If you have a friend playing as China convince him to cede both Taiwan and Indonesia if they own them.Īnd if you have a friend playing as India have him try to cede Sri Lanka Use the same strategy as above to help you. Have a friend playing as China and then have them try to form Qing Dynasty or have a friend play as India and have them try to form Maurya EmpireĪnd use these countries to help fight strong countries who threaten to fight you. Gets easier if you have a friend playing as China. Also, this strategy assumes that other players have not conquered any of your required nations yet. if Japan seems to be conquering the southeast nations, focus on taking Indonesia before them). You do not have to conquer these nations in the exact chronological order recommended on this wiki page, and should be based on the threats made by other players throughout your campaign (e.g. Once you have annexed Taiwan, you can form the Dutch Empire.
Otherwise, conquering all of China will prove insanely difficult. If they are annexed by China (which may have formed into the Qing Dynasty), you will have to negotiate with China or capital snipe them to put them in low stability, thus the possibility of Taiwan declaring independence. Lastly, you will need to annex Taiwan, which will likely by annexed by China by this point of your journey. If they are not, bait the AI and take over the country. Again, if they are a player, take Naval units to assist defeating them. Next, take your troops to Asia and quickly conquer Sri Lanka. After you have done that, take a few units to conquer Sao Tome and Principe and Mauritius. If they are, you may have some trouble, so take your Naval units and Artillery to assist in defeating the nation. Quickly take over the small island nations of Curacao and Aruba, then Guyana and Suriname.
Take your tanks to South America first, as Brazil may take your required nations before you to form the United States of South America. Now, you should focus on annexing your colonies. If you have dealt with the European superpowers either with diplomacy or by force and have annexed Belgium and Luxembourg, form the Benelux for your sweet stability boost. Place down a Naval unit as well, to prevent a mass invasion from the United Kingdom or other Nordic countries. Since you have 3 square cities that can be used to deploy Tanks, focus on upgrading the power of your tanks, and pair Artillery to go with it. If you fail to form an alliance with any of them early game, you must act quickly and build a defense. You will need it to be there in later game for more manpower.Įarly game, you are surrounded by powerful superpowers like France, Germany, and the United Kingdom that will most likely want to annex you. īuild a recruitment center in your capital city. The Dutch Empires terrain is flat in Europe and the Guianas, flat and hilly in South Africa, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. The Dutch Empire is not based on a time period, as both South Africa and Belgium are needed. Dutch Suriname would be given independence in 1975 and Indonesia took over Dutch New Guinea in 1962. However, the Dutch had to fight a war with Indonesian rebels once trying to retake the area in which they lost and withdrew in 1949. During WW1 the empire remained neutral, but in 1940 during WW2 mainland Netherlands was invaded and occupied by the German Reich until 1945, and in 1942 the Empire of Japan invaded and occupied the Dutch East Indies until 1945. The Dutch sold their possessions in West Africa (which aren't included in the formable) to the British in 1872. Modern Belgium and Luxembourg were given to the Dutch, losing Belgium and Luxembourg in 1831. Dutch Malacca was ceded to the British in 1824.
However, most of the colonies would be given back to the Dutch after the Napoleonic Wars. The Dutch Colonial Empire consisted of trading posts and territories held by the Dutch West/East India Company and by the Dutch Republic.įollowing the Napoleonic Wars, the British had seized most of their colonies, including the Cape Colony.