Play the new Royalty Mod update as a Dictator!
Load any world to get the Government Chooser (Monarchy or Constitution; Dictatorship must be earned).
Existing saves will also be prompted to choose a Government type if the game detects that you have not played with the latest update yet.
Elections will automatically begin once you load into the game for the first time. (If they don't, you can still run one from the phone!)
After this, they will run automatically once every 14 in-game days, randomly picking sims as candidates that meet the candidate criteria.
If you'd like to initiate an election manually, you can do so in the new Phone menu, 'Politics'.
Once you have an election running, you can vote for your preferred candidate! To do this, simply click on your lot's mailbox and navigate to the 'Royalty Mod' menu, where you'll find the 'Politics' menu.
In here, you can find the interaction to cast your vote!
Not seeing the vote interaction? Make sure you have Core Library installed!
Rather have a shot at becoming Leader yourself? Simply wait for an election to begin and then choose 'Choose Candidates' from the Politics phone menu.
You can even hold a rally event, and the interactions performed during this event will get real votes for your sim!
To do this, simply scroll in the event picker and find 'Campaign Rally'.
Referendums let the citizens vote to enact or repeal laws in their region.
You can start a referendum once you win an election and become the Leader, through the Politics phone menu. NPCs will vote automatically.
The referendum runs for a day, then results are tallied. If the proposal passes, the law is enacted or repealed automatically for all Sims in that region.
Available laws include restrictions on power usage, witchcraft, cheating, mischief, and more.
In Constitutional Governments, referendums are the primary way to change laws. In Monarchies & Dictatorship, the ruler can change laws directly without a vote.
Partners through marriage will automatically receive either the 'First Lady' or 'First Gentleman' trait!
Payments will be weekly. Monarchies receive §20k, Constitutional Leaders §15k and Dictators §25k.
Unlike Dictators, Leaders cannot rule forever. A Leader's term will last two weeks, before an election automatically begins again. If you'd like to end a term early, simply start a new election.
Has your Sim gotten a taste for power?
Elected Leaders with level 6 or more Charisma can stage a coup to seize complete power!
To do this, click on your Leader sim and navigate to the Royalty Mod menu, then to the Politics menu. In here, you'll find the Coup interaction.
You'll find out if the coup is successful within 24 hours of starting. But be careful! If your coup fails, the military will seize half of your household income, you will be stripped of your leadership & receive the Exiled trait which prevents your sim from running for Leadership again! An emergency election will be triggered in the event of this happening.
Dictators can invoke 3 new laws!
Curfew: Sims caught leaving their homes between the hours of 10pm-6am will be in violation of the curfew!
Wealth Tax: Households with more than §20k will be handed a harsh weekly tax of §2000. This goes directly to the local treasury for your Dictator to use as they wish.
Assembly Ban: A dictator can't be challenged if sims aren't allowed to gather! This law makes social events illegal.
With harsher laws comes harsher punishments!
The first time sims are caught breaking the law, they will receive a warning.
The second time, they will be fined §500 (goes to the treasury).
The third time, they will automatically be sent to jail for three days!
Leaders & Dictators feeling particularly benevolent can always pardon sims who have been caught breaking the law. Simply click on your Leader/Dictator, navigate to Royalty mod > Politics & choose which sim you'd like to pardon.
This will wipe all infringements from the sim's dossier!
Ever good Dictator knows everything about their subjects!
Your dictator can gather information on any sim and read it in their dossier. The dossier contains their basic information, traits, skills, career, finances, relationships & their surveillance status!
It'll also give you a range out of 100 on how much of a 'threat' they are perceived to be. This risk level will naturally go up throughout gameplay & autonomously driven interactions.
Concerned about a certain individual? Send your secret police to monitor them!
When you play these sims, they'll have a chance of spawning Secret Policeman Simon Snapp, who'll take photos of them and search through their bins for information on them!
Sometimes a Dictator needs to discreetly... dispose of a sim.
Your Dictator can choose which sim to purge in the Politics pie menu.
This sim will be taken care of by the secret police and 'relocated'. If they leave any family members behind, they will receive a sad moodlet wondering where their loved one has gone!
A simple aspiration designed to walk you through and familiarize you with the interactions avaliable for the Dictators.
