This government simulation game, like its predecessor, puts the player in the role of any nation's head of state.

In contrast to its previous versions, the avatars of selected world leaders are represented by their real counterparts at the time of the game's release.

Rulers of Nations under default settings includes characters which caricature real life figures at the time of the game's release.

People caricatured include: Territorial disputes in Rulers of Nations are merely shown as a cause for poor bilateral relations, with one of the claimant countries having full control of the region.

that the United Kingdom's military might is wholly underrepresented in the game as its overseas territories which are of strategic and military advantage such as the Falkland Islands (which contain a RAF and Royal Navy base) and Gibraltar (which contains a Royal Navy and RAF base) are dependencies of the United Kingdom, however the UK has no control over these territories and no military sites are available to the British executive.