Hearts of iron iv portraits5/7/2023 ![]() While it may or may not succeed, it will definitely kickstart the Russian Empire's story. Plot-Triggering Death: Early in the game an attempt will be made on Kolchak's life.A man once determined to tame the beast of Russia in revolt is now running a government which can only be accurately described as ineffective. Glory Days: A former legend, famous for spilling Revolutionary blood, Kolchak now seems to be merely biding his time until the end of the next Duma session.Assassin Outclassin': Should the player so choose, the attempt on Kolckak's life that takes place early in the Russian storyline can be foiled by the sacrifice of one of his bodyguards.Appeal to Tradition: Kolchak allies with the reactionary Black Hundreds association, and allies with conservatives and other reactionaries.Allohistorical Allusion: As a renowned admiral who takes over a post-revolutionary country with the backing of a reactionary coalition and rules as a military dictator, Kolchak is eerily reminiscent of Hungarian Regent Miklos Horthy.Ideology: Oligarchy note Polyarchy, Military Dictatorship note Despotism Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, the South Caucasus and most of Central Asia (except Kazakhstan) have formally declared independence, Russian Manchuria is controlled by a rival Republican government, while the rest of Russia, Kazakhstan, most of the Baltics, and Finland, though nominally under control of Petrograd, is in truth a dysfunctional disaster of barely held together provincial lords that exists as a unified country only on paper, and is ready for the first spark to formally collapse into a warlord era. Vestigial Empire: After the Great War, the Russian Empire is but a shadow of its former self. ![]() ![]() State Sec: The Black Hundreds are a far-right, ultra-reactionary monarchist group that essentially act as Kolchak's thugs against liberals and socialists.Civil War: The main reason for the Russian Empire's decline is that it was unable to recover from the Civil War, having given too much authority to regional governors in order to keep up a facade of unity.Allohistorical Allusion: Russia at the start of game is fractured amongst various warlords under the nominal leadership of a military dictator styling himself as the Regent of the effectively defunct monarchy, making Russia a combined analog to both Interwar China and Francoist Spain. ![]()
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