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BFFs As Portugal, join the same faction as Great Britain. Playing as Portugal In a faction with United Kingdom You don't need DLC for this. Just go democratic and wait for world tension to rise. Recommend speed 5, you don't need technologies or focuses. You don't need to rush democracy because world tension will be under 80% for a long time. 1.9 VE

Braaaaains! As Canada, complete the Send in the Zombies focus. Playing as Canada Focus "Send in the Zombies" is completed Play Canada as normal but always rush down economic focuses. If world tension rises take the defensive focuses until Germany declares war on Poland, join the war and rush down the war focuses. Just be aware that you cannot unlock this achievement if you do the "National Steel Car." 1.3 VE

Canada First Join Axis as Canada. Playing as Canada In a faction with Germany

In a faction with Germany Germany is a faction leader The faction does not need be the Axis, but it must be led by Germany. Although Together for Victory is not required; the achievement is much easier with it due to the DLC granting National Focuses specifically geared for this. 1.0 VE

District 9 As South Africa, have 9 civilian factories in Transvaal. Playing as South Africa Has civilian factories >8 in the state Transvaal (275) Convert military factories into civilian factories in Transvaal. Follow the Focus tree for free civilian factories. They can randomly give Transvaal the required Factories. If Transvaal runs out of building slots, follow the Dispersed/Concentrated Industry tech tree to get more building slots. 1.3 VE

Do You Mined? Lay at least 1,000 mines on the coastline of an enemy nation. Any country is at war with player: has more than 999 mines on their coastline. Can be done immediately at the start of the game as Italy. Remove your divisions from one or both of Ethiopia's shores, and lay mines with your starting navy until you reach 1000 mines. 1.6 VE

Friend in Need Join a faction. Country flag achievement_has_joined_faction is set Choose Sinkiang click on the Soviet Union, click Join Faction, and click yes on the pop-up. It's that simple. 1.0 VE

I SEE EVERYTHING Get over 90% intel in each category on a major without using code cracking. Achieve 90% intel on all categories on any major nation without activating decryption on them: Intel on any Major: NOT fully decrypted

Civilian intel > 89%

Army intel > 89%

Airforce intel > 89%

Navy Intel > 89% In order for the achievement to fire, the decryption must not be complete or cracked, but if the player selects it and waits the 30 days, the achievement will fire. 1.9 VE

Lethal Straight Have a production license from at least 5 of the 7 major powers. Is licensing from 5 of the below: France

France Germany

Germany Italy

Italy Japan

Japan Soviet Union

Soviet Union United Kingdom

United Kingdom United States As any country, preferably recommended to select neutral nations ( ), as to avoid the “Strategic reasons” diplomatic penalty ( –100 value), that may block the “Request License Production” option, improve relations with five of the seven major powers then license the basic infantry weapons. (Researching the next level of infantry equipment also works, as even major nations have few problems with licensing outdated equipment.) Yugoslavia can pick the focuses "Reinforce Old Alliances" and "Ban Slovene Nationalist Parties" to improve relations with three of the five countries. Alternatively you can also play a longer and larger game and just simply either ally or puppet all of the major nations and then get licenses from them. 1.4 VE

Listen Very Carefully, I Shall Say This... Have a French and British spy work together on the same Operation. Have a British and French Operative complete an Operation together. Check happens upon operation completion. At least 1 participating operative requires French, and at least 1 participating operative requires British nationality. As of 1.9.0, there's no check that the French and British operatives are not the same person. 1.9 VE

Man of a Thousand Faces, Every One the Same Have the same spy get captured twice. Have any operative get captured twice. The trigger flag is le_clerc2. On first capture, the operative gains le_clerc1. On second capture, the operative gains le_clerc2. 1.9 VE

No country for old men Reach 0 manpower with Scraping the Barrel as Conscription Law. Scraping the Barrel

Manpower Can be accomplished by having the law after capitulating and controlling no territory (e.g. do nothing as Luxembourg). You can also spam recruitment of divisions until you've used up all your manpower, wait a few ticks for the achievement to trigger, and then cancel them all again (if you want to continue your game). You can start training a ton of 1-battalion divisions and boost the template later. Tannu Tuva can easily reach this achievement due to their abysmally low core population of just 85k. 1.0 VE

Nothing Wrong with our Bloody Ships As the United Kingdom, have at least 9 battlecruisers. Playing as United Kingdom At least 9 Battlecruisers Battlecruisers are built with Heavy Ship Hulls and Battlecruiser armor. The United Kingdom starts with both. 1.6 VE

Play It, Sam Have a spy network of at least 50% strength in Casablanca. Network Strength in Casablanca (461) more than 50% Establishing a spy network is avaliable even in peacetime so the achievement is fairly simple. Set your operatives on "Establish Spy Network" mission in Casablanca and the achievement will trigger once the network strength is over 50%. You can do this as soon as you have recruited your first operative but the more operatives you assign to establish a network in the same region, the faster the network will be at full strength. 1.9 VE

Romance of the Three Kingdoms As China, puppet and then annex Yunnan and Guangxi Clique. Playing as China Integrated the Guangxi Clique and Yunnan through making them a puppet. With DLC: Pick the "Subjugate the Warlords" focus from "Three Principles of the People" branch. Yunnan and Guangxi will either subjugate (and will become your puppet) or will refuse - then you will get a wargoal against them. You may annex the majority of their states, however, it is important to puppet them. After subjugating warlords, a series of "Integrates the Warlords" decisions will be opened; just make decisions for Yunnan and Guangxi. 1.5 VE

Shaken, Not Stirred Successfully stage a coup in any nation using a spy with the Seducer trait. Start a coup in any nation using an Operative with the seducer trait. At least 1 operative participating in the Coup Government operation requires the seducer trait. This will trigger the achievement_seducer_spy flag. 1.9 VE

Spies Trade As India, become the spymaster for the Allies. Playing as British Raj Is spymaster

In a faction with United Kingdom Make sure you have 5 free Civilian factories, and immediately use them to Form Agency on the top of the Intelligence Agency menu. Then, upgrade the Agency three times with anything you like, and after that the option to Become Spymaster (for the Allies) will be available next to the name and icon of your agency at the top of the window. Invest 50 PP, and the achievement should trigger. The AI will always accept, as there is a whopping +1000 positive modifier for the AI to accept a request to become Spymaster if the asking country is controlled by a player. India needs to be at least a dominion to become spymaster. 1.9 VE

The Balkan Powder Keg As Yugoslavia, start the Second World War (i.e. be part of either the Axis or the Allies and at war with the other faction in a war you started). Playing as Yugoslavia Declared war on Axis/Allies while part of Allies/Axis (respectively) Choose Fascist Demagogue as your first Political Power spending, turn Fascist (skip Civil War option) and join the Axis

Start Justifying War on the UK and when it's done declare war Alternatively, start justifying a war goal on a European nation when World Tension is above 25%. The nation you are justifying on will thus get guaranteed by either France or the UK and they often ally together. Once done, declare the war and the Allies will join in defense of the targeted nation

When playing with DLC before joining Axis get "Invite German Military Mission" Focus to avoid Civil War

DLC before joining Axis get "Invite German Military Mission" Focus to avoid Civil War Can be done before 1938 1.4 VE

Time is on our side Reach 1948. Date is > 1947.12.31 Play as any South American nation if you want to AFK. If you manage to pull this off as France, without ever surrendering or capitulating once, you will also unlock the Vive la France achievement. 1.0 VE

To Arms in Dixie! As the U.S.A., start a new civil war as the South. Playing as United States The Boston Rebellion has begun. Abstain from Continue the New Deal until the 1936 election, choose Republicans, and Reestablish the Gold Standard. Go down the America First path and complete the "Ally with the Silver Shirts" National Focus to trigger the event chain leading to the civil war. For best results, complete the "Work with the bund" and "Recruit the Free Corps" national focuses. To actually form the Confederacy, complete the national focus "Honor the Confederacy" and all of its constituent decisions before the civil war ends. 1.6 VE

Transport Tycoon Have at least 1000 convoys. Has convoys > 999 Just set all of your dockyards as the United States to Convoy production and stay out of any wars. 1.0 VE

Turing Complete! Fully decrypt all nations in the Axis. Playing as United Kingdom As Great Britain, fully decrypt every Major nation in a faction with Germany

Germany is a major

Germany is a major Every other country is either: Not Germany and not in faction with Germany Not a Major Is fully decrypted

As of 1.9.0, UK only needs to fully decrypt the Axis majors. Easy by rushing Encryption Updates from the beginning. 1.9 VE

United Netherlands Conquer Belgium and Luxembourg as Netherlands. Playing as Netherlands Own and control the states: Vlaanderen (6)

Holland (7)

Luxembourg (8)

Wallonie (34)

Brabant (35)

Friesland (36) This becomes much easier with the Man The Guns DLC as it grants the Netherlands a National Focus tree containing focuses specifically geared towards this achievement. Cave to the British, then rush immediately to "Lead the Minor Democracies" branch. A focus is called "Form the Benelux" under it, and completing the focus will activate a decision "Propose Benelux Unification" for the player to take, which costs 300 political power. Taking the decision will fire an event for Belgium and Luxembourg to decide whether they should join the Netherlands. The event gives Belgium and Luxembourg a chance to avoid annexation. However, the AI will always choose to be annexed. Once Belgium and Luxembourg agrees, you will annex them both and you have successfully achieved this without a single bloodshed. 1.0 VE

We'll Build it in a Day Research Construction V. Has researched Construction V Stack up as many bonuses to research speed (especially industrial research speed) and work your way down the industrial branch. Eventually, you should reach Construction V. Brazil is a good candidate, being a very large minor nation that isn't likely to get involved in any wars. 1.0 VE

You Will Never Kill Me Alive Have one of your spies take a Suicide Pill. Have an operative die with the Suicide Pills agency upgrade active. The required global flag: kill_me_alive_flag is set when a player's operative dies if the player has completed the Suicide Pills agency upgrade. If you keep sending your operatives on missions, or indeed just have them perform various activities like Build Intel Network in other countries, eventually one of them will die and the achievement will trigger. 1.9 VE

Arsenal of Democracy As the U.S.A., have more than 300 military factories. Playing as United States Current ruling party is Democratic More Military Factories than 300 To get extra building slots, the War Powers sub-branch gives war goals even as a democracy. Save up Political Power. Do not do the building quests while Roosevelt is in power because when you make Alf Landon president, The Congress Support will be high. Take all statehood-granting decisions when Political Power reaches 100. When Landon becomes President, go straight to America First. Once complete, take the new advisor. Then go to American Institute of Sciences. When Fascist support gets to 30.10%, it will be possible to take War Powers Act. Change the Advisor to Democratic as soon as that focus is taken. Take Anti-Fascist Raids decision whenever available to reduce Fascist support. When War Support reaches 35%, take Seize Cuba and Eliminate the Southern Threat for Cuba and Mexico. When Fascism reaches below 20%, take Ban Fascism to be able to take the Neutrality Act for factories. For more experienced players, the Panay incident random event (which fires when Japan conquers Shanghai and Nanjing) grants the player the opportunity to start an early war with Japan to acquire even more factories. 1.6 E

Australia-Hungary As Australia, own all core territory of Hungary. Playing as Australia Conquered all Hungarian core territory Turning off Death or Dishonor DLC will prevent Hungary from obtaining cores aside from those it started with. Get Fascist, justify on Hungary, leave Allies/join Axis, wait for Anschluss, paradrop from German Austria to the three Hungarian cities. Don't ask for help in the war. If you do it early enough, it should be a quick conflict. Focus tree: Never Another Gallipoli down to Our Own Empire. To prevent delays, read ahead down the tree, e.g., have enough infantry equipment stored for Supply Indonesian Nationalists. 1.5 E

Better Than Szent István As Hungary, have Miklos Horthy as a Naval commander and build a battleship. Playing as Hungary Has the unit leader Miklos Horthy

Has the unit leader Has at least 1 Battleship As Hungary you start without a coast. Getting to the coast is easiest through either Yugoslavia or Romania. There are several decisions in the focus tree, giving claims, but to make Miklos Horthy a Naval Commander you need to take the Habsburg Prince Focus Path.

All you need to do after, is build at least 1 Battleship, (you need to research that tech because Hungary starts without any Naval Tech in 1936) and assign Miklos Horthy to that fleet. 1.4 E

Cut The Strings Break free from your overlord as a puppet. Playing as a puppet Is not a subject With / DLC: As British Raj build military factories, invest tech in newest infantry weapons, mass produce it and lend lease them to UK for autonomy points (technology above UK level will net more points).

Can be combined with "Our Words Are Backed With Nuclear Weapons" (declaring independence after dropping the nuke) - requires .

. WARNING! Cannot be done as Egypt (possibly because starting a game as UK).

Can be done as Manchukuo by following the focus tree to declare war on Japan - requires . 1.3 E

Destroyer of Worlds Deploy a nuke. Country flag achievement_has_dropped_nuke is set 1.0 E

En Svensk Tiger As Sweden, acquire a production license for a Tiger or Tiger II tank from Germany. Playing as Sweden Is licensing from Germany either: Heavy Tank II (Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger)

Heavy Tank III (Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B) Choose Fascist Demagogue as your first Political Power spending and turn Fascist (skip Civil War option)

Join Axis and help them in wars (Germany has to survive until they research Tiger tank - at least late 1943) 1.4 E

I Am the Tong Master As South Africa, break free from the UK and puppet another nation. Playing as South Africa Is not a subject

Is a subject Has subjects >0 With DLC: Get the Fascist focuses ,declare indepence of South Africa

Release Namibia as your puppet. Without DLC: Turn Fascist

Produce few subs and some extra convoys

Justify and Declare War on Liberia and puppet them in a peace deal (can also be done by releasing Namibia and justifying on them.) 1.3 E

Master of War Fully research a land, naval and air doctrine tree. Has researched a full branch in each of the tech fields: Air Doctrine

Land Doctrine

Naval Doctrine If you think you should have got this and haven't, double check you haven't missed one that wasn't mutually exclusive on the same row of the tree. 1.0 E

Mi Casa es tu Casa As Mexico, host a government-in-exile. Playing as Mexico Any country is exiled in Mexico In order for Mexico to host an exiled country, it has to be Democratic and a faction leader needs to be Democratic. Although Mexico does not have to be the faction leader, it still needs a powerful army or economy to host exiles. Exile Calles to hire the Democratic advisor, then go down the Spanish Refugees branch to Hispanic Alliance or Bolivarian Alliance (wait until you have completed either focus to transition to Democracy). Change your government, use the Hispanic Solidarity decision to invite Guatemala to your faction, then use the March Southward focus to get a wargoal on El Salvador. Declare war, remove all your forces from Guatemala and wait for it to capitulate. 1.6 E

Monarchy is Back in Fashion As Germany, Bring back the Kaiser and ensure that Italy is controlled by Victor Emmanuel by killing Mussolini. Playing as Germany Wilhelm II is the current country leader Italy: Victor Emmanuel III is the current country leader Follow the "Return of the Kaiser" and the "Focus on the True Enemy" path in the "Oppose Hitler" tree until you get to the "Assassinate Mussolini" Focus. Wilhelm II must be your leader and he must not die before the focus is complete. 1.5 E

Our Words Are Backed With Nuclear Weapons As India, develop and deploy a nuke. You must have the Quit India Movement national spirit. Playing as British Raj Country flag RAJ_quit_india_movement is set

Country flag is set Country flag achievement_has_dropped_nuke is set RAJ_quit_india_movement country flag is set by Quit India Movement national focus

country flag is set by Quit India Movement national focus Develop, build and deploy a nuclear bomb (remember about getting some strategic bombers and fighters for air superiority). You have 2 focuses giving you boost in that area. If China falls you can alone keep Japan away at the border and look out for Siam because it can turn Fascist by Japanese Focus.

Can be combined with "Cut The Strings" (just do it after dropping the nuke). 1.3 E

Second Time’s the Charm As France, occupy Moscow while Napoleon VI is your country leader. Playing as France Controls Moscow (219) Napoléon VI is the current country leader. Can be done easily if siding with Germans. Rush the monarchist focus tree, you need "Avenge Waterloo" focus. Prepare to attack Britain with naval invasion. Your starting army and fleet will be enough to destroy them. Wait until Germany declares war on Poland. Britain will join the war. The moment they do this declare war on Britain. Germany will invite you to their faction, accept this invitation and annex Britain. Guarantee Finland as the USSR justifies a wargoal on them. Accept the call to arms and invite the rest of the Axis. This will make the war easier as they will not receive the "Great Patriotic War" buff. Once they take Moscow, ask them to give you control in that state. Make sure you have enough warscore so they will allow this. 1.9 E

Team America As the U.S.A., drop a nuclear bomb on Paris. Playing as United States Dropped a nuclear bomb on Paris As a democratic nation, build a lot of planes, namely strategic bombers and fighters, and rush nuclear technology. Germany will control Paris. When in the allies, move your planes to the airfield on the British Isles and set them on mission to Northern France when the nuclear tech is ready and one nuke is available. Achieve air superiority and nuke Paris when ready. 1.6 E

Tojo Shot First As Japan, Nuke a core territory of the US before the US develops nuclear weapons. Playing as Japan United States does not have technology: Nuclear Bombs Dropped a Nuclear Bomb on a core state of the US This is best done with the Sunrise Invasion Achievement.

When you have nukes, release the US and go to war with them.

To make the war easier to re-annex them, finish off the allies and Comintern so the US does not join their faction but it is not necessary.

The US must control the state you drop the nuke in.

Alternative strategy: Go down the historical part of your focus tree. Invade the Soviet Union shortly after Germany declares war on them. In the peace deal, make sure you take the states with coastlines on the Pacific to extend the range of your navies. Prepare a naval invasion from the port in Northeast Siberia to Vancouver and get war goals on the Philippines and British Malaya through your focus tree. Declare war on the Allies but NOT on America, and launch the naval invasion. The Canadian divisions will likely be in Europe or Africa, so there should be nobody to stop you securing the airfield in British Columbia. Send some fighters and strategic bombers there, wait for their arrival then pause. Give the fighters air superiority missions over an American airzone, assign the bombers to that airzone then without unpausing, declare war on the Philippines. The US will automatically join, now all that is left is to drop a nuke. 1.5 E

Tour de France Occupy all of mainland France while having at least 20 fully equipped Bicycle regiments. Not playing as France Occupy all of mainland France while having at least 20 fully equipped Bicycle regiments. Control all French states in Europe

number of bicycle battalions > 22

number of infantry equipment in armies > 2200

number of support equipment in armies > 220 "Mainland" France includes Corsica. Only Japan and the Netherlands have access to bicycle batallions.

Start as Japan. Join Axis and move all your armies and navies to Germany. Don't pick a focus yet.

Start fabricating a claim on France as soon as you have enough Political Power. After you gain 10 more PP start working on the army focuses to unlock bicycle divisions. Setup a naval invasion, making sure to include your light tanks and motorized infantry, from Germany to Dieppe and put your navy on naval invasion support.

When your claim is finished, declare war on France. Don't call in anyone, especially Germany.

After making a beachhead, put your entire army on French shores and conquer them. Use your motorized to secure Paris and Orleans, as this, in addition to taking Dieppe and Le Havre, is enough to capitulate France.

Change 6 infantry to 6 bicycle battalions in the Hohei Shidan template. Alternatively play as Germany and play normally until you sea lion Britain. Take all of France and puppet the Netherlands and wait for them to have bicycle divisions. Copy their template and train the divisions. 1.9 E

Underpaid, Undersexed, and Under Eisenhower As the U.S.A., assume faction leadership of the Allies, and have over 50 expeditionary divisions from the United Kingdom. Playing as United States Is in faction with the United Kingdom

Is faction leader

Received at least 50 expeditionary forces from the United Kingdom You need 50% more factories and fielded manpower than the UK, which shouldn't be a problem after a few years of buildup. The UK will accept to send the 51 divisions you need if they have ~160 divisions, you can send them some of your own troops as expeditionary forces to get them past that number. Remember: Press the button below the army to ask for expeditionary units. Before request UK, give an order for the new army (for example, garrison), otherwise they will refuse. 1.6 E

Vive la France Reach 1948 as France without capitulating or surrendering. Playing as France Date is > 1947.12.31

Date is > 1947.12.31 Global flag achievement_france_surrender is not set

Global flag is not set Has not capitulated If you manage to pull this off, you will also unlock the Time is on our side achievement, if you haven't done so already. 1.0 E

Vive la Jeune Ecole As France, have at least 150 Destroyers and research the maximum torpedo launcher technology, before 1945. Playing as France Date is < 1945.1.1 Has at least 150 Destroyer



Has at least 150 Destroyer Has technology Modern Ship Torpedo Launcher Can be achieved easily by rushing the fascist route in focus tree and joining the Axis. Concentrate on civilian factories. Wait for Germany to declare war on Poland. You can also annex Spain for more coastal provinces and factories while you are waiting. Join the war. Britain doesn't have a chance to oppose you, so it will be an easy war. Make sure that you took as many coastal provinces as you can. After that concentrate on building naval dockyards and make sure that you researched Modern Ship Torpedo Launcher technology. If everything done correctly, you can get this achievement by 1942. 1.6 E

Warszawo, Walcz! Stage the Warsaw uprising and succeed. Poland has risen up against an occupying country that you are at war with. Any country at war with the player and Poland has the Global flag warsaw_liberated_self_flag is set warsaw_liberated_self_flag gets set if resistance hits 90 in a Polish state. In 1.9.0, it doesn't seem to require you to succeed, just to hit 90 resistance. An easy way to trigger the uprising as Soviet Union: At the start of the game, justify and declare war on Poland and call Tannu Tuva into the war.

Tannu Tuva into the war. After capitulating Poland give all polish states to Tannu Tuva.

Kick Tannu Tuva from your faction and justify a wargoal against them.

Declare war against Tannu Tuva but DO NOT capitulate them.

Since Tannu Tuva doesn't have the means to properly suppress the resistance, you can just wait until the resistance in Poland hits 90. 1.9 E

Wunderwaffen Research all rocket, nuclear and jet technologies. Has researched: Advanced Rocket Engines

Advanced Rocket Engines Jet Engines

Jet Engines Nuclear Bombs 1.0 E

Crusader Kings As South Africa, finish the A King for our People focus and take Jerusalem. Playing as South Africa Has Edward VIII national spirit

Has Edward VIII national spirit Control the state Jerusalem (454) Take Fascism route for independence, justify war on Portugal (don't leave Allies) and take their colonies - should be done before start of WWII.

Leave Allies justify war on UK (or if possible join Axis) and attack them from behind.

This should make UK lose in Egypt as they have to send some troops to fight you. If that's the case Italy will take Palestine so ask for control over it (if you don't have enough war score just kill more Allies). If not, drive straight for Palestine (get some ports along the way so you won't get cut off from supplies).

Remember to defend your ports - basic District Brigade (3xINF) will do the job nicely. It's the only quick way to lose because it will take ages for Allies to get to you through land (way longer than your troops going for Palestine will take). 1.3 M

Crush the Dream As a Communist United Kingdom, crush the American Dream by puppeting the U.S.A. Playing as United Kingdom Current ruling party is Communist

Has completed focus Crush the Dream

The United States is a subject of The United Kingdom Take the Move to Secure the Dominion focus as soon as you switch communist. Move your army to Canada and declare martial law to prevent it from seceding. Attack the United States from the Canadian border. 1.6 M

Freegypt As Egypt, go from puppet to a free nation using the autonomy system. Is Egypt Country flag achievement_EGY_colony is set

is set Country flag achievement_EGY_dominion is set

is set Country flag achievement_EGY_free is set Start as UK (don't unpause) and release Egypt as a puppet (check "Play as" when the checkbox appears).

Produce some units to fight Italians in Africa. After you are secure the fastest way to gain autonomy points is to mass produce infantry weapons and convoys, then to Lend Lease them to the UK (it will give you more points if you have better tech than them so rush those next level weapons).

Fighting in Europe also give you nice autonomy boost (not as large as Lend Lease) but remember that if you win too soon you will be stuck with only 0.5 autonomy daily from focus. 1.3 M

Forge of Victory Have 50 factories as Belgium. Playing as Belgium Has factories > 49 Naval dockyards count toward this total

This total can be reached by going fascist or communist and conquering the Netherlands, combined with normal industrial build-up. Also easily accomplished as fascist as Germany will use your territory to bypass the Maginot Line typically resulting in your control of northern France upon their capitulation. 1.0 M

History Repeated Itself As the U.S.A., Win against the Confederate States. Again. Playing as United States The Second American Civil War has started Confederacy of American States: Does not exist Pick the national focus "Suspend the Persecution", complete the national focus "WPA" and complete all of its successive focuses and then pick either the "Full desegregation" or "Union representation Act" national focuses to trigger a civil war with the Confederacy. The Confederacy of American States appears in the same southern states as the original Confederate States. Be mindful that several states in the Midwest around the Great Lakes will also break off to form the Unaligned States of America, but they will not be hostile towards you. 1.6 M

Last for a Thousand Years As the United Kingdom, accomplish the federation of the entire British Empire. Playing as United Kingdom Has completed focus Imperial Federation Can be done as any ideology, but going down the King's Party path and fomenting imperialist revolutions in your dominions will allow you to create integrated puppets, eliminating the need to reduce autonomy. Make sure to improve relations and save up a few hundred political power before starting the imperial conference. 300-400 political power is a good number to have saved before starting but if you can spare the time and effort, having around 600-700 political power will ensure success. 1.6 M

Made in China As Communist China, have over 100 military factories. Playing as Communist China at least 101 Military Factories This achievement can be combined with The People Have Stood Up! achievement. As Communist China, annex Nationalist China and all of the warlords and build a lot of Military factories in your territory. Japan may justify war on you and if so, just have your ports well guarded and hold the front line or conquer Manchuria and Korea, as doing so will trigger an event that allows you to end the war and acquire all of Japan's mainland possessions. The " Social Democracy " national focus and all focuses after it allows Communist China to start a power struggle with Nationalist China and if they can gather enough political support points, they can annex Nationalist China with no shots fired.

Communist China, annex Nationalist China and all of the warlords and build a lot of Military factories in your territory. Japan may justify war on you and if so, just have your ports well guarded and hold the front line or conquer Manchuria and Korea, as doing so will trigger an event that allows you to end the war and acquire all of Japan's mainland possessions. The " " national focus and all focuses after it allows Communist China to start a power struggle with Nationalist China and if they can gather enough political support points, they can annex Nationalist China with no shots fired. Offmap military factories do not count as they are considered occupied factories and are not specifically on your territory. 1.5 M

Nobody expects... As Nationalist Spain in Axis manage to take Paris before the Germans. Playing as Spain Current ruling party is fascist

Current ruling party is fascist In a faction with Germany

In a faction with Germany Germany is a faction leader

Germany is a faction leader Control the state Ile de France (16) It is viable to begin justifying the moment Franco takes power, win the civil war, and then go one of 2 routes. The first option is to launch naval invasions against Paris. You can join the axis faction after the conclusion of the war. The other option is to join the Axis and gain enough war score for Germany to give control of Ile de France (16) to Spain. It can be completed in the same run with the The Bell Tolls For Us achievement simply drifting towards communist or democratic after you capture Ile de France (16). 1.0 M

Northern Light As a Scandinavian country form your own faction, and have Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland in it. Playing as either: Denmark

Denmark Finland

Finland Norway

Norway Sweden Is a faction leader

Is a faction leader Is in a faction with: Denmark

Denmark Finland

Finland Norway

Norway Sweden Begin by creating and upgrading a spy agency five times to get a second agent and deleting your entire army, start turning fascist through a demagogue and then prepare for a civil war via decisions, continually use the 'Expand civil support' decision to lower stability below 50%, once below 50% stability ignite ciI1 war and rush out one cavalry division to b-line for Stockholm, the enemy should have zero divisions and very little territory so this will be enough to capitulate them.

After the civil war ends save up 190 political power to justify on Denmark and Norway then cancel justification on Denmark and redo it, this will give you concurrent war goals to avoid them getting guaranteed by the UK, while this is happening devote your spy agency to first 'Propoganda' in Finland and then once the civil war is over switch to 'Boost Ideology' to get ready for a Fascist coup.

Now begin preparing for war with Denmark and Norway by sitting one or two units to attack the Danish strait and sending around four units behind them with a naval invasion from the north, after justifying, expand conscription and follow the collectivist tree to be able to produce a large amount of cavalry to hold the Norwegian line.

Once justification is complete declare war at exactly the same time to avoid guarantees from the Allies and quickly rush for victory points, you will be much stronger and Norway will leave most of their land undefended, in the peace deal annex all their land for the time being as you can release them as a puppet later on.

Continue working on boosting fascist support in Finland and keeping their stability below 70%, once facism is above 20% begin preparing a coup in the Åland Islands, this is crucial as they will remain undefeatable by mainland Finland, once the coup is complete (and it is important to do this before late 1939 / early 1940 to avoid the Soviet Union getting involved) begin using 'Diplomatic Pressure' and 'Improve Relations' on the fascist rebels, they will survive almost indefinitely and once world tension is around 55% you will be able to create a faction with them, alternatively you can now freely justify on Finland as now they are at war which prevents them from being guaranteed, just make sure you haven't already strated the faction as that could cause them to join the Allies.

Once the faction is created release Norway and Denmark as puppets and they will automatically join you. This achievement can be done with 'Med plutonium...' if you annex and release Denmark as free via the autonomy system by building in their states and lend leasing them. 1.0 M

Once More Mate Occupy Gallipoli as Australia. Playing as Australia Control the state Istanbul (341) The easiest strategy is to join the Comintern and attack Turkey from the USSR. If in the Allies, simple occupation will not work due to Greece having cores on Istanbul. 1.0 M

Our Chief Weapon is Surprise... As Spain, have at least 5 spies and stage 5 coups against other nations. Playing as Spain Spain has started more than 4 coups You have to start five coups to get it and doesn't mind the result of them. Coups will count if the new government lost the civil war. 1.9 M

Poland Can Into Space Finish all Rocket Technologies as Poland. Playing as Poland Has researched Advanced Rocket Engines Option 1: Give into German and Soviet demands for territory. Stay out of WWII. Stay on speed 5 the whole time. Research rockets. Option 2: Turn fascist and join the Axis. Try to stay out of wars as long as you can. Make sure to research rockets. With DLC, Even when you get overrun and conquered by the Germans and/or the Soviets, you will continue the game as a government-in-exile hosted by the United Kingdom and remain eligible for the achievement. As long as Allies survive, you can continue doing research to get the achievement. 1.0 M

Pride and Extreme Prejudice Sink the British Pride of the Fleet. Not playing as United Kingdom Sank the British Pride of the Fleet It can be done quickly as Japan. In the 1936 start, the Japanese fleet is immediately capable of sinking not just the HMS Hood, but the entire Royal Navy if played properly. Choose to purge the Kodoha faction and justify on the UK (or British Malaya) as soon as possible. Ask Germany for docking rights, and move your entire fleet to their port nearest to the UK. Use the bulk of your fleet as a strike force, with three groups of destroyers patrolling the naval areas around the UK. If possible, you can also use naval bombers as well for added firepower. When the justification has finished, declare war on them. If Germany invites you to the Axis you should accept for the opportunity to move your planes to their airfields. From there just keep beating the Brits and building new ships and bombers (importing Oil for fuel if needed) until your fleet sinks the Hood and unlocks the achievement. 1.6 M

The bell tolls for us Win Spanish Civil War as Republican Spain. Playing as Spain Is not fascist

Won the Spanish Civil War

One of the following must be true: Current Ruling party is Communist

Communist Current Ruling party is Democratic Is not Nationalist Spain Is not Carlist Spain Is not Anarchist Spain

Democratic As of 1.9, capitulating one of the other factions(Anarchists/Fascists/Carlists) in the civil war as the Republicans, even if the civil war hasn't ended, will trigger the achievement. (Possibly because of every time one faction capitulates a peace deal is automatically made, counting as the civil war has ended) 1.0 M

The Munich Disagreement As Czechoslovakia, occupy Munich while at war with Germany. Playing as Czechoslovakia At war with Germany

At war with Germany Controls the state Oberbayern (52) Turn Communist and join the Comintern

Follow the focus tree until The Polish Division and go to war with Poland and take as much warscore as possible.

On peace deal, give the Soviets a contiguous border with Germany and Czechoslovakia. The Soviets will only help with the next if they border Germany.

Build up Sudetenland to lvl 7 forts via focus, prepare for war against the Axis and refuse Germany's demand for it.

It is easier with historical AI turned off (there is a good chance of Hungary taking Austria and/or allying with Italy so Germany will be weaker) Can also be done by rushing out paratroopers and hoping for an early war with Germany following little Entente path. You only need to occupy the city of Munich for achievement to fire. You may need to concentrate research & ministers on planes for air superiority. 1.4 M

The Puppetmaster Have at least 51 subjects. Has subjects >50 This suggestion requires DLC. Play as the United Kingdom, as they can release about 40 nations as puppets through their national focus tree. But don't do this yet! Turn communist as soon as possible, and then declare war on France.

France. Defeat France and in the peace deal puppet them and satellite every releasable nation from their colonies as your puppets.

While the war is ongoing Follow the "Revisit Colonial Policy" branch of the national focus tree and dismantle your colonial empire, releasing a lot of puppets in the process. Be careful, though, as if you fail to complete the branch within 2 years of going communist, a civil war will break out!

If you still don't have enough puppets, follow the rest of the national focus (the communist path) and pick either "Follow Moscow" or "The British Communist Alternative" and start puppeting the rest of Europe or annex the United States and go after the rest of the Americas. 1.3 M

The Revolution Triumphant Have Germany as a puppet of Soviet. Playing as Soviet Union Germany is a puppet of Soviet Union Must be unified Germany. West Germany or East Germany will not count, even if you puppet both. Justify and declare war on Poland to gain a border with Germany. As an optional bonus, boost communist party popularity in France to make them flip to communist, then try inviting them to the Comintern. If France refuses to join, you can also wait until Germany attacks them, and then invite them, as they will be more inclined to join you.

Then justify and declare war on Germany, and Puppet them in the Peace Conference. It is likely that Italy will join the Axis upon your declaration of war, so it is advised to wait until after the Anschluss to declare war on Germany, as this will enable you to reach Italy via land without any extra war justifications.

1.0 M

True Blitzkrieg As Germany have both Poland and France surrender before January 1st 1940. Playing as Germany Date is < 1940.01.01

Date is < 1940.01.01 Poland does not exist or has capitulated

Poland does not exist has capitulated France either: Does not exist

exist Has capitulated

Global flag achievement_france_surrender is set Both nations need to be either in a capitulated state or annexed to trigger. Neither of them can be a puppet. 1.0 M

We Will Rock You As Spain, own Gibraltar. Playing as Spain Gibraltar (118) Owned by Spain As Carlist Spain, after the Spanish Civil War, rush towards the Retake the Spanish Netherlands focus and take the Benelux. Have around 24 divisions each on the French northern and southern borders and declare on France when Germany's at war with them. Capitulate France and launch a naval invasion on the United Kingdom. Once the United Kingdom capitulates, take Gibraltar in the peace deal. Can also be done very easily with Man The Guns, if Historical AI Focuses are turned off, since the United Kingdom may take the Revisit Colonial Policy branch of its focus tree containing the focus 'Withdraw from Contested Territories' which will give Gibraltar to Spain for free along with it becoming a core state. If this occurs during the civil war, Gibraltar may not be given to the player's Spain but will be transferred once the civil war is won. 1.9 M

Well, I Didn’t Vote for You Win the Spanish Civil War as the Anarchists. Playing as Spain Win the Spanish Civil War as the Anarchists Is Anarchist Spain

Any other country with the original tag of Spain not including Anarchist Spain does not exist. Anarchist Spain is created from either the Masters of Our Own Fate focus or the Government Crackdown event. As of 1.9.0, the event gives a larger portion of units and equipment.

Easier if the Nationalist are weakened by the Carlist rebellion (in non-historical) 1.9 M

Why Die For Danzig? As Germany, turn France fascist and occupy Danzig without going to war with France. Playing as Germany Have France become Fascist without going to war with France. France:

Is Fascist

Fascist Is not at war with Germany

Danzig (85) is controlled by Germany

does not have country flag: invalid_for_danzig_achievement

Germany is not at war with France invalid_for_danzig_achievement flag fires when Germany declares war on France.

flag fires when Germany declares war on France. Bugged in 1.9.0: The achievement fires for being Germany, never declaring on France or Poland, and France flipping Fascist.

France has to flip Fascist without triggering a civil war.

Playing on non-historical mode, follow the focus tree until Demand Sudetenland. If Czechoslovakia refuse, you will get a wargoal against them. France and Romania will have guaranteed Czechoslovakia, so you will be at war with both when declare over them. Place your troops on the frontier with those three countries and start a war against Czechoslovakia. For any reason, it won't affect country flag invalid_for_danzig_achievement. Romania, France and Czechoslovakia won't be on the same faction, so you will have a peace deal each time you defeat one of them. To conquest France, just merge all your ships in one single army with the mission naval invasion support over the two sea regions between them and you. Make a landing, take Paris and some other victory points. They will surrend quick. On the french peace deal, make them a puppet. When the three countries have been defeated, you will get the achievement. 1.9 M

William Wallis As the United Kingdom, put Edward VIII in power, enforce an American monarchy, and have both it and Scotland as subjects. Playing as United Kingdom Has completed focus The King's Party

Scotland is a subject of The United Kingdom

The United States is a subject of The United Kingdom

Installed an American monarchy Hidden requirement for Installed an American monarchy You need to ensure Royal Marriage, so Wallis would be Queen Wallis You need take focus Unite the Anglosphere You need to either annex all USA core states, or puppet the USA and let it have all core states. Puppet USA is probably better choice if you are sharing war scores with other countries. Once you have annexed/puppeted the USA, a decision will appear to install an American Monarchy. 1.6 M

Awake and Angry As China, reconquer all of China and Manchuria and force a Japanese surrender. Playing as China Japan was forced to sue for peace after losing all of Manchuria and Korea Conquered all core territory of China and Manchukuo not including the states of Hong Kong(326) , Macau (729) and Guangzhouwan (728) Do not accept cooperation with Communist China until the Japanese are about to attack. Then, form the Chinese United Front and accept all invites. Quickly rush to Korea and push them off the continent. After they have offered peace, accept it, and kick Communist China from your faction. Declare on them and annex them as soon as possible, before they start war against you. Do the same with the other faction members, leaving Sinkiang for last. Dismantle the faction, declare war on the Soviet Union after Germany is pushing east. Join axis. They will be easy to capitulate with all their forces in the west. Take as much territory and then join their war against the allies. 1.5 H

Big Entente As France, complete the "Little Entente" National Focus, and have all German cores owned by you or someone in your faction. Playing as France Focus "Little Entente" is completed

Focus is completed Is a faction leader

Is a faction leader Every state in the world is either: Not a core of Germany

a core of Germany A core of Germany and owned by either : France A nation in a faction with France

Germany and owned by : One possible way to achieve this is refuse Germany's Remilitarization of the Rhineland while United Kingdom refuses it. This will cause a minor Civil War in France. Place Divisions on the Maginot and around Northern and Central France where the civil war spawns. As soon as war starts with Germany, Capitulate the civil war first and push into Germany. Once Germany capitulates, annex everything or puppet Germany. Then follow the focus tree until Little Entente. 1.0 H

Die, Perfidious Albion! As Fascist France or Vichy France, occupy all of Great Britain. Playing as France Conquer all of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Is fascist

Control all states belonging to the United Kingdom in Europe that is not a core of Ireland and Northern Ireland Rush the fascist focuses. Upon taking "Utilize the Leagues", you will have access to decisions of boosting fascist and non-aligned popularity. Never take "Unleash La Cagoule" decision. Just take fascist demagogue and spam "Rally the Leagues" decision. Because if your stability drops below 30%, the civil war will start. In the mean time you can pick any focuses you want and plan the naval invasion of Britain. Once you have 50% of fascist and non-aligned combined popularity, you can continue working on the fascist focuses. Take the "Political unity" focus as soon as possible, it will remove the chance of spawning the civil war. After that pick "Towards the new Europe" branch. Rush the focus tree until you will do "Expand to the Suez" focus. Immediately declare war on Britain and annex them. Your starting army is strong enough to easily destroy Britain. You don't need the DLC, join Axis, paratrop and naval invade UK, eventually your paratrops will get a port randomly (just move your air units between regions), or you and Germany and Italy and Nationalist Spain will overwhelm. If you are really struggling and tension is low enough (below 25%) invade Ireland first. 1.9 H

Don’t Die for Your Country As Germany in a 1939 start, occupy all of Poland and France without taking more than 475 casualties. Playing as Germany Start date is 1939.8.3 Occupy all of Poland and France without taking more than 475 casualties. controls all cores of Poland and France, excluding cores that are islands or outside of Europe

casualties < 475

Does not have has_paradropped_flag set Make sure you don't bring your allies (Espeically Italy, which will take your land unless you use all your war score on Poland and France)

Paradropping troops prevents this achievement.

Organize your troops on the frontiers with France and Poland, but divide one with all your light tanks. This army should be next to Danzig. Merge all your ships in one single army and place it in one of your ports at the west of Denmark with the order naval invasion support over the two regions between France and Germany. Prepare all your planes to attack on Poland.

over the two regions between France and Germany. Prepare all your planes to attack on Poland. Start the war. Don't invite your allies and don't activate your battle plans , except your light tanks army over Danzig.

, except your light tanks army over Danzig. After getting Danzig, move your light tanks to a port at the west of Denmark and make a naval invasion against France with ten of the eleven divisions. Send each one to a different coastal province of France, the ten nearest to Belgium. The naval invasion will be ready in seven days, and your navy with naval invasion support mission will be enough to get the naval superiority you need (anyway, support it from the air with fighters, CAS, bombers and so on with the order air superiority , interception and naval strike ).

mission will be enough to get the naval superiority you need (anyway, support it from the air with fighters, CAS, bombers and so on with the order , and ). When your tanks arrive France, change the planes order to support troops over their territory and move the tanks quick to the victory points (focusing Paris). Try to avoid direct confrontations with their troops if possible. France will surrend quick.

Repeat the naval invasion, in this case against UK. Don't forget to change the regions of the planes to help your troops. Once in UK, focus London and other victory points. Again, avoid direct fights with enemies if you can.

When UK and France have surrended and you have Danzig, the war will end. Take all the territory.

This strategy works most of times, but not all. Sometimes Poland attack you from other provinces and cause some thousands casualties, so you will have to repeat the game. 1.9 H

Duce Nuked'em Nuke Los Angeles as fascist Italy. Playing as Italy Country flag achievement_has_nuked_california is set

Country flag is set Is fascist After securing the Mediterranean, it can easily be done with a small 1944 strategic bomber fleet (without any escort) by taking control of the following provinces : Gibraltar (118), Azores (698), Bermuda (696) 1.0 H

Georgia On My Mind As the U.S.A., own and fully control all three Georgias. Playing as United States Owns and fully controls the states of: Georgia (365)

Georgia (231)

South Georgia (720) The USA starts with the first Georgia, while the other two; Georgia and South Georgia, are owned by the Soviet Union and United Kingdom. Because of this, collaborating with the Axis is the simplest route to achieving this. Help the axis capitulate the allies and Comintern, and grab South Georgia (an island off the coast of Argentina) from the British, and Georgia (a Soviet state in the Caucasus region) from the USSR. Reaffirm Monroe Doctrine focus unlocks a decision to ask the UK for, notably, South Georgia.

focus unlocks a decision to ask the UK for, notably, South Georgia. An alternative strategy is to turn communist, complete the national focus "Unholy Alliance", join the Comintern. This will cause a decision named "Join the Unions" to appear, which can only be taken once the Soviet Union is at 80% surrender progress and will make the US annex the Soviet Union. When the "USS Panay sunk" event fires, take the option to start a war with Japan and defeat them to get them out of the way. When Germany attacks the Soviet Union, do not join the war and wait until Germany forces the Soviet Union to 80% surrender progress, then take the decision, thus earning you the second Georgia. After that, use your industrial capacity to build up a military, conquer Germany and the Axis and finally, start a war with the Allies ( United Kingdom and France), defeat them and annex everything, including South Georgia. 1.6 H

It's 1812 All Over Again As Canada, take and hold Washington D.C. Playing as Canada Control the state of Maryland (361) This suggestion requires DLC. Pick Patriation and Swastika Clubs as your first focuses. Go for Synarchist Baja when you switch, get Mexico in your faction and attack the United States on the East Coast. The United Kingdom will be too busy in Europe to do much against you, so it is possible to declare war on the UK first to unlock War Bonds and get some of your powerful industrial focuses before invading the US. 1.3 H

Med plutonium... Nuke Denmark as Sweden. Playing as Sweden Is Sweden Country flag achievement_med_plutonium is set The nuked state must be both owned by and a core of Denmark.

The Faroe Islands (and Iceland, and Greenland) are Danish cores, and within the air range of Sweden, so there is no need to prevent Germany from invading mainland Denmark. 1.0 H

Neither Death nor Dishonor As Romania, make it to 1942 with all the states you started it with and control either Moscow or Berlin. Playing as Romania Date is > 1941.12.31

Date is > 1941.12.31 Has not lost any of the starting states

Has lost any of the starting states Control either state: Brandenburg (64)

Moscow (219) The main goal is defending your original states until 1941.12.31. The achievement can be done controlling Moscow or Berlin after that date. 1.4 H

New World Order Make all nations fascist. All existing nations are fascist Puppets may only change ideology via 'Paramilitary Training' Decisions or war.

Neutral nations forced into your faction might create neutral puppets.

Avoid accepting anyone into your faction who is not fascist, as you can't go to war with them later to change their ideology.

You can also alternatively start as a nation that has no puppets, turn fascist and just conquer and annex every other nation present. Manchukuo is the best candidate in this case due to them being fascist and having the ability to gain cores on all of China, giving an extreme amount of manpower 1.0 H

One Empire Unite the entire world under the British Empire. Playing as United Kingdom Is a faction leader

Is a faction leader Every state in the world is controlled by either: United Kingdom

United Kingdom A puppet of United Kingdom

United Kingdom A nation in a faction with United Kingdom The straightforward, but boring and slow, approach is to defeat the Axis, then go to war with the Comintern and defeat them (note that the PRC will declare war on China one year after the end of the war with Japan, so you can use the focus to get China democratic and add them to the Allies before that war starts) - this should add lots of countries to the Allies, and then trigger coups everywhere you can. Once there's been a civil war, the winner has created world tension and you can justify against them. It takes a very long time, and, once you've won WWII, it's obviously going to work eventually, so it's very boring. Successfully forming the Imperial Federation with the United States as part of it, can make this a lot easier, as you gain a lot more manpower, resources and industry. 1.0 H

Operation Sea Lion Control British mainland as Germany. Playing as Germany Control the states: Scottish Highlands (120)

Lothian (121)

Wales (122)

Cornwall (123)

East Anglia (125)

Greater London Area (126)

Sussex (127)

West Midlands (128)

East Midlands (129)

Yorkshire (130)

Northern England (131)

Lancashire (132)

Lanark (133)

Aberdeenshire (136)

Gloucestershire (338) Immediately justify on The United Kingdom.

Prepare two Naval Invasions to Hull and Edinburgh.

Put two death stacks in the North Sea and the Eastern North Sea.

Micromanage your army into London and annex the UK in the Peace Conference This achievement can also be done along with True Blitzkrieg achievement. 1.0 H

Party like it's 1520 Occupy Stockholm as communist Denmark. Playing as Denmark Is communist

Is communist Control the state Svealand (141) Use a naval invasion to the two provinces adjacent to Stockholm, but leave one division in Copenhagen with land forts to defend the strait. 1.0 H

Putting the Raid on the Medway to Shame As the Netherlands, ensure the United Kingdom has no capital ships (carriers, battleships, battlecruisers, or heavy cruisers). Playing as Netherlands The United Kingdom has at most 0 capital ships With DLC: Cave to the German, join the Axis and take your naval focuses. Build warships and planes, use naval bombers to sink the British fleet once you have gained air superiority. Some capital ships might escape to Malta, East Africa or the Caribbean, use carriers with naval bombers on Port Strike to find and sink them. The achievement will also trigger if the United Kingdom has been fully annexed and no longer exists so it is possible to also just stage a naval invasion and finish off the UK that way. 1.6 H

Sunrise Invasion As Japan, conquer Mexico then Europe before 1945. Playing as Japan Before 1:00 1 Jan, 1945 Annexed Mexico before taking any territory in Europe

Conquered a coastal state in Europe Ignore China and earn enough Political Power to justify war goal on Mexico for generating lesser World Tension, then declare war as early as possible. Being at war with the USA is unnecessary but unavoidable as they have guaranteed Mexico, but they are relatively easy to take down early game and the conquest will supercharge your industry.

Prepare your navy and your marines to the closest islands owned (Marshall Islands) to naval invade Hawaii then to West Coast America, the final ocean province outside of California can be reached by seperating your three 4000km range light cruisers (Hosho, Akagi and Kaga). Primarily in California for the Lv10 Naval Base. USA, Mexico and the Philippines can be annexed in 1938.

Once the USA and Mexico have been annexed, dismantle your faction and join the Axis to fight off the Allies. It can be done before WW2 1939. Tojo Shot First achievement can be done after this achievement. Alternatively, Ignore China, justify on Netherlands, ask Germany for Military Access and Naval invade from german Coast into western coast of Netherlands. Use Cavalry/Tanks to quickly capitulate. Do not call in Germany. Use long range carrier to reach German coast, then merge rest of fleet to ignore range modifier.

Annex Curacao, satellite Dutch East Indies and the puppet remainder of Netherlands. This prevents you from "taking territory." Justify on Mexico and build up naval base in Curacao.

Invade USA through the South, ignore Mexico for the time being. Capitulate the USA, and depending on other achievement tasks, either puppet or annex, then finish off Mexico. Lend-lease to Netherlands until you can annex them. 1.5 H

Sunset Invasion Occupy a coastal province in Europe as Mexico, and if in a faction have it contain only South American members or puppets. Playing as Mexico Country flag achievement_failed_sunset_invasion is not set

Country flag is not set Control any coastal state on the European continent Achievement will fail permanently if any non-puppet country with capital outside South America is ever in a faction with the player.

in a faction with the player. Turn fascist. Rush into Submarines III. Start justifying on Denmark as soon as Mexico become fascist. Build ~10 submarines and when justification will end, declare war. Capture a port in Greenland and then invade Iceland. Achievement will pop after landing in Iceland. 1.0 H

The New Home of the Revolution As Mexico, put Trotsky in power and puppet the Soviet Union Playing as Mexico Leon Trotsky is the current country leader The Soviet Union is a subject of Mexico When the Trotsky seeks refuge event pops up, choose to invite him into the government. Follow the right most side of focus tree to become communist and put Trotsky in charge. Wait for Germany to start the war against the Soviet Union and finish the Smash the Bureaucrats focus which gives a puppet war goal against the Soviets. Declare war on the Soviets. To gain warscore against them, ask Germany for military access and put your troops on their front line. Alternatively, try to naval invade Soviet's far east front and capture a few victory point provinces. In patch 1.6.0, German is very likely crush the Soviets without trouble in one or two years. During the peace conference, the Fascists will focusing on grabbing land, so it is possible to puppet the Soviet Union. 1.6 H

The Revenge of Montezuma Restore the old borders with the USA as Mexico. Playing as Mexico Control the states: Texas (375)

New Mexico (376)

Arizona (377)

California (378)

Nevada (379)

Utah (380) Rush Fascist and justify a war goal on the Philippines, if you try to justify on a major country like the United States world tension will skyrocket but because the Philippines is a puppet the US will automatically join when you declare war upon them, with far less world tension generated. With this, you should have no problem overrunning the country with either infantry or cavalry. Try to poke holes in the US line as they will have a tough time manning a long border and encircle their troops. They will have no way to real way to grow their military until they remove isolation so it should be trivial to win this way. 1.0 H

Treading the Narrow Path As the Netherlands, do not cave to the Germans, continue the Zuiderzee works, and do not lose control of any of your continental European states until 1945. Playing as Netherlands Has not completed focus Cave to the Germans

Has completed focus Continue the Zuiderzee Works

The Netherlands has not lost one of its starting states

Date is > 1945.1.1 Can be done quite easily. Start the game with historical AI and follow the focus tree down the communist route. As soon as you are faced with the choice between "Affirm Loyalty to Moscow" and "Bastion of the True Communism" focus choose the 2nd one. After that take the focuses "Enemies on All Fronts" and "Pre-Empt Western Intervention." This focus gives wargoals for the UK, France and the USA. The perfect timing for this (the Pre-Empt Western Intervention focus) is when Germany goes for the Danzig or War focus. Improve your relations with Germany. Once Germany has declared war on Poland and Poland has joined the Allies declare your wars on France and the UK and soon after Germany will invite you in to the Axis. Now you are safe from Germany. Complete the "Continue the Zuiderzee Works" focus, defend your coastline and your provinces/states. The Allies usually naval invades the part of the Germany that borders the North Sea and that is your backyard. And for this achievement you are never allowed to lose control of any of your states. While waiting out the time till 1945 you can play pure defense or just help Germany conquer Western-Europe (play it correctly and you can get all of Belgium and Luxembourg and Repudiate the Treaty of London) and perhaps the Soviet Union. Another option is to use the national focuses and join either Allies or Comintern before Germany justifies on you (Normally 1940). This will make faction members move divisions to your border with Germany, thus making your defense somewhat easier. If possible, ask your faction members for as many expeditionary forces as possible. Also, don't forget to do the "Prepare the Inundation Lines" focus because it will give you land forts which makes it even harder for Germany to attack you. For a greater challenge; take the non-aligned path, but the House of Orange back in power, and try to hold off the Wehrmacht on your own. Do to this rush down the Army tree in order to begin your war on pacifism as early as possible. Doing this will also give you buffs to fortification Building - build some on either side of the Waddenzee, making sure to include the three border territories in Freisland - two East of Amsterdam, one at the neck of the Waddenzee. Make simple infantry and artillery divisions to hold this line, then spam the equipment. Then 'simply' hold the line. You can complete the Zuiderzee works at your leisure. 1.6 H

Bevrijding As the Netherlands, liberate the continental Netherlands after relocating the government to the East Indies. Playing as Netherlands Current ruling party is Democratic Has completed focus Liberation Begin to develop the east indies, focus on planes (specifically bombers) and submarines to destroy factories and shipping to damage the German economy so the USSR doesn't lose. You will need some civilian factories and lots of cargo ships. Beware of Japan as they will likely attempt to attack and invade Indonesia so make sure to guard all ports and have some planes and ships to hold them off. Once you have safely fortified the East Indies from Japanese attacks, either focus on Germany to reconquer your home territory or focus on Japan and finish the off to gain some resources and factories. 1.6 VH

Czechmate As Czechoslovakia, occupy Canberra while at war with the Allies. Playing as Czechoslovakia At war with United Kingdom

At war with United Kingdom United Kingdom is democratic

United Kingdom is democratic Controls the state New South Wales (285) With DLC: Turn Communist, join Comintern and take Romania to have a border with Soviet Union

Build up Sudetenland to lvl 7 forts and don't give up Sudetenland

When Germany attacks hold on till Soviets arrive and beat them (if you are quick Italy will not join Axis)

Take the best Germany provinces (by resources and IC), build up your forces and take Italy, Balkans and France (avoid fighting with Allies if possible)

Build up your navy, attack the Allies and island hop to Australia

It is easier with historical AI turned off (Hungary can take Austria and/or ally with Italy, France may not join the Allies)

Alternatively just join Axis, get military access from Japan (when they war on Allies) and naval invade from Japan (VERY easy) 1.4 VH

Go Ahead, Macau My Day As Portugal, create a collaboration government in Macau and have it own all Chinese states. Playing as Portugal Create a collaboration Government in Macau and have it own all core territory of China and Manchukuo: One of the following countries:

China

China Communist China

Communist China Guangxi Clique

Guangxi Clique Yunnan

Yunnan Shanxi

Shanxi Xibei San Ma

Xibei San Ma Sinkiang

Is a subject of Portugal

Is a Collaboration Government

Capital is Macau (729)

All states are either owned by one of the above countries or is not a core of China and Manchukuo Best done by joining the Comintern, as the USSR will never take or puppet any land in China.

This achievement requires Hong Kong and Guangzhouwan to be taken in a peace deal. If Japan occupy them and you take them back, you might be able to snatch them in the peace deal, otherwise you will have to defeat the Allies.

Alternatively, take the Fascist path and take the focus "Join the Axis". Then, put troops on the border with Poland and help Germany take out Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, and France to get as much war score as possible. Then, use paratroopers to land in Dover and send your army into mainland England to finish the war. In the peace deal, make sure you give Hong Kong and Guangzhouwan to your provisional government. After defeating the Allies, you should have a large enough army and economy to take on China and Japan yourself. Then, give all Chinese territory to Portuguese China and the achievement will be yours.

Taking British Raj as a puppet is highly recommended to invade through Sinkiang and Yunnan. Also, having Britain as puppet is essential to get naval supremacy over Japan. 1.9 VH

Miklos Horthy and the Habsburg Prince As Hungary, Restore Austria-Hungary. Playing as Hungary Is cosmetic tag Austria-Hungary

Is tag Austria-Hungary Own and control the states: Upper Austria (152)

Tyrol (153)

Lower Austria (4)

Sudetenland (69)

Bohemia (9)

Moravia (75)

Eastern Sudetenland (74)

Zaolzie (72)

Western Slovakia (70)

Southern Slovakia (664)

Eastern Slovakia (71)

Carpathian Ruthenia (73)

Jordan (455)

Palestine (454)

Neiderschlesien (66)

Oberschleisien (67)

Tuscany (162)

Franche-Comte (17)

Lombardy (159)

Emilia Romagna (161) You have to go for "Restoration of Austria-Hungary" Focus Tree and have to have a navy so it is a perfect match to do with "Better Than Szent István" achievement

Take Austria and Czechoslovakia ASAP to weaken Germany. The focus "Reintegrate the Railroads" has a hidden effect that increases the chance of a peaceful annexation.

Hungary starts with more aluminum than it will ever need: build a large airforce to support your ground troops

You can let the German have the Sudetenland, they will leave you alone after that

Conquer Yugoslavia, then Romania and Greece: the oil fields will supply your army, while chromium can be used to build battleships and heavy tanks

Construct ships and naval bombers as soon as you have a coastal province, destroy buildings to make room for more dockyards if necessary

Find a good time to backstab Germany once they are at war with the USSR and join the Comintern. Attack the Allies immediately after the defeat of the Axis

You have to own the provinces, not just occupy them - watch out for them in a peace treaty, do not let AI take them or you will have to go to war again

As of patch 1.6, the United States might stay out of the war entirely if not attacked by Japan. 1.4 VH

One King, Two Crowns As Bourbon Spain, hold all Spanish and French core states. Playing as Spain is Carlist Spain

Conquer all of France. You must own the cores, which means completely defeating France's faction and get all cores in a peace deal. Remember that France may get cores on the Algerian coast. Best done in non-historical, as France might not ally with the UK or the US. As of 1.9.0, Bourbon Spain only needs to own the French cores. 1.9 VH

Rule Britannia As any British Subject state, conquer all of Britain. Playing as either: Australia

Australia British Raj

British Raj Canada

Canada New Zealand

New Zealand South Africa Is not a subject

Is a subject Control the states: Scottish Highlands (120)

Lothian (121)

Wales (122)

Cornwall (123)

East Anglia (125)

Greater London Area (126)

Sussex (127)

West Midlands (128)

East Midlands (129)

Yorkshire (130)

Northern England (131)

Lancashire (132)

Lanark (133)

Aberdeenshire (136)

Gloucestershire (338) Can be done in conjunction with the "It's 1812 All Over Again" achievement as Canada. After capitulating and annexing the United States, prepare a naval invasion force and fleet to attack the UK. Annexing the US may help industrially and the Send in the Zombies focus may help with the recruitable population. If Iceland gets released, it may be necessary to justify against them. Try to take the UK before Germany or Italy tries a naval invasion. If the peace conference triggers before the achievement does, try to annex all of Great Britain as the other Axis members may take the required territory. It may be advisable to create a faction with Mexico instead of joining the Axis to make it harder for Germany to take British states in the peace conference. With Historical Focus Off, the UK has a chance of becoming fascist or non-aligned. In that case, a democratic Canada may form a faction with the United States. 1.3 VH

The weapons of the Third Emu War As Australia, use a nuclear bomb on core Australian territory. Playing as Australia Country flag achievement_AST_nuke_self is set Turn off Together for Victory and Man the Guns - this will allow you to leave Allies instantly. Do not engage any factions or wars then.

Don't develop any political branch in national focus tree.

Invent and build fighters, bombers and nukes.

Prepare and launch civil war.

Achieve air superiority over and nuke the rebels.

Alternatively, Japan will likely attack naval-invade one of your states (if you are in the Allies), you can nuke the state they invade. (very easy) 1.3 VH

30 Minutes of Hel As Poland in the 1939 “Blitzkrieg” scenario start, inflict over 1,800,000 casualties to Germany to beat the 2018 PDXCON HOI4 challenge. Extra bragging rights if you do it in 30 minutes or less! Playing as Poland

Start date is 1939.8.3 The German Reich has more than 1.80M Casualties inflicted by Poland Start game, put fascist demagogue

delete all army

open political discussion

get ready for a civil war

(minimal speed) play only 1h(time on game)

start civil war

join to axis

make 48 army only with one division(you have 5exp of army) (for fast training)

put all division on front with soviet

change this division for normal

win with soviet union

dont join to fight with alliance (or make paratroopers)

leave axis

you have a strong enough economy to defeat the Germans 1.6 I