.TH Command CONSIDER
.SY "consider loan <loan #> accept|decline|postpone"
.SY "consider treaty <treaty #> accept|decline|postpone"
This command allows you to consider accepting a loan or treaty
offered by another country.
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The program will list the various terms of the loan or treaty under
consideration and ask for your decision as to whether to accept the
terms, decline them, or postpone making a decision.
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If you accept a loan the money is immediately credited to your account
and the time period of the loan starts.
If, at the time of your acceptance, the loaner does not have sufficient
funds the size of the loan will be diminished to fit the loaner's
cash on hand.
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If you accept a treaty it goes into effect immediately but the time
period of the treaty is calculated based on the offer date rather than
the acceptance date.
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Loan offers are withdrawn if not accepted within a number
of days equal to the proposed loan's duration.
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Treaty offers expire at the time the proposed treaty would expire.
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Warning : When the terms of a loan are printed out take note of the
due date; if you do not pay by the due date the interest will
double and you will be subject to "collection", (see "info collect").
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See also : collect, ledger, offer, treaty
