[quote=@Sierra]
Bold move to ping me considering how scarce on RPG I've been ... but I eventually saw it so I'd say that strategy panned out well.

Now remind me, which game archetype (or typically combination thereof) best describes this? Writing game, Stats game, or Dice game? Is it masterful prose, meticulously kept stat sheets, or Lord RNGesus who will be deciding the fates of nations?
[/quote]Wonderful prose, though us narrative based roleplaying folks prefer to say the aim is to write an engaging collective story. 

Stats in the form of tech tree exist but may even disappear if it gets in the way of writing. It is more meant to display specializations and to give people a good idea where things are. Plus tech tree should add a sense of progression since the game ambitiously aims to stretch from interwar to early cold war era in terms of development.