Rust belt alliance perhaps?

引用自 OctAmAN：

Rust belt alliance perhaps?

I honestly like this idea

Someone also recommended a Nazi state between all the Midwest states with high German ethnic backgrounds

引用自 BattleSkorpion：

Someone also recommended a Nazi state between all the Midwest states with high German ethnic backgrounds

Yknow, that could work since Indiana does have a large German population in the state. Tbh, I don’t really care if Indiana is that Nazi state

i honestly don't know

To divide Indiana and make it more diverse there should be roughly 5 territories
Capital District- Indianapolis and maybe surrounding tiles that has the most building slots
South Bend- the northern part of the state that has most of the industry and has the second largest amount of building slots
Ohio River district-the tiles on along the ohio river
then there should be 2 other states that are the east and west of indianapolis that dont have mny build slots because it is mostly farmland


The leader of Indiana at the Start should be Paul V McNutt at least until 1937 when you can either keep him or replace him historically with Maurice Clifford Townsend

The executive branch of Indiana has been historically one of the weakest in the Union so I would suggest adding a National Spirit that either gives a Political Power Debuff or makes Changing laws and hiring advisors more expensive Also as far as National Spirits go you can add one that represents universities and gives a research boost and maybe a kind of debuff or boost depending on how you want to see it to construction or construction research to represent the large agricultural sector


For the Political focus Tree I think if you go Democratic or Non Aligned you should have a focus to seek a referendum and unify with Michigan like Austria Hungary and have it be called Michiana
The Fascist Path should have you try to unify the Eastern Midwest - Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin
The communist path should probably try for something similar to the fascist

I can also do some research for the development trees if its wanted

As Far as military goes Indiana lacks serious population and natural resources so they Should either be Superior Firepower oriented or Grand Battleplan since probably leaning Superior Firepower They should also have focuses to colaborate with Michigan on military R&D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Francis_Stearley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Herron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bedell_Smith

Here are some potential Generals for Indiana

引用自 hellhound98：

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Francis_Stearley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Herron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bedell_Smith

Here are some potential Generals for Indiana

I agree with both of your comments tbh. Hopefully, the lead developer uses your suggestions.

Another idea for Indiana, in the 20’s in Evansville there was a big KKK influence. Idk if it’d be okay, but maybe a KKK focus that decreases your manpower (for reasons) but gives you a boost in a type of ideology. Not sure, I don’t care if there is or isn’t such a focus, but still it dawned on me since Indiana’s history so yeah, another idea for the dev’s!

Like, for example, you could have a national spirit when you start as Indiana and you can give it buffs/debuffs by going down one branch where you side with the KKK and make them “prominent” in Indiana again or, if you want to take the national spirit off, you could go down the other branch and ban the KKK completely and “erase” them from Indiana.