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You decide to give the money away and restore Pantheonist shrines, per agreements. The nobles bow in gratitude and leave, praising your name.

Then the messenger from Ceodwell arrives, with a letter.

Apparently, there has been some religious rioting in some of the larger cities. It seems that Alldivines, most of them displaced refugees, aren't taking kindly to their former Parsian 'oppressors' being allowed to establish shrines in Ceodwell, due to religious tolerance edict. It has finally escalated into brawl when a theological discussion in the marketplace turned violent after some of the more hot-blooded acolytes got involved.

Then, similar incidents started to happen in nearby cities.

A) Time to send the Army to restore public order in Ceodwellian cities.
B) It shows that Parsians aren't able to cooperate. Expel them!
C) Not my problem, the governor surely can handle this on his own.
D) Maybe Alldivines are stirring shit up? I ought to remind their high clergy of the imperial laws.

You send them a demand to pay the 'pre-processed sugar and sugar derivatives' tax, otherwise you will have to evict them from Alarros.


There's some discontent amongst the inteligentsia on Alarros; apparently they don't like neither your military coup nor the recent suspension of Senate's powers. Apparently the leader of their movement is Juan Rabaul, a prominent socialist and engineering professor.

You decide to...

A) Imprison Juan for his connections to Murrikans.
B) Order mass 'removal' of the dissidents, including Rabaul's family.
C) Invite the professor for honest talks about the state of the state.
D) Let them grumble, how would eggheads be possibly a threat for me?
E) Restore the Senate's powers to silence the inteligentsia.

You decide to spend money on some celebratory feasts and such for the tired populace.


Two audiences need to be resolved; one is your courtiers, the other is messenger from governors of Ceodwell province.

First you meet with...

A) The nobles.
B) The courier.

You are El Presidente Edgar Juarez!

You were once a simple Colonel in the Alarrosian Armed Forces, but the corrupt ways of the Murrikan-smooching Democratic Council of Alarros tickled off some people in military, who prefer to see their island and their peoples well-treated and away from bad capitalist influences.

Some weeks and one bloody coup later, you rise to power! You're installed as the 15th President of Republic of Alarros (founded 1925).

The military of course shall back you up in your decisions, remember that. Your alignment is towards United States of Moskovia, the glorious beacon of communism and socialism on the whole of Terra.

Alarros isn't an especially big island, but prospers thanks to the exports of cereals, ores and oil. The first is a stable source of income and food, while the others sell well on the international market, especially oil - but it is also one of most violent trade goods, especially if Murrikan oil corporations get involved in price meddling!


You're given the Republican Ledger!

Loyalty: 40
Proletariat: 40
Dollarinos: 30
Military: 50
*Navy: 10

You don't quite understand the significance of these esoteric numbers hastily scribbled on this one-page document, and your Aide is babbling in purple prose about them. Oh well!

And your first debacle comes up just three days later! The days of lazily puffing your cigars in the office are surely gone forever.

The People's Senate is debating about the legality of your presidency, presidente!! It seems that some of the democratically elected officials do not like having a military superior over them, and would rather host elections to determine your successor.

You decide to...

A) Dissolve the Senate - Allaros doesn't need constitutionalism anyways!
B) Give a speech to the People's Senate, and win their hearts.
C) Endorse the elections, everyone will vote for me after all, right!
D) Suspend the Senate's powers temporarily, till they change their minds.

You decide to keep on starving them.


You receive a report from the forces in distant northeast of Agares; apparently a huge battle was fought at the base of Bloodpeak mountains. According to the report - which seems implausible to you - there was fifty thousand people involved, a third of that being alliance forces. Half of the numbers, about equally from both sides of the conflict, perished in the fighting.

You ask for confirmation, and more detailed summary of your Army's numbers and losses.


Shortly after you welcome the new year under the lit sky, an envoy from Evalians arrives. Humbled, he wears the traditional white scarf of surrender.

A) Ha! Time to raze the city to the ground and show them what I think of rebels!
B) I accept equally humbly, and the instigators are welcome to find a new home somewhere outside Methiant.
C) March into the keep and murder those responsible. If the citizens behave, they will be unharmed.

You decide to starve them further.


They continue to starve, but soon they will surrender.

Unfortunately there comes a report from the court; apparently, the silver promised by Tetan I of Eldrican has failed to arrive this year. The court is asking whether they should do something about it or let this slight go unanswered.

A) I'm too busy. Tetan I can have his way this year, but he better fix it up in the next.
B) Do I have to do everything myself? Send him a letter of reminder, might he have forgot about the deal.
C) Then they better prepare my Army for yet another campaign, because I'm gonna get that silver flowing back by force.

You decide to send an offer of negotiations to King Euron.

The messenger returns next day; Euron and his peoples are only interested in joining the Empire as free people of Eval, and if you will respect their quasi-independence, they will put down their weapons.

A) He mispelled 'Methiantese subjects' and I'm gonna take that as an insult. Starvation it is!
B) I could be partial to making them vassals instead. I mean, come on, we're big and strong, what better senior could they get?
C) Fine, a frankenstein of client-state-slash-ally works for me, as long as they stop rebelling. It's getting tedious.