The Embassy

You are the ambassador of a small island nation's embassy in Vienna, one of the world's great diplomatic capitals. Your country — the Republic of Kalani, a Pacific island nation of 200,000 people — has exactly seven embassy staff, a modest townhouse near the Ringstraße, and a budget that wouldn't cover a week's catering at the American embassy next door. Your job is everything: consular services, trade negotiations, cultural events, crisis management, and keeping your tiny team from falling apart three thousand miles from home.

This scenario drops you into the deeply human, rarely explored world of small-nation diplomacy — where you're not brokering superpower deals but fighting to keep your country visible, your citizens safe, and your staff sane. You'll feel the weight of representing an entire nation with almost no resources, the loneliness of being far from home in a city that doesn't quite understand where you're from, and the surprising intimacy of a workplace where six people are each other's family, therapist, and only connection to home. Every day brings a new puzzle: a stranded citizen who lost their passport, a trade delegation that could change your country's economy, a staff member on the verge of a breakdown, or a diplomatic reception where one wrong word could cost you an ally.

Your choices shape everything — from your embassy's reputation in the diplomatic community to the personal lives of your staff. Will you prioritize the big political wins or the small human ones? Will you maintain professional distance from your team or become the family they need? You ARE your country in this city. Every decision reflects not just on you, but on 200,000 people back home who are counting on this tiny office to be their voice in Europe.