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Back when Canada left EDEN, I wrote an article with some tongue-in-cheek tactical advise (Cheek by giving the advice, not by actually being funny) for Canada in case of an Irish invasion. I didn't actually publish it, because I was told by the Irish CP (my boss at the time) I might actually give those crazy mooses ideas, and delay their inevitable doom LOL

This is basically that article, but replacing the US as the invader instead of Ireland. Releasing it now cuz I'm hot and reckless. Its long and boring btw, so unless you've got an interest in tactical thinking (and wanna argue my advise) likely a wall of text.

Possible developments:

✯ USA wipes Canada. End of war, US politicians dedicated to TEDEN resist a swing towards ONE MPP stacks and continuation of neutral America.
✯ USA and Spain/Poland formally ally; Spain/Poland enters the invasion of Canada. Consequently US dedicated to ONE MPP stacks (As TEDEN wont drop Canadian MPPs, and ONE doesn't hold a MPP with Canada).
✯ USA and Canada ping-pong due to TEDEN support of Canada; Alienating USA, and likely Spoland supporters arguing the need to ally with ONE MPP stacks.
✯ USA asks Canada for a NAP. Because last US administrations been really heroic and shi..
✯ Bordering TEDEN nations invade USA to assist Canada. Poland dominance in Europe, ONE dominance in Balkans and USA in a harsh war with a very real chance of losing bonuses.



Of course, my advise is simply understanding how region mechanisms work and timing. Gaining congress/Wipe avoidance is another story. In following pictures and descriptions I predict likely situations, and solutions.

There is one strategy which doesn't involve any insight:
#1: Valhalla!
Info: Rylde goes apesh**, spend tons of rl money on tanking and mercs. And hope for the best!

..Or better tactic, understanding region mechanisms:

Figure 1: The region connections in Canada

Analysis:
Canada can be split into East and West. The east of Canada is highly connected, meaning most regions in that area border eachother. This makes the east of Canada a buffer zone in the case of Eastern inland invasion (i.e. Not the US, but probably Spain). The west of Canada is mostly connected to a single region, Northwest Territories but still not a high overall level of "connectivity", hence if Spain did enter the fight, Canada would be wise to put resources into making sure Spain stay in the Eastern regions and focus on battling US 1-on-1 in the Western chokepoints.

The capital, Ontario, is in a very unfavourable position as it is only connected to two other Canadian regions; Manitoba and Quebec. If these regions were to be conquered (obviously without conquering Ontario) it would result in removing Canada's production bonuses. For an invading force, that would make these regions the highest priority target as the logical assumption is a Canada without production bonuses = a weaker Canada.

From the US perceptive, the target is very clear: Take Manitoba and Quebec. That means no production bonuses for Canada. However, if a Spanish invasion is on the cards aswell... there would most likely be coordination to place the US occupying Manitoba and Spain occupying Quebec, as although it would allow two RWs to happen at the same time, Canada would be spilt fighting across two battles and that would make it easier for Spain and the US to hold the regions.

However, this is based on the assumption that the invading force is not a superpower, because a superpower would just smash through Canada and stop production bonuses by taking all Canadian regions (then that Gaining Congress/Wipe avoidance strategy in my previous article comes into play).

But carrying on the assumption that the USA has limited firepower (More so if it intends to drop TEDEN support, and accept ONE Balkan help), and therefore unable to fully occupy Canada, USA would try to maximise the effect of their firepower.. by surrounding the capital. They would not try to conquer Ontario because then that would move the capital to British Columbia (providing Quebec is conquered aswell - which would likely happen) which is on the furtherest western side of Canada - and thats alot of battles to win for Spain to get over near the new capital.



Figure 2: International region connections to Canada

This section is more subjective to current events; The hostile countries which border Canada are the UK, USA and Spain (if they take Azores), but UK and Spain share the same border region: Newfoundland&Labrador. This is Canada's next chokepoint to European invaders, but uniquely even if UK or Spain won the region, only one invader would be able to enter Canada; which if the UK got to attack first, Canada would want to lose Newfoundland to them (because better chance of beating off Brits later on, than Spain) However, this chokepoint only exists if the French routes into Canada are held by their original owner. If they were taken by Poland, and Poland decided to enter the invasion aswell.. then Canada would be facing a two front war on their eastern regions. In that case, the best defensive policy would be leave the east as a buffer zone and refer to the inland strategy explained under Figure 1.

However, it doesn't currently look like Poland or the UK will be entering the fight. What is certain is that if Canada has to fight both the USA and Spain at the same time, Canada is going to be facing a long wipe. Therefore, Canada's best defensive policy would be to makes sure Spain doesn't take Azores!
. Failing that, make sure they don't get past Newfoundland and wait til Azores is returned to Portugal; Ignoring the rest of their regions to US attacks.

Last point on preventing being wipe😛 currently, the USA isn't getting much damage from EDEN/ONE (Europe) hence attacking Canada during TERRA primetime is advantageous as it means its mostly just USA vs Canada (whom the USA is stronger). Hence if its possible for Canada to win a battle, and decide when the next attack should start, Canada would be wise to open it during EDEN/ONE primetimes. This is a shot in the dark for Canada, as most of their citizens would be sleeping aswell but as the USA doesn't currently hold ONE MPP stacks, its probably best chance of Canada winning.





Worst case: USA and Spain get into Canada. What you see badly coloured in here is basically who ownership of regions would go too based on the time Spain could actually get into Canada if they set off today.

In this situation, Canada got boned because two powerful fronts tore it apart. However, this is what Canada would need to do to fight a guerilla war effectively:


Basically, moving the capital to somewhere where every battle won would result in gaining a new bonus. It sets out a logical pathway for Canadians to keep trying and trying. But key point of the plan is NOT to take the USA regions which open a border with Spain, because that makes it near impossible for Canada to win by themselves. For this reason, if this situation occurred, the US might support a RW in these border regions. Hence Canada would need to constantly open up a RW in another US-held region which doesn't open up the Spanish border before the US can open a RW in the border regions, and keep doing that until Spain or the USA gets bored and goes home.


It was LONG
It was BORING
And it could be useful for the enemy.

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