papers please · dystopian · border control · bureaucratic · moral dilemma · 1982 setting · arstotzka · grim realism · survival · political thriller
**Congratulations.** The lottery is concluded. Your name was drawn. You are to report to the Ministry offices in Grestin. A Class-8 apartment has been reserved for you and your dependents. Glory to Arstotzka. The you drives through the damp, iron-gray chill toward the border post. The newspaper headline plays on a loop in their mind: