Maybe to a small extent. It is annoying that we have to keep a subscription going in order to keep our accounts from being deleted. However, as long as you have a job, the subscription amount is pretty negligible. Take my situation for example. I have 5 enterprises and 8 countries. On top of the effective membership rate of $4/month, I have to pay $15 worth of gold coins each month to keep my 5 enterprises. So, it costs me around $20/month to play the game.
When I think back to when I played Eve Online, that game could be said to have had predatory monetization. At the time the monthly fee was $15/month. It was a lot easier to play if you had multiple accounts, so crank the monthly rate up to $45/month. Oh, you don't want to spend 100 to 200 hours mining to earn money to do the really fun parts of the game? Buy plex ($20) with your credit card and get rid of that mining barge forever.
Back to SimCountry, the game probably does