Coalitions

Coalitions are country-scoped alliances between national parties. They are still lighter than parties, but they are no longer just a nameplate plus invite list.

Core Purpose#

Coalitions currently serve two different roles:

• organizational alignment between member parties
• leadership-bloc aggregation in the US chamber-leadership context

They are not a full party merge, and they do not replace party identity.

Gameplay Effects#

US Chamber Leadership#

Coalitions aggregate member-party seats into a bloc for U.S. congressional leadership contexts.

• the largest bloc is the majority bloc
• the second-largest bloc is the minority bloc
• any member of any party in the bloc may participate in that bloc's leadership side

Everything Else#

Outside those leadership-bloc contexts, coalitions remain a lighter system.

They do not currently provide:

• treasury bonuses
• whip bonuses
• election bonuses
• general legislative vote overrides

Formation and Membership#

Formation#

• national party chairs can create coalitions
• a coalition is country-scoped
• the creator's party becomes the first member
• the creator becomes coalition chair

Membership#

Member parties can join through:

• chair-issued invites
• join requests

Leaving, kicking, succession, and disband votes all remain active parts of the system.

Priorities#

Coalitions now have a real Priorities system rather than a placeholder tab.

Priority Limits#

• up to 3 active priorities at once

Priority Types#

Current supported priority types:

• policy theme
• bill priority
• leadership goal

Visibility#

Each priority is either:

• public
• internal

Public priorities are visible to everyone on the coalition page. Internal priorities are intended for coalition members and admin-facing oversight.

Governance#

Coalition priorities use a party-vote model:

1. a coalition-side proposal is created
2. member-party chairs vote
3. the coalition adopts or rejects the proposal based on the member-party vote

This makes priorities a real coalition-governance layer instead of just a chair note field.

Cohesion#

Coalitions also expose a cohesion summary.

Current intended meaning:

• Strong
• Mixed
• Fractured
• Unaligned when there are no active priorities

Right now cohesion is primarily a health / alignment signal, not a major mechanical buff. It tells leadership whether coalition members are actually lining up behind the same agenda.

Disband Votes#

Disband votes remain a live coalition mechanic:

• initiated by member-party leadership
• 24-hour voting window
• one vote per member party
• resolved by turn processing once expired

Lifecycle and Cleanup#

Coalitions are meant to clean themselves up correctly when the world changes.

Current intended lifecycle behavior:

• leaving or kicking updates membership immediately
• chair succession follows seniority if the chair party exits
• empty coalitions are deleted
• game reset clears coalition records and clears stale coalitionId links from surviving default parties

UI#

Current coalition page tabs:

• Overview
• Parties
• Priorities
• Chair's Office (chair only)
• Admin (admin only)

Priorities is no longer a placeholder; it is part of the intended system.

Related Docs#

• parties.md
• npp-system.md