Nation States
Nation States is a cool little website recommended to me by a colleague. If you have always dreamed of running a country of your own, here's your dream come true! Want to run a Republic? You can do it here. Want to be the ruler of a Holy Empire? You can do that here too.
Creating your nation is part of the fun. You can choose from one of several styles such as "Sensible", "Liberal", "Conservative", "Compassionate". If your other half takes hold of you, you could always choose to be "Evil", "Anarchic" or "Psychotic".
After that, you get to choose your government's attitude towards various issues, such as "Do you think corporations do more harm than good?", "Is deterring criminals more important than rehabilitating criminals?" or "Is marijuana legal?"
These are some nations that other people have created:
The Holy Empire of Devania is a massive, devout nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.43 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry.
The roads are virtually falling apart, otherwise healthy people are being sent to internment camps just because they have VODAIS, Devania's army is full of 2 metre tall super-soldiers, and children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces. Crime is crippling. Devania's national animal is the purple weasel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the bribe.
Devania is ranked 1st in the region and 2nd in the world for Largest Defense Forces (per capita).
Civil Rights are outlawed. The economy is frightening. Political Freedoms are outlawed.
You really have to wonder what is so holy about this empire.
Creating your nation is part of the fun. You can choose from one of several styles such as "Sensible", "Liberal", "Conservative", "Compassionate". If your other half takes hold of you, you could always choose to be "Evil", "Anarchic" or "Psychotic".
After that, you get to choose your government's attitude towards various issues, such as "Do you think corporations do more harm than good?", "Is deterring criminals more important than rehabilitating criminals?" or "Is marijuana legal?"
These are some nations that other people have created:
The Holy Empire of Devania is a massive, devout nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.43 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry.
The roads are virtually falling apart, otherwise healthy people are being sent to internment camps just because they have VODAIS, Devania's army is full of 2 metre tall super-soldiers, and children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces. Crime is crippling. Devania's national animal is the purple weasel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the bribe.
Devania is ranked 1st in the region and 2nd in the world for Largest Defense Forces (per capita).
Civil Rights are outlawed. The economy is frightening. Political Freedoms are outlawed.
You really have to wonder what is so holy about this empire.
