<t> Eric, the game's brilliant in so many ways, but I cannot conceive of any explanation that makes sense of a defeated nation agreeing to one set of surrender terms with one country, and then turning around&nbsp;and agreeing to completely contradictory terms with another, yet suffer no consequences ...

Thanks, RG. You confirm for me that this is a design flaw. Matix, any plans to fix this problem?

<t> The situation: as France, my forces and Spain force Austria to surrender. In creating the terms of surrender, I order Austria to cede two provinces to me (say Switzerland and Lombardy.) I discover on the next turn, that both of these have been ceded to my good friend Spain, and I get no further ...