Tips for Beginners
Short rules. Each one is a click, not a lecture.
1. Spend actions; do not hoard them
Dashboard shows actions. They roll to 200, but above 100 you pay -4/turn. Click Campaign, donor, poll, or ads every session.
2. Join a party before you declare
Parties → join. Independents run in their own primary with no party organisation, registration or behind them, and an independent presidential run carries a heavy vote penalty. Match your sliders to the platform.
3. Poll, then declare
Race page → Quick Poll (2 , ₳25k). If your standing looks hopeless, pick another seat. Primaries count ballots over their closing window, so a lead you hold beats one you grab at the end. Elections is where you look.
4. Canvass where you are
Canvass is home-state (or the state a presidential candidate has traveled to). A click elsewhere errors and still spends the action.
5. Open demographics once
On the race or state view, read which groups are large, high-turnout, and close to you. Aim ads and there.
6. Know the hour
Turns process on the hour. Ads and canvassing apply when you click; you do not wait for the turn for those. Votes and bills wait for the turn.
7. Save big canvassing for campaign season
Last 4 turns before the race ends, campaign passives double. That is the window. Watch the timer on the race page.
8. Do not file with PI under 30
Campaign until is 30+. From 0, that is days of clicks, not one session.
9. First office is the lowest one
State Senate or House (or MP / MdB). Senate and President wait. Office AP bonuses fund the next race.
10. Party org is not optional
Low home-state scales your general votes down. Ask the chair to Build Org. Presidential Campaign Presence is a separate spend on the presidential page.
11. Infamy sticks
Attack actions and large personal donations add . It decays 5% a turn and hurts endorsements and your own vote weight. Click Attack only when the damage is worth it. Defying a whip costs no Infamy; it costs leadership trust.
12. Watch declaration timers
Elections → race → primary close time. Miss it, wait a full cycle (2 to 6 game years by office).
13. Country is sticky
Picked at creation. Relocation wipes party, , and national posts. See Relocation.
14. Do not clone existing law
Before Propose bill, skim active policy on the legislature pages. Duplicate provisions waste the bill slot and AP.
15. Read what the last turn did
Notifications (and the turn summary) list resolved elections and bills. If a candidacy vanished, look there first.
Your first week
- Actions spent every session, not stacked past 100.
- Party joined.
- Quick Poll before first declare.
- Lowest office chosen, not Senate.
- PI 30+ before you file.
- Primary timer written down.