It's a bit of both. You will have your main character who leads your specific group or faction within the East India Company (at least in the beginning. The RP can develop in strange ways). Your actions and choices will affect what happens to the region and geopolitical situation as a whole as your faction is the vehicle that you use to bring forth change in the company. Really the choices are limited by everyone's creativity. But overall, the RP is intended to be a bit of a Co-op NRP-esque RP with internal intrigue and plotting abound.