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In the beginning there was no Norway, Ill start with a short recap about the game and Sweden. If you are only interested of Norway then skip that part.
Ancient history of the game and of Sweden
e-sim.org started late in the summer of 2011. Sweden was the only country in Northern Europe with enough gamers for admin to start a country. There where at the beginning, to my knowledge, no Norwegians only a few Finns, and the one Dane,
Stente (most of us came from the other game that had disappointed us for so long). Not that Sweden had that many gamers, when I started day 8 there were about 50 of us.
As Sweden had be unfortunate enough to have only stone and a medium grain there were starvation and gamers became inactive faster than new came into the game. Salaries were low and the government was to poor to wage war for new gamers to fight in. Still the Swedish community struggled on under the leadership of
Lobbanet and around December there were roughly 100 of us. The Finns had gotten a country and now there were two small countries up north.
In December Sweden got a dynamic quartet that was presidents from December to May. Most noted among the four is
Attax & 
Nenne . Under pressure form foreign invasions and over two month of occupation by Lithuania they initiated the building of a larger and more economic vibrant Swedish community. Nenne started building the economy, forced congressmen to donate gold and bought companies for the Swedish government to earn money from. Attax saw clearly that money and good finances was not enough and pushed hard to gain more international allies and above all he started the Swedish BabyBoom that ultimately ended the Lithuanian occupation. (yes this is the same Attax that for different reasons later turned on Sweden)
Still there was no Norway and no Norwegians either in the game. In the Swedish community there were talks about ways to add Norway and Denmark in the game. Contacts were made with admin and they said that when there were 30-50 gamers in a country it might be added to the game.
The struggle to find norweigan gamers started
In Sweden some of the more successful inviters were recruited to the cause and under the guidance from the project leader
dotoid we did indeed find many new Norwegian gamers. Admin was contacted.. And for weeks nothing happened. Then Admin all of a sudden woke up and announced that Norway would be added. But were where the Norwegians? Well, they kind of had died and turned gray. Without a country to game for the game is pointless. Norway would be added on the map but there was less than 10 irl Norwegians to live there. In Sweden the concerns was growing, what would happen to Norway? We decided to force Nenne a skanian living in Norway (with .no ip) to go there and help out. Nenne had a few conditions the aim would be to build a Norway for irl Norwegians and not a PTO Sweway for the lulz of Swedes.
Creation of a nation without people
In the first day after the birth of e-simNorway it was clear that gamers around the world (mainly from Lithuania) wanted to take the country over. The CS applications were pouring in and so a few Swedes and Britons was asked to become Norwegians to help. That’s why among others
dotoid , 
xzon , 
coolasfcuk , 
Plesen1 and my selves 
Greven1 came here. All the gamers (mainly Swedes) that has been accepted to Norway have promised to help out. Not trusted gamers have been kept out.
The first Norwegian presidents
Nenne dotoid and xzon decided to build a country with Sweden as model. Norways government took control of the money market. A newbie food program was started. There was a welcoming message written that was passed by Congress. There was information about the risk of PTO (Political Take Over). We decided to start only one party since its easier to fight PTO with fewer parties. Finaly during the first month of beginner protection I as Minister of Finance piled up all the gold I could. One shoud also add that there were the failure to find Norwegians willing to take over the rudder and take charge of sNorways destiny.
Norway as a country in e-sim has been blessed with a rather good strategic location. Friendly sUK to the west and sSweden to the east but do have a border with Russia up north. As Norway has a high Iron region, the best resource a country can have I might add and low population, not talking about the non existing dmg Norway as country could do at the time it, was decided to start a discussion with Sweden about renting the region of Vestlandet to them. The negiotiations was rather bumpy but the Swedes have endured long occupations and remember how it is to be weak. Sweden agreed to give more than any other country has ever given for renting a region, to this day Norway still gets 60% of all taxes from Vestlandet. That is the government’s main income at the moment.
The future of sNorway
Every day I can se a few more new faces in the shout- module. Now that one can make comments to shouts the communication between irl Norwegians seems to slowly increase. We have had a few civil wars for the pleasure of our citizens and the The Norwegian Militay (TNM) is now under leadership of irl Norwegians.
On the otherhand the forum is dead, and on irc I only find a few Norwegians. Mostly its me dotoid and coolasfcuk (none of us are irl Norwegians). We have need of more Norwegian activity. And there is the danger of PTO. We have a new party. Who are they?
Are they PTOers? What do they want? Why are all their friends Turkish? Will the history of Norway end and the story about Turkway start?
With worries
Greven1
(I also want to apologize for the insufficient information from the ministry of finance and the fact that he don’t really have time for this)
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
Take part in numerous events for the E-Sim community.
