got to the actual kingdom part of kingmaker, my players have formed their oligarchic cabal and appointed themselves and some of their allies to the government positions, and now I get to make them do economics

I'm Frankie, I play TTRPGs too much. I will be reblogging and/or posting a lot of furry arte and some of that's going to be kink stuff so heads up
AKA Nerts but that's going back a while
got to the actual kingdom part of kingmaker, my players have formed their oligarchic cabal and appointed themselves and some of their allies to the government positions, and now I get to make them do economics
You gotta encourage them to base the entire economy on resource extraction of a single thing, then have the bottom fall out on the prices of that thing
Exactly! That Seretse Khama guy didn’t know what he was talking about, “using the nation’s mineral wealth to support it’s growth into a prosperous, healthy place”. Pffft. Everyone knows you gotta use a small bit of that money to pacify the populace while using the country like a piggy bank to fund you and your allies’ lavish lifestyles.
morg I'm one of the players in this game I am taking Notes
The real play is to be like Hugo Chavez and kick the bucket right before the house of cards you built gets blown over. That’s my last tip.