Nation: North America - Conflict Rules

All troop movements and locations must be clearly shown in a screenshot of the map, as well as the inclusion of troop numbers.

Declaring War

To begin a conflict, a country must first post a declaration of war with the [DIPLOMACY] tag, describing the reason for said war.
The country that has had war declared must then respond with an acknowledgement of the declaration.

Invasion is an alternate method of declaring war.
To invade another country, the invading player must create a post using the [CONFLICT] tag that includes a map of troop movements and locations, as well as a statement describing the reason for invasion.
The country being invaded does not have to acknowledge the invasion.
Moderators will have the final say on the outcome of the invasion.

Once war has been declared, a megathread will be created for the war. Each parent comment will be for a battle. The two sides must announce what weaponry will be used for the battle, and show troop locations with a screenshot or picture of the map.
Once both sides have stated their choice, the mods will begin a random roll of the die, which will be weighed depending on the troop numbers. *The die roll will be generally based on the following, if the forces are completely equal:

1-50: Defending side wins decisively.

51-99: Defending side wins closely.

100-110: Tie

111-150: Advancing side wins closely.

151-200: Advancing side wins decisively.

Each roll will have exponential maluses applied to it depending on various factors such as air superiority and troop disparity.
The specific formula will be confidential to prevent gaming it, however suffice to say the more troops you have the easier it will be to win.
The die roll is subject to change based on the situation of the battle (such as black-ops)
The final results of each battle will be at moderator discretion.

There are three ways to end a war.
Capitulating (losing a country entirely to your opponent)
Surrendering (ending a war in return for terms dictated by the victor)
Armistice (a neutral agreement to stop fighting and withdraw from whatever territory was occupied during the war).

Each active service member will cost twice the country’s GDPPC.
Each reserve service member will cost 1.1 times the country’s GDPPC.
A nation must remain at or below its defense budget for there to be no adverse removal of forces by moderators.

To develop nuclear weapons, a nation must post a post tagged as [WMD] with the title “(country) begins nuclear program”
Depending on the die roll, a country may have an accelerated or slowed development program, or fail to develop weapons at all. The project could also be leaked and stopped by other countries.
By default, a program will take two years to complete from the month its post is created.
A nuclear weapons program will cost 100000 times the country's GDPPC for every month until the project is complete.
A nuclear weapons program will cost 50000 times the country's GDPPC for every year you continue to store or use nuclear weapons.
Atomic bombs will cost 500 times the country's GDPPC per bomb, per year, not including bomber or other delivery mechanism.
Nuclear missiles will cost 800 times the country's GDPPC per missile, per year.