Victoria 3 – How Do You End Wars?

There are several ways a country can bow out of a war: they might surrender willingly, hammer out a peace deal, or be forced to capitulate if their war support tanks to -100.

War Support

Every nation kicks off a war with 100 war support. But each week, this number can drop due to ‘exhaustion,’ influenced by various factors:

• A baseline decrease of -0.25.

• For every 10% of the nation that’s occupied, subtract 1.

• If the enemy’s clinched all their war objectives, dock 2 (this decreases proportionally if they’ve only got some of their objectives).

• A hit based on casualties, counting both the fallen and injured.

• Drop 0.2 for every 10% of the population that’s got radical views.

In some scenarios, a nation’s war support won’t fall below zero. This usually happens if there are goals like ‘conquer state’ or ‘annex’ in play against them. In these cases, the targeted states and the nation’s capital need to be under enemy control before war support dips into the negatives.

Capitulation

Involuntary Capitulation: If war support hits -100, it’s game over. The nation capitulates, all war goals against them are enforced, and they’re out of the war. This could end the entire conflict or just pull that particular nation out of the fray.

Voluntary Capitulation: A country can also choose to throw in the towel on their own terms. All war goals against them will still apply, but sometimes it’s better to cut your losses. For countries that are just supporting others in the war and don’t have any direct war goals against them, voluntary capitulation means stepping back from the conflict without any additional penalties.

Negotiated Peace

Sometimes, you can broker a peace deal before anyone’s forced to capitulate, and this might not mean achieving every war goal on the table. This could be tricky early in the war when both sides are still full of fight, but as war support dwindles, there might be more room to negotiate. Just remember, every party at the negotiating table has to give the green light on the deal.

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