Later this month there's going to be "a turn-based, text-based simulation of the world starting at the beginning of January 1981. Players join as countries, parties, cabinet members, army officers, guerrillas, individuals, or most any other position they can think of."Here's a link to the thread explaining how it works and what roles are currently taken: https://eregime.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=21199
