.TH Command : DECLARE
.s1
The declare command allows you to make official your diplomatic relations
with other countries.
The general form is:
.EX declare (position) (cno/cname)
Position may be "alliance", "neutrality", or "war";
(cno/cname) is either the name or number of the other country in question.
.s3
Your official realtions with other countries affect various aspects of the
game; for instance, if a country with whom you are at war spies on one of
your sectors and you catch the spy he/she will be shot, if however, you
had been neutral to the spy's country she/he would merely have been
deported.  (If the spy was from an allied country he/she would never be
caught in the first place.)
See also : nation, spy
