A Persistent Galaxy
Sign in, pick a star far from everyone else, name your nation and choose a focus.
Spend influence on nearby systems. Richer stars yield more, and leaping gaps costs more.
Lay hyperlanes back to your capital. Systems cut off from it make half as much.
Fill each system's slots with mines, shipyards, starbases and more. Rare stars take rare structures.
Design your own goods, make them at a manufactory, and sell them on the market or by contract.
Keep your people supplied and your sprawl in check. A stable nation yields more; a strained one falters.