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If you've ever been confused staring at the map wondering why we're not attacking a key region, or wondering what an MPP is or how attacking works, this article is for you. I'll carefully break down wars and peace, as well as what the superalliances are and what their place in the world is.

War

"War" is a state that two nations are in after a declaration of war has been made between two countries for the low price of 200 gold. Once two countries are at war, their alliances are activated and they can attack each other's regions.



Two friendly countries will sometimes declare war on each other so they can move through each other's regions temporarily, like what Poland did when they rented some of our midwest states, and later on when they created a barrier in front of California, deflating a Russian invasion.

A state of war between two nations can only be ended in two ways: a peace treaty, when both nations agree to stop, or wiping, where one country completely removes their opponent from the map. More on that in just a bit. A war's ending simply means the two countries can no longer invade each other.

Alliances + Battle Types

Alliances, also called MPPs (short for mutual protection pact), are 200 gold agreements between two nations to defend each other. Both country's congresses approve them at the same time, and once accepted, the countries will be able to fight for each other from their home regions.



MPPs are the lifeblood of any war machine. As soon as any invasion in a war occurs, all the alliances that are signed are activated, and all of those countries can fight in that battle and any subsequent battles. A country that allows their MPPs to expire will quickly see defeats rise up in all of their wars.

Alliances are not active in resistance wars, which is explained in the next couple sections.

Superalliances

They say no man is an island, in the New World, this is true for countries...even island countries. The world is polarized between 2 "superalliances", EDEN and Phoenix. We are in our own, the Brolliance, which is aligned with EDEN.

EDEN stands for eRepublik Defense and Economy Network. Phoenix stands for Phoenix.



EDEN + Brolliance Countries

North America:
Canada (Both), the USA (Bro)

Europe:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Ireland (Bro), Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

Asia:
China, Japan (Bro)

Oceania:
Australia (Both)



Phoenix Countries

South America:
Argentina, Brazil

Europe:
Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK

Asia:
Indonesia, Russia

Attacking + Wiping

There are some simple rules to what can be attacked and what can't. For a country to attack a region, it must share a border somewhere in it's country. Borders can be seen at the bottom of a region's page, which can be found from a country's Society tab. This doesn't have to be a visible land border. As an example, look at tricky little Hawaii, which shares a border with Japan.

Battles also can't be initiated if the region is already under attack by another country or by a resistance.

Alliances are only functional in a normal battle, which is initiated by a President.

Alternatively, if a resistance war is started (which can be initiated by anyone in a conquered territory, it cannot be done in a home territory; i.e. someone can do a RW in West Bengal, but not North Carolina), then no alliances will be active on both sides, and the battle can only be fought in the occupying country's regions.

Wiping a country means to conquer all of it's regions, removing it from the map entirely. When this happens, all of that country's wars and alliances are wiped clean, and the country can only earn independence again through resistance wars. If a country is in a wiped state during Congressional elections, there will be no congress, and anyone can gain citizenship in the country, exposing it to political take overs.

Outro

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Until next time,
Blank Keating

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