Terms of play

Who you're agreeing with

Wahala Republic is run by [Company name]. Write to [email protected] with any question about these terms.

18 and over only

You must be 18 or older to play. By signing up you confirm you are. If we learn a player is under 18, we suspend the account and remove it.

It's satire, and it's fiction

Wahala Republic is a political satire game. Its states, places, people, parties, officials and events are made up. Any likeness to real people, parties or events is coincidence or parody, and nothing in the game is a statement of fact about anyone.

The game backs no real party or candidate. Names of real politicians are not allowed as player names.

Your account

• Keep your password to yourself. You are responsible for what happens on your account.
• Use an email you can open. It is the only way to recover your account this season.
• Don't sell, buy or share accounts.
• One device can hold at most 3 accounts each season, and only one of them can vote from it.

Fair play

Inside the story, bending the rules is the game. Outside it, these are not allowed:

• cheats, bots, scripts or modified game clients;
• using a bug again and again instead of reporting it (the first player to report a bug is thanked, not punished);
• using extra accounts to vote more than once or to move money between yourselves;
• buying or selling game money, items or accounts for real money.

Respect other players

No harassment or threats, hate, sexual content, scams, or sharing anyone's phone number or personal details. Repeatedly targeting one player with the game's own tools, such as levies, stops or petitions, counts as harassment. Every player can mute, block and report.

When rules are broken

• Warning: a message, for a first minor breach.
• Chat mute: 24 hours of preset phrases only.
• Suspension: 7 days without signing in.
• Ban: permanent. The device and email can't make new accounts.
• Gains from exploits are reversed, and linked accounts lose their votes for the season.

You see which rule you broke and for how long. You can appeal within 14 days, and a different moderator decides within 7 days.

Game money has no cash value

Naira, Clout, items, homes and cars in the game are pretend. They have no cash value, can't be swapped for real money or goods, and are not your property. We may change or reset them, for example when a new season starts.

Sponsored billboards and posts are real brands' adverts and are always labelled Sponsored.

The game changes

Wahala Republic is a live game. We may change its rules, balance, content and seasons, and pause it for maintenance. If we ever close it, we will say so in advance where we can.

Within the law

We provide the game as it is. We are not responsible for losses from what happens inside the game. Nothing here takes away rights you have under Nigerian law. These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Leaving or being removed

You can delete your account at any time on the Delete your account page, linked from Settings in the game, or by writing to [email protected]. We may suspend or close accounts that break these terms, as set out above.

Changes to these terms

If we change these terms we update the date at the top and tell you in the game before an important change applies.