NationStates

As I'd received a request for the template I made for my leader's factbook, I figured I might as well post it here so others can use it as well. ^^ For examples of what the finished factbook looks like, see here or here.

Feel free to contact me with any questions you might have; I am always happy to help.

Update: Version 2.0 is finally done. I made it easier to use, cleaner, and generally better, including adding the 'policies', 'for/against', and 'personal trivia' sections. Also, your leader's titles *should* now automatically line break if they're too long, instead of stretching out the sidebar, but this doesn't seem to always be the case. You might have to play around with that a bit.

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[floatright][box][center][b][size=125]NAME OF LEADER[/size][/b]

[img]URL TO LEADER PHOTO[/img]
[size=85]DESCRIPTION OF PHOTO[/size][/center]


[center][table=plain][tr][td][background-block=#CFECEC][b]CURRENT OFFICIAL TITLE OF LEADER[/b][/background-block][/td][/tr][/table]

[b]In office:[/b]
DATES

[b]Preceded by:[/b] NAME OF PREDECESSOR [/center]

[center][table=plain][tr][td][background-block=#CFECEC][b]SECOND HIGHEST OFFICE ATTAINED BY LEADER (OPTIONAL)[/b][/background-block][/td][/tr][/table]

[b]In office:[/b]
DATES

[b]Preceded by:[/b] NAME OF PREDECESSOR
[b]Succeeded by:[/b] NAME OF SUCCESSOR [/center]

[center][table=plain][tr][td][background-block=#CFECEC][b]Personal Details[/b][/background-block][/td][/tr][/table][/center][table=plain][tr][td][b]Born:[/b][/td][td]DATE OF BIRTH (age CURRENT AGE)
CITY, COUNTRY OF BIRTH[/td][/tr]

[tr][td][b]Nationality:[/b][/td][td]NATIONALITY[/td][/tr]

[tr][td][b]Political Party:[/b][/td][td]PARTY[/td][/tr]

[tr][td][b]Spouse(s):[/b][/td][td]NAME(S)[/td][/tr]

[tr][td][b]Children:[/b][/td][td]NAME(S)[/td][/tr]

[tr][td][b]Education:[/b][/td][td]NAME OF UNIVERSITY
[i] - Degree in FIELD STUDIED[/i][/td][/tr]

[tr][td][b]Religion:[/b][/td][td]LEADER'S RELIGION[/td][/tr]

[tr][td][b]Signature:[/b][/td][td][img]URL TO LEADER'S SIGNATURE[/img][/td][/tr][/table]
[/box][/floatright]

[i]"INSERT QUOTE HERE"[/i]
 - NAME OF LEADER, OPTIONALLY WHERE/WHEN THEY SAID THIS

SHORT OVERVIEW OF LEADER GOES HERE

    [floatleft][box][center][b]Contents[/b][/center]
    [url=INSERT FACTBOOK URL#Early]1 Early Life[/url]
    [url=INSERT FACTBOOK UR#Rise]2 Rise in Politics[/url]
    [url=INSERT FACTBOOK UR#Leadership]3 Leadership[/url]
    [url=INSERT FACTBOOK UR#Personal]4 Personal Information[/url]
    [url=INSERT FACTBOOK UR#Quotes]5 Quotes[/url]
    [/box][/floatleft]

[size=175][font=Georgia][anchor=Early]Early Life[/anchor][/font][/size][hr]WRITE ABOUT EARLY LIFE BEFORE LEADER ENTERED POLITICS


[size=175][font=Georgia][anchor=Rise]Rise in Politics[/anchor][/font][/size][hr]HOW THEY GOT THEIR START IN POLITICS & MOVED UP TO BEING LEADER

[size=175][font=Georgia][anchor=Leadership]Leadership[/anchor][/font][/size][hr]ABOUT THEIR TIME AS LEADER - BRIEF DESCRIPTION HERE, THEN GO INTO MORE DETAIL UNDER "POLICIES"

[size=125][b]Policies[/b][/size]
[list]
[*][b]NAME OR BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF POLICY[/b]
EXPLAIN THE POLICY

[*][b]NAME OR BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF POLICY[/b]
EXPLAIN THE POLICY

[*][b]NAME OR BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF POLICY[/b]
EXPLAIN THE POLICY
[/list]

[size=125][b]For & Against[/b][/size]
[list][*][color=#009933][b]For:[/b] THINGS YOUR LEADER SUPPORTS[/color]
[*][color=#990033][b]Against:[/b] THINGS YOUR LEADER DOES NOT SUPPORT[/color][/list]

[size=175][font=Georgia][anchor=Personal]Personal Information[/anchor][/font][/size][hr]PUT SOME INFORMATION ON LEADER'S PERSONAL LIFE

[size=125][b]Personal Trivia[/b][/size]
[list]
[*]FUN FACTS ABOUT YOUR LEADER GO HERE
[*]PUT AS MANY OR AS FEW BULLET POINTS AS YOU WANT
[/list]

[size=175][font=Georgia][anchor=Quotes]Quotes[/anchor][/font][/size][hr][i]“INSERT QUOTE HERE”[/i]

[i]“INSERT QUOTE HERE”[/i]



    [floatright][size=85][i]Template by [nation]Kirislavia[/nation], available [url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=412959]here[/url].[/i][/size][/floatright]

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Update: I also got a request for my overview factbook template, so I'm posting that here as well. For an example of what this is supposed to look like, see here.

Wherever you find the 'color' tag, I just used a generic blue, but it is intended for you to replace with a color from your national flag. (Don't know how to pull the hex code for a particular colour on your flag? Telegram me and I'll help you with that.)

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[floatright][box][center][img]MAP URL GOES HERE[/img]
[size=85]Location of NATION[/size]

[table=plain][tr][td][b]Capital:[/b][/td][td]CAPITAL CITY HERE[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Gained Independence:[/b][/td][td]DATE OF INDEPENDENCE
(from NATION)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Government:[/b][/td][td]GOVT TYPE HERE[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Official Language:[/b][/td][td]LANGUAGE(S)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Religion:[/b][/td][td]RELIGION HERE[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Anthem:[/b][/td][td][url=LINK TO NATIONAL ANTHEM]"NAME OF ANTHEM"[/url][/td][/tr][/table][/center][/box][/floatright]
[center][font=Century Gothic][color=#4286f4][b][size=150]FULL NAME OF NATION HERE[/size][/b][/color][/font]

[img]URL FOR NATIONAL FLAG GOES HERE[/img]

[font=Century Gothic][color=#4286f4][i][size=125][b]"NATIONAL MOTTO"[/b][/size][/i][/color][/font][/center]

[hr]

[color=#4286f4][size=120][b]Overview[/b][/size][/color]

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF NATION

[hr]

[color=#4286f4][size=120][b]Political[/b][/size][/color]

[b]Current head of government:[/b] NAME & TITLE OF LEADER
[b]Current head of state:[/b] NAME & TITLE OF LEADER

DESCRIBE POLITICAL SYSTEM HERE

[b]SUBTITLE 1[/b]
^ Wanna add subsections in a particular section? This is how you do it ^

[b]SUBTITLE 2[/b]
Add as many or as few subsections as you want.

[hr]

[color=#4286f4][size=120][b]Law Enforcement[/b][/size][/color]

INFO ON NATION'S LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE

[hr]

[color=#4286f4][size=120][b]Cultural[/b][/size][/color]

INFO ON NATION'S CULTURE HERE

[hr]

[color=#4286f4][size=120][b]Economic[/b][/size][/color]

INFO ON NATION'S ECONOMY HERE

[hr]

[color=#4286f4][size=120][b]Social[/b][/size][/color]

INFO ON SOCIAL VIEWS/ISSUES HERE

[hr]

[color=#4286f4][size=120][b]Miscellaneous Facts[/b][/size][/color]

MISCELLANEOUS INFO HERE


[floatright][size=85][i]Template by [nation]Kirislavia[/nation],
available [url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=412959&p=31795097]here[/url].[/i][/size][/floatright]

Great stuff

I love this template! Thank you for sharing it.

I'm making mine, and it seems that the profile sidebar is starts out very large, should I start with the text?

Honeydewistania wrote:Great stuff

Visha Liod wrote:I love this template! Thank you for sharing it.

Glad you're finding it useful! ^^

The Qadaan wrote:I'm making mine, and it seems that the profile sidebar is starts out very large, should I start with the text?

Hmm.. It's probably the filler text I put in the signature box that's stretching it out (where it says "URL to signature goes here", etc.); getting rid of that should probably fix the issue.

Also, it sounds like you haven't put anything in the sidebar yet, but if you have... if your leader has a really long title, that will stretch out the sidebar too. You'd need to manually put in line breaks to fix that.

Hope this helps!

marking this for later use

Thanks for the template! This will be of great use for my factbooks.

Thank you for sharing!

Where would you find a place to make the leader’s Signature?

Sikagoa wrote:Where would you find a place to make the leader’s Signature?

Personally I make them in an image editing program (I use GIMP but you could also use Photoshop or something like that).

But if you don't want to download software to do it, I think a lot of people use this website.

I love this, and the 2.0 version is excellent! Keep up the great work.

Thanks, I'll be sure to use this.

Oh man, these are going to be super helpful. Thank you!

Most appreciative! Very grateful for your help-

I’m going make a factbook and I am deciding on the template

Amazing!

Although Kirislavia is no longer here, I write here to commemorate his legacy. Many factbooks have used his templates.

Thank you, Kirislavia.

Thank you for the template.

Thanks! Will use this!

Thanks! Will use it!

Just remember to replace [floatright][box] with [sidebar] since this is pretty outdated format if you going to use it.

Harmonic Empire wrote:Just remember to replace [floatright][box] with [sidebar] since this is pretty outdated format if you going to use it.

Ok, already done it!

That's good

Great work! You and your table of contents inspired me to make my own template! TG if you want it, its for a nuclear bomb.