What was the first ending you got?

[chromsumia77]

When i first played Suzerain, i was initially all for the reforms but got spooked by the Judges and enacted emergency powers. This ultimately ended up in me refusing to compromise some of my Positions and getting Impeached.

how did your first games go?

[Mombirb]

I...landed in jail... It's a good thing I am not actually the president of anything.

[Padelboot]

Failed democratic reform, built up infrastructure, made peace with the bluds, made some recovery for the economy and then somehow mess it up completely, allied Valgsland and Agnolia (yes, I took their stupid trade deal), but didn't join a superpower, survived a military assassination and... oh right. Rumburg invaded and destroyed the good things I accomplished.

[Head Butt]

Closed borders, got most of the reforms through with 90% assembly support and 10 of the judges by bribing a different judge to take his place. Women got rights, fell into a depression, defeated Polio, beat back Rumburg through the AN, tried to help the Bluds but just pissed them off more. Lost re-election and retired to my vineyard with family.

[Charlemagne]

impeachment because i didn't make lucian the vp

[0_Frozen_0]

couped, now im scared of militaries and give em increase on budget every time

[nullpo]

failed democratic reform, recession, and then got impeached. Can't believe I fail that spectacularly.

[antendeathstar]

Apparently i pissed everyone off as a Radical Centrist

After I lost the vote to the judges I didn’t much care anymore. I had two successful projects (Taurus for L1-Rail) and (Underhall for the Ship Port) the economy was doing pretty great. I put a lot into education for rural areas, women, banning creationism. I worked on our military by ending conscription and putting money into the airforce.

The game seemed to rail-road me as I was 7 bars of economy and 0 Gov wealth, all of a sudden the economy dropped to 3 then 1. It may have been liberties with gov spending I think I got it down to -3. There were all these reports of mass riots and the reasoning was for every choice I made people hated me for(Women's Right, Anti-Blud, Opening up to allies, De-Sollinisation).

After picking Tory i was in a "huge" scandal because i sent Franc to a school, i never took any bribes or bribed anyone. I did split UMG and SSC stocks with those two big wigs and bought stocks and the Vineyard from Gus.

I remember talking to Symon about the economy and there was a whip lash of everything is good then in the same meeting he said we failed the people and are in a Great Depression.

After all that I just went with the UN and went full boar standing up for Welhem and Angolia plus exposed the Nukes I got from the defector. I was losing cabinet members left and right I ended up getting wind of a possible Coup because of Deivid. I told my family we should run (Franc, Monica, and Deana) and that we should go right away.

For the ending the game seemed to have rail-roaded me again because it seemed like the family was going to go with me but I ended up talking to Petr about retiring in the vineyard I got from Gus. Through the dialogue it seems like I was divorced (Monica became a big time political figure) , a drunk after the party years (even though I said I wanted to stay sober), and I went to rehab to later write a book.

[Rekoom]

Run #1 - Failed Free Market reformer. Coup by military
Run #2 - Failed Free Market reformer. Mass civil unrest
Run #3 - Failed Free Market reformer. Crashed economy

I have realized that what would actually be free market reforms that would work in real life do not necessarily work in a game. The game has programming that determines what decisions you make make variables go up or down. It is extremely frustrating... so I am going to start my next run and follow a step by step walkthrough of every decision to see what the game wants me to do.

[fiznich]

Championed women's rights, Bludish rights, education reform, put money into shoring up healthcare. Failed to get the reforms through the assembly (by 1 vote!) thanks to Soll showing up. Sent the economy into depression. Pretty much all of my cabinet deserted me, and Graf ousted me as party leader, with Lucian defecting to her side. After losing my party, I decided to retire and enjoyed a happy retirement on the coast, writing a bestselling memoir and supporting my wife in her political endeavors.
I thought I was going to do better in run #2: I passed my reforms, Lileas supported me as party leader, the economy even seemed to be looking up for a hot second. Then I overspent and triggered a debt crisis, riots broke out for some reason, the country plunged into depression, and Rumsberg invaded. My allies were worthless, Sordland fell, and Queen Beatrice executed me (in fairness, I did try to stab her in my prison cell). So I guess my experience as the Jimmy Carter of Sordland was the good ending.

[GunBurger]

Honestly everything went pretty much as I had hoped. i chose to be a capitalist, ended recession (although finished with -1 budget), built speed rail and industrial complex, delivered on my campaign promises: improved healthcare and education, joined ATO, successfully reformed constitution with a landslide victory in Assembly and solid 7-4 in court (democratic improvements, had to concede only on removing Honor title from Soll). Additionally I passed workers' and women rights bills, gave Bergia autonomy thus turning Bluds to my side. Also got trade deals with Agnolia and Wehlen, prevented the war with Rumburg. Only downsides are courting oligarchs a bit too much, repressing media (a bit poorly thought-out decision since it banned communism newspaper whose critiques I liked to read), and supporting Wehlen with their Special Military Operation (I hated not letting refugees in but the deal was too good, although it did prevent the deal with Lespia). Got betrayed by a quarter of cabinet by the end, won against Graf, won re-elections. Ended being a radical centrist. Overall I think it's a pretty good result for the first time!

[Pvt. Hook]

First go: Chief of Staff back stabbed me. Coup and 30 years prison.
Second: War with Rumburg - Last stand with Joseph in my office,
Third: My driver died in ambush. Had more guards than normal at my home one night...got family together and ran for the border that night. Had investment overseas. Retired wealthy.
Fourth: King of Rizia - Had son with my new wife. Mother called me to hospital emergency. She told me we had to leave immediately. Went to her boat and took off for new life with my family and Butler. Country went anti-monarchy.
Sordland 4th time - Peter took his own life. I made my Chief of Staff VP. Lost to Graf and retired from politics.

[Duuvian]

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I tried a blind playthrough the first time because this is a pretty cool game. I needed one more alliance or full 3 in military budget, though I haven't checked to be sure, just going off the text in the game seeming close. I had kept the military budget the same but bought new planes and tanks later. I goofed on what I learned later was the diplomatic route and the text said the enemy general won the battle by accident by acting in a fortuitous choice between two options after the plan had worked.

I also had obtained the dubious Another Alphonso achievement. The Depression triggered right after the Oligarchs took revenge; one threatened the government and the other was the one that was going to have more than 10% taken. Maybe it was paying the bill as well, regardless that seemed to have pushed it over the threshold for depression, The oligarchs allied and by the time the invasion happened I had dropped from what seemed to be headed to a close victory to I think around 14%. Iosif was maybe going to coup as well, not sure, but the invasion started before then.

Gloria and the conservatives were the main issue with the reforms; I had some info from the BPP that I thought I'd be able to share here with Gloria but missed the option. Richter AND the other party faction backstabbed on the vote after pledging support, Richter so his party could take credit for reforms at a later time. The other guy I can't remember why, but I think a bribe or pressure from Richter's sabotage to not be on Another Alphonso's side. Soll contributed to tanking the reforms but he helped before the invasion.

[Sarjezzar]

Very interesting reading the other replies. I went in completely blind knowing nothing about the game. Reading the history and codex entries I figured I would play somewhat like Spain in the 50's, a strongman in charge but slowly liberalizing and mostly western aligned.

I initially worked with the reformers with the plan to consolidate more power for myself, I abandoned this idea when the court offered to support a declaration of emergency powers. I used the declaration to crack down on the communists and separatists and imprison dissidents. In hindsight I spent too much early on, I was never able to stabilize the economy and wound up in a depression. I was down to -10 at one point thinking that my investments would pay off in the mid to long term, and they somewhat did I was back to -3 but it wasn't enough. Still, I was able to join the ATO which I guess was enough of a deterrent for any wars. I sent my son to the Army figuring some discipline would be good for him, nothing bad happened to him so I guess it worked out. My wife left me after I called her out for the stunt she pulled at the festival, but I didn't regret it her behavior was so far out of line. I had my VP and secretary "disappeared" by the secret police, imprisoned the oligarchs, and suppressed all the opposition parties. I had the secret police investigating the old guard but it never came time to move against them.

I sailed to an easy reelection, there was a funny moment in the presidential debates where the opposition guy was so afraid of me he just sat down and shut up when I told him to. I'm sure it was the most free and fair election ever.

[strataguy]

failed reforms saved eco still won election so pretty good i would say

[Ash//Fox]

I went into the game wanting to play it as a joke corrupt liberal who never refused a bribe and tried to privatize everything yet still I ended up trying to be a mostly nice guy who balanced workers needs with corporate interests. I ended the recession, passed a new constitution, and was ultimately elected for a second term. The only big regret I had was not investing in polio vaccines not realizing how it would explode and how much my economy had already recovered but I always wanted to keep at least some money on hand so I could invest it into more industrialization or infrastructure spending. I still feel so bad when I remember my health minister giving me his resignation after I hand waved his very valid concerns.