Falcorian Queendom

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Falcor is a nation of peace-loving griffons that broke away from the Griffonian Empire after it collapsed. Its ruling family had provided stability and harmony to the country for its short existence until the day Wingbardy arrived on its doorstep, demanding new land. They fought a bloody and long war that that, in the end, would cost millions of lives and rob the Principality of its crown jewel, the capital city of Falcor.

With its capital lost, army smashed and citizens divided, the Principality is spiraling into political unrest. For Falcor, their end grows nearer, and it will take a firm claw to guide them through these troubled times.

Lore[]

Falcor is a nation of peace-loving griffons that broke away from the Griffonian Empire after it collapsed. Under Princess Maximilliana, they seized an opportunity to pursue their own interests. Its ruling family had provided stability and harmony to the country for its short existence, that is, until the day Wingbardy arrived on their doorstep, demanding new land. They fought a long and bloody war that, in the end, would cost millions of lives and rob the Principality of its crown jewel, the capital city of Falcor. To make matters worse, Falcor's Queen, fell ill, leaving the running of the country to her daughter, Princess Maximilliana and her husband, Prince-Consort Alberto.

With its capital lost, army smashed and citizens divided, the Principality began to spiral into political unrest. The Princess must act quickly to address these issues, lest her country fall into chaos. The ruling party of Falcor, 'La Signoria delle Principess,' under Princess Maximilliana is attempting to take a more defensive position, sticking to the status quo as much as possible. While many wish to beat back Wingbardy and retake Falcor, the Princess reasons that diplomacy and maintaining good relations with the nation's neighbours is the best way to preserve the Principality's independence. She isn't against taking back Falcor, though, and will defend her nation at any cost.

With internal strife taking hold of the nation, Gabriele d'Artigilio, leader of Le Aquile Falcoriane - Falcor's resident Fascist party - has taken advantage of the nation's instability to instill a sense of revanchism in the griffons of the Principality. And he will lead Falcor to glory by any means necessary.

Falcor's end seems imminent, it will take a firm claw to guide them through these troubled times.

Starting Situation[]

Falcor, much like the smaller counties of Central Griffonia, have not really progressed past age of feudalism, with much of their population effectively being serfs, subservient to the higher classes. This has a fairly significant effect on their nation's productivity and research capabilities, with Falcor only having 8 factories (5 civilian, 2 military and 1 dockyards). However, the nation's crippling illiteracy rate has an even more pronounced effect on these problems. Adding on top of that the nation's high poverty rate, you find yourself in a fairly awful position, especially in comparison to your biggest threat, Wingbardy.

That being said, Falcor has a powerful industrial and science focus tree that's immediately available to the player.

Military[]

Falcor starts with 8 fully supplied divisions, 3 under-supplied divisions, 1 knight, and 1 mountaineer with a total of 93k ponypower in the field. It's navy is a tiny navy of just 2 destroyers, which cannot hope to stand up to the Wingbardian and Sicameonian navy. With a conscription law of Volunteer Only and Civilian Economy, the country does not start in a war footing.

Threats and Opportunities[]

Wingbardy - The Principality's biggest rival and threat, Wingbardy starts out as a significant threat. With your complete lack of manpower at the start of the game, plus them having a significantly larger and better equipped army than you, add on top of that the fact they specifically have focuses where they ask to annex you, or else, matching Wingbardy's strength and, eventually, pushing them back is going to be your biggest priority at the start. Keep in mind that Wingbardy has a significant navy, one of the better one's at the start of the game, while your navy is... there? Make sure to keep your ports sealed up to stop them from just heading around your lines.

Griffonian Empire - After the Empire consolidates itself into a cohesive state, they will very quickly build up and come after its southern neighbours, including you. This will happen during the mid-1010's most likely. If Equestria is still alive at this point, they will most likely guarantee you, or will have already joined a war against the Empire. Again, make sure to keep your ports sealed tight, the AI tends to naval invade wherever there's an opening.

The primary problem facing Falcor against the Empire (for both Non-Aligned and Supremacist Falcor) is that even with a fully annexed Wingbardy, County of Francistria and County of Talouse, Falcor cannot match the industry or manpower of the empire one to one. They must either choose to wait to build up the army and fortifications (placed on strategic terrain), or begin justifying on the Empire so they can declare war before the Empire has reached its full potential.

This is particularly important for a Non-Aligned Falcor player, who must essentially pre-empt the war by justifying on the Empire and declaring war when they're ready, requiring careful timing, fortifications, and artillery-heavy division templates that negate the Empire's numerical advantage. After bleeding the Empire dry, it's then possible to counterattack and take Griffenheim.

A Supremacy Falcor player has more options due to their political focus path that allows them to declare war on and annex the Federated Parishes of Simaceon and Asteron, and gain them as cores, which eventually allows the player to core Wingbardy, adding a significant manpower pool to their disposal. However, the delay in wrapping up that war could allow the Empire time to build up, just as it allows the player to build up their forces.

National Focus[]

Your first focus, Dark Shadows over Matton decides what side of the political tree you go down, either Supremacy or Non-Aligned. After you take the focus, an event will fire, locking you into one or the other.

If you go down to the Supremacy side, you start to make more radical political parties popular. It also leads to you killing Princess Maximilliana and her husband Prince-Consort Alberto, whilst blaming the Wingbardians for the assassination. This leaves Gabriele in control, free to enact whatever plan he has for the nation. Gabriele's focuses will allow him to strengthen Falcor and get an annexation goal on it. Either way you go, if you manage to defeat Wingbardy, you can declare the Falcorian Legion, eventually getting war goals on the Federated Parishes of Simacoe and Asterion.

However, if you go down the Non-Aligned path, you have three options. If Wingbardy went harmonist, you can either try and ally Wingbardy, asking them to cede Falcor back to you and joining the Karthinian Pact. The other path that's available is asking the Minotaurs to gurantee you and help you rebuild your country. The third option is to prepare your country to retake Falcor by (whether by invading Wingbardy or by Wingbardy invading you) by turning country into a country-sized fort.

The other paths deal with the Economy and Research Department, the Airforce, the Navy, and the Army.

The Economic/Research path starts off by reforming your nation's social structure, as well as building up a few factories. You further go onto stabilize the economy, gaining some one-time research speed bonuses and giving you some more infrastructure. You then go onto help remove some of the illiteracy in the nation before going down the industrial and scientific sides, giving you a modern industrial and scientific base. This is probably your most important focus tree if you are heading the non-aligned route as it will give you the necessary industrial base to build up your army and defenses

The Army path gives the player a choice between bonuses for Superior Firepower and Grand Battleplan doctrine research bonuses, as well as associated Support Equipment and Infantry Equipment research bonuses. Either way, the end of the path gives you boosts to division performance.

The Airforce path gives you more air experience and some one-time research speed bonuses for either bombers or fighters.

The Naval path gives you more naval experience and one-time research speed bonuses for either the Fleet-in-Being or Trade Interdiction doctrines, further giving you speed bonuses on either battleships, carriers, subs or destroyers.

Technology[]

Army	Naval	Air	Tech / Industry
Weapons I Mountain Infantry I Engineer Company I Recon Company I Artillery I	Destroyer I Light Cruiser I Transport Ships	Early Fighters	None
Doctrine			Racial
None	None	None	We Can Fly?! Knight Divisions 1

Politics[]

National Spirits[]

Enlightened Feudalism

Resource Gain Efficiency: -10.0%
Daily Political Power Cost: -0.20
Research Time: -10.0%

This country's rural population are still largely peasants with little to no rights nor say in politics.

Leaders[]

Leader

Party

Description

Traits

Princess Maximilliana

Harmony & Non-Aligned

Il Partito Monarchico (Harmony)

La Signoria delle Principesse (Non-aligned)

Crown Princess of the Falcorian realm and the Queen's only child, Maximilliana has led a difficult life. Rushed home from her boarding school after her mother became weak and ill, she was forced to become the acting ruler at the age of 14, with only the assistance of a noble council who often had different ideas on what was best for Falcor during the tumultuous years after 989. In spite of many difficulties, the young Princess has navigated through the circumstances and brought the nation a relative degree of stability. She has even found love, in the form of a locale noble Alberto, who now acts as Prince- Consort, although her very rarely participates in politics.

But the peace was not meant to last. Over the years, a large number of griffons, veterans and exiles from the war, have begun clamoring for retribution to what they perceived as Wingbardian tyranny. Thus they threaten the monarchy's rule, with their protest and strikes, and a large number of bystanders support they side. Princes Maximilliana must find a wy to place the extremists while dealing with a hostile foreign presences, lest the line of Falcor extinguishes.

Gabriele d'Artigilio

Supremacy

Le Aquile Falcoriane

Former colonel in the Falcorian army, Gabriele d'Artiglio has served with distinction in the war against Wingbardy. He took part in the battle of Asbolus Forest, where he was grievously wounded by an artillery shell. Dragged away from the battlefield, he could do nothing but hear the news of imminent defeat, which prolonged his recovery, as he believed Falcor was just one battle away from achieving victory. To this day, he still blames neighbouring Sicameon for not intervening in their favours, although the truth is that they were unwilling to assist a despotic monarch. In spite of everything, d'Artiglio was personally commemorated by Queen Maximilliana for his valour and bravery.

Considered unfit to continue serving in the forces due to his crippled leg, d'Artiglio turned his personal attention to the arts. He became renowned for his poetry and paintings, although art critics have noted that his workers were rather heavy on misery and gloom. Over the years, he became a rallying point for Falcor's many veterans and exiles, who likewise thought to have unfinished business with Wingbardy, and organized them into a paramilitary force. d'Artiglio has a personal distaste for the followers who have adopted the Herzlander dialect, believing it to be an unwieldy, ugly language unfit for literature. They are merely tolerated because of the need for unity and numbers.

Now was the pacifist opposition removed, Gabriele d'Artiglio will go through any obstacle to achieve the dream of a restored Falcor, exacting swift retribution on all who have done his nation harm.

Staff and Designers[]

Political Advisers

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effect	Cost
Agapito Zitto	Silent Workbird	None	Political Power Gain: +15%	150
Carlo di Ala	Backroom Backstabber	None	Political Power Gain: +5% Ideology drift defence: +15%	150
Caracosa Piuma	Ruthless Industrialist	None	Construction Speed: +5% Production Efficiency Cap: +5% Daily Political Power Cost: -0.10	150
Fiero Becco	Captain of Industry	None	Civilian Factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10%	150
Ignazio Artiglio	Prince of Terror	None	Damage to Garrisons: -25% Foreign subversive activities efficiency: -30.0% Non-core manpower: +2.0%	150
Eroe Nero	Cult Leader	Current ruling party is: Supremacy	Ideology drift defence: +10% Stability: +5.0% Political Power Gain: +10.0%	150
Efisio Penna	Secret Police Chief	Current ruling party is either: Supremacy or Communist	Encryption: +0.50 Political Power Gain: -5.0% Ideology drift defence: +15% Enemy operative detection chance factor: +15%	150
Gaetana Cresta	Unhindered Scientist	None	Political Power Gain: -15.0% Research speed: +5%	150
Prince-Consort Alberto	Popular Figurehead	Current Ruling Party is either: Non-aligned or Harmonist	+15.0% Stability	150
Ettore Acton	Illusive Gentlebird	Has created an Inteligence Agency	Operative slots: +1 Agency upgrade time: -15.0%	150

Tank Designer

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effect	Cost
Fabbrica Falcoriana Autombilli	Mobile Tank Designer	None	Armour Research Speed: +10.0% Light Tank: Breakthrough: +5% Armour Reliability: +10% Armour Max Speed: +5%	150
Eusebio Aquila	Medium Tank Designer	None	Armour Research Speed: +10.0% Medium Tank: Soft Attack: +5% Armour Reliability: +5.0% Armour Soft Attack: +5.0%	150

Ship Designer

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effect	Cost
Sudfolc Shipyard	Ship Designer	Controls any coastal state	Naval Research Speed: +10.0% Carrier: Armour: -5.0% Anti-air: -5.0% Surface Visibility: -5.0% Heavy Ship: Light Attack +5.0% Heavy Attack: +5.0% Cruiser: Light Attack +5.0% Heavy Attack: +5.0%	150
Cantiere Navale Reale	Ship Designer	Controls any coastal state	Naval Research Time: -10.0% Carrier: Armour: -5.0% Anti-air: -5.0% Surface Visibility: -5.0% Destroyer Production Cost: -5.0% Submarine Production Cost: -5.0%	150

Aircraft Designer

Name	Traits	Prereqs	Effect	Cost
Falcor Aerospace	Light Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Time: -10.0% Fighter: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter: Agility: +10% Max Speed: +10%	150
Aeronautica Umbra	Medium Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Time: -10.0% Heavy Fighter: Reliability: +20% Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20% Scout Planes Reliability: +20%	150
Sudfolc Marittimo e Aereo	Naval Aircraft Designer	None	Air Research Time: -10% Naval Bomber: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% CV Naval Bomber: Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10% Carrier Fighter Range: +10% Agility: +10% Carrier CAS Range:+10% Naval Attack: +10%	150

Materiel Designer

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effect	Cost
Matton Cannon Workshop	Artillery Designer	None	Artillery Research Time -10% Towed Artillery Soft Attack: +5.0%	150
Greybill Munizioni	Infantry Equipment Designer	None	Weapons and Equipment Research Time -10% Infantry Equipment: Defense: +5%	150
Atto Rapido	Motorized Equipment Designer	None	Motorization Research Time -10% Motorized: Reliability: +5%	150

Industrial Concern

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effect	Cost
Maximillion Refineries	Refining Concern	None	Synthetic Resources Research Time: -10%	150
Falx Electronics	Electronics Concern	None	Electronics Research Time: -10%	150
Malleus Manufacturing	Industrial Concern	None	Industry Research Time: -10%	150

Theorist

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effect	Cost
Falea Luminosa	Military Theorist	None	Army Experience Gain: +0.05 Daily Land Doctrine Research Time: -10.0%	150
Swellow Rondine	Air Warfare Theorist	None	Air Experience Gain: +0.05 Daily Air Doctrine Research Time: -10.0%	150
Falco Anatra	Naval Theorist	None	Naval Doctrine Research Time: -10.0% Naval Experience Gain: +0.05 daily	150

Chief of Army

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Odero Terni Orlando	Army Defence (Expert)	None	Army Defence: +10.0%	150
Elpidio Veloce	Entrenchment (Expert)	None	Entrenchment Speed: +8.0%	150
Erminia Picchiata	Army Morale(Expert)	None	Division Recovery Rate: +8.0%	150
Eustachio Piumaggio	Army Offence (Expert)	None	Army Attack: +10.0%	150

Chief of Navy

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Modesto Nuotatore	Decisive Battle (Genius)	None	Capital Ship Attack: +15.0% Capital Ship Armour: +15.0% Screen Attack: +15.0% Screen Defence: +15.0%	150
Alexandra Bagnata	Naval Aviation (Expert)	None	Carrier Air Attack: +6.0% Carrier Air Targetting: +7.0% Carrier Air Agility: +8.0%	150

Chief of Airforce

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Callisto Tuffatore	Close Air Support (Expert)	None	Close Air Support Attack: +3.0% Close Air Support Defence: +3.0% Close Air Support Agility: +3.0%	150
Doriano Volatore	Air Superiority (Genius)	None	Air Superiority Attack: +5.0% Air Superiority Defence: +5.0% Air Superiority Agility: +5.0%	150
Biaggio Pioggia	Bomber Interception (Expert)	None	Interception Attack: +3.0% Interception Defence: +3.0% Interception Agility: +3.0%	150

Military High Command

Name	Trait	Prereqs	Effects	Cost
Agostina di Ferro	Armor (Specialist)	None	Armour Division Attack: +5.0% Armour Division Defence: +5.0%	150
Zeno Uccello	Army Regrouping (Genius)	None	Division Recovery Rate: +12.0%	150
Albino Presibite	Artillery (Expert)	None	Artillery Attack: +15.0% Artillery Defence: +10.0%	150
Abramo Nascosto	Commando (Expert)	None	Special forces Attack: +15.0% Special forces Defence: +15.0%	150
Riven Shortfeather	Infantry (Expert)	None	Infantry Division Attack: +10/0% Infantry Division Defence: +15.0%	150

Economy[]

Laws and Development[]

Laws and Development
Conscription Law	Trade Law	Economy Law
Volunteer Only Recruitable Population: 1.50%	Free Trade Construction Speed: +15.00% Research Speed: +10.00% Factory Output: +15.00% Dockyard Output: +15.00% Resources to Market: +80% Trade deal opinion factor: +30.00% Civilian intelligence to others: +40.0% Navy intelligence to others: +20.0%	Civilian Economy Industrial Research Speed: +3% Electronics Research Speed: +2% Consumer Goods Factories: 35.0% Military to Civilian Factory conversion cost: +30.00% Civilian to Military Factory conversion cost: +30.00% Fuel Gain per Oil: -40.00% Fuel Capacity: -25.00% Infrastructure construction speed: +10.00% Military Factory construction speed: -30.00% Civilian Factory construction speed: -30.00% Refinery construction speed: +5.00%
Scientific Development	Society Development	Illiteracy
Small Science Base Daily Political Power Gain: +0.20 Research Speed: -55.00%	Industrialising Society Resource Gain Efficiency: -20.00% Monthly Population: -10.0% Construction Speed: -20.00% Production Efficiency Cap: -10.00% Research Speed: -20.00% Factory Output: -20.00% Dockyard Output: -20.00% Factory Bomb Vulnerability: -25.00%	Modest Illiteracy Construction Speed: -10.00% Research Speed: -30.00%
Poverty	Race
Moderate Poverty Monthly Population: -12.0% Consumer Goods Factories: 10.0% Construction Speed: -15.00% Research Speed: -5.00%	Griffon Uses Griffon Racial Tree

Note: Falcor starts off being able to change its conscription law to Extensive Conscription, but will not be able to go past Civilian Economy unless at war or the ruling party is Supremacy. Falcor also starts off with an undeveloped Scientific and Industrial base, of which you can slowly develop through several focuses.