Updated by Herr Vootsman, 6/10/2010
The best way to get involved in eRepublik is to be active on IRC (on rizon.net).
Click Here to connect with Mibbet or read below for more help.
Here are some suggested rooms:
General:#eus-interior - Best place to get questions answered or to get help
#eus, #eus-chat - General chat rooms
#eus-congress
Polical Parties:#fedpartychat - Federalist Party
#uip - United Independent Party
#apf-chat, #apf - American Progressive Front
#sees - SEES (Special Elite Execution Squad)
#uslibs2, #tama - Libertarians / Trade and Military Alliance
Military:#tc - Training Corps
#mi - Mobile Infantry
Government Channels
#eus-congress ... public Congress channel
#eus-interior ... official Department of the Interior channel
#whitehouse.public ... public White House channel
#DoS-public ... public Department of State channel
#DoS-baa ... Department of State - Bureau of Ambassadorial Affairs channel
#DoS-bid ... Department of State - Bureau of International Database channel
#nau ... official North American University channel
#IES ... official Immigration Enforcement Subcommittee channel
Party Channels
#apf ... official American Progressive Front channel
#uswpchat ... official channel for the former United States Workers Party
#aap_party ... official channel for the former American's Advancement Party
#fedPartyChat ... official Federalist Party channel
#SEES ... official S.E.E.S. channel
#TAMA ... official US Trade and Military Alliance channel
#uslibs2 ... official channel for the former Libertarian Party
#uip ... official United Independents Party channel
#socialistfreedomparty ... official Socialist Freedom Party channel
#TheRepublicanParty ... official channel for the former Republican Party
#NoS ... official The NoS channel
Militia Channels
#workermilitia ... official Workers Militia (representing the American Progressive Front, formerly representing the United States Workers Party) channel
#E/company ... official Easy Company (representing the Federalist Party) channel
#useagles ... official Eagles Militia channel
#SHIELD ... official SHIELD (representing the Brolliance) channel
Alliance Channels
#brolliance ... public Brolliance channel
#eden.public ... public EDEN channel
#phoenix.public ... public Phoenix channel
#entente.public ... public Entente channel
Economy Channels
#eus-economy ... channel for the eUS economy
#erx ... official eRepublik Stock eXchange channel
#erx-trade ... official eRepublik Stock eXchange trading channel
Charity Channels
#FUS ... official Flying Unicorn Squadron channel
#eARC ... official eAmerican Red Cross channel
There are lots of ways to connect to IRC, either using a webpage or a client such as mIRC.
Mibbet is easy to use, just
open Mibbet.com enter your nickname and then hit connect. The link is setup to take you to #eus-interior
Downloaded clients have more features, but take a bit more work setting up. Here is how to connect with mIRC.
Download it here
http://www.mirc.co.uk/get.htmlAfter installing it and starting it up, you'll get the following window.

Fill out all the info.
Before you click on Connect, click on the Servers link.

Find Rizon on the list, double-click and choose Random server. From there click on the Select button, and then the OK button at the bottom.
Find the Connect button which will connect you to the server.

After connecting to the server, a list of channels will pop up. I suggest you click on the first one, hold SHIFT and scroll all the way down, and then press DELETE. These channels are useless to you on this server.

You'll have this blank window afterward. Click on the Add button.

In the pic #erepublik.hr is displayed, which is the Croatian public channel. In the same manner, just type #usa-chat in that field and click on the Add button below. Then click on OK.
Now you'll see the channel you just added in your favorites list. That is the American public channel. Click on it and then click on the Join button.
From there, just ask for further assistance in the channel.