History Videogame / Tropico

''Tropico 6'' was released in March, 2019. Produced by Limbic Entertainment, the game has been rebuilt from the ground up with the Unreal Engine. Features include being able to build on multiple islands at once, a Presidential Palace with customization options, a greater link between economic prosperity and political peril for El Presidente, increased consequences for using autocratic edicts like imprisonment and assassination (not only will the victim not vote for you, but their ''entire family'' will never vote for El Presidente), returning feature of Pirate Cove where initially the player can recruit and send pirates to plunder resources and artifacts, which eventually by era, evolves into the ability to dispatch Tropican special forces to steal technology and famous landmarks for your nation from abroad, the return of Election Speeches, and the removal of the [[ScrappyMechanic Dynasty System]] from Tropico 5. And you can finally build bridges between islands and across rivers, as well as tunnels across mountains.

* Communists: Mostly the lower working class citizens of the country. Like to see full employment, everyone with a roof over his or her head, universal healthcare, and low income disparity. Preferred by uneducated, low paid workers, making it one of the larger factions on the island, and important to keep happy unless you want a peasant's revolt or the USSR to invade your island. Annoying the Communists also reduces the amount of aid the player can expect to receive from the Soviet Union.

* CurbStompBattle: If you get invaded by the US or the USSR, you will lose instantly and the game will be over. What? [[RealityEnsues You honestly thought that your "large" army of 30 people can stand against the might of a super power?]]

* HawaiianShirtedTourist: Every single tourist from the US or the UK.

* InfantImmortality: Somewhat. Babies born in Tropico do not have in-game bodies, or needs that must be met, until age 3. This eliminates most causes of death. They don't even need parents or siblings! Children however, can be killed by disease and natural disasters, but cannot be targeted by the player intentionally. Painfull averted in Tropico 4 if your island is suffering food shortages, as Reverand Estaban will implore you to solve the issue after having to do a service for a young boy that starved to death.

A series of RealTimeStrategy {{Simulation Game}}s created and originally developed by Pop Top Software and later, Haemimont Games, and now by Limbic Entertainment and Calypso Media. Like a cross between ''VideoGame/SimCity'' and ''VideoGame/TheSettlers'', ''Tropico'' puts the player in the role of the newly installed dictator of a [[BananaRepublic Caribbean island nation]].

''Tropico 6'' was released in March, 2019. Produced by Limbic Entertainment, the game has been rebuilt from the ground up with the Unreal Engine. Features include being able to build on multiple islands at once, a Presidential Palace with customization options, a greater link between economic prosperity and political peril for El Presidente, increased consequences for using autocratic edicts like imprisonment and assassination (not only will the victim not vote for you, but their ''entire family'' will never vote for El Presidente), the ability to dispatch Tropican special forces to steal technology and famous landmarks for your nation from abroad, the return of Election Speeches, and the removal of the [[ScrappyMechanic Dynasty System]] from Tropico 5. And you can finally build bridges between islands and across rivers, as well as tunnels across mountains.

--->We will not discuss cotton picking. Instead we will talk about the most interesting facts about cotton..

** Despite the fact Tropico is a Caribbean island country, the Colonial Era noticably doesn't seem to contain any African slaves or at least any reference to African slavery, even though slave labor could easily boost the economy. This is seemingly {{Lampshade}}d in the description for the Cotton Plantation in ''Tropico 5''.

*** Tropico 2 however, does contain slaves, but they're not a specific race/ethnicity.

--->We will not discuss cotton picking. Instead we will talk about the most interesting facts about cotton...

** Despite the fact Tropico is a Caribbean island country, the Colonial Era doesn't seem to contain any African slaves or at least any reference to African slavery. This is seemingly {{Lampshade}}d in the description for the Cotton Plantation in ''Tropico 5''.

--->We will not discuss cotton picking. Instead we will talk about the most interesting facts about cotton: Did you know that cotton has been cultivated for over 5000 years?...

** In the original game, trying to use the eliminate edict on a child prompts the message [[WouldntHurtAChild "You can't do that to a child!"]]
** Despite the fact Tropico is a Caribbean island country, the Colonial Era doesn't seem to contain any African slaves or at least any reference to African slavery. This is seemingly {{Lampshade}}d in the description for the Cotton Plantation in ''Tropico 5''.

* ButNotTooEvil: Despite the fact Tropico is a Caribbean island country, the Colonial Era doesn't seem to contain any African slaves or at least any reference to African slavery. This is seemingly {{Lampshade}}d in the description for the Cotton Plantation in ''Tropico 5''.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the original game, trying to use the eliminate edict on a child prompts the message [[WouldntHurtAChild "You can't do that to a child!"]]

* IncrediblyNamedPun: The eccentric, Swiss physicist with the big nose and the messy hair who ends up inventing the atom bomb is named "Abraham Zweistein". "Ein" is German for one, "Zwei" is German for two.

* NamesToRunAwayFromRealFast: The Nationalist Party leader in ''4'' is known only as "El Diablo." "El Diablo" is spanish for "The Devil."

* CorruptPolitician[=/=]SleazyPolitician. The game! El Presidente (the player) is designed to be an embezzling, casual tyrant who joyingly tramples at will on most of the rights of the people.

* PaintingTheMedium and/or BitingTheHandHumor: In ''Modern Times'', you can issue an edict that bans social networking in the workplace, since they "reduce productivity." The icon for this edict? A stricken Website/{{Facebook}} icon. Oh, and ''you'' can't connect to Facebook or Website/{{Twitter}} from the game as long as this edict is active.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Soldiers with poor living conditions are more likely to join or stage a military coup. Generals too, but their better job normally implies higher salaries and better houses so they are more loyal. If civil unrest in ''5'' gets too high, civilians will turn on the government, forming angry mobs to attack police stations and military buildings before converging on the palace.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: ''Tropico 3'' was made much easier than the first game by introducing gameplay mechanics such as cars, which reduced the FakeDifficulty frustration, though the game still provided plenty of challenge. ''Tropico 4'' dropped the difficulty massively from ''3'' however, making a tropical paradise very easy to build. Brutal dictator measures became borderline pointless, except maybe ForTheEvulz.

** In the same mission, Ambassador Crane says that when the American people are aggravated, he is aggravated as well, and [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk you wouldn't like him when he is aggravated]]. Reverend Esteban is contacted by the "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Church Eastboro Church]]," which wants to protest in Tropico; at least one TakeThat is directed to their protesting.

* FirewoodResources: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. While the logs harvested directly from a logging camp are indeed of the "firewood" variety, they need to be delivered to a lumber mill to be processed into planks before they can be assembled into furniture.

** A soon-to-be prisoner will say "[[Film/PlanetOfTheApes Get your hands off me, you dirty cop!]]"

** The [[LaResistance Rebels]], humble disillusioned citizens sworn to bring down your corrupt regime by any means necessary, will often emerge from the jungle and attempt to destroy your buildings - but only after politely waiting for your armed forces to show up.

* NameOfCain: Tropico 5 has Leon Kane, El Presidente's contact in (and possibly leader of) [[TheIlluminati The Order]]. [[ObviouslyEvil He looks and sounds as sinister as they come]], and indeed, [[spoiler:it should come as little surprise to the player when, towards the middle of the campaign, he turns out to actually be the main villain whom you spend much of the rest of it trying to take down.

* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: In ''4'', immigrants and tourists from the Bahamas, Haiti, and Jamaica have Spanish names while the latter group speaks Spanish even though Spanish isn't the main language in all three countries.

* ImprobableAge: Rebels in ''4'' have random ages from [[ChildSoldiers pre-teens]] to [[BadassGrandpa senior citizens]].