Lawgivers II0.17.1

Lawgivers II is a political sandbox game that features multiple electoral systems, approve/reject bills and govern a country. Start out your career from the very bottom, and perhaps one day, lead your nation to become the most influential in the world.

◉ Discover diverse political systems across dozens of countries, ranging from first-past-the-post to proportional d’Hondt representation.
◉ Control a politician within a party and choose to play for national prestige, party influence, or personal gain.
◉ Propose, debate, and vote on bills in the plenary that impact the economy, happiness, and global stability.
◉ Forge ties with organizations, negotiate deals with other parties, or unite in a coalition.
◉ Make use of corruption and other shady activities to raise black money or to pass controversial laws in Parliament or Congress.
◉ No ads. No microtransactions. A complete experience. One purchase - endless replayability.

Version History FEATURES
- new law "Environment protection" and 4 new articles

IMPROVEMENTS
- european parliament has now articles for changing majority required to pass a directive and abstain mode
- party AI now takes account of affiliation on votes in union parliament
- union has now its own budget, and its bankruptcy will lead to the dissolution of the union
- union has now requirments to join, like positive budget, etc.
- if a lawmaker that is writing a law dies before completition, the law is removed

FIXES
- improved readability of some fonts
- some wrong or missing displayed information
- many minor bugs 0.17.1 12h ago FEATURES
- european union with european parliament and commission
- new playable countries: India, Indonesia, Mexico and Argentina
- party may organize internal secretary elections
- new statement for regional parties "Declare national disaffaction"
- regional/state parliament have now the option to declare independence
- military units can be sent to a region to stabilize it
- possibility to organize a parliamentary resolution to ban a party
- possibility to organize a parliamentary resolution to ban a media outlet
- party action to change supernational union affiliation
- party can be merged with another when good relations
- new intelligence action "False Flag operation"
- changes to the Action Points system: the standard rule now allows players to accumulate up to 3 Action Points
- additional action option to select when government visits another country
- moddable AI and possibility to choose AI file at start

IMPROVEMENTS
- world map borders and cities now resize with zooming in/out
- many UI improvements, like tab size on polls
- calendar treaties can now be confirmed or declined
- improved referendum law with more options to forbid referendum on treaties or limit to only parties can organize referendums
- variables in scenario and AI files are now better explained
- Brazil and Austria got election districts
- party AI is now launching electoral campaigns in contested regions
- improved citizen voting AI on referendums
- nation flag can be changed with imported flags
- war support now influences manpower
- many more cities have been added to the game
- many UI improvements and fixes 0.17.0 4d ago FIXES
- secretary could leave party on bankruptcy
- several crashes related to memory issues
- some more minor issues 0.16.34 Oct 3 IMPROVEMENTS
- memory management of textures and icons

FIXES
- another crash related to runtime created textures
- embargo could not be lifted if initiated by the player's country
- sometimes there was a vote on government budget even it the parliament was dissolved
- black money was not deducted on some actions
- sometimes loan instead of being repaid was increased 0.16.33 Sep 8 Hotfixes 0.16.32 Aug 28 Hotfixes 0.16.31 Aug 19 FIXES
- some issues with budget and GDP
- some more crashes
- balance fixes 0.16.30 Aug 14 IMPROVEMENTS
- region and cities voters flow
- initial national bonds
- camera view on world map and institution

FIXES
- a crash related to voters flow
- a crash related to a memory leak
- sometimes was happening that a vote was repeated infinitly 0.16.29 Aug 5 IMPROVEMENTS
- voters flow, especially in late game

FIXES
- few random crashes 0.16.28 Aug 1 FEATURES
- new parameter "Wrongful convictions"
- 2 new articles for Primary Education
- 2 new articles for Judicial organization
- new event "Bribed Judge Arrest"

IMPROVEMENTS
- happiness and voters balance
- UI and descriptions

FIXES
- more constitutional changes issues
- wrong regional party creation during game 0.16.27 Jul 24 FEATURES
- option to expel non elected members

IMPROVEMENTS
- some UI and navigation improvements
- auto-added or generated people in elections are now removed if they are not elected 0.16.26 Jul 22 FEATURES
- new thought "Constitutional laws too much discussed"

IMPROVEMENTS
- government approval rating system and voters flow
- many balance changes

FIXES
- some fixes on constitutional changes
- sometimes in force laws article were modified before approval 0.16.25 Jul 19 FEATURES
- option to adjust membership fee

IMPROVEMENTS
- option to see favourite tags on politicans
- redesigned party money income system
- parties start the game with no loans
- headquarters now cost money depending on the size of the city

FIXES
- some more missing info and bugs 0.16.24 Jul 15 FEATURES
- possibility to launder black money
- parties have now a headquarters. They provides a bonus to the party’s voter support in that city and region.

FIXES
- on party creation, regional jurisdiction was not applied in game
- some wrong icons, missing text and translation
- a rare game crash 0.16.23 Jul 13 FEATURES
- optional display party badge on politicians

IMPROVEMENTS
- it's now possible to transition the country to any form of government
- the country can now default more easily when it has issued many bonds
- more info and descriptions
- some balance changes
- better world creation performance

FIXES
- many rare issues when changing constitutional laws
- black money was not recieved on some agreements
- more general fixes 0.16.22 Jul 10 IMPROVEMENTS
- it is now possible to transition from a monarchy to a republic
- search filter people and lawmakers by salary and wealth
- added a tooltip explaining why politicians left the party
- party AI vote improvements
- nation AI improvements
- improvements to descriptions and icons 0.16.21 Jul 6 FEATURES
- new intelligence operation "Regime change"

IMPROVEMENTS
- displayed affinity between government of other nations
- government ideological affinity is influencing votes in the world council
- display voters results of campaigns

FIXES
- some general fixes 0.16.20 Jul 2 FEATURES
- new intelligence operation to support party in foreign country
- new law "Artificial Intelligence regulation" with 2 articles

IMPROVEMENTS
- display party votes and next election for competitor countries
- now party can go to bankruptcy and loose a lot of voters
- party can spend money even if negative account

FIXES
- some issues with displayed values
- another potential crash 0.16.19 Jun 29 IMPROVEMENTS
- some world map filters can now be national or regional
- several performance improvements
- more explanation on law creation

FIXES
- some more issues with currencies
- improved end of turn speed of multiplayer matches
- two rare crashes 0.16.18 Jun 26 FEATURES
- new treaty "Global health organization"

IMPROVEMENTS
- loans can now be repaid faster
- black money at starts depends now on morality level
- display own party in laws view as well
- government ideology matters now with relations between nations
- more performance improvements

FIXES
- starting debt was sometime not in correct local currency 0.16.17 Jun 22 FEATURES
- laws have now party views to understand approximately their vote intention
- new intelligence operation "Sabotage"
- 1 new achievement

IMPROVEMENTS
- ideologies rebalance
- nation AI is now constructing buildings as well
- several UI performance improvements
- descriptions improvements

FIXES
- some laws like party funding was not judged correctly
- fixes some UI issues 0.16.16 Jun 19 IMPROVEMENTS
- regions that breakaway create now a new nation
- it's possible now to conquest back a region that broke away
- an economic crisis may now be triggered if a region breaks away
- in bipolar system there is less probability now that the party splits
- display political mandates on politician statistics

FIXES
- yearbook was not displaying eventual negative GDP
- regional and municipal laws approval was not working correctly
- some UI fixes 0.16.15 Jun 11 Hotfixes 0.16.14 Jun 9 FEATURES
- 2 new articles, one for public libraries and one for primary education

IMPROVEMENTS
- party voters in the region when a region is annexed

FIXES
- some more issues with the economic system
- a few fixes with primaries candidates
- correctly GDP display in local currencies 0.16.13 Jun 7 FEATURES
- 2 new article "Citizenship based taxation" and "Public legal assistance"

IMPROVEMENTS
- gdp calculation and forecast

FIXES
- a few rare crashes 0.16.12 May 22