The intention of the bot is to automate the economical (and some other) aspects of the game. Sprocket Bot has been used to ran campaigns before, but has been in an extensive rewrite with the goal of an improved codebase. Sprocket bot is currently able to simulate economical growth, log transactions between nations, send messages (including impersonated messages).
The calculations for the economy in the bot are awaiting updates before work on tech trees is started.