Realpolitik is taking the traditional diplomacy game and adding a democratic/political twist. All 7 countries in this game are democracies, working under a Parliamentary system. Every land province on the board has a certain number of seats (Capital cities (except Russias) have 4 seats; home supply centers have 3, 2 for non-home supply centers and 1 for non-supply center territories).
Each territory differs on political ideology, and have a number of issues on their mind:
For example, the people of Brest support a naval expansion, and constantly fear an English attack, whereas the people of Burgundy detest the Germans. During election-time parties will campaign in an attempt to win as many votes as possible.

Local elections are held every year for newly acquired territories. Regular elections can happen in one of four ways:
Firstly, when the current government term of 5 years expires.
Secondly, when the current government calls for an early election.
Thirdly, when the opposition leader calls for a vote of confidence; if a majority of MPs oppose the current government, a general election is launched.
Lastly, if the current government fails to submit orders.
During an election (and even without an election), the public’s opinions are influenced by good roleplaying on behalf of the players. Always remember the priorities of your voters.

After we have around 20 sign-ups (If we don’t have sufficient sign-ups then I’ll change the map to the ancient med.) I’ll randomly assign a country to each player (keeping in mind there will be multiple players in each country). Each player is to create a party centered around an ideology (Socialism, Centrism, Nationalism, Conservatism or Liberalism) keeping in mind the views of your electorate and also that this is 1901, so we’re using the classical definitions of the ideologies.

Each phase will last 2 days.

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