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== ''Nationstates'' (the actual nation-building simulator) contains examples of:== |
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* [[Anarchy Is Chaos]]: Played straight. An anarchist nation is described as "in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs." Averted by many roleplayers though. |
* [[Anarchy Is Chaos]]: Played straight. An anarchist nation is described as "in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs." Averted by many roleplayers though. |
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* [[Author Appeal]]: The name of the nation, the type of government and its leadership (Monarch/President-for-Life/Sporting Superstar/Chief General/Jedi/Sith) is all named after the creator. It's their nation, after all. |
* [[Author Appeal]]: The name of the nation, the type of government and its leadership (Monarch/President-for-Life/Sporting Superstar/Chief General/Jedi/Sith) is all named after the creator. It's their nation, after all. |
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* [[Super Soldier]]: Selecting the right answer for a certain issue will result in your soldiers becoming this. This is also common in Future Tech nations such as [http://www.nationstates.net/nation=bajireyn Bajireyn] |
* [[Super Soldier]]: Selecting the right answer for a certain issue will result in your soldiers becoming this. This is also common in Future Tech nations such as [http://www.nationstates.net/nation=bajireyn Bajireyn] |
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* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: If your nation is hard enough on youth crime or has big enough problems with it, that gets a special mention. |
* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: If your nation is hard enough on youth crime or has big enough problems with it, that gets a special mention. |
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* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential| |
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|Video Game Cruelty]] [[Video Game Caring Potential|and Caring Potential]]: You can either make your nation the aforementioned Utopia, or a "Psychotic Dictatorship" where you refer to your citizens as "[[Cosmic Plaything|Your Little Playthings]]" and the phrases "Political Freedoms" and "Civil Rights" do not exist in your vocabulary. |
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* [[You Fail Economics Forever]]: A somewhat simplistic economic engine leads to oddities such as nations with the strongest possible economy ratings having 100% tax rates, no private sector, and no government funds spent on economic production. And that's before we get into the economic models some players propose their nations run on. [[Invoked Trope|Some nations even deliberately fail at economics]] to avert [[Mary Suetopia]]. Or become one. |
* [[You Fail Economics Forever]]: A somewhat simplistic economic engine leads to oddities such as nations with the strongest possible economy ratings having 100% tax rates, no private sector, and no government funds spent on economic production. And that's before we get into the economic models some players propose their nations run on. [[Invoked Trope|Some nations even deliberately fail at economics]] to avert [[Mary Suetopia]]. Or become one. |
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* [[Zerg Rush]] / [[Voted Off the Island]]: You can't go to war with other regions in the actual simulator. However, you can get a large group of nations on your side to join a region, have them vote your nation the one in charge, then kick out the original members. It's cruel, but not against the rules. |
* [[Zerg Rush]] / [[Voted Off the Island]]: You can't go to war with other regions in the actual simulator. However, you can get a large group of nations on your side to join a region, have them vote your nation the one in charge, then kick out the original members. It's cruel, but not against the rules. |
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== The region & forum-based roleplaying form of Nationstates contains examples of: == |
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* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Astholm, although he's gradually learning his lesson and his storefront now is better than those, of, say 2010, or even 2011. |
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Astholm, although he's gradually learning his lesson and his storefront now is better than those, of, say 2010, or even 2011. |
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* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Both played straight and subverted by many people in future tech roleplay. |
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Both played straight and subverted by many people in future tech roleplay. |
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* [[Arbitrary Maximum Range]]: Fleet combat relies on this. |
* [[Arbitrary Maximum Range]]: Fleet combat relies on this. |
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* [[Author Appeal]]: Quite a few nations. |
* [[Author Appeal]]: Quite a few nations. |
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* [[Banana Republic]]: Various nations fully embrace the |
* [[Banana Republic]]: Various nations fully embrace the cliché of a third world nation with the corruption, good weather and banana plantations you would expect. Or insist that their nations are second world nations with pretty much the same characteristics. |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Many characters have this. |
* [[Berserk Button]]: Many characters have this. |
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* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: Most older nations become like this eventually out of sheer pragmatism. |
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: Most older nations become like this eventually out of sheer pragmatism. |
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** The important thing to note is that this is all your fault. [[You Bastard|You bastard!]] |
** The important thing to note is that this is all your fault. [[You Bastard|You bastard!]] |
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== The World Assembly & Security Council ([[United Nations]] Simulator, minus the [[Scrappy Mechanic|veto]]) contains examples of: == |
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* [[Balance of Power]]: Varies between the WA Delegates in each region, depending on their influence and number of endorsements in their regions. |
* [[Balance of Power]]: Varies between the WA Delegates in each region, depending on their influence and number of endorsements in their regions. |
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** Present WA superpowers (Type A) include [http://www.nationstates.net/nation=just_guy Just Guy] and [http://www.nationstates.net/nation=alsted Alsted], whereas Type E consists of regional delegates with less than 10 endorsements. |
** Present WA superpowers (Type A) include [http://www.nationstates.net/nation=just_guy Just Guy] and [http://www.nationstates.net/nation=alsted Alsted], whereas Type E consists of regional delegates with less than 10 endorsements. |
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* [[Bland-Name Product]]: Started out as THE [[United Nations]], [http://www.maxbarry.com/2008/04/02/news.html before the real UN threatened to sue.] |
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: Started out as THE [[United Nations]], [http://www.maxbarry.com/2008/04/02/news.html before the real UN threatened to sue.] |
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* [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]: Invoked by proponents & detractors of Rule 4, which attempted to standardize the WA propositions. Has since died out. |
* [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]: Invoked by proponents & detractors of Rule 4, which attempted to standardize the WA propositions. Has since died out. |
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{{examples|Some [[NationStates]] RPs with their own pages are:}} |
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* [[Elfen High]]. |
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* [[A World Beyond]] |
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* [[American Paranormal Society]] |
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* [[Strike Witches Twenty Twelve]] |
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* [[Demon Castle Wars]] |
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* [[Coalition of Ponyist States]] |
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