Rules are:

1) That there 3 official teams, team leaders being England, Russia, and Germany.

2) That the other four players may apply in private to be included on the team. If the team leader agrees, he will announce in global chat that the applicant is now on the team. The applicant will confirm. If he denies, he is not a member of the team.

3) That, if a team leader is about to be eliminated, the team internally elects a new team member and the old team leader declares him on global. The other team members then confirm. If any deny, it does not go through. However if consensus cannot be reached and the old team leader is eliminated, it automatically defaults to the team member with the most SCs at the time of the old team leader's defeat.

4) That, when having joined a team, members cannot leave until one full year after their joining. (i.e., If France joins with England in Fall 1901, he must remain on England's team THROUGH Fall 1902, only on the Spring 1902 turn can he now be hostile toward England.)

5) That obligations of team membership include:
a) Never supporting the moves or holds of units outside the team unless those units belong to an independent, undeclared power.
b) Never moving against a team member in hostility (Never taking his SCs and never attacking his positions)
c) Taking part in all team votes, and not obstructing team efforts in any way, including by not moving. If a dispute has occurred, it can only manifest itself once the team member is legally able to leave the team
d) Never passing any information to other players outside the team that the team members did not authorize being passed

6) That any of the above obligations can be circumvented if all team members agree that it was acceptable on global chat after the move has occurred. Team members MUST make certain that such moves are acceptable to their team mates BEFORE such moves occur, and if they are not they MUST NOT make the moves. This will be enforced on the honor system.

7) That victory is declared when only one team remains, and that all members of said team are obliged to draw the game immediately following the defeat of the last non-team member.

8) That, after the one year period of mandatory team membership has expired, the team leader may eject any team member from the team at his or her discretion, for any reason.