Association

An association is a team of players competing against the other associations. It has 25 member places, plus one extra place reserved for a newbie (career level 1).

Roles

• Chair: leads the association and represents it to other teams; accepts or refuses applications, appoints deputies, dismisses members, renames the association, sets friendly or rival relations, changes its home city, its profile description and its coat of arms.
• Deputy: appointed by the chair, takes on part of the administration.
• Member: the standard role, without special rights.
• Newbie: the extra place for a career level 1 player, who has the same rights as a member.

What an association brings

• Prestige ranking: associations compete for first place in the prestige ranking, which decides the server victory. An association's prestige equals 10% of the prestige earned by its members.
• Endgame: the prestige earned from transport during the endgame depends on the association's rank in the transport ranking.
• Workers: won at hourly auctions, they give every member a bonus for 24 hours.
• Relations: a friendly association cuts its waiting times by 25%; a rival association sees its waiting times rise by 50% at the industries where yours holds the majority.
• Station bonuses: members can collect each other's station bonuses (except bonus video rewards, which go to whoever watches the video).
• Headquarters: donations upgrade it and earn prestige.

Inactive chair

After 7 days of inactivity, the chair can be demoted from their profile: by a deputy, or by a member if there is no active deputy, but never by the newbie. The player who demotes becomes the new chair. Support never steps in on promotions or demotions.