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This nation is non-aligned at the start of the game. | This nation is non-aligned at the start of the game. | ||
=== United Kingdom === | === [[United Kingdom]] === | ||
[[File:United Kingdom National Emblem.png|thumb|United Kingdom National Emblem]] | [[File:United Kingdom National Emblem.png|thumb|United Kingdom National Emblem]] | ||
''There's no question that the first World War was hard, and neither was the aftermath easy - the British Empire saw the loss of Ireland. The Great Depression. Strikes and uncertainties and hunger.'' | ''There's no question that the first World War was hard, and neither was the aftermath easy - the British Empire saw the loss of Ireland. The Great Depression. Strikes and uncertainties and hunger.'' | ||
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This nation is part of the Allies at the start of the game. | This nation is part of the Allies at the start of the game. | ||
=== France === | === [[France]] === | ||
[[File:French National Emblem.png|thumb|French National Emblem]] | [[File:French National Emblem.png|thumb|French National Emblem]] | ||
''The Third French Republic holds a colonial empire that stretches from the Caribbean to West Africa to Indochina - but the First World War and the Great Depression left deep scars at home. After years of recession and strikes and socialist governments grappling with ultra-nationalist trends at home and among her neighbors, the average French citizen probably hopped for nothing more from 1939 than peace and a return to normalcy.'' | ''The Third French Republic holds a colonial empire that stretches from the Caribbean to West Africa to Indochina - but the First World War and the Great Depression left deep scars at home. After years of recession and strikes and socialist governments grappling with ultra-nationalist trends at home and among her neighbors, the average French citizen probably hopped for nothing more from 1939 than peace and a return to normalcy.'' | ||
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This nation is part of the Allies at the start of the game. | This nation is part of the Allies at the start of the game. | ||
=== Germany === | === [[Germany]] === | ||
[[File:German National Emblem.png|thumb|German National Emblem]] | [[File:German National Emblem.png|thumb|German National Emblem]] | ||
''From the first World War to the humiliating Treaty of Versailles to the catastrophe of the Great Depression, the twentieth century has not been kind to Germany. In the turmoil, Adolf Hitler's National Socialist Party twisted the mechanisms of government to its own ends. The Third Reich now seeks the natural expansion it feels it was denied by its rivals, and has annexed or seized most of German-speaking Europe. It shows no signs of slowing down - and the first dark hints of its plans for the people it considers undesirable are already evident - but to the average German, this is a time of triumph and renewal.'' | ''From the first World War to the humiliating Treaty of Versailles to the catastrophe of the Great Depression, the twentieth century has not been kind to Germany. In the turmoil, Adolf Hitler's National Socialist Party twisted the mechanisms of government to its own ends. The Third Reich now seeks the natural expansion it feels it was denied by its rivals, and has annexed or seized most of German-speaking Europe. It shows no signs of slowing down - and the first dark hints of its plans for the people it considers undesirable are already evident - but to the average German, this is a time of triumph and renewal.'' | ||
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=== Italy === | === [[Italy]] === | ||
[[File:Italian National Emblem.png|alt=Italian National Emblem|thumb|Italian National Emblem]] | [[File:Italian National Emblem.png|alt=Italian National Emblem|thumb|Italian National Emblem]] | ||
''Still feeling the scars of the first World War and alarmed by the rise of Soviet Communism in the east, in 1922 King Victor Emmanuele III of Italy turned control of the state over to Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party - and this sparked decades of political domination at home and conquest abroad, from the Balkans to East Africa. Now allied with Germany and Japan, Fascist Italy dreams of a new age of empires - and woe to whoever objects.'' | ''Still feeling the scars of the first World War and alarmed by the rise of Soviet Communism in the east, in 1922 King Victor Emmanuele III of Italy turned control of the state over to Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party - and this sparked decades of political domination at home and conquest abroad, from the Balkans to East Africa. Now allied with Germany and Japan, Fascist Italy dreams of a new age of empires - and woe to whoever objects.'' | ||
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This nation is non-aligned at the start of the game. | This nation is non-aligned at the start of the game. | ||
=== Japan === | === [[Japan]] === | ||
[[File:Japanese National Emblem.png|thumb|Japanese National Emblem]] | [[File:Japanese National Emblem.png|thumb|Japanese National Emblem]] | ||
''A hundred years ago, the Empire of Japan was isolated and inward-looking - and then Western powers kicked in their door, and they realized they would either have to modernize or to become accustomed to subservience.'' | ''A hundred years ago, the Empire of Japan was isolated and inward-looking - and then Western powers kicked in their door, and they realized they would either have to modernize or to become accustomed to subservience.'' | ||
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This nation is non-aligned at the start of the game. | This nation is non-aligned at the start of the game. | ||
=== Soviet Union === | === [[Soviet Union]] === | ||
[[File:Soviet National Emblem.png|thumb|Soviet National Emblem]] | [[File:Soviet National Emblem.png|thumb|Soviet National Emblem]] | ||
''The people of the Russian Empire ended centuries of tsarist misrule and abuse in bloody revolution - and in 1922 they set about turning that revolution into a utopia. It would be an example for all the world, and the cornerstone of a global society that would recognize the dignity of the masses and ensure equality and justice for everyone who lived in its embrace.'' | ''The people of the Russian Empire ended centuries of tsarist misrule and abuse in bloody revolution - and in 1922 they set about turning that revolution into a utopia. It would be an example for all the world, and the cornerstone of a global society that would recognize the dignity of the masses and ensure equality and justice for everyone who lived in its embrace.'' | ||