Founded in 2010, Rostil is a venerable community seeking to offer an active, engaging experience in roleplaying and worldbuilding, that is both well-developed, and dynamic. Set in a closed world, in an alternative universe separate from both real-life and the great NS multiverse, we have extensive opportunities open to all potential members, from conflicts, to diplomatic incidents, and everything in between. Rostil is a complete world, in its own solar system, with great maps currently maintained by Belkaland.
Interested? Feel free to join our discord (linked on the regional page), and join us in discussion, presence on our Discord server is a prerequisite to membership consideration owing to our extensive use of the service for communication, planning, etc. We are always looking for new members to help us build an interesting world. We do not expect you to be active every day and in every aspect of the region. More interested in lore building than writing RPs? Not a problem. We welcome both new and longtime players, and we'd be glad to have an extensive community, with many play styles.
Community Rules and Guidelines
1. There are two defining versions of Membership to Rostil, there are Officers and there are Members. Officers fill roles of Regional Officers that oversee aspects of the community and world of Rostil; these positions range from being in charge of regional history and meshing the various national histories into one overarching one to being the Regent, someone appointed to head the region in absence of the Founder who acts as an Administrator and who is the final authority on regional issues. Of Members there are two subcategories, A Member is someone who writes on NationStates/The Rostil Forum, and a Contributor is someone who does not post very often but takes part in world-building.
2. Obtaining Membership to Rostil occurs on an application basis. A potential member applies to Rostil, and one of Rostil’s Officers or the Founder approve or deny on the application after thorough examination of the applicant. Potential Members who are denied may reapply at a later date. Potential Members who are accepted will be ‘upgraded’ to Member after the completion of a Basic Factbook which provides a moderate amount of info on your basic national data, such as a short summary of it's history, population, basic description of how the government works and a basic description of the culture.
3. Membership to Rostil comes with expectations of activity; including posting activity on the NationStates Forum and/or the Rostil Off-Site Forum. Failure to meet activity expectations will result in ejection from Rostil, which may be appealed once per infraction. Waivers for activity exemption due to life circumstances such as illness, housing, finance etc are granted and last thirty days. An extension due to extenuating circumstances may be granted. There is no limitation on waivers; we understand that sometimes life simply gets in the way. However; waivers of activity are not excuses to be inactive, and are only given out to people who actually need them.
4. Members who are deleted by NationStates for whatever reason (inactivity, moderator action, et cetera) are no longer members of Rostil. As you must be a member of NationStates to be a part of our community, if you are not a member of NationStates, then you are not a member of Rostil.
5. Membership Posting Requirements are as follows: 1 post per week per thread involved in; a post constitutes at least two paragraphs of well edited text and may be carried out in any thread covering any topic. The Rostilian Compendium is a repository for short stories which do not fit the requirements for a full thread. The Rostilian News Wire is about events in your nation, past or present and do not fit the requirements for a full thread.
6. With respect to IC activities, there is to be no god modding, wanking, meta gaming, actions of deceit, etc. There is no "Ignore Cannon" on Rostil and no legitimate action can be ignored.
7. Finally; you are expected to be cordial and respectful at all times with regards to your fellow members. We encourage discourse and discussion but will not tolerate disrespect, bigotry or similar dissociative behavior.
Please complete the following application. We'll be back with your shortly to let you know that you've been accepted, or speak with you with suggestions for improvements for you to join.
- Our great reformation is complete, leaving many holes in the fabric of our little world, positions are open for new players and for old ones. Our lore is being reworked from the ground up nearly! Our new political map is also complete and with it claims are now open again!
- You may either link to a previous RP or write a paragraph or two from scratch for the RP sample. A good, professional news article is acceptable as an RP.
- You may write about anything for your RP sample. Here's some ideas if you get stuck: Your country's generals inform you of an impending nuclear strike; An assassin strikes on the Queen's wedding day; A newspaper article about a hurricane
- Please don't claim to be a great power from the start, we have several. There is room for growth however!
- We would prefer it if you placed your nation in a culturally realistic position, we have cultural maps to help with that decision however there are exceptions (such as ex-colonies).
- While the IC population of Rostil is much higher than reality, many of our nations are small and we request that you do not claim a population at the start in excess of fifty millions. Note: The population on your NS page does not matter to us.
- Finally, Rostil is a setting that is fantastic; in some ways this is science-fiction, we have giant flying battleships and railguns that fire into outer space to engage asteroids, and it other ways it is fantastic; magic, several systems of which vary between members, exists, and divinity has long been established to be real, literally divine monarchs rule several countries, among other examples. We don't want this to scare you off, the reverse is the truth, we'd like you to add your own ideas to this system of urban fantasy we have going, where the 'modern day' and the fantastic meld together.
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[u][b]BASIC DETAILS[/b][/u]
[b]IC name:[/b]
[b]Population:[/b]
[b]Language(s):[/b]
[b]Main culture/ethnic group:[/b]
[b]Capital:[/b]
[b]Government type:[/b]
[b]Leader(s):[/b]
[b]Nation description (at least a paragraph, please):[/b]
[b]Map claim:[/b]
[u][b]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/b][/u]
[b]What role do you envision yourself playing in international relations?:[/b]
[b]Critically discuss the strengths of your nation (esp. military & economic) and how they may affect existing regional power structures:[/b]
[b]If asked to reduce the strength of your nation, how would you do so?:[/b]
[u][b]OOC STUFF[/b][/u]
[b]How did you hear about Rostil?:[/b]
[b]Other NS accounts:[/b]
[b]Roleplay sample:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b] This is due to the fact that while NS is PG-13, the majority of Rostil's current members are legally adults and we wish to know how many new people will be of younger age than us.
[b]Anything else to add (optional):[/b]
[b]What do you, as a player, expect of the Rostil community?: