on politicalcrossfire.com, which still isn't up after what has been weeks, i found a banner ad for democracy 2. democracy 2 is a government simulator that you can download the demo... www.positech.co.uk/democracy2 ....

when i was put in the shoes of prime minister, i governed my country more of a nanny state by having many social policies. i cut military spending heavily to try and decrease debt which took away capitalist value and guess what? it worked. but the trial demo ended before i could do much more as it does so after so many turns.

try it out and if you like the trial, you might like to buy the game.