Luxembourg

Luxembourg
Location Properties
Continent	Europe
General Properties
Required XP	0
XP Multiplier	2.5x
Demonym	Luxembourger
Base Statistics
City Count	2
Square City Count	0
Capital	Luxembourg
Population	113,502
Consumers Required to Upkeep	0.11
Income ($)	$107,400
Manpower Capacity	60,000
Starting Conscription Law	Volunteer
Starting Ideology	Non-Aligned
Formable Details
Can Form	Benelux European Union
Required to Form	Benelux Dietschland Dutch Empire European Union Frankish Empire Gallic Empire Greater Belgium Holy Roman Empire Napoleonic Empire Roman Empire

Luxembourg is a Tier I landlocked Nation in Europe , primarily the Lowlands region. It's primary purpose and reason to be played is for its XP multiplier of 2.5X. Despite this, the nation is rarely played, as it only has 2 cities, and is one of the primary targets of Germany and France early into a game.

Background

The history of Luxembourg consists of the history of the country of Luxembourg and its geographical area.

Although its recorded history can be traced back to Roman times, the history of Luxembourg proper is considered to begin in 963. Over the following five centuries, the powerful House of Luxembourg emerged, but its extinction put an end to the country's independence. After a brief period of Burgundian rule, the country passed to the Habsburgs in 1477.

After the Eighty Years' War, Luxembourg became a part of the Southern Netherlands, which passed to the Austrian line of the Habsburg dynasty in 1713. After occupation by the Napoleonic Empire, the 1815 Treaty of Paris transformed Luxembourg into a Grand Duchy in personal union with the Netherlands. The treaty also resulted in the second partitioning of Luxembourg, the first being in 1658 and a third in 1839. Although these treaties greatly reduced Luxembourg's territory, the latter established its formal independence, which was confirmed after the Luxembourg Crisis of 1867.

In the following decades, Luxembourg fell further into Germany's sphere of influence, particularly after the creation of a separate ruling house in 1890. It was occupied by Germany from 1914 until 1918 and again from 1940 until 1944. Since the end of the Second World War, Luxembourg has become one of the world's richest countries, because of a booming financial services sector, political stability, and European integration.

Base Statistics

Economy

It has a base income of $107,400 in 2019.

Resources

Luxembourg, being tiny, produces no resources.

Military

Luxembourg starts off with a 20,000 homeguard and a 60,000 manpower capacity.

Base Manpower Capacity of Luxembourg 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

Terrain

Luxembourg lacks any distinct terrain and is completely flat.

Borders

Luxembourg borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the north and west, and France to the south.

Cities

Luxembourg only has 2 cities. Its capital is Luxembourg, with an in-game population of 107,260. Its only other city is Diekirch, with a population of 6,242 in-game.

Formables

Luxembourg can form the Benelux and the European Union.

Strategy

Forming Benelux

Being Luxembourg, if you do not move quickly, you are vulnerable and can be invaded at any moment. Quickly build Electronic factories on your two cities and buy the required resources for them. Start justifying on Belgium and Netherlands while you're waiting. Sell the resources you're producing to AI nations, (5 electronics per country) then start building your army. Declare war on Belgium. Once you have annexed Belgium, assuming the Netherlands is not a player, it will not be hard to take and you can form Benelux!

this strategy only covers the most plausible scenario, if there is a player as a country you need then this strategy does not apply to that.

Threats

Due to the nation being landlocked between three different powerful countries in comparison to Luxembourg, it is one of the hardest nations to play due to its critical position.

• Belgium or the Netherlands may want to form Benelux. (Uncommon)
• France or Germany forming the Frankish Empire, or for general expansion. (Uncommon)
• United Kingdom may also be an external threat in some cases if they expand out of the British Isles, into the Lowlands. (Uncommon)
• Italy may want to form Roman Empire. (Rare)
• Russia or China may want to annex some of Europe with their insane power. (Rare)
• The United States may want to establish a foothold in Europe and may go for the lowlands. (Rare)

Trivia

• One of Luxembourg's official languages (Luxembourgish) is a mish mash of both the French and German languages.