Sounds like the Democracy game thingie i posted a while ago, there have been games like this (community vs AI) on some civilization forums for a few months now..
ooh, i found my old thread..it seems i had some trouble getting the idea through to people
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I'm actually acting president for a SMAC democarcy game right now, it's fun, but also a lot of work...i'll post my experiences when i have read more of this thread.
