Collecting all Benevolent Dictatorships (S2)

by **Galiantus III** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:31 pm

Hey card traders! I'm looking for all the Benevolent Dictatorships from Season 2, and I would like your help completing the collection. As of right now I am past the halfway point in getting all 605 of the cards I will need.

I have put what I think is a fair bid on all the cards I still need, so keep an eye out for these cards as you are opening your packs. I'm also open to negotiations, so just shoot me a telegram if you want me to up my bid a little bit.

Also, if anyone is looking to make a similar collection, here are the six most rare nation categories (of season 2):

Mother Knows Best State (509)
Benevolent Dictatorship (605)
Tyranny by Majority (612)
Conservative Democracy (724)
Libertarian Police State (777)
Free-Market Paradise (780)

I've been saving "Mother Knows Best State"s and "Tyranny by Majority"s, but I could expand that if another category interests anyone. Shoot me a telegram if you want to collect any of these so we can help each other.

by **Caffeinated** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:11 pm

I found some of my card that are benevolent dictatorships. Here they are:

S1: https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 6/season=1
S1 and S2: https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 1?start=25
S1 and S2: https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 3/season=2
S2: https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 4/season=2

I'm willing to sell you some of these.

by **Galiantus III** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:28 pm

Caffeinated wrote:I found some of my card that are benevolent dictatorships. Here they are:

S1: https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 6/season=1
S1 and S2: https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 1?start=25
S1 and S2: https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 3/season=2
S2: https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 4/season=2

I'm willing to sell you some of these.

Thanks! In the future I might go after S1 cards, but for now my focus is S2.

I'll be most generous with that last one (https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 4/season=2) because there are so few copies. What do you think of 0.75?

by **Galiantus III** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:58 pm

UPDATE:

Just hit 303/605, so I'm halfway there. I also now have a bid on every S2 Benevolent Dictatorship. Again, any help is appreciated.

by **Galiantus III** » Wed May 12, 2021 6:19 pm

UPDATE (and offers):

As of right now I have slightly less than 90% of this collection done. I'm reaching the bottom of the barrel, meaning I'll soon run into the most difficult cards to obtain. I have a few high value cards I'm willing to sell for cash to hopefully entice anyone holding out on selling me the cards I have left. If any of these cards interest you, contact me:

Caelapes (S2) - Legendary, Ex-Secretary General
Nihil (S1) - Ex-nation, one other owner, common inflated to 3000 MV
The Global Co-Operation Party (S2) - Inflated common, one other owner

by **Ronodin** » Mon May 17, 2021 8:04 am

Galiantus III wrote:Hey card traders! I'm looking for all the Benevolent Dictatorships from Season 2, and I would like your help completing the collection.

I have multiple Benevolent Dictatorships, including 1 that is 200 MV https://azure.nsr3n.info/card_queries/g ... mit=submit. In return I would like to request https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 8/season=1 (Nihill S1 as it's my inflated) for all of these. You can telegram me to finalize.

by **Galiantus III** » Thu May 27, 2021 7:45 pm

So close!

I've sent my last major round of telegrams, which involved looking at trading to try and find puppets' main nations. It turns out this is very prone to error; I already know of at least two instances where my guess was wrong. I'd appreciate if everyone briefly checked this list to see if any of your puppets own one of these cards. I'm currently bidding 1.00 - 5.00 bank on each of them.

Also, this card has zero owners. I would appreciate leads on any owners of the CTE'd nations in the finds history:

https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... _history=1

by **Storalia** » Thu May 27, 2021 7:55 pm

Galiantus III wrote:So close!

I've sent my last major round of telegrams, which involved looking at trading to try and find puppets' main nations. It turns out this is very prone to error; I already know of at least two instances where my guess was wrong. I'd appreciate if everyone briefly checked this list to see if any of your puppets own one of these cards. I'm currently bidding 1.00 - 5.00 bank on each of them.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/card=3039579/season=2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 2/owners=1

Also, this card has zero owners. I would appreciate leads on any owners of the CTE'd nations in the finds history:

https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... _history=1

I've only got this benevolent dicatorship, but it's a rare one: https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/card=142017

How much would you be willing to buy it for? c:

by **Galiantus III** » Thu May 27, 2021 8:09 pm

My goal is to collect exactly one copy of each of the 605 benevolent dictatorships of season 2. Right now my entire focus is on the last 23 cards I need.

by **Storalia** » Thu May 27, 2021 8:39 pm

Galiantus III wrote:My goal is to collect exactly one copy of each of the 605 benevolent dictatorships of season 2. Right now my entire focus is on the last 23 cards I need.

Oh, shoot, I must've completely misread. My apologies! ^^

by **Galiantus III** » Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:20 pm

Some updates:

1. I only have 9 cards left!!
It's surreal to be in the single digits on this enormous collection. There are so many people I have to thank for getting me this far I could not name them all. I have done my best to keep track, but just... wow. Awesome people are everywhere.

2. Some of the last cards are very difficult...
Ok, so I've got pretty solid arrangements for six of the last cards. But these three? Not so much:

https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 9/season=2
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 3/season=2
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/ ... 5/season=2

I'd appreciate any help people are willing to give me trying to get these cards. I've already attempted to contact the owners multiple times, to no avail. If anyone can identify puppets in the finds history that could be revived by their owners to sell the card, or if you can think of some way that you'd be willing to help me obtain these final cards, contact me, please.

3. Similar collections.
While I've been collecting Benevolent Dictatorships, I've also been accumulating Mother Knows Best States and Tyranny By Majoritys - the two other most rare nation categories. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in starting a collection of these cards, just let me know. I'll be happy to sell either lot for extremely cheap.

by **Sophisticated horrors** » Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:38 pm

Sorry to only have this advice for you, but I guess, the best thing you can do is lean back and wait, untill someone else draws one of these cards, because, since your offers are really exorbitant good, the owners maybe (for whoever knows, what reasons) dont want to sell.

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