The Isle of Man is a Tier I island nation located in Europe 
between Northern Ireland and the rest of the 
United Kingdom.
Background[]
The Isle of Man, also known as Mann in Manx, is a self-governing British Crown dependency situated in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The head of state, King Charles III, holds the title of Lord of Mann and is represented by a lieutenant governor. The United Kingdom is responsible for the isle's military defence.
Insurance and online gambling each generate 17% of the GNP, followed by information and communications technology and banking with 9% each. Internationally, the Isle of Man is known for the Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) motorcycle races and for the Manx cat, a breed of cat with short or no tails. The inhabitants (Manx) are considered a Celtic nation.
Base Statistics[]
Economy[]
The Isle of Man has a base income of $102,390.
Resources[]
The Isle of Man produces no resources.
Military[]
Isle of Man begins with 20,000 home guard, with a manpower cap of 60,000 and manpower gain of 294.
| Base Manpower Capacity of Isle Of Man 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] |
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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[]
After the 10/20/22 update, Isle of Man was given its own land tile which is entirely Hilly.
Biome[]
Though the Isle of Man has no permanent biome, it experiences Mild Winter in December-January.
Cities[]
The Isle of Man has only one city, Douglas.
Formables[]
Isle of Man can form:
It could previously form, 
Kingdom of the Isles, but it was removed.
Strategy[]
You should start by making powerful allies and invading small countries. Similar to any other small country strategy, you should make a electronic factories and buy 2 units of gold and copper in order to start making electronics. Sell these electronics to other nations in order to get up your economy. The best way to start off is allying the UK. If the UK does not ally you it is recommended you leave immediately as they are experienced and have you on their invasion list. If United Kingdom is open, invade them immediately. Then, invade small isolated countries such as 
Iceland or the 
Faroe Islands. If there is no UK, build up your armies and invade it next. This will allow you some greater economy and at least establish yourself on the world stage.
Threats[]
Most of the time, despite UK's imposingness, you'll have 0 threats, as it won't bother really taking you. The only real threat most of the time is 
Norway if it tries to form the 
Norgesveldet. However, if the UK does try to invade, you have virtually no chance at survival if you don't at least have more land like 
Ireland. You can however slow down their invasion and inflict casualties by having a good navy, however this would take a lot of time to make due to this country's lack of resources and cities to build.
Other threats include players that want the tiny piece of land, as it will give the obvious positives of conquering (money and manpower). It may also serve as a base to launch further invasions against the United Kingdom or Ireland, but this is unlikely. Nobody will honestly remember you exist due to you being insiginificant.
Another Celtic nations trying to form 
Celtic League can also be threats.
Your two biggest threats are 
Northumbria, & United Kingdom. Northumbria will most likely invade you to form 
Kingdom of Northumberland* *if released, & United Kingdom Requires you to form 
Angevin Empire.
Trivia[]
- The Isle of Man used to have a formable called
Kingdom of the Isles however it was removed due to incomplete historic record.
