Another way to do that is to besiege the fort that created the zone of control over the province, for as long as the siege will last no province within its zone of control will be able to be liberated.

The only way to maintain the occupation status for the attacker is to maintain at all times a unit on said province otherwise, the occupied status will be removed about a month after the last attacking unit left the province. Occupation by anyone of a province without a fort will never change ZoC because occupation status only matters for the fort itself. If you siege the enemy fort and occupy its province, it will no longer project a ZoC for the enemy, but it will now project one for you that blocks the enemy's troop movements since it now acts like your fort! Further, in reflecting the exception from before, this captured fort will also project its ZoC over enemy-owned provinces while your native forts (forts in provinces you already own) will not project a ZoC over enemy-owned provinces.

Then, if a province under the enemy fort's ZoC becomes occupied by you (but not owned by you, which can only happen via later annexation), this will not exclude it from the enemy fort's ZoC. Enemy- native forts (forts on provinces the enemy already owns, not just occupied in war - e.g., forts in enemy provinces directly on your border) will not project their ZoC into provinces you already own. There's one exception to the 'enemy-owned' part: forts of yours that an enemy captures in war will extend the enemy's ZoC on not just enemy-owned provinces but also provinces that you own. Enemy forts will only project their zone of control (ZoC) onto enemy- owned provinces that are next to the fort province. First, only forts that are non-mothballed and level 2 or higher project a ZoC the enemy's capital with no fort buildings will not project a ZoC. It was last verified for version 1.28.įrom the point of view of each country, the land provinces of the world are divided in ZoC provinces and non-ZoC provinces. Please help with verifying or updating this section.

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