Hello again! As part of our Q&A series, this week we're going through the questions you've asked about the Galactic Community. As expected, there were a lot of them, so we condensed a few similar questions together. While some of the Diplomacy related questions are answered here, we're compiling questions for the next Q&A in this thread.

Membership in the Galactic Community

Q: Will founding the galactic community be based on a bit more that just meeting half of the players? The real UN was very, very simply put the result of two world wars. It wouldn't make a lot of sense if there immediately was the diplomatic will to form this forum just by meeting a bunch of people. A: The event chain that initially attempts to form the Galactic Community begins once a non-genocial and non-gestalt empire has encountered at least half the galaxy, and at least three non-genocial empires agree to form the Community. If it fails to form, there will be additional opportunities later.
Q:Are we 'in' by default, or does we get a choice to join when GC is formed? A: You are given a choice whether or not you wish to join the Community. (This is also the case for empires that were not part of the initial founding but gain communications with a galactic community member.) Q: How do we get out? / Is leaving the galactic community a permanent decision? A: You can leave at any time by paying an Influence cost that scales with your Empire Sprawl.
As noted, you cannot rejoin for a period of twenty years, during which you have reduced Diplomatic Weight and an opinion penalty with Galactic Community Members. Q: If an empire leaves the galactic community to escape sanctions will other members get some casus belli against them? A: It depends on what Resolutions have passed. Usually, no. So this was a sneak peek from our Galactic Community Q&A, if you want to find out more have a read here!