Hello. I have recently picked up this mod and so far I've been enjoying it. This morning I tried playing Manchuria and attempted to go down the democratic path.

The democratic path is very confusing to me however, as when I try to do the "Heads Towards Democracy" focus, the United States does not support my independence. I cannot boost my democratic ideologies enough before the Second Sino-Japanese war so I am stuck.

Improving relations does not do anything afaik. Not sure where to go from here, I really want to do this focus.

Thank you.