An Overview

Understanding the role of your kingdom and its relations is vital for a Monarch. For others, this is a useful reference, but understanding all the details is not essential. It is important to work within your kingdom to get the most out of Utopia. Different relations will affect your choices, and listening to the Monarch is vital here. For Monarchs, it is vital that you understand your role in this system - managing diplomacy with other kingdoms is one of your primary tasks.

At any time, you may view your kingdom's relations with other kingdoms through the Relations page. You can see another kingdom's relations with your kingdom through the Kingdom page.

Stances

Your Kingdom's stance is a statement to the world of your intentions and is controlled by the Monarch. With each stance comes unique bonuses and drawbacks as follows:

Peaceful 20% Higher Science Production from Schools
30% Higher Birth Rates
15% Lower Attack Gains
15% Lower ability to cast spells and operations against enemies

Fortified 20% Lower Construction Time
10% Higher Defense
15% Lower Offensive Strength
15% Longer Attack Times

Aggressive 10% Higher Combat Gains
10% Lower Attack Time
15% High Military Wages
The Conflict Meter rises at double speed

Relations

Attacks will increase the level of conflict between two kingdoms. Continued conflict will raise your relations with a kingdom to Unfriendly and then to Hostile. Sometimes, a kingdom will receive the option to Declare War on another which is strongly hostile to them. If declared, war will commence within 24 hours and is designed to allow to kingdoms to enter a mutual conflict with limited interference from other kingdoms. When in war, all other diplomatic relations cease for the duration of the war. No kingdom can ever declare war with a kingdom less than half their networth.

Two kingdoms' Monarchs may also agree to a mutual Ceasefire at any time. Ceasefires can be cancelled at any time but can serve to cease hostilities between kingdoms.

Each of these four relations types has various benefits and drawbacks as follows:

Ceasefire No Attacks, Spells, or Thievery between kingdoms

Unfriendly No Effects - Serves as an intermediary state before Hostility

Hostile Wider Access to Conquest
+10% Combat Gains for Recipient Kingdom

War -15% Attack Time
-25% Military Training Time & Military Losses
+100% Exploration Costs
No Paradise Spell
Double Science Costs; Halved Science Production
No Distance Penalties for Attacks
Attacks capture added land from the opposing kingdom's exploration pool
Attacks generate new honor

-75% Gains and Effectiveness for operations to and from other Kingdoms
1% Honor Loss each Utopian Month

Minimum Time: 48 Utopian Days

Ending a War

War can only be halted through Diplomatic decisions by the Kingdoms' Monarchs. War can be ended in each of two ways. In both of these cases, neither kingdom may have any relations for one Utopian month after the war ends.

MUTUAL PEACE - This option requires consent by both parties and simply settles the war with no winner. This is an excellent option when both kingdoms simply lose interest in the war or find it more beneficial to simply move on.

WITHDRAWAL - Once the minimum time limit is reached, either kingdom can unilaterally withdraw from war - an admission that victory is not likely to be achieved. Withdrawal will cost the losing kingdom 3% of their total honor, distributed evenly amongst the provinces of the winning kingdom. Withdrawals can only occur if the declaring kingdom has not committed any attacks within the past two Utopian Days.

Once any of these scenarios takes effect, the kingdoms will enter a 24 hour ceasefire, where neither party can undertake actions against the other. However, both kingdoms will remain in war relations during this time, continuing the protections from outside interference while the war concludes and each party rebuilds.

During war, a temporary War Forum will be created in which both kingdoms' members can interact in a single forum. Monarchs and pages from each kingdom will have the ability to moderate the forums, and it is expected that provinces interact respectfully, or the Utopian Lords may look to take appropriate action.