# nationstates the create your own country game (still here after what almost 20 years ?) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 23, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162 "2017-12-23T21:24:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/1 "2017-12-23T21:24:58Z")
[https://www.nationstates.net/](https://www.nationstates.net/) about a decade in a half ago Some one on here made a thread about a web game called nationstates A game where you set up your own country and controlled it by making a few initial choices and then ran it day to day through multiple choice scenarios It was supposed to be a short term game made as a publicity stunt by author max barry for a novel he wrote … and apparently 10 books later is still is I played it when it first came out and it was simple quick and funny as hell … and since he didn’t intend to keep it very long it was about a week or two before it repeat its self Well about 5 or 6 years later I remembered it and looked it up it again played it for a bit found he created more scenarios and there’s a bunch of supported user created stuff for a bit but then I got distracted and never went back Due to the spaceseed thread I looked it up again and its still there I plan on restarting today … But I thought id share with everyone who forgotten about it or never seen it in the first place Post here what country you are and maybe if we get enough people we can form an alliance ! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/2 "2017-12-23T21:46:33Z")
I just started the Free Land of Freaky Freaks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/3 "2017-12-23T22:30:53Z")
mines The Dominion of The technocracy of ward ---
**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:** [January 3, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/4 "2018-01-03T14:17:53Z")
I remember back when this game was first out and getting attention. I had a nation I was running as a dictatorship and, over time, noticed that my population was getting dumber. I decided to double down on this and base all my decisions on the worst education outcome. Eventually I hit my goal: the dumbest and least educated people in the world according to the nation stats page. The funny thing was that people would email me and try to mock me for this. First off, I had done it intentionally and while it was probably less contested than “smartest people”, “largest military”, etc I still managed to lead a pack of tens of thousands of nations in my chosen field. It’s not as though any of their nations were being showcased. Secondly, it’s a silly text game – it’s not as though I’m dumb because my pretend game people are dumb. But I got a good handful of emails saying that I was dumb and losing the game because of my nation ranking. Gave me a nice laugh. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/5 "2018-01-03T15:15:08Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I remember back when this game was first out and getting attention. I had a nation I was running as a dictatorship and, over time, noticed that my population was getting dumber. I decided to double down on this and base all my decisions on the worst education outcome. Eventually I hit my goal: the dumbest and least educated people in the world according to the nation stats page. Were they using Brawndo to water their crops? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/6 "2018-01-03T16:42:45Z")
Blue Commuronnicland is alive and well in the South Pacific. Well, it’s alive. Thriving is a subjective measurement, right? Well, I view my subjects as thriving, screw your numbers and data and facts. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/7 "2018-01-03T22:32:39Z")
Is there, or shall there be started, a Region for dopers? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/8 "2018-01-03T23:14:08Z")
The Grand Duchy of Funky Fields of Death has been founded in the north Pacific. Now what? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/9 "2018-01-04T00:01:57Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I remember back when this game was first out and getting attention. I had a nation I was running as a dictatorship and, over time, noticed that my population was getting dumber. I decided to double down on this and base all my decisions on the worst education outcome. Eventually I hit my goal: the dumbest and least educated people in the world according to the nation stats page. The Marching Morons live. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/10 "2018-01-04T02:27:58Z")
> [@Raza](#): > > Is there, or shall there be started, a Region for dopers? There was a Sea of Cecil way back when I was playing. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/11 "2018-01-04T02:38:53Z")
The Commonwealth of Stendania (named after my Star Wars MMO character). Shooting for the world’s highest rate of nudity. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/12 "2018-01-04T13:58:40Z")
My nation of Bryantis is a world power in cheese exports. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/13 "2018-01-04T17:12:53Z")
The Colony of Krondylania has just been founded. We’ll see where this goes… ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/14 "2018-01-04T17:43:44Z")
I made a new Sea of Cecil people can join if they want. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/15 "2018-01-04T17:57:06Z")
Took me a minute to figure out how, but I managed to join. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/16 "2018-01-04T18:08:36Z")
On some long forgotten thread, there was a proposed new country of US Great Lakes area states called “Big Tennia”. I always liked that name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/17 "2018-01-04T18:35:52Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I made a new Sea of Cecil people can join if they want. I have geographically moved Bozostan to this bright, shiny new region. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/18 "2018-01-05T15:59:26Z")
Well, I’ve broken into the top 5% in the world in drug use (117.2 Pineapple Fondness Rating) and most extensive civil rights (86 Martin Luther King Jrs). ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/19 "2018-01-08T18:47:47Z")
Bozostan seems pretty rich, and one of my ships was ambushed by a neighbor. Can I call for a holy war now, or do I have to wait for actual proof? ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/20 "2018-01-08T19:48:01Z")
How does that (ambush) even happen? Was it just a random event the game triggered? Bozostan is relatively rich, but only because we’re so young/small. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162.md?page=2)