Real World?

[Future Doctor]

Is this game set in the real world? If so what country is this game set in?

[Duke Flapjack]

The vanilla map is set in a fictional eastern European country. Think Poland or Belarus or thereabouts (I think).

[Novu]

It is fictional but the closest proximity to a real would country would be Slovenia which is the only country that has NATO to the North and USSR allies to the South. Slovenia wasn't part of either alliance in the cold war yet they practiced Communism as an autonomous region of Yugoslavia.

[Future Doctor]

OK, So it is set in the real world with real countries but the player's soviet republic country is completely fictional and it would be bordering Slovenia, is that right?

[Marius]

Or more Slovakia where developers come from if I am not wrong, original map is inspired in such landscapes, hilly and so. But it is all fictional of course.

[Whitek3t]

You can even say that it was somewhere on Southeast Asia. China as the Communist border while US/Japan on the NATO one.

[MrKrabs]

Originally posted by Novu:

It is fictional but the closest proximity to a real would country would be Slovenia which is the only country that has NATO to the North and USSR allies to the South. Slovenia wasn't part of either alliance in the cold war yet they practiced Communism as an autonomous region of Yugoslavia.

That´s an interesting fact. I didn´t know that.

[sreckosojic89]

Yugoslavia was non-aligned, and it was surrounded by the neutral Austria on the north, and Warsaw Pact members (Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania) on the north-east and south-east, and also tne NATO members Italy on the north-west and Greece on the south.
Correctly, Slovenia was socialist republic of the Yugoslavia and was surrounded by the neutral, but part of the West Austria on the north and Warsaw Pact Hungary on the NE, and NATO member Italy on the NW. (SR) Slovenia's southern neighbour was, and still is (SR) Croatia, with which shares majority of political history.
So, this fictional game republic reminds me of Yugoslavia, and I even try to recreate its architecture and vehicle pool and even the economical philosophy (industry and tourism focus) as much as I can using the correct mods.

[joel.kaldma]

Kids learn history.

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

[sreckosojic89]

Ok, first...the Yugo republics had prefix of Socialist Republics from 1963., not the Soviet ones.
Second, I really play this game as this is some temperate, unnamed Yugo republic, combining the brutalist arhitecture and vehicle pool from East and West.
Third, I agree that this country IRL can be Poland, East Germany or Czechoslovakia...but if you look at the toponyms in vanilla map...they're mostly borrowed from Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian or Romanian language...if you look at the road waypoint, it has Ukrainian cyrillic letters.
So I think that finding the real counterpart for the Republic leads nowhere...it's actually generic Central European country with various influences, but mostly Czech and Slovak.
If you have imagination and creativity, you can recreate any Cold War European Socialist country, as I do with SFRY, because my country was part of it during that period.
Best wishes to all you buddies,
Ace Rimmer_89 :)

[Future Doctor]

Ok thank you for the answers everyone. I'm thinking about buying this game since it's on sale. Is there a world map function in-game that shows where your country is to other countries? Can you interact with other countries? Declare war?

[Whitek3t]

No world maps of sort, and no international relations yet except for some events. Currently, events are only tied to price changes and occasional pandemic events. But other events would definitely be planned in the next update.

[Aliek]

The region of Ruthenia, has many issues in common with the game. It is a also a hilly place that has belonged to different empires and countries.

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

[Future Doctor]

I saw the wiki for this game but its incomplete. (No entry on the USSR, for example) What are the game events? Are they real life or random events? For example, if you reach 1991 is the USSR going to collapse and turn into Russia?

[NICHOLAI100]

The game is more a city builder/management game on a national scale, than any sort of political simulator.

The interactions you have with outside powers are purely economic, and most of the gameplay is building and managing supply chains and providing for worker needs. To that end, the only events relate to price fluctuations and public health issues.

Now don’t think I don’t recommend it, I do love this game. If you like games like Transport Fever, or Cities Skylines, or even Factorio to a lesser extent, this game offers a similar experience with greater depth. It is one of the best management games out there, and it nails the ComBloc aesthetic in a way that represents everyday life. Just don’t expect a Tropico style game.

[Montoya]

I don't think they try to represent any specific country. I like to imagine it is a piece of land the USSR reserved to set a new region. But I doubt there is any place in the world that offers all the most important strategic resources in the world, super high fertility all in a tiny space.

That said. Does it matter? And I know you can mod your own maps, for all that real world needs if you have. I personally think it is more fun as it is tho.