SWE (+ DEN, NOR, GER) - Several issues with Sweden

[ghost]

Quick questions HOI4 version: 1.10.4 Kaiserreich version: 0.16.1, public, beta

Describe the change you would like:

• [x] 1. Sweden's starting divisions' names should be Arméfördelning, with the exception of Reservfördelning.
• [x] 2. Reservfördelning should be in their own division name group.
• [x] 3. Sweden should have Norway's 2 Nassau/Helgoland-class battleships instead.
• [x] 4. SWE_reassure_big_businesses (focus) should not be bypassable as a result of the 1936 election. Also, the focus should be accessible as long as Sweden is not Totalist, Syndicalist, or Radical Socialist.
• [x] 5. SWE_adress_peoples_pleas (focus) should only be accessible to Social Conservatives.
• [x] 6. SWE_agricultural_reforms (focus) should not be bypassable as a result of the 1936 election. Also, the focus should be accessible to any ideologies.
• [x] 7. SWE_elections_at_last (focus) should only require SWE_adress_peoples_pleas (focus).
• [x] 8. SWE_coalition_of_likeminded (focus) should also add the coalition party's popularity as well.
• [x] 9. SWE_idea_folkhemmet (idea) should not have +2% consumer goods.
• [x] 10. SWE_DEM_treaty_of_stockholm (focus) should be accessible if Sweden player/AI chooses SWE_protectionist_economy (focus) as long as Sweden is Democratic (SocDem, SocLib, MarkLib, and SocCon).
• [x] 11. NOR_DEM_military_volunteers, and SWE_DEM_military_volunteers should be fixed:
• [x] - The Scandinavian nations should have each other's generals (e.g. Denmark getting 1 Norwegian General and 1 Swedish General), not their own generals as a result of the focus.
• [x] - Norway and Sweden should not get the same Danish general (Erik Leschly) and should any one of the two nations get him, they should at least get him as a level 2 general, instead of level 1 general.
• [x] - Sweden should not get a general from Sweden (Ivar Holmquist) but get a Norwegian general instead.
• [x] - Norway should not get Ivar Holmquist but get one of the other Swedish generals instead, except Archibald Douglas.
• [x] - Whoever the Norwegian general the Swedes get, they should not get Carl Gustav Fleischer and Otto Ruge.
• [x] 12. Should Sweden goes SocDem and forms a coalition with RadSoc, then they should have Syndicalist-aligned SocDem rather than the regular SocDem.
• [x] 13. SWE_forced_abdication (focus) should not be cancelled manually.
• [x] 14. Should Sweden becomes Authoritarian and BAT collapses, Sweden should have a decision to invade Estonia and Latvia.
• [x] 15. SWE's Trade relation malus with GER should be removed should Sweden tariffs Mitteleuropa and later joins the Reichspakt.
• [x] 16. SWE_a_new_king (focus) and SWE_permanent_military_government (focus) should be 7 days long, respectively.
• [x] 17. SWE_return_of_the_king (focus) should be 21 days long.
• [x] 18. Gustav V should not be the HoS for MarkLib~NatPop after his abdication.
• [x] 19. Carl August Ehrensvärd should be available as a General of Sweden, regardless of his rise to power.
• [x] 20. If Carl August Ehrensvärd becomes the HoS of Sweden, he should be promoted to Field Marshal.
• [x] 21. Gustav Adolf of Sweden (aka Gustav VI Adolf) should be promoted to Field Marshal should he become the King of Sweden.
• [x] 22. swe.25 (event) should lower the popularity of SocDems, and increase the popularity of SocCons, not decrease it.
• [x] 23. SWE_swedish_red_scare (focus) should lower the popularity of Totalists, Syndicalists, and RadSocs as well.
• [x] 24. SWE_idea_divine_approval (idea) should use different GFX.
• [x] 25. Helge Jung should be promoted to Field Marshal if he becomes HoS.
• [x] 26. Axel Gyllenkrok should become a general if he becomes HoG.
• [x] 27. Axel Gyllenkrok should become a Field Marshal if he becomes HoS.
• [x] 28. Sweden should start with Infantry equipment 1 (1936 rifles).
• [x] 29. SWE_forsvarsbeslutet_1936 (focus) should give 50 army xp instead of 50 pp.
• [x] 30. SWE_ag_42 (focus) should give bonuses to 1942 infantry equipment instead of 1939 infantry equipment
• [x] 31. SWE_douglas_plan (focus) should give bonus to motorized/mechanized instead of 50pp.
• [x] 32. SWE_domestic_designs (focus) should replace references of Strv m/41 to any other Swedish tanks.
• [x] 33. SWE_old_naval_construction (focus) should be removed, and Sweden should start with 2 extra destroyers and 1 extra escort cruiser instead.
• [x] 34. SWE_naval_doctrines (focus) and SWE_naval_college (focus) should give Naval Doctrine bonuses, not just for Fleet in Being.
• [x] 35. The template that is available as a result of the completion of SWE_hms_karl_xii (focus) should be named as Karl XII Class instead of Kustflottan Class.
• [x] 36. The ship being produced as a result of SWE_hms_karl_xii (focus) should have HMS prefix in front of the name.
• [x] 37. SWE_marines_focus (focus) should give bonuses for marines in general, not just for marines 1 and marines 2.
• [x] 38. SWE_modern_fighter (focus), SWE_fighter_1 (focus), and SWE_fighter_2 (focus) should give fighter bonuses, not Fighter 1 bonus, Fighter 2 bonus, and Fighter 3 bonus, respectively.
• [x] 39. SWE_military_summit (focus) should give an option to focus on both the navy and the air force, but having to take the malus (-100 pp will be fine as focusing on the navy and the air force results in -50 pp, respectively).
• [x] 40. SWE_navy_supremacy (focus) and SWE_airforce_supremacy (focus) should have its loc rewritten.
• [x] 41. SWE_airborne_focus (focus) should give bonuses for paratroopers in general, not just for paratroopers 1 and paratroopers 2.
• [x] 42. Sweden's starting army production line should change from 4 infantry equipment, 1 artillery, 1 support equipment to 3 infantry equipment, 1 artillery, 1 support equipment.
• [x] 43. Sweden's starting naval production line should be deleted.
• [x] 44. Sweden's submarines should be separated from their current task forces.
• [x] 45. EITHER have Sweden start with 4 research slots, OR let Sweden have 2 focuses that give a research slot, instead of 1.
• [x] 46. Sweden should have motorized division template at the start of the game.

Explain the reasoning behind this change:

1. See #13867
2. See #13867 as well; also, Reservfördelning divisions have less equipment than Fördelning divisions, and even less than the garrison divisions.
3. See #13893
4. SWE_reassure_big_businesses, according to the loc files, is not a measurement for the 1936 elections, but a separate thing.
5. SWE_adress_peoples_pleas, however, is a measurement for the 1936.
6. The loc files does not imply nor state that SWE_agricultural_reforms is a measurement for the 1936 elections.
7. See 4.~6.
8. The focus's name and description implies that the coalition party should have its popularity increased as well as the SocDems.
9. SWE_idea_true_folkhemmet, which is available for Totalist/Syndicalist/RadSoc Sweden, has no consumer goods malus.
10. This is more of a common sense - SocCon SWE could take SWE_protectionist_economy focus and end up cucking themselves.
11. This is a long story, but the tl;dr is:
    • The loc file says that they are trading generals from each other.
    • Erik Leschly starts as a level 2 general in Denmark.
    • Holmquist and Douglas are the two Swedish generals that can reform the Swedish Army via focuses and therefore should stay in Sweden.
    • Similarly, Fleischer and Ruge, the two generals that can reform the Norwegian Army via focuses, should stay in Norway as well.
12. This would make sense, as the SocDems literally formed a coalition with RadSocs.
13. Abdicating the Head of State is no simple matter that can be cancelled during the process.
14. This sounds like a bit of a stretch, but considering that Sweden can invade Finland, which Sweden historically had but cannot core, invading Estonia and Latvia is reasonable.
15. If Germany decides to let Sweden join the Reichspakt (and Mitteleuropa by extension) even after they left Mitteleuropa, "Trade War" (malus) should be gone, as Sweden will officially be part of Germany's economic sphere.
16. "Opposition Victory" (focus) and "Conservative Victory" (focus), which are the focuses SWE player/AI can take after the results of the 1936 Elections are finished, are also 7 days long.
17. GEO's "A Referendum on the Monarchy" (focus) is also 21 days long.
18. This is more of a bug report than a suggestion.
19. His brother (Gösta Ehrensvärd) is already available as an admiral of Sweden, regardless of him being the co-ruler of Sweden.
20. HoS (or soon-to-be HoS) becoming FM in Kaiserreich is quite common, as long as they had adequate military education; GER has Wilhelm III as FM, BAT's FM can become HoS of NatPop BAT, BEL's HoS Adalbert is also a Field Marshal, and so on.
21. See 20.
22. See loc file of swe.25 (event).
23. Unless Sweden only has SocDems as the left-wing, only lowering SocDem's popularity does not make any sense.
24. The current GFX uses the Catholic cross of EU4, and unless Kaiserreich's PoD is in the 16th Century, the GFX should use the Protestant cross of EU4 instead.
25. See 20.
26. Axel Gyllenkrok becomes Colonel in 1937 OTL, which is most likely the year when he becomes available as HoG, only to resign in 1938 due to his misconduct. If, however, he becomes HoG, he would be influential enough to "convince" his promotion.
27. See 20.
28. The neighboring Nordic countries, all of which have smaller industrial capacities, start with 1936 rifles, so in order to balance things out, Sweden must have 1936 rifles as well. Yes, Gevär m/38 (the current 1936 rifles of Sweden in hoi4 kr) is technically a 1938 rifle, but 1936 rifles in hoi4 in general are the most advanced bolt-action rifles that are for the standard infantry (not for snipers and such), which is also the case for Japan, and sometimes are automatic rifles, which is the case for Russia. Also,
29. Other nations' army-related focuses give army xp's as well (if not army xp's and pp's at the same time).
30. The focus's name and the description refers to Sweden's 1942 infantry equipment Automatgevär m/42.
31. SWE_douglas_plan's coding intends to give bonus to motorized/mechanized: if = { limit = { NOT = { has_tech = motorised_infantry } } add_tech_bonus = { name = SWE_douglas_plan bonus = 2 uses = 1 technology = motorised_infantry }
32. Strv m/41 is Swedish licenced version of TNH (variant of LT vz. 38), a Czechslovakian tank.
33. Even though this focus is fixed (see #13868 ), it would be better off for Sweden player/AI to have them from the beginning instead, as they need more screens to cover up their 9 cruisers they begin with, even though they are coastal defense ships. Also, hoi4 AI has a bad habit of deleting ongoing naval productions, so giving them the ships right away can prevent the AI being AI.
34. Forcing a player to have bonuses in a certain doctrine without any alternatives given in general results in railroading and playing Sweden less enjoyable.
35. Sweden (or any other countries, for that matter) uses the ship's name as the ship class's name, especially for capital ships.
36. Swedish ships' prifix is HMS (Hans/Hennes Majestäts Skepp).
37. Usually, by the time player takes this focus, it would be at least 1938, if not later, and by then, they would have researched Marines 1 and researching Marines 2 in order to use bonuses on Marines 3. Forcing players to take a focus before researching a specific technology results in railroading and playing Sweden less enjoyable.
38. Forcing players to take a focus before researching a specific technology results in railroading and playing Sweden less enjoyable.
39. Forcing players to give up either the navy or the air force results in railroading and playing Sweden less enjoyable. Also, even smaller countries such as Greece can focus on both the navy and the air force.
40. The current loc for SWE_navy_supremacy (focus) and SWE_airforce_supremacy (focus) implies that only one can be chosen over the another.
41. See 37. but replace "marines" with "paratroopers."
42. Sweden only starts with 5 military factories.
43. Producing 2 capital ships, especially coastal defense ships, when having only 15 screens but 9 capital ships (all of which are coastal defense ships as well), is not a good idea at best, and a waste of naval productions at worst.
44. This is more of a quality of life improvement - some newer players may forget to separate submarines from surface fleets, which ends up slowing down the entire fleet, as the fleet's speed equals the slowest vessel's speed (at least in hoi4).
45. Having less research slots compared to their less developed Scandinavian neighbors just does not make any sense and will result in Sweden being less enjoyable compared to Denmark, Norway, and even base game Sweden (for some players).
46. Sweden starts with motorized equipment so it would make sense for them to have motorized divisions as well.

Additional context or comments:

1. Scandinavia is a beast of its own and will have its suggestions written should I am not burnt out.
2. I was thinking about adding GER refusing to let SWE to join the Reichspakt should they implement tariffs, but I did not, because BUL can join the Reichspakt by tariffing the entire Reichspakt as well.
3. There are many things cut out from this suggestion, as they belong to other tags.
4. Good luck to whoever is assigned to this suggestion. I hope you enjoy fixing Sweden as much as I enjoyed writing this.

[ghost]

Additional context or comments:

5. Some of the "suggestions" are actually bugs I found, but decided to use "Suggestion" as the main label because there are more suggestions than bugs, or at least I think so. I'd appreciate it if anyone with edit permissions to add "Bug" label as well.

[Chazem231]

All items on the list have been reviewed and have been added/changed if deemed necessary.