Learn the front. Lead the charge.

One turn arrives every 15 minutes, up to a reserve of 160. New countries start with 80. Spend up to 40 turns in a single economic order. Your country produces and consumes resources when you spend turns; it does not run its economy automatically while you are away.

Exploration yields 12 acres per turn. Construct up to 20 buildings per turn; each occupies one acre. Farms produce food, residences generate taxes, factories produce troops, labs unlock research, and military bases reduce upkeep. All turn-spending actions also run your economy.

Republics collect 20% more tax revenue. Technocracies produce 25% more research. Military juntas receive 15% more combat strength. Choose at founding; government and faction are permanent in this first campaign.

Verdant farms produce 20% more food. Dusk intelligence operations gain 20% strength. Ember factories produce 20% more troops. Factions are your national tradition; alliances are separate groups that players create and join.

Research yields three points per laboratory per turn. The bonus equals points divided by (acres × 20), up to 60%. Weapons improve combat, agriculture improves food, business improves taxes, and espionage improves scouting. Expanding your land dilutes your existing technology.

Intelligence costs one turn and requires at least 10 spies. Success compares spy density, your espionage research, and your faction bonus against 65% of the target’s spy density. Failure loses 5% of your spies. Successful intelligence is a snapshot, used by the planner for 30 minutes. Rival defenses can change after scouting.

Troops have 1 attack and 1 defense; jets have 6 attack and no defense; turrets have 6 defense and no attack; tanks have 12 attack and 10 defense. Multiply by weapons technology, government, and readiness. An attack wins only if its power exceeds defense. No random combat roll.

Both attacks cost two turns and require at least 40% readiness. Standard strikes capture 5% of land (leaving at least 200 acres), proportional buildings, and 4% of money and food. Supply raids capture 12% of money and food, without land. Successful attackers lose 6% of committed units; failed attackers lose 14%. Defenders lose up to 8% on a loss or 2.5% on a win, scaled down for weaker attackers. Attacks reduce readiness by 20 points after the two economic turns.

New countries receive 24 hours of protection. You may end it early from the war room, permanently. Both nations must leave protection for player combat. Targets must have between one-third and three times your net worth. You can attack each country twice per rolling 24 hours; a player can receive at most six attacks in that window. Offline attacks are allowed.

Neutral garrisons are clearly marked NPC countries. You can scout and attack them during protection. They do not play autonomously or refill after being attacked. The two-attacks-per-target limit still applies. They appear separately from player standings.

The quartermaster buys and sells immediately at fixed prices without turns; military resale is 65% of the buy price, rounded down. On the player exchange, listed goods leave your inventory and wait in reserve. Other players can buy any available quantity; payment goes directly to you. Cancel to recover unsold stock. No transaction fee.

Create an alliance or join an open one, up to 20 members. Members cannot attack one another and share a private dispatch board. If the founder leaves, leadership passes to the oldest remaining member. Empty alliances dissolve.

Net worth combines land (40/acre), buildings (80/each), cash (1/100), food (1/20), research (2/point), and military: troops 1, jets and turrets 5, tanks 12, spies 3. This founding world is persistent, with no scheduled reset or paid upgrades. Grow at your own pace.