Poisonchocolate

The only thing I'm concerned about now is the possible conflicts that could arise in the future. Obviously, ESA is much more willing to back up their protection of the color sphere than the remaining Council; however, this means that there's definitely a possibility of disagreements revolving around events in which the ESA wishes to use force on an Alliance/nation that is a threat, but the Council is in opposition. In this situation, it's a 2-1 for the ESA, not a good situation. I can't think of any way around this, just putting my thoughts out there.

The way I see it, the purpose of the Citadel was to band together alliances so that they would be more powerful together. This was so that the participating alliances can ensure prosperity among themselves. A major part of that is keeping that white economic bonus (along with also protecting against exterior threats to the participating alliances). In order to do both of those things, there needs to be a strict policy. Having a policy open to too much interpretation defeats the purpose of the policy. Think of it as a hole in a sock. Once you open up one hole, it easily grows until anything can get through. Infinite exceptions can be made once they start being made. A zero-tolerance policy is, in most cases, the best. And specifically in the context of this issue... An alliance that is confronted diplomatically will still have a chance to simply leave the white color sphere. It's akin to a public property, except there's no trespassing penalty. Anyone can come in as long as they're a citizen but there are police to arrest anyone who isn't. Except this time, you get a chance to simply leave and have no punishment. Now, none of this is consequential because of the recent leaving of the Council by ESA, but I just want to state my opinion.

I think that the way this was handled was as well as it could have been, at least on the ESA's part. It takes a strong will to just back out like this, but it was the right thing to do. Even though mistakes were made, it was clear that the best outcome would be for ESA to simply pull out of the Council. There are no true friends in diplomacy, and it's silly to stay artificially attached for no reason. There are surely no grudges held against the other alliances involved, but we just had different ideas and ambitions.

Nation Name: Imperii Magna Nation Link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=13364

This is definitely a good idea, adds somewhat of a specialization system to the game.

This legislation should definitely also have an effect on your nation. For instance, creating a welfare program increases the average wealth, but also the tax rate. However, government expenses are then also higher. It should just be for show.

So. Hey. I guess I'll introduce myself. I'm originally from Nationstates which is a bit like P&W, albeit much less in-depth. I came here just be searching on google for nation simulation games. My interests in life are (in no particular order): Nuclear science, history, politics, military technology, modern and ancient tactics/strategy, archery, and Taekwondo. So yeah. There you go.