Cliffski's Blog announces development of Democracy 3: Africa, a standalone expansion Positech describes as "a sort of ‘re-imagining’ of the original" Democracy 3. This self-confessed "risk" will refine the game and its expansions, while also drawing attention to the topic of African politics, which is not generally a topic of discussion, much less video games. Here's a bit on the plan:

Democracy 3 is a pretty popular game, and actually, while I’m mentioning it, you can get it at 66% off RIGHT NOW on steam. Anyway…over the years it’s had 3 expansions, (Social Engineering, Extremism and clones & Drones), and recently we revisited the game to tweak it with some GUI improvements and new achievements. Because of its popularity, I’m able to ‘take a risk’ and make a version of the game that at first glance might not make commercial sense. When I told some friends about it they said, ‘why Africa? who is interested in African politics?’

And thats kind of the point. In the west, we tend to think of Africa as either the target of charity fund-raising concerts, or somewhere to go on a safari. We never think about the African economies, or African industry or exports. Lets not forget Africa is home to a billion people…