DOCTRINES

Three paths of governance and conviction. Choose at founding — the choice is permanent.

Rational

Efficient systems yield efficient civilisations. Knowledge is structure.

Strengths

Research progress: +15% per research investment
Trade volume: +10% when both trading factions follow the Rational doctrine

Vulnerabilities

No inherent military advantage
No protection against knowledge erosion

Epistemology: Empirical Governance: Council, Democratic

Covenant

Bonds endure where systems fail. Knowledge is preserved in collective memory.

Strengths

Full immunity to knowledge erosion — research progress never decays
Contest force: +10% when fighting non-Covenant factions

Vulnerabilities

Governance restriction: emergent governance types are incompatible

Epistemology: Dogmatic Governance: Autocratic, Consensus

Adaptive

Flexibility is strength. The civilisation that bends does not break.

Strengths

Governance proposals pass at 10% lower threshold
Research speed varies ±30% based on territorial diversity

Vulnerabilities

Schism threshold: tension triggers at 70 (vs 100 for other doctrines)
Research speed can decrease below baseline with low territory diversity

Epistemology: Emergent Governance: Emergent, Democratic

Coherence

Aligned epistemology-doctrine-governance reduces faction tension. Misalignment increases it.

Full alignment: -15% tension per epoch

Two mismatched: +10% tension per epoch

Full mismatch: +25% tension per epoch, schism threshold -10