HOI4 Triggers

Triggers are boolean conditions — used in limit / available / visible blocks. All 596 documented trigger commands:

A

add_to_temp_array — Adds an element to a temporary array
add_to_temp_variable — Adds a value, a variable, or a [math expression](script_math_expression.md) to a temporary variable.
advisor_can_be_fired — Return true if the character has an advisor role and they can be fired.
agency_upgrade_number — Checks the number of upgrade done in the intelligence agency.
ai_has_role_division — check if the ai controlled country has any fielded divisions for a specific role
ai_has_role_template — check if the ai controlled country has any template for a specific role
ai_irrationality — check the ai irrationality value
ai_liberate_desire — check what liberation desire the country has towards a specified country
ai_wants_divisions — Will compare towards the amount of divisions an ai wants to have.
all_active_scientist — Checks if all active scientists of the Country in scope matches the triggers.
all_allied_country — Check if all allied countries meet the trigger. Does not include the country itself. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_army_leader — Checks if All Army Leader of the Country in scope match the triggers.
all_character — check if all characters meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_claimant — Checks if the provided trigger is true for all countries that claims the state in scope.
all_collection_elements — Checks if the triggers are true for all of the elements in the collection.
all_controlled_state — check if all of the states controlled by the scope country meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_core_state — Check if all of the country core states for the scope meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_country — check if all countries meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_country_of — Checks if all of the provided countries fulfill the specified triggers.
all_country_with_original_tag — check if all country with current scope's original tag meets the trigger. Example:
all_enemy_country — check if all enemy countries meet the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_guaranteed_country — check if every country with current scoped country guarantees. Example:
all_military_industrial_organization — Checks if all Military Industrial Organisations of the Country in scope match the triggers.
all_navy_leader — Checks if all Navy Leaders of the Country in scope match the triggers.
all_neighbor_country — check if all neighbor countries meet the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_neighbor_state — check if all neighbor states meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_occupied_country — check if all occupied countries meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_of — Runs a loop on an array and check a trigger for each value, if any false returns false. otherwise returns true
all_of_scopes — Runs a loop on an array and check a trigger for each scope in it, if any false returns false. otherwise returns true
all_operative_leader — check if all operatives meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_other_country — check if all other countries meets the trigger. Excludes current country. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_owned_state — check if all owned states meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_purchase_contracts — Checks if all purchase contracts of the Country in scope matches the triggers.
all_scientists — Checks if all scientists of the Country in scope matches the triggers.
all_state — check if all states meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_subject_countries — check if all subject countries meet the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
all_unit_leader — Checks if all Unit Leaders of the Country in scope match the triggers.
alliance_naval_strength_ratio — Compares the estimated naval strength between the scope country, his allies and his enemies.
alliance_strength_ratio — Compares the estimated army strength between the scope country, his allies and his enemies.
always — always returns specified value
amount_manpower_in_deployment_queue — Checks for amount manpower currently in deploymentview. amount_manpower_in_training > 10
amount_research_slots — check number of research current research slots
amount_taken_ideas — has current country picked specified amount of ideas. Category and slots is optional.
and — all inside trigger must be true
any_active_scientist — Checks if at least one active scientist of the Country in scope matches the triggers.
any_allied_country — Check if any allied country meets the trigger. Does not include the country itself. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_army_leader — Checks if at least one Army Leader of the Country in scope matches the triggers.
any_character — check if any character meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_claim — check if there is a claim between a country and all others
any_collection_element — Checks if the triggers are true for any of the elements in the collection.
any_controlled_state — check if any of the states controlled by the scope country meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_core_state — Check if any of the country core states for scope meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_country — check if any country meets the trigger
any_country_division — check if any division meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_country_of — Checks if any of the provided countries fulfill the specified triggers.
any_country_with_core — check if any country with a core on the scoped state meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_country_with_original_tag — check if any country with current scope's original tag meets the trigger. Example:
any_country_with_original_tag_of — Checks if any country that has an original tag that matches any of the provided countries fulfill the specified triggers.
any_enemy_country — check if any enemy country meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_guaranteed_country — check if any country with current scoped country guarantees. Example:
any_home_area_neighbor_country — check if any neighbor country in the home area meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_military_industrial_organization — Checks if at least one Military Industrial Organisation of the Country in scope matches the triggers.
any_navy_leader — Checks if at least one Navy Leader of the Country in scope matches the triggers.
any_neighbor_country — check if any neighbor country meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_neighbor_state — check if any neighbor state meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_occupied_country — check if any any occupied meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_of — Runs a loop on an array and check a trigger for each value, if any true returns true. otherwise returns false
any_of_scopes — Runs a loop on an array and check a trigger for each scope in it, if any true returns true. otherwise returns false
any_operative_leader — check if any operatives meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_other_country — check if any other country meets the trigger. Excludes current country. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_other_country_of — Checks if any of the provided countries (except for the current country) fulfill the specified triggers.
any_other_country_with_original_tag_of — Checks if any country that has an original tag that matches any of the provided countries and isn't the current country fulfill the specifie…
any_owned_state — check if any owned state meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_province_building_level — In the current state, checks if any province within the specified limit has a building of the specified level.
any_purchase_contract — Checks if at least one Purchase contract of the Country in scope matches the triggers.
any_scientist — Checks if at least one scientist of the Country in scope matches the triggers.
any_state — check if any state meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_state_division — check if any division meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_state_in — check if any state in the given category meets the trigger.
any_state_of — Checks if any of the provided states fulfill the specified triggers.
any_subject_country — check if any subject country meets the trigger. tooltip=key can be defined to override title
any_unit_leader — Checks if at least one Unit Leader of the Country in scope matches the triggers.
any_war_score — compares the warscore of all wars in a country to see if any fullfills the comparison condition 0-100 - Example: any_war_score > 40
area — check state's strategic area id
armor — Check that average armor level of combatant is over a certain level
army_manpower_in_state — Checks for amount manpower currently the target state with option to specify a type.
attack_skill_level — Compares attack skill level of a unit leader.
average_stats — Compares the average stats for a unit leader.

B

building_count_trigger — Checks if the current scope has the specified amount of the specified building.
buyer — Check the buyer country. Example: buyer = GER

C

can_assign_supportive_scientist_to_faction — Checks if the faction from the country in scope has a free slot for a supportive scientist for the country with the specialization type
can_be_captured — can_be_captured = yes/no - Checks if the current character can be captured while deployed in a division
can_be_country_leader — Returns true if specified character has a least one country leader role.
can_build_railway — Checks if a railway can be built according to specifications. Example:
can_construct_building — Checks if the country (as ROOT) and state in scope can build a building in the state.
can_declare_war_on — checks if the country could potentially declare a war on the target ( according to game rules, relationship, etc... ). Example can_declare_w…
can_research — check if country can research technology
can_select_trait — check if leader can select a trait
career_profile_check_medal — Checks if the required medal is achieved and collected
career_profile_check_playthrough_ratio — Compares the ratio (first/second) of two playthrough values to a number
career_profile_check_playthrough_value — Compares a playthrough value to a number
career_profile_check_points — Compares a career points value to a number
career_profile_check_ratio — Compares the ratio (first/second) of two career profile values to a number
career_profile_check_ribbon — Checks if the required ribbon is achieved and collected
career_profile_check_value — Compares a career profile value to a number
career_profile_has_player_flag — Checks if the flag is set for the local player
career_profile_set_temp_playthrough_variable — Sets a temporary variable to a value or another variable
career_profile_set_temp_variable — Sets a temporary variable to a value or another variable
casualties — Check the amount of casualties a country has suffered in all of it's wars
casualties_inflicted_by — Checks the casualties infliced by the speficied country to the scopped country.
casualties_k — Check the amount of casualties in thousands a country has suffered in all of it's wars
check_expr — Evaluates a math expression and returns true when the result is non-zero.
check_variable — Compares a variable to a number or another variable
civilwar_target — civilwar target is ( for civil wars checks )
clamp_temp_variable — clamps a temp variable between two values/variables
clear_temp_array — Clears the contents of a temporary array
collection_contains — Checks if the provided collection contains all the provided elements. Possible types to check for are:
collection_size — Compares size of a collection to a value
command_power — Checks if available command power is more or less that specified value
command_power_daily — Checks if daily command power increase is more or less that specified value
compare_autonomy_progress_ratio — check if autonomy progress ratio is higher than value, example:
compare_autonomy_state — check if autonomy state is higher than other one, example:
compare_ideology_with_faction — Compares the ideology support of the country's ruling party for the ideology of the faction it wants to join
compare_intel_with — Compare the intel of the scoped country with the specified one:
compliance — Compares the current compliance level of a state to a value. Example: compliance > 50
compliance_speed — Compares the current compliance speed of a state to a value. Example: compliance_speed > 50
conscription_ratio — Checks conscription ratio of the country compared to target conscription ratio.
contract_contains_equipment — Check if contract contains equipment category, equipment archetype or equipment.
controls_province — check controller for province
controls_state — check controller for state(s)
convoy_threat — A trigger to check convoy threat for a country. Controlled by NAVAL_CONVOY_DANGER defines. Returns a value between 0 and 1. Example convoy_t…
core_compliance — Compares the core (average of all occupied states) compliance value of occupied_country_tag that is occuppied by the country in current scop…
core_resistance — Compares the core (average of all occupied states) resistance value of occupied_country_tag that is occuppied by the country in current scop…
count_in_collection — Checks the size of a given collection.
count_triggers — Returns true if the specified number of sub-triggers return true
country_exists — check if the specified country exist
current_conscription_amount — Checks the current conscription amount of the country.
custom_override_tooltip — An `AND` trigger that has an overridden custom tooltip.
custom_trigger_tooltip — Alias for [custom_override_tooltip](#custom_override_tooltip) trigger (see that trigger for more info). Kept for backward compatibility.

D

date — checks for a specific date
days_since_capitulated — Checks the number of days since the country last capitulated, even if it is no longer capitulated.
days_since_last_strategic_bombing — Checks the days since last strategic bombing.
deal_completion — Check value of purchase contract completion. Example: deal_completition < 0.6
debug_math_expr — Evaluates a math expression and writes the numeric result to the tooltip.
decryption_progress — checks decryption ratio against a country. Example:
defense_skill_level — Compares defense skill level of a unit leader.
difficulty — check if the difficulty is above or below specified value 0-2 (difficulty enum). Example: difficulty > 0 (above easy)
dig_in — check if we have digin level (lowest)
distance_to — check distance between two states
divide_temp_variable — Divides a temporary variable by a value, another variable, or a [math expression](script_math_expression.md).
division_has_battalion_in_template — checks if division template has the subunit type.
division_has_majority_template — checks if division template has majority of subunit type.
divisions_in_border_state — checks for amount of divisions in specified state owned by current country.
divisions_in_state — checks for amount of divisions in specified state owned by current country.

E

enemies_naval_strength_ratio — Compares the estimated navy strength between the scope country and all its enemies
enemies_strength_ratio — Compares the estimated army strength between the scope country and all its enemies
energy_ratio — energy_ratio > 0.8 - Compare current energy fulfilment to the factories, with 1 being 100% and 0 being 0%
estimated_intel_max_armor — Compares estimated max armor based on intel. Example: estimated_intel_max_armor = { tag = ITA value > 1 }
estimated_intel_max_piercing — Compares estimated max armor based on intel. Example: estimated_intel_max_piercing = { tag = ITA value > 1 }
exists — Check if the current country exist. The country of the scope you are in. Example: DEN = { exists = yes }

F

faction_goal_fulfillment — Checks fulfillment of a faction goal for the current country's faction
faction_influence_rank — Checks influence rank in the faction of the current country
faction_influence_ratio — Checks influence ratio of current country in the faction
faction_influence_score — Checks influence value of current country in the faction
faction_manifest_fulfillment — Checks manifest fulfillment value of current country's faction manifest
faction_power_projection — Checks power value of current country's faction projection
faction_upgrade_level — Checks the active faction member upgrade against the specified upgrade. works with >, <, =
fastest_unit — check if fastest unit of combatant is over this limit
fighting_army_strength_ratio — Compares the total army fighting strength between the scope country and the one set with 'tag'
find_highest_in_array — Runs a loop on for each element of an array, finds the highest value and stores result in temp variables
find_lowest_in_array — Runs a loop on for each element of an array, finds the lowest value and stores result in temp variables
focus_progress — checks focus progress example:
foreign_manpower — check the amount of foreign garrison manpower we have
free_building_slots — checks building for available construction levels
frontage_full — check if sides front is full or can get more reinforcements
fuel_ratio — Compares the fuel ratio to a variable.

G

game_rules_allow_achievements — Returns true if all of the active game rule options allow achievements.
garrison_manpower_need — check the amount of manpower needed by garrisons
get_highest_scored_country_temp — calculates the highest scored country that is defined in a country scorer and sets it to a variable. Example:
get_sorted_scored_countries_temp — calculates & sorts all countries in a country scorer and stores them and their scores in temp arrays. Example:
get_supply_vehicles_temp — sets a temp variable to the number of supply vehicles in stockpile or that are needed. example
gives_military_access_to — check if country gives military access to specified country

H

hardness — check lowest/highest hardness level on combatant
has_ability — does unit leader have the abilityCheck if a unit leader has the ability.
has_active_mission — check if country has an active mission with specified ID. has_active_mission = my_test_mission
has_active_resistance — returns true if state has an active resistance (above zero)
has_active_rule — Checks if the country's faction has a specific active rule
has_added_tension_amount — Compare if the country has added above or below the specified ammount of tension
has_advisor_role — has_advisor_role = 'character_slot_name' - Checks if the character in scope has an advisor role for the given slot
has_air_experience — Compares current country's air experience with right side value.
has_air_ledger — has_air_ledger = yes/no - Checks if the current character has an air ledger
has_allowed_idea_with_traits — Checks if country has allowed ideas with specific traits more than limit. Example:
has_annex_war_goal — Checks a country has annex war goal on another country
has_any_captured_general — Checks if any of the generals of the scoped country is captured by another country
has_any_custom_difficulty_setting — Returns true if the game has any custom difficulty on
has_any_general_captured_by — Checks if the scoped country has any unit leader captured by the target country
has_any_grand_doctrine — Checks if any grand doctrine is currently assigned to the given folder
has_any_license — Country has any active licenses
has_any_power_balance — checks if country has any active power balance
has_army_experience — Compares current country's army experience with right side value.
has_army_ledger — has_army_ledger = yes/no - Checks if the current character has an army ledger
has_army_manpower — checks for amount of manpower of selected type, additionally of a specified type
has_army_size — checks for amount of divisions, additionally of a specified type
has_artillery_ratio — Check that ratio of atrillery battalions in the composition of a side of combating troops are over a certain level.
has_attache — Has attaché from any other country
has_attache_from — Has attaché from specified country
has_autonomy_state — check if country currently has an autonomy state, example:
has_available_idea_with_traits — Checks if country has available ideas with specific traits more than limit. Example:
has_bombing_war_support — check value of bombing malus to war support 0-1: Example has_bombing_war_support < 0.1
has_border_war — Checks if a there is any border wars for country/state
has_border_war_between — Checks if a there is a border war between two states
has_border_war_with — Checks if a there is a border against a state/country
has_breakthrough_points — Checks if the country in scope has enough breakthroughs within a given specialization.
has_built — checks country has built a set number (at least) of a certain type of building since taking goal
has_capitulated — checks if the country has capitulated
has_captured_operative — Checks if a country has a captured an operative ( supports scoped variables )
has_carrier_airwings_in_own_combat — Check if carrier has airplanes that are part of the current combat
has_carrier_airwings_on_mission — check if side has a career with air wings on a mission
has_casualties_war_support — check value of casualties malus to war support 0-1: Example has_casualties_war_support < 0.1
has_cavalry_ratio — Check that ratio of cavalry battalions in the composition of a side of combating troops are over a certain level.
has_character — Returns true if scoped country has character.
has_character_flag — has a character flag been setCheck flag val date set and days since set.
has_civil_war — check if participant in civil war as revolter or target
has_collaboration — checks the collaboration in a target country with our currently scoped country. Example:
has_combat_modifier — check if combatant has modifier
has_completed_custom_achievement — Return true if the input achievement is found in currently loaded mods, and if this achievement has been completed (either in current game o…
has_completed_faction_goal — Checks if the country's faction has successfully completed a goal
has_completed_focus — has country completed focus
has_completed_goal — Checks if the country was a member of a faction when a specific goal was completed.
has_completed_subdoctrine — Checks if the current country has ever completed the specified subdoctrine (even if it was later switched out).
has_completed_track — Checks if the given subdoctrine track has been completed
has_contested_owner — Checks if a state has the specified country as a contested owner.
has_convoys_war_support — check value of convoys sunk malus to war support 0-1: Example has_convoys_war_support < 0.1
has_core_occupation_modifier — has an occupation modifier that applies to average resistance/compliance
has_cosmetic_tag — Checks if country has specific cosmetic tag set.
has_country_custom_difficulty_setting — Returns true if the game has any custom difficulty on the scope nation
has_country_flag — has country flag been set.Check flag val date set and days since set.
has_country_leader — check if country has leader with specified ID. Don't localize this. Tooltip only for debug.
has_country_leader_ideology — Checks the Ideology of the active country leader
has_country_leader_with_trait — check if current country leader has specified trait.
has_custom_difficulty_setting — Returns true if the game has the specified custom difficulty on:
has_damaged_buildings — check for damaged buildings of nation
has_decision — check if country has active selected decision
has_defensive_war — is country at defensive war
has_defensive_war_with — One country has defensive war against other country.
has_deployed_air_force_size — checks for amount of aircrafts, additionally of a specified type
has_design_based_on — check if country has a buildable non-obsolete design based on an archetype
has_dlc — Checks if player has a DLC.
has_doctrine — Checks if the given grand doctrine or subdoctrine is currently active for the country.
has_done_agency_upgrade — has country done this intelligence agency upgrade (to its highest level)
has_dynamic_modifier — Checks if scope has a dynamic modifier.
has_elections — Checks the country's politics on allowing elections. has_elections = yes
has_enemy_naval_control — Checks if any enemy has enough naval dominance to assert control in certain strategic region.
has_enough_influence_for_leadership — Checks if the current country has enough political influence to become faction leader
has_equipment — checks for amount of equipment stored
has_event_target — checks if current scope or global scope has the specified event target saved
has_facility_specialization — Checks if the country in scope has a facility with specialization.
has_faction_goal — Checks if the country's faction has an active or completed goal
has_faction_military_unlocked — Whether the faction has unlocked the military operations
has_faction_research_unlocked — Whether the faction has unlocked the research
has_faction_template — Checks if the current country is in a faction with a template
has_finished_collecting_for_operation — checks if finished collecting of resources for an operation.
has_flanked_opponent — check if side has flanked their opponent
has_focus_tree — Does current country have the specified focus tree.
has_fuel — check amount of fuel
has_full_control_of_state — check controller for state(s)
has_game_rule — Checks if a game rule is set to a particular option.
has_global_flag — has global flag been set.Check flag val date set and days since set.
has_government — does country government (ruling party) belong to ideology group
has_guaranteed — check if country has guaranteed specified country
has_id — check unit leader has specified ID. Don't localize this. Tooltip only for debug.
has_idea — check if country has idea
has_idea_with_trait — check if country has idea with specified trait
has_ideology — has_ideology = stalinism - Checks if the current character has a country leader role matching the sub-ideology
has_ideology_group — has_ideology_group = communism - Checks if the current character has a country leader role matching the ideology group
has_industry_to_become_leader — Checks if the current country exceeds the faction leader in number of factories
has_intelligence_agency — has country created an Intelligence Agency
has_legitimacy — Check scope country legitimacy 0-100: Example has_legitimacy < 60
has_license — Country has specific active license
has_manpower — check amount of manpower
has_manpower_for_recruit_change_to — check if manpower is enough to switch recruitment laws not to be negative
has_manpower_to_become_leader — Checks if the current country exceeds the current faction leader and its subjects in deployed manpower
has_market_access_with — Check if the country has market access with another country. Example: has_market_access_with = GER
has_mastery — Checks if any track of the given type has at least X mastery.
has_mastery_level — Checks if the country has reached the specified number of mastery levels (rewards) for the given subdoctrine
has_max_planning — check if side has maximal planning bonus
has_military_access_to — check country has military access to specified country
has_military_industrial_organization — Checks if the Country in scope has a Military Industrial Organisation matching the input token.
has_mined — Checks the mines planted by the country of the parent scope on the coastline of the target countryE.g. true if Germany has more than 1000 mi…
has_mines — Checks if a region has amount of mines.
has_mio_equipment_type — Checks if the Military Industrial Organisation in scope has the input equipment type.
has_mio_flag — Check if flag has been set within the military industrial organization in scope.
has_mio_number_of_completed_traits — Make comparaison on the number of unlocked traits of the military industrial organization in the scope.
has_mio_policy — Checks if the Military Industrial Organisation in scope has an allowed policy matching the input token.
has_mio_policy_active — Checks if the Military Industrial Organisation in scope has an allowed matching the input token, which is currently attached to the MIO.
has_mio_research_category — Checks if the Military Industrial Organisation in scope has the input research category.
has_mio_size — Make comparaison on the size of the military industrial organization in the scope.
has_mio_trait — Checks if the Military Industrial Organisation in scope has a trait matching the input token.
has_nationality — Checks whether the operative has the specified nationality.
has_naval_control — Checks if friendly nations and country scope together has enough naval dominance to assert control in strategic region.
has_naval_invasion_against_state — Check if the scoped country has a naval invasion against the specified state.
has_navy_experience — Compares current country's navy experience with right side value.
has_navy_ledger — has_navy_ledger = yes/no - Checks if the current character has a navy ledger
has_navy_size — Checks for amount of ships, additionally of a specified type, archetype, or sub unit definition.
has_non_aggression_pact_with — Check if country has non aggression pact with the specified country
has_occupation_modifier — compares occupied country that creates resistance to a tag. Example: has_occupation_modifier = modifier_name
has_offensive_war — is country at offensive war
has_offensive_war_with — One country has offensive war against other country.
has_offensive_war_without_friend — is country at offensive war without specific ally present
has_officer_name — checks if division has an officer with the provided name key.
has_operation_token — Checks if a country has a specific token against another country
has_opinion — check what opinion the country has towards a specified country
has_opinion_modifier — check if a country has the opinion modifier
has_political_power — check amount of political power
has_power_balance — checks if power balance is active for country
has_power_balance_modifier — checks if the power balance has a modifier added to it
has_project_flag — Check if flag has been set within the special project in scope.
has_railway_connection — Checks for an existing rail connection. Uses same params as can_build_railway. Example:
has_railway_level — Checks if a state contains a railway at or above the specified level. Example:
has_relation_modifier — Country has specified relation modifier when dealing with _target_ county
has_reserves — check if side has reserves waiting
has_resistance — returns true if state has a resistance
has_resources_amount — checks for amount of resources in state
has_resources_in_collection — Checks for amount of resources in a given collection.
has_resources_in_country — checks for amount of resources in country (the balance by default)
has_resources_rights — Checks for resources rights in state.Warning! this always returns false if the state has no resource.
has_rule — Checks if a rule set for a country.
has_scientist_level — Checks if the scientist of the character in scope matches the skill level condition for a specialization. Supports < > = operators.
has_scientist_specialization — Checks if the country in scope has a scientist with a skill level of at least 1 in specialization.
has_shine_effect_on_focus — Check if country has shine effect on focus (either manually achieved or by being worked on).
has_stability — check value of stability 0-1: Example has_stability < 0.6
has_start_date — Compare the initial start date of current game.
has_state_category — Check if state has a specific state category
has_state_flag — has state flag been setCheck flag val date set and days since set.
has_subdoctrine_in_track — Checks if any subdoctrine is currently assigned to (any instance of) the given track
has_subject — Checks if the country has for subject the given country
has_tactic — Check if the given tactic is unlocked (or active by default) for the country.
has_tech — check if country has technology
has_tech_bonus — checks if the country has a bonus for the specified technology or category
has_template — Check if country has a division template of specific name
has_template_ai_majority_unit — check if country has a division template that is majority of specific unit using AI's priorities rather than visual
has_template_containing_unit — check if country has a division template that contains a specific unit
has_template_majority_unit — check if country has a division template that is majority of specific unit
has_terrain — Checks if a country has any province of the specified terrain type.
has_trait — check if sides leader has trait
has_truce_with — has_truce_with = yes/no - Checks if the country has truce with the specified country
has_unit_leader — check if country has unit leader with specified ID. Don't localize this. Tooltip only for debug.
has_unit_leader_flag — This trigger is deprecated in favor of has_character_flag (which does the same)has a character flag been setCheck flag val date set and days…
has_unit_type — Check if the combatant has at least one of the provided unit types.
has_variable — Checks if a variable exists in a scope
has_volunteers_amount_from — Compares number of volunteers from the country. Example: has_volunteers_amount_from = { tag = ITA count > 1 }
has_war — is country at war
has_war_support — check value of war_support 0-1: Example has_war_support < 0.6
has_war_together_with — Are the countries fighting on the same side of a war
has_war_with — is countries at war
has_war_with_major — is country at war with a major
has_war_with_wargoal_against — Checks if country has a war started with a wargoal against the target.
has_wargoal_against — Checks if country has a wargoal against the target.
hidden_trigger — A hidden trigger, that will not be displayed in the tooltip.

I

ic_ratio — Compares the ratio of total industrial capacity between the scope country and the one set with 'tag'
ideology_support_trigger — Checks if the current scope has the specified ideology above the specified amount.
if — if_, CIfTrigger, A conditional trigger
impassable — checks if a state is impassable
intel_level_over — Compare the absolute, percentage based, intel level the scoped country has over
is_active_decryption_bonuses_enabled — checks if the country activated their active cipher decryption bonuses. Example is_active_decryption_bonuses_enabled = GER
is_active_scientist — Checks if the scientist of the character in scope is assigned to a project
is_advisor — is_advisor = yes/no - Checks if the current character is an advisor
is_ai — Checks if country is AI controlled.
is_air_chief — _is_air_chief = yes/no - Checks if the character in scope is hired as an air chief
is_ally_with — checks if a country is ally with another country. will check if two countries are same/in same faction/has subject master relation
is_amphibious_invasion — check if combat is at night
is_army_chief — is_army_chief = yes/no - Checks if the character in scope is hired as an army chief
is_army_leader — is_army_leader = yes/no - Checks if the current character is a army leader
is_assigned — is_assigned = yes/no - Checks if the current unit leader is assigned to command an army/navy
is_attacker — check if attacker side in combat
is_border_conflict — checks if a state is in border conflict
is_border_war — Checks if a the combatant or leader has a border war
is_capital — Is scope state a capital. 169 = { is_capital = yes }
is_character — Checks whether the character in scope matches the character in input
is_character_slot — alias of has_advisor_role
is_claimed_by — Checks if state is claimed by country
is_coastal — check if state is coastal
is_controlled_by — check if state is controlled by
is_core_of — Checks if state is core of country
is_corps_commander — is_corps_commander = yes/no - Checks if the current character is a corps commander
is_country_leader — is_country_leader = yes/no - Checks if the current character is a country leader
is_cryptology_department_active — has country an active cryptology department
is_debug — returns true if game is in debug mode (launched with -debug argument)
is_decrypting — checks if is currently decrypting a cipher. Example is_decrypting = GER
is_defender — check if defender side in combat
is_demilitarized_zone — checks if a state is a demilitarized zone
is_dynamic_country — returns true if the country is a dynamic country (tag is D01-D50)
is_embargoed_by — check if embargoed by specified country
is_embargoing — check if country is embargoing specified country
is_exile_host — Checks if scope country is hosting an exile. is_exile_host = yes
is_exiled_in — Checks if scope country is a government in exile in target tag. is_exiled_in = ENG
is_exiled_leader — Checks if scope leader is from an exiled government. is_exiled_leader = yes
is_exiled_leader_from — Checks if scope leader is from specified exiled government. is_exiled_leader_from = FRA
is_faction_leader — check if country leads a faction
is_female — checks if scoped unit leader, ace or country is female
is_field_marshal — is_field_marshal = yes/no - Checks if the current unit leader is a field marshall
is_fighting_air_units — check if side is fighting air units
is_fighting_in_terrain — check what terrain is in combat
is_fighting_in_weather — Checks the weather on a combat
is_fully_controlled_by — Checks if state is fully controlled by specified tag
is_fully_decrypted — checks if fully decrypted a cipher. Example is_fully_decrypted = GER
is_general_captured — Checks if the scoped unit leader (general) is captured (by any country)
is_government_in_exile — Checks if scope country an exiled government. is_government_in_exile = yes
is_guaranteed_by — check if guaranteed by specified country
is_high_command — _is_high_command_ = yes/no - Checks if the character in scope is hired as high command
is_hired_as_advisor — is_hired_as_advisor = yes/no - Checks if the current character has at least one advisor role for which they are hired
is_historical_focus_on — check if the historical focus is active
is_hosting_exile — Checks if scope country is hosting target tag as an exile. is_hosting_exile = FRA
is_in_array — Checks if an element is in array
is_in_faction — check if member of any faction
is_in_faction_with — check if member of same faction as specified country
is_in_home_area — Checks if the first province in the state is connected to the capital of its owner
is_in_peace_conference — Checks if the country is currently in a peaceconference
is_in_state — Checks if the character is in a specific state.
is_in_tech_sharing_group — Checks if country is member specified technology sharing group.
is_ironman — Check if current game is ironman.
is_island_state — return true if the state is composed exclusively of one-province-islands.
is_justifying_wargoal_against — Checks if country is justifying a wargoal against the target.
is_leader_visible — Checks if the leader is visible to its owner (is_visible trigger in the leader's script)
is_leading_army — is_leading_army = yes/no - Checks if the current unit leader is leading a single army (not army group)
is_leading_army_group — is_leading_army_group = yes/no - Checks if the current unit leader is leading an army group (not single army)
is_leading_army_in_province — is_leading_army_in_province = province_id # checks if the current unit leader is leading an army that has any division in a specific provinc…
is_leading_volunteer_group — is_leading_volunteer_group = FRA
is_leading_volunteer_group_with_original_country — is_leading_volunteer_group_with_original_country = FRA
is_lend_leasing — is lend-leasing country
is_licensing_any_to — Current country is licensing something to target country
is_licensing_to — Country is licensing specific equipment to target. License is active
is_major — check if country is a major
is_military_industrial_organization — Checks if the Military Industrial Organisation in scope matches the input token
is_mio_assigned_to_task — Checks if the Military Industrial Organisation in scope is assigned to at least 1 task.
is_mio_available — Checks if the available AND visible triggers in the Military Industrial Organisation in scope return true.
is_mio_trait_available — Checks if the Military Industrial Organisation in scope has a trait matching the input token, which is also available.
is_mio_trait_completed — Checks if the Military Industrial Organisation in scope has a trait matching the input token, which is also completed.
is_mio_visible — Checks if the visible trigger in the Military Industrial Organisation in scope returns true.
is_navy_chief — _is_navy_chief_ = yes/no - Checks if the character in scope is hired as a navy chief
is_navy_leader — is_navy_leader = yes/no - Checks if the current character is a navy leader
is_neighbor_of — check if neighbor ( controlled territory ) with specified country
is_on_continent — is state located on continent
is_on_same_continent_as — Checks if the scope state is on the same continent as the given state.
is_one_state_island — return true if the state is a one-state-island.
is_operation_type — checks the type of operation
is_operative — is_operative = yes/no - Checks if the current character is an operative
is_operative_captured — Checks whether the operative has the matching captured status
is_owned_and_controlled_by — check if state is owned by
is_owned_by — check if state is owned by
is_owner_neighbor_of — check if neighbor ( owned territory ) with specified country
is_political_advisor — is_political_advisor = yes/no - Checks if the character in scope is hired as a political advisor
is_power_balance_in_range — checks if current value power balance is within a certain range
is_power_balance_side_active — checks if specified side is currently active
is_preparing_operation — checks if preparing a specific operation.
is_promoted_from_unit — Checks if a unit leader was promoted from a unit (division or ship).
is_puppet — Checks if the country is puppet of any other country
is_puppet_of — Checks if the country is puppet of specified country
is_researching_technology — Checks if the country is currently researching a specific technology.
is_running_operation — checks if running a specific operation. operation can be ommitted to check for any operation
is_scientist_injured — Checks if the scientist of the character in scope is injured
is_special_project_being_researched — Checks if the country in scope is currently researching the special project in input.
is_special_project_completed — Checks if the country in scope has completed the special project in input.
is_spymaster — check if country is Spy Master
is_staging_coup — is_staging_coup = yes - Returns true if current country is staging a coup in another any country.
is_subject — Checks if the country is subject of any other country
is_subject_of — Checks if the country is subject of specified country
is_target_of_coup — is_target_of_coup = yes - Returns true if current country is being targeted by a coup from any country.
is_theorist — is_theorist = yes/no - Checks if the character in scope is hired as a theorist
is_tutorial — check if the tutorial is active
is_unit_leader — is_unit_leader = yes/no - Checks if the current character is a unit leader
is_unit_template_reserves — returns true if this unit's template has the reserves priority
is_winning — check if defender side in combat

L

land_doctrine_level — checks researched land doctrine level
less_combat_width_than_opponent — check if side has more combat width than their opponent
log — Print message to game.log - Can be localized
logistics_skill_level — Compares logistics skill level of a unit leader.
longest_war_length — Check number of months the country has been at war

M

manpower_per_military_factory — Number of available manpower per factory the country has. Excluding dockyards.
meta_trigger — meta triggers can be used for building triggers from strings and running them. following example will test if Germany has 42 pp:
min_planning — check if side has maximal planning bonus
mine_threat — A trigger to check how dangerous enemy mines are for a country. Controlled by NAVAL_MINE_DANGER defines. Returns a value between 0 and 1. Ex…
modulo_temp_variable — modulos a temp variable with another. Example:
multiply_temp_variable — Multiplies a temporary variable by a value, another variable, or a [math expression](script_math_expression.md).

N

naval_strength_comparison — Compares navies of two sides.
naval_strength_ratio — Compares the estimated navy strength between the scope country and the one set with 'tag'
network_national_coverage — checks network national coverage you have over a country. Example:
network_strength — checks network strength you have in a country. Examples:
night — check if combat is at night
non_damaged_building_level — check if a state has enough non damaged buildings
not — negates content of trigger
not_already_hired_except_as — not_already_hired_except_as = <slot> - For characters with several advisor roles, checks if the current character is already assigned in ano…
num_battalions_in_states — Checks number of battalions in states (optionally filtering on battalion types). Using a custom tooltip is highly recommended since the defa…
num_divisions — Will compare towards the amount of divisions a country has control over, if strength matters use has_army_size.
num_divisions_in_states — Checks number of divisions in states (optionally filtering on majority division types). Using a custom tooltip is highly recommended since t…
num_faction_members — Compares the number of members in the faction for the current country.
num_fake_intel_divisions — Will compare towards the amount of fake intel divisions a country has control over. .
num_finished_operations — Compares number of completed operations.
num_free_operative_slots — Checks the number of operative a country can recruit right now.
num_nukes_being_dropped — total number of nukes that are currently ready to be dropped
num_nukes_left_to_drop — number of nukes left to drop during this game tick (only useful in-between nuke drops, like in on_nuke_drop on-action, for example)
num_occupied_states — check the number of states occupied by nation
num_of_available_civilian_factories — check amount of available civilian factories
num_of_available_military_factories — check amount of available military factories
num_of_available_naval_factories — check amount of available naval factories
num_of_career_profile_points — check amount of gained career points
num_of_civilian_factories — check amount of civilian factories
num_of_civilian_factories_available_for_projects — check amount of civilian factories available for a new project to use
num_of_controlled_factories — check the number of factories in controlled states excluding any gained or lost through trade, relations, modifiers etc.
num_of_controlled_states — check amount of controlled stats
num_of_factories — Check amount of available factories (excluding temporary sources like trade and lend-lease)
num_of_military_factories — check amount of military factories
num_of_naval_factories — check amount of naval factories
num_of_nukes — check amount of nukes
num_of_operatives — Checks the number of operatives the country controls
num_of_owned_factories — check the number of factories in owned states excluding any gained or lost through trade, relations, modifiers etc.
num_of_supply_nodes — check amount of supply nodes
num_operative_slots — Checks the number of available operative slots a country has.
num_owned_neighbour_states — Checks if a country owns the amount of states neighbouring the scoped state
num_planes_stationed_in_regions — Will compare the number of planes which have bases in the specified regions. Supports < > =
num_researched_technologies — Number of researched technologies
num_subjects — check the number of subjects of nation
num_tech_sharing_groups — checks how many groups a nation is a member of
num_units — Check number of units commanded by the unit leader

O

occupation_law — Checks the occupation law for an occupied country, occupied state, or the default occupation law of an occupying country.
occupied_country_tag — compares occupied country that creates resistance to a tag. Example: occupied_country_tag = ITA
operative_leader_mission — Checks whether the operative is performing the given mission:
operative_leader_operation — Checks whether the operative is performing the given operation:
or — at least one entry inside trigger must be true
original_research_slots — check number of research slots at start of game
original_tag — original tag is ( for civil wars checks )
owns_any_state_of — Check if the country owns any of the states in the list.
owns_state — check owner for state(s)

P

pc_current_score — Checks country's total peace conference score. Only usable if the country is on the winning side.
pc_does_state_stack_demilitarized — Checks if state got demilitarized stacked on it in the peace conference.
pc_does_state_stack_dismantled — Checks if state got dismantled stacked on it in the peace conference.
pc_is_forced_government — Checks if country has had their government force-changed in the peace conference.
pc_is_forced_government_by — Checks if country has had their government force-changed by a certain country in the peace conference.
pc_is_forced_government_to — Checks if country has had their government force-changed to a certain ideology in the peace conference.
pc_is_liberated — Checks if country has been liberated in the peace conference.
pc_is_loser — Checks if country is a loser in the peace conference.
pc_is_on_same_side_as — Checks if country is on same side (winning or losing side) as another country in the peace conference.
pc_is_on_winning_side — Checks if country is on the winning side in the peace conference.
pc_is_puppeted — Checks if country is a puppet, or has been released as a puppet in the peace conference.
pc_is_puppeted_by — Checks if country is a puppet of a certain country, or has been released as a puppet by a certain country in the peace conference.
pc_is_state_claimed — Check if state is claimed (and uncontested) in conferenceExample:
pc_is_state_claimed_and_taken_by — Check if state is claimed with a take_states action in conference for TAG
pc_is_state_claimed_by — Check if state is claimed in conference by TAG
pc_is_state_outside_influence_for_winner — Check if state is outside valid influence range for winner TAG in the current peace conference
pc_is_winner — Checks if country is a winner in the peace conference.
pc_total_score — Checks country's total peace conference score. Only usable if the country is on the winning side.
pc_turn — Checks turn number in PC.
phase — check if we are in this combat phase
planning_skill_level — Compares planning skill level of a unit leader.
political_power_daily — Checks if daily political power increase is more or less that specified value
political_power_growth — Check the value of political power daily growth.Exacmple: political_power_growth > 0
power_balance_daily_change — compares current total daily change of a power balance
power_balance_value — compares current value of a power balance
power_balance_weekly_change — compares current total weekly change of a power balance
print_variables — prints all variables in scope and temp variables to a file
province_vp — Check if the victory points of the combatants province is larger or less than the provinded amount.

R

received_expeditionary_forces — Checks that the country in scope has received the specified amount of expeditionary forces from the specified country
recon_advantage — checks if side has an advantage in recon level
region — check state's strategic area id
remove_from_temp_array — Removes an element from a temporary array using value or index
reserves — check amount of reserves
resistance — Compares the current resistance level of a state to a value. Example: resistance > 50
resistance_speed — Compares the current resistance speed of a state to a value. Example: resistance_speed > 50
resistance_target — Compares the target resistance level of a state to a value. Example: resistance_target > 50
resize_temp_array — Resizes a temp array
resource_count_trigger — Checks if the current scope has the specified amount of the specified resource.
round_temp_variable — Rounds a temporary variable

S

scope_exists — Check if the current scope exist.
seller — Check the seller country. Example: seller = GER
set_temp_variable — Sets a temporary variable to a value, another variable, or a [math expression](script_math_expression.md).
set_temp_variable_to_random — sets a temp variable to a random value. example
ships_in_area — checks for amount of ships in specified area
ships_in_state_ports — checks for amount of ships in specified state's ports.
skill — compare leader skill levels
skill_advantage — compare leader skill levels
state — check state id
state_and_terrain_strategic_value — Checks for state strategic value
state_population — check the population in the state
state_population_k — check the population in the state in thousands (use to avoid variable overflows)
state_strategic_value — Checks for state strategic value
stockpile_ratio — Compares the ratio of equipment archetype in stockpile vs used. a value of 2 means we have double in stockpile of what is fielded or in trai…
strength_ratio — Compares the estimated army strength between the scope country and the one set with 'tag'
subtract_from_temp_variable — Subtracts a value, a variable, or a [math expression](script_math_expression.md) from a temporary variable.
surrender_progress — check if a country is close to surrendering

T

tag — country tag trigger
target_conscription_amount — Checks the target conscription amount of the country.
temperature — check combat province temperature
threat — check the global threat value (world tension). 0-1 value

U

unit_organization — Check scope unit organization status 0-1: Example unit_organization < 1
unit_strength — Check scope unit strength status 0-1: Example unit_strength < 1

W

war_length_with — Check number of months the country has been at war with X for Y months.