set_country_flag = polit_china_ally
capital = 670 #today Vientiane in 1945 Luang Prabang sel proclaimed indie Laos 
add_ideas = limited_conscription 
oob = "LAO_1936"

set_research_slots = 2

# Starting tech
# clone of France
set_technology = {
	infantry_weapons = 1
	infantry_weapons1 = 1
	tech_support = 1
	tech_recon = 1
	tech_mountaineers = 1
	motorised_infantry = 1
	gw_artillery = 1
	interwar_antiair = 1
	trench_warfare = 1
	fleet_in_being = 1
}

if = {
	limit = {
		NOT = { has_dlc = "By Blood Alone" }
	}
	set_technology = {
		early_fighter = 1
		naval_bomber1 = 1
		cv_early_fighter = 1
		cv_naval_bomber1 = 1
		early_bomber = 1
		tactical_bomber1 = 1
		CAS1 = 1
		
	}
}

if = {
	limit = {
		NOT = {
			has_dlc = "No Step Back"
		}
	}
	set_technology = {
		gwtank = 1
		basic_light_tank = 1
		improved_light_tank = 1
	}
}
if = {
	limit = {
		
		has_dlc = "No Step Back"
		
	}
	set_technology = {
		gwtank_chassis = 1
		basic_light_tank_chassis = 1
		improved_light_tank_chassis = 1
	}
}

if = {
	limit = {
		not = { has_dlc = "Man the Guns" }
	}
	set_technology = {
		early_submarine = 1
		basic_submarine = 1
		early_destroyer = 1
		early_light_cruiser = 1
		basic_light_cruiser = 1
		early_heavy_cruiser = 1
		basic_heavy_cruiser = 1
		early_battleship = 1
		early_battlecruiser = 1
		early_carrier = 1
		transport = 1
	}
}
if = {
	limit = {
		has_dlc = "Man the Guns"
	}
	set_technology = {
		early_ship_hull_submarine = 1
		basic_ship_hull_submarine = 1
		early_ship_hull_light = 1
		early_ship_hull_cruiser = 1
		basic_ship_hull_cruiser = 1
		early_ship_hull_heavy = 1
		early_ship_hull_carrier = 1
		mtg_transport = 1
		basic_battery = 1
		basic_torpedo = 1
	}
}

set_popularities = {
	democratic = 25
	communism = 55
	neutrality = 20
}
set_politics = {
	ruling_party = communism
	last_election = "1933.7.1"
	election_frequency = 48
	elections_allowed = yes
}
create_country_leader = {
	name = "Souphanouvong"
	desc = ""
	picture = GFX_portrait_Souphanouvong
	expire = "1953.3.1"
	ideology = marxism
	traits = {
		
	}
}

create_country_leader = {
	name = "Sisavang Vong"
	desc = ""
	picture = GFX_portrait_Sisavang_Vong
	expire = "1953.3.1"
	ideology = despotism
	traits = {
		
	}
}

create_country_leader = {
	name = "Kou Voragong" 
	desc = ""
	picture = GFX_portrait_Kou_Voragong
	expire = "1953.3.1"
	ideology = conservatism
	traits = {
		
	}
}

#couldnt find historical fascists
add_ideas = CRI_third_world_country
add_ai_strategy = {
	type = alliance
	id = INS
	value = 300
}