Since starting I've had no tasks available in my task menu? And I can't do any reforms because I lack the influence? I'm struggling to find something to actually do in the game. Is this a bug? Shouldn't I at least have something in the tasks menu?

Oh, it seems you are one of the ten users, who founded his state during works on the database. We had to delete those states, sorry for that, our mistake!

Simply found a new state, and you'll get your tasks