Okay "clemclone" seems to have tried it again and even they can admit it is going in a good direction. It's not like it's a finished game or anything. It's a demo.
I've worked quite a bit on it and I'll probably release an update soon. There are some changes, like in the upcoming version you choose which star you start on, pick a race/create one from traits, upgrade to increase your range/income etc.
But you're right that player control should be indicated in some other way, and that having games where you aren't able to win is silly, this is a prototype to see what pisses people off. I'll try and address those issues and make gameplay smoother
It's that little tract in the 2nd district surrounded by 3rd in the middle of the map, it's disconnected. Arkansas' census map has a lot of dumb little things like that. If you mouse over the finish map button it tells you what the issue is.
