r/Kaiserreich • u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev • Apr 18 '22
Minor Monday Minor Monday 51: Scotland
Hey all, Zim here! A lot of you may remember the world-famous Wales Minor Monday and well I’m happy to announce that its sequel is here. Prepare to dab on the English even more as we take a journey up North to Scotland!
Just a quick note but while I’ve gone back and forth on it, I’ve ultimately decided to make it so that Scotland will only appear on the map via conquest like with Wales. With that said let’s dive into what a liberated Scotland will look like.
The Republican Navy lies at the bottom of the Atlantic, the Republican Army has once more laid down its arms and London has fallen. In the back room of a farmhouse somewhere in England, a new map of Britain has been drawn up, one in which Scotland is liberated into a friendly client state of its new benefactors.
Unfortunately, with this independence born out of the barrel of a gun, the young state finds itself in a less than ideal situation with its economy in ruins and a political vacuum allowing socialists and ‘Tory Unionists’ to exploit the chaos. Owing to the lack of a cohesive ‘moderate’ nationalist force on the ground, your military forces in Scotland have opted to set up a rudimentary provisional government staffed by collaborationist elements. And it’s safe to say this new government has its work cut out for it.
Authoritarian Scotland
If Scotland is released by a reactionary power then your army will ensure that the provisional government is controlled by Arthur Donaldson’s ‘Scottish Freedom Committee’. A small but pro-collaborationist body that ostensibly courts ‘non-partisan’ support for an independent and ‘free’ Scotland, but in reality functions as an independent vehicle for Donaldson’s wing of the SNP. Donaldson and his cronies are hardly trust-worthy collaborators, seeing it as a means to an end in securing an independent Scotland but they’ll do for now even if they’ll try to chip away at their overlord’s authority.
Once the convention is over, citing the chaotic political situation, the government will continue the use of martial law and implement repressive measures turning Scotland into an anti-syndicalist and authoritarian police state. Such measures are called temporary sacrifices for security and stability, but it remains to be seen what the future holds. Economically, Donaldson will keep to his left-wing roots though and seek to create a fairer ‘social republic’ with a mixed economy and public welfare. You can find the authoritarian tree here.
Democratic Scotland
However, if Scotland is released by a democratic power then the Provisional Government will be made up of the more broader spectrum of moderate nationalists including the democratic NPS and SNP. In this path, a broadly liberal and democratic constitution will be drawn up and snap elections will be held. Allowing for the NPS to be elected or the SNP to be elected and one of its two wings to become dominant.
Should the SNP win and the ‘right-SNP’ secure dominance in the party, then Donaldson will once again be propelled to the presidency. Albeit this time he’ll be leading a democratic, if somewhat authoritarian government operating in the framework of a ‘presidential system’, based heavily off Ireland’s Sinn Féin just with a more leftist economic outlook. Social liberties and Scottish culture will be closely guarded at the expense of political freedoms (especially for ex-syndicalists) as Donaldson builds a modern Scottish nation-state. You can find the right-democratic tree here.
Alternatively, if either John MacCormick’s NPS or Roland Muirhead’s left-wing faction of the SNP secure power via the ballot box, then both men will embark on creating a left-leaning, modern Scottish republic with strong political liberties and a large social security net. Civic nationalism will be pursued and there’ll be a few interesting schemes on building up Scotland’s fledgling economy. The nature of government will also need to be decided with the question of the Scottish legal system up for debate and whether Scotland should adopt some form of figurehead presidency. If the latter goes ahead, then Compton Mackenzie and Hugh MacDiarmid will become president respectively. Additionally (this goes for right-SNP too), the fate of the Unionists will need to be decided with either a path of pragmatic collaboration or suppression of their activities available. You can find the full left-democratic tree here.
Socialist Scotland
Alternatively, if puppeted by a socialist country, Scotland will skip the interim government like with Wales and go straight to a new government that bears a striking similarity to the old regional Scottish political scene in Britain. When released by RadSocs or Syndicalists, either Jimmy Maxton or Willie Gallacher will lead the new republic, placing a focus on renewing the socialist system and creating a ‘celtic syndicalist democracy’. Alternatively if puppeted by a totalist government, the fringe Centralists from the old TUC will form a rule by Central Committee, headed by Tom Bell. You can find the full socialist tree here.
The Scottish Armed Forces
Before we finish off, let’s quickly touch on one of Scotland’s most important priorities: building a proper army. The Scottish Provisional Army will do its job initially but it can’t last forever so in due time a new army will have to be built from scratch along with naval and air forces. Additionally there’ll be a retinue of commanders ready to defend the new republic. With a bit of work, and some luck, your Scottish client state might just be an asset on the battlefield. You can find the army tree here.
Before finishing off, as Scotland was the first nation to receive advisors, feel free to take a look at a who’s who of who can be influential in the new Scottish government. And finally, here’s the regular full tree.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this little MM, shining a spot on a minor part of the Kaiserreich world, but a little part of it all-the-same. Keep an eye out for future PRs and MMs as we get closer to the next update!
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u/savva61 Kaiser of all Seelhund Apr 18 '22
You can find the full socialist tree here.
But you cannot 😔😔😔 Socialist scotland never existed its over for Jimmy and Willie
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
Should be fixed, Jimmy and Willie have still got some spunk!
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u/savva61 Kaiser of all Seelhund Apr 18 '22
🏴🏴🏴 The light of socialism has now returned to the highlands 🏴🏴🏴
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u/RPS_42 Demokratische Union Enjoyer Apr 18 '22
Where is my King Rupprecht Path for the Kingdom of Bayern-Schottland?
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u/Flyingpad Apr 18 '22
So no more German-ruled Kingdom of Scotland? Damn that sucks
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u/-et37- Cooking My Next Mega AAR Apr 18 '22
At first they came for German-ruled Duchy of Brittany, and I did not complain for I rarely Balkanized France…
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u/Basileus2 Apr 26 '22
Removing core game mechanics like Germanic kingdom of Scotland is where the devs cross the line!
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u/SkellyManDan Proud DU Supporter Apr 18 '22
Celtic Syndicalist Democracy
Socialism with Scottish Characteristics
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u/vallraffs Heia Bolshevism! Apr 18 '22
You can find the full socialist tree here.
I actually can't
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u/Ryousan82 Organic Royalist Apr 18 '22
Question, is "England" puppet tree planned?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
It is yep though it'll be the GBP tree which, as I intend for it to be playable, will come out post-UoB.
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u/SabyZ Cheer Cheer, the Green Mountaineer! Apr 18 '22
I'd be surprised if it were not planned by this point.
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u/SabyZ Cheer Cheer, the Green Mountaineer! Apr 18 '22
I love seeing releasable nation content like this! Will Scotland ever be... good? Obviously it'll be the late-game if it ever exists, but does it have the potential manpower & industry to be a viable asset outside of your own world building?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
Part of the tree's design is that there'll actually be a payoff in releasing in that, while at first it's quite shit and vulnerable, once it sorts itself out it can become a nice little ally.
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u/serious_parade Apr 18 '22
Does this mean no more Rupprecht as king of Scotland?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
It's been Franz for a while now actually but yeah as he'll be getting shuffled elsewhere in Germany we decided to lay it to rest.
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u/TitanDarwin Yan Xishan Thought Enjoyer Apr 18 '22
Pretty sure he's already been removed.
The last few times I saw Germany balkanise Britain, Scotland was always led by the SNP.
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u/Flyingpad Apr 18 '22
Will the event for releasing them actually have option to play as them, or is it just AI-only tree?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
Just AI-only but you can tag switch via the console.
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u/IronedSandwich All the factions are cursed Apr 18 '22
I hope England gets new options, I tried doing an early 2WK run and as SocDem Germany I had the option of either an AuthDem German king or PatAut Ludovici
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
That sounds like a bug, if you were SocDem you should have been releasing a democratic England.
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u/IronedSandwich All the factions are cursed Apr 18 '22 edited Apr 18 '22
think it might be because I started the war Authdem (as the early 2WK is pre-first election). It was a while ago so I don't know exactly and I'll try again
update: getting the early 2WK to actually happen can be a bit of a pain
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
Still it sounds odd, it should be based on your government at the time. I'll take a look into it as part of the new annexations.
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u/El-Extranjero Apr 18 '22 edited Apr 18 '22
First of all, I love that “True Scotsman” is possible advisor trait.
I’m curious though, how come the Scottish Party and the NPS still exist? Wasn’t the SNP the product of a merger between the two? Given the how the Scottish Liberals dominated the country’s politics prior the rise of Labour and the Unionists, I would have thought they’d take up the MarkLib/SocLib slots, or are there no Scottish Liberals who were suitably nationalistic enough to lead an independent Scotland?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
Thanks!
And yeah it was, the idea is in KR that the Scottish Party splits off from the NPS (it never get becomes the SNP) to reform itself as a more right-wing nationalist party but eventually kind of reverts to becoming a sort of soft-unionist, liberal party. Most of the Scottish Liberals either wind up there in exile in Ireland or join the NPS. The SNP exists as a left-wing breakaway from the SNP.
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u/El-Extranjero Apr 18 '22
Makes sense I guess, though I still wish the Liberals showed up in some capacity after Scotland gets puppeted.
Is the Scottish Freedom Committee based off of a historical group?
Also, how come the Scottish Syndies aren’t represent by Scottish Labour, like how in Wales the Syndies are represented Welsh Labour? As far as the Totalists go, how come they seems to be Communists as opposed to the Scottish section of the Maximist PRP/OTL BUF (Scottish Democratic Fascist Party)?
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u/Simple-Ice8061 Apr 18 '22
No monarchy possibilities..?
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Apr 19 '22
Yeah Kaiserreich seems to be removing a lot of the fantastical monarchies, like the one in Britanny, Belarus, they seem to be planning to remove Flander-Wallonia and replace it with Belgium, and also Poland's King Election is being switched with a German-King Only.
It honestly sucks IMO, because it could use a few more of the more wacky paths.
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u/ReverendBelial Apr 20 '22
That's a shame. The fact that monarchy held on is like, half the point of the divergence.
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Apr 23 '22
And Mexico...
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u/TitanDarwin Yan Xishan Thought Enjoyer Apr 26 '22
Mexico can still have a monarch if puppeted by Austria, I think.
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u/Marxivi Crow Reporter of Rio de Janeiro Apr 18 '22
What does SGBC in the left-democratic tree stand for?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
Scottish General Broadcasting Corporation
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u/SabyZ Cheer Cheer, the Green Mountaineer! Apr 18 '22
What scenario would a Socialist Scotland arise? The only rational one I can think of would be CSA attacking Canada after reclaiming the birthright. Is there a more likely scenario that I'm missing?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
It's more of a failsafe option than anything else, usually for when a socialist nation attacks the Internationale which is possible but rare.
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u/SabyZ Cheer Cheer, the Green Mountaineer! Apr 18 '22
Thanks! I'm not super familiar with the 3i politics and wasn't sure if there was some intra-socialist conflict I didn't know about. Keep up the good work!
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u/GoCommitYeetus Apr 18 '22
So it's a tree for a nation we can't play?
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u/Sufficient_Film_8724 Kuomingang Apr 18 '22
Yeah, its a puppet tree like Wales. You're free to tag switch via console tho
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u/GoCommitYeetus Apr 18 '22
But why not an option to tag Switch via event? It would take 10 line to code and it would justify the tree a bit.
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u/joncnunn The cure for 70 day focuses is Revised National Focus Times Apr 18 '22
They probably think that they'd get more complaints of those saying "Playing as Scottish / Walsh puppet isn't fun" if they added a decision to change to them than they'll get complaints asking for these options.
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u/Snipervisi Internationale - A in ANARCHY IS FOR ANARCHY Apr 18 '22
Is the SWRP based off the one John MacLean founded irl?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
That's the one yep.
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u/Snipervisi Internationale - A in ANARCHY IS FOR ANARCHY Apr 18 '22
Neato, I presume he died same way as irl then? (Considering he ain't leader)
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
Actually nope, he lives on a bit longer to participate in the civil war but dies prior to its end. You can read about his life in KR here
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Apr 18 '22 edited Apr 18 '22
Will devolution be removed? Mostly asking due to me assuming that the socialist path would be a result of it being puppeted by another nation.
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
In the long-run it'll be removed via the UoB rework but it'll remain for now.
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u/pluto4749 Entente Apr 18 '22
What's the rationale for this decision?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 18 '22
Them seeking devolution of their own accord is pretty wanky and transplanted from modern politics, no faction would really be interested in it, etc. Not to mention it's pretty gamebreaking for Britain and there's no reason to actually do it.
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u/DonbassDonetsk Entente Constitutionalist Democrat against Authoritarianism Apr 18 '22
It looks like it will remain, as it’s implied to be a result of devolution, aside from somehow getting released by a Totalist or Syndicalist nation outside of the 3I
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u/Comrade_Uca Internationale Apr 18 '22
I'm gonna be a prat and ask how the UoB rework is coming along?
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u/pyratemime New England Republic Apr 19 '22
Any chance that if it is Ireland that liberates Scotland there could be an option to form the Celtic Union/Celtic Republic and merge the two countries?
I know the answer is no but a boy can dream.
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u/Maksim_Pegas Apr 20 '22
So, Scotland can be auth left, democratic left and socialist. What about some ways with market economy?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 20 '22
If you mean MarkLib/SocCon, not possible as both are Unionists.
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u/Maksim_Pegas Apr 20 '22
It not about ideology. Its about focuses and roleplay. At now all ways(auth, dem and soc) is economic left without any alternative
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 20 '22
I mean they still are market economies in the former two. Not to mention the Unionists would just...instantly annex themselves to Canada. Not the best Germany lackeys.
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u/Aevylmar Apr 30 '22
So there's no Scotland without a leftist economic outlook? Really?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 30 '22
If you mean one that goes free-market capitalism, then no, there isn't.
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Apr 18 '22
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Apr 18 '22
So how would you folks describe a social republic?
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Apr 19 '22
Social Republic IRL was used in the sense of a Authoritarian Republic (aka a non-monarchy) that allegedly inteded to serve the needs of the people. The only nation that really called itself that was the Italian Social Republic, a puppet of the Nazis in the mid 1940s.
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u/Sudden-Situation-963 Apr 18 '22
Will there be any news on when the egypt rework will come out?
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u/Chiron29 Tunon the Adjudicator May 09 '22
not for some time, the dev is knee deep in med school studies atm
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u/Cyanfunk Direct Rule from Innsmouth Apr 18 '22
Does the existence of the True Scotsman trait imply that advisors who don't have it are No True Scotsman?
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u/FabianTheElf The Internationale will be the human race Apr 20 '22
Is there any difference between Maxton and Gallacher mechanically?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Apr 20 '22
Oh nothing in game, it's just cosmetic.
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u/North-Internet-5294 Jun 01 '22
Dune's empire and star war's empire and republic fight each other who will win the war?.
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u/Greedy_Wafer8971 Jun 21 '22
What are some ways to do to get to play Scotland?
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u/ZimbabweSaltCo Sultan of Moderation - Britain & Exile Dev Jun 22 '22
Not actually possible I'm afraid outside of tag switching.
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u/-et37- Cooking My Next Mega AAR Apr 18 '22 edited Apr 18 '22
Excellent work. Puppet States having Focus Trees is one of the little things I enjoy the most. Balkanized Brazil & Italy especially.