NationStates Jolt Archive

i'm trying to make a country with a certain name. it says that the name is in use.

however, when i check the nation listings, it says it does not exist.

what the heck?

Then, that nation name was used in the past and for whatever reason, that nation no longer exists. The names are reserved so that a nation that dies of inactivity can come back and claim it through resurrection and so that other nations don't inherit the reputation of a rulebreaker.

Aren't they going to scrap that soon?

Aren't they going to scrap that soon?
No. They're going to release some of the names from 18 months back, but the system remains intact. I beleive this was an attempt to allow most of the RL nationnames back into play.

For now, it also appears to be a one-shot event, not an ongoing release. As it will necessarily involve selective filtering of certain banned nations, resolution and issue writers, and possibly region founders; I doubt they will want to do it often.

so i'd just have to wait?

It would be nice to be able to "release" all the dead puppets, allow them to be used again by someone else if you could somehow prove it was yours.