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{{Infobox Website
| name = Jennifer Government: NationStates
| favicon =
| logo = 
| url = [http://www.nationstates.net/ nationstates.net]
| alexa = 21,152 ({{as of|2013|7|29|alt=July 2013}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nationstates.net |title= Nationstates.net Site Info | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= 2013-07-29 }}</ref><!--Updated monthly by OKBot.-->
| commercial = Yes
| type = [[Government simulation game]]
| registration = Yes
| owner = [[Max Barry]]
| author = [[Max Barry]]
| launch date = 13 November 2002
| current status = Active
| revenue = Partially from advertising, and encouraged book sales
}}

'''NationStates''' is an [[browser game]] where you run your own [[country]]. It was made by an [[Australia]]n man called [[Max Barry]] and the idea for it was from his book ''[[Jennifer Government]]''. It came out on 13 November 2002  .<ref>http://www.nationstates.net/HISTORY</ref>. There was a sequel, [[NationStates 2]], but it is now closed.

==Gameplay==
===Beginning===
In the beginning, you create your own country. On the first page, you choose your name, flag, motto, money and government type. On the next page, the answers decide the first rankings of your nation. At first, a country has a population of 5 million and rises every day.

===Issues===
Issues are the most important part of the game. In it, you have to choose an option to solve a problem in your country. Also, you can just click "dismiss" to ignore it. None are the right one, as each one has it's downsides  .<ref name="nationstates.net">http://www.nationstates.net/news/2003/07/15/index.html#v16</ref>. After the 30 original issues, Max Barry realized that more were needed so he gave players with a population of over 500 million an option to send him their own issue ideas.<ref name="nationstates.net"/>

===Rankings===
The way you choose the solutions to the issues changes your [[civil rights]], [[political rights|political freedoms]] and [[economy]] rankings. The names of the rankings can be seen below:

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; width: 100%"
!colspan=16|Rankings in NationStates
|-
!Civil Rights
|Outlawed
|Unheard Of
|Rare
|Few
|Some
|Below Average
|Average
|Good
|Very Good
|Excellent
|Superb
|World Benchmark
|Excessive
|Widely Abused
|Corrupted
|-
! Economy
|Imploded
|Basket Case
|Fragile
|Weak
|Struggling
|Developing
|Fair
|Reasonable
|Good
|Strong
|Very Strong
|Thriving
|Powerhouse
|All Consuming
|Frightening
|-
!Political Freedoms
|Outlawed
|Unheard Of
|Rare
|Few
|Some
|Below Average
|Average
|Good
|Very Good
|Excellent
|Superb
|World Benchmark
|Excessive
|Widely Abused
|Corrupted
|}

Based on these, each country is placed in one of 27 types, such as Inoffensive Centrist Democracy, Scandinavian Liberal Paradise and Corporate Police State.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Other websites==
* [http://www.nationstates.net NationStates website]
* [http://forum.nationstates.net Official forums]
* [http://www.nswiki.net NSwiki, an unofficial wiki of NationStates]

[[Category:2002 video games]]
[[Category:Online games]]