The World Public Registry defines "Free" as costing no upfront or hidden charges for usage. Placing ads in lieu of payment is considered free as no charges will be placed on the domain.
The World Public Registry defines "Unrestricted" as not being bound to physical locality within a nation.
ccTLDs are not maintained by the WPR nor does the WPR regulate the ccTLDs. A ccTLD can be in format of a period followed by: one letter, one number, one letter followed by one number, one number followed by one letter, two letters, two numbers, two letters followed by one number, two numbers followed by one letter, one letter followed by a number and then another letter, one number followed by a letter and followed by another number, three letters, and three numbers.
Current generic top-level domains in the registry: (These are unregisterable and are maintained by the World Public Registry)
- .com - international domain; websites for commerce and trade. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .net - international domain; websites for general use. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .org - international domain; websites for nonprofit organizations. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .edu -international domain; websites for educational institutes. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .gov - international domain; websites for government agencies. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .biz - international domain; websites for commerce and trade. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .cop - international domain; websites for cooperative establishments. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .mil - international domain; websites for military organizations. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .xxx - international domain; websites for "adult" content. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .sex - international domain; websites for sexual content. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .pub - international domain; websites under public control. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .air - international domain; websites about aviation. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
- .wpr - pre-reserved domain; websites associated with the World Public Registry. FREE BUT RESTRICTED
- .666 - pre-reserved domain; to avoid conflict. FREE BUT RESTRICTED
- .god - pre-reserved domain; to avoid conflict. FREE BUT RESTRICTED
- .69 - pre-reserved domain; to avoid conflict. FREE BUT RESTRICTED
- .tld - pre-reserved domain; to avoid conflict FREE BUT RESTRICTED
Rules and Eligibility:
- Obviously a ccTLD must meet at least one of the above requirements to be put on this registry list.
- A nation may only have ONE ccTLD at a time.
- A ccTLD is first come first served. OOC: Obviously you do not have to use this as officially binding for all of Nationstates and is not affiliated in official capacity.
- A ccTLD will only be registered when a form (see below) is properly completed
- OOC: MT and Human Only; If you CTE then you will lose your ccTLD registration.
To register a top-level domain with the Registry, complete the following form:
- Code: Select all
[b]Nation name:[/b]
[b]Top-level domain:[/b]
[b]Organization that maintains that domain:[/b]
[b]Status:[/b] [i](Choose Those That Apply)[/i]
[ _ ] Free
[ _ ] Unrestricted
ccTLD Registry List:
.a - Minoa(Charlotte Ryberg) | Mino.a UNRESTRICTED
.amw - Amwestheim | Parliament of Amwestheim's Telecommunications Committee and the Public Utilities Commission. FREE
.ci - Cuevi | Telecorp Cuevi. UNRESTRICTED
.cms - Camoyas | VraiWeb Electronic Verification and Domain Registry. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
.ct - Crata | The Federal Ministry of the Inner. FREE
.dh - Dhulaka | Directorate of Utilities and Natural Resources' Telecommunications Department. UNRESTRICTED
.ec - East Catalina | East Catalina Department of Infrastructure, Federal Communications Administration, East Catalina Internet Bureau. FREE
.fl - Fifthland | World Public Domain under direction of the Minister of Culture, Sports & Tourism, especially Communications Directorate. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
.frr - Mount Shavano | Informal association of various top-level Front Range universities and the gov't. FREE
.gd - Gandoor | Ministry of Communications of the Democratic Republic of Gandoor. FREE
.gk - Gweke | World Public Registry under direction of the Gwekween government. UNRESTRICTED
.ptfs - Singaporean Transhumans | Ministry of Civil Affairs. FREE
.rhb - Rhodesia and Bechuanaland | Ministry of Communications: Office of the State Under-Secretary for Internet and Online Communications, Databases, and Registries. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
.rn - Sestern | Sestern Computer Association. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
.st - SJT | ITAS (Internet and Telecommunications Authority of SJT). FREE/UNRESTRICTED
.tm - Tolmakia | Thomains and the Ministry of Communications. FREE/UNRESTRICTED
.ya - Yannia | Federal Ministry of Communications. FREE