Ever wondered what kind of ruler you would be if you sat on the throne? Answer these questions to find out if you’d be a benevolent leader, a feared tyrant, or somewhere in between!
1. How would you handle a diplomatic crisis with a neighboring kingdom?
Immediately mobilize the army as a show of strength
Call for a public summit with the neighboring ruler
Engage in secret negotiations to reach a compromise
Close the borders and focus on internal affairs
2. Your kingdom is facing a severe drought. What's your first course of action?
Organize kingdom-wide prayers for rain
Implement strict water rationing
Seek aid from allied kingdoms
Invest in advanced irrigation technology
3. A powerful noble is caught embezzling from the royal treasury. How do you respond?
Publicly try and punish them to set an example
Privately confront them and demand restitution
Pardon them but strip them of their titles
Use this as an opportunity to reform the entire system
4. What do you consider the most important quality in an advisor?
Brilliant strategic mind
Innovative ideas for kingdom improvement
Unwavering loyalty to the crown
Years of experience in governance
5. How would you prefer to be remembered in history?
As a champion of the common people
As a patron of the arts and sciences
As a ruler who brought unprecedented prosperity
As a great conqueror who expanded the kingdom
6. A new invention could greatly increase productivity but would displace many workers. What do you do?
Embrace the invention fully and deal with the consequences
Reject it to protect current jobs
Gradually implement it while providing support for displaced workers
Have royal researchers study it further before deciding
7. How do you prefer to interact with your subjects?
Hold formal court sessions open to all
Communicate through carefully crafted proclamations
Regularly walk among them in disguise
Maintain a mysterious, distant persona
8. Your spouse disagrees with a major decision you've made. How do you handle it?
Discuss and try to reach a compromise
Seek the counsel of trusted advisors to mediate
Assert your authority as the final decision-maker
Agree to disagree and keep personal and state matters separate
9. What would be your first major project as ruler?
Establish a new system of education for all citizens
Construct a network of roads to connect the kingdom
Create a fair and comprehensive system of laws
Build a grand new palace to showcase the kingdom's power
10. A powerful foreign ruler proposes a marriage alliance. How do you respond?
Counter-propose a different type of alliance
Consult with advisors and consider all implications before deciding
Accept if it's strategically beneficial, regardless of personal feelings
