HOI4 Portugal Guide: Communist Portugal is the BETTER Spain! | HOI4 Country Guides

???????? In this HOI4 Portugal guide, we’re going down the Communist path to show you why Portugal is clearly the BETTER Spain!
We’ll unite the Iberian Peninsula under the red banner, spread the revolution across Europe, and prove that even a small nation can rise to challenge the great powers of the world. Portugal will stand strong — not as an empire of colonies, but as the heart of the revolution!

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RESEARCH PRIORITY
(“UP” = upgrade version of previously researched tech)

Electronic Mechanical Engineering
Basic Machine Tools
Construction 1
Concentrated 1
Support Weapons 1
Concentrated UP
Construction UP
Tools UP
Inter-War Artillery
Radio
Infantry Equip UP
Support Weapons UP
Tools UP
Infantry Equip UP
Concentrated UP
Tools UP
Artillery UP
Landing Craft
Construction UP
Engineer Company UP
Truck
Infantry Equip UP
Artillery UP
Support Weapons UP
Field Hospital
Mountain Infantry 1
Artillery UP
Inter-War Small Airframe
Field Hospital UP


FOCUS PRIORITY

Popular Front
Nations In Arms
Nationalize Industry
Unify Leftist Youth Wings
Reorganization Of The Communist Party
Support The Spanish Republic
Workers Of Iberia, Unite!
Continue The Public Works
Instituto Superior Tecnico
Army Reorganization
Industrial Modernization (delay if CW almost over (ideal))
The Iberian Socialist Union (if CW not over, consider restarting)
Industrial Modernization
OGME
Portuguese Artillery
Military Research Facilities
Metropolitan Army
A New Industry
Standardization
Corpo De Estado Maior
Staff Wargames
Field Maneuvers
Colonial Assimilation Policy
Luso-Tropicalism
Roads, Bridges, and Dams
Extraction Industries
Hydroelectricity


VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 — Intro & Setup
03:32 — Early Game & Turning Communist
06:05 — The Spanish Civil War
15:57 — Post Unification & ALLIES Setup
20:03 — The Benelux
23:55 — ALLIES: France
29:28 — ALLIES: UK
33:18 — ALLIES: Peace Conference & Vichy
37:12 — Communism Dominates Europe! The Perfect Setup

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