Singularity PartyPhoenix PartyThis is the land held by the Grand Merchant Republic of the Flying City. A number of great empires surrounds this small nation to all sides, so it would seem as if this small nation would have been conquered long ago. However, this nation exists upon the one over the single channel that allows access to the other sides of each continent without having to surmount a massive journey. While it may seem that this would make it more likely for the nation to be conquered, it hasn't been for the simple fact that none of the empires wants one of their rivals to control this point and all of the trade that flows through it. As such, any that tries to conquer the Republic gets rapidly struck by the other nations until the attackers reconsider.
Within this nation exist two smaller cities upon the shores of either side of the channel. These two cities, Harita and Vlock, have constantly vied for control over the Merchant Republic. However, they do not do this through civil war, due to the threat that such a conflict would cause damage to the lucrative trade routes. The Singularity party is based within the city of Vlock and has the dominance of technology being etched into its founding tenants, to the point that many members of the party have cybernetic augmentations. Upon the other side of the channel is the Pheonix party within the city of Harita, and it predictably takes the opposing stance of the dominance of magic over technology, with many of its members being powerful mages.
While control of the Flying City is split between the two, this balance could change at any time. If one gains dominance, the fight would shift to one of the two islands under the political control of the two cities. Either the desert island known as the Ivory Key that is under the control of the Pheonix party through their magic-based policies providing water to the inhabitants, or the mountainous Emerald Key under the control of the Singularity party thanks to their technology-based policies strengthening the mining industry.
It may be early on within this newest phase of the nation, but many on both sides are recognizing that soon only one party will hold dominance. The question becomes, will it be the Pheonixes, or the Sigulatarians?
The Ivory Key Water Act: Water magics are used by the government to provide water for the denizens of the Ivory Key.
Magical Education campaign: Promotes citizens to enroll at magic focused schools to increase the number of mages.
Charisma Powder: Boosts the charisma of Pheonix Party politicians that allows for them to more easily convince magically inclined individuals to agree with the party.
Mining Initiative: Companies using technology in their mines are subsidized by the government.
Power of Cybernetics campaign: Promotes cybernetic augmentation among the populace by advertising their superhuman abilities.
E.I.D.O.L.O.N.: A series of eight linked minds dedicated to searching the internet to suppress failures of the Singularity Party from its constituents.
Basically, Arms Race but with two political parties. Going to be simplified down to only one route with five areas of control rather than three parallel routes. During the design and revision phases, you have a few options for what can be done: drafting and revising pieces of legislation, devising and modifying pieces of propaganda to support your candidates, or constructing and revising devices such as wiretaps to reveal information. However, there is only one design phase and one revision phase, so choose wisely.
Oh, and just so it is clear, the Pheonix Party is based within Magitech and the Singularity Party is based within Cyberpunk. Given neither of these follow the laws of physics of our world too closely, I'm going with the stance of 'anything is acceptable, so long as you have a way to justify that sounds like it would fit into that ideology.' (ex. Crystals and Runes for Magitech, Computers and Cybernetics for Cyberpunk).
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