WIki article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERepublik
I stumbled upon this game called Erepublik a few weeks ago and I set up an account there, what it is is a virtual world pretty much. 43 countries have been put into the game and you create a citizen and pick where you want him to live. Your Citizen can then find a job, join the military (you can't die but you can be KO'ed and not be able to fight if you lose a battle), and join a political party (this does sh#t).
Now I am going to tell it to you straight, the game gets boring after more then 5 minutes on the site, You progress the same by going on for 2 minutes each day as you would for going on 2 hours each day, its more of a long term thing. At the beginning it is quite slow you just click on the button to go to work and train then you are done but in the long run it is quite entertaining to see how things play out in the world and to fight in a war with Canada. If you like non time consuming games that involve strategy over a drawn out period of time you will like this game.
The reason I am posting on this site specifically is that I am currently the Mayor of Lincoln which is pretty much the governor of ENebraska since everyone is forced to live in their state's capital. I want to get more people to join me here so that we may become a relevant state. The game is currently a beta and the only way to get an account set up is by receiving an invite so if this sounds like something you are interested in just post or pm me your email and I can get you an invite. To become a ENebraska citizen make sure that when you say what state you live in you put Nebraska (it is really asking where you want to live).
I hope you decide to join me and I apologize if this is considered advertising.