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Select a rondel position
Move your nation's marker clockwise on the rondel; first turn may be any position, subsequent turns must move forward
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Pay for extra movement
Moving up to 3 spaces is free; each additional space costs (1 + Power Factor from score track) million paid to the bank by the controlling player
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Maximum movement
A nation may move at most 6 spaces on the rondel
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Build a factory
Pay 5 million from the nation's treasury to the bank and place a factory on an eligible home province city
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Choose factory type
Build armaments works (brown) only on brown cities or shipyards (light blue) only on light blue cities
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Verify eligibility
Cannot build if hostile (upright) enemy armies occupy that home province; only one factory per city
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Produce units for free
Each armaments works produces one army; each shipyard produces one fleet at no cost
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Place new units
Position newly produced armies and fleets in their factory's province
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Skip blocked factories
Factories in home provinces occupied by hostile (upright) enemy armies do not produce
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Purchase military units
Buy up to 3 total armies and/or fleets for 1 million each from the treasury to the bank
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Place armies
Position in any home province without hostile enemy units
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Place fleets
Position only in home provinces with light blue harbors
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Move fleets first
Each fleet may move to one adjacent sea area (crossing a blue border)
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First fleet movement
Fleets in harbor must move to the adjacent sea area marked with an anchor symbol
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Conduct naval battles
If fleets enter an occupied sea area, either side may request battle; match fleets 1:1 and remove both from the board
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Move armies second
Each army may move to one adjacent land area (except Switzerland)
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Use convoy transport
Armies adjacent to friendly fleets may be transported across one or more connected sea areas; each fleet convoys only one army per turn
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Use railways
Before or after moving, armies may travel freely between home provinces connected by unblocked railway (blocked by hostile enemy armies)
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Conduct land battles
Match armies 1:1 in contested land areas; the active nation chooses pairings; remove matched units
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Declare hostile or friendly entry
When entering another nation's home province, declare the army hostile (upright) to block production/import/factory/taxation, or friendly (laid down) to allow normal function
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Protect last unoccupied factory
If a nation has only one factory not occupied by hostile armies, that province cannot receive hostile invasion; entering armies must lay down as friendly
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Destroy enemy factories
Use 3 armies to destroy an enemy factory if no defending units are present; remove the factory and all 3 armies (cannot destroy a nation's last unoccupied factory)
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Place flags
After movement, place a flag on each newly occupied land or sea area without foreign military units; home provinces of other nations cannot receive flags
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Remove opponent flags
If exclusively occupying an area, replace the previous flag with your nation's flag
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Use canals
Fleets may pass through Panama Canal (Caribbean to North Pacific) or Suez Canal (Mediterranean to Indian Ocean) if the flag owner of Colombia or North Africa permits
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Pay bond interest
Each player holding bonds of the active nation receives interest from the treasury; if treasury is short, the government controller must skip their own interest or pay others from personal funds
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Activate investor card holder
The player with the investor card receives 2 million from the bank and may purchase one bond from any nation
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Purchase new bonds
Pay the full price to the nation's treasury and take the bond card
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Upgrade existing bonds
Return a smaller bond to the stack and pay only the difference for a larger bond of the same nation
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Invest as Swiss Bank
Players without government control receive a Swiss Bank; they may invest (without the 2 million bonus) whenever the investor action is passed
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Force investor stop
Swiss Bank owners may require nations with sufficient treasury funds to stop at the Investor position
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Check government changes
After investments, the player with the highest bond total in each nation takes control of that government
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Resolve ties
If tied for highest bond total, the player closest clockwise to the investor card holder wins control
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Transfer nation cards
New government controllers receive the nation flag card from previous controllers
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Receive Swiss Bank
Players losing all government control receive a Swiss Bank
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Pass investor card
After the investor action completes, pass the investor card clockwise to the next player
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Calculate tax revenue
Count 2 million per unoccupied factory plus 1 million per flag
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Receive tax income
The bank pays the calculated amount to the nation's treasury
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Pay military maintenance
The treasury pays 1 million per army and fleet to the bank; if treasury is empty, no additional payment required
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Receive success bonus
The government controller receives the bonus shown on the tax chart's middle row (1 million for 6+ tax, 2 million for 10+ tax, etc.) from the treasury; reduced if treasury lacks funds
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Add power points
Add points to the score track as shown on the tax chart's bottom row based on tax revenue
