The classic test for one's leadership capabilities is measuring one's ability to convince others to do some actions, usually actions which are not beneficial in the short term (or ever). In this Test of Leadership, the leader is facing a troublesome challenge: he must attempt to stop others from achieving wealth in order to pass the test; he must attempt to lead all of Egypt, and not just a few, close friends (or mules!).
Every week, a certain Wager is given to the entire Egyptian populace. The Wager takes the form of a valuable resource and an amount. Each disciple of Leadership is allowed to offer some amount of the resource in exchange for the Wager. At the end of the week, each citizen gains a portion of the Wager equal to the proportion of his offer from the general amount offered, and gains points for the test equal to the proportion of his offer.
The weekly Wager is a hundred pieces of Oyster Shell Marble. During the week...
When the week ends, the total amount of resources offered is 20 + 5 + 2 + 1 = twenty eight pieces of Oyster Shell Marble...
(The total is 98 pieces of OSM; it is possible that not the entire Wager will be handed out)
Afterwards a new Wager is posted. Another example is given below.
A leader must achieve a hundred test points to pass the test. Points are never lost.
Through careful manipulation passing this test is extremely easy and beneficial to all of Egypt: if only a single citizen offers a single piece of the resource, he will pass and get plenty of that resource to spare and share. However, it is enough for a few other citizens to interfere in order for the wealth (and points) to be divided amongst them. A good leader (or even better, an organized group of leaders) will be able to convince enough citizen not to participate in the Wager. However, greed is a powerful motive...
In a wicked twist of fate, the new Wager is five hundred pieces of Bronze. During the week...
By the week's end, 300+30+400+5+5+5=745 pieces of Bronze has been offered...