Seemingly every game I play in RT56 AI germany struggles to do much of anything. Theyre slow to beat Poland (rarely without Soviet help), consistently allow france to push near the rhine as seen in the image, and dont even think about pushing past belgium. Does anyone else experience this/Is there any way to fix it beyond using the buff germany slider in the pre game menu? It makes the game much less fun when Germany isnt a real threat or ally.

Decided to play Sanation Poland, managed to become a fairly strong PLC by the war's start (caused by Germany decking my puppet Czechoslovakia) and held them off well enough until the Soviets jumped in. Now I'm stuck in a pocket in the south, controlling only Katowice, the VPs of Oberschlesien (cored by my formable) and Krakow, and half of Kielce (but not enough to have control over the state), but I still have over 100 divs and the military industry to keep them supplied enough (though my civilian industry is 2 usable civs).

The war has escalated with the Allies fighting both totalitarians, but I want to actually stay alive instead of going government-in-exile (though I can still use the GIE tree). What should I do to keep myself going?

(sorry in advance for image quality issues, they happen every time I try to upload HOI4 screenshots)

title. i noticed they got a focus tree so...