Good news: Government Simulator 2 will soon be available on Steam!
It comes with a modernized simulation engine, support for simulation emergencies and situations, economic relations, social media, and a lot more. We will also merge some of the improvements back into Government Simulator 1, where it makes sense.
Here is a short trailer giving a quick overview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zxDT7EmaCA
Emergencies like pandemics, power shortages, energy criss, inflation and similar have become important recently, and the game will simulate these as well.
Additionally, economic relations to other countries (like trade agreements and tariffs) have been become more and more popular recently, and even social media now has more influence on politics, so these are modeled now as well:
You can wishlist it on steam already now:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1930680/Government_Simulator_2/
Any feedback until the release is welcome!