NationStates Jolt Archive

I've been playing under a different nation for a while which is set in present day. I just created this nation and would like to place it in a BattleTech environment. Obviously that would require a much larger amount of money than my start up has. Are there any guidlines for working in future time in terms of finances?

Poke around in the International Incidents forum. Plenty of people play in differening time periods, and that should give you an idea of the mores for that sort of thing.