Welcome to Dreams of a White Russian Victory! I hope you all have as much fun playing my mod as I had making it!

If you're like me, you've become very bored with the stagnant Soviet Union focus tree in the base game. All of this time and you still can only go communist? Although there have already been some mods that have addressed this issue, I felt that some lacked the depth I desired. Russia, the largest country on Earth, should have the largest focus tree in HoI4! So, I created one with 376 focuses and 10 paths you can take through it, meaning a minimum of 10 unique plathroughs with Russia alone. That's right, Ukraine and Belarus have been added as well! In the future I will be releasing focus trees for Ukraine, Belarus, and Finland, each with 4 unique paths at a minimum.

I'm personally a big fan of roleplaying games, and I decided to add in an experiment to the mod as well. One of the paths for Russia features some lite rpg mechanics, such as attributes and skills for the country leader, which you can upgrade in the decisions tabs. Don't like the sound of that? That's okay! These mechanics are only found in Anastasia's path, the other 9 are your standard HoI4 affair. If people really like it, I will expand further upon this experiment.

Lore

In this alternative history scenario, General Pyotr Wrangel took charge of the White Russian Army during the Russian Civil War far sooner than he did historically, leading them to victory over the Bolshevik Red Army. Since then, he has ruled as the Supreme Leader of Russia at the head of a military junta. To preserve the hard fought peace, he did not attempt to conquer Ukraine, Finland, or any of the other breakaway states. Instead, he formed the faction known as The Pact of Petrograd, whose members include Ukraine, Belarus, Finland, Mongolia, and Tanna Tuva. This eastern bloc is similar to the modern day EU or NATO, where each member state pledges to defend one another and allow close economic cooperation.

However, even with the communists defeated, things are not well in this new Russia. A Bolshevik insurgency has hampered the junta the entire time, leading to economic stagnation, and nobles and generals rule over their own petty fiefdoms at the expense of the common man. It is becoming clearer every day that significant change must come to Russia, lest it collapse into another civil war.

Additionally, in this alternate universe, Anastasia Romanova, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, manages to survive the execution of her family. She has been living in hiding ever since, fearful of being caught by the Bolsheviks who want her dead. The path to find her is only somewhat hidden, but if you do find her, you are able to seat her as a constitutional monarch on the throne of the Russian Empire!

**Please note that this lore is not all of it in its entirety. As I develop Ukraine, Belarus, Finland, and Mongolia, more lore will be added and fleshed out.

What's included in this mod:

• A focus tree for Russia with 376 focuses (for comparison, the new Spanish focus tree in La Resistance has 271), all of them fully localized and lore-friendly. None of that "AAA_this_focus.desc" stuff here.
• Ten unique paths: 4 democratic, 2 communist, 2 fascist, and 2 non-aligned.
• A metric **** ton of decisions and each path gets some unique decisions.
• Every Russian portrait is unique and colorized. Ukraine and Belarus each have one unique portrait added.
• Unique Russian generals and field marshals.
• A simple start for your military to avoid that early game slog of organizing Russia's huge military. Units all start together sorted by unit type.