Carpathian Rus

Carpathian Rus
Carpathian Rus's Location Properties
Continent	Europe
Carpathian Rus's Properties
XP Multiplier	1x
Releases From	Ukraine
Demonym	Carpathian
Carpathian Rus's Base Statistics
City Count	1
Square City Count	0
Capital	Uzhgorod
Population	150,832
Consumers Required to Upkeep	0.15
Income ($)	$111,889
Manpower Capacity	60,000
Formable Details
Can Form	Kingdom of Ruthenia
Required to Form	Great Moravia Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Ruthenia Principality of Transylvania (Considered)
Carpathian Rus's Natural Resources
Gold	1.11

Carpathian Rus, more commonly known as Carpathian Ruthenia, is a single-city releasable of Ukraine. It was added on November 8, 2022 in the Europe rework update.

Background

'Carpathian Ruthenia (Rusyn: Карпатьска Русь, romanized: Karpat'ska Rus; Ukrainian: Закарпаття, romanized: Zakarpattia; Slovak: Podkarpatská Rus; Hungarian: Kárpátalja; Romanian: Transcarpatia; Polish: Zakarpacie) is a historical region on the border between Central and Eastern Europe, mostly located in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast, with smaller parts in eastern Slovakia (largely in Prešov Region and Košice Region) and the Lemko Region in Poland.

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From the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (in the 10th century) to the end of World War I (Treaty of Trianon in 1920), most of this region was part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In the interwar period, it was part of the First and Second Czechoslovak Republic. Before World War II the region was annexed by the Kingdom of Hungary once again. After the war, it was annexed by the Soviet Union and became part of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

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Following the Slovak proclamation of independence on March 14, 1939 and the Nazis' seizure of the Czech lands on March 15, Carpathian Ukraine declared its independence as the Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine, with Avhustyn Voloshyn as head of state, and was immediately occupied and annexed by Hungary, restoring provisionally the former counties of Ung, Bereg and partially Máramaros.

On 29 June 1945, Czechoslovakia signed a treaty with the Soviet Union, officially ceding the region. Between 1945 and 1947, the new Soviet authorities fortified the new borders, and in July 1947 declared Transcarpathia as a "restricted zone of the highest level", with checkpoints on the mountain passes connecting the region to mainland Ukraine.

Base Statistics

Economy

Carpathian Rus starts off with a population of 150,832 and with an income of $111,889.

Resources

Uzhgorod produces 1 unit of Gold.

Resources of Carpathian Rus
Gold	+1.11

Military

It has a manpower cap of 60,000 similar to other city states, with an increase of ~250.

Base Manpower Capacity of Carpathian Rus per Conscription Law
The following columns below present the manpower capacity from lowest (Disarmed) to highest (Required). RP stands for "Recruitable Population".
Disarmed [1% RP]	60,000
Volunteer [2% RP]	60,000
Limited [5% RP]	60,000
Extensive [10% RP]	60,000
Required [25% RP]	60,000

Geography

It's fully Mountainous and in the normal biome, as it's almost entirely located within the Carpathian mountains.

It turns to Severe Winter in December-January and Mild Winter in February.

Cities

Carpathian Rus has a single city - Uzhgorod - serving as its capital.

Borders

Carpathian Rus borders Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania (or Transylvania if released)

Strategy

First, you can ally a strong nation around you, like Germany or Russia, but this is optional.

Build as many troops as possible, preferably at least 40,000. Once they are finished, build 1 Electronic Factory and 1 Motor Factory and the resources required for it. If you wish, you can build the factories before the troops, but it means taking longer to invade. Justify on Hungary and Slovakia. Once it is done, declare on one of the 2 nations (Hungary would be the better option). Use AI Luring to kill the troops of the enemy, then set to Auto Capture. If the nation is Hungary, make sure you capture all cities except Budapest, in order to force peace it. This will not work on Slovakia.

Once you have conquered your nation, continue into the rest of the Balkans or into Central Europe. If you took Hungary, start making tanks by buying steel. When you get enough money, start making Civilian Factories to sell to large AIs.

From here, invade either Czech Republic or Serbia depending on which country you took first. Use the same strategy for these countries. By now, you will want to choose an Ideology. It depends on your playstyle, but Communism is the best one as it gives extra manpower and factory output, as well as less War Exhaustion. Alternatively, you could pick Limited conscription, as it gives 2.5x more manpower.

Now you should be a fairly strong nation capable of taking down medium sized nations like Romania. The rest is now up to you. Good luck!

Threats

• Ukraine re-integrating you.
• Russia taking over to form the Soviet Union or the Russian Empire.
• Germany expanding.
• Poland or Lithuania needs you for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
• Romania trying to form the Kingdom of Dacia.
• Czechoslovakia or Slovakia taking you over for historical reasons.
• Hungary invading you to form the Kingdom of Hungary.

Trivia

• Carpathian Rus was a province of Czechoslovakia between 1920 and 1938.
• Carpathian Rus hosts various dialects of Ukrainian, Slovak, Hungarian etc. and is quite diverse in culture.
• Its in-game name comes from one of the unofficial names used for the area when it was under Czechoslovakia before WW2.