History Characters / Diplomacy

* JackOfAllStats: A strong land power with excellent naval capabilities, with a position that allows for both strongly offensive and defensive play. It's statistically the strongest power on the board (Russia wins more often, but very rarely survives if it doesn't win).

* StoneWall: Italy is a difficult country to eliminate, thanks to it being a peninsula with a strong naval position in the Mediterranean, and impassible Switzerland making the only land route in difficult. These same features also makes Italy the most difficult country to expand with.

* ButtMonkey: Austria is trapped between Germany, Russia, Italy and Turkey, and right next to contested Supply Points. Austria tends to die early.

[[WMG: Austria-Hungary]]

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: If Austria can survive the first few years, it can become a potent force (even more likely with a competent player).

[[WMG: England]]

[[WMG: France]]
* FrenchJerk

[[WMG: Germany]]

[[WMG: Italy]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: Italy's position allows for it to set the tempo of the game. Unexpected aggressive moves either towards France or Austria have a way of sending everyone scrambling to update their plans and alliances.

[[WMG: Russia]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: with Turkey

[[WMG: Turkey]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: with Russia

* CoolShip: England tends to be geared toward a naval strategy.
* IslandBase: As dictated by its starting geography. Britannia not ruling the waves is a frequent portend of its doom.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Italy's position allows for it to set the tempo of the game. Unexpected aggressive moves have a way of sending everyone scrambling to update their plans and alliances.

* MightyGlacier: Turkey's position at the southeast corner of the board and its limited set of plausible opening moves compared to the other powers means it usually has trouble expanding beyond grabbing Bulgaria in 1901. However, if it manages to get the ball rolling it is often very difficult for the others to stop.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: with Russia

* GradualGrinder: Turkey's position makes it ideal for this playstyle. It's very difficult to reverse Turkish gains once made, so Turkish wins tend to be slow and inexorable marches northwest.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: with Russia
** This references the infamous "Juggernaut" strategy. This has received criticism of late for being easily predicted and having too much advantage toward Russia for it to be a good deal for Turkey

* TheDividual: Traditionally, if there so happens to be eight people who want to play Austria gets two people assigned to it as a historical nod to the Dual Monarchy nature of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Both players represent the country in negotiations with other powers and discuss each season's moves between themselves.

[[WMG: Austria]]

* IslandBase

* JackOfAllStats

* StoneWall: Italy is the most difficult country to eliminate, thanks to it being a peninsula (along with the fact that, assuming similar sizes, Turkey is the only country that could realistically challenge Italian naval power in the Mediterranean) and impassible Switzerland making the only land route in difficult. These same features also makes Italy the most difficult country to expand with.

* [[RussianGuySuffersMost Russian Guy Suffers Second Most]]: Surprisingly, Russia is statistically the second-most likely country to be eliminated after Austria. Possible reasons include being near four other powers like Austria (England, Germany, Austria, Turkey), its fourth piece (the second fleet) being unable to cross theaters (between Scandinavia and the Balkans) and so cannot support an all out effort, and psychological pressure from being by far the largest country on the board physically (Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Sevastopol especially) which can scare others into ganging up on it.
* WeHaveReserves: Russia starts with one piece more then other

* TheSoundOfMartialMusic

* BritsWithBattleships

* GaulsWithGrenades

* ImperialGermany

* PrussiansInPickelhauben

* NewRomanLegions

* RussiansWithRifles

** This references the infamous "Juggernaut" strategy. This has received criticism of late for being easily predicted and having too much advantage toward Russia for it to be a good deal for Turkey
* TurksWithTroops

* WeHaveReserves: Russia starts with one piece more then other countries

** This references the infamous "Juggernaut" strategy. This has received criticism of late for being easily predicted and having too much advantage toward Russia for it to be a good deal for Turkey

* StoneWall: Italy is the most difficult country to eliminate, thanks to it being a peninsula and impassible Switzerland making the only land route in difficult. These same features also makes Italy the most difficult country to expand with.

* ButtMonkey (Austria is trapped between Germany, Russia, Italy and Turkey, and right next to contested Supply Points. Austria tends to die early.)
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass If Austria can survive the first few years, it can become a potent force (even more likely with a competent player).

* CoolShip(England tends to be geared toward a naval strategy).

* TheRepublic (The only Great Power whose head of state is not royalty, as the video game version points out.)

* GlassCannon (If Germany can team up with England or France, he's got a solid chance of victory. However, everyone but Turkey can attack him in 1901.)

* TheWoobie (everyone just expects Italy to be this)

* HeterosexualLifePartners(with Turkey)
* WeHaveReserves(Russia starts with one piece more then other countries)

* HeterosexualLifePartners(with Russia)
** This references the infamous "Juggernaut" strategy. This has received criticism of late for being easily predicted and having too much advantage toward Russia for it to be a good deal for Turkey)

* GlassCannon If Germany can team up with England or France, he's got a solid chance of victory. However, everyone but Turkey can attack him in 1901

* TheMario

** This references the infamous "Juggernaut" strategy. This has fallen received criticism of late for being easily predicted and having too much advantage toward Russia for it to be a good deal for Turkey)