Alliances!

[Mr President]

I have added a new feature into the game for the last few days so we can test it a little. The new feature is called Alliances. Nation can now select up to two allies. When you have an ally you are able to send Aid packages to each others nations (1 time per day each, up to 10%). Another benefit to being an ally is, if another nation is warring your ally, you can instantly declare war against the enemy nation, as long as the war is still active. There is no time restriction, however, this only works if your ally is the one who was declared against. If they declare, you can't instantly join.

Nation leaders and anyone with the Foreign Affairs priv are able to send and accept alliance requests. You must remain allies for 36hrs before you can end the alliance. Alliances are not able to declare war against each other. Currently there is no costs associated with being allies. There are several things we will be adding to the alliance program, but for now this is a start. Perhaps we can have allies NA help during war attacks, or allies can purchase goods 1 hr before anyone else ect ect.. I wanted to get the foundation built before adding too many things to it.

When you send a request, the proposed nation (leader and FA priv members) receives a message. You also receive a message if/when they accept. When nations become allies, it is public knowledge as it will state it in Global News. Anytime an ally sends an Aid Package, it is also displayed in the Global News.

While testing, please make sure messages are being sent when proposed and accepted. I will bypass the 36hr wait time during testing so please make alliances and end them. Please post any issues to this thread and I will address them when able.

To create an alliance you simply go to the alliance page, select which alliance slot you have open and click on Add Alliance. Then from the drop down menu, select a nation from the list and add a message (optional). Once complete that nation will receive a message stating you are requesting an alliance, if they accept, your alliance is created and you will receive a message letting you know they accepted it. If they decline, you'll need to find another nation to request ..