I was racking my brain trying to figure out what kind of monstrous state you came up with in your nationstate, until it dawned on me that you were talking about real life.
It just occurred to me... But theoretically, you could role-play not a specific government position, but rather an impressionable, simple-minded president who makes decisions based on which representative is the most convincing and charismatic.
Where do we end up when we save the world?