Geopolitics is like a Multi-player Version of Go

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In the video linked above, Tom Luongo of Gold Goats 'n Guns, talks about board games like chess, Monopoly, Risk and most importantly Go. He feels that Go most closely resembles how geopolitics plays out in the real world. People plot out their attack and if all goes well, with the turn of one piece whole swaths of territory change hands. The board game is played between two people, but real geopolitics is played between several players, maybe as many as a dozen, or a hundred, depending on who's counting. That sounds like a fairly accurate depiction.

Another point is that these players are not necessarily countries. They are factions. Factions may cross territorial boundaries and multiple factions may exist within one country. Factions are can bound together by ideology, a charismatic leader, blood oaths, or most likely, by mutual financial interests.