My Life As a King question.

[exindguy]

Viper1 has it pretty much spot-on: it's like a much-expanded version of the sim elements in Actraiser. There is, however, one game it very, very closely mirrors (though it's unlikely you have played it): Majesty on PC.

I've also seen it likened to Viva Pinata but only in the sense that the meta-game is similar.