Playing as African nations is impossible

[Arktixz]

Tried playing as Nigeria but I could only build 1 factory. and its pretty much the same scenario with every other African nation even though they have huge amounts of land.

[fakemon64]

huge amounts of land, yes. but, that land is largely under-developed and its resources probably have yet to be discovered so to say.

[Legion Of Metal]

unfortunately...Thats africa for you. Thank you Britain france spain and italy.
Once (if) the colonies are free, the african countries are in a really bad state.

In the Base game, Africa is pretty much "Resource territory" for the super powers.

Rarely...if its a power fight between free countries of africa...its a nightmare. because they have little to no building slots or help. so the unfortunate thing is...if your playing as an african country...You are simply gonna have to plow through the rest of the african countries just to get stronger. as africa itself is not a strong place. or unified for that matter.

[Água Oxigenada]

How to play with African countries? how to decolonize them? In which part of the settings is this done?

[hannibal_pjv]

The Ethiopia is the best option if you want to have ”strong” Africa. Beat the Italy and conquer the world. But Yeah in general Africa countries will have hard time in this game.

[Scarlet]

HOI4 isn't like the other games where you can turn a small nation into an empire. Now technically you can as there are videos on youtube of people doing world conquests but they usually involve exploiting the game.

If you want an honest game, you will have to accept that your nation is small and without population, industry or resources, you are basically stuck as a support role and will have to rely on your allies.

There should be a decolonize option in the game settings when you are picking a country to play as. You will need to not play in Ironman Mode so that you may be able to switch to another country.

[Big [REDACTED] Marty]

Originally posted by Kuvira:

HOI4 isn't like the other games where you can turn a small nation into an empire. Now technically you can as there are videos on youtube of people doing world conquests but they usually involve exploiting the game.

If you want an honest game, you will have to accept that your nation is small and without population, industry or resources, you are basically stuck as a support role and will have to rely on your allies.

There should be a decolonize option in the game settings when you are picking a country to play as. You will need to not play in Ironman Mode so that you may be able to switch to another country.

you can do this, as france, you can release all your colonies at the start, and play as them if you so wish, might be ideal to develope algeria first for example before doing so, it has some pretty good res, and decent manpower compared to the other options