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Keyboard shortcuts

Every key in the game on one page.

Most players run the game from the keyboard: windows open with one key, the week ends with Space and armies take their orders from a handful of letters. The same list is in the game under Settings.

Map

InspectClick

PanDrag

ZoomWheel

Map modes1–7

Search⌘K

Armies

SelectClick

Add to selection⇧Click

Box select⇧Drag

MoveRight-click

Next idle army.

Move by picking a placeM

StopS

MergeG

Split in half⇧G

Game

Next weekSpace

PanelsNEMTDBWRLH

Full screenF

MenuEsc

Windows

Window	Key	What it holds
Nation	N	Your nation at a glance: advice, statecraft, subjects and nations you can proclaim.
Economy	E	Budget, taxes, tribute, development and your richest provinces.
Military	M	Armies, recruiting, quality, military budget and the generals’ automation.
Research	T	The technology tree and your research queue.
Diplomacy	D	Relations, treaties, your agenda and covert action.
Blocs	B	Alliances and unions: members, votes, applications, your own bloc.
Wars	W	Every war you are in: fronts, war score, peace terms, partitions.
Rankings	R	Every nation ranked by power, economy, research and more.
Events	L	The log of everything that happened.
Guide	H	The guide in the game, and the step-by-step tutorial.

Map modes

Key	Mode	What it shows
1	Political	Who owns what, in each country’s colour. Occupied land is hatched in the occupier’s colour.
2	Terrain	Plains, forests, hills, mountains, deserts, marsh, jungle and cities: where armies are slow and defenders strong.
3	Population	Where people live, and so where manpower and taxes come from.
4	Development	How rich each province is. Development raises output and the army’s quality.
5	Military	Armies and fronts stand out over a quiet map.
6	Diplomacy	Every country coloured by its relations with you, or with the country you select.
7	Blocs	Each bloc in its colour. Click a bloc in the legend to see only its members.

On a Mac and on Windows⌘ is the Command key on a Mac; on Windows and Linux use Ctrl. ⇧ is Shift.