The Nation Info Panel

You can view information about any nation on the map by using the Info action. Simply select the Info action and click on the game map in a land area occupied by the nation you would like to learn about. You can also view information about any nation that wrote a chat message, by clicking on the black dot to the left of the nation's name in the chat log.

Info about a very primitive nation.

The Nation Info panel is pictured above, displaying the information about a very primitive nation. The nation's name, level, number of points, number of republics, and list of allies is displayed.

To the right of these is the "Add to Chat List" button. Press this button to add the nation to the list of nations that your nation speaks to via chat (See the section describing chat for more information). If this nation is already in your chat list, the button will instead read "Remove from Chat List", and pressing it will remove this nation from your nation's chat list.

Below this is a button labeled "Block from Chat". Pressing this button will cause your nation to receive no more chat messages from this nation. This can be very handy in helping you to ignore chat "spam" from a troublesome player. If you've already blocked this nation, then the button will instead read "Cancel Chat Block", and pressing it will allow your nation to once again receive chat messages from this nation.

Beneath this is the "Send Invitation to Unite" button. If you press this button, the nation will be issued an invitation to unite with your nation. If they accept this invitation, all of their member players, land, points, fortification points, credits and prize winnings will become part of your nation. This is an excellent way to bring together several players under one nation, because the effort that those players put into building their own nations isn't lost. All of the results of that effort are brought with these players as they unite with your nation.

If you have already invited this nation to unite with your own, then this button will instead read "Cancel Invitation to Unite". You may then press this button to withdraw your invitation.

Below these is a list of technologies that have been developed by the nation. You can click on the name of any of these technologies to view a description of that technology.

Incomplete info about a superior nation.

The information displayed in the Nation Info panel represents intelligence gathered by your own nation's spies and informants. As such, it is more difficult to obtain accurate information about a nation more advanced than your own, than it is to learn about a nation less advanced that your own.

If your nation is not capable of collecting adequate information about another nation, that nation's description in the Nation Info panel will be incomplete. You may not be able to determine the nation's level, number of points, or list of allies. Some of the nation's more advanced technologies may also remain unknown to you.

The ability to assess the strengths and weaknesses of rival nations can be very important in determining how to attack them, and who to form alliances with. You can increase your nation's ability to gather intelligence about other nations by developing and purchasing technologies that increase your nation's Intelligence attribute. And you can make it more difficult for other nations to spy on your nation by gaining technologies that increase your nation's Counter Intelligence attribute.

List of Members

At the bottom of the Nation Info panel is a list of each of the nation's member players. If a player is currently playing, their entry will include the word "online".

The list of this nation's members.

•To learn more about the Info action, click here.