.TH Command DECLARE
.NA declare "Formally declare alliance, friendly, neutrality, hostile or war"
.LV Basic
.SY "declare <POSITION> <NATS>"
The declare command allows you to officially declare
your diplomatic relations with other countries.
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<POSITION> may be \*Qalliance\*U, \*Qfriendly\*U, \*Qneutrality\*U,
\*Qhostile\*U, or \*Qwar\*U;
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<NATS> can be the name or number of
a country you want to declare relations towards, or it can be * in
which case you will declare <POSITION> towards all nations.
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For a complete list of the meanings of all the different types of
relations, see "info relations".
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The newspaper is very interested in declarations of war or alliance --
don't expect to keep such declarations secret.
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Deities will be prompted for a third parameter, the country to make
the declaration for. The default is to make it for the deity's country.
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.SA "fly, nation, spy, relations, Diplomacy"