Never research ahead of time, excepted if you have blueprints beforehand (and only in vital fields, like infantry).A serious flaw in your defensesВ : Larisa is not fortified.ДЄll general advices concerning minor powers apply to Greece, but since one major alliance will be after you sooner or later, it's especially vital to manage efficiently every resource you have.The fleet you start with floats only because it's trendy.Several traits lacking in your tech teamsВ : under average concerning infantry, artillery and aircrafts, almost inexistant concerning naval doctrines and air doctrines.The future is dark if the game plays historically. Greece is located in Europe, at the crossroads of the 3 major alliances.Good ministers available after a few years.Even the 2 'old guard' generals can progress fairly quickly since their 'optimal rank' is field marshal. A few good leaders with the 'offensive' or 'defensive' traits.Two border provinces start with level 5 land fortsВ : Ioaninna and Salonika.The many hill provinces in Greek homeland give a notable advantage to the defensor.Comintern would probably requier an important slider shift though (not play-tested). Greece can choose any path between Allies, Axis or non-aligned.Decent in land doctrines if you choose the 'Grand Battle Plan Doctrine' path. A few good tech teams, especially in the industrial and naval construction fields.Greece starts with a quite respectable (though outdated) army.And if you manage to build a small but modern navy (some decent destroyers and a couple heavy cruisers for example) you'll be able to fight the war actively around the Med, and even further if all goes well. However, you can make it quite an infantry power. And it's in the Mediterranean, so that antediluvian fleet will get sunk by Italy (if you go Allied) or the UK (if you go Axis).

It's also mountainous, which means even less tanks. Greece is poor, which rules out building an air force or tanks. You start with 15 INF-18, 1 CAV-18, 2 ancient CLs, 2 equally ancient DDs, 2 subs that probably saw service with Alexander, and 2 transport fleets. You also have cores in both (Cyprus, Rhodes and Dodecanese). Unfortunately, it's in Europe.Дiplomacy-wise, you're Paternal Autocrat, so you can join either Axis or Allies. Although its IC is small, its army can be quite significant. Greece, in most of the world, would be quite a military power (of the order of Argentina or Brazil). 4 Tips and strategies to take a good start.

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