Each character has its own abilities and his must master its profession in order to succeed in life. As the character rise in level, he can upgrade its buildings. By doing this, he will unlock different bonuses to the buildings, allowing the business to increase production, hire more people to work for him, increase its attractiveness and much more. With the money he gets from selling he will pay his employees and buy raw materials to produce items.

As you upgrade you buildings you must pay to unlock your upgrades which translates in the ability for your employees to manufacture better and more expensive items. As they work for you, they will gain experience, making them better in what they do.

The management of your buildings can be handled by you or by the AI. At the beginning you will be able to manage your buildings but in the end, most of your businesses will be handled by AI. You can tell the AI what to do by choosing how do you want your business to be handled. Choosing from several possibilities, you will decide how to handle the transport of the goods, the level and the payment of your workers and what upgrades to be made. All this ensure that the money will keep coming, leaving you to concentrate on more important things like politics and family.

Power

Besides being rich you must also become a respected politician. Starting from the lower ranks you can fight to become the ruler of the settlement. Firth of all you must first gain the rank of citizen. Buying this title will cost you 500 golds but gives you the opportunity to start you election campaign. The position available are divided in two. On one side are the commerce position and on the other are the justice positions.

As the city progresses, more and more political positions will be available to the city. If a small village has only 3 positions, in the end you will have to choose between 10 political positions. Executor, magistrate, bishop, mayor are just some of the positions that will be available to you. To compete for a position your character will have to be a citizen. Further you must apply for an office. Depending on what you desire, you will have to pay a fee. The bigger the position, the more you have to pay to apply. Of course that you will get paid for the position you have so in the long term you will gain more that you paid at the beginning.

If at the beginning you will start from the bottom, with the help of you friends and your allies, you will climb in the politics and become even the mayor of the town.

Each season there is a council meeting where you will have to compete or to defend your office. Sometimes you will succeed, sometimes you will fail. Bribing or influencing the participants is a vital thing if you want to survive in the politic.

Each office will grant it's owner some privileges. Commanding tax inspections, commanding the guards or the town informers, setting the severity of the law or the taxes are just some of the benefits that come with an office. This way you will be able to help your friends and to make your enemies fear you even more.