The site staff are split between several teams that are each responsible for different aspects of the smooth running of the site. Each of the roles is detailed below, as well as its members. Note that individuals may hold multiple roles within the site staff.
Site Leadership Team
Responsible for the overall direction of the site.
Executive Director - the highest ranking position on NationStates, the Executive Director reports directly to site owner Max Barry, and holds overall responsibility for the site.
- [violet] (email: admin@nationstates.net)
Site Director - provides high-level site management, and helps to coordinate action between different teams.
- Sedgistan (email: sedgistan@nationstates.net)
Technical Team
The Technical team is responsible for maintenance of the site and the development of new features.
Director of Technology - responsible for managing the Technical team, and the technologies used to run the site.
- Eluvatar
- Roavin
Senior Administrator - experienced Administrators who assist in the running of the Technical team.
- Ballotonia
- SalusaSecondus
Administrator - responsible for coding new features, fixing bugs, and maintaining the site.
- Haku
- SherpDaWerp
Tech - involved in assisting Administrators with coding new features and fixing bugs. All new Technical staff start as Techs.
- Chingis
- Infinitta
- Raionitu
- Stoklomolvi
- The Blaatschapen
Moderation Team
The Moderation team is responsible for enforcing the site rules.
Director of Moderation - responsible for the overall running of the Moderation team.
- Reploid Productions
Senior Game Moderator - experienced Game Moderators involved in Final Appeals and assisting in the running of the Moderation team.
- Crazy Girl
- Katganistan
- The Archregimancy
- United Calanworie
Game Moderator - responsible for enforcing the rules across the entire site.
- Chingis
- Fahran
- Farnhamia
- Frisbeeteria
- Godular
- Goobergunchia
- Infinitta
- Ko-oren
- Lamoni
- Luna Amore
- Necroghastia
- New Visayan Islands
- Stoklomolvi
- The Blaatschapen
- Tiami
- United Calanworie
Forum Moderator - responsible for enforcing the rules across the forums. All new Moderators join as Forum Moderators.
- Alicorn Princess Twilight Sparkle
- Bisofeyr
- Klaus Devestatorie
- Raionitu
Issues and Content Team
The Issues and Content team are responsible for editing and adding new issues to the game, as well as related projects to improve nation data, such as Policies and World Census rankings.
Content Director - responsible for the overall running of the Issues and Content team.
- Klaus Devestatorie
Senior Issues Editor - experienced Issues Editors who also assist in running the team and its projects.
- Pogaria
- The Ankhalic Vaspriot
Issues Editor - involved in Editing issues and nation-data related projects.
- Bisofeyr
- Electrum
- Jiangbei
- Kaschovia
- Kractero
- Luna Amore
- Millenhaal
- Nardin
- Noahs Second Country
- Ostrovskiy
- Raionitu
- SherpDaWerp
- Southland
- The Marsupial Illuminati
- Thorn1000
- Varanius
Events Team
The Events team manages the various NationStates events often referred to as "minigames", such as N-Day and Z-Day.
Events Manager - responsible for scheduling and developing Events.
- Chingis
Development and Community Liasons
Development Manager - work with the community to facilitate the development of desired features in a specific area.
- Forumside Comms - Reploid Productions
- Issues - Klaus Devestatorie
- Gameplay + Security Council - Sedgistan
- Events - Chingis
- General Assembly - vacant
- Cards - vacant
- Scripting - Haku
- Moderation - Frisbeeteria
- Gameside Comms - United Calanworie
Community Lead - operate in a similar manner to Development Managers, but are less focused on feature development, instead acting as primary liaisons between the community and the operations team.
- Nation Roleplaying - Tiami
- Sports - Ko-oren
- Portal to the Multiverse - vacant
- General Discussion - The Archregimancy
- Forum 7 - Godular
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