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Government and stability

Forms of government, recognition and the stability they give.

Each country has a form of government taken from its constitution. It sets a stability bonus, how fast war wears the country down, and how much an offensive war costs at home.

GovernmentStabilityWar exhaustionOffensive war
Parliamentary republic+5×1.25-10
Semi-presidential republic+3×1.15-7
Constitutional monarchy+6×1.20-8
Directorial republic+8×1.30-15
Co-principality+8×1.30-15
Presidential republic0×1.00-4
Absolute monarchy+2×0.85-2
Islamic republic-2×0.90-2
Elective theocratic monarchy+10×1.00-20
Transitional government-15×1.00-5
One-party state+4×0.85-2
Military government-4×0.80-1
Islamic emirate-3×0.80-1

Recognition

  • UN member
  • UN observer state
  • Partially recognised
  • Recognised by one UN member
  • Unrecognised

De facto states – Northern Cyprus, Abkhazia, Transnistria, Somaliland, the Rapid Support Forces, Eastern Libya, Ansar Allah – are playable like any other country.

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