🔰 Category 1: Manpower & Force Size

Core Purpose: Measures quantity, readiness, and scalability of human assets for sustained offense and territorial defense.

🔄 Factors & Doctrinal Relevance

• Active Military Personnel ✅✅——— Full-time troops; deterrence & rapid response. Weight: High
• Reserve Personnel —✅——— Long-war sustainment in invasion/protracted war. Weight: Moderate–High
• Paramilitary Forces —✅——✅ Border/internal security, rear-area defense. Weight: Moderate–High
• Mobilization Capability —✅✅—— Nationwide scale-up under duress. Weight: High
• Force Readiness ✅✅——— Availability, training, and alert posture. Weight: High
• Scalability & Retention —✅——— Sustain trained strength over long campaigns. Weight: Medium

🧠 War-Type Alignment Logic

• Defenders aren’t penalized for limited expeditionary manpower if they can mobilize and hold terrain.
• Offensive powers must show readiness and sustainability across theaters.
• Small states with deep reserves can outrank larger expeditionary forces in homeland defense scenarios.

🔰 Category 2: Weapons Systems & Destructive Power (Air & Land)

Core Purpose: Ability to inflict decisive effects across strategic, operational, and tactical levels—conventional and asymmetric.

🔄 Factors & Doctrinal Relevance

• Nuclear Warheads ——✅—— Ultimate deterrent credibility. Weight: Very High
• Hypersonic Missiles ✅——✅— Defense-evasive velocity for first-strike and A2/AD. Very High
• Precision-Guided Munitions ✅———— High lethality, reduced collateral. High
• Air Superiority Fighters ✅✅——— Controls airspace for joint ops. High
• Main Battle Tanks ✅———— Decisive in open terrain. Medium
• Self-Propelled Artillery ✅✅——— Mobile fires backbone. High
• Combat Drones (UCAVs) ✅———✅ Reach, persistence, attritable mass. High
• Strategic Bombers ✅—✅—— Long-range strike & signaling. Medium–High
• Tactical Fighter Aircraft ✅✅——— Multi-role effects. High
• Ballistic Missiles (Conv.) ✅——✅— Deep, time-sensitive strike. High
• Cruise Missiles ✅———— Terrain-following precision. High
• SAMs (Surface-to-Air) —✅——— Layered air denial. High
• ATGMs —✅——✅ Armor killers in complex terrain. High
• Rocket Artillery ✅———— Massed saturation fires. Medium

🧠 War-Type Alignment Logic

• Quality & employment > raw counts (e.g., drones, PGMs).
• Offensive powers must show cross-domain integration; defenders need denial.

🔰 Category 3: Naval Power

Core Purpose: Projection, sea denial, coastline security, and maritime influence—critical for islands, chokepoints, and expeditionary navies.

🔄 Factors & Doctrinal Relevance

• Aircraft Carriers ✅—✅—— Flagship power projection. Very High
• Submarines ✅✅✅✅— Sea denial, ISR, second-strike. High
• Destroyers ✅———— Blue-water area air defense & strike. Medium–High
• Frigates ✅✅——— ASW, escort, patrol. High
• Corvettes —✅——— Coastal defense. Medium
• Fast Attack Craft ———✅✅ Missile ambush, swarm tactics. Medium
• Coastal Defense Systems —✅—✅— Shore-based anti-ship missiles. High
• Mine Warfare Vessels —✅—✅— Chokepoint disruption. Medium
• Amphibious Assault Ships ✅———— Island/expeditionary operations. Medium–High
• Landing Ships (LSTs) ✅———— Tactical delivery ashore. Medium
• Patrol Vessels —✅——— EEZ control. Low–Medium
• Logistics Support Ships —✅✅—— Replenishment for sustained ops. Medium–High
• Sea Denial Capabilities —✅—✅— Anti-ship missiles, littoral traps. High
• Naval Mine Capabilities —✅—✅— Area denial and disruption. Medium

🧠 War-Type Alignment Logic

• Maritime denial states can rank high with small fleets if terrain + doctrine fit (see naval strength comparison).
• Expeditionary navies must prove reach via carriers, replenishment, and integration.
• Naval power matters most when scenarios require maritime dominance.

🔰 Category 4: Logistics & Supply Chain Resilience

Core Purpose: Sustain combat, mobilize resources, and outlast opponents.

🔄 Factors & Doctrinal Relevance

• Ammunition Stockpiles ✅✅——— Sustains long fighting. High
• Fuel Reserves ✅✅——— Maintains tempo. High
• Strategic Airlift & Tankers ✅———— Global reach & refuel. High
• Tactical Airlift & Helos ✅✅——— In-theater mobility. Medium–High
• Wartime Production Capacity ✅✅✅—— Replace losses at scale. Very High
• Industrial Ammo Base —✅✅—— Domestic resupply. High
• Infrastructure Resilience —✅✅—— Survives disruption. High
• Logistics Cyber Resilience —✅✅—— Defends supply chains. Medium–High
• Repair & Maintenance ✅✅——— Rapid recovery. Medium–High
• Merchant Marine Size ✅—✅—— Enables naval logistics. Medium–High
• Rail/Road Networks ✅✅——— Strategic mobility. High
• Surge Production Capability —✅✅—— Flexibility under pressure. Very High

🧠 War-Type Alignment Logic

• Defensive states score big on resilience, ammo depth, and surge industry.
• Offensive forces must prove global lift, refueling, and sustainment.
• Import-reliant states suffer in blockade/siege simulations.

🔰 Category 5: Command, Control & Leadership

Core Purpose: Plans, executes, and adapts under pressure—including doctrine, morale, and decision-making.

🔄 Factors & Doctrinal Relevance

• Strategic Leadership ✅✅✅—— High command quality. Very High
• C4ISR Systems ✅✅✅—— Awareness & control. Very High
• Electronic Warfare ✅✅—✅— Disrupts enemy systems. High
• Morale & Cohesion ✅✅——✅ Key in attritional wars. High
• Education & Training ✅✅——— Professionalization. High
• Warfighting Doctrine ✅✅✅—✅ Aligns force to threat. Very High
• Special Forces ✅———✅ Precision capabilities. Medium–High
• Leadership Continuity —✅——— Retains command under attack. Medium
• Civil-Military Coordination —✅——— Mobilization efficiency. High
• Crisis Management ✅✅✅—— Adaptability in war. Very High

🧠 War-Type Alignment Logic

• Offensive forces require real-time targeting and flexible control.
• Defenders are rewarded for cohesion and continuity in contact.
• Leadership quality routinely flips outcomes.

🔰 Category 6: Psychological & Civilian Resilience

Core Purpose: National morale, unity, and endurance in protracted conflict; crucial for defense and asymmetric wars.

🔄 Factors & Doctrinal Relevance

• Civilian Support & Morale —✅——✅ Endurance capacity. High–Very High
• National Willpower —✅✅—✅ Long-war endurance. Very High
• Destruction Tolerance —✅——— Survives bombardment. High
• Public Opinion Constraints ✅✅——— Political friction on war. Medium–High
• Civil Defense Programs —✅——— Bunkers, preparedness. Medium
• Media/Narrative Control —✅——✅ Wartime narrative shaping. Medium
• National Unity —✅——— Prevents fragmentation. High
• Psychological Warfare ✅———✅ Demoralization tools. Medium

🧠 War-Type Alignment Logic

• Defenders gain for unity and resilience under fire.
• Offensive states gain marginally unless facing long insurgencies.

🔰 Category 7: Alliances & Strategic Partnerships

Core Purpose: Leverage alliances, basing, tech transfer, and shared deterrence to amplify power.

🔄 Factors & Doctrinal Relevance

• Formal Alliances (e.g., NATO) ✅✅✅—— Collective defense. Very High
• Defense Treaties —✅✅—— Bilateral/multilateral guarantees. High
• Strategic Partnerships ✅✅——— Deep cooperation. Medium–High
• Foreign Tech Access ✅✅——— Capability lift. High
• Training Programs ✅✅——— Professionalization. Medium
• Foreign Base Access ✅—✅—— Power projection. High
• Policy Alignment —✅✅—— Reliability in crisis. Medium–High
• Intelligence Sharing ✅✅✅—— Improves awareness. Medium
• Joint Military Exercises ✅✅——— Operational familiarity. Medium–High

🧠 War-Type Alignment Logic

• Smaller nations can rank high with credible alliances.
• Offensive coalitions must sustain projection to count.

🔰 Category 8: Terrain & Geography

Core Purpose: How physical geography enhances or constrains effectiveness, especially in defense.

🔄 Factors & Doctrinal Relevance

• Homeland Terrain Defensibility —✅——— Mountains, rivers, cities. Very High
• Mountain Warfare Capability —✅——— High-altitude defense. High
• Coastal Defense Terrain —✅—✅— Archipelagos, cliffs. High
• Urban Warfare Preparedness —✅——— Dense environments slow invasions. Medium–High
• Desert Warfare Capability ✅———— Maneuver advantage. Medium
• Arctic Warfare Capability —✅✅—— High-latitude defense. Medium
• Jungle Warfare Capability —✅——— Hinders mechanized forces. Medium–High
• Border Length & Complexity ✅✅——— Forces dispersion & planning. Medium–High
• Strategic Chokepoint Defense ✅✅✅✅— Taiwan Strait, Hormuz, etc. Very High

🧠 War-Type Alignment Logic

• Defensive states with strong terrain (e.g., Iran, Vietnam) gain major bonuses.
• Offensive forces are penalized when required to cross harsh terrain.
• Strategic terrain control > total land area.

🔰 Category 9: Advanced Warfare Capabilities

Core Purpose: High-tech disruption—cyber, space, AI, EW—that can flip outcomes before conventional combat begins.

🔄 Factors & Doctrinal Relevance

• Drone Swarms ✅———✅ Saturation, ISR-strike. High
• Cyber Warfare ✅✅✅—✅ Non-kinetic disruption. Very High
• Anti-Satellite (ASAT) ✅—✅—— Target ISR/comm sats. High
• AI & Sensor Fusion ✅✅——— Targeting, ISR clarity. High–Very High
• Space Reconnaissance ✅✅✅—— Real-time awareness. Very High
• UUVs (Undersea) —✅—✅— Silent littoral assets. Medium–High
• Directed-Energy —✅✅—— Missile/drone defense. Medium
• Hypersonic Glide Vehicles ✅——✅— Defense evasion. Very High
• BMD Systems —✅✅—— ICBM/interceptor shield. High
• ECM/ELINT/SIGINT ✅✅—✅— Jamming & signals intel. High
• Stealth Technology ✅———— Survivability edge. High
• Network-Centric Warfare ✅✅——— Integrated domains. Very High
• Infra Cyber Resilience —✅✅—— Prevents collapse. Very High

🧠 War-Type Alignment Logic

• Offensive powers need cyber/space/ISR/stealth for first-strike dominance.
• Defensive states are judged by denial tech (BMD, EW, cyber shields).

🔰 Category 10: Strategic Doctrine & Force Orientation

Core Purpose: How a country intends to fight—not just what it has. Doctrine governs wartime use of every capability.

🔄 Factors & Doctrinal Relevance

• Declared Orientation ✅✅✅—✅ Stated posture & design. Very High
• Force Structure Alignment ✅✅✅—✅ Does capability match doctrine? Very High
• Strategic Objectives Clarity ✅✅✅—— Built to achieve specific ends. High

🧠 Doctrinal Types in MPR

• Pure Defensive — e.g., Switzerland, North Korea
• Defensive/Offensive — e.g., China, Iran
• Offensive/Defensive — e.g., France, Russia
• Expeditionary — e.g., United States, UK
• Asymmetric Deterrent — e.g., Vietnam, Israel

🔰 Category 11: War-Type Alignment Effectiveness

Core Purpose: Final multiplier adjusting all categories based on fitness for the likely war a nation would fight.

🧠 Core Principle

Nations are judged by scenario fitness. Perfectly aligned defensive doctrines get a boost; misaligned forces are penalized—even if gear lists look impressive.

🔄 Alignment Modifiers

• ✅ Perfect Alignment: ×1.20–1.25
• ⚠️ Partial Misalignment: ×0.85–0.90
• ❌ Critical Misalignment: ×0.70 or lower
• 🌀 Flexible Hybrid Doctrines: Scenario-dependent

🌍 Illustrative Simulation Scenarios

• Kaliningrad defense: layered denial advantages home defender.
• Tibet high-altitude operations: terrain/doctrine favor resident power.
• Strait of Hormuz: A2/AD complicates blue-water assault.
• Expeditionary vs insurgents (Sahel): matched doctrine favors expeditionary force.