This thread will be dedicated to administering the map of the region of Rushmore. We're an NS Sports based region, so if you like the cut of our jib, come say hi in NS Sports!
The rules will remain largely the same as when the Rushmore Institute of Cartography was based in Volonovsk, Polar Islandstates, having relocated to Urbizania, Astograth.
MAP CLAIM RULES
The following rules are open to discussion and change.
Eligibility
1. To be eligible to make a claim on the map, the nation in question must have been in Rushmore for at least a continuous month (30 days).
2. To be eligible to make a claim on the map, the nation in question must have displayed a healthy proficiency for RP. Since Rushmore is mainly an NS Sports region this could take the form of a competent league post, a series of RPs in a tournament, or things of that sort. If not sports-oriented, the nation in question must have displayed a healthy proficiency for Rushmori RP, e.g. active participation in the CRC, many IC posts on the RMB, International Incidents RP which involve Rushmore, etc.
3. The above also applies to puppets/reincarnations of old nations of note. There may be more leeway in the case of the latter.
What To Do
1. All map claims must be made in this thread. No post, no map claim. (Claims/requests that were made prior to this thread are still valid)
2. All map claims should include a passage indicating where-abouts on the map you want to be, as well as any other features required: a teapot shaped border, a narrow strip of coast, etc. Claims may include a list of cities, with their locations, and must include a capital city.
3. Don't hog land. Claims should not be larger than the approximate area of Rhodesiah.
4. Include the word 'banana' as the first word of your claim, so I know you've read the rules, or at least made an attempt to.
Conventions
1. Pretty much anything can be done regarding borders/coastlines etc. If it's grey space, it's ripe for editing slightly if you'd like it so.
2. The exception to this being where the requested editing of grey space would severely affect the IC geographical situation of an existing nation on the map. For example, editing a huge lake just off their western border, where once was RP'd mountains.
3. By taking a spot next to grey space, you are tacitly agreeing to the idea of someone moving into that space at some point in the future, even if it's a user you're not fond of.
4. Naming rights of water features (lakes, seas) fall to the first nation to border them. If an existing water feature wants to get named or change said name, all active nations bordering it must agree to the new name.
5. Nations' map claims will not be changed in the mupdate just after said nations first appear, unless a fault or error lies with the cartographer. This is intended to avoid constant tinkering.
6. Even if they all meet the eligibility criteria, one new nation per user per mupdate.
7. Nations that have Ceased to Exist may be subject to removal, though traditionally Rushmore has limited this to nations of very little historical or cultural impact upon the region. Nations can always request that they be removed from the map.
Current Map
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