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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,]], [[motto]], [[Currency|type of money]], and [[Government|government type]]. On the next page, the answers decide the first rankings of your nation. At first, a country hasThe new country starts with a [[population]] of 5 million and rises every day.

===Issues===
Issues are one of the most important parts of the game. In itFor an issue, 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 [[Economic development|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 typcategories, such as Inoffensive Centrist Democracy, Scandinavian Liberal Paradise and Corporate Police State.
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==Notable nations==
* Testlandia
* Bigtopia
* Smalltopia
* Tasmania
===Gameplayers=====Forums==
NationStates also has forums where any of the players can [[Conversation|discuss]] and [[debate]] about many different things.⏎

===Generalites===
===Roleplayering===
sSome people called orof the players might not be as interested in debates, and would prefer to [[Role-players pretend that ting game|roleplay]] instead. Theire nations are realare subforums for players of each type.

==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]]