[Lemmy]

ok, hers's a more detailed explanation on what a demo game is, and how it could work.

First, there is only one player who actually plays the game (move ships, give build orders etc.), that person is the president.
Ministers can only advise the president on what to do next, but if the president ignores that advise too often, he could get removed from office by vote.
The ministers and president are all elected by the citizens, for the duration of one term, usually one month.
A citizen is everyone else who participates in a demo game, but isn't the president or a minister.
Like-minded citizens can join and form political parties, to get things done the way they want it.
As stated earlier, only the president plays the game, after each turn, or a number of turns, he has to make the current savegame public, for eveeryone to look at, and form an opinion on what should happen next.
The ministers can then hold polls to see what the citizens think about possible courses of action. Again, the minister can go against the poll results, but he also could be removed from office.