Nation

Nations of the NS world.

A nation is created by a player by filling in a form after pressing the 'create a nation' button at nationstates.net. The newly created nation is then 'born' with a population of five million inhabitants in one of the Pacific regions. It may remain there or move to another region.

As the most basic aspect of the game, nations can alter their government and economy by making choices on 'issues', and by joining the United Nations and voting on resolutions. Nations may also send telegrams to other nations, add a flag to their banner, and a number of other activities.

The nation page contains all the information you need to play the basic game, but there are many more options available. You can engage in regional politics, discuss anything and everything on the forums, or get involved in the gameplay or roleplay aspects of NationStates.

Former nations

Some nations don't last, either because they have not been logged into for more than 28 days (60 days if the nation is in vacation mode), or because the player behind the nation has indulged in one or more violations of the NationStaes rules. Nations that have been deleted due to inactivity, and which have not been resurrected in Lazarus, are sometimes recorded in our Halls of Memory. Those that have been deleted due to rules violations may end up in our Hall of Ex-Nations.