Opinion: the game's focus and its name
War Era is essentially based on wars; its core platform is conflict between communities from different countries. From there emerge economics, diplomacy, and politics.
But perhaps its potential goes even further? Let's look at its main aspects:
The game's community maintains and fosters strong social interaction through Discord, allowing diplomacy to go beyond simple chat messages (which is what the game itself provides) and instead rely on complete documents, signatures, voice meetings, and complex agreements.
In politics, parties organize how they gain and maintain power through voting and leadership strategies, moving beyond a simple vote among a country's members, with the goal of keeping the nation in a competitive position throughout the game.
War Era's economy fluctuates according to alliances, wars, and peace—factors that already seem more complex than simply buying and selling, producing long-lasting effects (weeks and/or months).
I am convinced that War Era has enormous untapped potential in geopolitical aspects (after all, it is still in beta). In the real world, nuclear power has prevented certain threats and remains the primary tool of deterrence in politics, but in War Era that limit does not exist... the concept could be taken much further.
Perhaps a more geopolitical approach (and even a more geopolitical name) would allow us to fully exploit its true potential and everything that comes with global order. It could even provide a window into an optional world where the question "What if...?" could have answers, not just in a war theme.
What name would you change it to? (Pls don't use Peace Era lol).