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Character maps
Map with names
CHECK HERE FOR UPDATED LIST OF NATIONS
There may be more nations out there, the only way is to explore!
Any land unclaimed (i.e. White) is treated as barbarians unless specified.
Story: The year is 1500 and the world is at a turning point. What will explores fine in this New World? How will the people of the New World handle this change? That is up to you.
Rules:
No god moding, No meta gaming, and Mods rules are law with Nieblham having final ruling
THERE WILL BE EVENTS
1 IC year = 2 IRL weeks
You must make one post every 3 weeks or be declared in active
A nation that is 3 weeks inactive will erupt in a revolution
Technology advances along IRL timelines, yet players can invest in tech to get it a bit earlier than they might have otherwise.
IC thread will be up once we have 8 players
Failure to read any rules on this OP and/or any information provided by a mod is punishable by losing one's claims for the week.
Vahn and Grand Adruvain and Cassinopia are mods
Claim Rules:
Starting Claims must be at least 10 provinces and no more than 50.
New Players can claim NPCs
NPCs outside of Europe that don't have 50 claims can have more claims added to them (including other NPCs)
NPCs can be renamed by new players who claim them.
Black areas are unclaimable.
Must link an image of your claims in your post
No encirclement claims
Claims must be adjacent to each other.
Point of Diversion is 500 CE build your history around that and work with other players.
For claims and History first come first serve (THOUGH major time breaks can be overruled by a mod)
Claims can overlap (IC disputed border) but no more than 1 province deep.
Each nation is granted a starting bonus depending on their size.
History, Military, Population must be reasonable
If inactivity is high, the active players can vote to have the time skip forward a bit. This is to let time pass so the world will be different and new. The specifics of how this happen will be determined if it occurs.
IF YOU ARE JOINING LATE AFTER RP START: your history must fit in the history of the accepted players. You are still free to talk and discuss changes with them but only if all players involved agree.
Weekly claims
You can only claim white spaces (if you want another nation's land you'll have to do that IC either via war or some other way)
You have from 12 am Friday to 11:59 pm Sunday to make your claims otherwise you'll have to wait till next friday
You can claim 4 provinces
You must have access to the land you want to claim by sea or land uninterrupted by another player/NPC
The map will hopefully be updated by Tuesday
First come first serve, though disputed borders are still allowed.
Mods will approve of each claim.
NPCs will also make claims but they will make claims after players.
Players can react to other players/NPCs claims but wait till we approve the claim.
Claims take a while to fully control, take too much too quickly and the empire could collapse.
Bonus (These are permanent even if you grow bigger your starting bonus will remain the same):
10-19 Claims: Trade Empire: your nation has increased trade with nearby nations
20-29 Claims: National Identity: Your people have a stronger sense of national pride and unity
30-39 Claims: Military Bonus: One branch of your military can be fitted with extra troops
40-50 Claims: It’s good to be King: Your government collects more tax revenue
HISTORY
Make sure your nation's history matches with already accepted history
Accepted Players can always add more to history
NPCs have little written History so their history can be developed by any player wanting to app as them.
IC THREAD
APP:
NationStates Name:
IC Nation Name:
Ruler:
Flag:
Government Type
Capitol City (must label the IRL counterpart if you have a custom name or provide a map with their locations):
Other cities:
Population:
Military:
History (Remember the POD is 500 CE so build history out from there):
Claim:
Extra info (optional) (culture, language, etc):
Summary of one Rule