You need to arrange a separate course of action for each country. 'Interesting nations' are characterized by different national focuses, but in each case that characteristic is centered around strong industry, ideology and/or military. In the further part of this chapter we discuss universal goals that go beyond the countries favored by the developers of the game. As it was mentioned earlier, for each surplus point of national power gained when there was no national focus selected the time needed to complete it will be decreased by a day. This symbol represents national focuses that exclude each other.Įach national focus requires 70 in-game days to complete, which is why we can say that the cost of a national focus is equal to 70 points of political power. It all depends on the current political situation and the state of your country. Personally I think that some of the political goals are more and some are less useful, but the decision to whether use them or not is left to the player.

A detailed commentary about each and every national focus can be found in the next subsection.

It all depends on what you need at the moment. This mechanic can and sometimes should be used. If you haven't used them on the development of the government, you can use the surplus points to decrease the time needed to complete a national focus. During that time you've received additional points of political power. In case you haven't selected a national focus and several days have passed in the game, you don't have to worry. Whenever a national focus is 'in production' this value will be decreased. You have to remember that during the work on a national focus the daily income of the political power is reduced by 1 point.

An important aspect of this mechanic is to devote some attention to the creation of a strong army, aircraft and navy. Additionally, the steps you take can influence the current ideology, or cause it to change. With the proper usage of this indicator you can achieve economic objectives significantly faster and without the need to spend time on developing the infrastructure of your country via conventional means. Appropriate management in this field depends on finding the right balance between the available branches (all of them will be described in this chapter). Additionally, with them you can develop your own strategy concerning the development of your country. With a good selection of national focuses you can quickly gain a tremendous advantage over your adversaries on the battlefield. National focus is without a doubt the most important aspect of the gameplay.

Hearts of iron 4 playable nations