NationStates

2002 government simulation video game

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YEAR 2002

GENRE Simulation

PLATFORM web browser

ABOUT THE GAME

NationStates (formerly Jennifer Government: NationStates) is a multiplayer government simulation browser game created and developed by Max Barry. Based loosely on Barry's novel Jennifer Government, the game launched on 13 November 2002 with the site originally founded to publicize and promote Barry's novel one week before its release. NationStates continues to promote books written by Barry, but has developed to be a sizable online community, with an accompanying forum board. As of 24 January 2026, over 9.7 million user-created nations have been created with 329,305 nations active.

Source: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 — NationStates · retrieved October 19, 2026

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