Positech Games has just announced Democracy 3: Africa, a new game in the politically charged strategy series, which this time will allow players the opportunity to govern one of ten different African nations (Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Senegal, Tunisia, Botswana and Mauritius).
Positech Games owner Cliff Harris offered the following reasons for the series' switch to Africa:
"Africa has been unrepresented as a setting for videogames but when it has these depictions have often been clichéd and certainly have never touched the real issues that the continent faces, such as malnutrition, poor literacy and access to clean water.
"Democracy 3: Africa puts these topics front and centre and will challenge players to make tough decisions on issues that we normally only encounter in news reports. So, even if you have successfully led a government in Democracy 3, this new title will make you rethink your priorities and policies."
Digital politicians on PC and Mac will be creating new policy and laying down the law from early 2016, with new art, music, and dilemmas and events "tuned to the real world issues and situations that are relevant to Africa."