Maps are an important element of the game. It shows countries, cities, units, factories, scorched cities, borders, waters, mountains, ships, airports, and airplanes. The maps can be set to different modes by the player.
When you change the map mode, only your screen will change. It doesn't affect other players.
Modes[]
Modes can be selected in the bottom right corner of the screen. There are five different modes as well as a resource finder. Cities, units, airports, factories, scorches, waters, ships, airports, and airplanes are always shown no matter what mode.
Political[]
This is the default mode. It shows countries and their borders. This helps with placing troops, invading people, and seeing who is next to you. (Note: Some countries may have similar colors.)
Faction[]
This mode shows the countries in factions. Each faction has a different color. This helps show what factions are where so you can make allies or join factions quicker.
Ideology[]
This shows ideologies. Countries are displayed as different colors based on their ideology.
- White - Non-aligned
- Light red - Socialist
- Dark red - Communist
- Light blue - Liberal
- Dark blue - Democratic
- Gray - Nationalist
- Black - Fascist
Diplomatic[]
This shows your diplomacy. Clicking a city in another country while in diplomacy map mode will show its diplomacy. Different countries are different colors based on their relation to the selected country.
- Green - Selected nation
- Blue - Allied with
- Red - Hostile (at war)
- Multiple Colors - Faction member; Depends on faction.
- Multiple Colors - Faction leader; Dark version of faction member.
- Light Blue - Puppet nation/Father nation
- Light Green - Fighting together in same war
This is helpful if you want to see who is in a war that you aren't in or thinking of being in. It is also helpful if you have trouble finding any colonies of a country you want to invade, as the green shows up much better.
Terrain[]
This shows terrain. It is helpful for deciding a path for troops to go through, as mountains slow troops. This does not show borders.
- Mint - Flat
- Green - Hilly
- Yellow - Semi-mountainous
- Dark red - Mountainous
Biomes[]
Biomes were added in a December update. Biomes cause troops to move slower and take more attrition, but specialization allows Infantry to be more effective in a biome.
- Jungle (Green) - Troops move 50% slower
- Arid (Yellow) - Troops move 33% slower and take more attrition
- Arctic (Purple) - Troops move 75% slower
- Severe Winter (Blue)- Troops move 70% slower
- Mild Winter (Light Blue) - Troops move 65% slower
Other Information[]
- You cannot have multiple modes selected at once.
- No matter the mode, you can still use the resource finder.
- Countries that are technically in the game and do not have land will not show up with the map modes.
- You do not have to "refresh" the map; if ceding or invading occurs, the map will change.
- Scorching will be seen until it goes out.
- You can additionally hold M to view unrest levels in your country.