<s>
Suzerain	B-Application
is	O
a	O
narrative	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
about	O
politics	O
developed	O
by	O
Torpor	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Fellow	O
Traveller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
4	O
December	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suzerain	B-Application
follows	O
the	O
fictitious	O
country	O
of	O
the	O
Republic	O
of	O
Sordland	B-Application
,	O
which	O
emerged	O
from	O
a	O
civil	O
war	O
and	O
a	O
twenty-year	O
conservative	O
dictatorship	O
,	O
and	O
Anton	B-Application
Rayne	I-Application
,	O
who	O
is	O
elected	O
as	O
its	O
new	O
President	O
in	O
1953	O
,	O
must	O
decide	O
how	O
to	O
lead	O
the	O
country	O
in	O
his	O
first	O
term	O
and	O
work	O
to	O
fix	O
the	O
various	O
structural	O
problems	O
and	O
crises	O
that	O
have	O
affected	O
the	O
country	O
for	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
navigate	O
an	O
increasingly	O
tense	O
geopolitical	O
world	O
to	O
win	O
a	O
second	O
term	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
30	O
years	O
before	O
his	O
entry	O
into	O
the	O
Presidency	O
of	O
Sordland	B-Application
,	O
a	O
republican	O
uprising	O
and	O
popular	O
revolution	O
brought	O
down	O
the	O
former	O
absolute	O
monarchy	O
of	O
the	O
nation	O
,	O
with	O
Artor	O
S	O
.	O
Wisci	O
,	O
a	O
prominent	O
left-wing	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
republican	O
revolutionaries	O
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
first	O
democratically	O
elected	O
President	O
of	O
Sordland	B-Application
,	O
who	O
then	O
proceeded	O
to	O
implement	O
various	O
socialist	O
economic	O
and	O
political	O
reforms	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
modernize	O
Sordland	B-Application
into	O
a	O
parliamentary	O
democracy	O
,	O
only	O
for	O
his	O
government	O
to	O
be	O
deposed	O
in	O
a	O
far-right	O
military	O
coup	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
General	O
Eduard	O
Luderin	O
,	O
who	O
blamed	O
Wisci	O
for	O
"	O
bringing	O
foreign	O
ideologies	O
and	O
chaos	O
into	O
Sordland	B-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
proceeded	O
to	O
violently	O
dismantle	O
Sordland	B-Application
's	O
democratic	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
situation	O
in	O
Sordland	B-Application
gradually	O
grew	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
unstable	O
and	O
civilian	O
casualties	O
mounted	O
,	O
Colonel	O
Tarquin	O
Soll	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
been	O
neutral	O
in	O
the	O
conflict	O
and	O
refused	O
to	O
support	O
either	O
of	O
the	O
combatants	O
,	O
decided	O
to	O
intervene	O
in	O
the	O
civil	O
war	O
as	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
,	O
defeating	O
the	O
forces	O
of	O
both	O
Rikard	O
and	O
Luderin	O
,	O
ending	O
the	O
civil	O
war	O
after	O
2	O
years	O
of	O
devastating	O
warfare	O
and	O
re-established	O
an	O
ostensible	O
democracy	O
in	O
Sordland	B-Application
,	O
led	O
by	O
a	O
centralized	O
dominant-party	O
regime	O
under	O
the	O
rule	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
Sordland	B-Application
Party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
1940s	O
,	O
Tarquin	O
Soll	O
was	O
narrowly	O
defeated	O
by	O
Ewald	O
Alphonso	O
after	O
the	O
latter	O
launched	O
a	O
leadership	O
challenge	O
against	O
the	O
government	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
inability	O
to	O
restore	O
stability	O
and	O
public	O
trust	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
Alphonso	O
initially	O
governed	O
as	O
a	O
moderate	O
political	O
reformist	O
and	O
liberalizer	O
,	O
his	O
rapid	O
free-market	O
reforms	O
and	O
programme	O
of	O
mass	O
privatization	O
triggered	O
a	O
severe	O
economic	O
crisis	O
and	O
collapse	O
,	O
forcing	O
his	O
entire	O
cabinet	O
to	O
resign	O
and	O
causing	O
him	O
to	O
be	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
relatively	O
unknown	O
politician	O
called	O
Anton	B-Application
Rayne	I-Application
as	O
the	O
new	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
USP	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
then	O
elected	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
President	O
of	O
Sordland	B-Application
in	O
1953	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
outcome	O
of	O
his	O
presidency	O
being	O
determined	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
interactions	O
include	O
reforming	O
and	O
expanding	O
national	O
education	O
,	O
healthcare	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
social	O
welfare	O
services	O
,	O
removing	O
political	O
corruption	O
and	O
inefficiency	O
from	O
Sordland	B-Application
's	O
governing	O
institutions	O
and	O
law	O
enforcement	O
,	O
and	O
preparing	O
the	O
military	O
for	O
a	O
possible	O
conflict	O
with	O
Rumburg	O
,	O
an	O
expansionist	O
and	O
militarist	O
monarchist	O
empire	O
to	O
Sordland	B-Application
's	O
north	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
consequence	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
possible	O
failure	O
,	O
the	O
country	O
can	O
suffer	O
nationwide	O
protests	O
,	O
economic	O
depression	O
,	O
a	O
military	O
coup	O
d'etat	O
,	O
or	O
an	O
outright	O
civil	O
war	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
also	O
deal	O
with	O
internal	O
factionalism	O
within	O
the	O
ruling	O
United	O
Sordland	B-Application
Party	O
as	O
they	O
push	O
to	O
either	O
reform	O
the	O
Constitution	O
against	O
the	O
wishes	O
of	O
the	O
retired	O
President	O
Soll	O
and	O
his	O
loyalist	O
associates	O
for	O
the	O
benefit	O
of	O
democracy	O
or	O
themselves	O
,	O
or	O
declare	O
a	O
nationwide	O
state	O
of	O
emergency	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
preserve	O
the	O
doctrine	O
of	O
Tarquin	O
Soll	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suzerain	B-Application
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
Deutscher	O
Computerspielpreis	O
Bestes	O
Expertenspiel	O
(	O
Best	O
Expert	O
Game	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
2021	O
Games	B-Application
for	I-Application
Change	I-Application
People	O
's	O
Choice	O
Award	O
and	O
was	O
recognized	O
as	O
a	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
Nominee	O
.	O
</s>
