Azerbaijan is a Tier III nation located in the Caucasus subregion of Asia 
and Europe 
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Background[]
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Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, the Russian republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Azerbaijan is a unitary semi-presidential republic. It is one of six independent Turkic states and an active member of the Turkic Council and the TÜRKSOY community. Azerbaijan has diplomatic relations with 182 countries and holds membership in 38 international organizations, including the United Nations (since 1992), the Council of Europe, the Non-Aligned Movement, the OSCE, and the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) program. It is one of the founding members of GUAM, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Azerbaijan also holds observer status in the World Trade Organization. While around 97% of the population is Muslim, the Constitution of Azerbaijan does not declare an official religion and all major political forces in the country are secularist. Azerbaijan is a developing country and ranks 87th on the Human Development Index. It has a high rate of economic development and literacy, as well as a low rate of unemployment. However, the ruling party, the New Azerbaijan Party, in power since 1993, has been accused of authoritarian leadership and the deterioration of the country's human rights record, including increasing restrictions on civil liberties, particularly on press freedom and political repression.
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Base Statistics[]
Economy[]
Azerbaijan gains $296,539 per 5 days. $287,799 from tax and $8,740. It can be increased by developing cities or investing in tax spending or collection.
Resources[]
| Resources of Azerbaijan | |
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 Gold
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+1.1 |
 Iron
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+1.22 |
 Oil
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+4.64 |
Military[]
Like many other small countries, Azerbaijan begins with a home guard of 20,000 infantry units, located on the capital. Azerbaijan also has a sole square city in which can be used for tanks. Azerbaijan has a manpower capacity of 64,631 and a manpower increase of 529 every 5 days.
| Base Manpower Capacity of the Azerbaijan per Conscription Law | |
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| The following columns below present the manpower capacity from lowest (Disarmed) to highest (Required). RP stands for "Recruitable Population". | |
| Disarmed [1% RP] |
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| Volunteer [2% RP] |
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| Limited [5% RP] |
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| Extensive [10% RP] |
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| Required [25% RP] |
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Geography[]
Terrain[]
The West of Azerbaijan is Semi-Mountainous, while the south is Hilly. These geographic features serve as a mountainous and strategic border, which can also be weaponized against colonizers as well.
Borders[]
Azerbaijan borders 
Russia in the North, 
Georgia and 
Armenia in the West, and 
Iran in the south. To the east is the Caspian Sea.
Cities[]
Azerbaijan has 16 cities. The capital, Baku, is the largest city, with a population of 2,122,300.
Strategy[]
After starting as 
Azerbaijan, you must use the country's oil to secure important and necessary allies, You have to quickly justify war on Armenia and Georgia, Russia would be mostly in Europe or 
Kazakhstan by now, and 
Turkey mostly taking 
Syria, so you have plenty of time to unite 
Transcaucasia, do not also waste your money in building factories and other buildings, this can be done later, as you are focusing on forming Transcaucasia, and you are in a sub region where mostly bigger countries expand later on.
Build artillery before you declare war to soften their infantry, and use your forces to take the cities and infantry, and then you can form Transcaucasia!
How To Survive as Transcaucasia[]
After the formation of Transcaucasia, use the natural resources to build a electronic factory, and you will need your neighbors as allies, so you must go ally with the strongest country first, It is optional if you have other plans, and you can trade oil and electronics to other allies, to create a thriving economy.
If the borders are now secure, you can import resources, build factories, buy consumer goods, create a stronger economy than before, researching new technologies, and developing your cities so your income can grow and you will earn more, but be careful and wise of your decision as investing into developing cities that are from example: Tier II, Tier III, Tier V, can make you in debt if you have a small economy and a budget that cannot handle such a expensive development, and you can also spend more in healthcare, and other factors, and then hire leaders.
If you want to expand your empire, you must already have plenty of troops by now and plenty of leaders, you must expand in Africa, and you must go through territory that isn't your ally and not trustable as they can invade you while your mainland is off guard, you can invade any country you want, for example, Dijibouti, a very small coastal country in the Spear of Africa, it is very small and you can invade it easily, from then on, use your colony to expand your colonial empire!
How to form Afsharid Dynasty[]
But if you want to form the 
Afsharid Dynasty, you must ally Russia, and hope they are good sympathizers because you will take the countries that Russia could want to form, 
Russian Empire or 
Soviet Union, but if they let you take the countries you need, deal with Armenia and Georgia first, as you can take them down with artillery and use your troops to take the rest, specialize your troops in Arid specialization and make electronic factories and other factories you need to create tanks, next you must want to invade Iran first to clear out any danger and threat in your way, make sure your troops are well trained as it helps it make faster to invade and don't bring tanks as you need to use them later, use luring to take them all down, and you can take the rest but it will take some time as they are mountainous, and after that invade 
Afghanistan, use luring and take the cities with infantry.
After gaining the Persian or Arabian Gulf, make a aircraft carrier as small countries 
Qatar, 
Bahrain, 
Kuwait have entrenched troops so you will need aerial support for a shortage of time, as your economy can go robust or in debt, declare war on them and bombard their troops, while bombarding them, invade 
Iraq with Infantry, and tanks (optional), but if not suitable to invade Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, invade the 
United Arab Emirates and 
Oman, and if finally ready, invade Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq, making you form the glorious Afsharid Dynasty!
United Turkic States work in progress.
Threats[]
Russia wishing to form the Russian Empire or Soviet Union.- Georgia or Armenia invading you to form Transcaucasia.
- Turkey expanding through the Caucasus region.
- Iran invading Azerbaijan to form the Persian Empire.
- Uzbekistan may try to form the Timurid Empire.
- Italy could try to form the Roman Empire.
