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* PoliticalIdeologies: All countries have political parties ([[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny even if just one) backing the leader in power. From left-wing to right-wing, they are:
** [[CommieNazis Totalitarian extreme left]], [[DirtyCommunists Communist]],



* VideoGameCaringPotential:
** You can [[GoldenAge make your country rich]], [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure stamp out corruption, invest in public services, improve your human rights record]] and [[build refugee]] [[camps for]] [[any wandering]] [[groups of refugees]].



** The game allows you to [[DayOfTheJackboot establish a dictatorship, make your country into a hellole]] and abuse every human right in the book.

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** [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem British Prime Minister]] [[UsefulNotes/DavidCameron David Cameron]]
** [[UsefulNotes/FrenchPoliticalSystem French President]] Nicolas Sarkozy

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** [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem [[UsefulNotes/PostWarBritishPolitics British Prime Minister]] [[UsefulNotes/DavidCameron David Cameron]]
** [[UsefulNotes/FrenchPoliticalSystem [[FrenchPoliticalSystem French President]] Nicolas Sarkozy



** [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPoliticalSystem Canadian Prime Minister]] Stephen Harper

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** [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPoliticalSystem [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics Canadian Prime Minister]] Stephen Harper



** [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPoliticalSystem Australian Prime Minister]] Julia Gillard

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** [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPoliticalSystem [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPolitics Australian Prime Minister]] Julia Gillard



** [[UsefulNotes/MexicanPoliticalSystem Mexican President]] Felipe Calderon

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** [[UsefulNotes/MexicanPoliticalSystem [[UsefulNotes/MexicanPolitics Mexican President]] Felipe Calderon


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* ForcesWithFirepower: All countries have militaries in this game, and they are all player-controllable. Even if they are woefully tiny, for example Iceland's in game military consists of ''a grand total of 237 personnel'' (37 infantrymen and 200 sailors on a cruiser).

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Rulers of Nations is an ''IndieGame'' nation simulator [[Creator/Eversim by French video game company Eversim]] that covers domestic policy, foreign policy, popularity, infrastructure, economy, trade and much more. Also known as Geo-Political-Simulator 2, it was released on is the second game in the "Commander In Chief" video game series, succeeding ''VideoGame/CommanderInChief'' and preceding ''VideoGame/MastersOfTheWorld'' - however, it is much more popular than both [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Commander In Chief]] and the [[GoodBugsBadBugs infamously glitchy Masters of the World]]. It is relatively complex for a video game, thus many "Let's Play" videos have been made about it, shown here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rulers+of+Nations+Lets+Play&page=&utm_source=opensearch.

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Rulers of Nations is an ''IndieGame'' {{Indie Game}} nation simulator [[Creator/Eversim by French video game company Eversim]] Eversim that covers domestic policy, foreign policy, popularity, infrastructure, economy, trade and much more. Also known as Geo-Political-Simulator 2, it was released on is the second game in the "Commander In Chief" video game series, succeeding ''VideoGame/CommanderInChief'' and preceding ''VideoGame/MastersOfTheWorld'' - however, it is much more popular than both [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Commander In Chief]] and the [[GoodBugsBadBugs infamously glitchy Masters of the World]]. It is relatively complex for a video game, thus many "Let's Play" videos have been made about it, shown here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rulers+of+Nations+Lets+Play&page=&utm_source=opensearch.



** Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI
** [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama US President Barack Obama]]
** [[UsefulNotes/DavidCameron UK Prime Minister David Cameron]]
** French President Nicolas Sarkozy
** Chinese President Hu Jintao
** Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

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** Roman Catholic [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope Benedict XVI
XVI]]
** [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem American President]] [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama US President Barack Obama]]
** [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem British Prime Minister]] [[UsefulNotes/DavidCameron UK Prime Minister David Cameron]]
** [[UsefulNotes/FrenchPoliticalSystem French President President]] Nicolas Sarkozy
** [[RedChina Chinese President President]] Hu Jintao
** [[UsefulNotes/TheLargestDemocracy Indian Prime Minister Minister]] Manmohan Singh



** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

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** [[UsefulNotes/RussianPoliticalSystem Russian President President]] [[UsefulNotes/GensecsPremiersAndPresidentsOhMy Dmitry MedvedevMedvedev]]



** Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan
** Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (titled "President of State Council")

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** [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePoliticalSystem Japanese Prime Minister Minister]] Naoto Kan
** [[UsefulNotes/CultureOfItaly Italian Prime Minister Minister]] Silvio Berlusconi (titled "President of State Council")



** Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
** German Bundeskanzler Angela Merkel
** Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard

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** [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPoliticalSystem Canadian Prime Minister Minister]] Stephen Harper
** [[UsefulNotes/PoliticalSystemOfGermany German Bundeskanzler Bundeskanzler]] [[UsefulNotes/TheChancellorsOfGermany Angela Merkel
Merkel]]
** [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPoliticalSystem Australian Prime Minister Minister]] Julia Gillard



** Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya Muammar Gadaffi (in mannerisms & speech only, not appearance, titled as "Guide")

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** [[GloriousLeader Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya Libya]] [[UsefulNotes/MuammarGaddafi Muammar Gadaffi Gadaffi]] (in mannerisms & speech only, not appearance, titled as "Guide")



** Mexican President Felipe Calderon

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** [[UsefulNotes/MexicanPoliticalSystem Mexican President President]] Felipe Calderon



** Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon

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** Secretary-General of the [[UsefulNotes/UnitedNations United Nations Nations]] Ban Ki-Moon



** US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

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** US Secretary of State [[UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton Hillary Rodham ClintonClinton]]



** Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
** Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg

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** Russian Prime Minister [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Vladimir Putin
Putin]]
** Leader of the Liberal Democrats [[UsefulNotes/NickClegg Nick CleggClegg]]

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** ''Qurac'' is averted by giving each Middle Eastern country its own government, economy, military, etc.
** ''AllNationsAreSuperpowers'', quite to the contrary, you can choose to play as the weakest, poorest countries in the world.
** ''DarkestAfrica'' is averted by giving each African country its own government, economy, military, etc.

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** ''Qurac'' {{Qurac}} and {{Arabian Nights Days}} is averted by giving each Middle Eastern country its own government, economy, military, etc.
** ''AllNationsAreSuperpowers'', {{All Nations Are Superpowers}}, quite to the contrary, you can choose to play as the weakest, poorest countries in the world.
** ''DarkestAfrica'' {{Darkest Africa}} and {{Bulungi}} is averted by giving each African country its own government, economy, military, etc.


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* TheRestOfTheNuclearClub: One of the few games to show the true numbers of nukes each nuclear weapons state has. Also, it shows some countries, such as [[KaijuDefenseForce Japan]], [[WeAreNotTheWehrmacht Germany]], [[SouthKoreansWithMarines South Korea]], [[CanucksWithChinooks Canada]], [[UkrainiansWithDepletedUranium Ukraine]], [[TheOtherChineseArmy Taiwan]] and [[NewSpanishArmada Spain]] as capable of immediately building new nuclear weapons, while all other countries with nuclear power stations (e.g. Iran, Armenia, Brazil, Argentina, Switzerland, Mexico, South Africa, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden) can spend about 2 in game years researching nuclear weapons before being capable of building their own nukes.

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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extreme Right wing parties are this with hints of {{Democracy Is Bad}}, {{RightWingMilitiaFanatic}}, ''BuryYourGays'', ''StayInTheKitchen" and ''AbsoluteXenophobe''.

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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extreme Right wing parties are this with hints of {{Democracy Is Bad}}, {{RightWingMilitiaFanatic}}, ''BuryYourGays'', ''StayInTheKitchen" {{Right Wing Militia Fanatic}}, {{Bury Your Gays}}, {{Stay In The Kitchen}} and ''AbsoluteXenophobe''.{{AbsoluteXenophobe}} ([[OccupiersOutOfOurCountry campaigning for all immigrants, even refugees to be treated as invaders and thus to be evicted]]).



* CelebrityResemblance: Many characters are obvious references and parodies of powerful figures in real life, albeit with changed names, including:

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* CelebrityResemblance: Many characters are obvious references and parodies of powerful figures in real life, albeit with changed names, ([[BlatantLies and a disclaimer claiming to not intend resemblances to living and dead figures]]) including:



* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: It's possible, though an ''Understatement'' to say that with much difficulty, you can turn America or any other country into a totalitarian regime.

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* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: It's possible, though an ''Understatement'' {{Understatement}} to say that with much difficulty, you can turn America or any other country into a totalitarian regime.
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extreme Right wing parties are this with hints of {{DemocracyIsBad}}, {{RightWingMilitiaFanatic}}, ''BuryYourGays'', ''StayInTheKitchen" and ''AbsoluteXenophobe''.

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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extreme Right wing parties are this with hints of {{DemocracyIsBad}}, {{Democracy Is Bad}}, {{RightWingMilitiaFanatic}}, ''BuryYourGays'', ''StayInTheKitchen" and ''AbsoluteXenophobe''.
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extreme Right wing parties are this with hints of ''DemocracyIsBad'', ''RightWingMilitiaFanatic'', ''BuryYourGays'', ''StayInTheKitchen" and ''AbsoluteXenophobe''.

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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extreme Right wing parties are this with hints of ''DemocracyIsBad'', ''RightWingMilitiaFanatic'', {{DemocracyIsBad}}, {{RightWingMilitiaFanatic}}, ''BuryYourGays'', ''StayInTheKitchen" and ''AbsoluteXenophobe''.

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* YourCheatingHeart: You have the option to start an affair with a local key figure of the opposite sex ({{GayOption}} is averted). This adds no benefit and can only lead to failure [[MortonsFork because whether you choose to or choose not to ever break off the relationship, you will be found out and deposed]].

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* AvertedTrope:
** ''Qurac'' is averted by giving each Middle Eastern country its own government, economy, military, etc.
** ''AllNationsAreSuperpowers'', quite to the contrary, you can choose to play as the weakest, poorest countries in the world.
** ''DarkestAfrica'' is averted by giving each African country its own government, economy, military, etc.



* GoingCritical: Nuclear power stations [[UnusualEuphemism can do the full Chernobyl]] by either military attack or by random chance (odds are increased for nuclear power plants in poor countries). After such a disaster occurs, refugees will leave the area, there will forever be a disaster zone where the power station once stood and cities that are close enough will need to be evacuated, creating even more refugees.



* JokeCharacter: The weakest countries militarily can be considered as such, particularly if they are also sparsely populated, politically unstable and/or an economic pushover.



* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: It's possible, though [[Understatement extremely difficult]] to turn America or any other country into a totalitarian regime.

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* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: It's possible, though [[Understatement extremely difficult]] an ''Understatement'' to say that with much difficulty, you can turn America or any other country into a totalitarian regime.



* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: If your popularity slips below 5% and you do not increase it somehow, your game will end within 1 in-game week [[spoiler: and the newspaper will report your death as either "(insert your name here) killed when motorbike crashed into a hedgehog while attempting to escape the country" or "(insert your name here)'s motorcade caught in demonstration and crushed by concrete block dropped from crane"]]. This could also happen if your policies alienate your own party, in which case they will simply kick you out and replace you with the next highest ranking member of your party, whilst calling for a snap election.

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* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: If your popularity slips below 5% and you do not increase it somehow, your game will end within 1 in-game week [[spoiler: and the newspaper will report your death as either "(insert your name here) killed when motorbike crashed into a hedgehog while attempting to escape the country" or "(insert your name here)'s motorcade caught in demonstration and crushed by concrete block dropped from crane"]]. This could also happen if your policies alienate your own party, in which case they will simply kick you out and replace you with the next highest ranking member of your party, whilst calling for a snap election.election.
* ZergRush / Conscription: Some poor authoritarian regimes like North Korea have large armies which are poor quality (1 star rating) but quickly replenish losses due to conscription. Most countries with conscription have 1 star military rating [[UsefulNotes/SwissWithArmyKnives with a]] [[UsefulNotes/IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles few exceptions]].
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* AmericaTakesOverTheWorld / ChinaTakesOverTheWorld / JapanTakesOverTheWorld / TakeOverTheWorld : Possible but difficult. You can get points in competition mode by expanding your territory. May cause other problems that [[PyrrhicVictory outweigh your triumph]].
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* CoolPlane: 2 Types of aircraft available

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* CoolBoat: 4 types of naval vessels available. [[StoneWall Compared to land and air units, they are generally able to soak up more damage, but travel slowly and dish out the same amount of damage as land units]].
** Cruisers are the cheapest and most common naval vessel. They attack via missile bombardment and can be used for [[DeadlyGas Biological or Chemical weapons]] once you have approval. They are fairly resilient, able to take more up to 10 times the damage of a missile launcher with the equivalent star rating. They can also attack submarines at extremely short ranges.
** Conventional submarines are the second most common naval vessel. Only able to attack at extremely short ranges, they are useful for destroying troop transports and conquering enemy naval bases. They can travel in stealth so long as a satellite or communications base is not in range.
** Nuclear submarines are the rarest naval vessel capable of doing everything a conventional submarine can do as well as launch conventional, Biological/Chemical and nuclear missiles.
** Aircraft carriers are the most expensive, slow and damage-resistant vessel, carrying up to 20 aircraft and while mobile and powerful, are generally not worth the trouble.
* CoolPlane: 2 Types types of aircraft available



* LandslideElection: One of the many ways you can lose the game is by being voted out of office



* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: It's possible, though [[Understatement extremely difficult]] to turn America or any other country into a totalitarian regime.



* TankGoodness: 1 Tank can kill 100 soldiers of the same star rating or 5 missile launchers of the same star rating. They are very useful for conquering cities, landmarks, power stations and military bases. However, [[MightyGlacier they travel at the same speed as soldiers and are vulnerable when entering a seaborne troop transport]].



** The game allows you to [[DifficultButAwesome establish a dictatorship, make your country into a hellole]] and abuse every human right in the book.

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** The game allows you to [[DifficultButAwesome [[DayOfTheJackboot establish a dictatorship, make your country into a hellole]] and abuse every human right in the book.

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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extreme Right wing parties are this with hints of ''RightWingMilitiaFanatic'', ''BuryYourGays'', ''StayInTheKitchen" and ''AbsoluteXenophobe''.

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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extreme Right wing parties are this with hints of ''DemocracyIsBad'', ''RightWingMilitiaFanatic'', ''BuryYourGays'', ''StayInTheKitchen" and ''AbsoluteXenophobe''.


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* NotSoDifferent: [[CommieNazis Totalitarian Extreme Left parties]] are [[DemocracyIsBad freedom and democracy hating]], [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic hate their neighbours and advocate absurd military spending]], [[BuryYourGays puts gays in prison or in a grave]] and [[AbsoluteXenophobe utterly hates ethnic minorities, immigrants and certain religions]].
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extreme Right wing parties are this with hints of ''RightWingMilitiaFanatic'', ''BuryYourGays'', ''StayInTheKitchen" and ''AbsoluteXenophobe''.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Even 1-star quality Aircraft Carriers are [[MadeOfIron hard to sink]], carry up to 20 fighters, [[MoraleMechanic provides a constant morale boost to your armed forces as long as they are not yet sunk]] and provides a mobile airbase from potentially anywhere on the 70 or so per cent of the Earth's surface that is water. However, they are the [[MightyGlacier slowest naval unit]], very expensive to own and run, cannot be purchased except from [[ArmsDealer the black market]] (and even then only in tiny quantities), planes cannot use the carrier whilst it is in motion [[spoiler: and most of all, it's cheaper and faster to establish an overseas air force base in an allied country than to buy an Aircraft Carrier from the black market and wait for it to arrive]].

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* AwesomeButImpractical: Even 1-star quality Aircraft Carriers are [[MadeOfIron surprisingly hard to sink]], carry up to 20 fighters, [[MoraleMechanic provides a constant morale boost to your armed forces as long as they are not yet sunk]] and provides a mobile airbase from potentially anywhere on the 70 or so per cent of the Earth's surface that is water. However, they are the [[MightyGlacier slowest naval unit]], very expensive to own and run, cannot be purchased except from [[ArmsDealer the black market]] (and even then only in tiny quantities), planes cannot use the carrier whilst it is in motion [[spoiler: and most of all, it's cheaper and faster to establish an overseas air force base in an allied country than to buy an Aircraft Carrier from the black market and wait for it to arrive]].


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* GondorCallsForAid: If you are being attacked, you can call on your allies for aid and they will definitely come. Some non-allies may also respond to your plea as long as their relations with you are better than that with your enemies.


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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Oh so delightfully easy...
** You can make any country that suffers a calamity into an ally by paying for a disaster relief. This can lead to funny situations like a [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea North Korea]] - [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates United States]] alliance.
** You can [[InsistentTerminology subsidize religions and NGOs]] for instant approval, regardless of your other actions.
** [[CaptainObvious Of course, in more corrupt countries, you can bribe figures into doing whatever you want]]

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** Total Jihad is a [[TheWarOnTerror blatant Al-Qaeda/Taliban hybrid with cells worldwide]]
** [[TheMafiya The Russian Mafia]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is a criminal/terrorist hybrid group based in Russia with operatives in most rich countries]]
** [[TheTroubles There are powerful Northern Ireland-based terrorist groups operating in the United Kingdom]]
* MonumentalDamage: Some countries have landmarks (e.g. India has the Taj Mahal). You can garrison troops in landmarks, have pitched infantry battles there, or [[CriticalExistenceFailure simply wipe it off the face of the Earth]] via bombardment with missile launchers/planes/ships. The country that gets its landmark destroy

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** Total Jihad is a [[TheWarOnTerror blatant Al-Qaeda/Taliban hybrid with cells worldwide]]
worldwide]].
** [[TheMafiya The Russian Mafia]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is a criminal/terrorist hybrid group based in Russia with operatives in most rich countries]]
countries]].
** [[TheTroubles There are powerful Northern Ireland-based terrorist groups operating in the United Kingdom]]
Kingdom]].
* HotSubOnSubAction: You can do this, but it quickly relieves you and your opponent of submarines very quickly, and if you really want your subs to destroy an enemy's subs, [[CombatPragmatist you can just use your nuclear submarines to bombard enemy submarines with missiles from up to 400 km away]].
* MonumentalDamage: Some countries have landmarks (e.g. India has the Taj Mahal). You can garrison troops in landmarks, have pitched infantry battles there, or [[CriticalExistenceFailure simply wipe it off the face of the Earth]] via bombardment with missile launchers/planes/ships. The country that gets its landmark destroy destroyed [[OhTheHumanity will enter an epic, nationwide outpouring of shock and despair]].
* PyrrhicVictory: Military action can be easy, but it will be hard to manage the aftermath.
** What will you do with [[InvadingRefugees refugees escaping from the cities you pummeled]]? Your popularity decreases for every day they have nowhere to go to.
** Can you afford to pay for rebuilding efforts?
** Is your military still strong enough to fight off anyone else wanting the territory you just conquered?
** Did the war/annexation of territory put a [[MoneyDearBoy massive hole in your budget]]?
** Did you lose a lot of your working age population in battle?
** Are your foreign relations damaged or do you now have sanctions?

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* CoolPlane: 2 Types of aircraft available
** Fighters fire missiles and if you have the approval to do so, NBC weapons as well (assuming you have these weapons). They are the fastest in-game unit and are highly effective against land troops and helicopters out in the open as well as military bases. However, they cannot conquer anything.
** Helicopters can conquer cities and military bases, require no layover while going from land to sea or vice versa, and are the [[FragileSpeedster second fastest unit (at around half the fighter's speed) but utterly suck against massed tanks and/or infantry]].
* DifficultButAwesome: The entire game is this due to the infinite choices of possible political, economic and military actions, and some options will rarely be used, but skilful gaming is rewarded by power, economic growth, military conquest and popularity.
* Expy / CelebrityResemblance: Many characters are obvious references and parodies of powerful figures in real life, including:

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* CoolPlane: 2 Types of aircraft available
** Fighters fire missiles and if you have the approval to do so, NBC weapons as well (assuming you have these weapons). They are the fastest in-game unit and are highly effective against land troops and helicopters out in the open as well as military bases. However, they cannot conquer anything.
** Helicopters can conquer cities and military bases, require no layover while going from land to sea or vice versa, and are the [[FragileSpeedster second fastest unit (at around half the fighter's speed) but utterly suck against massed tanks and/or infantry]].
* DifficultButAwesome: The entire game is this due to the infinite choices of possible political, economic and military actions, and some options will rarely be used, but skilful gaming is rewarded by power, economic growth, military conquest and popularity.
* Expy /
CelebrityResemblance: Many characters are obvious references and parodies of powerful figures in real life, albeit with changed names, including:



* MonumentalDamage: Some countries have landmarks (e.g. India has the Taj Mahal). You can garrison troops in landmarks, have pitched infantry battles there, or [[CriticalExistenceFailure simply wipe it off the face of the Earth]] via bombardment with missile launchers/planes/ships. The country that gets its landmark destroyed will then [[OhTheHumanity undergo a truly epic shock and mourning phase]].

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* CoolPlane: 2 Types of aircraft available
** Fighters fire missiles and if you have the approval to do so, NBC weapons as well (assuming you have these weapons). They are the fastest in-game unit and are highly effective against land troops and helicopters out in the open as well as military bases. However, they cannot conquer anything.
** Helicopters can conquer cities and military bases, require no layover while going from land to sea or vice versa, and are the [[FragileSpeedster second fastest unit (at around half the fighter's speed) but utterly suck against massed tanks and/or infantry]].
* DifficultButAwesome: The entire game is this due to the infinite choices of possible political, economic and military actions, and some options will rarely be used, but skilful gaming is rewarded by power, economic growth, military conquest and popularity.
* Expy: Oh so, so many of them...
** Total Jihad is a [[TheWarOnTerror blatant Al-Qaeda/Taliban hybrid with cells worldwide]]
** [[TheMafiya The Russian Mafia]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is a criminal/terrorist hybrid group based in Russia with operatives in most rich countries]]
** [[TheTroubles There are powerful Northern Ireland-based terrorist groups operating in the United Kingdom]]
* MonumentalDamage: Some countries have landmarks (e.g. India has the Taj Mahal). You can garrison troops in landmarks, have pitched infantry battles there, or [[CriticalExistenceFailure simply wipe it off the face of the Earth]] via bombardment with missile launchers/planes/ships. The country that gets its landmark destroyed will then [[OhTheHumanity undergo a truly epic shock and mourning phase]].destroy



* ThisIsAWorkOfFiction: This disclaimer appears because [[SuspiciciouslySpecificDenial any resemblance to people living or dead, or events past or present]] [[BlatantLies is purely coincidental]].

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* ThisIsAWorkOfFiction: This disclaimer appears because [[SuspiciciouslySpecificDenial [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial any resemblance to people living or dead, or events past or present]] [[BlatantLies is purely coincidental]].
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* ThisIsAWorkOfFiction: This disclaimer appears because [[SuspiciciouslySpecificDenial any resemblance to people living or dead, or events past or present]] [[BlatantLies is purely coincidental]].
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* ShoutOut:
** Having a person assassinated may successfully take place [[Film/PSYcho in a shower]] and the witness interviewed will say "it's just like that film except I can't remember which one".
** You can congratulate your nation's movie stars by telling them "[[OscarBait you played so well]] [[InspirationallyDisadvantaged in the role of a cretin]]".
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* Expy: Many characters are obvious references and parodies of powerful figures in real life, including:

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Rulers of Nations is an ''IndieGame'' nation simulator by French video game company ''Creator/Eversim'' that covers domestic policy, foreign policy, popularity, infrastructure, economy, trade and much more. Also known as Geo-Political-Simulator 2, it was released on is the second game in the "Commander In Chief" video game series, succeeding ''VideoGame/CommanderInChief'' and preceding ''VideoGame/MastersOfTheWorld'' - however, it is much more popular than both [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Commander In Chief]] and the [[GoodBugsBadBugs infamously glitchy Masters of the World]]. It is relatively complex for a video game, thus many "Let's Play" videos have been made about it, shown here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rulers+of+Nations+Lets+Play&page=&utm_source=opensearch.


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Rulers of Nations is an ''IndieGame'' nation simulator [[Creator/Eversim by French video game company ''Creator/Eversim'' Eversim]] that covers domestic policy, foreign policy, popularity, infrastructure, economy, trade and much more. Also known as Geo-Political-Simulator 2, it was released on is the second game in the "Commander In Chief" video game series, succeeding ''VideoGame/CommanderInChief'' and preceding ''VideoGame/MastersOfTheWorld'' - however, it is much more popular than both [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Commander In Chief]] and the [[GoodBugsBadBugs infamously glitchy Masters of the World]]. It is relatively complex for a video game, thus many "Let's Play" videos have been made about it, shown here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rulers+of+Nations+Lets+Play&page=&utm_source=opensearch.




** Helicopters can conquer cities and military bases, require no layover while going from land to sea or vice versa, and are the [[FragileSpeedster second fastest unit (at around half the fighter's speed) but utterly suck against massed tanks and/or infantry]]

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** Helicopters can conquer cities and military bases, require no layover while going from land to sea or vice versa, and are the [[FragileSpeedster second fastest unit (at around half the fighter's speed) but utterly suck against massed tanks and/or infantry]]infantry]].

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* BlindIdiotTranslation: Rare, but still occurring, as the game's default language is French, and some of the English translations are off, with even more inaccuracies if playing on other languages.



US President Barack Obama
UK Prime Minister David Cameron
French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Chinese President Hu Jintao
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
South African President Jacob Zuma
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (titled "President of State Council")
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
German Bundeskanzler Angela Merkel
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
Peruvian President Alan Garcia
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya Muammar Gadaffi (in mannerisms & speech only, not appearance, titled as "Guide")
Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva
Mexican President Felipe Calderon
Swiss Bundeskanzler Corina Casanova (titled "President of State Council")
Uzbek President Islam Karimov
Danish Statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon
First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Indian President Pratibha Pratil
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg
German President Christian Wulff
First Secretary of the French Socialist Party Martine Aubry
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen
Prime Minister of France François Fillon

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** [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama US President Barack Obama
Obama]]
** [[UsefulNotes/DavidCameron
UK Prime Minister David Cameron
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy
** Chinese President Hu Jintao
** Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
** South African President Jacob Zuma
** Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
** Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
** Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
** Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan
** Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (titled "President of State Council")
** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
** Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
** German Bundeskanzler Angela Merkel
** Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard
** Afghan President Hamid Karzai
** Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
** Peruvian President Alan Garcia
** Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan
** Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
** Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
** Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya Muammar Gadaffi (in mannerisms & speech only, not appearance, titled as "Guide")
** Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva
** Mexican President Felipe Calderon
** Swiss Bundeskanzler Corina Casanova (titled "President of State Council")
** Uzbek President Islam Karimov
** Danish Statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen
** Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon
** First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama
** US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
** US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
** Indian President Pratibha Pratil
** Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
** Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg
** German President Christian Wulff
** First Secretary of the French Socialist Party Martine Aubry
** French National Front leader Marine Le Pen
** Prime Minister of France François Fillon
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* Expy: Many characters are obvious references and parodies of powerful figures in real life, including:
** Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI
US President Barack Obama
UK Prime Minister David Cameron
French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Chinese President Hu Jintao
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
South African President Jacob Zuma
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (titled "President of State Council")
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
German Bundeskanzler Angela Merkel
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
Peruvian President Alan Garcia
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya Muammar Gadaffi (in mannerisms & speech only, not appearance, titled as "Guide")
Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva
Mexican President Felipe Calderon
Swiss Bundeskanzler Corina Casanova (titled "President of State Council")
Uzbek President Islam Karimov
Danish Statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon
First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Indian President Pratibha Pratil
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg
German President Christian Wulff
First Secretary of the French Socialist Party Martine Aubry
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen
Prime Minister of France François Fillon

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* DifficultButAwesome: The entire game is this

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* CoolPlane: 2 Types of aircraft available
** Fighters fire missiles and if you have the approval to do so, NBC weapons as well (assuming you have these weapons). They are the fastest in-game unit and are highly effective against land troops and helicopters out in the open as well as military bases. However, they cannot conquer anything.
** Helicopters can conquer cities and military bases, require no layover while going from land to sea or vice versa, and are the [[FragileSpeedster second fastest unit (at around half the fighter's speed) but utterly suck against massed tanks and/or infantry]]
* DifficultButAwesome: The entire game is thisthis due to the infinite choices of possible political, economic and military actions, and some options will rarely be used, but skilful gaming is rewarded by power, economic growth, military conquest and popularity.

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* MonumentalDamage: Some countries have landmarks (e.g. India has the Taj Mahal). You can garrison troops in landmarks, have pitched infantry battles there, or [[CriticalExistenceFailure simply wipe it off the face of the Earth]] via bombardment with missile launchers/planes/ships.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: Even 1-star quality Aircraft Carriers are [[MadeOfIron hard to sink]], carry up to 20 fighters, [[MoraleMechanic provides a constant morale boost to your armed forces as long as they are not yet sunk]] and provides a mobile airbase from potentially anywhere on the 70 or so per cent of the Earth's surface that is water. However, they are the [[MightyGlacier slowest naval unit]], very expensive to own and run, cannot be purchased except from [[ArmsDealer the black market]] (and even then only in tiny quantities), planes cannot use the carrier whilst it is in motion [[spoiler: and most of all, it's cheaper and faster to establish an overseas air force base in an allied country than to buy an Aircraft Carrier from the black market and wait for it to arrive]].
* DifficultButAwesome: The entire game is this
* MonumentalDamage: Some countries have landmarks (e.g. India has the Taj Mahal). You can garrison troops in landmarks, have pitched infantry battles there, or [[CriticalExistenceFailure simply wipe it off the face of the Earth]] via bombardment with missile launchers/planes/ships. The country that gets its landmark destroyed will then [[OhTheHumanity undergo a truly epic shock and mourning phase]].



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* TooDumbToLive: You have the option of enacting unrestricted firearms sales to all adults. [[EpicFail This means that you have less than a month to live]] because somebody will inevitably [[BoomHeadshot use the gun they bought to fatally shoot you]], regardless of your popularity. [[MortonsFork And the biggest problem with doing this is that reversing your decision through more restrictive gun laws will cause your popularity to drop and possibly cause some groups to riot in the streets]].
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* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Partaking in any of the above usually destroys your popularity. [[spoiler:The only exceptions are using nuclear weapons on other states with nuclear weapons; using biological/chemical weapons if you were nuked first; and invading another country to help the other side]].

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* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Partaking in any of the above usually destroys your popularity. [[spoiler:The only exceptions are using nuclear weapons on other states nations with nuclear weapons; using biological/chemical weapons if you were nuked first; and invading another country to help the other side]].

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Rulers of Nations is an ''IndieGame'' nation simulator by French video game company ''Creator/Eversim'' that covers domestic policy, foreign policy, popularity, infrastructure, economy, trade and much more. Also known as Geo-Political-Simulator 2, it was released on is the second game in the "Commander In Chief" video game series, succeeding ''VideoGame/CommanderInChief'' and preceding ''VideoGame/MastersOfTheWorld'' - however, it is much more popular than both [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Commander In Chief]] and the ''Sequelitis'' plagued [[GoodBugsBadBugs Masters of the World]]. It is relatively complex for a video game, thus many "Let's Play" videos have been made about it, shown here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rulers+of+Nations+Lets+Play&page=&utm_source=opensearch.


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Rulers of Nations is an ''IndieGame'' nation simulator by French video game company ''Creator/Eversim'' that covers domestic policy, foreign policy, popularity, infrastructure, economy, trade and much more. Also known as Geo-Political-Simulator 2, it was released on is the second game in the "Commander In Chief" video game series, succeeding ''VideoGame/CommanderInChief'' and preceding ''VideoGame/MastersOfTheWorld'' - however, it is much more popular than both [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Commander In Chief]] and the ''Sequelitis'' plagued [[GoodBugsBadBugs infamously glitchy Masters of the World]]. It is relatively complex for a video game, thus many "Let's Play" videos have been made about it, shown here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rulers+of+Nations+Lets+Play&page=&utm_source=opensearch.

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* MonumentalDamage: Some countries have landmarks (e.g. India has the Taj Mahal). You can garrison troops in landmarks, have pitched infantry battles there, or [[CriticalExistenceFailure simply wipe it off the face of the Earth]] via bombardment with missile launchers/planes/ships.



* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Partaking in any of the above usually destroys your popularity. [[spoiler:The only exceptions are using nuclear weapons on other states with nuclear weapons; using biological/chemical weapons if you were nuked first; and invading another country to help the other side]].

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* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Partaking in any of the above usually destroys your popularity. [[spoiler:The only exceptions are using nuclear weapons on other states with nuclear weapons; using biological/chemical weapons if you were nuked first; and invading another country to help the other side]].side]].
* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: If your popularity slips below 5% and you do not increase it somehow, your game will end within 1 in-game week [[spoiler: and the newspaper will report your death as either "(insert your name here) killed when motorbike crashed into a hedgehog while attempting to escape the country" or "(insert your name here)'s motorcade caught in demonstration and crushed by concrete block dropped from crane"]]. This could also happen if your policies alienate your own party, in which case they will simply kick you out and replace you with the next highest ranking member of your party, whilst calling for a snap election.

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Rulers of Nations is an ''IndieGame'' nation simulator by French video game company ''Creator/Eversim'' that covers domestic policy, foreign policy, popularity, infrastructure, economy, trade and much more. Also known as Geo-Political-Simulator 2, it was released on is the second game in the "Commander In Chief" video game series, succeeding ''VideoGame/CommanderInChief'' and preceding ''VideoGame/MastersOfTheWorld'' - however, it is much more popular than both [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/ Commander In Chief]] and the ''Sequelitis''-plagued [[GoodBugsBadBugs/ Masters of the World]]. It is relatively complex for a video game, thus many "Let's Play" videos have been made about it, shown here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rulers+of+Nations+Lets+Play&page=&utm_source=opensearch.

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Rulers of Nations is an ''IndieGame'' nation simulator by French video game company ''Creator/Eversim'' that covers domestic policy, foreign policy, popularity, infrastructure, economy, trade and much more. Also known as Geo-Political-Simulator 2, it was released on is the second game in the "Commander In Chief" video game series, succeeding ''VideoGame/CommanderInChief'' and preceding ''VideoGame/MastersOfTheWorld'' - however, it is much more popular than both [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/ [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Commander In Chief]] and the ''Sequelitis''-plagued [[GoodBugsBadBugs/ ''Sequelitis'' plagued [[GoodBugsBadBugs Masters of the World]]. It is relatively complex for a video game, thus many "Let's Play" videos have been made about it, shown here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rulers+of+Nations+Lets+Play&page=&utm_source=opensearch.com/results?search_query=Rulers+of+Nations+Lets+Play&page=&utm_source=opensearch.


* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
** Use of [[NukeEm Nuclear Weapons]] and/or [[DeadlyGas Biological or Chemical Weapons]] against military units or even [[MoralEventHorizon cities, refugees or refugee camps]].
** The game allows you to [[DifficultButAwesome establish a dictatorship, make your country into a hellole]] and abuse every human right in the book.
** Invade other countries [[ForTheEvulz because why not]]?
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Partaking in any of the above usually destroys your popularity. [[spoiler:The only exceptions are using nuclear weapons on other states with nuclear weapons; using biological/chemical weapons if you were nuked first; and invading another country to help the other side]].
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Rulers of Nations is an ''IndieGame'' nation simulator by French video game company ''Creator/Eversim'' that covers domestic policy, foreign policy, popularity, infrastructure, economy, trade and much more. Also known as Geo-Political-Simulator 2, it was released on is the second game in the "Commander In Chief" video game series, succeeding ''VideoGame/CommanderInChief'' and preceding ''VideoGame/MastersOfTheWorld'' - however, it is much more popular than both [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/ Commander In Chief]] and the ''Sequelitis''-plagued [[GoodBugsBadBugs/ Masters of the World]]. It is relatively complex for a video game, thus many "Let's Play" videos have been made about it, shown here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rulers+of+Nations+Lets+Play&page=&utm_source=opensearch.

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