Venezuela is a Tier IV nation located in South America 
. It is the 6th biggest nation in South America and borders 
Colombia, 
Guyana, and 
Brazil. Not many players choose Venezuela, as much stronger nations neighbor it (in this case, Colombia and Brazil). However, due to its plentiful 
Oil reserves and high amounts of square cities, Venezuela is capable of producing large amounts of tanks, giving it a fair chance against its neighbors. Its Oil also makes it a target for colonization.
Background
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Venezuela was inhabited by tribal peoples for thousands of years prior to the Spanish arriving. In 1522, Nueva Toledo became the first permanent Spanish settlement in South America In the late 1700s, Venezuelans began to want independence from the Much of Venezuela's history has been marred with dictatorship and military governments. Today the country is led by Hugo Chávez. He has implemented socialism to the extreme, weakening the democracy that the country had achieved by the late 20th century. |
Base Statistics
Economy
The starting net economy for Venezuela is around $888,240 million dollars, which becomes $988,240 if you disband its 90,000 troop home guard. $872,970 come from taxes, while the rest comes from resources.
Resources
Venezuela famously produces a massive amount of Oil, which is highly useful for military machinery. This can be further used to your advantage by buildings mines in the cities that produce Oil, doubling its resource output. Venezuela also produces 1 unit of 
Aluminum which is a required resource for aircraft parts, but not enough to make aircraft manufactories. if you want more resources, Invade Colombia. To get more resources as Venezuela, you might need to colonize different continents to earn different types of resources.
Military
They also can have up to 346,686 manpower at a the default conscription law
| Base Manpower Capacity of Venezuela 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
Terrain
The terrain of Venezuela is mostly Hilly, with some flat and Semi-Mountainous land in the north. They have lowlands and highlands. In-game, this is shown as Hilly and Semi-Mountainous terrain. This allows for easier defense against enemies, compared to lands of a country that is all flat.
Biome
Venezuela's current biomes are only made of Jungle, which makes defending from colonizers a little easier, due to the fact that important parts of Venezuela are near its northern coast.
Borders
Venezuela borders Brazil, Colombia, and Guyana.
Cities
Venezuela has 47 cities, the capital, Caracas, is the biggest city. This allows them to reach a rank of 32 as a minor power. The most financially important cities are the Square cities that Venezuela possesses.
Formables
Venezuela only has three formables, the 
Federation of the Andes, 
Patria Grande and the 
United States of South America.
Strategy
Starting Moves
To start off, build 3 electronic factories at the start of the game. Buy 7 
Gold and 7 
Copper, and justify, declare war, and conquer 
Curacao and 
Aruba with your home guard for a short-term money boost to build up your industry. After your 3 electronic factories are finished, sell 44 
Electronics to any rich AI nation. Then, buy 4 
Iron, 1 
Titanium, and 3 
Tungsten to supply your steel and motor factories, enabling you to produce tanks. To improve your stability, buy 4 phosphates for your fertilizer factory, which produces 
Fertilizer to aid in upkeeping your civilian factory.
First Expansions
Note: For whatever land unit you use, it is recommended to specialize them for the Jungle.
If Colombia is AI
This is where the expansion begins. Justify on Colombia and Guyana. Make At least 2k tanks, and sepcialize them for the Jungle to Invade Colombia, and use your home guard to invade Guyana via AI Luring. Then, declare war on Colombia. Form a line of tanks and auto-capture Colombia. You may need to send reinforcements of tanks to capture Bogota. While your tanks are invading Colombia. Use your 90k home guard to invade Guyana. Change your ideology to socialism and sell 20 more Electronics to AI nations. After that make a aircraft factory.
If Colombia is a Player
If Colombia is a player, attempt to ally them. If they refuse the alliance, they will likely invade you, so build aircraft factories. If Colombia declares war on you before your aircraft factories are finished, take a defensive position unless they're not using tanks, or wait for your aircraft factories to be finished and then make a attacker to damage Colombia's army. and maybe build a transport aircraft as well. After Colombia's army is heavily damaged, use your 2K tanks to Wipe out the rest of his army (Don't try fighting Colombian units that are entrenched in the Jungle biome). After the rest of his army are wiped out, form a line, then auto-capture. Make a couple of tanks to capture Bogota and switch to socialism, then sell 20 more Electronics to AIs. After you annexed Colombia, justify and declare war on Guyana for more extra cash to build civilian factories and fertilizer factories.
Further Expansion South American Expansion
If Brazil is AI
This will go down to unifying South America . Justify on 
Ecuador and 
Suriname, then line up tanks on the border with Ecuador and Suriname. After the justification finishes, invade both Ecuador and Suriname. Auto-capture Ecuador and Suriname. after they both collapse, annex them. Instead of justifying on 
Peru and 
Bolivia, justify on 
Uruguay and 
Argentina. It will be useful as a stepping-stone to invade Brazil. If Argentina is a player, it is recommended to have a navy, and if you have a strong economy, you can get a aircraft carrier to make it a little easier, but if they don't have much experience, try capital sniping Argentina if it's a player, and then after you get Buenos Aires, hold it until Argentina leaves or simply drains its MP. After either event is complete, simply auto-capture Argentina. If Argentina is AI, an aircraft carrier will be obsolete, and you can simply conquer it via AI Luring and auto-capture.
If Brazil is a Player
If Brazil is a slow conqueror, seize Argentina immediately using the above strategies. It is better to declare war on Brazil soon after to catch him off guard. If you had previously made an aircraft carrier, move it to near the densely populated southern regions of Brazil to deal heavy casualties to troops there (if Brazil moved all of its troops to your border for some reason, just move your carrier to either the Uruguayan coast or yours to prevent a capital snipe). Training your tanks for Jungle specialization is recommended to deal with the Amazon. If he forms a line along the border, create artillery and move ships such as destroyers there, which should lower down his army's strength. Try launching an attack in Uruguay/eastern Argentina to seize a lot of Brazil's population, which should hopefully increase its war exhaustion and stability, and from then on, just auto-capture (using stacks of 400 tanks instead of 200 is recommended for large cities or for dealing with any troop spam.). Then, after the war is over, use your new-found immense power to conquer the rest of the continent.
Threats
- Colombia trying to restore
Gran Colombia - Brazil may attempt to expand into you.
Mexico needs you for Patria Grande but may also expand south after forming the 
Mexican Empire.- The
United States may expand into South America, and since you're at the north of the continent, this could put you at risk. - The
Confederate States of America if it independent may wanting to form the 
Golden Circle. - Any Latin America nations trying to form the Patria Grande.
Trivia
- Venezuela once had the 4th largest economy before its collapse.
