Would this game be similar to say a Travian in play?

Where are you start - you only have to manage a little bit - but near the end you may have many planets/systems to maintain (ala having a bunch of cities like in Travian).

I know it can start of light and quickly become a time sink. (not opposed to this! just want to know what I'd be getting into before I choose to do so!)

I am very interested in the game - spent many hours playing Travian - so something like this on iOS rather than hooked to just a webbrowser is interesting to me.

Thanks!