
People in the streets protested, even rioted, but riot police and the army reacted with violence. The people lost many of their rights and the discontent only grew larger. The president's right hand, Dmitri, became the new president and he declared a state of emergency. They were quickly found, tortured and executed. How did the civil war break out? The president died unexpectedly, assassinated by a group of terrorists. Because of Ivan's authoritarian rule and thorough secret service it was difficult to voice discontent safely.

Nonetheless, after a while some people wanted to voice their opinions, form an opposition, and make the state more democratic. There was peace, there was an economic boom and the country quickly modernised from the old monarchy to a modern autocratic state. After the coup, any opposition was quickly silenced. father of Ivan who took power, and when he died Ivan became president).

Ivan was a military officer and together with loyal troops he staged a coup (could also be a predecessor e.g. Officially a Republic, the head of state was the president (let's call him Ivan), but he ruled his country without any opposition. Gotta admit, because this game quite reminds me of Mount and Blade I can't help but look at some mechanics of that game. I haven't read all pages though, but what I've read is pretty great. I am loving this thread and I see great ideas. Monarchists and Government forces are likely to ally. An anarchist army won't ally with anyone but there's a small chance that they will with communists, and they don't suffer bandit attacks. For example, NS and Commies might be at peace but they will never ally. There's way more but that's some food for thought.Ī mechanic which would be well suited to be added is a 'how likely will they ally with another faction'.

Primitivist Anarchists whos main concern was nature and the environmentįoreign (Russian) army who viewed all independence movements as hostile Some very interesting armies involved which future or existing factions could be based on: Have a look at this and you'll see the extraordinary number of factions involved. A good place to get ideas for factions is real life. I've been reading through this thread and the ideas are excellent.
