Ranking

Ranks
Ranking up unlocks the ability to buy different units, facilities, or perform more advanced actions in the world, as well as increases your hourly income. Ranking up requires sufficient experience, gained through performing actions in the world. Your current rank and experience bar are shown in the top left of your HUD.

Experience
Experience is gained in ways:

Training
Increasing your statistics (strength, intelligence, leadership, and communication) is the first method of gaining experience to be promoted out of the Private rank. Strength will give the most experience per hour, as well as increase the amount of experience you gain from other sources. Please note however, that once you reach the rank of Senator you will no longer gain experience so any strength gained will no longer be useful, requiring a fine balance of training stats to quickly rank up while also being effective.

Capturing Territory
Gaining control of countries is one of the easiest ways to passively gain experience. Once you have ranked up to Corporal you may buy infantry, which then gives you power to gain control. Every hour which you gain control of a country provides a large boost of experience. Note that a large enough force must be present to gain control of a country, based on the land size of the country (Approximately 1 assault infantry per 100km2).

Combat
Attacking and being attacked will provide experience. Optimally this would include doing more damage than that which is received. Being able to do swift attacks on a player without losing many units and simultaneously gaining control of a country is one of the best ways to quickly rank up.

Promotions
Once a President is elected, the President or Vice President may choose to give one player per day a promotion, granting a very large boost to experience.