Team Building Activity: Claim your country

You just found out that you inherited a large piece of land near Alaska. According to the recent maps, this piece of land does not lie in or belong to any country and , therefore, is a country unto itself. Split the whole group into teams, each team is tasked to come up with the following for the newly inherited country.

– Country name
– Constitution
– Language of inhabitants
– Monetary system
– System of government
– Main commodities
– Military
– Country bird or flower

Give the teams 30 minutes to prepare their presentations of their new country.

Once each team had a chance to present their country, start off a discussion about diversity and acceptance. Focus on how did team members work together and put aside personal beliefs for this exercise? Were there any arguments?