3.1 Free Market Liberal Democrat Guide, all ministries funded

Edit: apparently someone already did a similar run and posted it. My bad

Tried out a successful free market run in 3.1 and thought I'd share.

Prologue:

Anton is Born in Lachaven. (+3PW) Let's be real here, mucho money = mucho ~~corruption~~ lobbying = mucho political success

Study econs at LBS, agree in principle with wisci. Protest and stand your ground. Join a student council and refuse to join any political group

Meet monica and wholeheartedly support her cause. You won't be pandering to conservatives anyway

Escort the refugees back. Right now, you're just a serviceman. You can't do anything. Anyway, you need egghead on your side

Work for the ruling party is the best way to improve the country. Doesn't really matter what you sacrifice. If you wanna rp as a family guy, sacrifice work. If you wanna rp as USP through and through, sacrifice family time.

Support internal opposition. Campaign for Alphonso and vote for him. Do your best to make Sordland better. The Colonel and his fans have strayed far from who they once were, and it's stifling Sordland.

As Alphonso starts fucking up with full on shock therapy, worry about the recession and advise him to step down. Alphonso is still a reformist and some of his principles are alright, but his execution is terrible.

Promise democratic reforms, a market economy, neutrality (we won't be formally joining any blocs) and relaxed immigration. It doesn't matter which ministry you fund since this run has you funding everything.

Your opening speech doesn't matter much, but rp wise I like to talk about change and hope, capabilities, fixing recession and a united and powerful sordland. Oh yeah and be nice to Serge.

Turn 1:

Agree to write a democratic constitution with the reformists, go with a market economy (we'll be spending a lot so relax, it won't be a dystopian anarcho-capitalist run) and agree to meet with Koronti.

Now just a disclaimer, this run does involve corruption, so if understandably you feel uneasy, you can try finding other guides.

Megaproject: Invest (-1 budget) and pick the L-1 (Shinkansen, baby)

Campaign finance bill: Veto. We need Mansoun and the PFJP on our side. Invest 3 PW in Armadine. (-3PW) You will need the lobbying power.

At the presidential ball, hug monica, be nice to frank (I.E, "feel a lot more confident with my son..."), and promise the reporter you will work with everybody, that you want other parties to join ricter, and reaffirm that no party deserves to be silenced. Keep monica happy, and protect her and the kids when the shooting happens.

Turn 2:

In the subsequent meetings, I guess most of the dialogue options don't matter much, but be a die hard democrat, please. When talking about bergia, say the discrimination is maddening (it really is), and at the meeting on security, respect the generals (salute them, etc.) promise funding increase, and tell them to show rumburg Sordland is observant.

At home, be nice to Franc (he is an asshole and a dumb teenager, but so were all of us). Knock (or bang) on the door 3 times. Ask him for the cigarettes and to come down for dinner. Tell him he ought to stop while he can (all rp, but cmon he's your son). Say you don't want another Soll, and promise franc nothing will happen to them even if you die, that security team is taking all precautions and reassure monica that you will tell her everything (don't tell her to just worry about cooking. We're not conservatives).

Response to the violence: Visit affected towns in person

Tusk visit: be nice. Ask for a bigger bribe (+2 PW) and take it. It might still be possible to get his support without collusion, but for this run we will have to agree to some backroom deals. You'll see why in a while. Oh and deny it to livia. It doesn't matter, but that bitch is a goddamn spy.

Economic relief plan: don't enact. We have other plans.

Koronti deal: agree to his deal. It allows us to make unpopular decisions on budget spending and achieve growth, without too big of a popularity drop.

L-1 contract: Choose underhall (-2 Budget). This will make sense in a while. Like I said this run might make people uneasy.

Circas' funeral: attend. You are cold but not completely heartless. Carry your own umbrella, tell petr to stop laughing, and let the red youth in. In your speech, be respectful, and call for unity ("regardless of his ideology... circas had a dream of... but hatred begets hatred... recite a poem... our only strength is the will to survive... a moment of silence... a morgna wes core")

Attend the meeting with Deivid. Be nice to him. When the topic of rumburg is broached, close the dome consulate. If you are going for peace by sanctions, this makes agnolia happy. If you are going for war... well 'nuff said.

TCPA: sign it (-1 Budget). Tourism is a potent boost.

Reform committee meeting: agree to reformist demands

Hawker and garaci visit: Tell them to fuck off

Turn 3:

Barbeque: be nice to franc, have a beer together, talk about the past.

Narbel visit: pay 1pw for serge's education. I'd pay 2, but we need to bribe clavin. Talk to ciara and paskal and appreciate their plans, and say that you believe you can strike a deal with alphonso that helps both people and economy

GASOM visit: be nice to gus and alphonso ("let's talk about how we can... intrigued by your vision... arguments about the railway... I get it, but isn't it time... qinali architect is odd... President Alphonso, nice to see what you built... don't we all yearn to be remembered... rescued the country from Soll's isolationist...")

Eventually he'll ask you for an investment. We are going to be liberals here. We want thriving enterprise and thriving people. Tell them that if the gov't is to invest they need to help narbel's socioeconomic conditions. Do a solo investment (-2 budget). It's worth the cost. Then when gus brings up the concerns, say it'll jeopardise the administration, and when Alphonso asks what we need him to do, pick housing and healthcare. He will agree.

Leave GASOM: by car. Be nice to them. When Denis confronts you, keep saying you understand, and that you are listening. When the reporter asks about the deal, tell them GASOM will provide housing and healthcare, and that it is a victory. When asked about Rizia, say that with all due respect to the kingdom, fuck off. The protestors will celebrate, and do shake Stahler and Katerina's hands. This boosts your popularity.

GREEN act: Veto. Not great during a recession, and it harms farmers and businesses big and small.

Draft an ultrareformist Constitution:

•vetoes overriden by a 3/5 majority, •SC vote on amendments removed •confidence vote required for cabinet nominees •2 term limit •3% threshold •Decrees unchanged •President may be impeached by a majority in the Assembly and SC •Justices may be impeached •MoH abolished

Meeting on the EPA: raise the threshold to 49%. We are Liberal Democratic Reformists, not anarcho-capitalists. It also maintains our control over our energy supply, while allowing foreign investment.

Budget meeting: fund everything (-12 budget). You should see the graph tick up. We are going free market, but we will listen to Keynes on government spending during recession.

Turn 4:

WRA: Veto. Yes I know, this is evil of us. We are in recession, the wage part will kill us. We'll revisit it in term 2 and we will make up for it in copious amounts of welfare spending.

Regional investment: Lorren (-2 budget). This will help recover Lorren without Morna Port, and the coal is nice. It's also the popular option iirc.

Law&order spending: divert to Justice, and create the ACP. We will need Karl to take care of some... unsavoury elements within the party.

Benfi decision: let Monica speak. We're not counting on conservative assemblymen anyway.

Tax meeting: Increase taxes for large corporations, maintain SME taxes (+3 budget). Edith is a naive central banker and Aven has many CoIs.

Visit to Leiren: let the principal through, apologise for the security, say that a little discipline doesn't hurt, clap for the kids. When the Principal introduces the boy, tell him you'll do your best to make sure he won't die. When the girl comes up and says she wishes she could study science, be nice and tell the principal "you heard her, make the necessary changes". And whatever you do, don't attack Soll's portrait. The USP moderates still idolise him to an extent. And do reply the kids as you leave.

Education meeting: Reform the system, and begin privatisation (+2 budget). Ciara would only privatise a small number of schools anyway.