Economics & Social Science

Decide when to leave after a major win before your success makes you a threat

Spot undervalued political figures early and back them with resources and access

Restore a dismissed official by using rival factions to create urgency

Reassure a suspicious ruler by asking for modest wealth instead of power

Assess rebellion risk by measuring economic, legal and safety indicators

Win mass loyalty by collecting lightly and distributing generously over time

Abolish posthumous titles and switch to numbered ruler names as a naming scheme

Curb merchant price manipulation with buy-low, sell-high state intervention

Decide whether to keep a promise after circumstances change or the other party dies

Audit how well a ruler governs using indicators on talent, crises and wealth

Hide a vulnerable heir with decoys and staged deaths until conditions change

Defend a besieged city with feigned weakness, surprise attacks and morale tactics

Model a historical text-sorting decree and education rules for a unified empire

Standardize weights, measures, writing and axle widths across a unified empire

Bypass fortified cities and seize key depots to neutralize enemy cavalry

Organize a coordinated multi-state uprising with command, recruitment and reward tiers

Decide how to host exiled nobles seeking refuge, from full alliance to refusal

Make time for capable visitors and advisors so good people stay engaged

Turn former enemies into loyal supporters through measured threats and forgiveness

Recruit talent from rival states through discreet negotiation and capability checks

Hand power back from a regent to a young ruler once they come of age

Recover from a major defeat with accountability, commander restoration and rebuilding

Set aside old grievances to face an existential threat to your homeland

Respond to public criticism with humble acknowledgment rather than retaliation

Regulate desire and order through ritual principles in three steps

Map nine river systems and plan dredging, embankments and transport routes

Plan a river diversion to breach the walls of a fortified city by flooding

Choose one of four historical methods for advising a ruler and read warning signs

Spot personal habits that sustain or erode a ruler over the long term

Persuade powerful people by showing how a proposal serves their long-term interests

Judge whether to keep besieging a walled city by weighing defenses and failure costs

Replace harsh codes with three basic laws to win rapid popular legitimacy

Combine internal reforms with horizontal alliances to strengthen a state

Build a coalition to encircle a stronger rival by flattering it into overreach

Form a coalition against a dominant rival by winning over its aggrieved neighbors

Analyze how historical power transitions were engineered through targeted removals

Check whether an attack would strengthen your rivals more than yourself

Weigh famine aid to a rival state against long-term reputation and military gain

Rank competing strategic targets by feasibility, consequences and reputation

Decide on action despite bad omens by weighing enemy weakness and justice

Plan extracting a VIP from hostile territory using disguise and timed legitimate travel

Choose a settlement or refuge site by geography, politics and population

Decide whether to fight or deal with nomadic enemies using distance and terrain costs

Plan an unauthorized rescue intervention for an ally when official channels block it

Act fast on a fleeting opportunity before timing slips away

Besiege a determined enemy with patience, refusing battle until it withdraws

Write a petition to reverse a policy using precedent and cost-benefit logic

Choose between fighting, retreating or surrendering using force balance and timing

Weigh honoring a past pledge against a tactical advantage before you retreat