] Republic is a strategy simulation game that puts you in ] the role of a budding revolutionary, out to overthrow a ] despotic and corrupt regime. ] ] Much of the artificial intelligence in the game is based ] on the book, Crowds and Power, by the 1981 Nobel Laureate ] in Literature. Simulation based on the book, Crowds and Power, by the 1981 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Elias Canetti. BBC NEWS | Technology | Game plays politics with your PC |