NationStates Jolt Archive

ha, i got reservations on this now :P

if anyone knows any questions new players ask ALOT, feel free to post them here ;)

okay, here's an example, lemme hear what ya think ;)

Help, I'm new, what do I do?

First, welcome to the game. ;)
It's always handy to first read the site's FAQ (http://www.nationstates.net/pages/faq.html)
There's several ways you can play this game.
You can answer issues for your nation, and discuss them with other players. (No, you can't get more than 2 issues a day). You can also create issues, and if the mods like it, it'll be used in the game. You can read more about issues here (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=10).

You can join the UN, and vote on resolutions, if you have 2 or more endorsements you can submit proposals (do read the stickies in The United Nations (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=3) on that first, cause submitting too many wrong proposals can get you in trouble).

You can get involved with regional politics, just ask your local UN Delegate about it ;)

You can RP, just read the stickies in the RP forums (NationStates (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=1) and International Incidents (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=8)).

You can use your UN nation to invade other regions, or help defend them.

You can just hang out in the General forum (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=5), and get to know people from all around the world.


How does invading work?

You move to another region with some friends, and take over the delegate spot in that region, by making sure one of your friends has more endorsements than anyone else in the region.
Once you have taken over the region, you'll have access to regional control (unless the region has a founder, and the founder has barred delegate access to regional control.)

There's a lot of rules on invading, and breaking these can result in having your nation kicked from the UN, or even deleted.

The most important rules are:
No multis (one player having more than one nation in the UN)
When you password the region, you must telegram all the natives the password immediatly
You can eject a few natives, but you need to unban them immediatly.
You're not allowed to spam the regional happenings or the Civil HQ

For more details on invasionrules, see Big Invasion/delegate FAQ! (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109397)

Defenders are, at least according to the mods, also invaders.
They try to stop invaders from taking over a region, by either boosting up the endorsements of the native delegate, or (when the native delegate is inactive) endorsing one of their own, who then can kick out the invaders from the region.

Which region should I join?

When people post one of those "what region should I join" threads, I often reply along the lines of:

I recommend you visit the Unofficial NS Directory (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=130266) which lists regions by geography, politics, themes etc. - also whether they are into role-playing, and whether they invade or defend. Go and look at a few, check their World Factbook entry, read their regional boards. When you've found one you like, move there - and don't worry if you've made a mistake, you can always move somewhere else another day.

Recruitment telegrams: look for the motive behind them. If it's a personal message from someone who has noticed you for a reason and thinks you'll like it in their region, good. If it's a standard "join our region, we're the best" chances are, the sender doesn't care about you – they want more nations to add to their power and prestige.

"should i bother reading stickies"? :? :P

i meant questions like: how do invasions work, how do i move regions, how do i create a region, stuff like that (and yeah, i really had to answer those questions a lot)

OMG HOW DU I UPLOAD AND MAEK FLAGS!!!!111111 (feel free to link to my flag faq in the archives)

Hwo do I Pm?

How do I endorse?

Whom should I contact to learn about invading? (ackbar)

Whom should I contact to learn about Defending?

How Do I go to war?

How do I submit issues

How do I submit UN resolutions.

how do I get more Population

how do I get more issues

why do I get messages asking me to join X region

Where can I settle to RP, Invade, Defend, Just hang out (I was at once time makng a list of suitable regions for that querrie)

So I have a nation now what do I do?



Ill add more as I get them remembered.,

now that's what i meant, thanks a lot loop! :D

and i will link to your flag thread, thanks ;)

What are the rules?

What happened to my nation?

Why was I allowed near a computer, when I should be working in the mines?

Stat rankings. Always with the ---- stat rankings. :tantrum:

the what?
can you get me a link to that, TG?

the what?
can you get me a link to that, TG?
I know you're joking. :wink:

By the way you know have to have a 500 mill population to submit an issue. Youm might want to mention that.

OMG HOW DU I UPLOAD AND MAEK FLAGS!!!!111111 (feel free to link to my flag faq in the archives)

okay, guess i can answer this one by linking to loop's thread ;)

Hwo do I Pm?

search the nation you want to telegram, either by clicking on their name (on the region's page, or next to a telegram which has been sent to you) or by searching for them in the world's page (remember to type the exact name, or it won't be able to find it ;)).
when you view the other person's nation, just go to the bottom and type your telegram in the box. once you're done, press send, and you've sent a telegram.

How do I endorse?

you can only endorse when you are in the UN (remember that you are only allowed to have 1 UN nation) and only other UN nations.
you go to the other nation's page, and at the bottom you see a link:
[Add Your Endorsement]

if you press it, you have endorsed the other nation, you can see your nation's name in the list of the other nation's endorsements recieved.

you can remove your endorsement on the same way, just go to the nation's page, and press the link:
[Withdraw Your Endorsement]


Whom should I contact to learn about invading? (ackbar)

Whom should I contact to learn about Defending?


well, i actually want to explain a bit about how invading and defending works in this thread too ;)


How Do I go to war?

mmm..
either RP (read stickies in RP forum) or invading/defending..

How do I submit issues

few notes on this:
only nations with pop over 500 million
link to the codes to submit an issue..
link to the page?

How do I submit UN resolutions.

how do I get more Population
it grows by time (find a link to that thread where someone explained it...)

how do I get more issues
undersettings, you can change the number of issues you'll recieve each day.
the maximum is set on 2 issues each day, you can't get more issues than that.

why do I get messages asking me to join X region


because everyone wants his/her region to grow, and want ot get as many nations in it as they can :twisted:
Where can I settle to RP, Invade, Defend, Just hang out (I was at once time makng a list of suitable regions for that querrie)


could try to get a bunch of regions listed, i guess...
So I have a nation now what do I do?

think i'm trying to cover that one in here ;)



a few little notes for now ;)

Speaking as a newbie,

How do I change/influence my Nation's description? (You REALLY would think that one would be covered in the FAQ, wouldn't you?)

How do I change my nation's policies?

How do I change my government type?

How do I change my government's priorities?

How do I win?

How do I win?
:lol:

Besides, I think ruling a Pacific counts as a sort of victory, don't you?

Tactical Grace
UN Delegate / Minister of War / Defence Consultancy
Mercia The Next Generation (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_region/region=Mercia_The_Next_Generation)

Okay then....


"Omg! WTF! this dude did ____________ in my region!!!!111!!!!! Can I n00k his arse!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!?!!!!!11111+shift!!!!???"


No kidding, I saw this once.

When people post one of those "what region should I join" threads, I often reply along the lines of:

I recommend you visit the Unofficial NS Directory (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=130266) which lists regions by geography, politics, themes etc. - also whether they are into role-playing, and whether they invade or defend. Go and look at a few, check their World Factbook entry, read their regional boards. When you've found one you like, move there - and don't worry if you've made a mistake, you can always move somewhere else another day.

Recruitment telegrams: look for the motive behind them. If it's a personal message from someone who has noticed you for a reason and thinks you'll like it in their region, good. If it's a standard "join our region, we're the best" chances are, the sender doesn't care about you – they want more nations to add to their power and prestige.


Another question I've heard a few times:

The bit at the front of my nation, eg "The Borderlands of ...." why do I have to choose from a boring list when I see others have really kewl names?

When people post one of those "what region should I join" threads, I often reply along the lines of:

I recommend you visit the Unofficial NS Directory (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=130266) which lists regions by geography, politics, themes etc. - also whether they are into role-playing, and whether they invade or defend. Go and look at a few, check their World Factbook entry, read their regional boards. When you've found one you like, move there - and don't worry if you've made a mistake, you can always move somewhere else another day.

Recruitment telegrams: look for the motive behind them. If it's a personal message from someone who has noticed you for a reason and thinks you'll like it in their region, good. If it's a standard "join our region, we're the best" chances are, the sender doesn't care about you – they want more nations to add to their power and prestige.


hey, looks good, thanks WLE :)

Another question I've heard a few times:

The bit at the front of my nation, eg "The Borderlands of ...." why do I have to choose from a boring list when I see others have really kewl names?

yep, you're right, also a question new players ask often..
with a simple answer ;)

when you reach 500 million population, the droplist under settings will be replaced by a box in which you can type your own custom pre-title for your nation.

Speaking as a newbie,

How do I change/influence my Nation's description? (You REALLY would think that one would be covered in the FAQ, wouldn't you?)

How do I change my nation's policies?

How do I change my government type?

How do I change my government's priorities?

you can change that by answering issues..
i'll try to find some helpful links for that, if i can, or ask one of the people who like issues to help out ;)

You can ask your founder about politics too.
An if your region has no founder or delegate, you can post on your message board.

You can spy on other regions.

You can meddle in the new Warzones.

You can read the news page, FAQ, Terms and conditions, stickies, and announcements. In fact, I highly suggest this.

You can read the Technical Forum and make suggestions.

You can bug Salusa. :P

You can make "I h8 73h mods 73Y 5uX0RS!!!" threads or "m34k m3 4 m0D!!!" threads in moderation. :twisted:

Why can't I have a Swastika flag? it symbolizes *BS BS BS*.


Because Max (the owner of the game) and [violet] the admin said NO if you put one on your nation the flag will be deleted, if you put it back on your nation your Nation will be Deleted. No Questions Asked.

still working on this, whenever i got time, and am in the mood, and remember i got this, and when this !@#$%^&* forum will let me...
any more input?

still working on this, whenever i got time, and am in the mood, and remember i got this, and when this !@#$%^&* forum will let me...
any more input?What are puppets?

ok, since this is a newbie thread, I'd like to ask you a question about the time in NS. Just what is the definition of a NS Year? an NS Week? I have a feeling that a NS Year would be one realworld day, am I right?

ok, since this is a newbie thread, I'd like to ask you a question about the time in NS. Just what is the definition of a NS Year? an NS Week? I have a feeling that a NS Year would be one realworld day, am I right?That'd be an RP question, and pretty subjective to whatever scenario you're playing. Personally I don't think the game works if you try to inject that much realism into it.

Okay, thanks. I just wanted to get that cleared up.