THIS is a story about the future. It is about a government that will end its term in a year’s time, and how all the keepers of power are jostling to win a second chance at sitting on the throne.

It is true, the future cannot be separated from—and is even shaped by—the past. However, this time, allow us to speculate about what is likely to happen.

Every October 20, a favorite pastime is evaluating how the people in power are doing. On th