Friends!

Don't worry, the game is not abandoned! We are working on a major free update. But due to the fact that one of its developers was conscripted for one year the work on the update has been delayed. That's why we decided to split the update into two parts. The first part of the update is planned for the end of May and will tentatively consist of:
1. Through the Constitutional Commission, it will be possible to control the minimum threshold for the election of the president by the people.
2. Three veto options will be introduced for the president when passing laws.
3. The type of veto power of the president will be controlled through the Constitutional Commission.
4. A skeleton of neighbourhood interaction functionality will be added.
5. The ability to lustrate once will be added.
6. The requirements for and effects of rallies will be changed.
7. Minor stuff will be implemented to improve QoL.
8. And fixes for important bugs will be implemented.

Thank you for being with us!

Updates include:

MAJOR CHANGES:
1. The party budget from party dues will now differ depending on how many and what class supports the party. Plus the Classes section of the Encyclopedia has been updated.
2. Improved AI management of ministries so that they don't kill ministries - that will now be their original goal.
3. Changed conditions in all foreign policy events that require ministries. It is no longer required to own a specific ministry, it will now be sufficient to own as many ministries as will give you access to foreign policy actions. It will no longer be necessary to carefully timing to get a portfolio, being the most powerful party in the government will suffice.
4. In the Encyclopaedia in the ministries section (penultimate on the right) added a section called "Foreign Policy", which describes what ministries are needed and how many points they give and how many points you need to open access foreign policy options in events. It also describes what is needed for button accessibility in the "Diplomacy" section
5. Introduced a scale with a life expectancy indicator. Population growth now depends on it.
6. New foreign policy events about Belarus, Moldova and Slovakia.
7. In the diplomacy section added a button to create your own single economic zone like the European Union, which gives bonuses to the growth of electricity, the reduction of dependence on the Russian Federation and the United States and the growth of the currency.
8. Added 9 new endings: 2 for Belarus, 4 for Slovakia, 2 for Moldova and 1 for your own economic union.
9. Added 11 new achievements.

OTHER:
1. Reduced population growth with their high wealth.
2. Party stats now display party fee income.
3. Removed the crime gain for rallies and replaced it with a +5.0 increase in aggressiveness for all classes, and reduced the rest from -5.0 to -0.5.
4. Reworked the impact of SEZ, now this project is less useless.

Enjoy the game!

The patch includes:

1. New sub-sections have been added to the Encyclopedia:
Ministy's budget in the Budget section - helps you better understand how financial revenues are allocated to ministries.
Alliance voting in Coalitions - helps you understand how to convince an ally to vote alongside you.
Compromise in Illegal Actions - helps you understand how to get and use compromising evidence against other parties and what it is used for.
2. If our partymate becomes President - party unity will increase by +5.0

Be sure to read the new sub-sections in the Encyclopaedia and enjoy the game!

Dear friends, we continue to improve the comprehensibility of the game for players. This patch includes:

1. Rebalance of urbanisation growth
2. When hovering over "?" button in region window its statistics will be displayed
3. Fixed bug in property type ratios graph.
4. Rebalance the growth of the population in the later stages of the game
5. Improved botparties' behaviour when they are in a bad position
6. The use of provocateurs in the capital strike now has different consequences

Enjoy the game!

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We have heard your suggestions and improved the understanding of the game, in particular:

1. Rebalance the starting stats.
2. Added an icon to reflect the poor state of nuclear weapons.
3. Added icons above conservative and communist parties in the party selection window to reflect that these parties are recommended for newcomers for the first try.
4. When hovering over the state budget and regional corruption indicator, details of their formulation are displayed.

Have an enjoyable and entertaining game!

This patch includes:

1. Ability to change map sprite via modding
2. Increased electricity generation for NPP and Gulfstream
3. Problems with electricity from events are moved to a reminder icon in the map window
4. Changed the balance of population growth
5. Bug fixes

Have a nice game!

Dear friends, we are holding a contest for the best mod for "Collapse: A Political Simulator"
The competition will be held in 3 stages:
1. Submission of the application (30 days are given for this from 02.01.2023)
2. Voting (3 days are given for this)
3. Summing up the results

Terms of participation:
1. The application must be submitted by at least 5 mods from 5 different people
2. If there are 5 mods, then 1 winner will get the key, if there are 6-10 mods, then two, if 10-15, then three, if 16-20, then four, if more than 20, then five.
3. Winners receive a key to any of the games / dlc from Kremlingames to their taste / at their request.

Link to the application form:
https://forms.gle/QGMRzDvrXBJkNZrX6

Instructions for modding the game:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mAQd9vfuX2gaDEDwNoZ1ApyKPh2Ngp2uPkmsgaxQ-_k/edit?usp=sharing

Example mod:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2910046012

Dear players! We are pleased to present the biggest update to this game.

The changelog is attached:

А. Party coalition mechanics:
- Coalition window
- Ability to create coalitions
- Ability to influence the party in coalition with the player
- Interaction with the party in coalition with the player
- Ability to go to the regional elections together, to vote together, to impeach together, to take over the Prime Minister's office together and more
- Full redesign of the preparation and implementation of regional, general and presidential elections
Б. Statistics:
- Added section with the following indicators: Industry Index, GDP, GDP per capita, HDI
- Redesigned the Ownership Ratio chart: now it shows absolute values instead of percentages
- Comparative charts with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland have been added
- Comparisons with the Republic of 1989 have been added
В. Increased flexibility of the game:
- Expanded interaction in player's party window with population (via new events)
- Changed campaign pledge events: All pledges are now always available, but their debuffs depend on the leading wing of the player's party
- Added additional faction relationship modifiers
- Buttons associated with special coup endings moved to a separate part of the screen
- Added 2 new unique buttons for each faction
- Introduced a debate between a player's party and his closest rival
- Memorized the change of wealth of classes and regions, and affects the support of the owners of certain ministries
- Several dozen new events
Г. Improvement of the law window:
- Reduced support buffer for proposing a law that has not been passed
- Before a package of laws is passed, it will now say whether it is approved and how many laws are being put forward.
- The name of the law whose status has been changed is highlighted
- The design of the pre-proposal for a package of bills has been changed.
- Faction support for the package of laws is displayed.
- Reset button appears in the Law Package window instead of the Back button, and if a law is selected, it resets all of the selected laws.
- Law package cost is reduced if 3 or less laws are nominated.
- The law window now shows the value of the needed resources to advance the law
- More laws require a constitutional majority
- Bots now nominate more bills
- Bots no longer propose laws on the 1st of each month, but twice a month - on the 14th and 28th
Д. Modding tool:
- Ability to create new events, modifiers, endings
- Ability to rewrite existing events, games and endings
- Ability to create your own game situations
- Reworked interface for adding mods into Steam and loading mods from Steam
- Link to new modding tutorial:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mAQd9vfuX2gaDEDwNoZ1ApyKPh2Ngp2uPkmsgaxQ-_k/edit?usp=sharing
Е. Economy:
- Added indicators for three economic sectors with their status and levels affecting the country's economy
- Environment level and its influence on the country's performance added
- Corruption and its impact formula has been changed
Ё. Balance:
- Each party has become unique - with its own modifiers and solutions
- Reworked the effects of all modifiers
- Some button descriptions adjusted for better understanding
- Changed the relationship with classes for passed laws by a factor of 10
- Decreased dependency on treaties in the diplomacy section (proportional to the importance of the treaty)
- Less compromise is now needed to bribe more deputies to vote
- Bug fixes, game load optimizations have been improved
Ж. Other:
- Added ability to delete all saves
- All modifiers now have their own pictures
- Corruption status is now shown in the region window, as this is a very important indicator
- Your party icon is now displayed in the main window
- New achievements

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US!

Friends! All this time since the last update we have not been idle. We have been working hard on an update that should significantly improve the game. And we are going to release it before the New Year!

A quick recap of the upcoming update:
- Totally new and extensive party coalition mechanics;
- Expanded stats window, added new stats and changed formulas for old ones;
- Increased flexibility of the game, including a redesigned election system, law window and population "memory";
- Improved game interface;
- Reworked all old modifiers and added unique features for each party;
- Hundreds of new events and modifiers;
- And finally, a full-fledged modding tool with which you can create your own events, modifiers, endings, and so on!

In all, the update will include several hundred changes. Happy New Year!