Developer Diary | Republic of China: Turning Point of History

As promised, here is the video detailing the changes coming to China!​

Also, make sure to check in with the Developers Tomorrow, October 30th, for a Livestream where they will cover the complete China Experience~ /Chak

Hey folks, ImaginedPanda here! I’m one of the designers working on Nationalist China and will be taking you through a quick tour of the new content coming in No Compromise, No Surrender. If you don’t recognize the name it is because this is my first time writing a Dev Diary and if you do recognize the name it’s because I’ve been answering when you’ve reported bugs on the forums. Keep doing that, you guys are awesome! Enough of that though onto Nationalist China! When we start the game we’re about to come out of a period known as the Nanjing Decade mostly understood as a more stable period than what preceded it. The country had enjoyed some levels of economic growth and important reforms had meant that a modern state was starting to take shape. But the Nanjing Decade isn’t simply a period of growth and prosperity. In 1931 the Japanese invade Manchuria during the Mukden incident and have since been standing ready to march into the rest of the country. This shadow still looms large over the country… At the head of the Chinese central government is the Kuomintang, the party founded by Sun Yat-sen two decades prior and the only fully legal one of the period. In 1936 it is governed by Chiang Kai-shek, the Generalissimo, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t opposing voices and opinions within the party. This means the nationalist focus tree is to a large degree a Kuomintang focus tree where the different paths are different groups within the party and some of the parts overlap. But being the head of a state doesn’t mean that you exert meaningful control over the country, with the different warlords that are present around China. They are more or less inclined to collaborate with the central government. Not to forget the Chinese Communist Party having a small, but well defended, base area in the North. Playing as China your primary goal will be to subjugate these and unify the country by showing that you are the legitimate leader. How you go about this will depend on which political path you choose in the tree.

Chiang - The Generalissimo

We’ll start off talking about Chiang Kai-shek: a military leader through and through, Chiang asserted his power and assured loyalty through the army and the Whampoa Military Academy. What this means is that playing as Chiang Kai-shek you will focus heavily on using the new faction system where you will use your influence to force the different warlords into becoming your subjects. The stronger a military leader you are the more you will be able to integrate. As China was a big recipient of lend-lease so we also wanted to give you gameplay around this and have added a mini-branch for this where you will be able to build up both your economy and arsenal.

Wang Jingwei - The Opposition

Wang Jingwei can be described as Chiang Kai Shek's greatest adversary within the KMT of the period. Unlike Chiang, Wang wasn’t militarily trained and more of a politician so we’ve taken to this difference to make this path feel different. In this path you will get rid of Chiang and start solidifying your power through taking over the central