Great Powers Game Debrief

1) I was the Austro Hungarian Empire with Petr. We didnt buy too many industries too show off our 'power' but went along with more armies. Countries like the U.K and U.S had more of an advantage because they had greater power and alliances to begin with. Our empire's power was said to be 'great'.
2) I think it was important to have a balance of both armies and industries, but in the long run probably armies. If a country has only industries, but no armies, they're not going to win an unexpected war that might come their way. Which was what happened to Russia.
3) I think we had a pretty good balance of the industries and armies. One 'year' we would either buy more armies, then the next year more industries or colonies.
4) Our empire never really needed any help until the end, but there was quite a lot of betrayal going on with the other countries. We were alliances with the Ottomans, the U.K and Japan throughout. (They never attacked us, but didnt exactly help in the end either). But we were all betrayed by the U.S who took sides with the others when things were looking bad for us. In the end, the Austro Hungarians, were defeated in an unexpected war with Germany, with no help from our alliances. :\
5) Three specific things I learned:
You never know who you can really trust
When it comes to power, people will betray you, even if they were alliances
The more power you try to show off, more likely you'll be attacked.