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NationStates is a stylistically simplistic yet complicated text-based country simulator. You name your nation, choose its values, and put it out into the “world” for other players to see. As you play, you’re confronted by various political questions and issues. How you choose to address those issues shapes your nation in ways you likely can’t predict. Its population will change, its economy will shift, and you will need to hope your next decision puts things on the right track.
But you aren’t playing alone. NationStates is multiplayer and very interconnected. Your nation will be asked to join different “regions,” which can impact how your nation ranks in the “world,” as well as your social life in the game. The more you play, the more involved things get. You can create as many nations as you’d like, too. If modern world-building games are too “new” for your tastes, you might find NationStates right up your alley.
