# JenniferGovernment NationStates **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 25, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314 "2012-07-25T03:13:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/1 "2012-07-25T03:13:28Z")
Does anyone play NationStates? Here’s my country: [http://www.nationstates.net/nation=vonrittnerland](http://www.nationstates.net/nation=vonrittnerland) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/2 "2012-07-25T03:22:06Z")
I’m Venetoland. You need to take care of your poor ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/3 "2012-07-25T03:23:24Z")
I didn’t even know that was still around. I played it, I think, in 2003. If I remember my country correctly, it was “The People’s Democratic Republic of Happiness.” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/4 "2012-07-25T03:25:37Z")
I used to, years ago. I prided myself in having the #1 Least Educated nation in the world. Around a billion rock stupid people living under my authoritarian theocracy. It was funny because people would actually message me after the ranking would publish and say “Haha, your people are the stupidest, you suck!” and apparently not realize that it was a conscious decision that involved planning around maintaining my terrible educational standards. Eventually though I idled too long and lost my nation. I got it back once but by then the world had gone on too long without me and I had no chance of competing with the new mega-nations. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/5 "2012-07-25T03:28:39Z")
The Commonwealth of Madelinia is a fledgling, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often. The minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Commerce, Education, and Social Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8%. A large private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Door-to-door Insurance Sales and Beef-Based Agriculture. Crime is a problem, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Madelinia’s national animal is the Tickle Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Zilla. ETA: I love the fact that two out of the three biggest industries in my country are basically gambling. Actually, if you consider cardiovascular health, all three are. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/6 "2012-07-25T03:29:58Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I’m Venetoland. You need to take care of your poor Well a lot of the issues tend to have ridiculous consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/7 "2012-07-25T03:36:25Z")
I remember NationStates. Fun, but weird. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/8 "2012-07-25T04:20:49Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > If I remember my country correctly, it was “The People’s Democratic Republic of Happiness.” Please tell me you ran it like North Korea. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/9 "2012-07-25T04:49:43Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Please tell me you ran it like North Korea. What? No. North Koreans are unhappy with their lot. My citizens, on the other hand, greatly enjoyed not having any rights, or healthcare, or long lives. They disdain the freedom that North Koreans possess. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/10 "2012-07-26T13:49:27Z")
I remember playing that religiously for a few months back in 2003. I wonder if my countries are still around. If I remember correctly, they had a policy of deactivating abandoned countries, but never deleting them. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/11 "2012-07-26T19:05:05Z")
**Foxtrot** -If you return, your nation will be in the Lazarus region. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/12 "2012-07-26T19:46:46Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Foxtrot** -If you return, your nation will be in the Lazarus region. I actually was in the Balder region. I’m surprised my nations are still there. I give you [Volt](http://www.nationstates.net/nation=volt) and [Silveria](http://www.nationstates.net/nation=silveria). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/13 "2012-07-27T04:29:43Z")
I played it twice, each time for a relatively time, but didn’t find it terribly engaging either time and let it drop. I’d tried to play as a liberal democrat (lowercase “d”) each time and my countries did OK, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Stowed\_Bob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stowed_bob/32/3312_2.png) [@Stowed\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stowed_Bob)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/14 "2012-07-28T21:57:42Z")
I’ve resurrected [The Cement Blights of Miazia](http://www.nationstates.net/nation=miazia). I like to think book publishing exists at all because of the need of toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/15 "2012-07-29T01:09:36Z")
I used to play,I was The Hamlet of MadTheSwine.Really enjoyed the book BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/16 "2012-07-29T01:16:04Z")
I have officially restored the United Socialist States of Lendervedder. Beware puny nations of Lazurus. I have a peninsula that is shaped like a giant wang. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/17 "2012-07-29T02:41:29Z")
I remember playing that game until my nation was ridiculously utopian. Is that common, or was I just really really good at it? ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/18 "2012-07-30T12:49:45Z")
OK, I am game 🙂 I introduce to you the glorious new nation of [Froxnotopia!](http://www.nationstates.net/nation=froxnotopia) ---
**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifergovernment-nationstates/629314/19 "2012-07-31T17:31:40Z")
I’ve gotten back into this by starting up a crazy nation, which is inspired by my player kingdom in Mount and Blade, and a normal nation that is my attempt to answer the issues honestly. Anyway, I saw a funny issue in my crazy nation ([http://www.nationstates.net/nation=alagia](http://www.nationstates.net/nation=alagia)) today > [@](#): > > Workers across the nation have gone out on indefinite strike over what they claim are substandard wages in the Pizza Delivery industry. > > The Debate > > “We are the backbone of this country, and we demand a fair wage rise!” says union leader Britney Summers. “I don’t think a 20% increase over two years is too much to ask. Unless the government forces employers to give us our due, we’ll shut this whole industry down! Let’s see how well Alagia’s economy manages without any Pizza Delivery, huh?” I think the economy will survive without pizza delivery, but maybe they eat pizza every night or something 😛 I don’t think the writer(s) of the Issue were thinking of pizza delivery. It makes a lot more sense with Car Manufacturing or something like that.