A simulation game that can run slowly, in the background, while you do other things

The Game Room
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I have in mind specifically a political simulation of some kind, whether medieval, modern day, spacefaring or whatever. What would be awesome would if I could just have this kingdom (or whatever) running constantly in the background at a rate slow enough that I don’t have to have my attention on it constantly but rather could interact with it a few times a day.

Crusader Kings II actually almost works for this if I keep it on low speed, but CKII w/out the micromanagement that keeps your attention on it is, well, kind of not a very interesting game. Plus wars demand immediate attention, and what I’d like is a game where I just get notifications or something and can get around to responding whenever I’d like.

Does such a thing exist?

It would scratch an itch similar but not identical to the itch scratched by the turn based boardgames I play online, making a few moves a day.

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I remember playing at nationstates.net for a while. There was even a Doper community over there.

It doesn’t really have enough meat on its bones to keep interesting for too long, though.

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Hmm… how fast does Banished run at speed 1? That might be doable after you get past the first year or so.