you cannot create a closed economy in sc, i have hundreds of corps now and i cannot. so see if that's possible when i get to thousands of corps.
read my "automation" post, and if this game is truly about creating great countries then the first step should be for a country to be self-sufficient. it's no where close to that, because your population have to consume low quality products while all the high quality products from your corps are sold to someone else...thus, therefore the rebellion/revolution equation should really be base on this unfair treatment of your own people/sims?
this game has mostly socialistic concepts, but it doesn't allow you/presidents to control every aspect of your countries either. for example, if it's socialism why can't you be allowed to tax or not tax your population at the tax rate of your own choice?
the game seems like it's in confusion, or more of a mix bag, not totally socialistic and not totally capitalistic either. it's something else in between that most of us do not yet understand its basic logic
it could be an awesome game, and hopefully many of us will stick around long enough to see that awesomeness too.....i pray everyday for simcountry to better