how do turns play out?

[Windborne]

You can use ministers in seiv to do almost anything, including play the whole game for you, but to my way of thinking that defeats the purpose, except perhaps when your testing a new ai file.

Better to roleplay everything in your empire yourself, especially if your playing against other human players, the computer is stupid enough that it gets kind of boring kicking it's behind game after game with the same old tactics, but my friends/rivals learn with me, especially when I feel compelled to brag about some new idea. LOL