5.  ECONOMICS

5.1  BRP BASES:

5.11  BRP BASES: The starting BRP base of each major power in A World at War is determined by its number of military factories. Each military factory is worth 10 BRPs of base.

5.12  BRITISH DOMINIONS: Britain adds 40 BRPs to its initial BRP base to reflect the contribution from the Dominions and India.

5.13  RUSSIA:  The first two Russian military factories generate 20 BRPs of Russian BRP base. In A World at War these are reflected by the two key economic areas in Siberia.

• The remaining Russian military factories, including those mobilized from idle factories, create ICs that are placed on the mapboard in Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Rostov and Gorki, in that order.

• Russian military factories mobilized from civilian factories create ICs that are placed on the mapboard in Kuibyshev, Magnitogorsk and Sverdlovsk, in that order, and then in any fully supplied, Russian-controlled city in European Russia which does not already contain an IC.

5.2  GERMAN FACTORIES:

5.21  NUMBER OF GERMAN FACTORIES: Germany begins Gathering Storm with 12 factories, and can acquire additional factories by:

A. Remilitarizing the Rhineland.

B. Occupying Austria.

C. Incorporating Czechoslovakia into the Reich.

5.22 If war breaks out before Germany has remilitarized the Rhineland, including as a result of the Allies opposing the remilitarization of the Rhineland, Germany is considered to remilitarize the Rhineland in the first turn of A World at War and gains the idle factory for the Rhineland.

5.23  If Germany has not gained control of Austria or Czechoslovakia during Gathering Storm, before the outbreak of war, it acquires the factories associated with those countries factories during A World at War if it achieves a “10” diplomatic result (alliance) for Austria or Czechoslovakia. For each such diplomatic result, Germany’s BRP base immediately increases by 10 BRPs and Germany adds one 4-6 armor unit, two AAF and two 3-3 infantry units to its force pool as allowable builds after the normal mobilization delays (six, four and two turns, respectively).

5.24  CONQUEST INSUFFICIENT: A German conquest of Austria or Czechoslovakia during A World at War has no effect on the German BRP base and force pool.

5.3  EFFECTS OF MOBILIZATIONS:

5.31  BRP BASES: A major power’s BRP base is increased by 10 BRPs for each civilian or idle factory it mobilizes.

5.32  BRP LEVELS:  A major power’s BRP level is increased by 10 BRPs for each civilian or idle factory it mobilizes.

5.33  FORCES:  When a major power mobilizes, it increases its force pool in accordance with A World at War rule 36.

5.4  BRP LEVELS

5.41 BRP LEVELS: Each major power’s starting BRP level in A World at War is the total of the following components:

A. PRORATED COMPONENTS: The total of the following values is prorated to adjust for the season in which war breaks out (100% if the first A World at War turn is Spring, 75% if Summer, 50% if Fall; 25% if Winter).

• BRP base: BRPs from factories mobilized in Gathering Storm.

• British Commonwealth: 40 BRPs from the British Commonwealth (Britain only).

• Minor countries: BRPs from:

  • Axis Gathering Storm aggressions (Poland, Baltic States, Albania, which becomes an Italian colony - transition rule 5.42).

  • Economic interests generated by Gathering Storm trade pacts in unconquered minor countries (transition rule 7.22C).

  • European colonies (Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon-Syria, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and the Ukraine).

• German economic interest in Russia: Germany’s economic interest in Russia (Germany only - transition rule 5.43).

B. NON-PRORATED COMPONENT: Each major power then adjusts its starting BRP total as follows:

• Unused tile points: 3 BRPs for each unused Gathering Storm tile point, to a maximum of 30 BRPs (transition rule 1.4).

• Support levels: +/-3 BRPs for its relative Gathering Storm support level when war breaks out (transition rule 5.44)

C. BRITISH AND FRENCH PACIFIC COLONIES: Britain and France do not count the BRPs from their Pacific colonies until the 1940 YSS (Britain: 40 BRPs; France: 10 BRPs). If the first turn of A World at War is Summer 1940 or later, the BRPs from the British and French Pacific colonies are prorated.

5.42 BRP VALUES OF TERRITORIES: Territories have their normal A World at War BRP values, except as follows:

A. POLAND: If Poland is divided by Axis aggression or as a result of the Nazi-Soviet Pact:

• By a contested German aggression that results in war:

• Danzig and the Polish corridor (hexes J35, K34, L34, M33 and N33) is a conquest worth five BRPs.

• Central Poland (the remainder of Poland, excluding eastern Poland) is worth 15 BRPs.

• Eastern Poland is worth 10 BRPs.

• By an uncontested German aggression in the course of Gathering Storm:

• Danzig and the Polish corridor (hexes J35, K34, L34, M33 and N33) is incorporated into Germany, increasing its BRP base by five BRPs and its force pool by 10 BRPs of units.

• Central Poland (the remainder of Poland, excluding eastern Poland) is worth 15 BRPs.

• Eastern Poland is worth 10 BRPs.

B. BALTIC STATES: If the Baltic States are divided:

• Lithuania (hexes I37, I38, I39 and J38) is worth five BRPs.

• Latvia (hexes G38, G39, G40, H37, H38, H39, H40, H41 and I40) is worth five BRPs.

• Estonia (hexes E40, E41, E42, F39 (Saare), F40, F41, and G41) is worth five BRPs.

It is possible, although unlikely, that the Baltic States might be divided as a result of the Nazi-Soviet Pact. The A World at War mapboard overlay does not cover this remote possibility.

5.43 GERMAN ECONOMIC INTEREST IN RUSSIA:

A. The Nazi-Soviet Pact concession level is always rounded to the nearest number divisible by five (Gathering Storm rule 31.33). This rounding determines the extent of Germany’s economic interest in Russia in A World at War:

• If the Nazi-Soviet Pact concession level is rounded down by two, Germany does not receive an economic interest in Russia.

• If the Nazi-Soviet Pact concession level is rounded down by one, Germany receives an economic interest of 5 BRPs in Russia.

• If the Nazi-Soviet Pact concession level is not rounded down, Germany receives an economic interest of 10 BRPs in Russia.

• If the Nazi-Soviet Pact concession level is rounded up by one, Germany receives an economic interest of 15 BRPs in Russia.

• If the Nazi-Soviet Pact concession level is rounded up by two, Germany receives an economic interest of 20 BRPs in Russia.

B. The prorated value of the German economic interest in Russia is added to the starting German BRP total (5.41A).

C. If the Nazi-Soviet Pact concession level is 42 or more, and Russia took territorial concessions worth 40 BRPs, Germany does not receive an economic interest in Russia. Similarly, if the Nazi-Soviet Pact concession level is 47 or more, and Russia took territorial concessions worth 45 BRPs, Germany does not does not receive an economic interest in Russia, and so on.

5.44 RUSSIAN ECONOMIC INTEREST IN GERMANY:

A. If Germany does not does not receive an economic interest in Russia because the Nazi-Soviet Pact concession level is 43 or more and the provisions of transition rule 5.43C apply, Russia has the option of obtaining an economic interest in Germany, taking additional territory in central Poland (9.62A), or both.

B. Russia may use up to four Nazi-Soviet Pact concessions to obtain an economic interest in Germany. Each concession gives a Russian economic interest in Germany worth 5 BRPs, with a maximum value of the of 20 BRPs.

C. A Russian economic interest in Germany has no effect on the German BRP level and is terminated in the turn after Germany and Russia go to war or the RGT level reaches 45, with Russia losing the prorated value of the economic interest.

5.45 SUPPORT LEVELS: The starting A World at War BRP levels of major powers that go to war in the final turn of Gathering Storm are increased or decreased as follows. These adjustments are not made for major powers that are neutral when A World at War begins.

A. Each warring major power compares its support level to that of the opposing major(s) with which it is at war.

B. If a major power is at war with two or more enemy major powers, their support levels are averaged before the comparison is made.

C. Each warring major power adds 3 BRPs to its starting A World at War BRP level for each support level higher than its adversaries and subtracts 3 BRPs from its starting A World at War BRP level for each support level lower than its adversaries, to a maximum gain or loss of 15 BRPs for each warring major power.

D. Fractions are rounded to the next highest (for support advantages) or lower (for support disadvantages) number.

EXAMPLE: Germany, Italy, Britain and France all go to war, with the following support levels: Germany (8), Italy (3), Britain (6) and France (7). Each warring major power then compares its support level to the average of the opposing coalition.

The Axis average is 8 + 3 = 11/2 = 5.5. The Allied average is 6 + 7 = 13/2 = 6.5.

Germany has a support advantage of 8 - 6.5 = 1.5, which rounds to 2. Germany adds 6 BRPs to its starting total.

Italy has a support disadvantage of 3 - 6.5 = -2.5, which rounds to -3. Italy subtracts 9 BRPs from its starting total.

Britain has a support advantage of 6 - 5.5 = .5, which rounds to 1. Britain adds 3 BRPs to its starting total.

France has a support advantage of 7 - 5.5 = 1.5, which rounds up to 2. France adds 6 BRPs to its starting total.

If Italy remained neutral, this would have no effect on the German BRP adjustment, but Britain would subtract 6 BRPs and France would subtract 3 BRPs.

5.5  OIL

5.51   OIL CONSUMPTION: Major power oil consumption is tracked in accordance with A World at War rules, with the following exception: if war breaks out without the Nazi-Soviet Pact having been signed, the Axis track oil consumption normally from the start of the war.

5.52  GERMAN SYNTHETIC OIL PLANTS: Germany is considered to be constructing synthetic oil plants throughout the time covered by Gathering Storm. The status of Germany’s synthetic oil plants in A World at War therefore depends on when war breaks out: