping such information in mind. Since patch 2.2.1.3, hints can be reviewed in the journal.

Gameplay Walkthrough

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Awards

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Ascension

As the Ascendancy, complete the Grand Ritual.