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I decided to play the Emperor of Kentucky in Shattered World.. never mind the fact the state starts as Democracy... I had one goal in mind.. World conquest.

KY is fat packed in resources.. I'd say it's one of the highest resource/hex value regions in the game. I started out building lots of oil in the few places it had it, since it started with no production to start with. My goal was to become resource independent, except uranium of course. I also MDP'd all my neighbors and those around illinois.. except Illinois. Hello buffer states. I also built up to having 2 ground/air/missile fabrication plants.

In 2024 after extensive economic development, getting the treasury into about a 1,000M$/Month surplus and after having built about 6 research complexes and purchasing a massive quantity of tech from Japan, I was now the top tech score in the game and ranked 24th overall in technology and growing. I had produced approximately 36 total military units.

I invaded Illinois in later 2024. Most of the state fell easily. The most resistance was given by Chicago and Peoria. Peroia was VERY nasty. The enemy had 3 artillery, an AA, and 2 tank units stationed there and it was garrisoned to the max along with the nearby coal industrial complex.

At this time, a good chunk of the world with which I was not MDP'd had declared war. I gave my units and nation about a 3 month rest/recoup and went after Indiana (Gbye MDP). It fell much like Illinois, only faster without Chicago. Capitals are a pain to capture.

After seizing Indiana, gave another 3 month rest and started up towards Ontario, who was allied with either Indiana or Illinois and was on my now growing enemy's list. I had upped my building facilities to 4/4/0/4 No naval yet.. no coastline.. yet. I am now invading Ontario through Michigan.

Hey! Don't attack Ontario! I don't want to live in Kentucky! Unless we gets free fried chicken on Kentucky Day!

Request Granted. Sorry, you were the nearest source of refined Uranium for those nukes we can research.. but not.. really.. use or build yet.. yeah..

In addition.. elect a better AI that doesn't declare war on me for eating my fellow states! A pacifist with tendencies to placate my aggression would suffice

Ontario fell, I rapidly began to burn cash to push infrastructure out to all borders. You can invade most of Canada without a military.. just supply it with good infrastructure and roads ^.^. I built 3 seaports on the Hudson Bay with naval fabrication facilities. Put a road just around the interior of the border of Ontario and webbed it to the supply centers. I started invading Manitoba without armed forces ^.^. They happened to be an ally of Ontario at the time.

Quebec was my next military target as it also was allied with Ontario and had started invading as soon as Ontario fell. At this point my military is up to 69 units strong with a 6/6/4/6 build capacity. I have the highest military and technology scores in the world and am ranked 2 in research with 24 research factories.

Oddly, I'm at -1100 economic score despite being self sufficient and a major exporter of both consumer goods and water and with remarkably strong economic indicators.. 4.0 inflation and falling. GDP is rising. 4.7 unemployment and falling.

I've purchased all technologies and unit blueprints available through Japan, Paris, North Korea, and South Korea, working on Germany. My theory is by having the best designs of all units in the world, I will have the best overall military in the world. So far this seems to be true as my minister seems to be mixing unit production types.

Seized all of Quebec, New Foundland, The little island nation that starts with a P off Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and am now working on Manitoba. Build strength is now 7/7/7/7. Economy is shot though. I've decided to start over on a new game. I've something different I want to try. Right now the world is easy meat and I could just be an exporter and ramp my military and take the rest, but I want to see how the world reacts to the presence of a treaty web and also wanted to take direct control of my economy by micromanaging the economic controls, now that I know how to.

Up to 9/9/9/11. Manitoba and Alberta have fallen.. marching west. Planning on uniting souther Canada.. Northern Canada befriended me at the start of the game. Which is kind of nice, because it now gives me a secured flank. I will be turning south soon, hitting northern Minnesota. S.Dakota fell like a gnat. Seems like a strategy of using regional buffer states as allies works EXTREMELY well for ensuring a very one-sided conflict against the rest of the entire globe.. just about. Actually, all of N. America is at war with me.. the rest of the globe doesn't seem genuinely concerned.

Production now at 17/17/15/38 (yes 38 missile factories, 26 of them with 10 x assorted nuclear weapons runs).

The world at large hates me, save the few allies I made early on to act as a hedge. NY and CT canceled their treaties with me and I used it as justification for invading from Ontario. Both are now part of the sovereign nation of Canucktucky. All of southern canada has been united from Nova Scotia to British Columbia + Yukon territory. North West Territories and Nantucket are allied. Montana fell without me giving the ai orders to take it.. so did Idaho. Everything due west of Iowa down to the Californian Border is now under Canucktuckian control. Did I mention the world hates me? Pity they can't invade from overseas and I grossly outmatch all continental nations in firepower now. The rest of the world should be a cakewalk now.

where are the pictures!! where is the action!! i want to see some love made into this movie!!

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Economically people **** on me

"How come I have this mental image of tkobo's tanks running over these fleeing soldiers, saying 'what was that? oh, just a speed bump'... "

I am up to 20/20/15/40. I have authorized nuclear releases. My neighbors are so pissed they dropped treaties and so now I'm at war with my direct neighbors also. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maine, NH, Vermont, NJ, NY, Mass, RI, Iowa, Montana, Washington, Oregon, BC, NW Territory, the Yukon, Idaho, S.&N. Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Utah have all fallen.

I have manually taken control of my land production Que. I'm tired of the AI producing artillery it doesn't know how to use. I have set it to producing 10 Mechanized Laser Infantry (LAV-MU), 1 heavy artillery unit, 4 KMG Electromagnetic gun tanks, and 5 missile trucks capable of carrying up to size 10 missiles. The que is set up for infinite repetition and will not change until I get exoskeleton infantry. Naval and air production seems to be pretty competent so left it alone. The laser infantry are evvvvvillll... I love them.

In order to weaken Texas I used strategic nukes against select production facilities and military storage bases where I knew their reserves would be stationed. I also Nuked VA's navy in port.

Sorry, to busy playing the game and micromanaging to take pictures ^..^

The only independent nations in the sphere of NA besides the Carribean islands are the isle of New Foundland, Nantucket, California, Alaska, and Arizona. Texas fell to the shear overwhelming force of 250 ground pounders and 150 air-force beating them into submission. The Marietta Jump-Jet "helicopter" model has been mass-produced and used to "garrison" the front lines. Mexico is in the process of taking a very severe beating.

The game is slowing down as the military gets larger.. and larger. I love knowing it's my military that's clogging up the machinery.

Build caps are now 39/28/19/55. The world in general is pissed at me. But it's not going to matter.

All of Canada save New Foundland has fallen. Alaska is gone. The entire lower 48 U.S. is Kentucky. Mexico and all the Latin American nations down to Panama are gone. The Caribbean Islands and Cuba are under massive shore bombardment.





I kind of wanted to stop with North America, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to get the rest of the world to like me now ^..^

If youve got all the units you want, simply turn off all the military fabs, and wait.

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This post approved by Tkobo:Official Rabble Rouser of the United Yahoos
Chuckle TM

My budget is managing fine. I see nor eason to stop producing. I've not yet experienced any game slowdown with this quantity of units after the last update.