I usually don’t like crossovers and fandom fusions, but I like these two guys
I am surprised that no one has tried to write a full-blown Papers Please + Beholder universe fusion yet, actually. One has a chunk of good wide-scale worldbuilding (more countries and cities mentioned, more consistent information about historical events like wars, pandemics, economical hardships etc.), while the other goes in depth with internal affairs of a totalitarian country, like bureaucracy and propaganda. Sounds like a good complement.
The Great State ↔ Arstotzka, obviously. The Great State of Arstotzka lol
Helmer ↔ Grestin, but the West/East Grestin division would need some more worldbuilding
Valverde ↔ Kolechia (as the main long-time enemy of the country which the story is set in)
South Borea ↔ Obristan (yeah, I know that TGS wages war against South Borea and Arstotzka doesn’t have any animosity towards Obristan, but... close enough, both South Borea and Obristan are depicted as well-developed countries, good places to live. Not everything would be a 1:1 equivalent, obviously)
New Tomorrow ↔ EZIC (their “work methods” are very similar anyway)
the ministries and other state institutions could be easily “imported” and merged if needed, no collision here
Beholder technologies like cloning and brainwashing/mind control could also exist as they are
same with little flavorful details like the directives, TGS salute, propaganda slogans and other dictatorship-typical crap.
I hope I haven’t forgotten anything.
now to my blorbo fixation i.e. James Cunningham & M. Vonel (btw I headcanon his first name to be Mortimer or something like that). Aghhh I could draw a bunch of parallels between them. They work in the same “industry”, they’re made to seem suspicious and intimidating to the player, we know virtually nothing about their private lives and their past (“More space for headcanons that don’t collide with canon!” my inner fic writer squeals), both are very loyal to the state they serve, both are dutiful and composed. Both would make interesting unreliable narrators in a story. They seem similar attitude-wise and personality-wise, imho, judging by the few dialogues from their respective source media. Vonel feels like the type who would consciously build his authority on fear and intimidation, though— Cunningham is more kind-hearted, but still strict. They would get along. Don’t change my mind, you can’t. :D