Complex sentence: As such, the defence budget awarded by the game is an indicator of the policy intent of neighbouring countries; if they're peaceful, the budget will be small, if one or more countries is bent on war, the budget will be large.
Split into simpler sentences: As such, the defense budget awarded by the game is an indicator of the policy intent of neighbouring countries. If they are peaceful, the budget will be small; if one or more countries is bent on war, the budget will be large.