@Dirk_Diggler: Welcome to CFC!
Don't worry, we won't eat you.
Alright, i'll explain what happens in a Realpolitik. The goal of the game is to mould the nation into what you want it to become. For you to have any hope of doing this, you have to be part of the government. When elections begin, people vote for the two parties they want to see in the government. Because each person has 2 votes, most parties form coalitions, so that they rule together, and combine thier votes in the elections. The coalition with most votes wins, and becomes the government. They then submit to LH a plan, telling him how to play the game. He carries it out, and at the midterm they have to produce another plan for him to carry out again. After he has done that, elections begin again, and we start voting again.
As you are part of the opposition
D) your goal is to argue the government into doing what you, or you coalition wants them to do. You can do opposition actions (see page 1) to exert pressure on the government in a do-this-or-else opposition, or you can reason with them in a do-this-cuz-its-smart opposition. But either way, your goal is to try and make the government do what you want.
If you have any other questions, just ask!
DT
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