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Strategy games which encourage users to eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate.
Anarchism is the rejection of all government authority.
A bribe is the act of offering money or gifts to a person to gain influence or alter a decision.
Capitalism is an economic system that supports private property and financial gain.
Communism is an economic and political ideology which (at least in theory), seeks to eventually achieve a classless society that promotes equality in gender, racial, and/or social terms. Despite this, most Communist regimes are often dictatorial rather than utopian.
Fake money made to deceive honest dealers.
Fast-talking and manipulative salespeople.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
A game mechanic in which you can interact with another country/civilization. Usually games allow you to declare war, offer peace, trade, etc. using diplomacy.
While most game currencies resemble real-life currencies or fantasy equivalents, some games re-frame entirely mundane objects as vital economic components.
Fascism is a extremist totalitarian, nationalistic political ideology. Within video games, various fascist regimes are often portrayed as the enemy within the Second World War.
In the Star Trek Universe, a race of aliens from the planet Ferenginar. Extremely capitalistic society, with most rules based on commerce.
A race of chain-smoking tyrannical industrialists operating on Oddworld with little regard for anything except bigger profits.
A government is a group of people who are responsible for the running of a country
House Ordos is a powerful organization created specifically for Westwood Studios' Dune games.
In real time strategy games, Macromanagement or "macro" is a loose term used to describe the ability to produce units.
In these games, players can accumulate two or more separate currencies, each having a different value, that can be spent on in-game items, power-ups, and so on. This feature is most often seen in games with microtransactions, where a secondary currency can be bought with real money.
Members of the German National Socialist Party, which controlled Germany from January 1933 unto the end of World War II in May 1945. Nazis and characters inspired by them are often used as villains in video games.
The political thriller is a story, often action-oriented, that tends to revolve around two or more nations struggling to gain power. Outcomes are usually found through military confrontations, covert wars, and back alley negotiating.
A lack of basic needs like clothes, clean water, shelter, and food.
The act of acquiring resources for the purpose of building structures and/or unit construction. Resource gathering is a staple of the RTS (Real Time Strategy) genre.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
A superweapon is a structure or character with amazing powers and amazing costs. This weapon can turn the battle to its owner's side single-handedly, but is usually the most expensive and time consuming to construct.
Supply and Demand are the two fundamental forces that guide an economy. Many games feature these two forces in either a self-contained or player-driven fashion.
When someone uses an illegal loophole to avoid paying for income tax.
One of the playable races in Sins of a Solar Empire. The TEC are a makeshift force to protect the Trade Order.
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
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