PARENTHESES

If you’re sick and tired on how our country is being run, why not create your own and run it the way you want it to be. This is what I just did. I created a country named The Democratic States of Mandanawi (after the ancient name of Mindanaw).

Over lunch my teenage stepson X and I were discussing about some recent sickening events in our country. Out of the blue he suddenly asked me if I wanted to create a country of my own and run it. A bit confused I just dismissed it as one of his usual banters and told him, “Well, if we are a billion richer than Bill Gates, we can surely buy a country of our own”. But X was not joking. He told me about an internet site where one can virtually create a country and run it. It caught my interest and immediately after lunch he led me to that internet site where I eventually created a country of my own.

Go and visit the Jennifer Government:Nation-State site and create your own utopian paradise. Here you can create a country, establish your own system, have your own motto and flag, have diplomatic relations with other countries and become part of a Regional formation and the United Nations, etc.. Once a day, you’ll be faced with an issue, and need to make a decision as to what to do about it. This determines how your nation evolves.

It’s just a game and it’s fun. It takes you to a trip to a virtual world where the madness of real contemporary politics exists. Try it and see how your country evolves and progress.