The Choice Before an Empire provides a philosophical understanding of the major political parties contending for dominance in the political space of a nation in need of purposeful leadership to save it from cataclysm due to corruption, directionless leadership, gross economic mismanagement, erosion of values, ethnic and religious mistrust, poverty, ever growing youth unemployment, uninspiring followership and docile civil force . The book x-tray the spiritual and philosophical connotations of the symbols of the political parties and provides the readers with how the symbols of the parties interpret the behavioural and attitudinal communications of their leaders once they get into office.