NationStates

NationStates

Screenshot of the NationStates home page
Type of site	Government simulation game, internet forum
Available in	English
Key people	Max Barry (owner and creator)
Revenue	Advertising Paid premium memberships Encouraged book sales
URL	www.nationstates.net
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Yes
Users	289,755 active nations (as of 10 February 2024[update])
Launched	13 November 2002; 21 years ago (2002-11-13)
Current status	Active

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 the 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 10 February 2024^[update], over 8.96 million user-created nations have been created,^[1] with 289,625 being active.^[2]