Inspector (Papers Please)

The unnamed inspector is the main protagonist and player-character who works as an immigration inspector for the Ministry of Admission of Arstotzka.[1] He only appears in a family photo and as a silhouette at the beginning of most days when he walks to the booth. Other border inspectors appear in the pre-release mini game, endings 16 and 18, and in the official short film adaption where one is played by Igor Savochkin. They should not be mistaken for the protagonist of the main game.

History
The inspector is from a village called Nirsk, and at least his father still lives there and his family will move back there if something happens to him.

The inspector's name is drawn in the 1982 October labor lottery and he is assigned to work at the Grestin border checkpoint for 12 hours; from 6 to 6. A Class-8 apartment is given to him and his family.

Eventually, the inspector may become an anti-government agent, a loyal bureaucrat, flee the country for snowier pastures, get fired, or get arrested and/or die.