Factbook Question/Answer Thread

[Yatomi]

One of the best i've seen in a long time.

[Yorktenne]

Destructive Government Economic System, thank you very much!

[Arthropol]

I just made a factbook for my roleplay nation of New England... does my factbook look good? Feel free to critique it, and give tips on how to make it better.
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=yor ... /id=868421

It's pretty good, extremely detailed

[Tinhampton]

Stylish, although there is some confusion (how exactly could United States vs Windsor get through the courts of New England and not the USA, for example?). Say, did you adapt it from this fellow's pinned wiki-style factbook guide?

[Valentine Z]

I'm not sure if this was shared before, but if you're using an actual map of the Earth for your RP and you want to color it in, there's this neat website.

You can just use it online, and download the map later. You can even back up your unfinished map on your computer (through a .txt file, I think) so that you can continue later.

[Democratic Empire of Romania]

Hello, I have some questions:
1. How I add flags, images and maps to my factbook ?
2. How I use the tags in the Regional Factbook ? (i.e. How I use the tags to add country/region names in the factbook/RMB to act them as a link to the respective nation/region ?
3. What shall I add to my national factbooks and to the regional factbook?

[Uni Europa]

I have a question: How can I make this factbook somewhat similar to this page?
I've been doing this for the past few days. Help plox.

[The State of Monavia]

Hello, I have some questions:
1. How I add flags, images and maps to my factbook ?
2. How I use the tags in the Regional Factbook ? (i.e. How I use the tags to add country/region names in the factbook/RMB to act them as a link to the respective nation/region ?
3. What shall I add to my national factbooks and to the regional factbook?

You add images to a post or dispatch by placing [img] tags on both ends of the URL leading to the image. Tags work a similar way; you place [nation] and [region] tags around the nation or region name. Your regional factbook should contain between two and four short paragraphs of basic information on your region and the types of people who keep their nation accounts there. National factbooks are a more complicated subject. I recommend reading factbook guides or using my factbook collection as examples.

I have a question: How can I make this factbook somewhat similar to this page?


I've been doing this for the past few days. Help plox.

If you want your factbooks to look like wikis, read this thread.

[Robosia]

Where can I find a template for a leader factbook?

[Aquitayne]

Where can I find a template for a leader factbook?

viewtopic.php?p=31821501#p31821501

[Arstotzka Communist Empire]

I can't add image to my factbook [img]*url%20of%20my%20image*[/img] but when is save and publish it I see only grey [/] on white tittle. Please help 'cause I don't know what to do.

[Achesia]

I can't add image to my factbook ([url=*url%20of%20my%20image*]Image[/url]) but when is save and publish it I see only grey [/] on white tittle. Please help 'cause I don't know what to do.

Thats not a proper image url. You need to have a .jpg or a .png or a .gif

Try uploading whatever image it is to photobucket or deviant art to get such a url.

[Gandoor]

I can't add image to my factbook ([url=*url%20of%20my%20image*]Image[/url]) but when is save and publish it I see only grey [/] on white tittle. Please help 'cause I don't know what to do.

Thats not a proper image url. You need to have a .jpg or a .png or a .gif

Try uploading whatever image it is to photobucket or deviant art to get such a url.

Apologies if this is rude, but you most definitely should NOT upload anything to Photobucket, as they have changed it so you cannot embed any images to third-party websites (such as this one) unless you pay them a $399 a year subscription.

[Estane]

Hello, all! I just finished my factbook for the President of Estane... how does it look? Please rate it, and or tell me how I can improve it! If you think it is good, a upvote would be much appreciated.

Thank you!

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=879411

[Estane]

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=879411

Presidential factbook!

[Argentinstan]

Hello, all! I just finished my factbook for the President of Estane... how does it look? Please rate it, and or tell me how I can improve it! If you think it is good, a upvote would be much appreciated. :)

Thank you!

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=879411

Looks amazing!

Very professional.

[Estane]

Argentinstan, Thank you very much... I also need ideas on other factbooks to make. Any ideas?

[Tinhampton]

Erm, I'm fairly certain that "U.S. teenage pregnancy and abortion rates are substantially higher than in other Western nations, especially among blacks and Hispanics" isn't a phrase I'd expect to find in a factbook about a small European country...

[Estane]

Tinhampton...

Whoops! Thank you so much. I will fix that.

[Estane]

New one for the religion of Estane!

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=est ... /id=879455

[Nioya]

I'd like to write more about my nation's culture, but not sure what to do. All my ideas for future factbook are unfinished political or historical factbooks. What else should I put in my nation's culture factbook? What cultural favts should I have entries for in general?

[Arthropol]

Maybe you could add like a music, sports and food factbook.

[Ifaltannia]

If you haven't already, adding a history can really flesh out your idea of your nation. A military factbook isn't usually a bad shout either.

[Pino Grand Fenwick]

If you haven't already, adding a history can really flesh out your idea of your nation. A military factbook isn't usually a bad shout either.

Maybe you could add like a music, sports and food factbook.

I second both these ideas. Both above nations have nice factbooks to draw inspiration from (check mine too ).

I suggest you take a look at the factbooks of other nations for ideas too (personally all these years, I have taken inspiration from others).

It's good to help eachother. NS is an altruistic community that I find most interesting, even after 4+ years.

[Nioya]

Maybe you could add like a music, sports and food factbook.

I would need to learn a bit about those things before writing about them.

See I have a hard time writing about the arts in nioya. I saw a post not long ago asking "Most famous novel in your nation?" I didn't know how to answer that. How would I go about answering it?