Emerging technologies and integrated global value chains have challenged more circumscribed and traditional conceptions of national security, but to date, there has been no concerted political discussion of how the concept should evolve to meet twenty-first-century realities. What is national security? In the United States and in democratic governments around the world, an important discussion is underway about how to rethink and reframe what should-and should not-be considered as core national security concerns.
Say a diplomatic annexation of the sudetenland will generate a lot less tension than an unjustified declaration of war and a war settled with minor border changes rather than total occupation and annexation will likewise generate less tension." How much is affected by the nature of the action and the size of the nations involved. World tension is a global value in the game and is raised whenever aggressive actions are performed. "This is a new concept in HOI4 and is designed to replace the threat and neutrality system from HOI3. Simply put, more aggressive acts around the world means more 'tension' builds and that makes neutrals very nervous. World Tension is the other major new system in Hearts of Iron IV. Neutral nations, for the most part just want to be left alone to get on with life, but their lack of a solid stance means that members of the main ideologies have an easier time influencing them." "Nations like Poland, Greece, or Yugoslavia fit here, for example, instead of lumping them into the ideology we expect them to join.
It functions as a sort of catch-all ideology for nations who don't really fit into the big three." After some playing we felt this was too constraining, so we have added a 4th group we call Neutral.
"When we last talked about parties and ideologies there were only 3 ideological leanings for countries: Democratic, Fascist and Communist.