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Carthage is a formable located near the western Mediterranean. It requires 
Tunisia, 
Algeria, 
Libya, 
Morocco, 
Italy, 
Spain, 
Malta, and 
Gibraltar to form. Forming Carthage grants you the Sufet title.
History
Carthage was an ancient Phoenician city-state and civilization located in present-day Tunisia. Founded around 814 BC as a colony of Tyre, it was one of the richest and most powerful cities in antiquity, and the centre of a major commercial and maritime empire that dominated the western Mediterranean until the mid third century BC.
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After gaining independence in the seventh century BC, Carthage gradually expanded its economic and political hegemony across northwest Africa, Iberia, and the major islands of the western Mediterranean. By 300 BC, the Carthaginian Empire spanned a patchwork of colonies, vassals, and satellite states that constituted more territory than any other polity in the region. Carthage's wealth and power rested primarily on its strategic location, which provided access to abundant fertile land and major trade routes. Its vast mercantile network, which extended as far as west Africa and northern Europe, provided an array of commodities from all over the ancient world, as well as lucrative exports of agricultural goods and manufactured products. This commercial empire was secured by one of the largest and most powerful navies in the ancient Mediterranean, and an army composed largely of foreign mercenaries and auxiliaries. As the dominant power of the western Mediterranean, Carthage inevitably came into conflict with many neighbors and rivals, from the indigenous Berbers of North Africa to the nascent Roman Republic. Following centuries of conflict with the Sicilian Greeks, its growing competition with Rome culminated in the Punic Wars (264–146 BC), which saw some of the largest and most sophisticated battles in antiquity, and nearly led to Rome's destruction. In 146 BC, after the third and final Punic War, the Romans destroyed Carthage and later established a new city in its place. All remnants of Carthaginian civilization came under Roman rule by the first century AD. Not withstanding the cosmopolitan character of its empire, Carthage's culture and identity remained staunchly Phoenician, or Punic. Like other Phoenician people, its society was heavily urbanised and oriented towards seafaring and trade, reflected in part by its more famous innovations and technical achievements, including serial production, uncolored glass, the threshing board, and the cothon. The Carthaginians became distinguished for their commercial ambitions and unique system of government, which combined elements of democracy, oligarchy, and republicanism, including modern examples of checks and balances. Despite having been one of the most influential civilizations in the ancient world, Carthage is mostly remembered for its long and bitter conflict with Rome, which threatened the rise of the Roman Republic and almost changed the course of Western civilization. Due to the destruction of virtually all Carthaginian texts after the Third Punic War, much of what is known about its civilization comes from Roman and Greek sources, many of whom wrote during or after the Punic Wars, and to varying degrees were shaped by the hostilities. Popular and scholarly attitudes towards Carthage reflected the prevailing Greco-Roman view, though archaeological research since the late 19th century has helped shed more light and nuance on Carthaginian civilization. Ancient Carthage was located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in what is today the country of Tunisia. At its peak, Carthage ruled a significant portion of the Mediterranean coast including Northern Africa, Southern Spain, and the islands of Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily. Carthage was a major power in the Mediterranean from around 650 BCE to 146 BCE. It was first established in 814 BCE by the Phoenician Empire, but gained its independence in 650 BCE. Carthage grew to become the most powerful city in the Mediterranean. In 509 BCE, Carthage established a treaty with Rome. Carthage had control of most of the Western Mediterranean, Northern Africa, as well as the islands of Sicily and Sardinia. Carthage was able to keep Rome in check because of its powerful navy. Between 480 BCE and 265 BCE Carthage fought a number of wars over the control of Sicily. These wars are called the Sicilian Wars or the Greek-Punic Wars. Despite all these wars, neither side ever gained full control over the island. Carthage controlled Western Sicily, while the Greeks maintained control of Eastern Sicily. As the Roman Republic rose in power, Carthage became increasingly in conflict with Rome. In 264 BCE, Carthage fought the First Punic War against Rome. Rome defeated Carthage, taking control of Sicily. The Second Punic War took place between 218 BCE and 201 BCE. It was during this war that the famous Carthaginian leader, Hannibal, crossed the Alps to attack Rome in Italy. Although Hannibal won several battles in Italy, Carthage began to weaken as the war waged on. Eventually, the Romans defeated Carthage and gained control of Spain and much of Northern Africa. The Third Punic War occurred between 149 BCE and 146 BCE. In this war Rome attacked the city of Carthage. Rome conquered the city bringing an end to the Empire of Carthage. The cities allied with Carthage became part of the Roman Republic. |
Base Statistics
Carthage has a gross income of $4,814,418. This makes it high enough to make it to 7th on the rankings, as it is very slightly under 
Russia. It has over 80,000,427 people once formed.
Resources
Carthage once formed, will produce massive amounts of oil and have a lot of iron and phosphate, therefore giving it a large amount of income from resources as well as alleviating or getting rid of any oil deficit.
| Oil | Iron | Phosphate | Copper | Gold | Tungsten |
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| +70.25 | +20 | +19 | +8 | +3 | +1 |
Military
Carthage's military will be around the same as base Russia by the time it is formed. Carthage possesses around the same number of people, and thus having a similar manpower capacity.
| Base Manpower Capacity of Carthage per Conscription Law | |
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| The following columns below present the manpower capacity from lowest (Disarmed) to highest (Required). RP stands for "Recruitable Population". | |
| Disarmed [1% RP] |
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| Volunteer [2% RP] |
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| Limited [5% RP] |
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| Extensive [10% RP] |
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| Required [25% RP] |
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Geography
In its north African territories, Carthage is mostly hilly. In its eastern and southern territories in Africa as well as the tip of Morocco lies flat terrain. Carthage's territory in southern Morocco is Semi-Mountainous. In its Italian territories, the terrain is a bit more complex. In Sicily, Sardina, and most of southern Italy besides its tip in the east, lies Hilly terrain. While central Italy is mostly flat. In northern Italy lies the Mountainous terrain and in the north-east lies Semi-Mountainous terrain. For Carthaginian holdings in Spain lies mostly flat terrain with the exception of South and North Spain which are Hilly.
Most of Carthage is affected by no biome, however in its southern territories in Africa there is the Arid biome, which represents the Sahara desert. It also is not affected by winter with the exception of a sliver of land in north-east Italy which gets affected by Mild Winter during the winter.
Borders
Carthage borders 
Portugal, 
Andorra, 
France, 
Switzerland, 
Austria, 
Slovenia, 
Egypt, 
Sudan, 
Chad, 
Niger, 
Mali, 
Mauritania and 
Western Sahara.
Modifier
Forming Carthage will grant a modifier called “Reputation of the Phoenicians” granting:
- Naval Cost: -20%
- Tax Income: +10%
Threats to Formation
There are not too many threats in number to the formation of Carthage, however they are still powerful enough to pose a threat to Tunisia and often thwart any attempt to form Carthage.
- Italy almost always tries to conquer Tunisia, and if managed correctly, can prove to be the player's worst foe.
- Spain is not too strong, however they are one of the big nations in Europe and they can stop Tunisia in their tracks.
- France may attempt to colonize Algeria, or may even conquer Italy or Spain.
- Italy might take over Libya and prevent you from forming.
Strategy
Forming Carthage is not hard, however you should make powerful allies in case other nations decide to invade what you need. You won't need allies however they will help you massively and make things easier. Good allies include 
Turkey, 
Germany, and the 
United Kingdom.
Starting Moves
You should first construct 2 electronic factories. Then, construct 1 steel factory and 1 motor factory. Make sure to buy all the resources you need to upkeep these factories. If there are no resources then just buy from countries with 0 production but still have leftover resources.
Enact the press censorship policy and invest all your research points into the Research tree in the Technology tree, make sure to make tanks as fast as possible. Switch your land doctrine to massed-attack.
Taking over Northern Africa
Algeria and Libya are the closest to Tunisia, and so they will be easier to attack right off the bat. Justify conquest on them after or while you're doing the starting moves and then attack them. Utilize at least 1k tanks but below 3k tanks when taking them over. Once you take over both nations, you can attack Morocco, but you should only invest around 600 tanks in attacking Morocco and focus on the other nations you need.
Roman Revenge
Italy is not always a player, however in the cases that they are, they are not really too hard to kill. Rome may have been powerful enough to conquer Carthage then, but they won't be hard to kill now.
- Switch your naval doctrine to Capital Fleet. Create 1 battleship and 1 destroyer as well as 1 submarine.
- Make sure you have around 3k tanks, once you do, you should justify conquest on Italy.
- Attack Italy as soon as possible and weaken all their armies using your fleet, then send your tanks to capture Rome. Make sure your tanks don't get intercepted by troops in Rome. If they try to make a fleet to combat yours then upgrade your naval technology and then
- Once you have taken Rome, spread out all your tanks and set them to auto-capture. If they resist by creating more troops, you should use your navy to weaken their troops even more.
- Once they have capitulated/collapsed, you should then peace out for at least all their lands and seize their treasury.
Iberian Reconquest
Make sure to recover your fleet at a port, then prepare over 3k tanks to conquest Spain. Spain is usually not a player, but like Italy, they aren't hard to defeat either way.
Create an aircraft manufactuary, fertilizer factory, and two civilian factories. Obtaining aircraft and consumer goods will massively help you in the long run.
- Justify conquest on Spain, make sure you have a few fighters and attackers as well.
- Attack Spain. Send your tanks to a random city in Spain's east coast and escort them using your fleet.
- Let Spain attack your tanks, if they don't attack your tanks then you should simply send your attackers to attack their troops.
- Once Spain's armies are weakened or destroyed, split up all your tanks and set them to auto-capture on Spanish land. Make sure to also conquer Gibraltar while doing this!
Congratulations! You have revived Carthage!
Trivia
- Carthage had no flag, much like other nations during its time. The flag in-game is purely fictional.
- Carthage is mostly known for being the
Roman Empire's first major rival.
