Danish Empire

Danish Empire
Location Properties
Continent	Europe North America
Naming Properties
Demonym	Danish
Base Statistics
City Count	37
Square City Count	3
Base Population	4,575,368
Consumers Required to Upkeep	4.57
Base Income ($)	269,651
Base Manpower Capacity	91,508
Requirements
Starting Nation(s)	Denmark
Required Entities to Form	Denmark Faroe Islands Greenland Iceland Norway United States Virgin Islands
Exclusive Formable(s)	Kalmar Union
Achievements
Stability Gain	10
Interface
Decision Name	Reinstate the Danish Realm
Decision Name	Reinstate the Danish Realm
Decision Description	Despite often not having a direct hand in European affairs, remaining neutral when it came to the conflicts of the continent, the peoples of Scandinavia often established vast colonial empires just as their European brethren; such as the Danish Empire. Stretching down to the shores of Ghana, the Danish Realm brought our true rule of the waves from the North Sea to the Gulf of Guinea, all the while bringing wealth and prestige back to our nation. With the old realm restored, the time has come to once more show the world what the Danish are truly capable of.
Decision Description	Despite often not having a direct hand in European affairs, remaining neutral when it came to the conflicts of the continent, the peoples of Scandinavia often established vast colonial empires just as their European brethren; such as the Danish Empire. Stretching down to the shores of Ghana, the Danish Realm brought our true rule of the waves from the North Sea to the Gulf of Guinea, all the while bringing wealth and prestige back to our nation. With the old realm restored, the time has come to once more show the world what the Danish are truly capable of.
Title	Danske Kolonier
Title	Danske Kolonier
Description	Although the Scandinavian nations had remained neutral for centuries, focusing on internal development rather than the petty squabbles of the European continent, they managed to maintain prosperous colonial empires of their own; one of these being the Danish Empire. Helmed by Christian IV, the Danish Empire brought the influence of the Danes down to the Gulf of Guinea, gaining wealth and the title of its own colonial empire back home. Although decolonization has long passed, the Danish Empire has suddenly reemerged, seeking to bring forth a new trend in Europe; recolonization.
Description	Although the Scandinavian nations had remained neutral for centuries, focusing on internal development rather than the petty squabbles of the European continent, they managed to maintain prosperous colonial empires of their own; one of these being the Danish Empire. Helmed by Christian IV, the Danish Empire brought the influence of the Danes down to the Gulf of Guinea, gaining wealth and the title of its own colonial empire back home. Although decolonization has long passed, the Danish Empire has suddenly reemerged, seeking to bring forth a new trend in Europe; recolonization.
Enclosure	Hail, Christian.
Enclosure	Hail, Christian.
Resources
Copper	3.11
Copper	3.11
Gold	2
Gold	2
Iron	1
Iron	1
Oil	5.63
Oil	5.63
Titanium	6.08
Titanium	6.08
Electronics	16
Electronics	16

“	Although the Scandinavian nations had remained neutral for centuries, focusing on internal development rather than the petty squabbles of the European continent, they managed to maintain prosperous colonial empires of their own; one of these being the Danish Empire. Helmed by Christian IV, the Danish Empire brought the influence of the Danes down to the Gulf of Guinea, gaining wealth and the title of its own colonial empire back home. Although decolonization has long passed, the Danish Empire has suddenly reemerged, seeking to bring forth a new trend in Europe; recolonization.	„
	— Description of forming Danish Empire

The Danish Empire is an exclusive formable for Denmark and you must not be the Kalmar Union to form it.

Background

The following is taken from Wikipedia which is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. You can view the article it was taken from here.

Danish overseas colonies and Dano-Norwegian colonies are the colonies that Denmark–Norway (Denmark after 1814) possessed from 1536 until 1953. At its apex the colonies spanned four continents: Europe, North America, Africa and Asia.

The period of colonial expansion marked a rise in the status and power of Danes and Norwegians in the Kalmar union. Danes and Norwegians during this time increasingly saw themselves as citizens of the same "State Fatherland" (Statsfædrelandet), the realm of the Oldenburg monarchs.

In the 17th century, following territorial losses on the Scandinavian Peninsula, Denmark-Norway began to develop colonies, forts, and trading posts in West Africa, the Caribbean, and the Indian subcontinent. Christian IV first initiated the policy of expanding Denmark-Norway's overseas trade, as part of the mercantilist wave that was sweeping Europe. Denmark-Norway's first colony was established at Tranquebar (Trankebar) on India's southern coast in 1620. Admiral Ove Gjedde led the expedition that established the colony.

After 1814, when Norway was ceded to Sweden following the Napoleonic Wars, Denmark retained what remained of Norway's great medieval colonial holdings.

Today, the only remaining vestiges are two originally Norwegian colonies that are currently within the Danish Realm, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, the Faroe Islands were a Danish County until 1948, while Greenland's colonial status ceased in 1953. They are now autonomous territories within the Kingdom of Denmark with home rule, in a relationship referred to as the "Unity of the Realm."

Economy and Manpower

The Danish Empire generates $710,415 income, with resource profit from Greenland contributing a significant amount. The Danish Empire has a manpower capacity of 203,846 manpower. All the countries in this formable have the minimum 60,000 capacity. The Danish Empire gains 2426 manpower daily.

Geography

Terrain

The terrain of the Danish Empire, due to spanning three continents, varies. Greenland, Iceland, and the northern tip of mainland Norway is Semi-Mountainous. The only Mountainous areas are in central and southern Norway. Denmark and the Faroe Islands are all flat, however.

Biome

The biome of the Danish Empire is wildly differing. Northern and central Norway, Iceland, and Greenland are all in the Arctic biome. Denmark and the rest of non-Arctic Norway has no permanent biome besides the normal one, but experience Severe Winter in December-January, and Mild Winter during the rest of the winter months.

Resources

The Danish Empire produces:

• 1 unit of titanium
• 3 units of copper
• 8.66 units of iron
• 9 units of gold
• 2.33 units of aluminum
• 1 unit of chromium

Strategy

Pre-War Tactics

Justify a conquest war on Faroe Islands and Iceland. During the justification time spawn soldiers until you have 70K (including your home guard so you don't waste MP) and train them with winter specialization while spawning two destroyers and in order to stop any oil shortages from happening, start trading with nations for oil.

Iceland and Faroe Islands

After the justification time is done, justify on Greenland and the United States Virgin Islands and then declare war on both Faroe Islands and Iceland. Send one destroyer to Faroe Islands and the other to Iceland. Split your 70K infantry and send the larger half to the northernmost city in Iceland and use AI luring to take on the Icelandic troops there, while bombarding them with your other destroyer. After defeating Iceland's troops, take its other cities with the smaller half of your troops starting with the capital. Leave Faroe Islands alone until your destroyers have eradicated all their troops and then take their capital.

Greenland and United States Virgin Islands

After the justification for Greenland and US Virgin Islands is done, immediately justify on Norway and use the Iceland tactics in Greenland and the Faroe Islands one on the US Virgin Islands.

Taking over Norway

After Greenland and the USVI is taken over and their respective wars ended, bring all your troops back to one of your territories in the North Sea and let them regain their soldiers. After the Norway justification is over and your troops in satisfactory numbers, send your troops to Svalbard and place a destroyer in between the island and mainland Norway so that your navy will destroy any Norwegian infantry trying back. Then send your troops to Norway's northern cities, continually switching from land to sea to avoid attrition while sending in even more soldiers to take the southern cities. Taking over Norway will take a while but if they are not a player, it shouldn't be that hard.

Congratulations, you have formed the Danish Empire!

Threats

• An experienced Germany will always annex Denmark early on in the game.
• Any other Nordic nations trying to form the Kalmar Union.
• The United Kingdom may also take Norway and Denmark because they need it to form the North Sea Empire.
• The United States May also take Greenland for its resources.
• Canada may also take Greenland for the same reason as The United States, for its resources, or they're a douchebag that won't let you form. Or they could see Greenland as being a part of Canada, which is a major possibility.

Trivia

• Originally it the Danish Empire was rejected by Hyperant due to being free stability for Denmark.
• The Danish Empire flag is also the current state flag and ensign of Denmark, with the only difference is that the Danish flag is a rectangle.
• The Danish Empire is one of many nations/formables/releasables that does not have a rectangular flag. It shares this category with:
  • Afsharid Dynasty
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Caucasian Imamate
  • Chola Dynasty
  • Crimean Khanate
  • Crown of Aragon
  • Danish Empire
  • Emirate of Bukhara
  • Frankish Empire
  • Goguryeo
  • Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  • Hafsid Dynasty
  • Hui
  • Khanate of Kazan
  • Khmer Empire
  • Kingdom of Hungary
  • Kirat
  • Kush
  • Mamluk Sultanate
  • Mongol Empire
  • Nepal
  • North Sea Empire
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Sikh Empire
  • Swedish Empire
  • Timurid Empire