History VideoGame / PrideandFall

** KOWALSKI.EXE is a reference to another Polish copypasta suggesting that [[EskimosArentReal Janusz Kowalski is not real, and instead an image created by AI by scanning several thousand of faces of the average Pole]].
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The game starts in 2027.

''Pride and Fall: The Last Days of Poland'' is a modification for ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'', which takes player into a broken Poland in 2027, as a result of Law and Justice winning 2023 election and European Union's intervention.

* AfterTheEnd: Atomic explosion. Collapse of the society. Junk becoming a strategic resource. While some parts of Poland are relatively OK, not to mention the other parts of the world, much of the mod setting corresponds well with the general view of how the post-apocalypse should look like.

** Gdańsk is referred as free city [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig as it was before WWII]].
** Story of Flower Consortium is based around real life affair known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_Hunters Skin Hunters affair]].
** Areas around cities of Pruszków and Wołomin are owned by gangs, which is reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruszków_mafia criminal groups which were notable in Polish 90's]].
** Roman State in Kalisz reffers to supposed Roman settlement in Poland in this region named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calisia Calisia]].
* AlternateHistory: The game is set in 2027 in the future, with broken Poland after an atomic bomb was dropped over the city of Łódź.
* ArcWords: Subtitle of every [[KentBrockmanNews Superevent]] starts with words „komu przeszkadza..." (who is bothered about...) referring to infamous "stripes" under news, which often were [[AuthorTract biased towards government critics]].
* BalkanizeMe: This mod presents Poland broken into dozens of states, warlords, and cliques. Also some of [[SpaceFillingEmpire bigger countries]], like [[PuppetState Eurocomisariats]] and General Prosecutorship are objects of own balkanisation soon after game start.
* CanonForeigner: While most of characters are based on real life people, some of them are from fictional works like: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Matthew_(TV_series) Father Mateusz]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ranch_(2006_TV_series) Paweł Kozioł]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Friends_Here Władysław Kargul]], [[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanatyk_(film_2017) Andrzej Gałecki, Mr Adam from Polish Angling Association]] or [[VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope Albert Szper]].

* CrapsackWorld: European Union became more centralized and is willing to send its military to neighbouring countries. USA and Germany are destined to be rulled by more and more radical leaders as the times goes by. Putin is ousted, but the succeeding Navalny's goverment turns out to be just as authocratic as the previous one.
* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: While most of characters are shown in worse way than in real life, UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and Alexander Lukashenko are deposed dictators leading [[TheRemnant rump states]] in Kalingrad Oblast and Hajnówka.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: After the collapse of the Polish state, many public figures have gotten radicalized and became blood-thirsty nobles. Already radical individuals were finally given the chance to implement their dangerous ideas. Most notable examples are:

** Donald Tusk, one of the Polish most important politicians, who was blamed for being too dependent from Germany, here works as their outright [[TheQuisling Quisling]].
* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: While middle difficulties are the same as in normal game, the hardest difficulty is named "Golem" and the easiest "Sasin" (which is TakeThat for Jacek Sasin, Polish minister which became MemeticLoser after [[EpicFail wasting 70 millions PLN on elections which did not take place]].
* KentBrockmanNews: Superevents informing about most important events are shown in form imitating [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiadomości polish news show]] named Wiadomości ([[ShapedLikeItself which means News]]).

* PunnyName: Some leaders of countries are chosen not because of connections with this region, but because of pun. Examples are:

** Roksana Węgiel being an InternalReformist in the Brotherhood of Coal, because her surname means in Polish "coal".
* TheRemnant: Rests of old Polish Goverment are placed on south of Poland as one of warlords. Other former goverments in form of rump states is Kalingrad Oblast rulled by UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and Hajnówka invaded by Alexander Lukashenko.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: Leaders of countries in this mod are not only real life Polish politicians, but also celebrities, musicians, hosts of TV shows or even characters from internet memes.

** The mod's name as well as the various warlords vying for power with the German-controlled commissariats to the west is an obvious Shout-Out to another ''Hearts of Iron 4'' mod called ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope''. The 'Pride and Fall' part comes from Rafał Ziemkiewicz's book ''Pycha i Upadek'' (eng. Pride and Fall).
** Atomic bomb falling on Łódź district Bałuty is reference to polish copypasta, where by mistake North Korea bomb not New York, but [[WrongSideOfTheTracks Łódź Bałuty]]. [[LowCountGag Losses were estimated at 32 PLN]].
** Brotherhood of Coal is based on [[{{Franchise/Fallout}} Brotherhood of steel]].
** {{Creator/Andrzej Sapkowski}}, author of [[Franchise/TheWitcher Witcher books]] creates country based on world from his books. Also one o his generals is Michał Żebrowski, who played Geralt in [[Series/TheHexer polish adaptation]].
** As inspiration for creating Roman country for Ricardus Calisius was noted Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra. Also [[CanonForeigner centurion from this movie]] is one of his advisors.
** KOWALSKI.EXE is a reference to another Polish copypasta suggesting that [[EskimosArentReal Janusz Kowalski is person created by AI]].
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The story is in 2027, which is pretty close to the present day.

* BalkanizeMe: This mod presents Poland broken into dozens of states, warlords, and cliques.

* CanonForeigner: While most of characters are based on real life people, some of them are from fictional works like: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Matthew_(TV_series) Father Mateusz]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ranch_(2006_TV_series) Paweł Kozioł]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Friends_Here Władysław Kargul]], [[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanatyk_(film_2017) Andrzej Gałecki, Mr Adam from Polish Angling Association]] or [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope Albert Szper]].

* KentBrockmanNews: Superevents informing about most important events are shown in form imitating [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiadomo%C5%9Bci polish news show]] named Wiadomości ([[ShapedLikeItself which means News]]).

* ShoutOut: The mod's name as well as the various warlords vying for power with the German-controlled commissariats to the west is an obvious Shout-Out to another ''Hearts of Iron 4'' mod called ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope''. The 'Pride and Fall' part comes from Rafał Ziemkiewicz's book ''Pycha i Upadek'' (eng. Pride and Fall).

** Gdańsk is reffered as free city [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig as it was before WWII]].

** Alexei Navalny, former oppositionist Putin’s rule is shown as the one, who overthrew, but his rule is revealed to be just as authocratic as the previous regime.
** Donald Tusk, one of the Polish most important politicians, who was blamed for being too depentent from Germany, here works as their outright TheQuisling.

* PrideBeforeAFall: The name od the mod alludes to this trope. The Law and Justice government became more and more arrogant and open about their attempts to subvert the democracy, thinking themselves to be untouchable. The cascade of events ended up with the collapse of the Polish state reffered to in-universe as 'the Fall'.

** Ricardus Calisius (real name Ryszard Kalisz) leading Roman like contry of Calisia based in city of Kalisz.
** Roksana Węgiel being InternalReformist in Brotherhood of Coal, where her surname means in Polish "coal".
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: Leaders of contries in this mod are not only real life Polish politicians, but also celebrities, musicians, hosts of TV shows or even characters from internet memes.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: After the collapse of the Polish state, many public figures have gotten radicalized and became blood-thirsty nobles. Already radical individuals were finally given the chance to implement their dangerous ideas.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: After the collapse of the Polish state, many public figures have gotten radicalized and become blood-thirsty nobles. Already radical individuals were finally given the chance to implement their dangerous ideas.

* PrideBeforeaFall: The name od the mod alludes to this trope. The Law and Justice government became more and more arrogant and open about their attempts to subvert the democracy, thinking themselves to be untouchable. The cascade of events ended up with the collapse of the Polish state reffered to in-universe as 'the Fall'.

Pride and Fall is a modification for Hearts of Iron IV, which takes player into a broken Poland in 2027, as a result of Law and Justice winning 2023 election and European Union's intervention.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The story is in 2027, which is pretty close to the present day.
* AlternateHistory: Game is set in 2027 in the future, with broken Poland after dropping of an atomic bomb over the city of Łódź.
* BalkanizeMe: This mod presents Poland broken into dozens of states, warlords and cliques.

* BalkanizeMe: This mod presents Poland broken into dozens of states, warlords and cliques.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The story is in 2027, which is pretty close to the present day.

* AlternateHistory: Game is set in 2027 in the future, with broken Poland after dropping of an atomic bomb over the city of Łódź.

* BalkanizeMe: This mod presents Poland broken into dozens of states, warlords and cliques.

Pride and Fall is a modification for Hearts of Iron IV, which takes player into a broken Poland in 2027, as a result of Law and Justice winning 2023 election and European Union's intervention.

Pride And Fall