Online World Atlas:eRepublik — Pt. 3, Conclusion

WorldsinMotion: "eRepublik is a simulation of a second world, largely analogous to the one we live in-or at least, that’s the intention behind it. To be completely honest, I’m not quite sure why they want to do this, but it is what they’re doing, and when you pull out and observe the world from a distance-the way that countries are made up of players, how they choose to enter wars with each other, the people they elect-it is fascinating, and I can easily see why many commentators, both virtual world savvy ones and not, have gone gaga over the site.

However, as a simulation, there are a lot of problems. In order to keep things sensible, they’ve had to limit what players can do to shape the world, and roughly, for most players anyway, the only thing you’re ever going to do is log in, "work" and "train" and then log out again."