I propose the following: The only "regions" that exist will be about 100 GCRs, including feeders, sinkers, warzones, and The Rejected Realms. UCRs will be re-branded as groups. There will be different types of groups (communities, alliances, armies, etc.) Nations could join as many group as they like. However, the current rules requiring nations to be in exactly one region will remain.
Pros:
- Recruitment spam will essentially be a thing of the past. New players won't get their inboxes flooded. Instead, they will get a welcome telegram.
- Gameplay can act mostly independent of activities not related to regional government.
- There is no need to take into consideration existing UCRs when trying to name these regions, since every region will be a GCR.
Cons:
- The logistics of WA delegates. The populations of regions with the largest delegates could be accommodated by moving the whole UCR/Group to its own region. Smaller UCR delegates would lose out.
- Tag raiding, quorum raiding, and some other R/D activities would no longer be possible. However, regional invasions would still absolutely be possible.