History Fridge / Tropico

* The Middle East is often critical of a religious Tropico and favors atheist states while eschewing secular ones. This seems odd from countries in which conservative Islam seems the norm, and where one's religion matters. Only, Tropico is implied to be almost entirely Catholic, and a fanatical Christian population is not going to be friendly towards Muslims. The Middle Eastern states would applaud you for suppressing a faith that is potentially hostile to them, an example of how a secular nation can function would undermine the credibility of the more dogmatic kingdoms or nations in the region.

* The Middle East is often critical of a religious Tropico and favour atheist states, but eschew secular ones. Which seems odd from countries in which conservative islam seems the norm, and where one's religion matters. Only, Tropico is implied to be almost entirely catholic, and a fanatical christian population is not going to be friendly towards muslims. And while the middle eastern states would applaud you for suppressing a faith that is potentially hostile to them, one that is an example of how a secular nation can function would undermine the credibility of the more dogmatic kingdoms or nations in the region.


* In Tropico 6 the game is divided in 4 Eras (Colonial,World Wars,Cold War and Modern Era). In Free Mode tho, the choice to advance to an era depend on player's actions instead of automatically change after a set date. This means that Tropico have enough power to keep WW2 or Cold War going on forever by supporting one or both sides.
* Also related to Tropico's power, it have a very powerful projection power in the form of Raids. It can go as far as stealing ENTIRE MONUMENTS from Superpowers. While is played for laughs, it show that Tropico could be a serious threat, capable of striking everywhere in world. It also show that either Tropico's own forces are very competent, the Superpowers incapable of dealing with them or both.
* In the Tropico series, is possible to commit crimes against humanity (illegal detention, murder or even outright genocide) without any reaction from the International Crime Court or the United Nations. Even if the player chose to murder immigrates from a Superpower, the world's reaction is just complete indifference.

** When Tropico declares its independence during the colonial period, The Crown rejects the declaration of independence and demands you to either pay a debt or prepare for war. This is a historical reference to when the real-life Caribbean island nation of Haiti declared its independence from France in a slave rebellion, prompting France to militarily threaten Haiti to pay a hefty debt that ended up bankrupting the nation.

** When Tropico declares its independence during the colonial period, The Crown rejects the declaration of independence and demands you to either pay a debt or prepare for a military invasion. This is a historical reference to when the real-life Caribbean island nation of Haiti declared its independence from France in a slave rebellion, prompting France to militarily threaten Haiti to pay a hefty debt that ended up bankrupting the nation.

** When Tropico declares its independence during the colonial period, The Crown rejects the declaration of independence and demands you to either pay a debt or prepare for a military invasion. This is a historical reference to when the real-life Caribbean island nation of Haiti gained its independence from France in a slave rebellion, prompting France to militarily threaten Haiti to pay a hefty debt that ended up bankrupting the nation.

** When Tropico declares its independence during the colonial period, The Crown rejects the declaration of independence and demands you to either pay a debt or prepare for a military invasion. This is a historical reference to when the real-life Caribbean island nation of Haiti gained its independence from France in a revolution, prompting France to militarily threaten Haiti to pay a hefty debt that ended up bankrupting the nation.

** One of the DLCs for Tropico 5 is "The Big Cheese," which enables players to establish a dairy and cheese empire on their islands. On the face of it, this seems incredibly random until you realize that an island dictator tried to do just this ''in real life.'' In 1964, Fidel Castro tried to position Cuba as the new cheese capital of the planet, going so far as to trot out a "Cuban Camembert" for a visiting French dignitary and pressuring him to declare it superior to the French product. (Needless to say, it didn't work.) ''The Big Cheese'' gives players a chance to recreate history - ideally more successfully.

* In ''Tropico 5'', during the World Wars period, you will often receive trade missions from both the Axis and Allies for manufactured goods and raw materials respectively. Initially this seems counterintuitive given that the Axis nations were historically dependent on imports to fuel their industry, but if taken as an ideological context it makes more sense. Because the Axis were incredibly insular, they would probably respect you more for showing self-sufficiency and eschewing outside influence, while the notoriously imperialistic Allies will see you just as another colony or banana republic to exploit like Africa or South America.

** In ''Tropico 4'', even after being accused of assassinating the president of the United States, your very next mission will start with you having good relations with other countries, even receiving foreign aid from them. This is because you end the mission in which you are framed by purchasing a new identity.
** In ''Tropico 3'', El Presidente's speeches often include the line "Alas, I am nothing but a humble servant, and ''you'' are my masters. My ''employers''." It starts out annoying that it's [[BrokenRecord repeated so often]], until you spot the insincerity in the voice (particularly true of the male voice actor's performance) and realise this is how he's won ''every election'' so far, why stop saying it now?
** In ''Tropico 5'', during the World Wars period, you will often receive trade missions from both the Axis and Allies for manufactured goods and raw materials respectively. Initially this seems counterintuitive given that the Axis nations were historically dependent on imports to fuel their industry, but if taken as an ideological context it makes more sense. Because the Axis were incredibly insular, they would probably respect you more for showing self-sufficiency and eschewing outside influence, while the notoriously imperialistic Allies will see you just as another colony or banana republic to exploit like Africa or South America.

* FridgeBrilliance: In election speeches, El Presidente will say that the island's rebels are "anarchists, who could not care less for this island". This mirrors the real life way in which many people believe anarchists to have [[AnarchyIsChaos no political ideas]], only a desire to [[BombThrowingAnarchists blow things up.]] Similarly, he will often say that "there will always be problems, especially in the current economic situation" even if your economy is booming and you're raking in the money.

* FridgeHorror: Tropico 2 has brothels. The fridge horror comes in when you realize that, since only captives can be employed as wenches, and they aren't even getting paid, they are probably being forced into sex slavery against their will.

* FridgeHorror: Tropico 2 has brothels. The fridge horror comes in when you realize that, since only captives can be employed as wenches, and they aren't even getting paid, they are probably being forced into sex slavery against their will.