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JJ68 wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 4:40 pm Why are certain colonial possessions treated as independent nations. If I try to ally with Portugal, I do not get access to Timor, East and West Africa. Why is Hong Kong, Solomons etc not under British control from the start? Is it to cater to Japanese play. I suppose the same is true for Indochina. I had hoped to use French troops to hold Indochina, but the game is saying no, no matter how many scripts I check.

Bo Rearguard wrote: Wed Feb 25, 2026 12:40 am

JJ68 wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 4:40 pm Why are certain colonial possessions treated as independent nations. If I try to ally with Portugal, I do not get access to Timor, East and West Africa. Why is Hong Kong, Solomons etc not under British control from the start? Is it to cater to Japanese play. I suppose the same is true for Indochina. I had hoped to use French troops to hold Indochina, but the game is saying no, no matter how many scripts I check.

I suspect it is to help Japanese expansion follow a historical pattern. For example, the remote, malaria-infested and economically insignificant Solomon Islands was probably the last place the British or Australian high command would have prioritized to place an army, corps or even a garrison in with war raging in Europe, but with the hindsight of history a player probably would to frustrate a Japanese advance towards New Caledonia and avoid the bomber penalty that comes with Japanese possession of Guadalcanal.