How to start with soldiers and set ruling party/leader

I have two questions to ask:

1. How to start a country with soldiers in it?

2. How to change the ruling party of a country, for example i want facists to be in control when i do a focus.
    Also, how do i change the leader of a party?

1: You will need to load the state map first using the button at the bottom of the sidebar:


(filesize is ~6mb - so not advised if you're on a phone with limited data usage)

After you have loaded the map, you will have access to the full sidebar menu


Under divisions, you can add units, and then edit the provinces they spawn in using the "Divisions Deployed" box on the right:


Click the division name, and it will open a map where you can choose the province(s) you want the division to start in, along with how many per province.


2. For the start of the game, you would use the misc tab for your country:


For later on (event, focus, etc.) you would want the reward:

set_ruling_party = IDEOLOGY

e.g. set_ruling_party = fascism

I see thx for the help, actually I have an additional questionsif you dont mind.

1. How do you make it so a state has a set amount of factories and building slots at the start?

2. Also, how do you set the technologies at the start?

3. Finally, how to change the names of cities?

thx

1 & 3: will be added when I get around to a state-editor tool

2: I will be looking to add to the country tool soon-ish (not too sure when yet)