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Kongo is an File:Unrecognized power.png unrecognized power in central Africa. With limited starting technology and economic potential, it is highly difficult for Kongo to become an influential power in its region or the wider world.
歷史背景
Kongo is a broken nation in 1836, a shadow of its former glory as a powerful Central African kingdom. At its height in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, Kongo controlled a vast territory and traded extensively with European powers, including 葡萄牙. However, by the 17th century, Kongo had begun to decline due to internal conflict, the slave trade, and the arrival of European colonizers. By the 19th century, Kongo was a fractured nation, with numerous small polities vying for power and control over the region.
Despite this, Kongo retained a rich cultural heritage, with a highly developed artistic tradition and a sophisticated court culture. The kingdom was also known for its production of high-quality cloth and its skilled metalworking. In the face of European colonialism, Kongo struggled to maintain its independence and sovereignty, but its legacy as a once-great African kingdom continued to inspire later generations.
科技
Kongo starts with very few technologies researched. Only the base technologies in each field plus one following.
生產科技 | 軍事科技 | 社會科技 |
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政治
At the start of the game, Kongo is a Monarchy with Manikongo André Kinlaza, a Traditionalist, supporting the Landowners. Kongo starts with Traditionalism and Isolationism, which prevents all trade and weakens the Investment pool, making economic growth very difficult. Additionally, Kongo starts with no institutions.
利益集團
The Landowners begin in a strongly dominant position, with almost no opposition and many laws also strongly favoring them.
- The Landowners start in government.
- The Catholic Church, Armed Forces, and Rural Folk are in opposition.
- The Intelligentsia, Trade Unions, Industrialists, and Petite Bourgeoisie are marginalized.
外交
Kongo starts with no diplomatic relations and its only Active Interest is in the Congo region itself.
葡萄牙, 西班牙, and 埃及 start with active or declared interests in the region, and other European powers are likely to declare interests in Congo as well as they begin to colonize Africa.
經濟
Kongo begins with a meager economy, almost entirely subsistence farming.
Statistic | Starting value |
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GDP | 217.4K |
Population | 528K |
Literacy | 10.7% |
Standard of Living | Struggling (8.2) |
地區
Name | Type | Homelands | Arable Land | Resources | State Traits | ||||
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Size | Uses | ||||||||
Bas-Congo | 36px 36px |
Bakongo Lunda Fluvial Bantu |
50 | 13 | 36 | 7 | (32) |
工業與資源
- Industry
- Kongo begins with no industry, and only a single level of Millet Farm, with the rest of its economy in subsistence farming.
- Resources
- Kongo has access to iron and eventually rubber. Additionally, Kongo has access to most agricultural resources, except for silk and opium.
軍事
Kongo has the Peasant Levies law.
Kongo begins with five regular battalions and two conscript battalions available; all battalions use the base set of production methods: Irregular Infantry, File:Method infantry focus.png Infantry Focus, File:Method cavalry scouts.png Cavalry Scouts, File:Method standardized infantry.png Standardized Infantry, and Wound Dressing.
策略與指南
Kongo begins in a tough place; surrounded by decentralized nations and Portugal, it has no military expansion possibilities. Colonization requires researching at least Colonization, but even then most of its surrounding states cannot be colonized before researching Quinine due to the Severe Malaria present in them.
Economically, becoming a protectorate of a European power, such as Portugal or Spain, is likely the quickest route to having a large enough market for growth. Focusing on cash crops such as tea and dye is easiest. Additionally, the Congolian Rainforest gives a bonus to hardwood, so logging is another option.
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