Better Mechanics : Ultimatums

Better Mechanics: Ultimatums

[i]"It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe." Adolf Hitler, 26 September 1938[/i]

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In vanilla, if you want a piece of another country you justify a war goal and declare war. That's it. This mod adds the step in between: you can make demands, back them with threats, and see whether the other side gives in.

You can demand territory, a share of their resources, or their submission as a puppet or protectorate. The target decides based on its real situation, and if it refuses, you have to follow through or back down in front of everyone.

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How It Works

1. Pick a target. Open Events and Decisions, go to the Send Ultimatum category, and click a state belonging to the country you want to pressure.

2. Build your case. Protests, recalling your ambassador, military exercises, propaganda and more. Each one adds pressure. Bigger demands need more pressure first, and some measures risk being exposed.

3. Make your demand. Choose what you want and give them 7, 14 or 28 days to answer. A short deadline rattles them but costs more. A long one gives them time to prepare and call on their friends.

4. The crisis. While the clock runs, both sides can act. You can mass troops on their border, call up your reserves or publish your terms to the world. They can mobilize, address the nation, appeal to their guarantors or fortify the frontier. Every move changes their answer, but every move also raises tension. Push too hard and a border incident can start a war nobody ordered.

5. The answer. They accept, or they refuse. If they refuse, you go to war or you back down, and the world remembers either way.

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What Decides Their Answer

The AI weighs the same things a real government would:

• Military balance: your army and industry against theirs.

• Stability: a country falling apart at home is easier to push around.

• War support: a population ready to fight won't accept a humiliating climbdown.

• Ideology: some governments hate each other more than others.

• Wars: is either side already busy fighting someone else?

• History: how you've treated each other, and whether they've given in or refused before.

• Friends: a faction behind them or a great power guaranteeing them changes everything.

• What you ask for: a border strip is not the same as their capital or their independence.

• Deadline: less time can mean a panicked yes, or a stubborn no.

• Your reputation: if you've bluffed and backed down before, they'll remember.

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Types of Demand

Territory Pick the states you want and demand they hand them over.

Resources Demand a share of their oil, steel, aluminium, rubber, tungsten or chromium, delivered every day for two years. Only fascist and communist governments can go to war if a resource demand is refused, and only after a second refusal.

Submission Demand they become your protectorate, your puppet, or give up their independence entirely.

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• Multiplayer: Supported.

• Save games: Works on new games and existing saves.

• Other mods: Built to work with anything, including Road to 56, Kaiserreich, Millennium Dawn and other big overhauls.

• Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese.

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Author: NiFo

Don't reupload, repost, or redistribute this mod anywhere. Steam Workshop, Paradox Mods, wherever. Don't touch the GUI code, formulas, or localisation for your own public projects without asking first. Don't "fix" or "update" it for public release. If you want to include it in a modpack or make a compatibility patch, just message me. If I haven't said yes, the answer is no.

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[i]Ideas: https://steamcommunity.com/id/Cloudyi_/[/i]
[i]French Localisation: https://steamcommunity.com/id/mrpersonne13[/i]