Group of 8
Basic Information
The Group of 8 is made up of the world’s leading industrial countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA and Russia). The head of the G8 countries meet each year to discuss global issues such as world poverty and security.
Sources
Bibliography
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Game and Story Use
- This is merely the latest incarnation of the council of Great Powers of earlier years - such conferences of leading nations are easily reproduced in almost any setting, whether a group of kings who meet for an annual festival or a formal summit of multi-planetary polities.
- The real action is likely to come from what happens around the summit - that many notables in one place is a tempting target, but equally there is liable to be all sorts of intriguing going on between retinues and what have you … and even the catering and entertainment is liable to be a big deal.
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