Open Spots in NES.

[Imago]

Open for a game. I would like to join in any nich/regional power that is needed in an already ongoing game.

If you want in INES, India is quite strong and has no current commitments, unless you count a meaningless alliance with the dying Republic of China.

 

[Fulton]

The Death of Hive Balmung has some incredible spots open right now. Grimmdurk, the largest faction, is available, as are his fellow ork warlords, the flavourful Dok Bok's Painmod and Bad Motha Trukkas.

As for human factions, the noble and ruthless House Varangian is ready for you to take over, to fulfill their plans. The Cathedral, defenders of the sacred sword and the Emperor's will are ready for you to take control. The Cadian 128th Battlegroup represents the finest fighting force humanity has to offer and is ready for you to assume command.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

My Medieval NES

 

[Lord_Iggy]

I will give Fulton's Balmung NES the strongest recommendations. Whether or not you are familiar with the setting, it is a fantastic, fun and regularly-updating NES with a talented and entertaining moderator, and I strongly advise people to join in!

 

[Immaculate]

I will give Fulton's Balmung NES the strongest recommendations. Whether or not you are familiar with the setting, it is a fantastic, fun and regularly-updating NES with a talented and entertaining moderator, and I strongly advise people to join in!

High praise indeed. You should make that a quote on the opening page of your NES Fulton. Its like a NY times book review.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

I don't think my word carries that much weight.

 

[Terrance888]

(insidejoke)It is heavy enough to sink an Aries-class Dreadnought. (/insidejoke)

 

[Lord_Iggy]

I get the reference, yet not the joke.

 

[Nuka-sama]

We have quite an open world in Nuke Nes IX: Genesis and Armageddon, see signature for link

 

[Lord_Iggy]

And bombshoo's NES has just had its first update. Time to rescue Hulda and Hermann Von Witmondt from the clutches of the evil Macherew.

 

[SKILORD]

I've just posted the first update for Picking up the Pieces and there is still plenty of room for new players.

 

[TheLizardKing]

My new NES is up and running, and needs some more players. In order to entice some of you into playing, thanks to Polish Ghetto and Adrogans, I have several national descriptions here.

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Asian Nations

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People’s Republic of Mongolia: Faring surprisingly well during the plague due to a very low population density and relying on old herding and farming techniques the majority of the Mongolian people made it through until a mass migration of Chinese trying to escape the ravages of the plague came upon Mongolia. The Mongolian’s tried to setup refugee camps and such to limit their exposure to the plague, but ultimately failed due to the sheer number of refugees and the introduction of the plague to their lands.

As China began to rebuild around a monarchist faction since the people were fed up with the communists and their failure to save them, many of the communist party fled to Mongolia to escape the rising anti-communist tide in China. Once the Communist leadership arrived in Mongolia they found a large Chinese population barely being held at bay by the faltering Mongolian government and quickly took advantage. The opportunistic Communist Party ran a revolution that was over in a matter of days and relatively bloodless. With few natural resources, limited infrastructure, and limited allies in their corner of the world they have learned to survive by being meek and remaining out of sight out of mind as much as possible. A situation never before dealt with by the Communist Party.

The Chinese Empire: The People’s Republic of China was one of the hardest hit nations in the world when the plague arrived. It spread quickly and proved deadly for much of the population. The Communist Party was unprepared for such an event and responded by using force on the people to try and control them. The reaction only caused even more panic and anger to build until a crowd marching in Beijing demanding more effort for a cure encountered a wall of soldiers. The crowd began shouting angrily at the soldiers and eventually someone threw a bottle. Shots rang out and over a hundred were dead. The crowd lost it and charged the soldiers causing even more fatalities, but ultimately beginning the revolution.

As the revolution expanded a disgruntled segment of the military sided with the revolutionaries. The revolutionaries had discovered they had an almost unlimited wellspring of support in the general populace from the decades of anger and disappointment in the Communist Party leadership. Eventually they began to push the ever shrinking Communist Party supporters out until they fled China entirely. Strangely none of the revolutionary leaders had deep down expected to win against the Communist juggernaut and thus had only vague ideas of how to lead the new nation. Meeting after meeting, poll after poll, and argument after argument occurred until a representative from Beijing, Hou Fu Su, angrily berated the assembled leaders. He went on about how they were here for the people but couldn’t decide and it was time they simply picked a model from somewhere, history, neighbors, even in a moment of levity he mentioned copying the USA, but ultimately they simply needed to pick a model and run with it until it was either proven effective or not and then if they had to try another one. Eventually they decided to emulate the growing powers in the region such as Japan, Korea, and even Manchuria having all decided to bring back Imperial rule. So China did as well. They figured simply that since China, Korea, Manchuria (which had organized itself and remained away from the civil war due to Korean influence), and Japan were all similar culturally perhaps the Chinese people would accept a similar government. While the rest of the region began to fall into the influence of the Empire of Korea, Empire of Japan, or Republic of Siam, China did not. China leans towards their monarchist neighbors, but is such a large nation even in this smaller form, that China can and will chart their own course.

Kingdom of Manchuria: While the rest of China fell into civil war, Manchuria stayed relatively peaceful (well as peaceful as a nation could be while being ravaged by the plague). They watched as China fought itself and while Korea after a brief conflict between the North and the South unified, Japan began to stabilize, and Eastern Russia began a strange new government attempt the region of Manchuria decided to emulate its neighbors and rebuild. Manchuria revived their royal family (based on dubious records) and built a defense force to prevent their takeover by the Eastern Russians, Koreans, and the Japanese. They made sure it was strictly a defensive force though and refused to expand into regions where force would be required. The Kingdom of Manchuria has built a stable, peaceful, and decently prosperous corner of the world by only integrating those who wished to join and avoiding conflict. This focus on their internal issues and avoid external conflict outlook has permeated the government and still to this day leads most of their decisions.

The Republic of Ezo: Ezo was founded after the collapse of Japan as the people of Hokkaido organized themselves to combat the plague and its aftermath. They have few territorial ambitions and thus had few conflicts with all the growing powers in Asia. The Republic of Ezo decided to remain independent from the Empire of Japan and has become a refuge for the minority of ethnic Japanese who decided they did not want to return to a monarchy.

The Republic has tried to leverage as much as they could into the trade markets as they have little resources themselves and as a result the capitol city of Sapporo has become a decent sized port city.

Burma: When the plague struck Burma the government there did the only thing they knew how to do, exert control by military force. The military junta clamped down so hard people, were afraid to leave their homes during most of the plague years.

As the plague eased and cures were developed the leadership in Burma slowly eased up on the population allowing them to begin to return to daily life as they remembered it. Unfortunately for Burma this complete lockdown of borders and people has prevented them from recovering nearly as well as the rest of the world. They were a backwater before and thanks to the continued tyranny look like they will continue to be a backwater for decades to come, unless something happens.

Khalistan: Long have the Sikh's yearned for independence from India. The Collapse seemed to be the perfect oppurtunity for such a thing. After a short war between the tottering Indian Republic, and a few Sikh communities, Khalistan's independence was guaranteed, under rule of a council of Sikh Gurus. In order to insure it's independence focus has shifted greatly from domestics to military, as many are claiming that Khalistan has one of the best armies in Asia, if not the world.

Oceanic Nations

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Australia: The continent of Australia was actually not hit too bad by the plague at first as they went to the extreme of closing their ports to outsiders for the duration. This isolation policy worked well until refugees simply started landing on the isolated coasts. Once the refugees got to populated areas the plague spread quickly. The central government faltered and lost control of Western Australia and Tasmania (for a time) as they consolidated their efforts on the much more populated western coast.

Due to their efforts the central government of Australia never collapsed and simply contracted. However they did lose control of Western Australia as they chose to organize themselves and resent the original Australian government for abandoning them.

Westralia: When the central government of Australia pulled back from the less populace western portion of the continent the people there decided to try and organize themselves to try and save themselves from the plague. Due to the impetus of trying to stop the plague they focused all their efforts on health issues and eventually (surprising Australia) contained it before Australia did. They shared the treatment with Australia and find themselves in a strange position with Australia, they trade with them but fear them and this has caused the buildup of the military in Westralia.

The people of Westralia have voted overwhelmingly to prevent reunification due to the bad blood of having been abandoned during the crisis. While they can understand the need to save as many lives as possible by focusing efforts they resent they were literally left alone to solve the problem without any aid.

Pacific Commonwealth: A bunch of small Pacific islands that banded together and came through the plague having barely been hit by it due to their isolation and lack of refugees. They banded together so that they could hopefully be large enough to prevent military action against them and have enough resources to be useful in trade. So far both have failed.

African Nations

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Eritrea: Since the government held all of the power and the citizens were used to famine and hardship before the plague, Eritrea remained a sovereign state. As those nations around it vanished it rapidly expanded to claim the natural resources nearby. The wealth of these new resources propped up the dictatorship and halted any democratic growth. Only the reappearance of Abyssinia and a loss at the hands of Arabia checked Eritrea’s growth. In more recent years Eritrea has begun to have border disputes with Abyssinia reminiscent of the pre-plague rival with Ethiopia.

Abyssinia: Ethiopia collapsed shortly after the plague when the UN and USAID could no longer send supplies and the fragile democracy could not quell the riots. It was for several decades before a warlord managed to unite the people against the Eritrean advances south. There have been some small moments toward democracy but the military has reclaimed many of the old Ethiopian bases and has a sizable force and therefore considerable government influence. The people harbor ill will towards those of Eritrea.

Buganda: The collapse of international organizations following the plague meant there were no peacekeeping forces to protect the rights of the people and other nations were unable to protect their assets overseas. This meant that the Hutu uprising was not only successful in toppling the Tutsi-dominated government but also in extracting it revenge in the form of genocide. The Hutu, content with the destruction of the Tutsi, developed a working, albeit somewhat corrupt, republic that quickly gained lands in Rwanda and Uganda before expanding more forcefully toward the Congo in an effort to eliminate the marauder bands that plagued the border region. After a series of civil wars, this republic soon turned into a tyrannical monarchy, with a heavy focus on the army.

Somalia: The nation of Somalia dissolved during the plague years, officially ending its 109 year civil war. The government forces managed to secure the southern areas while the northern part fell to various Islamic factions and warlords. Taking advantage of the disunity in the former Kenyan lands, the Somalis rushed south, grabbing land that could produce much larger amounts of food than their own. The government stabilized with the ability to feed its people and some basic rights emerged. The military presence is still strong as the government remains wary of the Somaliland Islamic State and the powerful Abyssinia to the north.

Somaliland: Granted independence after 109 years of fighting, the Islamic warlords promptly turned on each other without a common goal and their nation ceased to exist after only 4 months. 20 years later a warlord, with the aid of a conservative Islamic sect based in Oman, united enough warlords in a confederacy that most cartographers agreed to place Somaliland on their works. Somaliland quickly occupied Socotra, historically the island base of Somali pirates. Somaliland “unified” too late however to participate in the east African land grab and without new people to annex it was forced to work on centralizing power under a conservative Islamic regime with close ties to Yemen. The legitimacy of the Somaliland government is still very low and the government is searching for a new common enemy.

The East Africa Confederacy: Originally the EAC was created simply for mutual defense against the warlords and bandits that were rampant in the absence of any true local states. The EAC worked well enough to increase in size by nearly 75 percent in the next 15 years from other tribes seeking protection. With the increased number of tribes, the EAC was having trouble functioning efficiently and after much deliberation began the process of centralizing some power to stabilize. The revitalized government gained control of Dar es Salaam. Each leader of the EAC must make sure to provide as much improvement for the people as possible to keep the tribes from dividing the confederacy. This has led the EAC to annex all of the land to the north that was available as well as undertake massive infrastructure and industry rebuilding techniques.

South Africa: The plague caused a resurgence of crime and racial tensions here that took almost 40 years to completely quell. However, South Africa was not nearly as poorly developed as many of its pre-plague neighbors and much of its industry remained intact. Using its advantages South Africa annexed parts of Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. These lands provided more materials for the industrial machine and South Africa looked poised to dominate the southern continent until the British invasion took some of its land and began to cause unrest once more.

The Congolese Commonwealth: There were barely any real nations in this region for the plague to destroy and the collapse of those few governments simply meant a return to tribalism. Several leaders realized that tribalism spelled the end to industry and trade and formed a commonwealth with the goal of preserving cities and an international mindset. Founded in northern Angola, the alliance gave leaders an edge of war torn Congolese tribes and led to rapid expansion. The commonwealth spent several decades working on internal affairs and trying build trade but the British colonial gains on its borders sparked a massive land grabbing campaign in central Africa. This land grabbing threatens to destroy the commonwealth, as its army is forced to subjugate guerrilla fighters and create infrastructure in difficult terrain that has traditionally been undeveloped. Despite its international goals, the trade remains localized and the commonwealth is riddled with corruption, and instability.

Cameroon: Originally a union of three major factions (Gabon, Congo, and Cameroon) after the plague, Cameroon is a story of successful unification. The three formed a republic early on before asserting control over the remainder of Gabon. This expansion caused unrest and the southern part of the union withdrew in the following decades. Before Cameroon could work out a plan for reunion, the southern areas were colonized by the Spanish and Norse. Cameroon also suffered a defeat at the hands of Senegambia and lost control of its island possessions. In an attempt appear in control the armies marched north and brought some more lands under their control. Cameroon has the foundations for a nation with personal liberty if it can manage to remain independent from the colonizing attempts of other nations.

Nigeria: Tribal warfare was the norm here much like Congo for 50 years and it wasn’t until a particularly powerful warlord forced many of the surrounding tribes to become vassals that Nigeria was born. Probably the only reason that Nigeria survived the death of the unifying warlord was the rapid expansion of Senegambia. Continued fear kept the Nigerian military in power and created closer ties with Cameroon. While the military is powerful, on paper, and many of the people want unity, the industry and economy of Nigeria are slowly decaying, causing massive stability issues.

The Mali Confederacy: After several decades of stagnation the industrial barons of former Malian cities came together and forged an oligarchic confederacy. The undeveloped lands to the north were easily conquered and the confederacy ceased to expand once it reached the pre-collapse borders, citing the desire not to antagonize its neighbors. Instead the confederacy spent its energy on rebuilding and sending trade caravans across the Sahara to the Tripolitan States. The confederacy has one of the most internationally successful trade networks in Africa and a decent army to defend its caravans.

Morocco: The nation ceased to exist following the plague and the conquest of its cities and most valuable land by the Portuguese and Spanish meant the southern tribes had few resources. After 45 years of eking out a meager living the tribes united under an Islamic leader and have spent the time since unification trying to balance their studies of agriculture techniques using genetic engineering to increase food production with their conservative religious views. The Moroccans resent the Iberian control of lands that are traditional theirs and fear the superior militaries of Europe may colonize them. Perhaps the only reason they haven’t is the worthlessness of the land.

Tripolitan States: Unified by somewhat by the Islamic faith and more so by their powerful military presence, these states took up the tradition of piracy in the Mediterranean Sea and realized that much of the land was open. Quickly occupying southern Italy and then Sardinia the Tripolitan States turned their pirate fleet into a trade fleet and set about to control Mediterranean shipping and trade. This led to close ties to the Mali Confederacy, which needed a port for its industrial and mineral goods. Especially in Africa where old machines and military equipment are still in wide use, the oil of the Tripolitan States brings in a steady flow of wealth.

Egypt: When the plague hit Egypt it decimated the population of the densely populated cities and spread rapidly down the Nile. Afterwards there was little opposition for the monarchy that took over. At first the monarchy only controlled the regions nearest the Nile and the socialist opponents were forced into the rural areas. As Egypt began to recover it began to take over more and more of the rural areas and quell the violence of the guerilla socialists. The reopening of the Suez Canal saw an increase in trade and the expansion into ex-Sudanese territory saw an increase in Muslim influences. The monarchy seemed to be strengthening until a sudden socialist uprising in Cairo gained the support of the military and plunged Egypt into civil war. During the war the Mesopotamian Empire claimed the Suez Canal for its own and Egyptians on both sides of the civil war are outraged; some monarchists even blame the Mesopotamians for inciting the war. Will the Mesopotamians provide a common enemy or is Egypt doomed to the colonization that has threatened Africa?

South American Nations

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Gran Colombia: The plague provided the perfect excuse for the military dictatorship to increase its stranglehold on Venezuela; it also gave a certain Colombian drug lord the freedom to buy off a large part of the Colombian army and insure the success of the Venezuelan invasion. Of course, the drug lord ended up dead soon after but the nation of Gran Colombia was survived and slowly began to build an empire based on nationalized industry, military action, and crime. Having finally run out of space to expand unopposed in the modern South America, Gran Colombia has begun eying its weaker neighbors, basically everyone except Brazil, and a strong wave of anti-North American sentiments have swept through the populace following their involvement in the Caribbean and Panama.

Andean Republic: This area was held together because its difficult terrain kept outside influences away. A strong national pride developed in the former Peru because of its long time history as a bastion of civilization with empires such as the Inka and the Caral. The republic expanded slowly, content to build democracy at home and repair its delicate infrastructure. The people of the Andean Republic view themselves as the hope of the oppressed citizens of South America.

Argentina: The plague didn’t destroy the population or cause chaos in southern Argentina due to the low population density and climate. However, when the government in Buenos Aires was unable to provide the food support to the South the people emigrated north and a socialist regime won the brief struggle for power. With the government stabilized, Argentina began to expand northward, trying to grab more rangeland and south to reassert control over the intact but abandoned regions. The last few decades saw the southern areas secede as an agricultural based attempt at Communism and the northwestern areas secede as a militant democracy.

Brazil: Much like southern Argentina, the interior of Brazil mass emigrated toward the cities of the coast in search of aid. Unfortunately, the plague swept through again and decimated the densely populated coastal region. Unable to even retain control of Brasilia, the Brazilians were forced to use their merchant fleet to seek economic ties abroad before they could afford the next 70 years of expansion into the Amazon basin. Modern Brazil is torn between destroying the rainforest for raw materials or using it for scientific exploration and between reducing the role of the military that helped unify their nation or trying to instate a more democratic means of governance.

Acre: Formed from a confederation of rural villages and militias a few decades after the plague, Acre was born by lowland people inspired by the Andean Republic by unwilling to join them. The military efforts of Brazil and Bolivia led many more rural areas to join with the confederation. Now the people have the difficult process of modernizing an area that was underdeveloped before the plague and trying to form a more centralized power structure to protect themselves from their hungry neighbors.

Sul: Originally it was a conglomeration of wealth ranchers and businessmen from Uruguay who were able to raise militias and impose order. After the socialist installation in Argentina and the militant development of Brazil, the area was flooded with conservative and wealthy immigrants. The Riograndense Republic was officially created and almost immediately after the conservatives swept the first elections it became a reactionary dictatorship with strong Catholic influences.

Bolivia: It took over 35 years for Bolivia to reform and the only reason the military state had the time to do so was its only two neighbors were democratic and not interested in expansion. By the time Bolivia was stable enough for its own expansion, Brazil and the newly created Paraguay and Chile had eaten up most of the land. Bolivia despises its democratic neighbors for the instability their ideals cause along the border regions and is constantly looking for a reason to invade. It only fears the might of Brazil or an Andean/Acre alliance but is confident in its ability to survive indefinitely off of guerilla warfare if necessary in South America’s rugged terrain.

Greater Guyana: Formed from the need for protection against the Colombian and Brazilian armies around the same time as Bolivia, Greater Guyana has been crippled by its continually changing political landscape. Originally it was a military confederation, then a republic, oligarchy, military dictator, socialist democracy, and has most recently turned into something closely related to a parliamentary monarchy. It is surprising that it hasn’t been annexed by another nation and the current government is struggling to gain the support of the army before the next wave of xenophobia causes a coup.

Paraguay: Argentina is directly responsible for the birth of Paraguay. After losing both Chile and Patagonia, the Argentinean government realized it could not support more expansion but neither could it allow the militant states of Brazil and Bolivia more control to the north. As a result, the Argentineans sent their military into Paraguay to train the local militias and dumped money into the region to build a friendly, democratic state. Surprisingly, the strategy worked and Paraguay has become a decidedly socialist republic with close ties to Argentina.

Patagonia: After a brief and bloody civil war, Patagonia won its independence from Argentina. Comprised mostly of the people who refused to emigrate north when the plague-era Argentina collapsed, the Patagonians have little desire to be re-conquered by them now. Sparsely populated but with most of their infrastructure and still intact (albeit somewhat antiquated) the first election went to the Communist Party and it has never left although their retention of power has more to do with public support then the fact that it is virtually a one-party system. Under Communist rule industry and trade have increased dramatically, something the agrarian Patagonia needs desperately.

Chile: During the war of Patagonian secession, Chile also broke away from Argentina and went in the opposite direction. While not a conservative as Sul and still a democracy, Chile is very conservative and very isolationist toward its South American neighbors. Preferring to trade with North America and Asia hasn’t helped the government make any friends. Probably because of its conservative nature and disdain for Argentina and especially Patagonia, Chile has begun to open up to ties with Sul.

Ecuador: After 60 years of crime, violence, and isolation Ecuador was finally unified under a Catholic monarchy. Its existence is precarious though; the democratic ideas of Acre and the Andean Republic threaten the stability of the traditionally Peruvian south while the military of Gran Colombia threatens to reassert its control over land it traditional held in the north. Perhaps the reappearance of a Papal state in Europe can help strengthen the king’s position.

I must recommend staying away from African nations right now though.

I also have to emphasis that this isn't really a post-apocalyptic game. I just used that as a means to an end. Should anyone have any specific nation they want to know about, or are interested in, I'd be happy to type something up quickly.

 

[Lord of Elves]

The Bloody Business a Second World War-centered NESlite, focused on gameplay, with minimal stats. Looking specifically for a player to take over imperial Japan, although anyone wishing to play other countries is welcome. Now accepting orders for the fourth update.

 

[TheLizardKing]

I just posted the 5th overall update to my NES, and things are still going strong. A lot of behind the scenes things are developing, which, should lead to a fiery next few turns. There are a lot of players that have taken some rather interesting nations, though a lot of spots I hoped would be occupied are still vacant. I'll take any and all players. But, here are the top nations I wish would be filled, should your interest be peaked.

1. Deseret- An Economic and Military powerhouse, that owns most of the American West. As a Theocratic Democracy, they are very interested in spreading Mormonism to the best of their abilities, though in a grander political scale, their Central position, and fanatic population is largely considered the arbiter of North America. After all, North America is nothing short of a boiling pot, ready to explode. Deseret is arguably one of the reasons it hasn't happened yet.

2. The Republic of Kiev - A very amped up Ukraine, has proven to be the most stable nation in Eastern Europe, and is arguably one of the strongest nations in Europe. As wars in Scandinavia, and Russia flair up, Kiev is in a very strategic place, and has the capability of influencing any number of conflicts, should it wish to. Thus far, it has remained a lone wolf, but is interested in keeping the balance of power.

3. Khalistan - A small Theocracy made up of Sikhs. They are a very militant and pious people, and being surrounded by hostile nations, why not? Many Khalistanis are looking to expand their borders, and spread the word, even by sword. Despite their size, they do have the capability of doing so.

4. Portugal - If you're looking at taking a moderately strong nation, and making it great, Portugal is a good place to start. While not as strong as Spain, or England, Portugal has proven to be one of the stronger Western European nations, and has succeeded in obtaining itself a small colonial empire across Africa. In the right direction though, this smaller status might expand to greater heights.

5. The Baltic Union - A mix between Kiev and Portugal. Medium sized, with opportunity to grow, it also has a very good position in the Baltic, a region that has shown itself to be increasingly important in world affairs.

If you have any questions on any specific nations you might be interested, you can ask me, or post in my thread. Any players are welcome.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

If you were to give me one, TLK, which would it be?

 

[Terrance888]

Same as above. You know me as the sticky ally who never lets go in both INESes. Where would YOU put me?

 

[TheLizardKing]

Well Thomas, I never played with you extensively, so it'd be hard for me to really make a suggestion. How do you play/what do you like to accomplish? Are you peaceful, calm, do you like building economies, making alliances, etc.

Terrence, I know what you mean, but there aren't really any positions in the NES that involves an NPC in a really difficult position, save for maybe that of the Sapmi Republic, being invaded by the Norse Imperium. They're very weak, and all but done for anyway, so I'd recommend against it. I suppose I'll just ask you the same question I asked Thomas. Do you have any goals, or ways you want to play?

 

[thomas.berubeg]

I'm happy to play wherever I am needed.

I tend to be more of a builder than a warmonger, though

 

[TheLizardKing]

Well, to be honest, there are a lot of nations that can just.. exist, and build up trade. Portugal might be a decent nation. You can spur up some colonial wars here and there, but mostly just build a trading empire. Occitania and Brittany are small nations, that will allow a lot of customization and such, which you might like. New England is a growing, fairly strong trade based nation, though, it might find itself in several wars in the future. There are so many nations, that it's hard to really pin it down to just one or two.

EDIT: Oregon is a fairly peaceful, small, and proud nation in North America, that you might want to try out. I'd prefer more players in North America, Europe or Asia, though trying an Oceanic nation might be interesting too, as you are slightly removed from the world at large.

 

[Starlife]

SLNES II: Descendants of Aadora is a rather free-form story NES in which you take the role of a powerful god or goddess in the realm of Sunfane. We are currently shaping the terrain, and anyone is perfectly able to join and morph terrain to how they see fit. Stories can be short, long, vague, or detailed: like I said it is rather free-form and open-ended!