I've been thinking on this, and what would happen if you weren't the leader? Perhaps everyone works together and has their own jobs, making no leader. This would still make the Player have to get an interesting job or just leave the group. If the AI is a leader? You've got two options, suck up to the leader and get the good jobs, or try to get everyone in the group to like you and then hold an election. Or a hostile takeover, and it makes everyone not really like you or trust you. Furthermore, I think the trust thing is certainly interesting. If you're a leader, is it better for them to love or fear you? Perhaps a scale like that might be nice. If they really like you, they won't want to take over or kill you. If they really fear you, they'll fear what will happen if they try to takeover. If they neither like you, nor fear you, run the fuck away! Also, if they really trust you, but you can't get an election, you could always see to it that the leader has an "accident" and they won't be suspicious of you!