[WalterBright]

Be careful about drawing conclusions about economy games. The rules in them are often set up to validate the theories of the game designers.

[awinter-py]

Or as feeder policies for presidential nominees. People claim Cain's 9-9-9 plan from whenever he ran was based on simcity.

[WalterBright]

Some people have told me that SimCity was based on Empire http://www.classicempire.com !