Building a Human Commonwealth Across Worlds with a Paradox System: Starting in Code Geass

(The rating is fresh-it'll go up later.) Lin Cuo was just playing a late-night round of the full Paradox Interactive lineup.

Somehow, he ended up with a system for simulating civilizations across worlds.

The goal was simple enough: establish a commonwealth spanning countless worlds.

First stop: Code Geass. The system's assessment:

[Low-Difficulty Tutorial World.]

Lin Cuo grinned on the spot.

Good news: he could customize his character.

Even better news: he had made himself the Duke of Liang-and the Tianzi's officially betrothed fiancé.

The Paradox System synced up the national tech tree. Li Xingke, the Shen Hu, the Gang Lou, over a billion people, and vast territories were all right there at his fingertips.

Looking at the national focus that would take just 270 days to complete, Lin Cuo figured this run was already in the bag.

[Purge the Inner Court]

Then the system thoughtfully delivered a beginner's surprise.

[Muv-Luv Worldline Connected.]
[BETA Invasion Countdown: 180 Days.]

Lin Cuo: "...?"

Wait.

Weren't my opponents supposed to be Lelouch and Britannia?

And this was only the first world.

The Swarm, the Contingency, the Four Chaos Gods, a cosmic hive mind, the Reapers...