**HOI4 RULESET**

**The following rules apply to every nation:**

1. Exploits are not allowed under any circumstances. If you are unsure if something you are about to do is an exploit, ask the moderator
2. No staging coups in player or ai nations
3. no boosting party popularity of other players without consent
4. Do not release a nation and play as them.
5. Major nations cannot switch ideologies
6. Being in voice chat is needed to join a campaign
7. No building new ports on core provinces
8. Do not delay selecting an option in an event
9. Justifying wars without a claim or a focus before 1939 is not allowed
10. No forts above lvl 5 are allowed. (Aside from the Maginot line and the reinforce the stalin line focus)
11. Do not delete/change template of encircled units
12. The Hoi4 moderators have the final say in any disputes
13. Don't be rude or toxic to others. Not everyone can be the master of hoi4 like you.
14. Minimum combat width of divisions is 10
15. Latin American nations can annex ONLY 1 other latin American nation.
16. Strategic bombers are banned, tactical bombers are allowed however
17. Max 4 volunteer divisions (of which only 2 can be tanks) can be sent to the Spanish civil war by each player
18. No deleting factories in occupied terroritories, or on core terroritory when there is no justifiable reason to do so
19. Naval mines are banned due to lagging the game

**Nation specific rules:**

**GERMANY**
1. Molotov-Ribbentrop pact must be done before Danzig or war
2. Forming Vichy France is not allowed
3. Operation Barbarossa can be done after January 1941 at the earliest
4. If Germany wishes to send troops to Africa, they can only be shipped after both Italy and Germany are at war with the allies
5. 3 focuses can be done at maximum before the Rheinland focus
6. Must go germanys historical focus path

**ITALY**

1. Must join the axis
2. The Ethiopia war must be done by April of 1936 at the latest

**Soviet Union**
1. Must accept the Soviet-German tank treaty
2. The Great Purge focus must be started July of 1937 at the latest
3. Must accept the winter war peace event IF Finland is being played
4. Can lend lease China up to 5000 guns and 100 planes per month.

**Japan**

1. Must declare war on China before January of 1938
2. Can do kamikaze missions only in the seazones directly next to China and mainland Japan
3. Must go down "Purge the Kodoha faction" path

**USA**

1. Can join the allies after August 1st 1940, or if it's attacked by Japan or a port in England has been lost
2. Cannot do neutrality act until January 1st 1938
3. Cannot do limited intervention
4. Cannot revoke guarantees to farm world tension
5. Cannot do preemptive intervention or black chamber operation
6. Cannot declare war against Japan unless Japan declares war against the allies first (this includes the event)
7. Cannot do fair labour standards act until April 1st 1938
8. American navy cannot enter Europe unless a port in England is lost or it is after January 1st 1941
9. May lend lease allies airplanes only up to 200/month until they join the allies.

**UK**

1. Do NOT take units from a subject being played

**Finland**

1. Cannot join the Axis before the winter war has ended

**Romania**

1. Cannot go Balkan dominance path
2. Must join the Axis
3. Must surrender Bessarabia to Soviet Union

**Spain**

1. Must pick nationalists in the civil war
2. Cannot join the Axis before France has fallen
3. If they choose to invade Portugal, they can only annex Ibearian mainland, Azores and Madeira.