the carlist war is now over
the liberals, consisting of the united kingdom, france, liberal portugal, and liberal spain, have triumphed over the rebellious carlists
spain will not return to an absolute monarchy
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portugal accepts the brazilian call to arms and declares war upon venezuela, colombia, the peru-bolivian confederation, and ecuador
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I'm gonna add war leaders to the belligerents of war list (they will be the nations at the top of the list)
war leaders are the most militarily capable nations on the defending side of a conflict and may negotiate peace on behalf of their entire alliance
attacking war leaders do not change based on military capability and are instead set as the original aggressor. they may also negotiate peace on behalf of their entire alliance
individual nations cannot negotiate peace for their entire alliance, but for themselves
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a lot of nations should be finishing their research right about now