The Collection Collection v2 is the premier list of collections in the entire Trading Cards minigame, reuniting diverse collections by hundreds of nations sorted into categories and subcategories. This thread is the successor of the original Collection Collection created by Ponderosa, who has full credit for the idea and whose permission I also acquired for making this thread.
I aim to host solely general-interest collections, therefore categories such as friends/favorites, self-collections, regional collections, and cards for sale will not be included. Try to present one collection for cards of all seasons related to your theme, but in certain cases different seasonal collections are allowed.
New posts about collections to be submitted for review are encouraged, as are any commentary and discussion posts! Any collection should have a theme unique enough to warrant inclusion and be the largest in its field. Furthermore, it should also a significantly large size, although the bar is subjective and related to how many cards overall exist for the theme rather than a fixed number.
Collections whose owners cease to exist may either be moved to The Boneyard if no replacement has been found, or be replaced by another one by a living nation. Ex-nation collections can be perused so long as the nation name isn't on the link, otherwise an error message will be displayed. The game adds it whenever one switch pages, so that should be removed from the URL in order to see it fully.
Rarity Collections
Season 1
Every Legendary Card of Season 1 by Koem Kab
Getting all of the legendary cards from Season 1 requires a boatload of cash, an eagle eye on your bids, and a fleet of farm puppets to finance the collection. Other collectors that have also completed it are Ballotonia, Elegarth, Fauzjhia, Kractero, Kwaj, Luna Amore, Mikeswill, Noahs Second Country, Osheiga, Racoda, Refuge Isle, Riemstagrad, Seanat, Siwale, The Northern Light, The Tampa Bay Rays, The Unified Missourtama States, The United Peoples of Centrism, Valoptia, and Witchcraft and Sorcery.
Wop's Epic Collection by Wopruthien
A collection of all Season 1 Epic cards, and the first non-legendary rarity collection to be completed. This is an epic feat also achieved by Riemstagrad.
Pretty in Purple: Every Ultra-Rare by Refuge Isle
The largest display of purple-bordered Season 1 cards is pretty close to the amount needed for a complete set!
House of Blues by Mara Jade-Skywalker (puppet of Dr Hooves)
This collection holds nearly all Season 1 Rare cards, aside from a few sparsely owned cards that are mostly ex-nations.
Season 1 Uncommons by CartAgRiem 021 (puppet of Riemstagrad)
Brought to you by the same collector of Season 2 uncommons, here is a rising collection with a quarter of all uncommons from the first season.
Season 2
Complete Season 2 Legendary Collection That I Totally Didn't Accidentally Break by Feu de Glace
There are less legendary cards here compared to Season 1, but it's still an extremely hard challenge to gather them all! Other collectors that have also completed it are Aerilia, Alistia, Ballotonia, Chimes, Dr Hooves, Economichunger, Elegarth, Fauzjhia, Fhaengshia, Grea Kriopia, HumanSanity, Ioavollr, Koem Kab, Kractero, Kwaj, Laudesia, Mediobogdum, Mikeswill, Minskiev, New Kowloon Bay, Noahs Second Country, Numero Capitan, Osheiga, Panagouge, Philville2, Pytong, Racoda, Radicalania, Refuge Isle, Riemstagrad, ROM, Seanat, The Atlae Isles, The Northern Light, The Unified Missourtama States, The United Peoples of Centrism, Thorn1000, Triseria, Valoptia, Waterfall State and Witchcraft and Sorcery.
Season 2 Epics by Mediobogdum II (puppet of Mediobogdum)
Another completed rarity collection! Here's every single epic card of Season 2. This feat was also achieved by Fhaengshia, Laudesia, Philville2, Riemstagrad, and The United Peoples of Centrism.
Power to the Purple: Every UR II by Refuge Isle
The sequel to the previous season's Pretty in Purple is completed by the same collector! It's an ultra-rare sight to see this kind of collection.
Season 2 Rares by S2 Rares Collector (puppet of Noahs Second Country)
Every Season 2 Rare card, which was the largest complete collection for most of the second season.
Season 2 Uncommons by CartAgRiem 021 (puppet of Riemstagrad)
Here is an almost-complete collection of uncommon cards from the second season, totalling nearly forty thousand cards!
Every S2 Common Card by 9003
9003 is the nation with the most cards in the world, most being of common rarity! Due to deck capacity constraints the final cards are being pursued on 9006.
Season 3
Musée de l'Oeuvre: A Curiously Complete Collection of Season 3 Legendaries by Feu de Glace
Despite beating both previous seasons with a total of 223 legendary cards this time around, the first Season 3 Legendary collection was completed in less than five days due to excellent farming and careful auction-watching! This feat has also been achieved by Aerilia, Bastile, Communist-Denmark, East Chimore, Fauzjhia, Fhaengshia, Hyperwolf, Koem Kab, Kractero, Kwaj, Laudesia, Mikeswill, National Park Service, New Makasta, Noahs Second Country, Numero Capitan, Osheiga, Riemstagrad, Seanat, TalAkMaChen, Thorn1000, Valoptia, Varanius, Vulxo, and Witchcraft and Sorcery!
EPICS S3 by New Makasta
New Makasta is the leading collector of Season 3 Epics with a complete collection, a feat also achieved by Anjan Kloss, East Chimore, Klaus Devestatorie, Laudesia, Mediobogdum, Riemstagrad, and The United Peoples of Centrism!
The Lavenderest Collection by Ostrovskiy
Lavender is one of the best colors, and this lavender collection of Season 3 Ultra-Rares has collected all cards of its kind! This collection has also been completed by Philville2 and Radicalania.
I'm Blue S3 by New Zander
A rising and indeed very blue collection about the rare cards of Season 3.
It ain't easy being green by Dune Cat (puppet of Dr Hooves)
This complete Season 3 collection seeks to honor the best rarity there will ever be, the wonderfully green-colored uncommons! It is the largest complete collection of the entire game.
Season 4
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Once more a new completion record has been established, with Noah collecting all 241 Season 4 legendaries in just over 1 day and 17 hours.
Riemst's S4 Epics by Riemstagrad
Riemstagrad, known for completing the epic card collections of previous seasons, now returns for another run and is close to finishing!
Special Mentions
All Legendary and Epic Cards by Riemstagrad
Due to the owner's great effort in collecting the top two rarities every season so far, this collection displays their multiple successes all in one place.
S3 Legs by Murder Murder Gun Shooters (puppet of Ioavollr)
Do you want legendaries but don't have the budget? Then this collection of Season 3 Legs would certainly be a fit for you, a pun on the common abbreviation for legendaries.
Baby Photos and The Retirement Home (Off Season Legendaries) by Fhaengshia
Legendary cards are special for their rarity, but some don't have that prestige in every season. The title alludes both to cards that rose up the rarity ladder and those who fell from legendary grace!
Largest Collections (5000+ cards)
All Fear My Wreath! by Giovanniland
Here are many wreath flags, many being olive branches. Wreaths are present in popular flag designing websites and programs, which explains the enormous amount of cards being displayed here.
All is Default & Extension by BuccaRuu (puppet of TalAkMaChen)
A gargantuan collection featuring tens of thousands of default flags! The Australian Aboriginal flag is by far the most common in the game, so much that due to deck capacity constraints the collection is split across two nations totalling over fifty thousand cards.
Anime & Arts by Apexiala
Anime cards are perhaps the cards desired by the most different collectors, together with legendaries. Especially after Season 3, there are thousands upon thousands, and this collection has over ten thousand cards!
I AM THE EX-NATION EXTRAORDINAIRE!!! by Destructive Government Economic System
Most nations here have vanished by now, but are registered as cards. This collection seeks to honor the tens of thousands of ex-nations!
The North Pacific Season 3 by The North Pacific S3 (puppet of Aerilia)
This is now the largest complete regional collection, housing all 12,980 cards from the North Pacific!
NationStates Collections
5 Million Population by Zerphen — Big collection (1k+ cards!)
These nations all had five million population at the time of a season's release, the lowest it can get and thus the last nations to appear in the snapshot! So far Seasons 1 and 3 are both complete.
A world-class collection by War Dogs I (puppet of TalAkMaChen) — Big collection (1k+ cards!)
Entering the realms of class regions, this collection has acquired all of the nations in these regions that are Delegates or WA Members!
Bookends: First and Last Cards of Seasons 1-4” by Luna Amore
Here are all copies of Testlandia, a very expensive card with ID #1, as well as New Sequoia, Greatian, Minalarr and Nakadavia, four cards lucky enough to have founded just before each season snapshot.
Card Collectors of Past and Future by Ioavollr
A sister collection to Top 100 Card Collectors by the same nation, here one can see cards from players who were once in or nearly in the top 100.
Cards About Cards by Super Awesome Fun Times
This collection displays cards that mention the NS Trading Cards game itself in some way! A nice example of self-reference within cards.
Commended by Ballotonia
Here you can find cards of nations that have been commended by the World Assembly! Several cards-related commendations have been written since the start of Season 2.
Condemned by Ballotonia
Much smaller this time, this collection contains notorious nations that have done bad enough deeds to achieve a condemnation.
First Hundred by Samudera
In this impressive display you can see every card with an ID from 1 to 100, including many really expensive cards! Unfortunately, some of the nations with an ID eligible for this collection have ceased to exist, therefore it has less than a hundred cards.
First Places by Samudera
An exclusive group of nations who have the highest stat in any World Census category!
GA and SC Authors by Samudera
A selective group of nations that have contributed their time and effort into writing resolutions for both chambers of the World Assembly.
Game Volunteers by Ballotonia
Here's a list of the admins, moderators, mentors and editors that keep this site running, collected by one of the admins themself.
GCR Delegates by ROM
A list of politicos and warriors, these powerful nations have earned or took the delegacy of the Game-Created Regions!
General Assembly Authors by Ballotonia
Here's a complete collection of most nations that have contributed a resolution to the General Assembly.
I guess people care about unique cards? by TalAkMaChen
The ex-nation cards here are very unique, in the sense that they're the only copy in existence! It's a part of the collector's larger ex-nation collecting effort, second only to the collection mentioned above.
Issue Authors by Ballotonia
Nations that have written at least one issue for NationStates are displayed here!
Minoa's Collection & Internet Archive Version by Minoa — Big collection (1k+ cards!)
Minoa achieved the largest collection at the end of the initial run of Trading Cards during the 2018 April Fools event with 4,588 cards. The Internet Archive link includes flags from the time of the initial release which are no longer in the cards today.
Season 2 & Season 3 Delegates by Fhaengshia — Big collection (1k+ cards!)
A massive collection of World Assembly Delegates! Despite the amount of work needed to lead a region, there were over a thousand Delegates in the world at the time of these two seasons.
Security Council Authors by Ballotonia
Looking into the other chamber of the World Assembly, Ballotonia has also collected most nations who have written a Security Council resolution!
Senior Residents by The Cosmic Mainframe
All nations in this collection have the highest possible residency stat! They have never moved out from their regions ever since the residency stat was introduced.
Site Supporter+ by Ballotonia — Big collection (1k+ cards!)
A collection highlighting the players that pay to support our beloved site by buying Site Supporter, Postmaster or Postmaster General status!
The Lost City of El Dorado by Montrandec
Here are the skilled artwork traders that had a top 1% badge on the International Artwork (deck value) stat at the start of Season 3!
The Sports Collection by Drawkland
Another NS Sports collection, but this time, any notable player with significant contributions is listed here.
Top 100 Card Collectors by Ioavollr
A collection containing cards from all seasons available of the top 100 card traders by deck value. Note that not all nations in the leaderboard may have cards.
Top 100 Population by Ballotonia
At the time of the Season 1 card release, these were the 100 most populous nations in NationStates.
United Nations Authors by Ballotonia
Last but not least, you can see cards of long-time nations who wrote resolutions to the predecessor of the World Assembly in these two collections.
Flags & Names
13th Puppets by Riemstagrad Kaarten Depot 13th Puppet (puppet of Riemstagrad)
A complete collection of puppets with the number 13, center of many superstitions around the world. Note that the owner only collects nations parts of a series, not simply any nation with the number in its name.
Black & White by Riemstagrad Kaarten Depot Zwart-Wit 01 (puppet of Riemstagrad) — Big collection (1k+ cards!)
A throwback to the era of monochrome images! The cards combine nicely with the common cards' gray border.
Letterless by 2147483647 (puppet of Inven)
An interesting group of nations whose nation names are solely composed by numbers or dashes! Do you even wonder why are they named like that?
Monochrome Madness by Monochrome Madness (puppet of Panagouge)
A collection of cards whose flags contain only one color. For the purposes of this collection, different tunes of a same color are still accepted, so not all cards will have only a monochrome background.
Name Gang by Islands of Ventro
These cards have unusual custom fields, such as nation names without the required starting capital letter, or too long names.
One word says it all by Zukchiva
All cards in this collection represent nations whose names are words in the English language.
Orange! by East Chimore
Cards with nation names, pretitles, and mottos that contain the word 'orange', as well as flags featuring the color on them.
Pink, White and Blue by Grey Iree (puppet of Seanat) — Big collection (1k+ cards!)
Here are cards whose flags use pink, white and blue as their main colors. This color combination is common in NationStates due to the prominence of the trans pride flag.
Rainbow by Vylixan Dionysus (puppet of Vylixan)
There are many pleasant cards in this colorful collection! The viewer can also find some other meanings beyond the rainbow, such as Pride.
Random Letters by Free Twigland — Big collection (1k+ cards!)
Here are cards featuring single letters in their flags, but not words, which are collected by the same author in another collection.
Saving frames by Big Shot — Big collection (1k+ cards!)
This collection houses all animated cards from the three seasons, including several expensive legendaries! It has also been completed by Panagouge and Yodle.
Second Best Card Collection by Second Best Card Archive (puppet of Noahs Second Country) — Big collection (1k+ cards!)
This display contains any card with a reference to the number 2 in their nation name, including Roman numerals and the word two in several languages!
Unique Horizontal Tricolors by Slaggstone Bruntt — Big collection (1k+ cards!)
Many real world flags have tricolor patterns, but have you seen the creativity of NationStates users? Colorful designs await you!
Undefault by Riemstagrad
The Australian Aboriginal flag is also the default flag for newly-created nations, but there's none of these flags here! Instead, this collection shows many creative user-created flags that are inspired on the default version.