You just made me think of Guerrilla in Bolivia [0], a text-based strategy game with some basic graphics, from 1990.

Edit: and also "The global dilemma: guns or butter" [1], also from 1990.

[0]: https://www.mobygames.com/game/ch-guerilla-in-bolivia

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Global_Dilemma:_Guns_or_Bu...