Defence Union cohesion
Collapse0-1
Every member loses its spirits, gets the collapse spirit for two years, and the faction empties.
Fractured1-25
Penalties for every member.
Untested25-60
Where the Union starts: an army on paper.
Integrated60-100
Bonuses: one army in all but name.
Founded at Cologne in 1999 under German leadership: Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, a faction with a standing joint force. Other EU members can be invited through the Defence Union's joint focus branch, at a cost in cohesion.
Cohesion (0-100, starts 40) decides the Union's spirit: 60 or more Integrated (bonuses), 25-59 Untested, 1-24 Fractured (penalties), and at 0 the Union collapses: every member is stripped of its spirits and the faction empties.
What moves it: a member leaving democracy (-15, then -2 a month), declaring a war (-15, or -50 on another member, then -1 a month in an offensive war), one member holding over 40% of the members' factories (-2 a month), a democratic leader at peace (+1 a month), and the Defence Union decisions: Fund the Joint Force, Joint Exercises, an Emergency Defence Summit, or the other way, Veto the Joint Budget and Demand National Opt-Outs.
After A Union in Arms the Union can never collapse: cohesion stops at 1. Members can still walk out on their own.