Saturday, July 5
NaS
I've found this new site on my travels, NationStates.net. You create your own country, and rule it as you see fit. You are given issues to deal with each day, which determine the political stance that you take, and in turn the happiness of your citizens. Your economy grows / declines with each decision taken on an issue as well. It seems to be a bit of a laugh, and it'll show me how succesful I will be should (surely when) I ever get my own country to rule.
The site itself is a promotional tool for a book called "Jennifer Government." It's a dystopian novel in the style of 1984, set a little further in the future. The basic synopsis I've gathered of it is that corporations rule the world, and that each person takes as a surname the name of the corporation it works for, hence the title. Marketing managers have all the power, and the workers have no say about anything. They also have a barcode tattooed under their eye at birth, evidence of the complete lack of individuality and control over themselves that the possess. Anyway, I've ordered the book from my local bookshop, to be picked up next Friday. That's next weekend taken care of...
Check the picture taken from the front cover, it looks really, really cool. As I said somewhat earlier, I like slightly abstract artwork, and this fits the bill...
