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3	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/AMWmap_3346.png]]
4	[[caption-width-right:350: A Modern World at its greatest extent.]]
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6	->''[[MemeticMutation Welcome to the world of...today!]]''
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8	''A Modern World'' is a vast Website/NationStates {{Play By Post Game\|s}} 'world' - a scenario where [[TheRolePlayer RPers]] group together to create an alternate earth filled with their own countries.
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10	A Modern World incorporates around thirty different countries. It uses the same roleplay techniques as its parent game, but adheres to using real world geography, climate, natural resources, and population as opposed to [=NationStates=] more ambiguous set up. Founded by Drapol in [[LongRunners 2003/2004]], the group has included three different incarnations starting on Jolt and surviving on to the new forums.
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12	The main site can be found [[http://s7.zetaboards.com/A_Modern_World here]], which is membership-only. It can also be found on [=NationStates=] [[https://www.nationstates.net/region=a_modern_world here]].
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15	!!''A Modern World'' contains examples of:
16	%%* AffablyEvil: Chingiz.
17	%%* AllGermansAreNazis: Averted with the Empire of Valendia.
18	%%* AlternateHistory: A key principle of AMW.
19	* AuthorAppeal: Chrinthania, with their surf-crazed hippies and over abundance of ShirtlessScene and MrFanservice.
20	* AuthorAvatar: Averted, fortunately. Though several characters enact policies their players support.
21	%%* BalkanizeMe: A staple principle of AMW.
22	%%* BananaRepublic: Nilosahara was the African version.
23	* DirtyCommunists: In shorter supply than the real-world, but there's still Dra-pol and Beddgelert.
24	* DisproportionateRetribution: Beddgelert ostensibly went to war with Tsalland because the latter was dumping Bibles across the borders of the former.
25	* TheEmpire: Several, though the nation most like the trope is the Principality of Gandvik.
26	* EmpireWithADarkSecret: The Grand Empire of the Shield, which has now turned into a realistic, struggling [[TheRepublic Republic]].
27	%%* EnemyMine: Being TruthInTelevision, this tends to happen quite a lot.
28	%%* EvilVersusEvil: The war between Tsalland and Beddgelert.
29	* {{Expy}}: While there are no countries identical to their real-life counterparts, many states fulfill a similar purpose in AMW.
30	%%* GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: Averted and played straight in equal measures.
31	* HereThereBeDragons: Parts of the world that are unclaimed by players are InAndOutOfCharacter OOC often referred to as "Dragonland" for this reason.
32	%%* HollywoodTactics: What will likely happen if there's actually a war.
33	* MegaCorp: Most of the Persian Gulf states were once controlled by a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive private company]].
34	* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Averted, though no nuclear weapon has been used against a city so far, Walmington and Nibelunc went on to NukeEm with tactical weapons in Dra-Pol and Areopagitican.
35	%%* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: By the truckload. Choist People's Republic of Dra-pol and the Federal Democratic Republic of Beddgelert all play this straight.
36	%%* PresidentEvil: Bantu.
37	%%* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Played straight by Walmington On Sea.
38	%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Quite a few, among them Director (former RebelLeader) Bradsworth, Consul-General Scaramella and Alderman Ahler.
39	* RetCon: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by countries dropping out of existence.
40	* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Most of them deliver even worse governments.
41	%%* StrawmanPolitical: Most of the Communist/Socialist countries.
42	* ThemeNaming: Happens a lot in the different militaries, with often [[Myth/NorseMythology mythical]] names for Nibelung weapon systems.
43	* ThoseWackyNazis: The [[ChurchMilitant Christian]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Phalangist]] [[StrawmanPolitical Union]].
44	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Tends to happen when countries cease to exist since the players behind them left.

Context Roleplay / AModernWorld