# Do you Nation State? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132 "2006-03-13T04:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/21 "2006-03-13T09:16:37Z")
Has anyone read this _Jennifer Government_ book that the game is based on? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/22 "2006-03-13T09:32:42Z")
[The Constitutional Monarchy of Lechtopia](http://www.nationstates.net/lechtopia) A complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/23 "2006-03-13T09:36:30Z")
My little nation… [http://www.nationstates.net/crendonia](http://www.nationstates.net/crendonia) it seems like such a nice place! Check out my coooool flag! mm ---
**Author:** ![Enterprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/76d3ee/32.png) [@Enterprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enterprise)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/24 "2006-03-13T09:46:03Z")
The [Free Land of Timsania](http://www.nationstates.net/64781/page=display_nation) has moved to the Sea of Cecil… ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/25 "2006-03-13T10:05:10Z")
I found it some months ago, now I don’t play so much because I started to get repetitive questions, like **jayjay**. I still log in occasionally. Here is my nation: [The Most Serene Republic of Tholosson!](http://www.nationstates.net/tholosson) Today I moved my nation to the Sea of Cecil! ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/26 "2006-03-13T10:36:18Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I did for a while about a year ago. But the daily questions started repeating and I got bored with it, so I let it dissolve into whoever felt like brutally invading the place… Same here… I played around with it for a month or so a couple years ago (wouldn’t be surprised if I first found out about it here on the SDMB) but stopped because there’s isn’t that much depth. Doesn’t take long to go through all the questions. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/27 "2006-03-13T11:14:57Z")
…I present to you [The Commonwealth of Athorsyn.](http://www.nationstates.net/athorsyn) ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/28 "2006-03-13T11:41:04Z")
At first I thought I’d try for a perfect utopia, but I decided that would be no fun, so here is [The Rogue State of Elizabethistan](http://www.nationstates.net/elizabethistan). ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/29 "2006-03-13T11:44:46Z")
I’ve got a couple of nations. For a while I made sure that I checked them regularly, but lately my checking of them has been sporadic at best. Inspired by this thread, I went in and dismissed all the issues in them. I found otu that it had been 2 weeks since I’d checked them while there. I think my attention to my nations started to fall off when the region I was part of began to lose nations - they’re deleted when they don’t have access for a certain amount of time. I think it’s down to six nations now and it’s easier to ignore it most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/30 "2006-03-13T14:43:11Z")
I had a Nation called **Partha** , it appears to be gone. I got tired of the game when the questions got repetitive and the choices were very limited too often. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/31 "2006-03-13T15:24:33Z")
Hooray! The Sea of Cecil is revitalized! It was gettin’ kinda lonely over there. I don’t mind the repetetive questions too much, but the way there are sometimes limited responses to each - one on either extreme - is definitely a flaw in the game. I think this is the most entertaining literary publicity stunt I’ve ever seen … although since it hasn’t prompted me to read the book so far, It’s maybe not the most effective. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/32 "2006-03-13T15:29:16Z")
I signed up (or perhaps almost signed up,) but once I learned the interaction (or at least the policy-setting portion,) would consist of answering periodic question, no thanks. Reminds me of RPGs at their worst. ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/33 "2006-03-13T15:45:49Z")
I had a nation a long time ago, back when there were less than 100 issues, and no way to add more. Now that they’ve allowed user-created issues, it’s a lot better. My current nation, [url=http://www.nationstates.net/karigosutoro], is a cruel and hateful place, with an average tax rate of 100%. (?!) At one point, I was ranked 113,193rd (out of 114,783) in Politically Free nations, and 120th in Most Corrupt Govts. I’m not sure if I should be proud of that. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/34 "2006-03-13T16:05:23Z")
By the way, Jennifer Government is a great novel. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/35 "2006-03-13T16:42:56Z")
Cool! Thanks for the link! The “Free Land of Meepistan” is now the newest resident of the Sea of Cecil. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/36 "2006-03-13T19:04:40Z")
Does anyone have a list (or know where to find a list) of the various rankings for Civil Rights, Economy, and Political Freedoms? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/37 "2006-03-13T19:26:43Z")
I’ve just added the [Most Serene Republic of Arflebarfle](http://www.nationstates.net/arflebarfle). Still working on the flag. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/38 "2006-03-13T19:42:08Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Has anyone read this _Jennifer Government_ book that the game is based on? Yes. It’s not bad, actually. Spookily (and hilariously) plausible in some ways. It’ll be nice to have some company in the Sea of Cecil. For a long time there, there were only six of us … (Nation of **Blithe Spirit** speaking). ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/39 "2006-03-13T19:50:30Z")
I’m in the process of creating the [People’s Republic of Kythereia](http://www.nationstates.net/kythereia/)–how do I join the Sea of Cecil? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132/40 "2006-03-13T20:13:41Z")
The Armed Republic of Terrapinville has joined the Sea of Cecil! [http://www.nationstates.net/terrapinville](http://www.nationstates.net/terrapinville) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-nation-state/348132.md?page=3)