Or you can go for the Jugular and end allies by building strong navy and invading British Islands.Īs fascist nation which wants to expand you will naturally end up at war with some major faction very early. For instance you can wait for Allies/Soviet Union to bash Germany only to later join the winning side and take juicy spoils of war right over your european borders. You get war goals against Portugal and Belgium via focus tree which is nice as this wargoal is instant and does not leave major powers time to guarantee independence even if War tension is above 25% threshold - which it probably will be as changing ideology and achieving independence takes some time.Then you have a lot of options as Belgium gives you strategic position on the border of Germany industrial heartland while also between Portugal and Belgium it gives you large enough industrial base and resources (steel, tungsten) to be decisive force that tips the balance of the war. However you do not necessarily have to declare war on all of them at once. This naturally makes Belgium, Portugal and Great Britain your enemies. If you go commie your focus tree has a lot of neat options for Anti-Colonial Crusade.

But having a lot of options means that you have to make your mind about your broader plan since you do not have that much possibility to change things on the spot. SA has really a lot of options on a continent that does not get so much love. I played South Africa for both CK and CKII achievements and it was a lot of fun for me.

Hearts of iron 4 south africa