I was thinking that your character which is ruling a civilization could have a choice between beign loved or beign feared by your population creating to 2 path or a single axis. But I was wondering if there could be other paths or a second axis that could determine the kind of ruler you are.
The type of ruler will influence many facets from diplomatic relationship, special bonus or abilities, etc.
Generally speaking you could have a "Militaristic" Leader, a "Scientific" one, a "Cultural" one or a "Diplomatic" one. I see this in a pair of AXIS:
Top-Bottom: Militaristic and Diplomatic
Left-Right: Scientific and Cultural
You can use a quadrant to represent each Leader's PERSONAL "philosophy".
That could allow you to create a BUNCH of different "Leaders" TBH. With a mix of these 2 axis ... There is a good bunch of them that you can create.
I think I saw this 2 axis IDEA in another game. But for the life of me, I cannot remember which. Anyhow even if this is a "recycled" idea ... I think it has HUGE "merits" for your personal project.
Here's a crude PNG sample of what I meant by the "Axis"! Just something to give you some IDEAS... Cheers!
Note #1: The sample would illustrate a Warfaring Cultural Leader... Who seeks to pillage treasures and artifacts from around the World. But he is also skilled in Diplomacy and can talk his way out of a "situation"... Something like that. lol
Note #2: Here is a 2nd sample in which the Leader is solely interested in Conquest and acquiring more territory. Societal Advancement (be it scientific or cultural) are not of any value to him.
Note #3: Here is a 3rd sample in which the Leader is solely interested in Societal Advancement (be it scientific or cultural) as opposed to the acquisition of more land/territory.
I'm sure you get the idea... I was just having fun with the shapes and stuff... lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership
;)
There is for example, an axis already.
It has concern for people and concern for production.
Then I scrolled down. I say, take a beer or 2, maybe a crate. And start drinking and reading.
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I also thought of looking for leadership. It's close to what I am looking for but not exaclty on spot. Although I like the quote of machiavelli that states that it's better to be feared than loved if you cannot get both.
So my love/fear axis has some roots in history.