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Commanders will often help defend officers when trouble starts with other players.
Commanders are often put in charge of smaller groups that are part of a larger alliance.
To become someone's officer, click on their name in the attack screen and click the link that says "Make ??? my Commander".
After that, you must be approved by that commander to be part of the group. You may want to send them a message to speed up the process.
Teamwork gives commanders, officers and alliances an advantage in many ways. Not only in this game it is necessary to do so but also true in real life, so don't be scared to build your own alliance. The more alliances the more joyful the game will be. (-> a tip from a shadowknight)
Commanders get a referral bonus for officers who they have referred to for the game. This can be in two ways, one through banners from the banner page. You can put up a shogun wars banners from the banners page on any of your websites/blogs/profiles and any new player who joins the game via your banner becomes your referral. Also, if a new player makes you his/her first commander and let's it be that way for the first turn that he has been in the game for, even then, the referral is yours.
Referrals are forever and once you get a person's referral, the bonus is yours irrespective of his/her choice of commanders. You get a bonus in peasants equal to the square of the referral's Unit Production and one attack turn and one ninja turn per day.