@hbg-gw-enthusiast I agree with you, negative victory points don’t really make sense any way since a surrendered nation doesn’t score points so that would be strange that a nation that didn’t surrender would score less than a nation that has surrendered.
I have a question regarding the negative points: what about KMT and CCP? Rules 3.3 says “nations” so does it apply to minor powers too? If it applies to them to does that mean they get victory points removed as soon as they are at war with Japan since Japan controls Formosa and all of Manchuria? I would say Hong-Kong doesn’t really matter since the rules says “enemy-possessed”.
So, does it apply to all the home country territories even the one you don’t have at the start of the game?
Or does it apply only to the territories you have at the beginning of the game?
Or it simply doesn’t apply to CCP and KMT?