

He stated that it was always his intention for the game to have "a vague sense of a story" and that people hated the idea because "they can't have their 'BASED!!!!!!!! sablin anarchic communes next to their glenn mars based technocratic peaceful US'". Dear Negative Reader: After the concept of a "canon" storyline was scrapped in response to fan backlash, the former lead developer, ThePinkPanzer, voiced his displeasure with the criticism.Creator's Pest: Bogi Smerti, a warlord state of bandits that was to emerge from RK Moskowien's collapse, was replaced by Zolin's Brigade after the developers believed that it simply didn't make enough sense and was too reliant on the shock value of their design.Given that Beria was a real-life mass murderer and serial rapist, the developers have regretted this positive portrayal of him, with one developer commenting "I literally am so happy to work on Kaukasia to change that". In Reichskommissariat Kaukasia, Lavrentiy Beria is mentioned to be one of the Tiflis Three, a trio of famous resistance fighters who were killed and turned into martyrs for future rebellions against Josias' tyranny.The Russian head developer grew increasingly dissatisfied with their portrayal of Shafarevich as a fascist, which is why he was switched to an aristocratic reactionary to better fit with his milder, albeit still chauvinistic beliefs.The superevent was only left in during the release because the team didn't have enough time to create an alternative for it. The developers were unsatisfied with the infamous Order 44 scenario and the implications it would have during the Great Asian War, believing that it was an unbelievable caricature of Japan and Nobusuke Kishi (who was more along the lines of a sleazy opportunist than a crazed A Nazi by Any Other Name).The cut population transfer mechanic in Moskowien is hated by the developers as an unintentional endorsement of segregation and/or ethnic cleansing, to the point that some don't even want to hear it mentioned in Q&A sessions.


Music used for Super Events have also seen increases in comments related to TNO, especially those used for the Russian reunifiers.
