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Ever thought you could run a country better than the President or Prime Minister? Here's your chance! You've just been elected, and now you've got to implement policies that will improve your country's economy and well-being while keeping enough voters satisfied to win the next election. The game's deep simulation models hundreds of variables, and lets you adjust everything from import tariffs to marriage laws. A built-in tutorial gets you started, but the depth of the simulation will keep you engaged for hours of governing!

Features

• Learn about the essential compromises that politics requires
• Complete tutorial makes it easy to get started
• The only game of its kind
• Wide freedom to implement policies: legalize guns and drugs if you want, go socialist if you want, whatever you choose
• Watch your progress with detailed history and statistics

Shopper Reviews

1. 

   Not terrible, but not worth the price

   by DJW, USA - May 16th 2008

   This game was fun at first and seemed quite deep, with many countries to control, many political problems to fix, and many ways to fix those problems. However, after an hour or two, it became very repetitive and not at all flexible. The countries are all basically the same with the same problems, albeit at different levels of severity. The solutions also become the same. Once you find the right combination of actions to take, you can use that combination on any scenario.
   
   It could be a great game if there were greater differences between countries, and if it were actually possible to achieve success with different combinations of political policies. It's like there is only one way to win, and once you have found it, winning is just a matter of implementing those policies. Sure, there are various difficulty levels, but all they do is make it harder and more annoying for you to do what has worked in the easier levels.
   
   Graphics and Sound
   There basically are no graphics or sound. It's not really a graphics based game, and the background music is pretty dull, though not unpleasant. If the rest of the game were deeper and had more variety, you wouldn't need them. In fact, the game was thoroughly enjoyable for the first hour or so.
   
   Bottom Line
   Download the demo only, wait for a lower price, or wait for an improved version.

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2. 

   The perfect game for the backseat politician

   by Christopher Rydberg, Taiwan - Apr 9th 2007

   While this game is not attractive and gets repetitive I still enjoy cranking the difficulty way up and seeing if I can't rebuild my own perfect America without getting assassinated or voted out of office. I'd wager that unless you like management gaming or are really politically minded you probably won't enjoy this game much, but if either of those could describe you this game might well be worth your time.

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3. 

   Needs a lot of work

   by Matthew Brooks, USA - Jan 25th 2007

   It's a really neat idea but it feels like a half-implemented game. Needs a ton of work to actually become playable. Scenario is the same no matter what country you start as, the policy dilemmas aren't interactive and it's hard to tell what their effect is, and the interface is messy with spelling mistakes and poor graphics (even if it's going to be text-based, it could have looked a LOT better).
   
   There needs to be a bigger and more country-specific mix of initiatives to implement as well. The results from these initiatives were a little simplistic.
   
   Overall, I cannot recommend this game. It's just not playable after about an hour of exploration. Hopefully the makers will spend some time and upgrade this, because it could be really cool.

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