NationStates Jolt Archive

It might just be me, but it seems to me that there are far far too many regions in nationstates, some with only one or two countries, About 500 or so pages of regions I believe, most of which are of no use, have no regonal power and are comprised of 2 or so players. It just seems ridiculous, especially when you want to find a region to join or are trying to recruit.

My proposal, as radical as it may seem is to get the moderators/tech dept. to control the regions behind the scenes, take the number down to somewhere between 250-500max for realsim purposes. People can still create regions if there is region space available, but for them to last they have to have at least 15 coutries in the region after 30 days or something like that. Its obviously a thumbnail sketch of an idea but the basic notion is there to decrease the ridiculous number of regions

Sorry, no.

any specific reason why you say no? it just seems like such a ridiculous amount of regions

It might just be me, but it seems to me that there are far far too many regions in nationstates, some with only one or two countries, About 500 or so pages of regions I believe, most of which are of no use, have no regonal power and are comprised of 2 or so players. It just seems ridiculous, especially when you want to find a region to join or are trying to recruit.

"Ahem!"

You do know that you're not allowed to try recruiting from most of the regions, I hope?

Some people quite like having their small regions with their friends and families, and since they are not bothering anyone, there is no reason to force them out of their regions just because.

Besides, reducing the number of regions would reduce the number of regional delegates which would make it easier for the WA to pass crappy proposals.

Just chipping in an argument:

People would just fill their otherwise nearly empty regions with puppet nations to prevent it from being removed from the game. End result: the game is always at the max limit of regions. Any new slot will be immediately gobbled up by folks hoarding the now limited number of Founder spots. So, the average player won't ever be able to create a new region anymore.

On the other hand, the upside of the proposal is... uhm... easier searching or something? Doesn't really outweigh the negatives, IMHO.

Ballotonia

Well, it is Nation States, and everyone active should have their own say, no? All the regions have active players so it's not their empty empty.