If you liked Max Barry's Jennifer Government, have you checked out his NationStates (http://www.nationstates.net/) site? It's basically a nation simulation game. The site says, "You create your own country, fashioned after your own political ideals, and care for its people. Either that or you deliberately torture them. It's really up to you." It's fun to watch your own private nation evolve, or to check out some of the ideas other people come up with, from Scandinavian liberal paradises to psychotic dictatorships.