Cold War scenario project WIP.

[lindsay40k]

I like to make ambitious maps and scenarios that only require BTS as is. It's a challenge for me, and it makes end results that are accessible for new and casual players. So, I'm going to take the next step after adapting my Earth map into a Cold War setup where everyone starts in the Stone Age, and make a fully-fledged Scenario.

I like my projects to focus on drawing players in, not necessarily focussing on strict historical and geographical accuracy so much as using those factors as a base for 'flavour'. I'll be taking an Archer-style approach to the Cold War, with no fear of adding anachronistic elements that simply work. So, whilst we're starting somewhere in the 1950s, there'll be stuff that was built way later, and national formations that didn't exist back then.

So, then. How to represent a somewhat romanticised Cold War with only eighteen factions?

First up, identifying the major Capitalist economies and giving them at least one Corporation Headquarters. Plus, a good smattering of Customs Houses; this pushes the AI to keep away from State Property and go for Free Market's extra Trade Routes.

Secondly, Red economies should be utterly infested with foreign Corporations and have plenty of Watermills and Workshops. This pushes the AI to favour State Property, and represents how a lot of nominally Red economies were not os much gravitating towards the USSR's Marxist rhetoric but rather trying to do something about transnational corporations that were perceived as bringing more harm than benefit. It also gives the USA and her allies reasons to put pressure on others to adopt Free Market.

Finally, getting an idea of how the various factions should think about one another, and giving them a bunch of preset Diplomatic backgrounds, generous cash exports (representing post-war rebuilding loans and subsidised development), and vassal/pact agreements. I'll stick to voluntary vassalage, not permanent, as I want the old Colonial powers to start with a load of Empires and then lose them whilst the USSR (without a hint of self-awareness or irony) preaches national liberation.

I'm thinking about this as my roster:

USA.

Spoiler :

Civ: American.
Leader: Lincoln.
Wonders: Academies (Yale, Harvard, MIT), Broadway, Cereal Mills, Hollywood, Manhattan Project, Mining Co, Mt Rushmore, National Park, Pentagon, Rock 'n' Roll, Scotland Yard (CIA), Statue of Liberty, United Nations, Wall Street, West Point.
Friendly: NATO (defensive pact, gifting 150G and various resources), Australia, NAFTA, Republic of Korea (defensive pact, gifting 50G), Israel (gifting 50G).
Pleased: Japan (vassal, gifting 100G and various resources), Andean Pact, Arabic Nations.
Cautious: SE Asia, Central African States, South Africa, India.
Annoyed: China, Warsaw, Arabic Republics, MERCOSUR.
Furious: USSR.

USSR.

Spoiler :

Civ: Russia.
Leader: Stalin.
Wonders: Hermitage, Heroic Epic, Ironworks, Kremlin, Mt Rushmore (Shumen monument), Red Cross, Scotland Yard (KGB).
Friendly: Warsaw (defensive pact, gifting 100G), SE Asia, Arabic Republics, India, MERCOSUR (defensive pact, gifting 100g and various resources).
Pleased: Arabic Republics (gifting 50G), Central African States.
Cautious: Andean Pact, Australia.
Annoyed: China, NATO, NAFTA, Japan, Republic of Korea, Israel, South Africa.
Furious: USA, Arabic Nations (for heavily oppressing Communist Parties).

China. (Includes DPRK.)

Spoiler :

Civ: China.
Leader: Mao Zedong.
Wonders: Dai Miao, Great Wall, Forbidden Palace, Heroic Epic, Ironworks, Kong Miao, Red Cross, Three Gorges Dam.
Friendly: Central African States.
Pleased: SE Asia, Arabic Republics, India, MERCOSUR.
Cautious: Warsaw, NAFTA, Arabic Nations, Andean Pact, Australia.
Annoyed: USSR, NATO, Japan, Israel, South Africa.
Furious: USA, Republic of Korea.

Warsaw Pact.

Spoiler :

Civ: Germany.
Leader: Peter. (Bureaucracy is kinda Soviet-ish. I've run out of actual Commies.)
Wonders: Ironworks, Red Cross.
Friendly: USSR, Arabic Republics.
Pleased: India, MERCOSUR, Central African States.
Cautious: China, SE Asia, Japan, Andean Pact, Australia, South Africa.
Annoyed: USA, NATO, NAFTA, Arabic Nations, Republic of Korea, Israel.
Furious: -

NATO Nations. (Does not include Canada.)

Spoiler :

Civ: England.
Leader: Willem van Oranje. (Unlikely to go all Fundamentalist; makes lots of money, culturally tempts Easy Germans with Yankee bluejeans.)
Wonders: Apostolic Palace, Civilized Jewellers, Eiffel Tower, Globe Theatre, Hagia Sophia, Oxford University, Notre Dame, Parthenon, Red Cross, Scotland Yard, Sistine Chapel, Stonehenge, Versailles, Wall Street (City of London).
Friendly: USA, NAFTA, Australia, Republic of Korea, Israel.
Pleased: Arabic Nations, Andean Pact, South Africa.
Cautious: SE Asia, MERCOSUR, Central African States, India.
Annoyed: USSR, China, Warsaw, Japan, Arabic Republics.
Furious: -

NAFTA Nations. (Mexico & Canada).

Spoiler :

Civ: France.
Leader: De Gaulle.
Wonders: National Park, Red Cross.
Friendly: USA, NATO, Andean Pact, Australia.
Pleased: India, Republic of Korea, Israel, Central African States, South Africa.
Cautious: USSR, China, Warsaw, SE Asia, Arabic Republics, Arabic Nations, MERCOSUR.
Annoyed: Japan.
Furious: -

SE Asia.

Spoiler :

Civ: Khmer.
Leader: Suryarvarman II.
Wonders: Angkor Wat, Shwedagon Paya.
Friendly: Japan, India.
Pleased: USSR, Australia, Republic of Korea, Central African States, South Africa.
Cautious: China, Warsaw, NAFTA, Arabic Republics, Arabic Nations, MERCOSUR, Andean Pact, Israel.
Annoyed: USA, NATO.
Furious: -

Japan.

Spoiler :

Civ: Japan.
Leader: Wang Kon. (Caste System feels appropriate.)
Wonders: Sid's Sushi.
Friendly: -
Pleased: India, Israel.
Cautious: Warsaw, SE Asia, Arabic Republics, Arabic Nations, MERCOSUR, Andean Pact, Republic of Korea, Central African States, South Africa.
Annoyed: USSR, NATO, China, NAFTA, Australia.
Furious: USA. (There'll be a bunch of Fallout knocking around, too.)

Arabic Republics. (Soviet-friendly countries of the Arab League.)

Spoiler :

Civ: Persia.
Leader: Saladin. (He knows exactly what the problem is; heathens.)
Wonders: Hanging Gardens (Actually not to be rebuilt until the 1980s; if the Parthenon is still helping NATO, we'll let Saddam have this one), Pyramids, Red Cross, Spiral Minaret.
Friendly: -
Pleased: USSR, Warsaw, India, MERCOSUR, Central African States.
Cautious: China, SE Asia, Japan, Arabic Nations, Andean Pact, Australia, Republic of Korea, South Africa.
Annoyed: NATO, NAFTA.
Furious: USA, Israel.

Arabic Nations. (Conservative monarchies of the Arab League.)

Spoiler :

Civ: Arabia.
Leader: Suleiman. (He's got no truck with this Republic nonsense.)
Wonders: Church of the Nativity, Masjid Al-Haram, Red Cross, Standard Ethanol (Represents oil exports).
Friendly: -
Pleased: NAFTA, Republic of Korea, South Africa, USA.
Cautious: NATO, China, SE Asia, Japan, Arabic Republics, India, MERCOSUR, Andean Pact, Australia, Central African States.
Annoyed: USSR, Warsaw.
Furious: Israel.

India.

Spoiler :

Civ: India.
Leader: Gandhi.
Wonders: Kashi Vishwanath, Mahabodhi, Taj Mahal (perhaps actually starting in a Golden Age? A bit late, perhaps, but suited to a recently liberated nation).
Friendly: USSR.
Pleased: USA, China, Warsaw, NAFTA, SE Asia, MERCOSUR, Australia, Republic of Korea, Central African States.
Cautious: Japan, Arabic Republics, Andean Pact, Israel, South Africa.
Annoyed: NATO, Arabic Nations.
Furious: -

MERCOSUR Nations. (Eastern South American bloc; includes Cuba.)

Spoiler :

Civ: Maya.
Leader: Napoleon. (He's as good a rabble-rouser as Castro or Chavez.)
Wonders: Christo Redentor, Red Cross, National Park.
Friendly: USSR, Warsaw, Central African States (gifting 30G).
Pleased: China, Arabic Republics, India.
Cautious: NATO, NAFTA, SE Asia, Japan, Arabic Nations, Australia, Republic of Korea, Israel, South Africa.
Annoyed: USA, Andean Pact.
Furious: -

Andean Pact. (Western South American bloc.)

Spoiler :

Civ: Inca. (Or - maybe Spain?)
Leader: Mansa Musa. (He likes free enterprise. Even if his people would rather the Americans butt out.)
Wonders: Chichen Itza, National Park.
Friendly: NAFTA.
Pleased: USA, NATO, Australia, Israel, South Africa, Republic of Korea.
Cautious: China, SE Asia, Japan, Arabic Republics, Arabic Nations, India, Central African States.
Annoyed: USSR, Warsaw, MERCOSUR.
Furious: -

Australia.

Spoiler :

Civ: England.
Leader: Louis XIV. (He's likely to uphold Monarchy.)
Wonders: Globe Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Red Cross.
Friendly: USA, NATO, NAFTA,
Pleased: SE Asia, India, Andean Pact, Republic of Korea, Israel, Central African States, South Africa,
Cautious: China, Arabic Republics, Arabic Nations, MERCOSUR,
Annoyed: USSR, Warsaw, Japan,
Furious: -

Republic of Korea.

Spoiler :

Civ: Korea.
Leader: Qin Shi Huang. (Bureaucracy means a powerful, compact economy.
Wonders: Creative Constructions.
Friendly: USA, NATO, NAFTA.
Pleased: SE Asia, India, Australia, Israel, South Africa.
Cautious: Arabic Republics, Arabic Nations, MERCOSUR, Andean Pact, Central African States.
Annoyed: Japan.
Furious: USSR, China, Warsaw.

Israel.

Spoiler :

Civ: Carthage. (Eh, Phoenicians were a Semitic people…)
Leader: Hannibal. (Runs a strong economy, knows how to fight.)
Wonders: Temple of Solomon, Aluminium Co.
Friendly: USA, NATO, NAFTA.
Pleased: Andean Pact, Australia, Republic of Korea, South Africa.
Cautious: China, SE Asia, Japan, India, Central African States.
Annoyed: USSR, Warsaw, Arabic Nations, MERCOSUR.
Furious: Arabic Republics.

Central African States.

Spoiler :

Civ: Mali.
Leader: Zara Yaqob. (Can handle sprawling territory, and puts pressure on neighbours.)
Wonders: National Park, University of Sankore.
Friendly: China, India.
Pleased: USSR, Warsaw, Arabic Republics, MERCOSUR.
Cautious: USA, NAFTA, SE Asia, Japan, Arabic Nations, Andean Pact, Australia, Republic of Korea, Israel.
Annoyed: NATO, South Africa.
Furious: -

South Africa.

Spoiler :

Civ: Zulu.
Leader: Churchill. (Is adamant that he knows how to handle "the natives".)
Wonders: National Park.
Friendly: -
Pleased: USA, Republic of Korea.
Cautious: China, NAFTA, SE Asia, Japan, Arabic Nations, India, MERCOSUR, Andean Pact, Australia, Israel.
Annoyed: USSR, NATO, Warsaw, Arabic Republics, Central African States.
Furious: -

I might move Canada into NATO, Mexico into the Andean Pact, and make Cuba an independent nation.

First task is to get it clear who's who, and build a map that'll fit everything in. I'm thinking a Large Terra map; bigger than that, it seems to all get bogged down.

Any opening feedback?