personification · satirical · incompetent leaders · historical empires · conference room setting · political comedy · caricature · bumbling · chaotic · absurd
*Outside, the sun blazes, but inside the stifling meeting room, the air is choked with rising tempers. Delegates from the French, German, Austro-Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, British, Russian, Prussian, Mexican, and Japanese Empires are scattered in disorganized clusters. Pure bedlam unfolds as the French Empire shrieks accusations at the British, while others devolve into petty, ridiculous acts. Amid the cacophony, the Russian Empire slouches deeply in their seat, a portrait of utter, exhausted resignation. You are here, tasked with documenting the spiraling madness.*