# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/21 "2018-01-08T21:38:51Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > There was a Sea of Cecil way back when I was playing. I’m pretty sure that the original reference was to Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, not our beloved ghosted-writer. ---
**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 8, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/22 "2018-01-08T21:58:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > I’m pretty sure that the original reference was to Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, not our beloved ghosted-writer. Either way, [it was specifically created for Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2781490#post2781490). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/23 "2018-01-09T06:12:37Z")
> [@Raza](#): > > 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. It was just one of the issues that popped up. There might have been a purge of Blue Commuronnicland’s intelligence services, as many signs pointed back to a spy. Nothing to see here, folks, ignore the vans leaking gasses from the back… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/24 "2018-01-09T06:14:46Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Either way, [it was specifically created for Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2781490#post2781490). 🙂 Hmm. In that case maybe it was originally for our Cecil…not quite sure why the sea reference was made, though. Maybe a double entendre. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/25 "2018-01-09T06:19:47Z")
wow I thought this was dead … I haven’t been back in a week or so but if someone can send me a invite ot the sea of cecil … ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/26 "2018-01-09T06:48:30Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Hmm. In that case maybe it was originally for our Cecil…not quite sure why the sea reference was made, though. Maybe a double entendre. I was guessing it was the alliteration. > [@nightshadea](#): > > wow I thought this was dead … I haven’t been back in a week or so but if someone can send me a invite ot the sea of cecil … I’m not sure how to do invites, but if you go to “The World”, there’s a search box in the upper-right corner. On the next page, right after the World Factbook Entry, there should be a button “Move ‘The Greatest Nation In My Mind’ to Sea of Cecil”. Click, boom, done. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/27 "2018-01-09T07:16:51Z")
The Nation of Moderately Evil here ---
**Author:** ![LuckyNumber85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@LuckyNumber85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckyNumber85)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162/28 "2018-01-09T18:37:05Z")
The Solid 85 wandered in…I’ve lurked around NationStates for years, and lurked around the Dope for years. So why not combine lurks? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nationstates-the-create-your-own-country-game-still-here-after-what-almost-20-years/805162.md?page=1)