[2] According to some sources,[a] it is considered the first political drama television series in South Korean history, and the first to depict a recent president during an era of heavy media censorship.

[4] The series was created just after Chun Doo-hwan seized power at the beginning of the Fifth Republic of Korea, shortly after Park Chung-hee was assassinated in 1979.

During both the Chun and Park eras, media censorship was common, making dramas depicting political topics extremely sensitive.

[4] The president of MBC at the time, Lee Jin-hui [ko], closely monitored the creation of the show, to ensure it did not draw the ire of the government.

[8][4] Go later served as the head of the Korea Creative Content Agency in the Korean Government from 2007 to 2009.