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<div>Somewhere in Latin America,
there is a very poor country called $fade[Aquatania].
Aquatanian people voted for you to become their president.
Now you have to
</div><tw-align>
[[<span class='oath'>take the presidential oath</span>|take the presidential oath]]
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/cWBStyp.png"/>
<div>You received $ 70 Million Loan from the World Bank, Congratulations!
It should be invested only in solving water problems.
So the money goes to the water supply company.
But the public company is not really working.
You can privatize the company and let a private corporate do the water services. A private corporate might be more efficient, but it might care only about profits.
It could be also the beginning of foreign capital taking over domestic capital in Aquatania.
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[[<span class='bigwave'>Privatize</span>|Privatize]]
[[<span class='bubble'>Don't Privatize</span>|Don't privatize]]
</tw-align><img src="https://i.imgur.com/OjaQfaq.png"/>
<div>You signed the contract with International Totales Wasser Co. Ltd.!
Totales Wasser will overtake the water services now.
The $ 70 million will be invested in Totales Wasser to improve water supply system, but it's Aquatania's responsibility to pay back the $ 70 milllion + the interests to the World Bank.
Otherwise Totales Wasser wouldn't have signed the contract!
</div>
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[[<span class='up'>A year later</span>|A year later]]
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<div>
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$outline[GOOD NEWS]
<==
** Old water pipes are getting exchanged for new pipes.
** Water leakage is getting repaired
** Inefficient workers are fired.
** Water supply is actually increased by 30% now.
** People illegally connecting water are caught.
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$outline[BAD NEWS]
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** International Totales Wasser Co. Ltd. didn't install new water supply system in rural areas, because it's a money losing game.
** The corporate wants to recover the money that it spent, so the water price is now 400% higher!
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[[<span class='protest'>People are not happy</span>|People are not happy]]
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<div>International Wasser Totales could seek no profits after you limited the water price.
And it wants to step out of the contract.
</div>
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[[<span class='drop'>Cancel the contract and deprivatize the water services</span>|Cancel the contract and deprivatize the water services]]
[[<span class='diamond'>Cancel the water price regulation</span>|No, let the corporate do its work]]
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/xIysMYa.png"/>
<div>People are protesting everywhere!
People want a private corporate to do the water services.
The capital city and the economy in Aquatania is completely paralyzed.
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[[<span class='drop'>Deprivatize</span>|Cancel the contract and deprivatize the water services]]
[[<span class='riot'>Send the military force and the police</span>|Send the military force and the police]]
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/sSbjS2U.png"/>
<div>You just declared the state of emergency.
Now the government puts restrictions on people's freedom.
The police can now arrest suspects without any charges or warrants.
You just contradicted the presidential oath you swore!
People are even more angry now.
They think you are protecting the big corporate from your own people of your own country.
Protests turned into Riots.
Opposing parties accused you!
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[[<span class='gong'>You are summoned to the constitutional court!</span>|You are summoned to the constitutional court!]]
</tw-align><img src="https://i.imgur.com/91yIasS.png"/>
<div>The government budget is getting even more out of balance.
Don't forget that you must pay the debt back!
Aquatania's GDP-Debt ratio is already the highest in Latin America.
It can even go higher.
</div>
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[[<span class = 'drop'>Raise the water price</span>|Yes, people should help reducing their own country's debt]]
[[<span class ='someonefalls'>We will find a way without raising the water price</span>|We will find a way without raising the water price]]
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<div>The World Bank suggests you to privatize the public company, since the public water company is very inefficient.
</div>
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[[<span class='epic'>Agree and privatize</span>|Privatize]]
[[<span class='mystery'>Ignore</span>|Ignore]]
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<div>It's called "Rucolamic Relief".
And it's religion based.
Receive the $ 1 billion grant from Rucolamic Relief?
</div>
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[[<span class='coup'>Take the grant</span>|Take the grant]]
[[<span class='whisper'>Decline the offer</span>|Decline the offer]]
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<div>The land above the Firiji Aquifer is esmitated to be US$ 10 billion worth.
Aquifer is a underground layer which holds groundwater.
The land is highly priced because it has a lot of water underneath.
If you sell it, you will be able to pay some debts back,
but on the other hand, the water will no longer belong to Aquatania.
</div><tw-align>
[[<span class='westle'>Sell the land</span>|Sell the land]]
[[<span class='whisper'>A source of water shouldn't be sold</span>|A source of water shouldn't be sold]]
</tw-align><img src="https://i.imgur.com/WVbfiVG.png"/>
<div>The World Bank has withdrawn the loan.
Aquatania is about to go bankrupt!
Here are three options of what you can do.
</div>
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[[<span class='magic'>Get a help from IMF</span>|Get a help from IMF]]
[[<span class='whisper'>An NGO offers a $ billion grant</span>|An NGO offers a $ billion grant]]
[[<span class='ripple'>Land sale</span>|Land sale]]</tw-align><img src="https://i.imgur.com/TczaMdu.png" style=max-width:100%;/>
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[[<span class='splash'>START</span>|START]]
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<div>The $ 70 million must be invested in improving water supply.
You can include the expense in water pricing and charge it to people who use water, since you have to pay off the debt.
Wanna do that?
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[[<span class = 'choir'>No, the government shouldn't charge its own people</span>|No, the government shouldn't charge its own people]]
[[<span class='impact'>Yes, people should help reducing their own country's debt</span>|Yes, people should help reducing their own country's debt]]
</tw-align>(set: $smear to (text-style: "smear"))
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<div>The judgement is made.
$smear["The claimee, the president of Aquatania, abused the military force and violated human rights damaging, as a result, the spirit of representative democracy. It is a treason against the trust of Aquatanian people. Therefore,
we are unanimously to convict and to impeach the claimee."]
You are removed from the presidential position!</div>
<div2><tw-align>(link:"GAME<br>OVER")[(goto:"A Quest Called Water")]</tw-align></div2><img src="https://i.imgur.com/xtTkNLS.png"><div>
** The corruption in the public water company still exists.
** The overall water supply improved a little bit, but not so progressive.
** External technical help was unavoidable and it was quite expensive.
** The government expense skyrocketed, when there was no corresponding rise in the income.
** Your country is getting poorer and poorer.
** The national debt stress is getting bigger and bigger.
</div>
<tw-align>[[<span class='magictwo'>Seek for another help</span>|Seek for another help]]
</tw-align><img src="https://i.imgur.com/XV8txIP.jpg"/>
<div>IMF can give you $ 6 billion under the condition,
that Aquatanian state-owned companies, including the public water company, are privatized with time.
</div>
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[[<span class='rocket'>Receive $ 6 billion</span>|Receive $ 6 billion]]
[[<span class='whisper'>Seek for another way</span>|Seek for another way]]
</tw-align>(set: $smear to (text-style: "smear"))
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<div>Westlé bought the land for US$ 10 billion.
$smear["Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos"]
meaning $smear["Whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to heaven and down to hell"] is a principle of property law.
According to the property law, the Firiji Aquifer will now belong to Westlé.
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[[<span class='pump'>Sign the land *deed</span>|Sign the land deed]]
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* a deed is a legal document of a property ownership transfer
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<div>
** Westlé started to pump and bottle water from the Firiji Aquifer and named it Firiji: Mother nature's Artesian Water.
** Firiji water is now being exported worldwide and became the most popular premium mineral water brand.
** And then a serious drought caused by El Niño hits Aquatania.
** Westlé is still pumping water and exporting Firiji water everywhere.
** Water price in Aquatania is rising, due to increased water scarcity.
** And people are having less and less water!
** The percentage of those supporting you and your party fell under 30 percent.
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[[<span class='dundundun'>It's the presidential election day!</span>|It's the presidential election day!]]
</tw-align><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Ky0B2VR.png"/>
<div>Of course you are not re-elected!
</div>
<div2><tw-align>(link:"GAME<br>OVER")[(goto:"A Quest Called Water")]</tw-align></div2>(set: $s to (text-style: "shudder"))
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<div>Rucolamic missionary movement is spreading in Aquatania!
Rucolamic Relief is secretly funding the anti-government rebels Ru-Qolaida, the extreme rucolamists.
They staged a $r[$s[coup d'état]], and it was successful!
It's a rucolamic revolution and you are driven out from the presidential position.
</div>
<div2><tw-align>(link:"GAME<br>OVER")[(goto:"A Quest Called Water")]</tw-align></div2>
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/T5lhVXx.png"/>
<div>There are still two other options available.
</div>
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[[<span class='ripple'>Land sale</span>|Land sale]]
[[<span class ='magic'>SOS IMF</span>|SOS IMF]]
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<div>You paid some debts off!
** Privatizations are in the process.
** Water, electricty, gas, oil and phone bills are going up.
** Everything in Aquatania is expensive now.
** Economy is not going well and people hate privatization now, obiviously.
** People are unhappy.
</div>
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[[<span class='viral'>A video of the vice president went viral!</span>|A video of the vice president went viral!]]
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/T5lhVXx.png"/>
<div>You have to take an alternative measure to get out of the default crisis.
</div>
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[[<span class='westle'>Sell the land</span>|Sell the land]]
[[<span class='stab'>An NGO offers a $ billion grant</stab>|An NGO offers a $ billion grant]]
</tw-align><img src="https://i.imgur.com/P1YHWTY.png"/>
<div>The video was submitted to the court as the proof of the vice president using public funds for private affairs.
Moreover, it is also now revealed that corrupt deals were made between the Aquatanian government and the private corporates during the privatization process.
</div>
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[[<span class ='court'>The constitutional court summoned you!</span>|The constitutional court summoned you!]]
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<div>The judgement is made.
$smear["The claimee, the president of Aquatania, convealed the embezzlment of public funds committed by the vice president and prioritized the fulfillment of personal greed during the privatization process of the public enterprises. The claimee harmed the spirit of representative democracy and the constitutionalism. It is a treason against the trust of Aquatanian people. As the impact of the violation of the constitution on the order of the the constitutional law is grave, we unanimously convict and impeach the claimee."]
You are removed from the presidential position!
And also sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.
</div>
<div2><tw-align>(link:"GAME<br>OVER")[(goto:"A Quest Called Water")]</tw-align></div2>
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/QMmKf0l.png"/>
<div>To solve the water problems, you need money.
But the government has no money for that right now.
Borrowing money is the only way to get money for now.
It's either more debt or no water.
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[[<span class='cream'>No water</span>|No water]]
[[<span class='kaching'>More debt</span>|Apply for a loan]]
</tw-align>(set: $smear to (text-style: "smear"))
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/WVB9aDf.png"/>
<div>$smear["I, elected by the people of Aquatania as the President of the Republic, hereby affirm that in my presidential duties I shall sincerely and conscientiously observe the Constitution and the laws of the Republic, and to the best of my ability promote the wellbeing of the people of Aquatania."]
Now you are the president officially!</div><tw-align>
[[<span class='waterdrop'>Enter the president's office</span>|Enter the president's office]]</tw-align><img src="https://i.imgur.com/VVjpmwu.png"/>
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<div>You, now as the offical president of Aquatania, have to solve the most urgent problem, $f[Water].
** 30% of the people have no access to piped water.
** Water pipes are old and water is leaking.
** Many people are connecting water illegally.
** The public company in charge of the water supply services is inefficient and corrupt.
** Not enough investment is made in improving water supply system.
You are responsible to take measures to deal with all these problems.
But the government budget is out of balance.
You can apply for a loan from the World Bank.
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[[<span class='kaching'>Apply for a loan</span>|Apply for a loan]]
[[<span class='wind'>No more debts</span>|No more debts]]</tw-align><img src ="https://i.imgur.com/XWelN79.png"/>
<div>Sorry, there is no other magical way to solve the water problems with zero budget.
You failed the Quest Called Water!
</div>
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<div>The water supply system is getting improved, but the water price seems to be going up.
Do you want to intervene and regulate the water price?
</div>
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[[<span class='diamond'>No, let the corporate do its work</span>|No, let the corporate do its work]]
[[<span class ='exit'>Yes, make the water price cheaper</span>|Yes, make the water price cheaper]]
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<div>
=><=
$outline[GOOD NEWS]
<==
** Old water pipes are getting exchanged for new pipes.
** Water leakage is being reduced.
** People living in rural areas gets water too.
=><=
$outline[BAD NEWS]
<==
** The corruption in the public water company still exists.
** External technical help was needed and it wasn't free.
** Water is way more expensive now than expected.
** People can't afford water and many bills are unpaid.
** The government expense skyrocketing, while the income is plummeting.
** National debt stress gets bigger and bigger.
</div><tw-align>
[[<span class='magictwo'>Seek for another help</span>|Seek for another help]]
</tw-align><img src="https://i.imgur.com/U4JVlzL.png"/>
<div>You have three options.
</div>
<tw-align>
[[<span class='ppp'>Get another loan from the World Bank</span>|Get another loan from the World Bank]]
[[<span class='stab'>An NGO offers a $ billion grant*</stab>|An NGO offers a $ billion grant]]
[[<span class='ripple'>Land sale</span>|Land sale]]
<div3>
* a grant is given money that doesn't have to be paid back, it's a gift
</tw-align><img src="https://i.imgur.com/XV8txIP.jpg"/>
<div>IMF gave you $ 6 billion under the condition,
that Aquatanian state-owned companies, including the public water company, are privatized with time.
</div>
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[[<span class='rocket'>2 years later</span>|Receive $ 6 billion]]
</tw-align><img src="https://i.imgur.com/T5lhVXx.png"/>
<div>There are two other options.
</div>
<tw-align>
[[<span class='magic'>SOS IMF</span>|SOS IMF]]
[[<span class='stab'>An NGO offers a $ billion grant</stab>|An NGO offers a $ billion grant]]
</tw-align><img src = "https://i.imgur.com/ZpLAxgq.png"/>
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<div>The public water company is back on the water services!
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$outline[GOOD NEWS]
<==
** Old water pipes are getting exchanged for new pipes.
** Water leakage is being reduced.
** People living in rural areas gets water too.
=><=
$outline[BAD NEWS]
<==
** The corruption in the public water company still exists.
** External technical help was needed and it wasn't free.
** So, water is way more expensive now than expected.
** People are unable to pay and many bills not getting paid.
** The government expense skyrocketing, while the income is plummeting.
** National debt stress gets bigger and bigger.
</div><tw-align>
[[<span class='option'>Seek for another help</span>|Seek for another help]]
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