World DraftRound number does not determine the seat. You can assign any vacant role, but each appointment locks. Choose based on the current category, the remaining seats, and what you know about future rounds.
Play the Daily draftGeneral and Treasurer have extra deductions for Poets and Porn Stars. An available military or finance specialist can prevent an awkward final assignment. Protecting these seats is a useful heuristic, not a rule that forces you to fill them in rounds one and two.
A Politician, Dictator, or Military Commander covers authority in any seat. President does not need a separate authority check. Decide where the category helps most after comparing the other open roles.
Vice President has no specialist bonus, but it still contributes role fit. Filling it early is reasonable if another known pick can cover the specialist seat. Saving it is useful when future pools are uncertain.
Use the exact cabinet role weights and the Military Commander seat comparison to make the trade-off explicit.
Consider this illustrative sequence: round 1: Billionaires (USA); round 2: Poets (United Kingdom); round 3: Pop Stars (United Kingdom); round 4: Athletes (USA); round 5: Chefs (France). It is a fixed teaching scenario, not today's Daily schedule. All choices within each pool have the same category and country.
First, lock the Billionaire into Vice President. Then optimize every other appointment. Next, start again with the same five pools but lock the Billionaire into Treasurer. Each branch checks all 24 remaining seat permutations, so the comparison does not sabotage the other four choices.
| Seat | Representative candidate | Category / country |
|---|---|---|
| President | Adele | Pop Stars / United Kingdom |
| Vice President | Elon Musk | Billionaires / USA |
| General | Michael Jordan | Athletes / USA |
| Propaganda Minister | William Shakespeare | Poets / United Kingdom |
| Treasurer | Paul Bocuse | Chefs / France |
Average role fit 62% · Specialist bonuses +16 · Coalition +8 · Authority multiplier 0.65 · Critical-seat deductions −0.
The range uses battlefield variance 0–20, followed by rounding and the 195-point cap. Displayed role fit is rounded; the engine uses the unrounded value.
| Seat | Representative candidate | Category / country |
|---|---|---|
| President | Paul Bocuse | Chefs / France |
| Vice President | William Shakespeare | Poets / United Kingdom |
| General | Michael Jordan | Athletes / USA |
| Propaganda Minister | Adele | Pop Stars / United Kingdom |
| Treasurer | Elon Musk | Billionaires / USA |
Average role fit 67% · Specialist bonuses +30 · Coalition +8 · Authority multiplier 0.65 · Critical-seat deductions −0.
The range uses battlefield variance 0–20, followed by rounding and the 195-point cap. Displayed role fit is rounded; the engine uses the unrounded value.
At minimum battlefield variance, reserving this pick for Treasurer improves the best attainable total by 12 points. The score ranges overlap, so compare equal variance when measuring the decision. Both branches still lack authority; a better seat assignment cannot remove that fixed limitation.
The Billionaire role trade-offs explain the category's specialist bonus. If a later round already guarantees a second Billionaire, this particular opportunity cost changes: an early Vice President can leave another finance pick for Treasurer.
Future pools are uncertain. Respins operate on the unopened round; they cannot rescue an appointment you already made. Consult the respin and appointment rules before treating a draft as reversible.
Every completed Daily cabinet contains one candidate from each fixed category-and-country pool. Reassigning seats does not change its country coverage. The useful decisions are role fit, specialist bonuses, and critical-seat deductions. The Daily planning guide connects this approach to the shared challenge.
“General, Treasurer, President, Propaganda Minister, Vice President” is a planning reminder, not a guaranteed winning sequence. When the current category is a Pop Star and the propaganda seat is open, taking that fit may be better than forcing an early General. A final-round pick goes into the last vacant seat, whatever its category.
Compare complete outcomes in the best cabinet examples and practice board, then test your own plan against the five pools in a Daily archive briefing.