I noticed the policy "National Service" currently has no effect on the new simulation "Military Strength" implemented in the mod. It most probably should have an effect, though how strong the effect should be is more difficult to say.

P. S.
Love your work. :)
The Foreign Policy section in vanilla Democracy 4 really needs more attention.

Originally posted by fll.fi Maggara:

I noticed the policy "National Service" currently has no effect on the new simulation "Military Strength" implemented in the mod. It most probably should have an effect, though how strong the effect should be is more difficult to say.

P. S.
Love your work. :)
The Foreign Policy section in vanilla Democracy 4 really needs more attention.

Thanks for the compliment :) "National Service" doesn't affect "Military Strength" directly, but I did put in an override so that it decreases the cost of "Military Spending" (since soldiers would be required to serve). Now that I'm thinking further though, it would make sense to also increase the strength. I'll put it in the next update!

Originally posted by feelinWitchy:

Thanks for the compliment :) "National Service" doesn't affect "Military Strength" directly, but I did put in an override so that it decreases the cost of "Military Spending" (since soldiers would be required to serve)

O that's pretty interesting, I didn't know that. That certainly does make sense in some cases. You should definitely keep the override. :)

The way I see it, the "Military Spending" policy (as the name implies) is a general indicator on how much a nation is willing to spend in resourcing its military as a hole. This would include everything from staff, equipment, facilities, training regimes and of course the amount of professional soldiers (and their pay) etc..

A nation may (for various reasons) find it worth while to enforce mandatory conscription e.g. reducing overall costs by substituting its professional troops with conscripts. However, a nation can reversely supplement its professional forces with conscripts without cutting overall costs in the process i.e. increasing the nations overall "Military Strength".

It is also equally true (tho pretty hilarious) that you could have a nation with the most comprehensive conscription program while not funding the military at all. Essentially recruiting everyone and equipping them with sticks and kettles (instead of helmets) and send them off to the battlefield. This is Democracy 4 after all; you can ban unions while at the same time be subsidizing them. :D

But in short I think you should keep the override in place but also make it so that the policy does also support the "Military Strength" but only to a limited degree. Quantity is a quality in its own right, but only to a certain extent.

Vatican Condemnation is too much. I received it multiple times to the point that I had 3 active at the same time.

Originally posted by RunesGod: Ace Gamer:

Vatican Condemnation is too much. I received it multiple times to the point that I had 3 active at the same time.

Just pushed out an update that should fix this. Turns out a value that I thought I added to reduce it's frequency had been forgotten

Going to war/annexing other countries? Not sure how it would be done though.

Hi, it can be possible create the situation where a nation leaves to EU? Many thanks for your work! :)

Maybe alternative to NATO membership?