coup d'état for idots

Five powers share a continent for forty years. Each one has a secret objective, and none of them will tell you what it is. You don't rule directly. Every order goes through the minister who runs that department, and he has his own opinion of you — he can carry it out, sit on it, refuse, or quietly tell someone else what you asked for. Your generals can be bought. Your intelligence is sometimes wrong, and you can't tell which parts. Everyone can lie to you, including the people working for you. So can you.