Ainu

Primary culture
Capital province
Government
State religion
Technology group

- −15% Land attrition
- +1 Land leader maneuver
- +20% Fort defense
- +10% Goods produced modifier
- +15% Provincial trade power modifier
- +1 Yearly prestige
- +1 Attrition for enemies
- +2 Tolerance of the true faith
- +10% Infantry combat ability
- +15% National manpower modifier
Ainu is a tribe located in the North of Hokkaido.
Strategy[edit]
Early Game[edit]
Ainu starts as a tribe in the North Japanese archipelago with the Japanese daimyos during the Sengoku period (戦国時代 Sengoku Jidai).
Since
Ashikaga at early game owns all of domains as their daimyo,it's not easy to expand southward.But fortunately,Ainu also starts with a
Yeren's province that has Ainu culture & animist religion,Kamchatka.
Ainu starts with 2 diplomats,so it's neccessary to put one to spy
Yeren and one more to improve relation with
Korea.
Yeren is more likely to ally with or under
Oirat,which is in early game will at war againts
Ming.If
Yeren go to war againts Ming,attack them and occupy Kamchatka & several coastal provinces of
Yeren.Also if their armies isnt present because fighting in
Oirat lands,try to seize their capital to got more war score.But always avoid fight their armies,since Ainu is a tribe that unlikely have enough army to fight
Yeren.If they willing to accept any peace agreements,take Kamchatka & some coastal province.It's also important to get some money from them.It's neccessary to end the war before
Ming ends their war againts
Oirat &
Yeren.
After that,ally with Korea if they willing to because they will help further expansion and starts spying
Yeren again.Always wait until Yeren go to war againts another country,then declare war againts them until it's possible to full annex
Yeren.It's also important to core all provinces before go to the next war,and set higher autonomy on Manchuria region provinces instead of converting their religion because it will costs so much money and Tengri isnt a good religion if became Ainu's state religion.
Expand More[edit]
At this point after having some province in Manchuria,sell any province that accepted by Ming and then became their tributary.This is because
Jianzhou is tributary under
Ming and not became their tributary then declares war againts them will cause
Ming called into the war.After became tributary under
Ming,starts build spy networks on
Jianzhou and then go to the war.Dont forget to call
Korea and they are likely join the war because usually they are rival.
Avoid any fight againts their army & try to seize province as fast as possible.Repeat this until Korea &
Ainu bordering each other.They will broke alliance soon but try to still improve relationship with them to prevent future war.At this point,expansion on Manchuria region should be stopped for a while.
If there are any big or strong domain in Japanese archipelago that doesnt under Ashikaga,improve relationship with them and starts building spy network on
Ando.After having some province in southward,spawn the rebels of Shinto zealots then convert to Shinto so there is no need to worry about further expansion to southward.This is because Japanese's province usually have high developments and very expensive to convert.
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