Press space to get a random event. The even will either be a good or bad thing. You must incorporate that event into a project, and the event and comment what you get. You can do a random event as often or as infrequently as you want, but you have to use the event. The impact number is from 1-10 and the higher the number the worse the impact, or the greater the reward you get.
More information on Events: Plague: A plague must infect your people, and your population must decrease from it. It could also spread to neighboring groups of people. Famine: Your people are starving after a terrible food harvest. Your population must decrease from it, as well as your ability to produce food. Revolt: Your people revolted against you, and you must fight them, or they can either topple you or gain independence. Great Harvest: Your population booms, and you have enough food to go around. Drought: Your people are going though a drought, and many are dying from thirst, so your population must decrease. Loss of Leader: The leader of your country is dead, how is up to you. You must replace your leader with a new one, but who is next in line? Abundant Rainfall: Your people won't die of thirst today, you have plenty of clean water to go around, and your population will increase. Invention: Your people have come up with a new invention, whether it's fire or a stone mace or more, is up to you. Crop Pest Infestation: Your crops are being attacked by pests, and you will lose a lot of food, and a lot of population. New Religion: Your people have started a new religion, create it, and decide whether it will be the new countries religion, or just a small groups, or will you stamp it out. War: You must go to war with another country.