Technology

Research centers, technology trees spanning half a century, and the bomb.

Research Centers

Research centers are the institutions that carry out research. Each one is a slot that runs one project at a time; the first is free, and every further center is a recurring charge on the budget that scales with the size of the economy.

Technology Trees

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Research is organized into six categories and sixteen trees holding about two hundred projects, from postwar electrification to late-century genetics and stealth. A project's cost and duration depend on the size of your economy, how far ahead of its time you attempt it, your research speed and your research partners.

Nuclear ProgramImplementedA bomb is a programme, not a technology. A country chooses a nuclear policy, researches the know-how, builds production complexes, a design bureau and a test site through national focuses, and becomes a nuclear power only with its first test. Its deterrent is then measured by the retaliation that would survive a first strike.