Highland Watch

**Highland Watch** is a settler nation based in The Great North region.

## Historical background

Once, Wyoming was a calm and steady place: a haven in the wastes where time passed slow and the winds blew with a gentle chill. Now, the town of Rawlins is under siege by ravenous Mole Miners, creatures from the dark below, and the nearby Arapaho aren't about to let that happen. The cowboys of Rawlins and Arapaho braves fight side by side against an unending foe. Will they turn the tide, and bring safety back to Wyoming?
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## National focus

Main article: Highland Watch national focus tree

The Highland Watch national focus tree can be divided into four branches and two sub-branches:

* The Steppes of Wyoming Branch

This branch allows Highland Watch to determine their starting ideological, political, and economic focuses through resulting events, eventually unlocking the other branches of the nation.
* The Fields of Wyoming Branch

The resource production and manpower branch. The branch allows expansion of infrastructure, production, and manpower, while also allowing for economic gain.
* The Fires Upon the Hills Branch

The armed forces branch. The branch provides both national spirits, building construction, and research bonuses to the warfare abilities of Highland Watch.
* Orange-Sky, Meet Ophelia Branch

The Arapaho cooperation branch. It focuses on establishing a relationship with the Arapaho, as well as advancing medical research and adding demolition equipment and elite weaponry to the nation stockpile.
* The Rawlins-Arapaho Federation Sub-branch

The branch resulting from the decision to have the Arapaho leave Rawlins to fend for themselves.
* The Cowboys Will Ride Alone Sub-branch

The branch resulting from the decision to create a formal federation between Rawlins and the Arapaho.

## Politics

### National spirits

Highland Watch starts with one national spirit:

**Mole Miner Skirmishes**

* ( **Far Son**) Attack bonus against country: **+5.0%**
* ( **Far Son**)Defense bonus against country: **+10.0%**
Numerous skirmishes with the rampaging Mole Miners have braced the people of Wyoming for what lurks in the dark. For better or for worse, they're ready-- and their guns are, too.

### Leaders

Main article: Political parties and leaders

## Behind the scenes

* Both Highland Watch and Far Son were made in approximately 4-5 days by Violet, Twit, and Aider.Alvin, using shared Wyoming focus tree branches Violet made.
	+ Aider.Alvin wrote every event for both nations, while Violet coded both focus trees and wrote most, if not all, focus tree localizations.

## References

1. ↑ **how long does it usually take to do a tree before you are satisfied with it? Or is by a tree by tree basis?**
Violet: *"it depends. i don’t like working on stuff alone (conceptually) so i usually kidnap other heads for extra brainspace.

there was a point in development i got upset and decided to make something— in 4-5 days, me, @[FlowerPower] Twit, and @[FlowerPower] Guh managed to make Highland Watch & Far Son using shared wyoming branches I made in the same session. @[FlowerPower] Twit made some awesome Mole Miner portraits and got their sounds to work (thanks to files generously given to us by @[FlowerPower] Drip Flubbins my beloved), @[FlowerPower] Guh wrote every event, and I coded both trees and wrote most if not all of the focus localization. If I recall, the fifth day was spent trying to fix issues with Conscription Laws. Lots of comedic back-and-forth between me and Twit back then"*
- Obtained from Discord, 6/23/2022