Maybe a democratic country with high national unity should be more immune to extreme political movements to get popularity in the first place and a "collapse" from the state of democracy into dictatorship should be more improbable to happen? Now it seems that any major country can turn any other country they just want into their own system if the country in question is democratic. In this game the national unity is perhaps the only one. To add more realism some historically conditioned variable should be added to represent the stability of the system. ![]() ![]() Weimar Republic was weak and many Germans didnt "love" it the way the Americans love their constitution. Your points have some validity but all the other countries have their own historical and contingent features too that this game abstracts away. And when the German government is not trusted anymore it's diplomatic efforts should be rather inefficient because trust is what diplomacy is all about. After Hitler had broken his words so many times before the war he was not trusted anymore in the West. The threat level of Germany should be a factor that is more important than the German diplomatic efforts. Maybe it could sometimes succeed in preventing it completely but this should be very rare. What would be realistic is that if Germany puts lot's of diplomatic/espionage effort to influence US it could postpone a bit the date the USA joins the Allies. But a question related to this game still remains: If antidemocratic government takes power in a democratic country, has anyone ever seen that this would lead into a change in constitution? If not in the USA then somewhere else perhaps? If not, then the politics system doesnt work as it should. I would just add that I seriously doubt any espionage/influence from Germany could have inreased the popularity of the Bund from 3-4 percent to 60 percent in three years. This may be 100 percent historically true. It's very difficult to change an entire nation's political mindset in a short period of time. I seriously doubt that even if the Bund gained a majority in Congress and the Presidency that they would gain control of 36 state legislatures. Between 19 was a period where a third party might be elected, but that party would not be able to make any changes to the constitution to allow them to retain power. The only times where a third party, such as the Whigs, came to power was due to voters being fed-up with the existing main two parties. Historically, Americans have tended to split support between either the center-left or center-right parties evenly, with a slight preference towards the center-right (a 51/49 split). If 37 states approve, then the proposal becomes an amendment to the constitution.įor the example in the thread, the only way Nazis (or any party, really) could come to power in the US and expect to throw away the constitution is if 3/4 of all Americans want to do so. These laws will not hold up in court, but if 33 states write similar laws, then they can propose an amendment to the constitution that takes away that power from the federal government. To explain it in an example, the recent passage of the controversial overhaul of the US health insurance system has prompted 30 states to either pass or write laws to exempt themselves from the law. On top of that, the Supreme Court (whose members are not elected and serve for indefinite terms) has the final say, if only because someone will inevitably file a lawsuit. Congress has the power to suggest a change, but they have no say in whether or not it actually gets implemented. In short, changes to the US constitution can only be approved if at least 37 state governments (36 back on 1936) agree with the change. The approval may come from a state-wide referendum, a majority vote in both the state houses and senates, or any other form as directed by Congress ![]() Nations marked with Bold are the owner of the faction.Well, to make any changes to the US constitution requires:ġ) 2/3 approval from both the House and Senate or 2/3 approval of all state legislatures to PROPOSE a changeĢ) 3/4 approval from all state legislatures to add the change. Nations marked with Italics are represented with the option to join the faction as part of the intended focus tree. Mongolia is an integrated puppet of the Soviet Union, they start out with barely any manpower and a neutral foreign policy. It starts as an integrated puppet of the Soviet Union.
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