diff --git a/modules/ui/provinces-editor.js b/modules/ui/provinces-editor.js
index bc7b6379..b855ace2 100644
--- a/modules/ui/provinces-editor.js
+++ b/modules/ui/provinces-editor.js
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ function editProvinces() {
     states[0].diplomacy.push([`Independance declaration`, `${name} declared its independance from ${states[oldState].name}`]);
 
     // create new state
-    states.push({i:newState, name, diplomacy, provinces:[], color, expansionism:.5, capital:burg, type:"Generic", center, culture, military:[]});
+    states.push({i:newState, name, diplomacy, provinces:[], color, expansionism:.5, capital:burg, type:"Generic", center, culture, military:[], alert:1});
     BurgsAndStates.collectStatistics();
     BurgsAndStates.defineStateForms([newState]);
 
diff --git a/modules/ui/states-editor.js b/modules/ui/states-editor.js
index 92af1fbf..2fdbae71 100644
--- a/modules/ui/states-editor.js
+++ b/modules/ui/states-editor.js
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ function editStates() {
       cells.state[c] = newState;
       cells.province[c] = 0;
     });
-    states.push({i:newState, name, diplomacy, provinces:[], color, expansionism:.5, capital:burg, type:"Generic", center, culture, military:[]});
+    states.push({i:newState, name, diplomacy, provinces:[], color, expansionism:.5, capital:burg, type:"Generic", center, culture, military:[], alert:1});
     BurgsAndStates.collectStatistics();
     BurgsAndStates.defineStateForms([newState]);
     adjustProvinces([...new Set(affectedProvinces)]);