After a freak storm destroyed much of the government-controlled infrastructure in @@CAPITAL@@, members of your cabinet have taken the opportunity to propose new infrastructure plans in place of the rubble. Your office is becoming so crowded that you’ve decided to narrow down the field and make them go one at a time.
Option 1
Your Minister of Infrastructure cuts to the front of the line and slips you a 20 @@CURRENCY@@ bill. “@@LEADER@@, the people of our fine @@TYPE@@ don’t deserve more boring office buildings! They deserve spectacle! Landmarks! Something that screams @@NAME@@! I’m talking monuments, statues, you name it! I’ll even let you have the majority of the statues…for being such a great leader, of course…”
The only thing carved in stone is @@LEADER@@‘s face
Option 2
Your Minister of War shoves him out of the way. “No, no, we don’t need more useless pieces of ‘national pride’! We need to make sure our capital will never be taken! We need to fortify the place with some AA guns over there, and walls with 24/7 guarded gates all over the place! Those damn Bigtopians will never invade us now!” He hands you a document titled Fort @@CAPITAL@@
@@DEMONYMPLURALNOUN@@ wishing to travel to @@CAPITAL@@ must first go through 3 background checks, 15 metal detectors, and relinquish all holdings in Bigtopia
Option 3
Your Minister of Business speaks up from behind the Minister of War, who is shaking in delight. “Why do we need this land anyways? It’s going to be so expensive to repair, all at the taxpayers expense. Besides, the economy needs a boost anyways. Imagine, ‘@@CAPITAL@@, the City of Business’. Stores as far as you can see. Isn’t it beautiful?”
In @@CAPITAL@@, minimum wage retail employees outnumber government employees 150-1
Invalid for all nations without free markets
Option 4
The leader of @@RELIGION@@ quiets the room by slamming his cane on the ground. “SILENCE! This storm was a sign from The Great One that our government is not being appreciative enough of Him. We must repay our sins by building churches, temples, and shrines where those government buildings once stood.” He looks you directly in the eye. “Lest He wipe us all out in a great flood.”
@@DEMONYMPLURALNOUN@@ struggle to find the post office among @@RELIGION@@‘s temples
Invalid for all nations without a separation between church and state
Option 5
The Minister of Parks and Rec takes a sip from her water bottle before nudging him out of the way. “Why do we need more buildings at all? How about we plant a forest and have a nice park. It’ll be a good way for @@DEMONYMPLURALNOUN@@ to get outside, and besides, it’d be a great new home for the struggling @@ANIMAL@@ population!”
Bureaucrats aren’t out of the woods yet
