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Nation States

A really good online game. Only gets boring for people with no imagination or commitment.
Don't like Nation States? Go back to your stupid Runescape then, retard.
by Grenade Launcher February 2, 2004
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a most excelent online game.
www.nationstates.net is a most excelent online game.
by Gorganzola June 26, 2003
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A game created by Max Barry to promote his books, quite fun if you have a mind.
by Hack Nike June 9, 2005
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A generally good RP forum/game, you make your nation which detirmines if it is worthy of using certain things in RPs without getting struck by the ignore cannon due to the user is attempting godmoding. However the enviroment is rather racist toward minoritys in some of the nation since they promote things such as banning certain cultures such as rap, deporting or commiting holocaust towards minoritys.
The Parthians have an exhibit of blacks

Roach buster promotes child killing, lack of education, and just abusing human rights while his leaders go off and have some party using the tax payer's cash
by The Holy Republicans February 4, 2005
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gets really boring because it just repeats your issues over and over
nation states is really fake and boring
by gay June 27, 2003
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The idea that a "nation" is not a primordial, natural entity, but a modern fiction invented through shared stories, symbols, and administrative coercion. It argues that the flag, anthem, founding myths, and mass education systems are tools used to convince millions of strangers they share a deep, sacred bond and a common destiny, thereby legitimizing the state's power over a defined territory. The nation is an "imagined community" that feels incredibly real because everyone around you agrees to act as if it is.
Example: "Before 1861, 'Italy' was a geographic expression, a patchwork of warring states. Then, through the Theory of Constructed Nation States, they crafted a story of Roman rebirth, standardized a Tuscan dialect as 'Italian' in schools, and invented rituals. Within two generations, a Sicilian peasant and a Venetian merchant both ‘felt’ Italian, proving the nation is a successful group hallucination with an army and a passport office."
by Abzu Land January 31, 2026
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Psychology of Nation-States

The study of how large political communities develop collective psyches—shared identities, memories, traumas, and aspirations that shape how nations think, feel, and behave. Nation-states are not just administrative units; they're psychological entities, with personalities (aggressive, defensive, confident), moods (optimistic, anxious, nostalgic), and even neuroses (historical guilt, inferiority complexes, messianic delusions). The psychology of nation-states examines how national identity is formed (through shared stories, symbols, education), how national trauma is processed (or not), and how collective psychology drives foreign policy, domestic politics, and international relations. Understanding that nations have psychologies explains why they often act against their apparent interests—because they're driven by the same irrational forces as individuals, just on a larger scale.
Example: "He studied the psychology of nation-states to understand why his country kept making the same foreign policy mistakes. It wasn't bad leadership; it was national psychology—a deep-seated insecurity from a historical defeat that made them overcompensate aggressively. Until the psychology healed, the policy wouldn't change."
by Dumu The Void February 16, 2026
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