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[Country guides](/wiki/Country_guides "Country guides")

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[Major powers](/wiki/Major_power "Major power"){.mw-redirect}

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[France](/wiki/France "France")\

[Germany](/wiki/Germany "Germany")\

[Italy](/wiki/Italy "Italy")\

[Japan](/wiki/Japan "Japan")\

[Soviet Union](/wiki/Soviet_Union "Soviet Union")\

[United Kingdom](/wiki/United_Kingdom "United Kingdom")\

[USA](/wiki/USA "USA")

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Regional powers

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[Argentina](/wiki/Argentina "Argentina")\

[Australia](/wiki/Australia "Australia")\

[Belgium](/wiki/Belgium "Belgium")\

[Bulgaria](/wiki/Bulgaria "Bulgaria")\

[Brazil](/wiki/Brazil "Brazil")\

[Canada](/wiki/Canada "Canada")\

[Czechoslovakia](/wiki/Czechoslovakia "Czechoslovakia")\

[Guangxi Clique](/wiki/Guangxi_Clique "Guangxi Clique")\

[Hungary](/wiki/Hungary "Hungary")\

[Manchukuo](/wiki/Manchukuo "Manchukuo")\

[Nationalist China](/wiki/Nationalist_China "Nationalist China")\

[Nationalist Spain](/wiki/Nationalist_Spain "Nationalist Spain")\

[Netherlands](/wiki/Netherlands "Netherlands")\

[Poland](/wiki/Poland "Poland")\

[Republican Spain](/wiki/Republican_Spain "Republican Spain")\

[Romania](/wiki/Romania "Romania")\

[Sweden](/wiki/Sweden "Sweden")\

[Turkey](/wiki/Turkey "Turkey")\

[Yugoslavia](/wiki/Yugoslavia "Yugoslavia")

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[Austria](/wiki/Austria "Austria")\

[Chile](/wiki/index.php?title=Chile&action=edit&redlink=1 "Chile (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Colombia](/wiki/index.php?title=Colombia&action=edit&redlink=1 "Colombia (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Denmark](/wiki/Denmark "Denmark")\

[Finland](/wiki/Finland "Finland")\

[Greece](/wiki/Greece "Greece")\

[Ireland](/wiki/Ireland "Ireland")\

[Mexico](/wiki/Mexico "Mexico")\

[Norway](/wiki/index.php?title=Norway&action=edit&redlink=1 "Norway (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Peru](/wiki/Peru "Peru")\

[Portugal](/wiki/Portugal "Portugal")\

[Shanxi](/wiki/Shanxi "Shanxi")\

[South Africa](/wiki/South_Africa "South Africa")\

[Switzerland](/wiki/Switzerland "Switzerland")

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[Micro powers](/wiki/Micro_power "Micro power"){.mw-redirect}

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[Afghanistan](/wiki/Afghanistan "Afghanistan")\

[Albania](/wiki/Albania "Albania")\

[Bhutan](/wiki/Bhutan "Bhutan")\

[Bolivia](/wiki/index.php?title=Bolivia&action=edit&redlink=1 "Bolivia (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Communist China](/wiki/Communist_China "Communist China")\

[Costa

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[Cuba](/wiki/Cuba "Cuba")\

[Dominican Republic](/wiki/Dominican_Republic "Dominican Republic")\

[Ecuador](/wiki/index.php?title=Ecuador&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ecuador (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[El

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[Estonia](/wiki/Estonia "Estonia")\

[Ethiopia](/wiki/Ethiopia "Ethiopia")\

[Guatemala](/wiki/Guatemala "Guatemala")\

[Haiti](/wiki/index.php?title=Haiti&action=edit&redlink=1 "Haiti (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Honduras](/wiki/index.php?title=Honduras&action=edit&redlink=1 "Honduras (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Iraq](/wiki/Iraq "Iraq")\

[Latvia](/wiki/Latvia "Latvia")\

[Liberia](/wiki/Liberia "Liberia")\

[Lithuania](/wiki/Lithuania "Lithuania")\

[Luxemburg](/wiki/Luxemburg "Luxemburg")\

[Mongolia](/wiki/Mongolia "Mongolia")\

[New Zealand]{.mw-selflink .selflink}\

[Nepal](/wiki/index.php?title=Nepal&action=edit&redlink=1 "Nepal (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Nicaragua](/wiki/index.php?title=Nicaragua&action=edit&redlink=1 "Nicaragua (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Oman](/wiki/index.php?title=Oman&action=edit&redlink=1 "Oman (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Panama](/wiki/index.php?title=Panama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Panama (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Paraguay](/wiki/index.php?title=Paraguay&action=edit&redlink=1 "Paraguay (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Persia](/wiki/Persia "Persia")\

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[Siam](/wiki/Siam "Siam")\

[Sinkiang](/wiki/index.php?title=Sinkiang&action=edit&redlink=1 "Sinkiang (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Tannu Tuva](/wiki/Tannu_Tuva "Tannu Tuva")\

[Tibet](/wiki/index.php?title=Tibet&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tibet (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Venezuela](/wiki/index.php?title=Venezuela&action=edit&redlink=1 "Venezuela (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Uruguay](/wiki/index.php?title=Uruguay&action=edit&redlink=1 "Uruguay (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Xibei San Ma](/wiki/Xibei_San_Ma "Xibei San Ma")\

[Yemen](/wiki/index.php?title=Yemen&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yemen (page does not exist)"){.new}\

[Yunnan](/wiki/Yunnan "Yunnan")

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## Contents {#mw-toc-heading}

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-   [[ 1 ]{.tocnumber} [ Background ]{.toctext}](#Background)

-   [[ 2 ]{.tocnumber} [ Before World War

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    -   [[ 2.1 ]{.tocnumber} [ Research & Production

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-   [[ 3 ]{.tocnumber} [ At war ]{.toctext}](#At_war)

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## [ Background ]{#Background .mw-headline}

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[New Zealand]{.mw-selflink .selflink} is little country with weak armed

forces but playing with it will be fun and challenging - as it has some

advantages too.

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-   **Advantages**

    -   Lots of powerful allies

    -   OK tech teams and a few are very good

    -   Isolationism: AI never attacks New Zealand

-   But there is lots of **disadvantages**

    -   Low [IC](/wiki/IC "IC"){.mw-redirect} and only one tech slot

    -   Low manpower

    -   Weak army: land units have only ½ strength\...

        -   Navy have only few transport ships, no cruisers or

            battleships

        -   No air force

    -   Dove lobby: low manpower growth

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## [ Before World War ]{#Before_World_War .mw-headline}

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The first thing you need to do is building infantry. One infantry costs

4.82 IC so set production slider to 4 or 4.82 but then you must leave

reinforcing your first divisions. Try upgrade obsolete divisions and

reinforce old divisions\... In politics New Zealand have one good thing,

it is *social democrat* . Move Democracy slider to Authoritarian to make

your goverment Left-Wing radical or Dove lobby slider to Hawk lobby. Do

not research or build tanks.

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### [ ]{#Research_&_Production} [ Research & Production ]{#Research_.26_Production .mw-headline}

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Research and product

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-   Basic [Infantry](/wiki/Infantry "Infantry")

-   Basic [Marines](/wiki/Marines "Marines"){.mw-redirect}

-   Transports and/or destroyers

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Don\'t

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-   [Cavalry](/wiki/Cavalry "Cavalry"){.mw-redirect} , it is not useful

    in island-to-island campaigns

-   [Battleships](/wiki/index.php?title=Battleships&action=edit&redlink=1 "Battleships (page does not exist)"){.new}

    (it will be take too long to build any battleships, if you don\'t

    use *no time limit* -mod =\])

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-   And really don\'t waste your low IC on tanks, which are also weak

    attacking islands

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And if you have time, try to research some basic doctrines, New Zealands

best tech teams are doctrine-teams\...

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Regarding planes I won\'t comment. When I played with New Zealand I

didn\'t build any planes, but on the other hand I didn\'t conquered very

many provinces\...

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## [ At war ]{#At_war .mw-headline}

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For New Zealand the main strategy is conquering Japanese islands. You

need transports, or you are prisoner in your home islands. Marines will

be good for operations like this and if you play well, you can start

amphibious assault on the [Japanese](/wiki/Japan "Japan") main Islands,

where you really will need good infantry and luck too..

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-   Alternatively\* What I like to do with NZ, (I didn\'t write the

    above piece) is disband my CAV at the start, as they arent worth

    reinforcing, then spam INF and transport them to Africa where they

    can get XP stopping the Italians, as generally, the British AI

    doesn\'t fight too hard in Africa. Then take your troops into Italy

    itself, where the IC jackpot is. Try and get the RN to destroy the

    Italian navy first, or go gamey and splash out for a NAV squadron or

    two and bomb them. Then landing troops in Anzio for example is a

    piece of cake. I generally tend to ignore Japan, as they have plenty

    of trouble from the USA and Britain, and the gains to be made are

    quite small. Then, once the IC rolls in, build some tanks with the

    extra tech slots you\'ll have, or branch out into wherever you feel.

    Buying planes from Britain doesnt hurt, but you have to reinforce

    them. I used ground attack quite a bit, but have heard this has been

    nerfed in Arma 1.2 so thats a blow. Good luck, NZ is quite hard to

    play, but fun if you get it right.

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(just finished a game as NZ, annexed Germany and the rest of Europe, AAR

on forums :D

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