Walter Bullhauser

The Greatest Union, a totalitarian closed state, is the main setting.
• Political system: A strict dictatorship and totalitarianism, where many repressive laws, directives and restrictions on the rights of citizens are in force.
• Continuity: The State is an evolution or transformation of the Great State

There are directives in the Armed Forces: • It is forbidden to cry and gather in groups of more than three people outside the main square.
• Prohibition of reading outside of scheduled hours or reading materials not approved by the state.
• Ban on talking about war.
• Prohibition of harboring criminals or wanted citizens.
• Prohibition of sheltering citizens over 85 years of age (in the Blissful Sleep add-on, a euthanasia program is introduced).
• Ban on the manufacture and possession of weapons (all pistols and explosives are criminalized).
• Prohibition of worship of outsiders - it is permitted to worship only the Wise Leader.
• No. 6012 – legalizes red apples (temporarily).
• No. 6035 – ban on foreign passports and leaving the country.
• Prohibition of appropriating the property of the Ministry and embezzling state property (for civil servants).
• Prohibition of harm to children

Name: Walter
Last name: Bullhauser
Gender: Male
Age: 51 years
Family: Elsa Bullhauser (wife) †
Job/Occupation: Archive worker (formerly), Official
Place of residence/work: Apartment No. 3, Ministry

Character: Cheerful, friendly government employee. Personality
Walter is a kindhearted and optimistic man. He is always ready to help his colleagues and friends. Bullhauser also enjoys cooking and is proficient in mathematics. He only harbors outright ill will toward Wolf and others like him, due to their wild appearance and obvious illegal behavior. He presents himself as a law-abiding citizen. Despite his very sympathetic nature, Walter himself emphasizes his loneliness, which is why he was extremely happy to see Frank, recognizing him almost immediately.

Backstory: About 17 years ago, Walter worked with Frank in the archives, where Bullhauser once saved him from being fired. During this same period, he lived with his wife, Elsa, who later died. However, according to Albert, they had previously been friends.

Shortly before the events of the game, Walter worked on the freedom of movement reform and on gathering information on revolutionary activities for Stephen. Judging by his own words, he was quite an important figure for him, indicating Bullhauser's relatively long history of working for the reformers.

Fate: Walter is arrested during the "Breaking Ties" mission, where he can be detained either on Frank's tip-off right in his house or on Ernst's tip-off at the border. A series of newspaper articles will follow, with each side condemning the former official's actions. Depending on his choices in the "Curiosity Is No Vice" mission, Franz can either help clear Bullhauser of the charges or, conversely, do nothing, which would confirm the accusations. Walter's final trial is not shown.