StateOS: The Political Sandbox

Rise Through the Ranks of Power

Start as a local politician and build your career through authentic electoral systems, legislative battles, and more. Every decision you make can shape the world and your history.

A Living Political Ecosystem

Hundreds of politicians with unique views and ideologies will vote and behave differently. Metrics affect party popularity, which creates different election results over time. Regions that used to be more likely to vote for one party may shift to another party instead.

Deep Legislative Simulation

Draft legislation that matters. Propose bills on everything from minimum wage to healthcare reform, and watch as AI politicians vote based on their ideology, personal stances, and political party. These bills, policies, and laws affect the metrics of the city, state, or nation, and can make the difference if you want to win re-election or help your party gain popularity.

Key Features:

Government & Legislation

• Draft and propose bills across dozens of policy areas

• Watch policies create real effects on demographics, economy, and public opinion

• Manage government budgets at the state, and national levels

• Appoint cabinet members and department heads

• Veto or sign bills as the executive

Campaign & Elections

• Build name recognition and raise campaign funds through events and donations

• Respond to polling data showing your support across different demographics

• Navigate primary elections and general elections

• Choose starting positions from the state rep the governor to the president, or even as an unelected individual

• Experience dynamic election night results with district-by-district tallies

• Scout, interview, and hire staff who will help you in your campaign endeavors

Creator Tools & Customization

• Custom Politicians: Design detailed backgrounds with attributes, ideologies, and policy positions

• Party Creator: Build parties with custom logos in a pixel art style, ideologies, internal factions, and complete policy platforms

• Scenario Editor: Create entire political worlds with pre-configured governments, regions, and starting conditions. Want to re-create the 1990s United States? You can! Want to re-create different scenarios in history or make unique ones, like what if the most popular party in Japan was an agrarian party? You can!

Procedural Generation

• Dynamic politician generation with realistic names

• Procedural party creation with logos, factions, and leadership structures

• Coalition systems are generated for every electoral district

• Demographic distributions across cities, counties, and regions

Every campaign tells a different story. With either procedurally generated worlds or scenarios you create, the dynamic world can create all kinds of unique scenarios that may happen. One playthrough is never like the other.