Prime minister simulator

Name a real capital in your starting prompt, and the game places you on its real streets. In London, you work in the Westminster district near 10 Downing Street and the Palace of Westminster. In Ottawa, you can walk along Wellington Street past the Office of the Prime Minister and Parliament Hill.

In Tokyo, the job centers on the Nagatacho district in Chiyoda Ward, home to the Kantei and the National Diet. In Delhi, the Prime Minister works at Seva Teerth near Raisina Hill and Sansad Bhavan. In Wellington, you work in the Thorndon precinct, where the circular Beehive stands next to Parliament House.

A prime minister stays on call 24 hours a day and loses personal privacy. In LifeSim, your ministers, party whips, and coalition partners have their own goals and memories. If you promise a ministry to a rival and break your word, they remember it in later chats.

People text you on their own to demand meetings or warn you about a vote of no confidence. You can use group text threads to enforce collective responsibility before a major debate. You can also plan an outing to a local park or station, where citizens might confront you.

Arthur, 52, starts his first week as a fictional prime minister in London. He sets a life goal to pass his first budget and adds daily tasks to his to-do list. He edits his cast to include a rebellious finance minister and a strict chief whip.

On Tuesday night, the whip texts Arthur that rural lawmakers plan to vote against the budget before sunrise. Arthur invites the lawmakers on an outing to a cafe near Whitehall to negotiate in his own words. They agree to support the bill, and the daily recap records the deal.

A real workday starts early with intelligence summaries and ends late at night with document review. In the UK, ministers carry classified papers in locked leather briefcases called red boxes. During the day, they chair cabinet meetings, host foreign diplomats, and answer questions from the parliamentary frontbench.

No country requires a specific degree or license for the job, though many study law, economics, or history. In the United Kingdom, a candidate by convention holds a seat in the House of Commons and commands its confidence. In Japan, the Prime Minister must be a civilian Diet member who wins a National Diet vote.