8 Rules of eRepublik, an In-depth Analysis of a Simple Simulation
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008eRepublik as we all know is a simple game. From economics to politics the complexities of the system itself expand only as wide as its users allow it to. As much as we try however, this inflexible rigid skeleton will eventually contain us into 8 simple golden rules which all things follow. No matter how much we may try, or how much we attempt to change, like a large rubber ball hitting concrete it will never penetrate. If anything moves in this epic clash between user and simulation, it is the user. And if we happen to throw this ball of individualism, of purity, of difference, of innovation too hard; it will break. The only resolution is our own destruction.
The First Rule, the “Golden Rule” of eRepublik:
1. All nations are in a general, fixed state of decay.