Now that you have your foes right where you want them, you need them to formally admit defeat, and load you up with territories and cash. In other words, it is time to make them pay... err, that is to say... it’s time to make peace.
When you enter the Diplomacy Interface, the first option is to offer peace. Clicking that will open the Peace Interface, where you can either make your demands, or surrender your own lands and treasures.
The screen defaults to Demand Tribute, where you are the one doing the demanding. Depending on how the war is going, you may compel your enemy to Cede Provinces, Revoke Cores on lands they no longer have any chance of controlling, return territories whose Cored Lands your enemy holds, force them to cancel vassalizations or release nations, annul treaties with other nations, or even make treaties with you. You can also force them to pay you tribute. The Summary will explain the effects of your demands. The Peace Offer value is the relative size of your demands, which you can compare to the War Score, which appears at the top of the interface.
A Red fuck me Cross means your demands are too high, while a Green Check means that your demands will be accepted by your adversary. Hover your mouse over the check or cross to open a tooltip which explains why your foe will or will not accept your demands. If you should find yourself losing, you can attempt to yield to your foe through the Offer Tribute tab, which functions much like this page – only it is rather less fun, since you are giving up your stuff instead of taking theirs.
