HIST 302 Diplomacy Teams: Spring 2013

Location abbreviations
Province Province Type Abbreviation Ruler/Lord/Lady/Duke/Duchess/Cardinal/Bishop
Adriatic Sea Water Adr adriatic  
Aegean Sea Water Aeg aegean  
Albania Land Alb  
Ankara Home supply center
(Turkey: EASTERN EMPIRE)		 Ank Matt A.
Apulia Land Apu Joseph A.
Armenia Land Arm Caroline B.
Baltic Sea Water Bal baltic  
Barents Sea Water Bar barents  
Belgium Supply center Bel  
Berlin Home supply center
(Germany: VANDALS)		 Ber Ian D.
Black Sea Water Bla black  
Bohemia Land Boh Natasha D.
Brest Home supply center
(France: GAUL)		 Bre Kelsey D.
Budapest Home supply center
(Austria-Hungary: VISIGOTHS)		 Bud Melissa D.
Bulgaria Supply center Bul  
Burgundy Land Bur Shannon F.
Clyde Land Cly Stephanie F.
Constantinople Home supply center
(Turkey: EASTERN EMPIRE)		 Con Kristin F.
Denmark Supply center Den  
Eastern Mediterranean Water Eas emed east eastern eastmed ems eme  
Edinburgh Home supply center
(England: ROMANO-BRITISH)		 Edi Sydney G.
English Channel Water Eng english channel ech  
Finland Land Fin  
Galicia Land Gal Royston G.
Gascony Land Gas Suha H.
Greece Supply center Gre  
Gulf of Lyon Water GoL lyo gulfofl lyon  
Gulf of Bothnia Water Bot gob both gulfofb bothnia  
Helgoland Bight Water Hel helgoland  
Holland Supply center Hol  
Ionian Sea Water Ion ionian  
Ireland (impassable) Land Ire  
Irish Sea Water Iri irish  
Kiel Home supply center
(Germany: VANDALS)		 Kie Mitch L.
Liverpool Home supply center
(England: ROMANO-BRITISH)		 Lvp livp lpl Ted L.
Livonia Land Lvn livo lvo lva Sarah G.
London Home supply center
(England: ROMANO-BRITISH)		 Lon David P.
Marseilles Home supply center
(France: GAUL)		 Mar mars David A.
Mid-Atlantic Ocean Water Mid mao midatlanticocean midatlantic mat  
Moscow Home supply center
(Russia: HUNS)		 Mos Edvin M.
Munich Home supply center
(Germany: VANDALS)		 Mun Nathanael M.
Naples Home supply center
(Italy: WESTERN EMPIRE)		 Nap napoli Leah M.
North Atlantic Ocean Water NAt nao  
North Africa Land NAf nora  
North Sea Water Nth norsea nts  
Norway Supply center Nwy nor norw  
Norwegian Sea Water Nrg nwg norwsea norwegian  
Paris Home supply center
(France: GAUL)		 Par Josef L.
Picardy Land Pic Sydney H.
Piedmont Land Pie piemonte Amy P.
Portugal Supply center Por  
Prussia Land Pru Sidsel R.
Rome Home supply center
(Italy: WESTERN EMPIRE)		 Rom roma Patrick L.
Ruhr Land Ruh Ajay E.
Rumania Supply center Rum  
Serbia Supply center Ser  
Sevastopol Home supply center
(Russia: HUNS)		 Sev sevastapol Veronica R.
Silesia Land Sil Megan R.
Skagerrak Water Ska  
Smyrna Home supply center
(Turkey: EASTERN EMPIRE)		 Smy Brittany S.
Spain Supply center Spa  
St Petersburg Home supply center
(Russia: HUNS)		 StP Alessandra O.
Sweden Supply center Swe  
Switzerland (impassable) Land Swi switz  
Syria Land Syr Joseph B.
Trieste Home supply center
(Austria-Hungary: VISIGOTHS)		 Tri Jonny S.-H.
Tunis Supply center Tun tunisia  
Tuscany Land Tus Alec G.
Tyrolia Land Tyr tyl trl Erin L.
Tyrrhenian Sea Water Tyn tys tyrr tyrrhenian tyh  
Ukraine Land Ukr Michelle K.
Venice Home supply center
(Italy: WESTERN EMPIRE)		 Ven venizia Marcus V. N.
Vienna Home supply center
(Austria-Hungary: VISIGOTHS)		 Vie Sarah V. N.
Wales Land Wal Adam V. N.
Warsaw Home supply center
(Russia: HUNS)		 War Leanne W.
Western Mediterranean Water Wes wmed west western westmed wms wme  
Yorkshire Land Yor york yonkers Catherine S.
Table originally published here

Despite having a rather formal structure to writing orders, there are a number of shortcuts and abbreviations that have come about over the years.  Below, I'll list some of the more common variations on order writing.  At the end of the day, the important thing is that the orders are human readable, so bear that in mind when writing them.  Remember: you can never have more than one unit in a tile at a time!

Order abbreviations
Standard formAbbreviationsExamples
Hold
  • Unit Location HOLD
  • U Loc H
  • Loc H
  • Unit Location
  • A Ruhr H
  • Ruhr H
  • Army Ruhr
Move
(Attack)
  • Unit Location → New Location
  •  
  • Unit Location MOVE New Location
  • U Loc - New
  •  
  • U Loc M New
  • A Paris - Picardy
  • A Par - Pic
  • F Lon M English Channel
Support
  • Unit Location SUPPORT Unit 2 Location 2 → New Loaction
  • U Loc S U2 Loc2 - New
  • A Greece S F Bul SC H
Convoy
  • Fleet Location CONVOY Army Location 2 → Next Location
  • F Loc C Loc2 - Next
  • F Ion C Tunis - Greece
Note: Because only one unit may be in any given tile at a time, it is always acceptable to simply reference a unit by geographical location (you don't need which type).