I'm writing this from an Xbox perspective because that's the console I own. It's as applicable to any other, so feel free to swap out nouns as needed. Also, I am bias.

Band with me my brothers and celebrate, for ours is a glorious land. We are a nation in all but name, and it's time to raise the flags, rally the people and do all those things what are impressive. Not yet convinced we need a place in the atlas? Use those beautiful eyes of yours to keep on reading.


All your globe are belong to us.

Territory
A nation's got to have a station. Some proper land to call its own. Some claim to space. Something like that piece of turf claimed by a resting Xbox. Patch all of those together, and you've got a pretty formidable collection - 31 million times 0.07048 square meters (0.2413m by 0.2921m). That's 2185 square kilometers. For comparison, that's about two thirds the size of Rhode Island or one eighth of your mother (zing). Okay, granted it's not going to wow anyone, but there are nations smaller than that. And prison rules apply, so if we drop one of them first, we come away with mad cred. Besides all of which, that isn't even counting the TV and couch real estate, which would probably bump the figure up to around three eights of your mother (zing redoubled).


Alternatively, that's 3 billion pizzas. Really.

Economy
You like to buy things. Shiny things, preferably with shiny monies. A nation's currency is the staple of its exchange of goods and services and is an essential part of being an established entity in the modern world. Enter Space Bucks! Microsoft money already has an exchange rate with major currencies and is an accepted method of payment for many things of quality.


I'm going to go ahead and say it: if it doesn't have a bird or a bear, it's not real money.

Army
Yeah. We don't need to talk about this.


I recommend you look at this bunny instead of following that link.

Look, the truth is that a console commands at least as much loyalty as any country for the younger generations. This isn't to say we're heading for a world where wars are fought for brands, but the idea of a nation where citizenship is bought is coming together. I didn't set out to make any real point and frankly, I don't think I did, but by the end of writing this, I can't help but wonder how legitimate the console identity will become. And where I could get three billion pizzas.