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Avindian

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How do I join the US SOI? As South Africa, shouldn't I automatically be part of it, even at game start?

Also, somewhat unconnected, but is the UN actually modeled in the game (like Security Council votes, etc.)?
 

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The political spheres in this game are very complicated matters. As a non-aligned nation, about the only thing you can do is always support anything the counties in you target sphere do and condem everything the other sphere does. It's a slow process, but it will inch you closer. Swaying influence as one of the Superpowers is a completely different matter as there are dozens of variables that have an affect on sphere from space-race progress to how much oil that sphere has in reserve.
 

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The political spheres in this game are very complicated matters. As a non-aligned nation, about the only thing you can do is always support anything the counties in you target sphere do and condem everything the other sphere does. It's a slow process, but it will inch you closer. Swaying influence as one of the Superpowers is a completely different matter as there are dozens of variables that have an affect on sphere from space-race progress to how much oil that sphere has in reserve.

Okay; I figured it would be something like that. Anything on my UN question?

I'd heard from previous posters that the US more or less fails every game in eight years; has that been fixed with this most recent update?