德蘭士瓦是位於南非區域一個 未受認可的共和國。其首都是坐落於德蘭士瓦地區的城市
歷史背景
德蘭士瓦由曾在開普殖民地的荷蘭人後裔布爾人建立,1815年,布爾人在英國正式擁有這塊殖民地後離開。
歷史上,布爾人是在1836年之後才離開開普殖民地,且正式建立德蘭士瓦已經到了1852年。在此之前,有數個短期存在的布爾人共和國。
科技
TBA
政治
德蘭士瓦初始政府是實行 地產投票制的共和國政府。安德列斯·普利托利烏斯作為 鄉村民眾的代表擔任總統。
權力結構 | 經濟 | 人權 | |||
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治理原則 | 總統共和制 | 經濟體制 | 經濟干預 | 言論自由 | 出版物審查 |
權力分配 | 地產投票 | 貿易政策 | 重商主義 | 勞動者權益 | File:Law serfdom abolished.png 廢除農奴制 |
公民權 | 民族至上 | 賦稅 | 土地稅制 | 兒童權利 | 允許童工 |
教會與國家 | 國教 | 殖民機構 | 無殖民事務 | 女性權利 | 法定監護 |
官僚體制 | 世襲官僚制 | 警察機構 | 無警察 | 社會福利 | 無社會保障 |
軍隊類型 | 徵召農兵 | 教育體制 | 無學校 | 移民制度 | 無移民控制 |
國內安全 | 無內務機構 | 衛生系統 | 無衛生系統 | 奴隸制 | 奴隸貿易 |
利益集團
Naturally, as a country founded by Boer farmers, it starts with the Agrarian Party in government (solely supported by Rural Folk). In opposition are the Conservative Party, representing the Landowners, the Armed Forces, who may join the Conservatives or their own Patriotic Party, and the Intelligentsia, who stand outside any party.
歷史角色
TBA
外交
德蘭士瓦 has no diplomatic ties at the start of the game. Its sole interest in its home Southern Africa region. It neighbors the decentralized File:MTB.png 馬塔貝萊 and File:TSW.png 茨瓦納, as well as the centralized 祖魯 and 奧蘭治. It also neighbors 葡萄牙's east African colony.
經濟
Statistic | Starting value |
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GDP | 209K |
Population | 562K |
Literacy | 18.4% |
Standard of Living | Impoverished (10.5) |
地區
Name | Type | Homelands | Arable Land | Resources | State Traits | |||
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Size | Uses | |||||||
德蘭士瓦 | 36px | Boer Nguni Sotho Tswana Zulu |
50 | 5 | 104 | 60 | 30px
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工業與資源
- 工業
- 資源
軍事概況
德蘭士瓦 has the Peasant Levies law.
德蘭士瓦 begins with six regular battalions and three 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.
德蘭士瓦 starts with no flotillas.
策略與指南
文化和宗教
德蘭士瓦's only accepted Primary Cultureprimary culture is Boer, who are the descendants of Dutch settlers in the cape colony that were living there for over a hundred years before the British seized the colony during the Napoleonic wars. Dissatisfied with British rule, these settlers ventured out of Cape Colony and established the Independent Republics of 德蘭士瓦 and Oranje.
As such, despite being the sole primary culture, Boers represent only 1.81% of 德蘭士瓦's starting population. The remaining 98.19% are comprised of the state's indigenous black African population, which include: Sotho (48.3%), Nguni (29.2%), Tswana (12%), Zulu (4.97%). There's also the Khoisan (3.55%) who, unlike the rest who are Bantu peoples that migrated from the north during the early medieval period, have inhabited the area since the stone age.
Like their cultural make-up, the 德蘭士瓦's religious order is also extremely lopsided. Though Protestant Christianity is the state religion, it is only adhered to by 1.81% of the population at the start of the game, whilst the vast African majority follows their traditional animist beliefs.
As hinted at earlier, 德蘭士瓦's demographic woes are going to be the major source of political strife. Though a republic with a (limited) democratically elected government, it is a very conservative and exclusionary country. Not only is over 90% of their population unaccepted on both religious and cultural grounds, but a portion of the Khoisans are also enslaved.
Though it's definitely possible to end the game with a sheer protestant Christian majority, you are very unlikely to displace the indigenous Africans as the majority cultural group even with the help of later European immigrants (who themselves may also not be of an accepted cultural-religious group), and especially so if you intend to expand you reach across the South African region. Therefore, it's important to pass progressive reforms inorder to placate the massive non-Boer population.
經濟與貿易
In this time period, gold isn't only worth a lot of money, it is money. Therefore, a country that's lucky enough to possess gold as an extractable resource is bound to be a ridiculously wealthy one if it works to develop the mines for it. The 德蘭士瓦 Republic is one of those nations, as the 德蘭士瓦 state is loaded with gold, though it is not immediately discovered at the start of the game. Additionally, gold is also abundant in the bordering states of Vrystaat and the Northern Cape, which can provide the 德蘭士瓦 with even greater wealth if these states are annexed. A fully developed and staffed goldmine is a virtual money printer, and so the 德蘭士瓦 can generate enough income from minting to afford the highest spending commitments whilst keeping taxes low, greatly encouraging a high standard of living.
Besides gold, the 德蘭士瓦 state also has abundant coal reserves and access to iron and wood, useful for feeding their gold mines the tools and fuel they need to rack in cash. Another resource that becomes very important later on in the game, rubber, can also be discovered in the neighboring Portuguese colony and in Zambezi to the north.
In regards to trade, 德蘭士瓦 starts the game isolated to its own internal market, and so it can be very beneficial to enter the market of a major European power, even perhaps that of the hated British Empire.
軍事與擴張
德蘭士瓦 starts the game with a rather small force of 6 professional battalions and 2 conscript under Peasant Levies law, but fortunately your fellow Boers in Oranje (your likely first target for expansion) have an even smaller starting army. Also, though the army of neighboring Zululand (an easy access to the sea) is about 3x larger, it's also much more primitive and so your European firearms and tactics will prove to be quite the equalizer in the early game. However, the combined military manpower of the three previously mentioned states are unlikely to be enough to face the British Empire (which also starts the game in a defensive pact with the neighboring Portuguese), so it's important to bide your time and build up your manpower reserves if your intention is to unite the entire Boer homeland. It may be necessary to become a client of the British Empire inorder to avoid a disastrous confrontation early on.
Later on in the game, when your most likely enemies will be the other European powers blobbing across the continent in addition to the British themselves, you'll find that the by then extremely wealthy 德蘭士瓦 can punch well above its weight militarily, provided you have passed the right reforms to boost your manpower reserves as much as possible. This is because you can easily afford to equip all your troops with cutting edge hardware and pay them well enough that the "Patriotic Fervor" buff provided by the military interest group triggers, adding a +15% boost to your men's attack AND defense.
逸聞
Just like in the previous games in the series, the portrayal of both of the Boer republics at this time is very anachronistic. In real life, the official name of the "德蘭士瓦 state" was actually the "South African Republic" and wasn't established until 1852 (16 years after the game starts), with the Orange Free State being founded a couple years later. What existed prior was a series of much smaller, loosely governed republics that were founded by what were essentially Boer outlaws and their families from the British Cape Colony, de jure still considered British subjects but living outside the frontiers and reach of the Colonial authorities; until they were granted their independence and recognition by Britain. The Boer republics and their struggles against the British Empire (culminating in the First and Second Boer wars) are an important footnote in the historical setting portrayed by the Victoria series, but programming limitations prevent these unique nations from forming as they had in real life. Hence why they already exist at the 1836 start date, adding much needed flavor to what would otherwise be a pretty dull region in the early to mid-game.
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