Hi!
I'm really sorry to say, I am a little overwhelmed. I really like the art and music, but for a non-finance, non-business type of person this is all a bit too much info all at once. Admittedly, I sucked at bonds in all the Railroad Tycoon games too..
However, to make it immersive (and accessible) for someone like this, it might be feasible to bend this game in a direction in which you introduce the elements one by one... so maybe you don't start out as a CEO, but as a trainee, learning the ropes. (?)
Then again, there are probably quite a lot of ppl out there who love all the dials you can turn in this game and want to know what happens next... Am am intrigued, but I did get flashbacks from when I bought a Europa Universalis game -- which apparently still has quite a fanbase.... but I was overwhelmed