It can be fulfilling to set up production lines that turn sugar cane into delicious rum to either increase the happiness of the locals or make you some big bucks on the export market. The less entertaining side of Tropico 6 is the economy.
Both styles of governing are enjoyable (and viable) in their own way.
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Keeping things legit can feel like constantly having to placate a room full of feuding preschoolers, but the trade-off is not having to worry so much about interrogating rebels and filling the islands with machine gun towers. You can subvert democracy in a pinch with bribes, assassinations, or rigging elections, but these all have meaningful consequences such as reduced liberty or increased rebel activity. Military buildings, for example, reduce liberty within their radius, but failing to build any will make you very vulnerable to attacks from rebel groups or foreign powers.Įach citizen also belongs to a faction, such as the communists or the industrialists, which often have mutually-exclusive desires that must be strategically fulfilled or ignored in a tense but enjoyable juggling act to keep your approval high enough to keep getting elected. Satisfying some of these needs will usually be in direct competition with others, which leads to interesting choices.
All the while, you'll have to keep the population happy with some combination of a stable food supply, healthcare, entertainment, protection from crime and war, and liberty.