Albania is a micro power in Southern Europe. Historically, it was attacked and militarily occupied by Italy from 1939-1943. It is led by King Zog I. It only exists in the 1936 start.
Albania is in the lower Balkans Region, which is part of Southern Europe. It is made up of one state, Albania. They have a land border with Yugoslavia and Greece. They are not landlocked, with a large border on the Adriatic Sea. Its most important area is the border with Greece, which is used as an attack point for Italy when invading Greece. Albania is mostly (over 70%) made up of rugged mountains and hills all over. The coasts have small plains and beaches. There are small lagoons and wetlands as well.
It will end up annexed by Italy (or another player-controlled country) unless controlled by a stubborn player.
Historical background
Albania was a new nation formed after the First Balkan War. It was previously part of the Ottoman Empire. It's most notable leader was Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli, better known as King Zog. His title was, at first, Prime Minister, then President, and finally King. He ruled for 17 years. The Italian invasion and subsequent annexation of Albania ended his rule. Albania and Ethiopia would end up being the only countries Italy would manage to defeat by itself.
Albania only had an army equipped with obsolete weapons and a tiny navy that was composed of 2 old German gunboats and 4 Italian torpedo boats. Its quick defeat was no surprise, yet the Italians had some trouble with such a small army.
When the Italians surrendered in 1943, the Germans took over control of Albania for a brief period, it's status similar to Slovakia, a client state of Nazi Germany.
National focus
Generic national focus tree.
阿尔巴尼亚, lacking a unique national focus tree, uses the generic national focus tree instead.
通用国策有五个主要分支:
- 重视陆军 提供陆军经验和陆军相关研究项目的加成。
- 重视空军 提供空军经验,建立空军基地,并提供空军相关研究项目的加成。
- 重视海军 提供海军经验,建造海军船坞,并提供海军相关研究项目的加成。
- 重视工业 建造民用工厂和军用工厂(即使建筑槽位已满)并提供额外的科研槽。
- 重视政治 提供国家政治走向的选择。
Technology
Albania begins with the following researched:
- Basic Equipment
- Support Equipment
- Recon Company I
Politics
Diplomacy
Albania is a mostly isolated country, with all diplomacy values revolving around "Different Ideology", "Same Ideology" and "Same Ruling Party". The only exception is Italy, which starts with a -25 opinion because Italy claims Albanian provinces. They have a land border with 希腊王国 and 南斯拉夫. They have a coast and therefore are not land-locked.
Albania does not have any alliances to begin with. It is guaranteed by 意大利.
Ideology
House of Zogu
- Can force government of another country to adopt the same ideology.
- Can puppet a country.
- Generate war goal tension limit: +50%
- Lend-lease tension limit: +40%
- Send volunteers tension limit: +40%
- Guarantee tension limit: +40%
- Join faction tension limit: +40%
- Ideology drift defense: -30%
Political parties
King Zog of the non-aligned House of Zogu leads completely unopposed in the 1936 scenario, holding 100% popularity. Albania no longer exists in the 1939 scenario, having been annexed by the Kingdom of Italy earlier that year.
Political Party |
Ideology |
Popularity |
Party Leader |
Country Name |
Is Ruling?
|
House of Zogu |
Non-Aligned |
100% |
King Zog |
Albania |
Yes
|
Pavarur |
Democratic |
0% |
Generic |
Republic of Albania |
No
|
Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë |
Communist |
0% |
Enver Hoxha |
Socialist Republic of Albania |
No
|
Partia Fashiste e Shqipërisë |
Fascist |
0% |
Generic |
Greater Albania |
No
|
Staff and Designers
Political Advisors
Advisor |
Type |
Effect |
Cost ()
|
Fiqri Dine |
War Industrialist |
|
150
|
Mehmet Shehu |
Communist Revolutionary |
- Daily Communism Support: +0.10
- Gain Event Communism On The Rise
|
150
|
Mustafa Merlika-Kruja |
Fascist Demagogue |
- Daily Fascist Support: +0.10
- Gets event Fascism on the Rise.
|
150
|
Jocelyn Percy |
Prince of Terror |
- Effect of partisans on us: -25 %
- Foreign subversive activities efficiency: -30 %
|
150
|
Enver Hoxha |
Democratic Reformer |
- Daily Democracy Support: +0.10
- Gain Event Move Towards Democracy
|
150
|
Midhat Frashëri |
Popular Figurehead |
|
150
|
Economy
Laws
征兵法案 |
经济法案 |
贸易法案
|
志愿兵役制
|
民用经济
- 35% 生活消费品工厂
- –30% 军用工厂建造速度
- –30% 民用工厂建造速度
- +30% 军转民消耗
- +30% 民转军消耗
- -40% 石油转换燃油效率
- -25% 燃油容量
|
重视出口
- 50% 可出口资源
- +5% 科研速度
- +10% 工厂/海军船坞产出
- +10% 建造速度
- +20% 泄露给他国的民政情报
- +10% 泄露给他国的海军情报
|
- Industry
1 Military Factories |
0 Naval Dockyard |
2 Civilian Factories
|
- Resources
Oil |
Rubber |
Steel |
Aluminium |
Tungsten |
Chromium
|
0(0) |
0(0) |
0(0) |
1(3) |
0(0) |
1(3)
|
*These numbers represent the available resources for production at start of the game. In the bracket are the complete numbers including those lost for trading.
Military
Manpower totals 15.07K, with 5.57K Free Manpower.
Army
|
Type |
No.
|
|
Infantry |
1
|
|
Total divisions |
1
|
The single Albanian division isn't fully equipped and has a recon company.
Strategies and Guides
Though Albania is in a better situation than Austria (another nation under threat of annexation), the improvement of survivability is very thin. With a very small population and unlikely event to expand, it's clear that interventionist branch of liberty ethos is completely inadequate at best and a burden at worst.
The best option to improve your army performance against Italy is to build coastal forts and just in case land forts (should Italy naval invade around the port). But even then Italy can simply go through Yugoslavia, and there's very little Albania can do unless it went to the nationalism branch.
hoi4de:Albania
hoi4fr:Albanie