Make okay quality, or even bad quality divisions, and just use the sheer manpower to overwhelm your enemy. you only use this if you literally want throw more men than bullets at your enemy, and or cant supply your army.įor countries like China and or Soviet Russia, the biggest mistake that people make is trying to produce GOOD quality units. The third one, 'Grand Battleplan' I think it's called, is pretty lame in comparison, and the fourth one, 'Mass Mobilization' i also think its called, is usually only used for big manpower nations like China or the Soviet Russia. The Mechanized doctrien tree is nice too, especially with the 5% extra manpower at the end of it. And keep on top of your land doctrine research! Superior Firepower is the go to. I've yet to find a reason not to train your units. If you are in peace time, TRAIN YOUR DAMN UNITS. Field hospitals are a must have for minors, it also saves the experience your division loses from losing a battle. So you have to make one of your men equal hundreds of theirs. Obviously, most minor nations don't start with much man power, and for a lot they actually have little to none. Because its boring when the allies cock block you with every step.) Once you got your merry band of men just awaiting to suppress democracy, invade your neighbors! Invade as much as you can before getting into a fight with a major faction! (Usually the allies, but I use a mod that disables the allies ability to guarantee a nation's independence. With the minor focus tree, the first thing you want to do is also rush the research slots as soon as possible, to close the gap between you and other nations. An old gun is better than no gun, and even when you do start to make the newer guns, keep a line of old guns producing anyways, to keep them as backups if a war goes awry, or to lend lease. BUT, you shouldn't make the most up-to-date gun that you can make, for most cases you should start with the basic infantry equipment, because its the cheapest infantry equipment you can make.

The first thing you should produce, obviously, is infantry equipment. Because you have small industry (For now!) you must make it efficient. The go-to way to play as a minor nation for most, is to rush the industry tech tree in both research and the focuses.

Hearts of iron 4 minor nations guide