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Three Moves Ahead 542: The State with Bret Devereaux

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Viktoria Toos Colonization Makes Sense

Vikit is a game that simulates history and strategy games. In it, players control an industrial colonial power trying to extract resources for their own economic development. It incentivizes the player to go out and get those resources in order to turn them into military power which will either make you more secure or more able to dominate your enemies. Viki also pushes the other way, which is that having a big empire and lots of market access is really very good for your corps population. An empire is a form of state that isn't a nation state. Empires exist for that corps to exploit that periphery. That's what an empire is.

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