Netropolitan is a new social network that bills itself as “the online country club for people with more money than time.” It launched today and organizers insist that it’s not a joke. A mere $9,000 will ”save” you from the “legions of the great unwashed.” The $9,000 fee includes a $6,000 initiation fee, plus a $3,000 annual fee. Members must be 21 to join.

You’ll supposedly be able to chat with like-minded individuals, though Netropolitan declined to provide details about its user base. “We simply cannot stress enough how important preserving our members’ privacy is to us,” the company said. “Other than announcing that at our launch, we already had several hundred members, we will never publicly state the exact number of members in the club. And especially, we will NEVER release or verify the identity of any of our members – ever.”

What does $9,000 get you? Basically an exclusive Facebook/FourSquare rip-off for those in the 1%. Netropolitan users have access to similar apps for activity, profile, notifications, messages, location, friends, and followers. An update box lets you tell fellow members “where you are and what you’re up to.”

The fee also allows users to receive unlimited cloud file storage, which is “similar to paid services like Dropbox or SkyDrive,” the company said, without elaborating. The fee also provides for an ad-free environment. Members can post ads in a classified section, but the site promised to “never” display third-party advertising or promote certain products.

The site is the brainchild of composer James Touchi-Peters, who wanted “an environment where you could talk about the finer things in life without backlash.”