About treaty names
Diplomatic formality runs through every result, whether "Treaty of Expansion" in English or "le Traité de la Fraternité" in French, with ironic options like "le Traité de Disgrâce" hinting at terms someone regretted signing. Scatter a few across your world's history and borders start explaining themselves. Date each treaty and the timeline writes itself backward from there.
How treaty names are built
Two single-slot patterns share the generator. The English form is the fixed phrase Treaty of plus one entry from a 225-entry subject bank, giving "Treaty of Expansion" or "Treaty of Welfare". The French form is the fixed phrase le Traité plus one entry from a 257-entry phrase bank that already carries its preposition, such as d'Autonomie or de la Fraternité, so the French grammar stays correct.
Treaty of Expansion
Treaty of (fixed frame) + Expansion (subject bank)
Treaty of Welfare
Treaty of (fixed frame) + Welfare (subject bank)
Le Traité de la Fraternité
le Traité (fixed French frame) + de la Fraternité (French phrase bank)
Naming notes
Diplomatic formality runs through every result, which is the whole point: the name alone implies signatories, terms and a border. Use the English form for the common tongue of your setting and the French "le Traité ..." form for a second diplomatic culture or an older treaty language. Ironic subjects (a Treaty of Disgrace, a Treaty regretted by whoever signed it) hint at coerced terms, so scatter a few across a world's history and date them, and the borders start explaining themselves.
Questions about treaty names
- Why are some treaties named in French?
- A French branch builds "le Traité ..." names with the preposition already attached, like "le Traité d'Autonomie". Use it for a Romance-language diplomatic culture or for historical treaties named in an older official tongue, alongside the English "Treaty of" form.
- How do I use treaty names to build world history?
- Date each one and place it on a timeline. A Treaty of Expansion followed by a Treaty of Disgrace implies a war won then lost. The names imply terms and borders, so a handful of dated treaties sketches a region's political past without a separate history document.
- Can a treaty name be ironic?
- Yes, and the subject bank includes loaded words for exactly that. A Treaty of Disgrace or one named for a concession reads as terms someone signed under duress, which adds tension when a faction is still bitter about what it gave up.