Federation

*This article is about the "Federations" mechanics. For the DLC, see Federations (DLC).*

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This article has been verified for the current PC version (3.10) of the game.

Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Relations

Galactic community

**Federation**

A **Federation** is a supranational union of two or more spacefaring empires who sacrifice variable amounts of economic and political autonomy in exchange for unique mutual benefits. Federation members automatically defend each other in war as they would in a Defense Pact, but must agree to offensive wars as a group and have a unique system of Experience, Tiers, and Laws that differentiate Federations from other types of Diplomatic Pacts. Members also gain more general diplomatic benefits with each other to allows the Federation to act as a unit on the Galactic stage - members do not generate border friction amongst themselves, build trust with each other to a cap of **+100** and share 10% of their victory score with each other. Players can set a name for their federation at creation or leave it random; the name can be changed at any time. If the union map view is toggled on, all Federation members share the same color.

A federation can only be created by one of four ways: an empire that adopts the  The Federation tradition from the Diplomacy tree may create a Federation with another empire, an empire that has an origin that starts them in a federation, a revolt against the  Galactic Imperium, or during the late game "War in Heaven," the strongest empire in the galaxy will get an event to create a League of Non Aligned powers, even if that strongest empire doesn't have  The Federation. An invited empire must have a positive acceptance score with an existing federation member for said member to vote for their addition. Hovering over the diplomatic choice will show which empires agree and disagree.

Members of a federation have their  energy output reduced by **−15%**. This tax doesn't apply to  energy generated from trade.

When a member leaves or is kicked from a federation it gains a  Truce with the federation.

Leaving a federation will grant a decaying  **−200** opinion with all federation members.

## Federation types

The federation type represents the founding ideals and wider goals of a Federation and its members, and determines what perks the federation provides at each level. The federation type can be changed at any time with a vote by clicking on the federation type icon. Changing the federation type, however, resets the federation level to 1.

The Galactic Union federation type is available by default, and all other federation types are only available with the  Federations DLC and require the founding member to possess either a certain Tradition Tree Finisher or a particular ethic, authority, or civic.  Barbaric Despoilers empires can only create a Martial Alliance or Hegemony.

### Joint operations

Once 60 years pass, if a federation has reached at least level 2 and is at peace, its president may be offered the choice to start a joint project with the other federation members. The joint project lasts 10 years and requires each member to individually complete a special project.

#### Ephemeral Puzzle

 Galactic Union and  Research Cooperative federations have the objective of studying a space aurora. Each member is given a choice to start a special project above its capital starbase that requires a science ship with a level 2 or higher scientist and requires  200 physics research. Completing the special projects brings a choice to free or trap the cloud; either choice progress the project, but affects which final outcome is received. The joint operation ends after 3 years, or completes when every participating member finishes the special project.

* If all participating members freed the cloud, the federation gains  **+30** cohesion, and all federation members gain  **+10%** physics and  **+5%** society research for 10 years.
* If all participating members trapped the cloud, the federation gains  **+20** cohesion, and all federation members gain  **+10%** physics research,  **−5%** happiness, and  **−20%** immigration pull for 4 years.
* If some participating members trapped the cloud and some freed it, all federation members gain  **+10%** physics research for 6 years.

If the project was not completed, it can happen again after 20 years.

#### A Celebration of Unity and Leadership

 Hegemony federations have the objective of building a monument. Members that agree gain a temporary  **+100** opinion with the president, while those that refuse gain  **−150** opinion with the president. Members which cannot access the president's capital system are not considered. If more than half of the members refuse, the federation loses  **100** cohesion and the president loses  **50** influence. If at least half of the members agree, all members that agreed are issued a special project above the president's capital which requires a construction ship and takes a year to complete, while the president is issued a special project to give up to two members **+35%** attraction towards the president's ethics for 20 years, which requires a science ship and takes 6 months to complete. Any member that finishes the special project gains a temporary  **+50** opinion with the president. Once all member special projects are finished, the joint operation is completed.

* If all members agreed and completed the special project, the federation gains  **+100** cohesion and **1000** experience and the president gains the  *Federation Monument* planetary feature on their capital ( **+0.5**).
* If more members completed the project than didn't or refused, the federation gains  **+50** cohesion and **500** experience and the president gains a lesser version of the  *Federation Monument* planetary feature on their capital ( **+0.25**).
* If at least two members completed the project, but more didn't or refused, the federation gains  **+25** cohesion and **250** experience.
* If no members completed the project, the federation loses  **−50** cohesion and the president loses  **50** influence.

If the monument is not completed (the president didn't gain the planetary feature), the project can happen again after 50 years, but only for a different president. A current project will be canceled if the federation president changes.

#### Joint Military Exercises

 Martial Alliance federations have a federation-wide fleet exercise as their objective. Members that agree gain a temporary  **+50** opinion with the president while those that refuse gain  **−50** opinion with the president. If more than half of the members refuse, the federation loses  **100** cohesion and the president loses  **50** influence. If at least half of the members agree, the president and all members that agreed are given a location in the Situation Log which they must reach with a fleet of at least 15 ships within 6 years. Once each member reaches the location, a hostile fleet of 5-9 ships appears for each participating member and must be defeated within 30 days. Once the fleets are defeated or not, the joint operation is completed. Members succeed if they complete the project and destroy the hostile fleet before 30 days pass; they fail otherwise. Members who refused to participate also count as failing.

* If all members succeeded, the federation gains  **+100** cohesion and **1000** experience and all members gain  **+15%** fire rate for 25 years.
* If more members succeeded than failed, the federation gains  **+50** cohesion and **500** experience and all participating members gain  **+15%** fire rate for 25 years.
* If more members failed than succeeded, the federation loses  **−25** cohesion and all participating members gain  **−15%** fire rate for 25 years.
* If no members succeeded, the federation loses  **−50** cohesion and all participating members gain  **−15%** fire rate for 25 years.

This joint operation can be repeated once every 50 years.

#### Logistics Remodelling

 Trade League federations have the objective of creating a shipping standard. Within two years, each member must generate at least  50 trade value in an owned system. Members that fail gain  **−10%** trade value until the project is complete. Members that succeed gain  **+5%** consumer goods and  **−10%** trade value, or only **−5%** if the system's Starbase has an  Offworld Trading Company building, and are issued a special project on the system's Starbase that requires a construction ship. Once each member completes the special project, all modifiers are removed and the project is completed. The joint operation also ends if 15 years pass before all members complete their projects.

* If all members participated, each member gains the Fully Streamlined Logistics permanent empire modifier.
* If not all members participated, each member that participated gains the Streamlined Logistics permanent empire modifier.
* If no members participated, the federation loses  **−50** cohesion.

#### Federation Ecumenical Council

 Holy Covenant federations have the objective of creating a unified dogma. Within the next 300 days each members will receive two events where they have an arrogant option (gain  Influence and/or  Unity or not pay anything) and a humble option (receive no reward or pay  Influence and/or  Energy). Each member is also given the option to assign a leader to the project for 300 days. Accepting counts as a humble option while refusing counts as an arrogant option.

* If the number of humble choices was greater than the number of arrogant choices, each member will gain **+20%**  Unity from Jobs for 20 years and the federation will gain **+3** Monthly Federation XP for 20 years.
* If the number of humble choices was equal to the number of arrogant choices, each member will gain **+10%**  Unity from Jobs for 10 years and the federation will gain **+3** Monthly Federation XP for 10 years.

 Gestalt Consciousness empires cannot take part in the project and will not receive any rewards. This joint operation can be repeated once every 50 years.

## Federation Cohesion

 Cohesion is a measure of how unified a federation is and ranges from **+100** to **−100**. It has the following effects:

* Each 10 points of cohesion above **0** adds **+1** XP per month to a federation, up to **+10** at  **+100** cohesion.
* Each 10 points of cohesion below **0** adds **−1** XP per month to a federation, up to **−10** at  **−100** cohesion.
* Each 4 points of cohesion above **0** adds **+1** acceptance for changing federation laws.
* Each 4 points of cohesion below **0** adds **−1** acceptance for changing federation laws.
* Cohesion below **90** reduces the acceptance for increasing the Centralization Law by **−50**.

The following incur **immediate**  cohesion penalties:

* **−100** whenever a member joins or leaves the federation, including when an empire  integrates a subject that was also a member.
* **−50** whenever the federation type changes
* **−10** whenever the federation Centralization Law changes
* **−5** whenever any other federation law changes
* **−10** whenever a failed vote occurs

The following incur **monthly**  cohesion penalties:

* **−0.25** for each member of the federation
* **−0.15** multiplied by the number of different ethics, minus 3 (*moderate and fanatic ethics of the same type will count as different ethics*)
* **−0.5** for each opposed ethics (*Two opposing fanatics, or any combination with only a single fanatic will only count for one set of opposed ethics. Normal and fanatic on one side, and fanatic or normal and fanatic on the other will count for two.*)

Cohesion can only be increased by assigning an  Official to the federation. Each leader level increases cohesion each month by **+1**. AI empires will always assign an  Official to the federation.

If a federation loses the experience required for a level and fails to raise it above the required limit within 90 days, the federation level will downgrade and remove all perks from the previously held level. A federation's experience is capped at .

## Federation Fleet

Federations that have their Fleet Contribution law set to anything other than *None* feature a joint fleet, controlled by the current federation president, in addition to the forces of the separate member empires. Federation fleets cost no maintenance and use the federation fleet capacity, which every member contributes to based on the Fleet Contribution law, up to 600. The fleets cannot exceed this cap. The  Entente Coordination tradition doubles the naval capacity contribution of the members that adopt it while not reducing their own further. The command limit of federation fleets is increased by the non repeatable technologies of federation members (repeatable technologies, civics, traditions and ascension perks are not taken into account) but somewhat can be surpassed???

The president designs the federation fleet ships via a special  ship designer available in the federation menu and may use any technology available to any member empire. Regular ship designs cannot be used to build federation ships. The president's empire is responsible for commanding the federation fleets. Federation law determines whether any member of the federation or only the president's empire can build ships for the federation fleet. Any AI federation member's research of a component-unlocking technology will auto-update the default federation designs, but not any player-created ones, adding theirs to the list instead. Since their designs are considered newer, if you update your federation fleets at this time, your fleet will become their design, which can be undesirable.

If a federation is disbanded, so is the federation fleet.

The federation fleet has its own Titan limit, which does not affect the number of Titans its members can construct individually.

The federation can include one Juggernaut regardless of whether any member empire has one of their own.

## Federation laws

Federation laws dictate how the federation operates and customize certain aspects of a federation. Any federation member can propose a law change. Hovering over any law will list the federation members that will support or oppose it. A failed vote adds  **−10** cohesion.

### Federation Centralization

Federation Centralization determines what Federation laws are available and is limited by the current federation level. Raising centralization will incur increasingly higher costs to cohesion. Enacting any option adds  **−10** cohesion.

### Fleet Contribution

The Fleet Contribution law determines how much  naval capacity is transferred from federation members to the federation fleet. The availability of this law is heavily affected by the federation type. Enacting any option other than *None* adds  **−5** cohesion.

#### Federation Fleet Construction

The Federation Fleet Construction law determines who can build ships for the federation fleet.

### Succession Type

The Succession Type law determines how the next federation president is chosen once their term is up. Enacting any option other than *Rotation* adds  **−5** cohesion.

#### Succession Power

If the Succession Type law is set to *Strongest*, then this law will define what criteria is used to determine which empire is "the strongest". This category is not visible with any other succession type. Enacting any option adds  **−5** cohesion.

#### Challenges

If the Succession Type law is set to *Challenge*, then this law will define what the challenge for the choosing the next president will be. This category is not visible with any other succession type. Empires that do not meet the challenge requirements will be forced to drop out from the competition.

### Succession Term

The Succession Term law determines the length of the federation president's term and thus how often the president changes. This law cannot be changed if any federation member is at war.

 **Status Change** | Succession happens when a member surpasses the president by 25%Only available with *Strongest* succession

### Other federation laws

Without the  Federations DLC, the following categories only have a single available option. Enacting any option, except in the *Can Subjects Join* category, adds  **−5** cohesion.