If you are not in a alliance then it is the kind of game where you do a couple of things per a day like, upgrade, improve, train or something like that and its done for that day.
But if you join an alliance then you do things for that alliance, chat, have fun, upgrade your nation and it makes the game soooo much more enjoyable.
I'm in the Mostly Harmless Alliance and I get all this and more ,so if you want, check us out here: http://mostlyharmlessalliance.com/