国家集团

Power blocs represent international organizations, associations, and empires. Each power bloc has a central identity and a number of principles. It costs 500 to be the leader of a power bloc.

Central identities

Each power bloc can have one of five central identities. These represent the type of power bloc. Without the DLC, only the Trade League identity can be chosen for a new power bloc.

Identity	Leader effects	Member effects	Non-leader effects	Bloc effects
36px	+10% Trade route volume		+20% contribution to market owner	Is a customs union
36px	−5% Weekly liberty desire from subjects Can subjugate bloc members
36px	−10% Law enactment time Can impose Governance Principles law on bloc members Can impose Distribution of Power law on bloc members Can force regime change on bloc members		+30% Enactment success chance for laws the bloc leader has enacted
36px	+10%  Prestige from army and navy power projection May add a free wargoal when supporting another bloc member	+20% Training rate
36px	+25% investment pool contribution efficiency Can impose state religion on bloc members	+33%  Conversion +25% political strength

Principles

Principle slot conditions

Slot	Rank	Members
1	—	—	—
2	—	—
3	5th or better	5 or more
4	3rd or better	10 or more

Principles represent lesser aspects of a power bloc. Each central identity has two primary principles, with one primary principle restricted to that identity. A power bloc that does not have at least one primary principle for its central identity selected suffers a cohesion penalty.

If the DLC is enabled, up to four principles can be selected, with the third and fourth slots requiring both a high power bloc rank and certain number of members. Without the DLC, only one principle can be used. Once a slot is filled, it can continue to be used even if the unlocking conditions are later false.

Each principle has three tiers and enacting a principle requires a number of  mandates equal to the principle tier; upgrading a principle costs the difference in tiers. Up to three mandates can be stored for use, so it is possible to enact a tier three mandate immediately, or to upgrade it tier by tier. Principles can be changed out at any time, as long as the mandate cost can be paid.

Mandate progress

Non-leader member rank
Great power	+10
Major power	+5
Unrecognized major power	+2
Minor power	+2
Unrecognized regional power	+1

 Mandate progress is gained weekly based on the number and rank of non-leader members in a power bloc. Higher rank members give more mandate;  insignificant power insignificant and unrecognized powers do not give any mandate progress. The total is also multiplied by the current  cohesion level. Reaching 2000 progress grants the power bloc leader a new mandate to select, upgrade, or change a principle.

List of principles

Principle effects are cumulative, such that a tier 3 principle has the effects of tier 1 and tier 2 as well. The effects apply to all members unless otherwise specified. Without , only Internal Trade and External Trade can be selected or upgraded.

Tier 2 and 3 primary principles also give +10 and +20  cohesion, but only for a single principle; enacting both primary principles for a central identity does not provide additional cohesion benefit.

General principles

Principle	Tier	Effect
Advanced Research	I	+25% Institution size change speed for −10% cost of +5% Tech spread per level of Cannot enact  No Schools Bloc leader can impose Education System law on bloc members
	II	+15% Institution size change speed for (+40% total) −15% cost of (+25% total) −5% Ahead of time penalty per level of
	III	+10% Institution size change speed for (+50% total) −25% cost of (+50% total) +15 Max innovation investment per level of
Colonial Offices	I	+25% Institution size change speed for −10% cost of Cannot enact  No Colonial Affairs Bloc leader can impose Colonization law on bloc members
	II	+15% Institution size change speed for (+40% total) −15% cost of (+25% total) +.05 Colonial growth generation per level of
	III	+10% Institution size change speed for (+50% total) −25% cost of (+50% total) −5%  Infamy generation against unrecognized powers per level of
Construction	I	+10% State Construction Efficiency
	II	−75% usage for Construction sectors
	III	United Construction Conglomerate company unlocked
Food Standardization	I	+10% Agriculture throughput
	II	−10% Mortality
	III	+1 Standard of Living Unlocks  Efficient Canning Practices for  Food Industries
Foreign Investment	I	Increased leverage from economic dependence
	II	−50% Costs for Nationalization
	III	Foreign investment rights in power bloc member with lower rank
Freedom of Movement	I	+25% Migration quota
	II	+50% Mass migration attraction
	III	Allow migration within power bloc Unlocks  Increased Exchange for Arts Academy and University
Market Unification  Trade League	I	+10% Company throughput Bloc members cannot  embargo each other
	II	+20% Import and export tariffs on non-bloc member trade routes +10%
	III	+40% contribution to market owner Power bloc becomes a  customs union
Militarized Industry	I	+10% War Machine Industries throughput +10% Arms Industries throughput +10% Artillery Foundry throughput +10% Military Shipyards throughput
	II	−15% Military Goods Cost
	III	−33% Supply Route Cost Unlocks  Balloon Reconnaissance (mobilization option)
Police Coordination	I	+25% Institution size change speed for −10% cost of Cannot enact  No Police Bloc leader can impose Policing law on bloc members
	II	+15% Institution size change speed for (+40% total) −15% cost of (+25% total) −5% Political movement radicalism per level of
	III	+10% Institution size change speed for (+50% total) −25% cost of (+50% total) +50 per level of
Transportation Infrastructure	I	+33% per 100k population +33% Maximum infrastructure from population
	II	+20%
	III	+50 Land trade capacity Unlocks  Joint Steam Trains for Railway Unlocks  Joint Electric Trains for Railway Unlocks  Joint Diesel Trains for Railway

Central identity primary principles

Principle	Tier	Effect
Creative Legislature  Ideological Union primary	I	−33% Law enactment stall chance
	II	−33% Movement to Preserve support −33% Movement to Restore support
	III	+1 Maximum law enactment setbacks
Ideological Truth  Ideological Union only	I	−33 Popularity of  agitators in opposition −25%  Suppression cost −25%  Bolstering cost
	II	20% Party whip impact on ideological incoherence
	III	+25 Minimum
Defensive Cooperation  Military Treaty primary	I	Cannot start or join diplomatic plays against bloc members
	II	−50%  Maneuvers cost to sway bloc members in a defensive play
	III	Can use the Call Ally sway on bloc members in defensive plays
Aggressive Coordination  Military Treaty only	I	−30%  Maneuvers cost for wargoals in offensive plays
	II	−15% War exhaustion from casualties
	III	−10   Power bloc cohesion Can use the Call Ally sway on bloc members in all plays +15%  Infamy generation
Sacred Civics  Religious Convocation primary	I	Higher diplomatic proposal acceptance for countries with same religion
	II	Reduced liberty desire for same religion
	III	Impose same Church and State law on bloc members
Divine Economics  Religious Convocation only	I	+50% Devotee trade route competitiveness +50% Income transfer from heathen subjects
	II	Unlocks  Increased Clergy Oversight for Financial Districts and Manor Houses
	III	−25% s from SoL decreases in accepted religions +25% s from SoL in accepted religions
Vassalization  Sovereign Empire primary	I	+25 per subject
	II	+25% Income from subjects
	III	Can use decrees in subjects' states
Exploitation of Members  Sovereign Empire only	I	−5   Power bloc cohesion +20% Bloc leader −20% Non-leader bloc member
	II	−5   Power bloc cohesion (−10 total) +20% Bloc leader −20% Non-leader bloc member
	III	−10   Power bloc cohesion (−20 total) 5% Tax income transfer to power bloc leader
External Trade  Trade League primary	I	−25% Trade route cost −75% Trade route cost with bloc members +25% Trade route competitiveness
	II	Activates  Influential Trade Center PM for  Trade Centers
	III	Can establish trade routes without an interest
Internal Trade  Trade League only	I	+20% contribution to market owner +10% Company throughput
	II	+10% contribution to market owner (+30% total) +20% Import and export tariffs on non-bloc member trade routes +10%
	III	+10% contribution to market owner (+40% total) −25% Cost of port connections

Cohesion

 Cohesion is a value between 0 and 100 that represents how well a power bloc functions and is generally reduced by including more members. Each central identity has different factors that impact cohesion gain or loss. Each cohesion level applies various effects to the power bloc and its members and certain bloc leader actions require a high enough level of cohesion to use.

Level	Cohesion value	Effect
Fractured	0-19	−50%  Leverage generation −60%  Mandate progress
Divided	20-39	−20%  Leverage generation −30%  Mandate progress
Stable	40-59	−10%  Mandate progress
Controlled	60-79	+10%  Leverage generation +10%  Mandate progress
Orchestrated	80-100	+20%  Leverage generation +25%  Mandate progress

Leverage

 Leverage represents the amount of influence a bloc has over a given country. Each country has a pool of 1000 leverage that is divided between itself and all power blocs. A power bloc needs at least 200 more leverage than any other power bloc or the country in order to invite the country to the bloc.