Government Simulator - a video game!
The other day, I was browsing Steam, and I came across a game, that sounded extremely interesting. It was called Government Simulator, and the description read the following:"Government Simulator is a is a simple economic and political simulation game based on real-world data. Take control of a whole country, like the USA, Germany, France, Russia, or Austria. Change laws, taxes and budgets based on real world statistics and data, and see what happens."
There are no missions, and the game is purely text based. But never the less, I bought the game and tried to see if I could fix America.
The first few things I did were:
Implemented strict gun control. Like VERY strict! Up to a point where it was a crime to own one, unless you possessed a hunting license
Invested heavily in education
Implemented Free Abortion
Did some tweaks to certain laws
Ramped up the tax bracket for the wealthiest Americans
Gave tax breaks to low-income families
And what did all that result in?
Debt completely wiped out, and I created a 13.9 billion dollar surplus.
Unemployment rate was at 4%
Approval rating: 100%!
Keep in mind, that it's only a video game, and thus there is no way to tell if that would happen if the US did the same as I did in the game. But still, it makes you think.
Next time, I will try to tackle Russia!