At the time, the idea behind !strategygames@sopuli.xyz was two-fold. First, it would be a general place to talk about all strategy games, serving as a "bridge community" until Lemmy was big enough to support more specific communities focused on individual games. Second, it would be on sopuli.xyz to discourage consolidation on the lemmy.ml and lemmy.world sites. It's debatable how successful it's been in those two things, and I'll admit I haven't been super active.
I'm open to modding people for the !strategygames@sopuli.xyz community, as the intent was always to develop the community rather than control it or camp on the name. Let me know if you're interested.
I think it's better to approach John Company as a simulation more than a game. You're right that the lead player has an incentive to wreck the company if it will give them the win. That's Dehli, baby!