What is Fantasy Geopolitics?

Fantasy Geopolitics is an online game created by a social studies teacher for learning about current events around the world. Students can then make trades and draft unclaimed “free agent” countries as the game goes on, and they learn more about what’s happening in the news.

How does FANschool work?

In a draft, players select a variety of countries that earn points based on how often they are mentioned in the news! Players can use the FANgeopolitics resources to read up on current events and trends before the draft to better their chances of drafting the best countries.

What is a Goldstein tone?

Goldstein scores measure global news tone and are added to or subtracted from the NYT news mention scores. [Positive global news tone (i.e. collaboration) = more positive points added to the NYT mentions: Negative global news tone (i.e. conflict) = negative points subtracted from the NYT mentions.]

How do your countries earn points in geopolitics?

Players automatically score points every 8 hours (starting at 3am central time) if their countries are MENTIONED in the New York Times. They also gain points or lose points based on a conflict-cooperation TONE scale, which we get from 20+ global information sources every other day (also at 3am central time).

How do you play FANschool?

Here’s how FANschool works:

1. Create a league for a class and invite your students to join.
2. Run a draft during a class period so students can select countries, states, or Congress to add to their roster.
3. Students score points based on how often countries or states are mentioned in the news.

What countries are doing good things in the world?

Ireland tops the list as the country that is deemed to be most actively working for all of humanity. Finland and Switzerland are the next most “good doing” countries, coming second and third respectively, with Libya trailing at the bottom in last place.

What are examples of geopolitics?

Examples of Geopolitics The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) of 1994 was an agreement that bound the United States, Canada, and Mexico into the abolition of tariffs when trading with one of the other countries.

What are the elements of geopolitics?

These include area studies, climate, topography, demography, natural resources, and applied science of the region being evaluated. Geopolitics focuses on political power linked to geographic space. In particular, territorial waters and land territory in correlation with diplomatic history.

What is the most free country?

According to the rankings (out of 100), the most free countries in the world are Finland (100), Norway (100), Sweden (100), the Netherlands (99), Luxembourg (98), Uruguay (98) and Canada (98). The least free are Syria (0), Turkmenistan (2), Eritrea (2), South Sudan (2) and North Korea (3).

What are geopolitical factors?

1 : a study of the influence of such factors as geography, economics, and demography on the politics and especially the foreign policy of a state.

What are geopolitical problems?

Geopolitics focuses on political power linked to geographic space. Topics of geopolitics include relations between the interests of international political actors focused within an area, a space, or a geographical element, relations which create a geopolitical system.

What can fantasy geopolitics do for a student?

Fantasy Geopolitics can engage students in civic, national, and international discussions, allow them to learn about US foreign policy in different locations around the globe, and even assist with foreign language learning.

What can you do with fangeopolitics in fanschool?

Follow along with draft activity, make trades, and learn your way to victory with FANgeopolitics! Discuss and write about current events happening in players’ countries. Draft countries from certain continents to encourage geographic awareness. Debate U.S. foreign policy solutions in different countries around the world.

How is geopolitics used to study the world?

Through geopolitics we attempt to analyze and predict the actions and decisions of nations, or other forms of political power, by means of their geographical characteristics and location in the world. In a broader sense, geopolitics studies the general relations between countries on a global scale.

How often do you score points on fangeopolitics?

There are two scoring metrics: news mentions and news tone. Players automatically score points every 8 hours (starting at 3am central time) if their countries are MENTIONED in the New York Times.