When I played, I was genuinely surprised by how much I got into the nuances that make the game work, and how my mind raced through possibilities as I tried to solve my country’s problems. I have zero interest in politics, in case that wasn’t clear by my choice of party names, and my head swam with all of the possible ways a game about the government could bore me to tears. I really didn’t know what to expect of Democracy 3 going into it. Would the No Butts Party win the next election, or would my legacy carry on? I would never know. A terrible thing happened on that cold fall day, though, as the Brothers of Christ attacked the Leader of the Butts Party at a public speaking arrangement, killing him. The spiral wouldn’t seem to stop no matter what I did, though, until I came up with a careful plan that would appeal to the capitalists and bring more jobs and money into the country.
Joblessness rose almost overnight, and I scrambled to cut funding wherever I could to save money. They were only a small portion of my total population, so what did I care what they thought? Soon, though, my popularity began to shrink as we entered a global economic crisis. My policies made me hugely popular with the people, even as my rating with the religious portions dropped like a stone. I wasn’t about to let them tell me what to do, and promptly began legalizing abortions, same-sex marriage, prostitution, and stem cell research. I thumbed my nose at the religious pretty early on in my campaign in Democracy 3. How did Positech Games make a game about the government fun and interesting? HOW?!
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