Nationstates... The Game, The Players

www.nationstates.net is a tongue-in-cheek nation simulation game. It was started on November 13th 2002 by author Max Barry, primarily as a bit of publicity for his new book, Jennifer Government, and then became one of the most popular sites on the net, attracting almost half a million people in its first year. It now appears that the site is more popular than the book. Evidently the thrill of running your own country and having the fate of millions1 resting on your every decision appeals to a lot of people.

Hootooers Harbor...

A region of the world created on an archipelago of islands risen from the ocean especially for the sake of h2g2 researchers, seeking calm beaches to provide respite from the world of BBCi error messages.

1Or, in the case of a number of the longer-running countries, billions.2For the second time3State number three!

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