@cliffski, I agree that the ability to see which sliders can be adjusted from the main screen is a great addition that should be kept. Perhaps interlocking rings of colored bands might work to show everything you can do, if the number of sliders is capped at two or maybe even three? Something like this:
@kram1032, I love that idea of dumbbell-like connections for policies that are strongly linked. Could be used for policies conditional on having another policy enacted, if that’s added, although one downside is that it wouldn’t really work for policies in different sectors. Here’s how that could look with a bunch of policies dependent on a major one:
