Objectives & achievements
Two reward layers run in parallel: three per-game Objectives tailored to your nation at the start, and 14 permanent Achievements that persist to your account once unlocked.
How it works
At game start — right after ranks are computed — the Objectives system profiles your country (rank, per-capita GDP, nukes, province count, population, whether you can unify a divided nation) and assigns exactly three goals: one from tier 1 (comfortable), one from tier 2 (challenging) and one from tier 3 (ambitious). Each candidate goal has an availability gate so you never get a target you already meet (unless it's a 'hold to the end' maintenance goal). Picks are hashed from your ISO code so a given country tends toward a consistent, fitting set.
Objectives are checked every quarter; newly completed ones fire a notification and chronicle entry, and 'end-type' goals like surviving to the endgame are judged in the final settlement. Completing certain objectives also links straight into the permanent achievement system — for example finishing 'reach #1' grants the rank1 achievement, 'lead a bloc' grants blocleader, and reaching $30k+ per capita grants advanced.
The 14 permanent achievements (rank #1, top-2 by GDP, tech 40, pop 500, rich, conquer a province, hold a vassal, own nukes, empire of 50 provinces, five allies, top-3 superpower, unify a divided nation, advanced economy, bloc leader) are checked every tick against the player and granted idempotently — each unlocks once, is recorded to the account permanently and surfaced in the portal. Sandbox and auto-play runs are excluded from awarding, so only genuine games count.
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How to play
- ▸Read your three objectives at the start — they're matched to your nation's profile and point you toward a viable path to victory.
- ▸The tier-3 objective is the ambitious stretch; chase it only once the tier-1 and tier-2 goals are safely in hand.
- ▸Some objectives auto-unlock a permanent achievement, so completing them does double duty toward your account record.
- ▸Achievements won't register in sandbox or auto-play — play a genuine game if you want them permanently recorded.