You are presented with a Dialog Box that gives you many options:

You'll just want to select “Start a War”. 
The other options let you:
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open an existing war file.
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create and edit maps and scenarios (registered versions only)
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find out more about Peace, Love and World Groovyness Ink and the game
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watch the computer play itself in a Self-Running Demo
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and quit back to the finder.