
A text-based political management sandbox set in the Cold War. Balance the budget, recruit experts, bargain with rival powers, answer telegrams, and drag a poor new republic into the space age. Or bury it in a nuclear one. All in animated ASCII.
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A text-based political management sandbox set in the Cold War. Balance the budget, recruit experts, bargain with rival powers, answer telegrams, and drag a poor new republic into the space age. Or bury it in a nuclear one. All in animated ASCII.

Crisis in the Kremlin
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?

Last Emperor
Lead a waning Empire back to its former glory in this fictional Cold War text-based RPG. As emperor, choose who to trust and who to silence. Adapt to changing times or cling to tradition. Enact reforms to revive the economy, enforce law and order, and reinforce the Empire’s place under the Sun.
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
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Lead a waning Empire back to its former glory in this fictional Cold War text-based RPG. As emperor, choose who to trust and who to silence. Adapt to changing times or cling to tradition. Enact reforms to revive the economy, enforce law and order, and reinforce the Empire’s place under the Sun.
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