Political game

A political game is a government simulation game in which players simulate a government running a country. This is sometimes used in education, often to increase students' interest in politics.

Some games operate much like the traditional legislative government, relying on building consensuses to get things done. This includes:

• Superpower -- a group of forum-based simulation games where you take control of nations in various eras of human history, aswell as planets both in Star Trek and Star Wars.
• President Forever 2008 + Primaries -- a political game that closely mimics the U.S. Electoral System for both the Primaries and the General Election.
• Democracy--a game were the player is president of a nation and must gain votes by appeasing different groups.
• Nomic -- a game played by changing its own rules
• Nations -- a forum-based game simulating the real world, you take on the role of any nation on the surface of the planet and guide it through the means of diplomacy, warfare and economics.
• Senate Seeker -- a game simulating the United States government in which members of the prominent American political parties (and third parties) compete for the Senate and House of Representatives. The game includes active forums, discussion, Bill proposals and a working Supreme Court. The game is entirely text based and free. Also, one thing that makes this game different from the others is that it does not use forums for any official aspect of the game. The running for office and proposing of bills is all done in a turn-based PHP environment.
• Voter's Mind -- a game which centres around the imaginary nation of Aurelia and elections for the Senate, House of Representatives and President. The game is based around forums.
• Particracy -- an online political simulation game where the player takes on the role of a political party in a fictional nation. Players propose and vote on legislation, form cabinets, determine economic policy and join international treaties as they compete for votes with other political parties in their nation. The opinions of voters in each nation is measured on a wide variety of opinions, meaning every region and every nation is unique, and constantly changing.
• Politics 1900 -- a forum-based game simulating the politics of Great Britain c. 1900. Players can join either the House of Commons or the House of Lords in one of 5 different parties.
• NationStates -- Each user runs a country, and receives daily issues where he takes decisions that directly affect the economy, civil rights and political freedoms. A player can also change the region where a country is located, and there are ranks for many categories.
• Election Day -- Political simulation game that allow players to run for local, state or federal elections. The game has a high complexity level of information, control and realism that can be modified. This game can be downloaded for free.
• Power Politics III -- 2004's Election simulator. A basic version can be downloaded for free but it also has a paid version with enhanced features.
• The Political Machine -- An U.S. President's election simulator.
• United States Government Simulation -- Online forum-based government simulation where players start in the US House of Representatives, can run for elected office as Senators, Governors, or even President, and can participate in things ranging from media and special interests, to state governments or the United Nations.
• United States Political Simulation -- Online forum-based government simulation. Every player starts off as a members of the United States House of Representatives. As you build up a reputation, you can run for President, Vice-President, or the be a members of the U.S. Senate. You have your own staff to run your congressional office.

See also

• Government simulation game