Why don't we try this again hjason3
Here is the description for GDI in Primary - The Global Defense Initiative (GDI) is an open organization dedicated to the protection of our members. As a member of GDI, you will receive the protection of GDI forces. Unless you have attacked a country twice or more, that country will only be able to commit the following attacks or harmful spy ops against you: standard strikes, planned strikes, steal tech, bomb banks, burn oil, and burn bushels.
However, we require your assistance after leaving protection. You will be required to pay $5 per non-cs building you own to the GDI fund as long as you are with us. In addition, you will not be allowed to commit offensive acts which are not standard strikes, planned strikes, or beneficial spy ops against other countries unless they have attacked you more than once.
You can only leave GDI before the final six hours of the game if you haven't attacked or been attacked. If you leave GDI then you cannot rejoin. In the final six hours of the game, you will not be able to engage in any offensive actions against countries that have not hit you at least once. However, countries not in GDI may still be able to attack you.
So, that is what it means to be in GDI in Primary
Now that you know what it means to be in GDI in Primary, you can go here -
https://www.earthempires.com/primary/serverdetails
And this is where you will see all the server details,
The server details include information about humanitarians
Humanitarians
Humanitarians protest if a country attempts to attack another country which is 4 times bigger or smaller than it.
As Tmac and others said above, all of these rules are different on each server,
So if you want to play on a server where countries can't attack you more than twice or less than half your size you should go play tournament
If you are wondering what type of attacks you are protected from in Primary with your GDI membership you can go to the spy page or the warroom page and notice the different types of attacks, like bomb jets, bomb structures, bio terrorism, or Artillery Barrage, Bombing Runs, etc.
Once again, this is not Earth 2025, so what you remember about what GDI might have been back in the 1990's is not relevant here on Earth Empires.
If you still can't figure things out based on all the information posted above I don't see how anyone is going to be able to help you further