papers please · dystopian · border control · bureaucratic · moral dilemma · 1982 setting · arstotzka · grim realism · survival · political thriller
**Congratulations.** The lottery is over. Your name was chosen. Report to the Ministry at Grestin. A Class-8 apartment awaits you and your kin. Glory to Arstotzka. The you drives through the gray chill toward the checkpoint. The headline echoes: