History Videogame / RulersOfNations

** Then there are expies of [[Acceptable Political Targets unsavory groups]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName on the far right]] in Europe, Israel, The USA and Russia

* TakeOverTheWorld: One can [[PlayerImposedChallenge set this as their goal]], which is quite a reasonable given the game's nature, and also an attainable goal, [[GoodBadBugs assuming you can avoid]] [[EpicFail crashing the game]].

** Arabic names never have the "al-" prefix

** [[TheMafiya The Russian Mafia]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is a criminal/terrorist hybrid group based in Russia with operatives in most rich countries]].

** The other way to get a coup is for you to [[YouFailEconomicsForever screw up your economy and bankrupt the country]], in which case the military will overthrow you, if your party or parliament doesn't beat them to it. [[spoiler: Not only are you [[PublicExecution taken to a public square]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything to be shot]], [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare but your military leader will personally shoot you in the face]] ]]

** Also, [[TheTheocracy some]] [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny undemocratic]] [[DayOfTheJackboot countries]] play this straight with "terrorists" that claim to strive for freedom, democracy or both. If you help them so as to bring democracy and freedom to the country they operate in, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished you will still get impeached for]] [[ExctWords "supporting terrrorists"]]. Then again, such groups may or may not be striving solely to [[FullCircleRevolution overthrow the current regime and take over]].

** This becomes an {{Invoked Trope}} in an unlockable, but extremely difficult, scenario in the "World Simulation" category, where you choose a First World democracy (choices are the USA, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Australia, Sweden and Canada) and you are scored on how quickly you can turn it into [[a dictatorship with no press or political freedom and a leader's term is for life). This scenario is actually called "Dictatorship".

** [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem American President]] [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack Obama]]
** [[UsefulNotes/PostWarBritishPolitics British Prime Minister]] [[UsefulNotes/DavidCameron David Cameron]]
** [[FrenchPoliticalSystem French President]] Nicolas Sarkozy

* 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]].

* BalkanizeMe: You can let one of your county's states/provinces/districts/[[BreadEggsMilkSquick conquered territories]] secede [[SchmuckBait not that you would]], though, [[EpicFail because it makes the game's]] [[GoodBadGlitches economic calculations fail]].

* AbusiveParents: Apparently, your character's parents' approval of them [[UnfortunateImplications depends on their popularity]]...

** The father of the player character disapproves of the player character's popularity drops below ''65%'', [[AndThatsTerrible and on top of that]], [FrenchJerk he is voiced with a French Accent]].

* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: Too cheap/poor/impatient/infrastructure-challenged to research new technology? Just increase your spy agency's numbers and send them to steal the technologies of countries which already have those technologies. You might even gain yourself nuclear weapon technologies.

** Firstly, the military could get annoyed of your cuts to military spending. Your advisor will then call you saying that tanks are headed to your residence, [[spoiler: followed by your death the following day, using the {{ShotAtDawn}} method. However, the newspaper will state that your character [[FaceDeathWithDignity chose not to wear a blindfold at the firing squad]]. ]]

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

!!RelevantTropes:
* 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]].
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Extreme Right wing parties are this with hints of {{Democracy Is Bad}}, {{Right Wing Militia Fanatic}}, {{Bury Your Gays}}, {{Stay In The Kitchen}} and {{Absolute Xenophobe}} ([[OccupiersOutOfOurCountry campaigning for all immigrants, even refugees to be treated as invaders and thus to be evicted on pain of death]]).
* ARealManIsAKiller:
** Public figures listed as "servicemen" are all men, regardless of country you play as.
** {{Conscription}} is for all men reaching age 18.
** [[GodzillaThreshold If you enact a full mobilisation]], all male citizens 18 and above will be forced into service. You could also lose millions of men in battle when doing this, and it will show on your demographics and it will shrink your economy.

** {{Qurac}} and {{Arabian Nights Days}} is averted by giving each Middle Eastern country its own government, economy, military, etc.
** {{All Nations Are Superpowers}}, quite to the contrary, you can choose to play as the weakest, poorest countries in the world.
** {{Darkest Africa}} and {{Bulungi}} is averted by giving each African country its own government, economy, military, etc.
** {{Christianity Is Catholic}} doesn't happen, instead, you have {{UsefulNotes/Christianity}} divided into Catholic (led by {{UsefulNotes/ThePope}} in Rome), Protestant ([[CriticalResearchFailure inexplicably all united and led]] by the "[[UsefulNotes/AmericanChurches Pastor of New York]]" and {{Orthodox Christianity}} (led by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople Patriarch of Constantinople]]).
** The tropes {{Chinese Dialects And Accents}}, {{Japanese Ranguage}}, {{Funetik Aksent}}, [[UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent Australian accents]] and {{Canadian Accents}} are simply avoided by {{Not Even Bothering With The Accent}}

** [[TheLargestDemocracy Indian Prime Minister]] Manmohan Singh
** South African President Jacob Zuma
** Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
** Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

** Indian President Pratibha Pratil

* MisplacedAccent / NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent:

** {{Christianity Is Catholic}} doesn't happen, instead, you have [[UsefulNotes/Christianity Christianity split up]] into Catholic (led by [[UsefulNotes/ThePope the Pope in Rome]]), Protestant ([[CriticalResearchFailure inexplicably all united and led]] by the "[[UsefulNotes/AmericanChurches Pastor of New York]]" and {{Orthodox Christianity}} (led by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople Patriarch of Constantinople]]).

* 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.

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

** 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]].

** All trade unionists regardless of citizenship speak in a [[AmericanAccents Cowpoke (stereotypical Wild West) accent]].
** All naturalists and leaders of "ecologist" political parties speak in a [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents posh British accent]], possibly because {{Smart People Speak The Queen's English}}.
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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. The country that gets its landmark destroyed [[OhTheHumanity will enter an epic, nationwide outpouring of shock and despair]].
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent:

** All naturalists and leaders of "ecologist" political parties speak in a [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents posh British accent]], possibly because {{Smart people speak the queen's English}}.

** The most likely in-game conflicts to start are [[UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar North Korea vs South Korea]], [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Russia vs Ukraine]], [[UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict Israel vs Palestine (or less commonly Jordan or Syria)]], [[UsefulNotes/IranIraqWar Iran vs Iraq]], [[UsefulNotes/TheCubanMissileCrisis USA vs Cuba]], [[UsefulNotes/TheCongoWars Congo-Kinshasa vs Rwanda]] and [[UsefulNotes/SinoJapaneseWar China vs Japan]].

** [[UsefulNotes/TheLargestDemocracy Indian Prime Minister]] Manmohan Singh

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

** Total Jihad is a [[TheWarOnTerror blatant Al-Qaeda/Taliban hybrid with cells worldwide]].

Rulers of Nations is an {{Indie Game}} nation simulator 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.

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

** French National Front leader Marine Le Pen

** [[CommieNazis Totalitarian extreme left]], [[DirtyCommunists Communist]],