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[American Unitary Republic]

If I leave the WA on 1 nation and join the WA on another nation, will I get banned?

[Comfed]

If I leave the WA on 1 nation and join the WA on another nation, will I get banned?

As long as you’re only in the WA on one nation at a time you are fine. If you use the same email address on both nations the game will prevent you from joining on both nations anyways.

[Dormanc]

how do i trigger an issue for monarchies, if they exist? I don't want to be a communist dictator.

[Almonaster Nuevo]

You don't. The issues are random.

Just answer in ways that match your intended nation and the stats will shift accordingly.

[Alezian Union]

Hello, I hope you are all doing well in this new year!

I'm just wondering, I plan to make a comic series about national issues, strange laws, and information about the Alezian Union, packed in a slice-of-life "funny" interactions between people from the four regions of the Alezian Union... The thing is, where to put it? Is the "Factbooks and National Information" subforum the right place to put that? (Also yes, I've already started there, would move everything to its proper place if needed.)

[Almonaster Nuevo]

For my money, I would suggest the Nationstates section, but it's not the sort of thing I'd usually post. It depends to some extent on the detail

[Sovileko]

Hi. I started playing this simulator yesterday. It is nice because I don't have a suitable computer to install games.
Now I'm stuck in the game and I can't find anything useful to do. The only thing that I can do is to solve issues, but it needs hours to respawn new issues.
How to fast forward the time to see changes and get the next issues?
I want to develop my economy and increase the life expectancy, but many issues are useless for the goal.

[Almonaster Nuevo]

That's the nature of the game. You get a slightly faster rate to begin with, but then it's a max of 4 issues per day.

There are a number of other aspects to get involved in. Firstly, you could spend some time developing factbook entries to flesh out the details of your country. Many people choose to ignore the game stats, and describe the country they are working towards.

Next up is raiding and defending, which is about sending WA nations in to a region to capture the delegacy or to prevent that happening. (Often referred to as "gameplay" as though the rest of us did not play the game. )

Then there is roleplay. There are many varied stories being told, some on the forum here, some on regional message boards (RMB), some on off-site forums or other media. Depending on the scanario you may represent your country, or you could be playing just about any movie-type or other fictional character of your your invention.

Speaking of forums, there's quite a lot going on here, I'd suggest you look around a bit. It's best to check the first post (OP) in a thread before jumping in, but new participants are generally welcome.

Last but by no means least, look around for a region that suits your style, and get involved there. There are regions to suit almost every taste. Region-hopping is perfectly normal, particularly for new nations, so don't feel you're stuck. <shameless plug>If you wanted to stop by Canada, visitors or new residents are always welcome.</shameless plug>

[Yaak]

Are there any raider/defender schools that don't require discord or anything else?

[Pathoal]

Are there any raider/defender schools that don't require discord or anything else?

Probably no - discord is pretty much a prerequisite for any kind of R/D participation.

[Reploid Productions]

Are there any raider/defender schools that don't require discord or anything else?

Probably no - discord is pretty much a prerequisite for any kind of R/D participation.

^-- This. Every once in awhile you see somebody trying to coordinate one via RMB or the forums, but those seldom succeed. One of the main advantages of stuff like Discord is that the various gameplay militaries are able to more precisely coordinate their maneuvers and keep things like target lists and other strategic elements hidden from the opposition.

[Yaak]

Probably no - discord is pretty much a prerequisite for any kind of R/D participation.

^-- This. Every once in awhile you see somebody trying to coordinate one via RMB or the forums, but those seldom succeed. One of the main advantages of stuff like Discord is that the various gameplay militaries are able to more precisely coordinate their maneuvers and keep things like target lists and other strategic elements hidden from the opposition.

I know, but not Discord. Maybe something like unknown forums?

[Reploid Productions]

^-- This. Every once in awhile you see somebody trying to coordinate one via RMB or the forums, but those seldom succeed. One of the main advantages of stuff like Discord is that the various gameplay militaries are able to more precisely coordinate their maneuvers and keep things like target lists and other strategic elements hidden from the opposition.

I know, but not Discord. Maybe something like unknown forums?

The problem is with the tight time windows R/D gameplay requires (often with nations moving within seconds of the "GO!" order), they need a real-time platform to coordinate. Forums just don't offer that real-time reaction speed. Prior to Discord, Skype and IRC were the go-to options for military gameplay.

[Yaak]

I know, but not Discord. Maybe something like unknown forums?

The problem is with the tight time windows R/D gameplay requires (often with nations moving within seconds of the "GO!" order), they need a real-time platform to coordinate. Forums just don't offer that real-time reaction speed. Prior to Discord, Skype and IRC were the go-to options for military gameplay.

Okay. I'll consider Discord.

[The North Polish Union]

^-- This. Every once in awhile you see somebody trying to coordinate one via RMB or the forums, but those seldom succeed. One of the main advantages of stuff like Discord is that the various gameplay militaries are able to more precisely coordinate their maneuvers and keep things like target lists and other strategic elements hidden from the opposition.

I know, but not Discord. Maybe something like unknown forums?

Years ago when I was active in R/D the region Right to Life used to coordinate all their military activity on their offsite forums. This was back in the IRC era, before Skype and Discord, but it should still work today given proper coordination. However, it would probably only work for raiding, as I'd imagine defending is essentially impossible without some form of instant messaging.

I've also succeeded in making on-site coordination via TG work for raiding, but is much more cumbersome.

[Liberlistani]

Hi. I am new to the game.
I made several mistakes and I want to delete my nation and make it again with the same name. But I don't know how to delete it.
There are many options that I didn't explore when I first created it. Now I know the mechanics better.
If I make a few test nations, I will have to delete the garbage.

[Umbratellus]

Hi. I am new to the game.
I made several mistakes and I want to delete my nation and make it again with the same name. But I don't know how to delete it.
There are many options that I didn't explore when I first created it. Now I know the mechanics better.
If I make a few test nations, I will have to delete the garbage.

Unfortunately, you cannot do that. Fortunately though, nations are pretty flexible and given enough time you can basically correct any "mistakes" that you made. Want to switch to Capitalism? You can. Want to outlaw the death penalty? You can. If you're okay with taking a new name you can just let this nation expire (28 days of inactivity) and it'll be gone; if you are dead set on it just keep answering issues and sooner or later you'll end up with the ability to correct anything.

[Almonaster Nuevo]

Just to be clear - you cannot re-create under the same name (or not for years, anyway).

[Liberlistani]

Unfortunately, you cannot do that. Fortunately though, nations are pretty flexible and given enough time you can basically correct any "mistakes" that you made. Want to switch to Capitalism? You can.

I selected anarchy, but I answered that I strongly agree that corporations are evil and the result was socialism.
I haven't had the option to switch to capitalism. But I had a stupid issue about a dolphin that previews results of sports.


I don't know much about my nation. How to know how much should I spend with the army if I don't know the threats?
Or what to do to Bigtopians if I don't know anything about Bigtopia?

[Umbratellus]

Unfortunately, you cannot do that. Fortunately though, nations are pretty flexible and given enough time you can basically correct any "mistakes" that you made. Want to switch to Capitalism? You can.

I selected anarchy, but I answered that I strongly agree that corporations are evil and the result was socialism.
I haven't had the option to switch to capitalism. But I had a stupid issue about a dolphin that previews results of sports.


I don't know much about my nation. How to know how much should I spend with the army if I don't know the threats?
Or what to do to Bigtopians if I don't know anything about Bigtopia?

There’s loads of issues that’ll crop up allowing you to switch to a Capitalist economy. Almost every issue I can think of that specifically is about problems relating to socialism has an option that will allow you to liberalize your markets.

There aren’t really “threats” in NationStates, per say. Other nations can’t declare war on you in anything but the roleplay forums, and no issue can ever cause you to lose control of your nation or have people killed in conflicts. It’s more or less about playing it how you would like it to be; you don’t have to be super pragmatic. Other nations or ethnic groups tend just to be stand-ins that side step some of the prickly points of depicting real world stuff. Ultimately treat them however you would like to, they’re fairly abstract.

[Umbratellus]

So, I gotta quick question now. Is the ability to do highlight zooms on the stat graphs a new feature or has that been there a while and I just noticed?

[Almonaster Nuevo]

It's been there for years.

[Umbratellus]

It's been there for years.

Ain't that something. Thanks for letting me know lol.

[The North Polish Union]

It's been there for years.

This was news to me too, but it doesn't seem to work on Century theme.

Must've been something they added with the new theme i guess

Nevermind, I just don't know what I'm doing. It does work on Century

[Liberlistani]

My gambling industry was already zero when I banned it, but the economy was highly damaged by ban. I don't understand how banning something that didn't exist affected the economy. Even if it existed, gambling isn't good for the economy because it doesn't produce value. It only transfers money and most customers get nothing.