You might be familiar with the concept of the Political Compass – a coordinate system that visually places your social and economic views between the two axes: economic (left-right, x-axis) and social (authoritarian–libertarian, y-axis). Well, this time this system will not only help you to establish your views but also define what your President’s policy will look like!
Once you start the game, your President’s views will be placed randomly somewhere in the middle grey square called ‘Mainstream Centrism’. And this is where the fun begins.
As the President, you’ll have to manage several projects around specific issues. These projects will define your presidency and also outline your President’s path on the Political Compass. The projects will reveal your political aspirations, and with every subsequent day, they will move your president towards the desired political ideology.
Of course, there’s more to that! Your President’s position on the Political Compass will have an impact on the kinds of bills he will be able to sign. Depending on the ideology you find yourself subscribing to, you’ll get the bills that will correspond to your political views. Universal Basic Income for a communist President? There you go! Complete free-market deregulation for an anarcho-capitalist President? Be my guest!
That’s still not everything, though! The types of bills your President decides to support will eventually help him solve various political and economic crises that will be appearing throughout the presidency. What are the crises? Well, that’s a different big subject for another Devblog!
Give us your feedback about the whole system and tell us which political ideology is going to be the most appealing to your President!
