I kind of was involved in clan politics, so politics between gaming clans rather than actual government. Never-the-less the experienced gave me perspective on politics and why everything is so vague. In politics you have to be incredibly careful, knowing that any word you say can be quoted 60 years later, you can't do anything that can be taken out of context and so on. Because of that effect everything is so wishy washy and vague and hard to understand.