Walking on Thin Ice (如履薄氷) A metaphor for a precarious and dangerous situation, as if one were stepping on a thin layer of ice. The year is 1974. The world is in exactly this state. In the United States, a civil war broke out following massive riots, and in the Middle East, an oil crisis erupted due to conflicts between Sunnis and Shiites. The Soviet Union is reaping enormous profits by exporting vast amounts of oil at high prices... but how long will it last? ----- Referenced Games: Hearts of Iron IV Victoria 3 Superpower 2 Age of History 2 Referenced Mods: The New Order Kaiserreich The Fire Rises Red Flood Red World Fan Fork

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Moderate Marxism-Leninism Leader: Leonid Brezhnev Сою́з неруши́мый респу́блик свобо́дных, An unbreakable union of free republics, Сплоти́ла наве́ки Вели́кая Русь Great Russia has welded forever to stand. Да здра́вствует, со́зданный во́лей наро́дов Long live the creation of the will of the people, Еди́ный, могу́чий Сове́тский Сою́з! The united, mighty Soviet Union! - State Anthem of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union is enjoying a tremendous golden age. The USSR now leads the most powerful empire on Earth. Through reform and opening policies, the economy has flourished with limited market liberalization, elections, freedom of the press, and recognition of private property. However, despite the Union's desire for peace, the Americans are still gunning for them.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Military Government Leader: Claude Auchinleck Monarch: Elizabeth II When Britain first, at Heaven's command When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main; Arose from out the azure main; This was the charter, the charter of the land, This was the charter, the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang this strain: And guardian angels sang this strain: - Rule, Britannia! In 1956, the Anthony Eden cabinet resigned en masse, and Britain collapsed. Parliament failed to appoint a suitable Prime Minister, and Auchinleck's military government continues to this day. However, due to prolonged anarchy and illegitimate rule, the empire is crumbling.

German Socialist Council Republic Left Communism Leader: Ernst Thälmann Auferstanden aus Ruinen Risen from ruins und der Zukunft zugewandt and facing the future Laß uns dir zum Guten dienen let us serve you for the good Deutschland, einig Vaterland. Germany, united fatherland. - Risen from Ruins The Nazis were horrific. They carried out brutal ethnic cleansing and trampled on workers' rights. But the Nazis are no more. Let us build a workers' paradise. Long live the revolution!

Federative Socialist Republic of France Orthodox Marxism Leader: Waldeck Rochet Do you hear the people sing? Do you hear the people sing? singing a song of angry men? singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people who will not be slaves again! It is the music of a people who will not be slaves again! - Do You Hear the People Sing? The history of the French Communist Party is long. Since the founding of the Paris Commune in 1871, the French Communist Party was suppressed by the Republican government. But the Soviet army gave us a chance. To liberate the suffering people... Revolution...!

Italian Socialist Federation Gramscianism Leader: Enrico Berlinguer Stringiamci a coorte, Let us join in a cohort, siam pronti alla morte. we are ready to die. Siam pronti alla morte, We are ready to die, l'Italia chiamò. Italy has called. - Il Canto degli Italiani Following the Soviet victory in the Cold War, Italy underwent a socialist revolution and was reorganized into the Italian Socialist Federation. As a core nation of the communist bloc, Italy wields great influence in the Mediterranean, but the Mafia in the south and pro-Western dissident forces remain a headache for the government.