It's more about creating your own nation and simply pass or reject legislation and stuff. Though in the forum you can do lots of stuff with other nations.
It's not a game where you have to micromanage everything. Hell, you don't even have to build anything

You are basically the all-powerfull politician of your nation

You can set the setting to 2 issues per day and you'll have to deal with them accordingly and over time shape your nation into one big powerhouse. You can affect other nations as you grow and enter the UN

You can be a psycotic dictator to a Libertarian if you want to and shape your nation the way YOU want to. I love this game!