Draft:The Fire Rises
Hearts of Iron IV mod
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The Fire Rises, abbreviated TFR, is an alternate history total conversion mod for Hearts of Iron IV. Set in 2020, the mod focuses on a stronger COVID-19 pandemic causing a global recession and a rise in political polarization and partisanship. The game has gained a lot of popularity on the Steam Workshop and is one of the most subscribed-to HOI4 mods.[1]
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| The Fire Rises | |
|---|---|
| Platforms | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Release | October 18, 2024 |
| Genre | Grand strategy wargame |
| Modes | Singleplayer and Multiplayer |
Like the base game, the player has complete control over their nation and the timeline.
Plot
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Set in an alternate 2020, a worse version of the Covid-19 virus spreads in Central China. Eventually, after the death of the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz to Covid-19, an oil crisis ensues during the subsequent civil war in Saudi Arabia. The increased strain put on the US's economy results in the Death of Wall Street. Combined with various controversies in the 2020 United States presidential election, increased polarization in American society, and Congress refusing diplomacy, a Second American Civil War breaks out.
United States
Various groups, aside from the Trump-led American Constitutional Government and the Biden-led Union of America, break away during the Second American Civil War, such as the American People's Liberation Army (APLA), a big tent socialist group, the Patriot Front, a right-wing to far-right group of Hamiltonians, Jacksonians, Neo-fascists and Neo-Nazis, the National Socialist Movement, split between Hitlerites and Rockwellians, and the Atomwaffen Division, consisting of Accelerationists, Christian fundamentalists, and Satanists, alongside various separatists and opportunists like gangs or cartels. There is a secret path involving Joe Biden going insane and becoming a despotic ruler of an "American Caligula". There is another path called the Cognoscenti which involves the Deep State taking over the Union of America.
Europe
After the collapse of the US, Europe is sent down a path that leads to two to three "European Wars" fought primarily between Europe and Russia. Vladimir Putin dies around 2022, leading to an early election between the CPRF, United Russia, the LDPR, and A Just Russia. After the election, Russia pursues either consolidating its hold on Transcaucasia and Central Asia in case of United Russia, reforming the USSR in case of the CPRF, or large imperialist expansions in case of the LDPR, leading to the outbreak of the first European War. The First European War is caused by Russia invading Ukraine in 2026, leading to a communist (LDPR victory), federal (United Russia victory), or nationalist western Europe, or a Illiberal democracy in Russia (NATO victory), with the Second European War is caused by either a revanchist Europe or Russia. A Third European War might break out between the French and German spheres of influence if they're communist or nationalist.
Asia
Following the collapse of the US, China invades Taiwan, with a defeated China leading to a revanchist, new leftist, reformist, or an AI-led government. Regardless, Asia ends up in a Cold war between a China-led East Asian Defense Initiative (EADI) and a Japan-led Pacific Defense Treaty Organization (PDTO), leading to the Great Asian War, involving most East Asian states.
Development team
On the 25th of December, 2025, the Chinese TFR development team, abbreviated as CN-TFR, dissolved in Mainland China following the arrest of the head developer by the Ministry of State Security.
Notable people
Some people featured in TFR have acknowledged the mod’s existence, such as:
- Günther Fehlinger , an Austrian economist and politician, has streamed TFR twice. [2] In the game, Fehlinger can become leader of the EU.
- Frank Franz, a playable leader for Fascist Germany.
- Thomas Rousseau, leader of the Patriot Front.
- Burt Colucci, leader of the NSM.
- Boris Nadezhdin, former member of the State Duma, and in-game, possible leader for the Russian Federation in-game.
