it also refers to how other communist countries use the internet: From Cuban Esperanto content, to an absolute deluge of Vietnamese content on YouTube, to Pol Pot's presumed stance, to the Chinese paralell internet. Yeah, I know policies are not required, I add them to express intent
Current version:
A sparse net
[validity] socialism, internet, low IT sector,
Just before a convention of socialist nations, an embarrassing leak happened: Due to a misconfigured DNS server, the extent of the @@demonymadjective@@ internet has been revealed, all 5 domains and associated websites of it. As many, capitalistic-aligned international outlets reacted with various forms of mirth and amusement, making the country a laughing stock and hurting the already struggling reputation of the Information Technology industry, the other representatives offer suggestions
[option] "Comrade @@Leader@@," greets comrade Castor, chairman of the San Vitenzo Workers' Solidarity party, "This is a sign to cooperate as such ridicule weakens our common cause of world socialism and makes your country seem backwards and medieval. Just say the word and we will host some of our news and education sites also in translation into all official languages under your domains. Could you, in response, do us a favour and help us circumvent the embargo of the United Federation, even though they are economically stronger and might cause secondary sanctions against @@nation@@?"
[effect] @@nation@@ pays its IT experts in literal peanuts
[option] "Comrade @@Leader@@," enthusiastically greets Joseph Rustev, chairman of the East Lebatuck People's Party, "We can offer the hardware and expertise for every cooperative, collective and syndicate to create their own website. This will show your technological expertise to the capitalist pigdogs and improve your own technological state industries," While an aide whispers to you, "There are rumours of a hidden backdoor, allowing them access to all the information on them."
[effect] East Lebatuck seems to know the @@demonym_adjective@@ production data before @@leader@@ does
[option] "Comrade @@leader@@," greets Pol Cauldron, chairman of the Revolutionary Liberation front of Dei Meanchicheate, a nation famous for its emphasis on agriculture, "All that web this and domain that does nothing at all for the common worker and is just a way for counter-revolutionary ideas to spread under the guise of progress. The internet is nothing but a means to spread counter-revolutionary ideas and the automation that it allows violates the dignity of the common worker. It would be better if you followed our lead and ignore the pointless chattering from abroad and disconnect from the internet so this doesn't happen again!"
[effect] former web designers labour in the fields
[option] "Comrade @@leader@@," greets Nguyen Minh, chairman of the Núi Và Sông Socialist Unitary Party, "No need to reinvent the wheel or re-weave the web. If you want to see @@nation@@ represented on the web, we can show our presence on the internet even without our own infrastructure if we flood the existing capitalist sites like WhoTube and ShortTok with revolutionary content to allow us to win the hearts and minds of the capitalists, ho wouldn't leave theircapitalist sites anyways. There might be the risk of getting banned or sanctioned, but we always can work via different accounts and countries."
[effect] spies in Kawandaland buy SIM cards in bulk
[option] "Comrade @@leader@@," greets the Dàguó Celestial Emperor who also chairs the Dàguó communist party,"I am sure that it didn't come to your mind but you could also just copy capitalist sites? It might be difficult to hack into the servers or sneak operatives into the companies to copy the source code, but you have these sites under your own control. And if traitors want to use the capitalist alternative, we build a Great Firewall to stop it
[effect] The government pays billions of @@currencyplural@@ to infiltrate capitalist companies host its own nation simulator
[option] "Hey, boss," greets Bax Merry, an office worker and amateur writer, "how about we subsidise the Information Technology Syndicates and the system to assign domain names to let every comrade create their own web site. Sure, there might be objectionable sites, both in design and in content, but this will allow healthy discussion, free exchange of ideas and be a boon to the arts and show other countries our revolutionary spirit. And maybe I can use it to publish my episodical novel Machine Man."
[effect] thousands of @@demonymplural@@ repeat all of the mistakes from the early days of the internet with revolutionary fervour



