International Organizations
The UN, NATO, the Warsaw Pact, the World Bank as real institutions
NATO, the Warsaw Pact, the UN, and the World Bank aren't scripted alliances — they're standing institutions with real membership, benefits for belonging, and an agenda only their leader gets to steer. Joining an alliance organization makes every member an ally of every other member automatically.
How it works
Membership is a real decision
Joining or leaving an organization is a choice — yours or the AI's — gated by whether you're actually eligible, and a leader can expel a member outright. If a member stops meeting the requirements to belong, it's dropped automatically. Leadership is fixed by the scenario and only changes through a specific historical event — and the leader is always a member country, never a named person.
An organization doesn't have to exist from the start. The Warsaw Pact, for one, doesn't exist in 1949 at all — it's formed by the Soviet Union only after NATO actually admits West Germany.
How it works
What membership actually gets you
While you're a member, an organization's active benefits apply directly to your country — boosts to growth, political capital, research speed, or manpower, depending on the organization. NATO membership, for instance, makes every member an ally of every other member automatically — no separate alliance needs to be negotiated once you're in.
How it works
A shared agenda, one hand on the wheel
Each organization runs its own focus tree, using the same kind of tree you'd use for your own country — but only the leader can actually advance it, and the leader pays the cost. Every member can see the tree and where it's headed; only one country is actually steering it.