I dunno if many of you know of this place or not, but considering these days with all the whining in the world and bs from wannabe political know-it-alls, I figured I'd try a bit of an experiment here.
Taken from the site: NationStates is a free nation simulation game. Build a nation and run it according to your own warped political ideals. Create a Utopian paradise for society's less fortunate or a totalitarian corporate police state. Care for your people or deliberately oppress them. Join the United Nations or remain a rogue state. It's really up to you.
Let's see how far some of your all either sensible or trumped-up bs fantasy ideas of how the world should run actually play out in a real government simulation.
I'd like to see which way your governments bend toward and find out if you're prospering or ended up eating a shit sandwich watching your ideals fail.
Have fun...also as if it wasn't obvious I 'STUCK' this topic so it'll be easier to follow. Registration to that game online is totally free.
The Glorious Island Nation of The Crossroads
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GEOGRAPHY
Terrain: Extensive wooded forests over much of the area. A large extinct volcanic mountain near the center of the territory. Several large rivers coming from the mountain to the two main bays.
Climate: Wet rainy weather in summer, heavy snows in winter. Extensive wetlands near the southern coasts. Snow caps on mountains most of the year.
Natural Resources: Small amounts of uranium. Larger deposits of nickel, iron and aluminum. Large forests of rare woods. Extensive aquaculture in coastal waters. Vast fields of staple grains- primarily wheat- cover the central planes.
DEMOGRAPHICS
Population: 117,000,000
Civil Rights: Excellent
Economy: Thriving
GDP per Capita: $40,000
GDP: $16,340,000,000
National Budget: $6,201,030,000
Percentage of GDP Spent on Defence: 3.8%
Percentage of Budget Spent on Defence: 10%
Military Budget: $620,103,000
Age Structure: 0-14 years: 20%; 14-24 years: 35%;
30-50 years: 30%; 60-80 years: 10%; 80+ years 5%
Life Expectancy at birth: total population: 89; female: 94; male: 85
Nationality: Employee;
Ethnic Groups: white: 25%, black: 15%, Asian: 30%, Latino: 20%
Religions: Government is officially non-committed, but people are free to worship how they wish. Christianity (various sects): 27%, Judaism: 18%, Islam: 16%, other: 12%, none: 12%
Languages: Official language is Standard English. Small enclaves of various immigrant tongues exist. Japanese: 9%, Russian: 6%, German: 4%, Spanish: 6%, Chinese (various dialects): 7%
Literacy Rate: total population: 96% (over the age of 10) (mandated by law.)
GOVERNMENT
Conventional long form: The Loyal Employees of Crossroads Inc.
Conventional short form: Crossroads Inc.
Government Type: Incorporated Dimensional Mega Conglomerate.
Capital: Otokoshounen
Independence: Substantial
Suffrage: Universal Suffrage
Chief of State: The Lord High CEO
Cabinet:
(Defence) General Rupert Plumbean
(Interior) Director Heretio Maglicuty
(Energy) Professor Theodore Throtmorten
(International) Ambassador Hugo Wizenheimer
(Economy) Vice Manager Walter W. Wonker
Elections: Open and voluntary
Terms: 4 to 6 years.
Political Parties: Labour, Green, and Manager
Praying is another way of doing nothing helpful
"Congratulations, you get a cookie. You almost got a fundamental English word correct." Pick
"Outlaw star has spaceships that punch eachother" Joviwan Read "Tales From The Crossroads"! Read "One Wrong Turn"!
The Confederacy of Aquarian Republics
"Durch Mitleid, kommt Kraft"
UN Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists
Civil Rights:
Excellent
Economy:
Fragile
Political Freedoms:
Superb
Location: The East Pacific Regional Influence: Minnow
The Confederacy of Aquarian Republics is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5 million love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
The enormous, socially-minded government is mainly concerned with Social Welfare, although Healthcare and Education are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 37%, but much higher for the wealthy. A very small private sector is dominated by the Retail industry.
Crime is well under control. Aquarian Republics's national animal is the dove, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the amethyst.
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know, the piper's calling you to join him
The United Socialist States of United Terran Republic
UN Category: Democratic Socialists
Civil Rights: Very Good
Economy: Fair
Political Freedoms: Excellent
The United Socialist States of United Terran Republic is a tiny, socially progressive nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The enormous government devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 36%, but much higher for the wealthy. A small but healthy private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Information Technology and Book Publishing.
Crime is relatively low. United Terran Republic's national animal is the Raven, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Terran Credit.
"...And everything under the sun is in tune
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon." - eclipse, Pink Floyd.
I used to play it quite often last year. It was interesting to deliberate over what legislations to pass for the various issues. It became extremely tedious when the same issues started to repeatedly crop up over and over so I moved on to other things.
GateWars is the browser based game that currently holds my attention.
I used to have a nation on there, The Republic of Bangaalas, which I had kept up with for about a year. I think it reached a population level of 4 billlion or something.
Sadly, I never logged into it much. I waited too long once, and it got deleted. Not interested in starting another.
"A mind is like a parachute. It only works when it is open."
-Sir James Dewar
Long ago some people with too much time on their hands made a bunch of XL sopreadsheet programs for the game. You could plug in the size of your nation and get numbers for anything you wanted, all you had to do was put in names for things.
Praying is another way of doing nothing helpful
"Congratulations, you get a cookie. You almost got a fundamental English word correct." Pick
"Outlaw star has spaceships that punch eachother" Joviwan Read "Tales From The Crossroads"! Read "One Wrong Turn"!
I read the book. Seem to remember it being alright.
Has the game changed at all in the past year or so? I played it for a bit, but two things annoyed me. The first was the US-centricity. An example of this was that national health was an ultra-radical option. Along with that is a sort of right wing thought. If you made modern England on that game, it would probably tell you that the economy was kaput due to excessive spending or something.
The second annoyance was that I kept getting the same questions come up. Was annoying.
Hi! I'm Prozac the Robert!
EBC: "We can categorically state that we will be releasing giant man-eating badgers into the area."
They have recently introduced a new nation influence rating and also have made region invasions legal - I don't know the specifics because I don't get involved with that.
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The Imperium of Battlecrabs
"Aggression & Expansion: the watchword of the destroyer "
UN Category: Corporate Police State
Civil Rights: Rare
Economy: Frightening
Political Freedoms: Outlawed
Location: Europe
Regional Influence: Minnow
The Imperium of Battlecrabs is a massive, economically powerful nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.313 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
The small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government concentrates mainly on Defence, although Law & Order and Commerce are secondary priorities. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.
Convicted felons are forced into slavery for their crimes, the adult unemployment rate nears 100% as all available jobs have been filled by young children, society and government have been organized according to a feudal hierarchy, and Battlecrabs's army is full of two-metre tall super-soldiers. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Battlecrabs's national animal is the Balrog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Doom-Mark.
Battlecrabs is ranked 2nd in the region and 52nd in the world for Largest Defense Forces (per capita).
"I'm personally against seeing my pictures and statues in the streets - but it's what the people want." - Saparmurat Niyazov
"I'm not good in groups. It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent." - Q
HAB Military Intelligence: Providing sexed-up dodgy dossiers for illegal invasions since 2003.
The Empire of Decapito is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.986 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Arms Manufacturing.
The dung beetle is believed to be extinct, skateboarding is punishable by heavy fines, a crusade against barbaric religious practices has begun, and the police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Decapito's national animal is the dung beetle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the uranium doubloon.
Decapito is ranked 2nd in the region and 429th in the world for Largest Defense Forces (per capita).
If Religion and Politics were characters on a soap opera, Religion would be the one that goes insane with jealousy over Politics' intimate relationship with Reality, and secretly murder Politics in the night, skin the corpse, and run around its apartment wearing the skin like a cape shouting "My votes now! All votes for me! Wheeee!" -- Lagmonster
I remember I made it into the top ten in the world for my Automobile industry a couple times. Ahhh, the Economic Juggernaut of Spubortia, how I miss thee...
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance--that principle is contempt prior to investigation." -Herbert Spencer
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." - Schiller, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, III vi.
I kinda lost interest in this a while ago, but whatever.
The People's Republic of Scillantos is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its strong anti-business politics. Its compassionate, cynical population of 36 million are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, liberal, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and the Environment. The average income tax rate is 71%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.
All industry is owned and run by the government, all recreational drugs are legal, it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, and citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control. Scillantos's national animal is the velociraptor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the scill.
Scillantos is ranked 340th in the region and 39,071st in the world for Largest Defense Forces (per capita).
The Empire of MyWillRules is a tiny, pleasant nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 5 million are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government devotes most of its attentions to Law & Order, with areas such as Social Welfare and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 16%, but much higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Furniture Restoration and Cheese Exports.
Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force. MyWillRules's national animal is the bear and its currency is the will credit.
A corrupt and moralistic government?
I feel the catbert in me by refering to citizens as 'human resources'.
Marcus Aurelius: ...the Swedish S-tank; the exception is made mostly because the Swedes insisted really hard that it is a tank rather than a tank destroyer or assault gun Ilya Muromets: And now I have this image of a massive, stern-looking Swede staring down a bunch of military nerds. "It's a tank." "Uh, yes Sir. Please don't hurt us."
Some aspects of it are confusing. For example, I had three industries when I started, and the next day, I had only trout fishing, and I didn't do anything even remotely related to modifying the economy.
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know, the piper's calling you to join him
