conflict.
https://preview.redd.it/924p6r1vj2ff1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=bc1d961ba12021d17e5c05b5365f602982ddcc81
Congo Crisis:
The Congo's experience of the 60s is one of tumultuous instability, as reform, reaction, secession and revolution will grip its every corner. The centerpiece of this experience, and a centerpiece of wider African geopolitics is found in the Congo crisis, begun by Katanga's secession but growing immensely more complicated and involved by the second.
The United States will attempt to control the terms, leadership and direction of its Model Republic, guiding the Congo between negotiation and obliteration. As Congolese politics splinter under the brunt of the crisis, it is for the United States to both take advantage of and work to reconcile its fragile condition. The United States will have to navigate the changing conditions of the crisis, negotiating with some parties and obliterating others. Each choice carries political weight in the Congo, the ramifications of which will continue to be felt well after the crisis.
Germany's interests will transition from a distant flight of opportunity to an avenging opportunity to punish the United States, as it will seek to entrench Katanga's secessionist project, defining it by terms to Germany's benefit. The involvement and sympathies of Iberian and South Africa will complicate the geopolitics, giving Germany the opportunity to drive a wedge between them and the United States - driving each closer to a German orbit.
The Congo Crisis is designed for variable outcomes, and is centered in large part around the ability for the player to negotiate on amicable terms. The player doesn't simply have a wealth of choices, their ability to fail to achieve these choices is deliberate and systemic, and opportunities to recoup one's losses are almost always available. The mechanic evolves over the course of the crisis, as the conditions in the Congo continue to worsen. In later portions of the crisis the once distant interests of the United States and Germany become more and more intimate, as the saber rattling begins to be taken more and more seriously.
The feelings of the World War have not passed, and a genuine animosity exists to be freely tapped into to justify or aid their goals should either power find it convenient. There will be time to pay the piper.
Finally, enjoy two full leader and continental maps, of Africa in 1962, and of one possible instance of Africa’s situation in 1964 respectively.
https://preview.redd.it/ww3k54moj2ff1.png?width=1999&format=png&auto=webp&s=c294afb10a23b54de6f92eb2142ad7270a22325f
https://preview.redd.it/jvnp0ubrj2ff1.png?width=1999&format=png&auto=webp&s=10c0f6442761c8afdabe38fef6160b892f578b36
# Conclusion:
This dev diary is by no means the only teaser you will receive for this update - in particular, you will be hearing more about the many planned proxies we have in the future. Of course, some things will remain secret until the update, and we hope to see you exploring it then for those secrets. We hope that you enjoyed this diary, and that you will be looking forward to future teasers and updates. Feel free to ask any questions you wish in the comment section or in the Discord's ask-a-dev channel, and the Africa devs will happily answer them. Good luck, and remember Article 15.
https://preview.redd.it/htodaz9sj2ff1.png?width=410&format=png&auto=webp&s=9c08eb5bc1949d9dd131dcc04fd83537ee18877c
https://redd.it/1m982wu
@tnomod
https://preview.redd.it/924p6r1vj2ff1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=bc1d961ba12021d17e5c05b5365f602982ddcc81
Congo Crisis:
The Congo's experience of the 60s is one of tumultuous instability, as reform, reaction, secession and revolution will grip its every corner. The centerpiece of this experience, and a centerpiece of wider African geopolitics is found in the Congo crisis, begun by Katanga's secession but growing immensely more complicated and involved by the second.
The United States will attempt to control the terms, leadership and direction of its Model Republic, guiding the Congo between negotiation and obliteration. As Congolese politics splinter under the brunt of the crisis, it is for the United States to both take advantage of and work to reconcile its fragile condition. The United States will have to navigate the changing conditions of the crisis, negotiating with some parties and obliterating others. Each choice carries political weight in the Congo, the ramifications of which will continue to be felt well after the crisis.
Germany's interests will transition from a distant flight of opportunity to an avenging opportunity to punish the United States, as it will seek to entrench Katanga's secessionist project, defining it by terms to Germany's benefit. The involvement and sympathies of Iberian and South Africa will complicate the geopolitics, giving Germany the opportunity to drive a wedge between them and the United States - driving each closer to a German orbit.
The Congo Crisis is designed for variable outcomes, and is centered in large part around the ability for the player to negotiate on amicable terms. The player doesn't simply have a wealth of choices, their ability to fail to achieve these choices is deliberate and systemic, and opportunities to recoup one's losses are almost always available. The mechanic evolves over the course of the crisis, as the conditions in the Congo continue to worsen. In later portions of the crisis the once distant interests of the United States and Germany become more and more intimate, as the saber rattling begins to be taken more and more seriously.
The feelings of the World War have not passed, and a genuine animosity exists to be freely tapped into to justify or aid their goals should either power find it convenient. There will be time to pay the piper.
Finally, enjoy two full leader and continental maps, of Africa in 1962, and of one possible instance of Africa’s situation in 1964 respectively.
https://preview.redd.it/ww3k54moj2ff1.png?width=1999&format=png&auto=webp&s=c294afb10a23b54de6f92eb2142ad7270a22325f
https://preview.redd.it/jvnp0ubrj2ff1.png?width=1999&format=png&auto=webp&s=10c0f6442761c8afdabe38fef6160b892f578b36
# Conclusion:
This dev diary is by no means the only teaser you will receive for this update - in particular, you will be hearing more about the many planned proxies we have in the future. Of course, some things will remain secret until the update, and we hope to see you exploring it then for those secrets. We hope that you enjoyed this diary, and that you will be looking forward to future teasers and updates. Feel free to ask any questions you wish in the comment section or in the Discord's ask-a-dev channel, and the Africa devs will happily answer them. Good luck, and remember Article 15.
https://preview.redd.it/htodaz9sj2ff1.png?width=410&format=png&auto=webp&s=9c08eb5bc1949d9dd131dcc04fd83537ee18877c
https://redd.it/1m982wu
@tnomod
