Palau is a Tier I island nation off the coast of the 
Philippines, located in Oceania 
. It's one of the many islands located in the Micronesia (not to be confused with the country) subregion of Oceania.
Background[]
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Palau, officially the Republic of Palau and historically Belau, Palaos or Pelew, is an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean. The country contains approximately 340 islands, and together with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia, forms the western chain of the Caroline Islands. Its area is 466 square kilometers (180 sq mi). The most populous island is Koror. The capital Ngerulmud is located on the nearby island of Babeldaob, in Melekeok State. Palau shares maritime boundaries with international waters to the north, Micronesia to the east, Indonesia to the south, and the Philippines to the west. The country was originally settled approximately 3,000 years ago by migrants from Maritime Southeast Asia. Spain was the first European nation to explore the islands in the 16th century, and they were made part of the Spanish East Indies in 1574. Following Spain's defeat in the Spanish–American War in 1898, the islands were sold to Imperial Germany in 1899 under the terms of the German–Spanish Treaty, where they were administered as part of German New Guinea. After World War I, the islands were made a part of the Japanese-ruled South Seas Mandate by the League of Nations. During World War II, skirmishes, including the major Battle of Peleliu, were fought between American and Japanese troops as part of the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign. Along with other Pacific Islands, Palau was made a part of the United States-governed Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947. Having voted against joining the Federated States of Micronesia in 1979, the islands gained full sovereignty in 1994 under a Compact of Free Association with the United States. Politically, Palau is a presidential republic in free association with the United States, which provides defense, funding, and access to social services. Legislative power is concentrated in the bicameral Palau National Congress. Palau's economy is based mainly on tourism, subsistence agriculture and fishing, with a significant portion of gross national product (GNP) derived from foreign aid. The country uses the United States dollar as its currency. The islands' culture mixes Micronesian, Melanesian, Asian, and Western elements. Ethnic Palauans, the majority of the population, are of mixed Micronesian, Melanesian, and Austronesian descent. A smaller proportion of the population is of Japanese descent. The country's two official languages are Palauan (a member of the Austronesian language family) and English, with Japanese, Sonsorolese, and Tobian recognized as regional languages. |
Base Statistics[]
Economy[]
Palau has a base income of $101,028. If counting home guard costs, Palau earns $61,028. The vast majority of this income is generated by your capital, Koror, with Melekeok only producing $282.
Resources[]
Palau produces no supply of resources.
Military[]
Palau starts with a typical home guard of 20,000 infantry stationed on Koror. Palau has a manpower capacity of 60,000 and a manpower gain of 127. Palau's starting conscription law is Volunteer.
| Base Manpower Capacity of Palau 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[]
Palau is an island nation with no terrain nor biome. It sits in the middle of the Philippine Sea, having maritime borders with the Philippines to the west and 
Indonesia to it's south. To it's east is the rest of Oceania.
Threats[]
- Any nation (Mainly
Indonesia, Malaysia, or The Philippines) attempting to form Alam Melayu. - United States needs you for the Empire of Liberty
Cities[]
Palau has two cities numbering 18,226 people. There's the capital, Koror, and north of Koror is Melekeok. Both cities are ports.
Formables[]
Palau only has one formable, that being 
Alam Melayu, which most nations in the region can form.
Strategy[]
Guam, as they are a close neighbor and easy to take out. Once you've done this, wait for unrest to go down and build some factories in Guam and your mainland. Make sure to develop your city so that you gain more tax money and manpower. Now, declare war on 
Papua New Guinea before 
Australia snipes it (that is, if there's an Australia player in your game). It will also be beneficial as it has a strategic position and has a lot more cities and space for you to build factories on, and will boost your population. Now, expand into the 
Solomon and 
Marshall Islands. You could have two units go for each at the same time. Also, try to fortify Papua New Guinea, as Australia might declare war on you if they are a player. It is recommended that you take 
Taiwan just to gain cities with a 1M+ Population.
If Australia Declares War on You[]
Say, Australia isn't happy about you taking Papua New Guinea right off the bat. If you were able to take Taiwan, then you can produce tanks. Make sure to get into the steel & motor part trade (or just build motor part factories) in order to produce a lot of tanks. Socialism is a recommended ideology, as it will give you more manpower. Send your tanks to Papua New Guinea, where you will need them to hold your defenses. If you had time to research more into tanks in technology, that is great. Also, use frigates, destroyers and other really good boats to blockade Australia from Papua New Guinea once you destroyed their tanks there. Embarrassed to losing to 
Palau, Australia will naturally either White Peace or leave the game.
Oceanic Dominance[]
Now that you have made sure that Australia is no longer a threat or they were AI, you can now continue expanding. Take 
New Zealand, 
Fiji, 
Vanuatu, 
Tonga, even the Philippines. At this point, you will likely be able to form the 
Pacific Federation. You are now a very big Palau and some may even say that.. ''Palau rose up.''
Dealing With Enemies[]
This is the point where you have two new enemies, 
China and 
Japan. Japan needs you and for the 
Empire of Japan and China might want Taiwan, which you most likely annexed to warn of Australia (unless Australia wasn't a player) Let's start with say China invades you for Taiwan. Began producing Electronics factories and Steel factories if you do not have them already. Go to Military screen by pressing S, go to Doctrines and select the Submarine Warfare Doctrine so you can build better submarines faster and cheaper. Immediately start building a submarine anywhere, but be aware of places where you are building factories, as it will start building after the factories are built. When the factories are almost done, buy the needed resources. Sell your 32 electronics to one of the democratic countries or 
Mexico for extra money. Now, China should've declared war on you, so use your submarines to destroy its transport ships. Build 2 more submarines when you get money, but split them and set them on auto-merge off so you can destroy more ships at once. When you get 75M money, build a battleship so you can counter China's destroyers, also build a destroyer if China builds submarines too. If he uses artillery on land, then you're screwed, but you can still use your troops to kill them, but China's army is definitely stronger so it's not always a good idea. You're the target of a superpower so don't expect everything to go smoothly. Once China's War Exhaustion ramps up and protests begin, you know stuff is about to go down. Once 
Fujian, 
Guangxi or 
Anhui declares independence, immediately justify them. Chances are other nations will jump in on China seeing their defeat to Palau. (These will likely be Japan, 
Russia and/or 
India) You want to prevent Japan from getting most of China, so while China is falling, snipe Beijing before Japan can. Use Beijing as a base for soldiers and begin expanding onto the coast southward towards your other areas. Once you justify the independent coastal countries, you can connect your land in Beijing. At this point, you have become a really big superpower.
Let's say China just finally falls and everything is captured, you peace out and now everyone is dividing China up. You'll want to make sure it is you that gets 
Shanxi, as Shanxi has many cities with over 1 Million population and is a really good place to have. Now, you'll have one last enemy to deal with if everything went smoothly, Japan. Japan will likely want you for the Empire of Japan. If you have not made an alliance with them, chances are they will declare war on you if they are a player. If you have Beijing or most of China, this would be a big mistake for them. You'll have to hope by this time unrest in China went down, so that you can start mobilizing tanks. Send them into 
Manchuria where Japan likely captured in the war. Also, try to navally invade 
Korea (which will likely be owned by Japan) You will be able to encircle the Japanese army there if you are able to pull this off. Now, send the rest of your tanks into Eastern Manchuria to finally deal with the Japanese divisions there. Now, Japan's mainland will be exposed. If you'll want to send your submarines to the shores of Japan while wielding your infantry & tank divisions to Tokyo and other important cities. At this point, Japan will likely fall and your conquest of the big powers will be over.
Palau's Rise to Power[]
Now, you can enjoy owning most of the coasts of China, Japan, the Pacific and maybe other stuff you invaded. You can also choose to form the 
Oceanic Union by invading Australia, or Alam Melayu, at this point you could easily achieve both of those with the amount of power you have.
