Dictator Morris and his wife, Brandi, unveil their plans for a sham election to install their unhinged teenage son, Nico, as president. Eduard, Morris’s older, formerly estranged, nerdy scientist son, horrified by the prospect of Nico's ascension, announces his (unwelcome) intention to run against Nico.

After a lifetime of avoidance and apathy, EDUARD decides to be the hero his country needs and run against Nico in the election. He gets himself all worked up and heroical.

Brandi’s defense of self-indulgence and decadence, and impassioned refutation of environmentalism, feminism and all morality. Sung to Nadia, Brandi’s idealistic indentured servant and revolutionary spy.

Freedomian youth express their outrage at the conditions in which they live, and their hope for a better life. Sung by Nadia to Eduard.

Freedomia’s number one corrupt revolutionary leader, Guiding Light, explains his scorched-earth strategy and merciless vision for the future to his favorite spy, Nadia, with whom he’s eager to repopulate the world— after they’ve successfully scorched the earth .

Nico, Eduard’s unhinged, teenage half-brother who’s head of the army, reveals that he’s on the brink of acquiring a nuclear missile, and his diabolical plan to use is it, scaring the bejesus out of Ed (and the audience!).

Nadia must choose between her growing feelings of love for Ed and her commitment to the revolution. In this age-old battle between the heart and mind, only one victor can emerge!

Having unwittingly eaten drug-laced cookies, given to him by Nadia, Eduard has a spiritual awakening about the interconnectedness of all living things, and the importance of collectivism.

At the big political debate that closes the first act, Eduard embraces his political ambition -- and true ideals -- and publicly criticizes his father. In turn, Morris is visited by his mentors, the spirits of Stalin and Mao, who urge him to kill his son and retake power with a vengeance. An operatic battle of wills ensues.

Morris overturns the election results and takes power with unrestrained style, flair, and a backbeat.

After his father has stolen the election and banished him, Ed's had enough of politics, and asks Nadia to run away with him to somewhere faraway, where they can live on love.

During Morris’ bunga-bunga party celebrating his return to power, Brandi defends realpolitik of bartering sex for power.

Banished to the wilderness, following Nico's coup, Morris ponders the emotional rollercoaster of having a son.

Having escaped the palace in the nick of time, and on the cusp of declaring their mutual love, Nadia excoriates Eduard for his complicity with his father's regime.

The grand finale! Following Eduard's realization that he's not cut out to be a leader, Nadia takes power, much to everyone's relief, and inspires hope for a better future -- even in the face of nuclear apocalypse.

Once upon a time, America had a president who loved golf and lying (among other things). We wrote a song about him just 'cuz. But don't worry, he's not in the show.

A philosophical take on the meaning of freedom from a regular Freedomian as he watches sand blowing over the Black Sea.