GAME MANUAL - Steam

HEARTS OF IRON DARKEST HOUR● military access;● liberate nation;● release puppet;● demand territory;● declare war;● sue for peace;● annex nation;Offer Trade Agreementmeans and also informing youof the cost of the action andany prerequisites that youcurrently fail to meet.Once you decide on an action,click on it. In many cases, anew interface will appear thatallows you to specifyadditional details, while inother cases the action maytake place immediately or youmay be asked to confirm theaction. If there is a cash costfor the diplomatic action, it willonly be deducted when youconfirm the action anddispatch your diplomat. Youwill not lose the money if youchange your mind and cancelthe action, but onceconfirmed, the money will bededucted whether or not thediplomatic offer you send isagreed to. For instance, thecost of sending a diplomat tonegotiate military access willnot be returned to you if theaccess is declined. The cost ofa diplomatic action willfluctuate, depending on yourdomestic policies and yourministers. The tooltips willindicate the exact cost of eachaction.Once you have sent a diplomaticmessage to a nation,you will have to wait for aperiod of time before you areable to initiate any furtherdiplomacy with that nation,although you may conductdiplomacy with other nations ifyou wish. If a response isrequired, you will usuallyreceive it within a day or two,although human players maytake longer to answer inmultiplayer games, but youmust wait two weeks beforeanother message may be sentto that nation. When youreceive a diplomatic messagethat requires a response,usually a trade offer, you willhave a limited period of time torespond before it becomesinvalid and disappears fromyour screen.The following are the variousdiplomatic options that may beavailable to you:offer trade agreement;break trade agreement;open negotiations;influence nation;● offer alliance / bring toalliance / join alliance / leavealliance / ban from alliance;● send expeditionary forces /expeditionary forces;● assume military control /relinquish military control;● guarantee independence;● offer non-aggression pact /cancel non-aggression pact;● ask for military access /cancel military access / revokeThere are two differenttypes of trades that can bearranged between twonations: a trade agreementand a trade negotiation.Trade negotiations are onetimetransactions that mayinvolve a very wide range ofitems, while trade agreementsare open-ended deals thatinvolve an ongoing dailyexchange of resources. Thereis a small cost required topropose a trade agreement.When you click on the offertrade agreement option, asecondary interface appears.Each of the resources,including supplies and cash,will be represented by a slideron the interface. There will bemaximum end points set foreach slider, limiting what youmay request or offer. These77