One of these improvements is The Constitution, and when Tropico actually declares independence - thereby ending the Colonial period - you get to draft one, deciding what its stance on religion (theocracy, secular, or atheist?), the military (militia, conscripted, or professional army?), and voting rights (wealthy only, men only, or everyone?) will be. Later tech includes paper, red tape, table manners, soap, and other dubious improvements that nevertheless are important to building your fledgling nation. The research tree is fairly simple: technologies come in blocks of three (the shovel, for example, comes packaged with cowboys and the sickle), and when one block is fully discovered, you can move on to researching the next three. Researching technology now plays a role, and after building and staffing a library, the Tropicans will be able to "discover" such important technologies as the shovel - enabling you to build mines - or the trigger, which lets you build forts and field an army. Long before picking a successor, however, there's a lot to focus on in Tropico 5, much of it new. Luckily for him, he got on great with the pirate king, but if I had instead chosen a dynasty member as my ambassador, there's an excellent chance he or she would have been abducted - only to return later as an enemy, with a looting pirate crew in tow. I could have sent a dynasty member, but instead I pickedt my royalist adviser, Lord Oaksworth, because it made the revolutionaries happy (and I was frankly sick of his badgering). For example, at one point I was asked to send an emissary to meet with the (likely treacherous) king of the pirates. It's also possible to build them up by sending them on special missions, although that can backfire. Giving them important jobs can teach them to be better leaders - and also funnel cash to El Presidente's Swiss bank account, which can in turn be used to improve dynasty members' skills by buying upgrades. Play As the original Presidente ages (or whenever I decide the time is right), I can replace him or her with one of these successors - but in the meantime, it's a bad idea to neglect them.
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