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The game
- PRESIDO
A Nigerian political simulation about decisions, delivery and the people living with the consequences.
- Story mode and scene replays
The visual narrative of your saved political story.
- Newspapers and report cards
Read the record and share a selected result as an image.
- Coming-soon features
The boundary between the playable launch and future game paths.
Getting started
- How to play
A complete route from your first account to your first saved policy decision.
- Your first ten decisions
A suggested learning plan for a free regular presidency, not a guaranteed winning script.
- Character creation
Build the fictional leader who appears in portraits and story scenes.
- Practice rooms and Policy Lab
Learn the trade-offs before submitting another career policy.
- Scenario Workshop
Choose or write the opening situation for a personal presidency.
Careers
- Presidency career
The complete regular career loop and the record it leaves behind.
- Calendar and tenures
The difference between simulated months, policy decisions and a real deadline.
- Elections and campaigns
The first-term ballot, campaign resources and the limits of paid continuation.
- Presidential health and medical leave
Manage personal health without confusing it with national healthcare.
- Diplomacy and international travel
International duties, delegation and the country you leave at home.
- Paid tenures and continuation
One-time duration unlocks for longer regular presidencies.
Governing
- Policy decisions
How written proposals become saved consequences.
- Policy mechanisms
Choose how a policy is carried out and what authority it requires.
- Funding and the economy
Money, delivery and the economic consequences of a policy.
- Approval, stability and trust
Why several confidence indicators appear on the dashboard.
- Political capital
The in-game capacity to spend influence on governing actions.
- Cabinet and vice president
People, portfolios and the capacity to turn a promise into a result.
- Power blocs and citizens
Understanding the groups behind the reaction to your decision.
- The country and state map
Explore the fictional nation beyond the capital.
- Crises and breaking news
How to respond when a priority incident interrupts the normal desk.
- Citizen protests
Priority reactions to an unpopular saved decision.
Competition
- Monthly Challenge
One inherited country, one attempt and three decisions for every entrant.
- Leaderboard and Governance Index
How saved country outcomes become a public ranking.
Player help
- Accounts and player profiles
Usernames, optional email, one allowed email update and password recovery.
- Mobile controls and accessibility
Navigation, drawers, sound and readable story controls.
- Saved progress and fair play
Ownership, standard starts and why an attempted action needs a confirmed save.
- Troubleshooting
Find the right response to common blocked actions and connection problems.
- Frequently asked questions
Quick answers with links to the detailed guides.
Reference
- Administration and game settings
What assigned owners can manage behind the private dashboard.
- Sponsorship and rewards
Advertising placements, challenge prizes and what is currently promised.
- About PRESIDO Wiki
How to use the encyclopedia and keep its game information current.
Political terminology
- Accountability
The obligation to explain decisions, accept scrutiny and answer for results or misuse of authority.
- Acting president
A person temporarily performing presidential duties while the principal office holder is unavailable.
- Administration
The executive organisation that manages government work; the word can also mean the running of an organisation.
- Approval rating
An estimate or measure of support for an office holder or institution.
- Appropriation
An authorised allocation of public money for specified purposes.
- Audit
A structured examination of records, spending or performance against defined standards.
- Bicameralism
A legislative structure with two chambers.
- Bill
A proposed law considered by a legislative body before enactment.
- Budget
A plan for income, expenditure and financing over a period.
- Budget deficit
The amount by which expenditure exceeds revenue over a defined period.
- Cabinet
A group of senior ministers responsible for executive policy areas.
- Campaign
Organised activity intended to win support for an election or a public cause.
- Campaign funds
Resources set aside for organised election activity.
- Capital
A term that can mean productive assets, financing resources, a seat of government or political influence, depending on context.
- Central bank
An institution responsible for a country’s monetary system and functions such as currency issuance or monetary policy.
- Checks and balances
Arrangements through which different institutions constrain, review or counter one another’s powers.
- Civil service
The professional administrative workforce carrying out public-sector functions.
- Coalition
An alliance between groups that cooperate for a shared objective while retaining distinct interests.
- Competence
The ability or capacity to perform a role effectively.
- Constituency
A represented electoral area, or a group whose interests an institution serves.
- Constitution
The foundational framework of a political system, including institutions, powers and rights.
- Corruption
The misuse of entrusted power for private advantage.
- Debt servicing
Payments made to meet interest and repayment obligations on borrowed money.
- Delegation
Assigning authority or responsibility to another person while retaining an accountability relationship.
- Delivery
The practical execution of a promised policy or service.
- Democracy
A political system in which public authority is grounded in participation and accountability to the people.
- Diplomacy
The management of relations and negotiation between states or other international actors.
- ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West African States, a regional cooperation and integration organisation.
- Electoral mandate
The authority and political support claimed from an election outcome.
- Eligibility
Meeting the conditions necessary for a specified action or result.
- Entitlement
A recognised right to access a particular feature or product.
- Executive
The branch or function concerned with implementing laws and administering government.
- Exchange rate
The price of one currency expressed in another currency.
- Federalism
A political arrangement dividing governmental authority between a central level and constituent units.
- Fiscal policy
Government choices about spending, taxation and financing that influence the economy.
- Governance Index
PRESIDO’s weighted measure of recorded country outcomes.
- Government stability
In the game, the capacity of the governing system to remain coherent under pressure.
- Gross domestic product
The value of goods and services produced within an economy over a period.
- Economic growth
An increase in economic output over time.
- House of Representatives
The name used for a representative legislative chamber in several political systems.
- Implementation
Putting a decision, programme or law into effect.
- Inflation
An increase in the general price level over time, reducing the purchasing power of a given amount of money.
- Institutional trust
Confidence that institutions will act reliably and appropriately.
- Interest rate
The rate charged or paid for the use of borrowed or saved money over time.
- Jurisdiction
The scope within which an institution or office has authority to act.
- Legislature
A lawmaking body that also undertakes representation and scrutiny of government.
- Living standards
The material conditions affecting people’s daily lives, including income, access and affordability.
- Loyalty
Support or allegiance to a person, institution or group.
- Mandate
Authority or support to carry out a responsibility, often associated with an election or a defined term of office.
- Manifesto
A published statement of an organisation’s goals and intended programme.
- Monetary policy
Central-bank measures influencing monetary conditions, often to manage prices and economic activity.
- Opposition
Political parties or groups outside the governing leadership that contest or scrutinise it.
- Oversight
The scrutiny of an institution’s decisions, spending or performance by an authorised body.
- Party unity
The level of cohesion among members or factions of a political party.
- Policy
A deliberate course of action to address an objective or problem.
- Political capital
The influence, goodwill and support available to pursue political objectives.
- Portfolio
A defined collection of responsibilities assigned to an office holder.
- Poverty
Deprivation of resources needed for an adequate standard of living, measured in different ways.
- Procurement
The process of purchasing goods, works or services for an organisation.
- Provisional ranking
A visible ranking whose eligibility or record is not yet complete.
- Public debt
Borrowing obligations owed by the public sector.
- Budget reallocation
Redirecting an existing resource allocation from one purpose to another.
- Regional integration
Cooperation that connects neighbouring economies or institutions through shared arrangements.
- Revenue
Income received by an organisation or government, including receipts such as taxes or fees.
- Senate
A legislative chamber that is often the upper house in a bicameral system.
- Separation of powers
A division of governmental functions among institutions to avoid concentrating every power in one body.
- Stakeholder
A person or group affected by, or able to influence, a decision.
- Subsidy
Financial support intended to reduce a cost or support an activity.
- Taxation
The raising of public revenue through compulsory levies according to the applicable system.
- Tenure
The period for which an office is held or a role continues.
- Transparency
Making relevant decisions, processes and information visible for scrutiny.
- Unemployment
The condition of people seeking work but not having employment, subject to the definition used.
- Veto
An authority to reject or stop a proposed decision, subject to a particular institutional system.