Trade your resources on complex yet easy to understand markets – inspired by Brass: Lancashire! Depending on the availability on the market, the price is determined and consequently reacts to your behavior: Will you use a favorable situation to your advantage or even create a shortage? Also, the value of money itself is also up for debate – through mechanics such as inflation and deflation.

Buy as many votes for parliament as you can afford and use as many as you need to pass laws that benefit your strategy and prevent those that hinder it. At the same time, opportunities for condeming your rivals in court or even assassination (without Player Elimination!) will arise – perfect, when the English way is no longer enough.

Each of your actions has an influence on the counters of a total of five different crises which, when activated, immediately cause chaos and change or expand the mechanics of the game. Each crisis also adds a way to win to the game. And for those who are denied these chances through the cruelty of their rivals, completely new, very dark paths open up.

The heroes and leaders of the world’s nations are in your hands – as are the levers of power: Actively influence the further development of the world by building infrastructure, controlling the central bank and media, steering democracy or deploying the military as you see fit. Your power is almost limitless. But will this be enough against your rivals?