u/BestIffy

R5: While some may discard the Qing/Zhili as a whole for content not extending beyond uniting china, Manchu Qing has received several buffs in the preceding year that has made it quite fun. First off, with NCNS and the balance of now, receiving aid from Germany and Russia early on is mandatory, get a deficit of equipment and beg for rifles and support equipment, this game ended up with over 50k guns and many other war materiel being sent over. Plus, Manchu Qing has great buffs for Irregulars and Cavalry making those the go-to for division types. In just six years, China went from fractured to the return of the Great Qing backed by the YCP and Yan Xishan's party state, and all land was regained. War was fought with Russia to retake Mongolia, Tibet, and Outer Manchuria, while Burma and Japan fell easily to land and air invasions. In just a short amount of time China is reunited under the once delapidated Qing Dynasty.. and it will reign forevermore..

R5: Canada came out of 1936 swinging, and King couldn't keep a hold onto the political scene. It came down to the 'Red Tory' Manion to take power and he led Canada greatly over 2 full terms until 1946. He guided Canada through reclamation, through victory in the 2ACW, through navigating crises at home (Quebec in Flames, Canadian Referendum) and abroad (German-Norwegian war of 1946) but his term had its difficulties. Despite a leftward shift for the Tories, even going as far as to make a united front in parliament with Louis St-Laurent in 1944, Manion lost the elections in 1946 to a new Leftward shift for the Liberals led by Thomas Crerar. Canada stands strong for now but.. the new world is fraught with tensions, can he guide Canada safely?

R5: Cuba is an underrated country in Kaiserreich, sure it's lore isn't the newest and it's small with a relatively unimportant resource in Chromium, but the pathways for this country can fly out to the most abstract or.. stick close to OTL events. Here, Chaos fell over Cuba after Trejo lost re-election and a Nuevo Liberal-Mixed cabinet took power.. but failed to quell the strike. It expanded and defeated General Diaz before overcoming the Autenticos to take power. This was all until.. the socialist revolution was crushed by Americans supporting General Diaz to retake Cuba. Unfortunately, The Americans demanded Diaz immediately restore seized estates and its refusal led to another American coup dominated by Vazquez.

Things grew quiet for the next year as Vazquez stabilised politics, re-acquired Guantanamo in exchange for a lucrative deal aiding MacArthur in the civil war... all until Vazquez was assassinated. His successor in Montefur decided to resign and President Barnet finally took the stand to stabilise Cuba. He reformed the economy, re-developed the constitution and built up the army, eventually aligning with the USA (Rooseveltist) after declaring the old USMA-Vazquez treaty null and avoid. Barnet carries Cuba with a hefty baggage of strikes, coups, and revolts.. hopefully into a more peaceful and productive future..

R5: What became of the Italian Civil War resuming in 1937 turned completely asunder as a surprise winner out of the calm state of Lombardy rose to the top. After the Republic fell, a provisional republic in Lombardy was declared and soon elections turned to the Lega Longobarda, a league destined to restore not just Lombardy's greatness.. but to spread it nationally and take to a stage higher than the Integralists to the south or the Cianos before him could ever imagine. In partnership with Venice, the other italian states fell and negotiations led to the birth of the Italian National Republic. Soon, Acerbo signed on with the Belgrade Pact, soon merging with the Moscow Accord, to destroy Germanic rule over Europe.

Where many would have stopped, having gained many spoils from Austria at the behest of Yugoslavia, Acerbo surprised his benefactor in Savinkov by launching a surprise invasion into France for Italian clay, and in months France and Britain fell. The entente stood as a barrier against reclamation of Malta and Corsica, so Acerbo turned to the sick man of europe and finally put it down to reclaim Libya. Across Europe, an entirely novel mandate has risen in Europe.. the twin eagles of Savinkov's Russia and Acerbo's Italy.. ensuring total unfiltered domination.. though as the Entente looms due to the refusal to return their homelands, a Fourth Weltkrieg might be in order already...