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I'll never get tired of stamping passports (though having about 20 pieces of paper on my desk to manage does get a bit overwhelming). You'd think it'd be soooo boring but the gameplay is remarkably satisfying and engaging. Its bureaucracy at its finest, or maybe its worst (hint: its both). Its easy to miss something minor, to forget to check and make sure the issuing city on the passport is correct or that the length of their stay on their entry permit matches what they say. The first day is easy and straightforward, but every day that passes the rules change and you need to keep an eye out for more and more discrepancies, everything from the expiration dates to the official document seals to the height, weight, face, and gender of the person trying to enter. If everything fits, you stamp it green and let them through, if not, stamp it red and make them leave. You check it to see if its expired, if its real, if the person is Arstotzkan. At first, only nationals are allowed in, to test it. People queue up to enter Arstotka through the newly opened border office you control. Its such a boring, simple, straightforward thing in theory. I first played this game as a free beta, where you could only play so long before it ended, promising more to come. And thats entirely the appeal of this game.

Gosh that sounds miserable, doesn't it? And it is, in its bleak, eastern bloc, dystopian way. You will learn or your family will freeze, get sick, starve. You will learn who to let into your country and who to turn away, who to arrest. You will learn how to quickly read passports and faces, entry tickets and visas, fingerprints, rule books, body scans for smuggled weaponry and contraband. You have won a labor lottery for a job at the newly created border checkpoint, you will be able to feed your family and keep them warm if you work hard and diligently enough. The 6 year long war with Kolechia is over.