Here to Stay

Power in this fictional 1970s Eastern European state is won through paperwork, influence, and the careful management of people who may betray you tomorrow. Here to Stay is a political strategy adventure that trades battlefield tactics for election campaigns, party infighting, state budgets, and tense diplomatic choices. You begin by shaping a political movement capable of competing for regional support, then work toward parliamentary dominance and control of the government itself. Its atmosphere is calculating and bureaucratic, with every policy, public statement, and appointment carrying the potential to change how the country sees you.

Running a party means balancing four key branches—domestic administration, money, messaging, and coercive power—while assigning members where their abilities matter most. Much of the action unfolds through documents, contracts, files, and correspondence, giving decisions a deliberately administrative feel rather than presenting politics as a simple series of dialogue choices. Elections require credible candidates and effective campaigns, but keeping allies safe, loyal, and out of prison is equally important when rival factions begin applying pressure. Once your party gains enough representation, you oversee national finances, alter legislation, deal with foreign matters, and decide how aggressively to use the institutions under your influence.

Control of banks, media outlets, schools, prisons, and city buildings expands your options, but it also demands trustworthy officials to manage those assets. The ideology system makes political identity something you build through conduct: voters respond to the decisions you make instead of merely accepting a label selected at the start. That creates a satisfying push and pull between principled reform, cynical opportunism, and the practical need to remain in office. Players who enjoy the political maneuvering of Suzerain, the administrative pressure of Democracy, or grand-strategy games focused on internal governance should find plenty to chew on here. Its dense systems and text-driven management make it better suited to patient strategists than action-focused adventure fans, but newcomers willing to learn its moving parts can build a distinctly personal path to power.