Every superpower--past, present, and future--has employed paramilitary organizations at one time or another to deal with threats that no one else can, or which are meant to be dealt with in secret. Each of these organizations has had its own name, composition, and goals, but they are generically referred to simply as Leagues. Many Leagues have also been founded on individual levels to aid in various goals, both noble and villainous--Niccolò Machiavelli, Yoshinaga Toranaga, George Washington, and Vladimir Makarov, among many others, have all started Leagues under their command to forward their causes.