Grievance and Demand

As part of the diplomacy, when an empire's choices create a situation that is deemed offensive or otherwise unacceptable by another, a Grievance will be generated for the other empire.

Grievances can be Renounced to maintain positive relations between two empires, or be pressed as a Demand, to request a compensation appropriate to the Grievance. Each ongoing Grievance will grant 5 War Desire; and if not doing anything with it, the Grievance will expire in 10 turns.

Demands, or pressed compensations for Grievances, are usually about transferring the control of a border territory, paying a sum of, changing a civic or state religion, join a war, etc. Demands can be accepted, refused/withdraw, or defused; an unsettled ongoing Demand will cause an embargo, suspending the trade between the empires. Refusing a Demand will grant 10 War Desire to the empire demanding it, and the empire can either withdraw the Demand, declare a war, or break the alliance. If both empires are having Demands to each other, a Defusal can be proposed, suggesting that both empires abandon their Demands and return to a stable diplomatic state.