User Guide

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lower total value of terms than the war score
will make it far more likely that your enemy
will agree to them. Since you are being lenient
with your offer, it will also add to your pres-
tige and is less likely to tarnish your reputation.
When offering to surrender, you will probably
need to propose terms that amount to at least
as much as the current war score to have any
hope of the plea being accepted.
Keep in mind that the comparison between
the offer value and the war score is not the only
factor that is considered when the enemy de-
cides how to respond to your proposal; how-
ever, if the enemy declines a proposal that is
very generous (at least a 20% difference in his
favour) he will almost certainly experience a
loss of stability if he refuses your offer. Also
keep in mind that your enemy will include the
potential impact of any of his allies (and yours)
on the future progress of the war, so even if he
is on the brink of defeat, he may reject your
overture if he feels that his allies might be able
to help him achieve a more desirable set of con-
ditions.
Now let’s look at each of the categories in
turn. The first four categories are arranged in
tabs across the top of the screen since they in-
volve lists of possible terms and benefit from
referring to the map that is included in the in-
terface. Click on a tab to access that category of
terms. The special terms are arrayed as a series
of buttons across a bar, just above the summary,
and will be visible at all times.
Province Terms
Province terms allow you to specify that the
loser cede ownership of one or more provinces
to the victor. A scrollable list of provinces that
can be ceded will be displayed to the left of the
map, and the map will highlight them as they
are selected. The list of provinces will not nec-
essarily be a complete list of provinces that the
country owns. You may include any province
that is considered a core province of the nation
who will receive it, a colonial province that has
not yet achieved colonial city status (we’ll talk
about this distinction in the chapter on colo-
nization; or a province that is not a core but is
currently controlled by the victor.
If you are an alliance leader, the range of
provinces listed will be greater since you will
have the authority to cede provinces belonging
to an ally. You will also be able to demand that
a province that is under the control of one of
your allies be ceded permanently to his nation.
If you are negotiating with an alliance leader,
you will have a similar increase in the number
of provinces listed since your enemy will have
the authority to include those in the negotia-
tions as well.
Each province name in the list will have a
war score value beside it that reflects its value
towards the war score. Wealthy and populous
provinces will have a higher value than poor or
largely-empty ones. Provinces that the enemy
considers to be core provinces will also have a
much higher value than provinces that are not
normally part of its realm.
Click on the province name to add it to the
list of terms in the summary. If you are an al-
liance leader or negotiating with an alliance
leader, be careful to check which country will
be ceding and receiving the province since this
can sometimes affect the likelihood that the
proposal will be accepted.
Each province that changes hands as part
of a peace negotiation will damage the reputa-
tion of the country that receives it. Territorial
demands made during war -- particularly core
provinces -- are usually regarded as being a
hostile action, and even more so if the country
receiving the province is on the side of the ag-
gressor in the conflict. It is easy to gain a very
bad reputation if you fight a series of wars and
demand territory when making peace.
Core Terms
A far less punitive series of terms can be found
under the “cores” tab. This will display a list
of provinces that are currently considered core
provinces of the loser, and they do not need
to be occupied to be included on the list. By