Types of Factions

Legal Factions

A legal faction is a group formed by players to achieve a specific goal or purpose which is not considered illegal or in violation of state or city laws, to provide a specific service to citizens or customers within the socio-political system they serve under. For instance, examples of legal factions could be banking or investment firms, law firms, pharmaceuticals, hair and beauty companies, lobbyists, construction firms, police/sheriff’s department and fire department.

Public Service and Civil Service

A state employs from the public a wide range of people to protect others, educate, help, cure and improve lives, those people are mainly concerned with public interest. Public servants include but are not limited to: teachers, nurses, doctors, engineers, the police, fire department, correctional facilities, etc. These are public service jobs and provide a service to the state that the taxpayer pays for. Entrance to public service is provided by government to its people living within its jurisdiction, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing provision of services.

On the other hand, people employed by a state for the direct administration of the state concerned with the professional capacity of governance are civil servants. Civil servants include government officials, diplomats, judges, writers of legal documentation, revenue collection agents, etc. These people ensure a proper and orderly function of the state and its institutions. Entrance to civil service often requires examination process for administrative positions which are highly competitive. In instances where examination is not required, admission to civil service is conducted through elections, nominations and appointments. Generally, there are huge differences in their pay scales and salaries. There are different sets of rules and regulations in hiring and promotions and code of conduct for both civil servants as well as public servants.

Government

A government is a group of people with the authority to govern a state, or a system by which a state or community is governed and regulated, mainly through policies, ordinances and laws. It is also political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities within a particular state. The main functions of government is to preserve peace and order, supervise and resolve domestic conflicts, defend the state against external and internal enemies, manage and regulate economic conditions of the state, redistribute income and resources, protect political and social rights of inhabitants and provide public goods.

Illegal Factions

An illegal faction is a group formed by players to achieve specific goals or purposes considered illegal or immoral. A group of individuals united under an organization navigating through the criminal world, or small-time criminals trying to survive in a harsh environment. More examples can be motorcycle clubs engaged with criminal activity, or blue collar workers smuggling illegal items in large numbers for self profit.

Gangs

A gang is usually group of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior. Some criminal gang members are "jumped in" (by going through a process of initiation), or they have to prove their loyalty and right to belong by committing certain acts, usually theft or violence. A member of a gang may be called a gangster, a gang banger, or, less specifically, a thug.

Examples:

• Street Gangs; MS-13, Crips, Bloods/Piru, Community Families and Crews.
• Graffiti / Tag Crews; Usually subsets of Street Gangs, or independent artists who engage is turf wars with other graffiti crews.
• Street Racers/Tuning Groups; Midnight Club, Tōge Drifters, Sprinters

Organized Crime

Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals who intend to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist groups, are politically motivated. Sometimes criminal organizations force people to do business with them, such as when a gang extorts money from shopkeepers for protection. Gangs may become disciplined enough to be considered organized like Motorcycle Clubs.

Examples

• Mafias/Mobs; Five Families(La Cosa Nostra), Yakuza, Triads, OPG
• 1%er Motorcycle Clubs; Mongols MC, Hells Angels MC, Vagos MC, Sons of Silence MC
• Drug Networks; Cartel De Sinaloa, Los Zetas, Tivoli Gardens, Yardies
• Prison Gangs: Mexican Mafia, Aryan Brotherhood, Black Guerrilla Family, Nuestra Familia
• Miscellaneous; Church Cults, Illegal Dispensaries