#Democracy 3 usa guide simulator

So there is a lot of opportunity to test out different policies and the impact they will have. Adopting high education programs result in an educated society and allows you to adopt high-tech policies such as robotics, which in turn increase the risk of cyber-crime, which costs you money. You always have to balance the interests of your voters and ministers because they can turn against you and radicalize or even start city riots.Įvery policy you adopt will have some type of consequences: cutting back military spending or international aid will result in embassy attacks. Additionally, your ministers will intervene if your policies do not reflect their core voters. A CO2 tax will reduce your carbon emissions and make your country greener, whereas certain types of voters, mainly Capitalists will be very unhappy as a result of this, whereas Green supporters are going to love you. Of course, every decision has consequences. Greater political capital means that you can pass controversial policies like a carbon emission tax more easily. You also have to be aware that every policy costs political capital that you only get, if your core voters are happy with you. Every act of welfare needs to be financed somehow or otherwise you will become bankrupt. This is what makes the game a good educational tool for students but also for political scientists.įor example you have to be aware that every policy costs money and that you have to monitor your income/debts balance.

You cannot make these decisions light-heartedly because you have to keep in mind the basic mechanics of policy-making. After each turn new events happen, like international financial crisis or conflicts and you will be forced to make controversial decisions, for example banning land mines or animal testing. The game is turn-based which means that you only can do a certain amount of changes in one turn (which resembles a quarter of a year). To test the extreme types and see what happens was the most fun for me. You can govern completely ad-hoc in a Merkelian style (which did not work out for me!) or have a plan for a communist, neoliberal or surveillance utopia in mind. Your aim of a politician is A) to become popular so that you can get reelected, B) pass policies that make your country better whereas it is completely open what this means. You can choose to be the head of state of several countries (USA, UK, Germany, France, Canada and Australia) and the game lets you choose freely how you will manage the daily affairs.

#Democracy 3 usa guide simulator

During the holidays I had some time and picked up Democracy 3 in a Steam-sale for a few Euros. Democracy 3 is a splendid democracy simulator by Positech Games and particularly insightful for studying how policies, voters and outcomes are connected.