Dr. Clarke prefers to build stable centrist governments with strong infrastructure and industry in Hearts of Iron IV. Another player objects that the purpose is to prepare a nation for war. The defence of this approach is that infrastructure, industry, and state stability allow a country to build an impressive fighting force. The disagreement concerns how those preparations serve the game's military objectives.
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Infrastructure and stability underpin military expansion
A disagreement over play style frames stable government, infrastructure, and industry as foundations for later military power.