Supremacy: Call of War 1942: New South Wales Day 1 Guide

To survive the opening hours as New South Wales in Supremacy: Call of War 1942, immediately concentrate your starting construction resources on urban industry rather than rural infrastructure, open diplomatic negotiations with your immediate Australian neighbors, and research high-mobility units to overcome the Allied doctrine's movement speed penalty.

Southeastern Australia grants safety from early multi-front invasions, but vast desert distances and oceanic isolation will stall your campaign if your domestic production and regional borders are not stabilized on Day 1.

Day 1 Urban Construction Priorities

Because New South Wales cannot quickly seize high-yield foreign cities, your initial resource income depends entirely on native core cities. Do not spend resources upgrading rural provinces on Day 1. Concentrate your early build queues on urban centers to establish your industrial base.

Facility	Target City Type	Operational Purpose
Industry (Level 1)	Metal and Oil cities	Secures raw materials required for vehicle and future ship production.
Industry (Level 1)	Rare Materials cities	Supplies technological research and advanced military branch unlocks.
Barracks (Level 1)	Single selected city	Generates daily Manpower without exhausting early Food reserves.
Naval Base (Level 1)	Primary coastal city	Lowers embarkation times and prepares infrastructure for naval hulls.

Monitor your Food and Goods stockpiles throughout Day 1. Upgrading too many barracks simultaneously will deplete your domestic food supply and stall early unit recruitment.

Continental Diplomacy and Expansion

New South Wales shares direct land borders with regional neighbors like Victoria and Queensland. A prolonged war of attrition across the Australian interior will deplete your forces while players on other continents advance technologically.

Send diplomatic messages immediately on Day 1: Propose non-aggression pacts, partitioned spheres of expansion, or a shared regional coalition to active neighboring players. Securing your land borders allows all members to project military power outward into Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Identify inactive nations: If a neighboring minor remains silent or inactive, attack promptly. Conquering inactive regional neighbors consolidates the Australian continent, doubles your core resource income, and removes local threats before foreign fleets arrive.

Research Order Under the Allied Doctrine

New South Wales uses the Allied doctrine, which provides research and production cost discounts at the expense of base unit movement speed. Given Australia's vast distances, you must select early research that mitigates this mobility deficit:

Armored Cars: Prioritize armored cars on Day 1 to scout wide territories and capture open inland provinces significantly faster than standard infantry.
Infantry: Upgrade baseline infantry to defend coastal urban centers and hold beachheads during future amphibious operations.
Interceptors: Secure local airspace early to prevent hostile reconnaissance and defend core production cities against future bomber raids.
Destroyers (Day 2): Unlock destroyers as soon as the Day 2 research timer opens. Ocean-going transports cannot defend themselves, making destroyers essential for hunting enemy submarines and screening your troops across sea lanes toward New Zealand and the Dutch East Indies.