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HEARTS OF IRON DARKEST HOURpact without first formallycancelling it, so this may offeryou some degree of securityand, at very least, a minimumof two weeks’ advance noticebefore a war can occurbetween your two nations.Once a pact has expired,there are no further assurancesof peace, nor is thereany additional penalty if eithernation subsequently declareswar, beyond the penalty forthe declaration of war itself.Non-aggression pacts have agood chance of beingaccepted if you have a fairlycompetent foreign minister,are significantly larger or morepowerful than the other nation,have a fairly low belligerencefactor, or enjoy a decentrelationship with the othernation.Cancel Non-AggressionPactThis option will only beavailable if you have anexisting non-aggression pactwith a country. Although thiswill severely damage yourrelationship, you areprohibited from making adeclaration of war on a nationwith whom you have a nonaggressionpact and thus youmust cancel it before you willbe able to declare war.Needless to say, a country thatbreaks a non-aggression pactwith you should be watchedvery closely. Further, yourpopulation will be concernedat your flip-flopping policy soyou will suffer an increase indomestic dissent.Ask for Military Access/Cancel Military Access /Revoke Military AccessThis diplomatic option is arequest to a nation to allowyour forces to move freelythrough its provinces and alsoto be able to trace supplythrough them. Without this,you are prohibited fromentering or supplying througha neutral nation’s territory. Thecost to initiate this request ismodest, but most nations willnot be willing to grant youaccess unless you enjoy avery good relationship. Alliesautomatically grant oneanother access, so it is notnecessary to arrange a specialtreaty unless you expect that,at some point, either you orthey might leave that alliance.A military access treaty is nota reciprocal arrangement. Aseparate access treaty wouldhave to be requested by theother nation before it couldmove forces through yournation’s provinces. While anaccess agreement is in place,you will be prohibited fromdeclaring war on a nation thatis granting you access.Beware! A nation that grantsyou access is not under thesame constraints and maydeclare war on you at anytime and without warning.Military access may berevoked by either the nation ata modest cost by selecting thecancel or revoke militaryaccess diplomatic option. If anation does this, then it islikely that the nation isplanning to declare war on youin the near future, so youshould be on your guard.I should point out that you areprohibited from attacking anenemy’s province using anyland forces that are located ina neutral nation’s territory, so itis pointless to arrange militaryaccess with a nation if yourintent is to try to exploit theenemy’s inability to attack youthere.Liberate NationThis option is only available ifyou have selected your ownnation and if you controlprovinces that can becomepart of a nation that does notcurrently exist. If you clickliberate nation, you will beasked what country you wishto create from a list of possiblenations. A tooltip will adviseyou of the provinces that willbecome part of the new nationand cease to be consideredyours. When you haveselected the new nation andclicked OK, the newindependent nation will beformed and will be added tothe list of nations in the world.If you voluntarily liberate anation, it will begin its newpolitical life as a puppetregime and will send you itssurplus of resources (morethan 1000). It will also becomea member of whatever allianceyou currently belong to, if any,and you will begin your new83