Posted on 05/01/2005 7:25:46 PM PDT by boomajoom
Hi, I'm 16 and a high school student. My friend and I started a website that tries to simulate a country. We have a working economy and a political system. Any real-life job can be held as long as you set up guidelines as to how it's run. For example, if you wanted to get into the construction industry, you would need to determine how much wood would be needed per square foot and so on. We're trying to make it as realistic as possible. So far, our efforts have caught the attention of some of the teachers at my school and they're giving us school credit for it.
You can be a law-abiding citizen or corrupt and power-hungry. It's up to you and how you want to play the game. But, if you get caught, there aren't any of the real-life consequences. From what I've seen, the corruption and criminal activity that goes on is similar to that that goes on in real life (embezzlement of money, fraud, voter manipulation, companies trying to attain monopolies over their industries, murder plots, etc.).
However, we're small still and we need more people to help out to make it more realistic. The website is at http://www.the-ifr.org
It might seem a bit overwhelming at first, but once you're used to how things are done, it can be a lot of fun.
-Boomajoom, Administrator of the IFR
PS. We've had recent problems and most of our members seceded from the Federation. Right now we're trying to rebuild the nation and we need your help.
Anyone smell something??
Sorry...damn tacos.
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