A mirror version of the real world where users follow their political, economic, military aspirations to change history
eRepublik combines both Social Networking and Strategy into a single online game where players can participate in a variety of activities. Citizens of the eRepublik world can own businesses, form political parties, vote in elections, write newspaper articles, and even go to war as citizens of virtual versions of real life countries.
Upon joining, a citizen picks which virtual country he wishes to join. Each of these countries is named after an actual country in the real world, and is located similarly. The citizen then seeks employment at a company within that country, and is allowed the opportunity to train as a soldier for that country. Training, and working at a company is done on a daily basis. One of the main drawing points of the website is that it takes a mere "14 minutes a day" to participate.
The world in eRepublik is sometimes referred as The New World.
For additional info, feel free to visit the game's website on www.erepublik.com where you can even watch the tutorial video on how to succeed in you eLife.