Build your own country online
Real AudioIt started out as a Web site to promote a novel. Now, Nationstates is a popular online game that might be bigger than the book.
Australian writer Max Barry started the build-your-own country game to call attention to "Jennifer Government," a satirical novel that envisions the world as controlled by corporations.
Hundreds of thousands of people now play Nationstates, creating virtual governments that range in character from dictatorships to democracies.
Guest: Max Barry
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