Run Your Own Country (VANITY of VANITIES - it's a game)

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[Frapster]

A couple of months ago a friend of mine introduced me to a site called NationStates. The creator of the site built this 'game' he created to promote his book. It's not my intention to promote the book but instead to invite other fellow freepers to join me in creating a nation and moving it to the 'Free Republic' region. I have looked to see if a 'Free Republic' already exists but I do not see one.

Simply creation a nation and then once your nation is created you can then change the region you start out in. Once your nation is created and you're in the 'Free Republic' region you're all set.

Once your country is created you'll be presented with 'issues'. As you make your decisions your country's issues will effect the status of your countrie's civil rights, economy and political freedoms. This is what my country looks like. It's a brand new country and I'm the only one in 'Free Republic' at the moment - but join right in.

You can customize your country's flag, it's motto and it's currency. There's no way to wage war and there's limited number of issues. So if you change your settings to display 2 issues per day you'll run through your issues pretty quickly. You have the potential to see the same issue more than once pretty quickly but it will take a little while (a week or two) to run through them all.

The site can load fairly slowly sometimes. When I created Frapsterland it took forever to complete the creation process but it finally did.

You also have the opportunity to join the United Nations and represent Free Republic as the UN Delegate provided you get enough votes.

The reality is this is a huge waste of time but it's kind of fun to see how people's countries evolve. Give it a try.

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[MattAMiller]

I invite you all to visit beatiful Despotania. But don't go sticking your nose where it doesn't belong.


The Empire of Despotania is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 5 million are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is effectively ruled by the Department of Law & Order, with areas such as Social Welfare and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 53%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Despotania's national animal is the highly trained rottweiller, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Panopticon.

[Frapster]

Yep - the only thing that keeps me playing is my addictive tendencies. lol For those who are new - don't set it to give you more than 1 issue per day or you'll run out too fast.

[T. P. Pole]

For those who are new - don't set it to give you more than 1 issue per day or you'll run out too fast.

Alas, the joys of being right in a wrong world.

Got to admire The Queendom of Hillary. The leader there has figured out a way to play the game and get the scores that the author wants.

[Frapster]

At last count we had over 50 countries who have joined together to form the Alliance of Freepers. Thanks to those who started this and thanks to those who have joined. It's a nice distraction from all that's going on. Dang my heart is heavy these days.