Gameplay Advice Thread - We're here to help!

[One Small Island]

so my computer was was shutting down due to overheating. I took it in to be fixed and the end result was two months without any way to acess the net. during that time my nation was rendered inactive. the region I created many years ago was then lost to me. when I got back somebody had refounded my region. it seems it has since disappeared. is there any way for me to get it back?

You can refound the region; unfortunately unless it was backed up somewhere else then whatever history the region had is gone. There are tools out there that can help you recover the RMB, and I think the flag, but anything else is lost.

[Bears Armed]

so my computer was was shutting down due to overheating. I took it in to be fixed and the end result was two months without any way to acess the net. during that time my nation was rendered inactive. the region I created many years ago was then lost to me. when I got back somebody had refounded my region. it seems it has since disappeared. is there any way for me to get it back?

If it has "since disappeared" then you yourself can refound it... but unfortunately the older version's RMB & Happenings aren't saved anywhere on NationStates, so those are gone unless you can find any parts of them archived somewhere else in the net. IIRC there's a site called the 'wayback machine' that might be helpful for this.

[Umbratellus]

Has anyone compiled a list of all the different descriptors you can get for your country/people/government? (Like cultured, hard-nosed, corrupt, etc?)

[Wolfhawk]

how do I refound?

[Lord Dominator]

how do I refound?

Nations can not be recreated or undone in any true manner unless you only really logged in once (and are willing to wait 5 years).

Regions can be refounded by having the region be empty at game update, and then immediately founding it again after it defounds.

[Bears Armed]

how do I refound?

Regions can be refounded by having the region be empty at game update, and then immediately founding it again after it defounds

... or at any time after that, if nobody else grabs the name before you can do so.

[Wolfhawk]

I literally can't find it. old links no longer lead to it. typing the name in search leads to no results

[So Pep]

I literally can't find it. old links no longer lead to it. typing the name in search leads to no results

Hello. I am the refounder of your region and I’m willing to give you the region back. Please telegram me.

[The Outlaw Queen]

New to NationStates. I have joined with a kingdom already and the world assembly. A bit confused how these forum posts are supposed to work. Some have people agreeing to contracts for tech advancement in their regions or military security. How do those contracts and trades work? I mean I assume no actual money is paid, but how does it come from your own government spending?

[Umbratellus]

New to NationStates. I have joined with a kingdom already and the world assembly. A bit confused how these forum posts are supposed to work. Some have people agreeing to contracts for tech advancement in their regions or military security. How do those contracts and trades work? I mean I assume no actual money is paid, but how does it come from your own government spending?

It doesn't really, it's just all role playing. People are expected to not overspend what's realistically within their roleplaying limits but there are no mechanical means by which that is enforced.

[Umbratellus]

How exactly do you develop either an entertainment industry or a fashion industry? I see banners you can unlock for having large ones but I’m not sure what stats correspond to them.

[Laberdy]

I'm not happy with the starting stats (if that's the right word) I chose for civil rights and economy and then some of the issue decisions I made, but I am also happy with some of my other decisions and my starting stat for political rights. I want to get my civil rights and economy way higher up and my political rights to stay low. I'm still new to NationStates, only having played for a few days, how long would it take for me to get to my goal, or should I consider restarting with new starting stats?

[Bears Armed]

How exactly do you develop either an entertainment industry or a fashion industry? I see banners you can unlock for having large ones but I’m not sure what stats correspond to them.

I'm fairly sure that both are derived from separately-tracked factors, based on answering relevant issue options, that combine (with one or more others, as well?) to give the 'Most Cultured' stat.
(N.B. This nation is currently #12 in the world for Most Cultured... )

I'm not happy with the starting stats (if that's the right word) I chose for civil rights and economy and then some of the issue decisions I made, but I am also happy with some of my other decisions and my starting stat for political rights. I want to get my civil rights and economy way higher up and my political rights to stay low. I'm still new to NationStates, only having played for a few days, how long would it take for me to get to my goal, or should I consider restarting with new starting stats?

Fixing the stats for your current nation should definitely be possible. Note that the younger (and thus less populous) a nation is, the greater the [proportionate] effects that answering issues generally has, so it's easier to fix stats now than would be the case later on.

[Umbratellus]

How exactly do you develop either an entertainment industry or a fashion industry? I see banners you can unlock for having large ones but I’m not sure what stats correspond to them.

I'm fairly sure that both are derived from separately-tracked factors, based on answering relevant issue options, that combine (with one or more others, as well?) to give the 'Most Cultured' stat.
(N.B. This nation is currently #12 in the world for Most Cultured... )

Alright, thanks! I kind of guessed culture might have something to do with it but wasn't 100% sure if there was more concrete data about it out there. I'll just have to keep an eye out for the uniforms and media issues then lol.

(Also, congrats! I got a way to go lol)

[AwesomeGaming29]

Hello! Here not to ask for a reinstatement of nations in question, but rather a bit of help. (Some of these might seem like dumb questions to ask but the information would be helpful to know)

I'd like to know if I'm DOS or potentially perma-censored as I'm the owner of the Krainer the wise account. This account was deleted for flaming (I think, I'm not quite sure) back in 2018.
Adding onto that, I'd like to know what that account was banned for specifically because all of the nation's posts were wiped and I can't quite remember what I did to get banned.

Thanks mods, hopefully I'm not wasting your time by asking these and I hope you all have a good day!
-Awesomegaming29

[Bears Armed]

Hello! Here not to ask for a reinstatement of nations in question, but rather a bit of help. (Some of these might seem like dumb questions to ask but the information would be helpful to know)

I'd like to know if I'm DOS or potentially perma-censored as I'm the owner of the Krainer the wise account. This account was deleted for flaming (I think, I'm not quite sure) back in 2018.
Adding onto that, I'd like to know what that account was banned for specifically because all of the nation's posts were wiped and I can't quite remember what I did to get banned.

Thanks mods, hopefully I'm not wasting your time by asking these and I hope you all have a good day!
-Awesomegaming29

Probably best to ask via a 'Getting Help Request'.

[AwesomeGaming29]

Hello! Here not to ask for a reinstatement of nations in question, but rather a bit of help. (Some of these might seem like dumb questions to ask but the information would be helpful to know)

I'd like to know if I'm DOS or potentially perma-censored as I'm the owner of the Krainer the wise account. This account was deleted for flaming (I think, I'm not quite sure) back in 2018.
Adding onto that, I'd like to know what that account was banned for specifically because all of the nation's posts were wiped and I can't quite remember what I did to get banned.

Thanks mods, hopefully I'm not wasting your time by asking these and I hope you all have a good day!
-Awesomegaming29

Probably best to ask via a 'Getting Help Request'.

Okay! Thank you!

[Countrylandica]

How can I make my nation "better", meaning you would want to live in it?
[this my first post, so I might be posting inthe wrong way.]

[The Church of Satan]

How can I make my nation "better", meaning you would want to live in it?
[this my first post, so I might be posting in the wrong way.]

Giving your stats a glance, I'd recommend increasing:

Public Transportation (which stands at 4.4%) maybe bump it up another 2-4%?
Defense (which stands at 6.3%) - raising that to 10% I think would provide a palpable sense of security to the citizens.
Environment (which stands at a mere 1.5%) - that could stand to go up at least 5%

And I think you could get most of that from Admnistration. You could stand to lower it by as much as 10%

[Wormfodder Delivery]

I have seen the terms Raiding and Defending being used here, what are those about?

[Umbratellus]

I have seen the terms Raiding and Defending being used here, what are those about?

That has to do with regional gameplay. Raiders try to hijack the delegate position of unlocked regions (usually ones of decent-ish size without a founder who can easily eject them). Defenders try to support the delegate of a region against the invaders, or take back the region if a native delegate is ousted by raiders. Emergent gameplay basically.

[Alfonzo]

I have seen the terms Raiding and Defending being used here, what are those about?

Good Read: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=642261

Essentially, Raiding is when a group of people obtain executive delegacy in a region to capture/destroy it. Defending is when a group of people use similar methods to stop raiding from occuring.

[Comfed]

I have seen the terms Raiding and Defending being used here, what are those about?

Better (longer ) read: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=307728

[The republic of Jackalopetopia]

how high does my civil rights rating have to be to be classified as a civil rights lovefest?

[Umbratellus]

how high does my civil rights rating have to be to be classified as a civil rights lovefest?

Just a smidge more to go; you need a minimum of about 72.05 civil rights. In case you're not aware of how the categories work, Civil Rights Lovefest is when you have "high" civil rights and political freedoms and moderate economic freedoms.