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- States of Power (3126500)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 3 September 2026 - 15:37:51 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
New Country locking - any multiplayer game can lock players to the country they picked, not just official servers. Host option, on by default. Leaving holds your country for a few minutes; losing it for good means a 10 minute wait, with spectating open meanwhile. Hosting a game now defaults to public. Scenario long descriptions raised to 500 characters. Balance Offering peace in a war that just started adds devastation, fading away over the first half year of the war. Non-core provinces contribute 10% of their recruitable population instead of 5%, and the top three mobilisation steps gather manpower faster. Speeds 4 and 5 are slower in every multiplayer game, not just official servers. Fixes Sending volunteers to allies is now possible. Lifting an embargo now reaches puppets on both sides, and forming an alliance lifts the embargo between the two countries. Chat no longer swallows clicks...