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Rules
These are the rules for our main roleplay world.
Find the rules for the Tectunia roleplay project here.
General Site Rules
Do not harass, bully, discriminate against or threaten any member of the region.
Do not reveal personal information of any kind about any member without permission from the individual involved. Do not dox.
Follow all instructions from members of the regional management team. Do not attempt to evade or circumvent punishment.
If a member of the management team asks whether you have any puppet nations (nations other than your primary account) in Northern Utopia, please tell them.
Regional Message Board Rules
Do not use the Regional Message Board for non-roleplay posts or general conversation. Non-roleplay posts are permitted, but you should keep them to the absolute minimum and only post them when you have to. You must label any non-roleplay post OOC (meaning Out-Of-Character).
Do not post messages under 90 words in length. Where possible, try to make your posts as meaningful and impactful as you can.
Do not post spam messages.
Do not argue.
Follow the roleplay rules during roleplay. See the next section for more information.
General Roleplay Rules
Do not godmod (i.e. do not assume control of another member's nation, military, economy or character OR make your nation, military, economy or character unbelievably or impossibly powerful). Do not godmod in response to another roleplayer using godmodding against you. Instead, report godmodding to the regional management team. The management team has the right to decanonise roleplay (including factbook content) that breaks this rule.
Do not harm, destroy or significantly alter another member's important properties (for example their nation, cities, characters or items, among other things) without their permission or involvement. This applies to all types of roleplay, including public roleplay. You must contact the other roleplayer to request permission and plan before you write a post that will harm, destroy or significantly alter the other roleplayer's properties. The management team has the right to decanonise roleplay (including factbook content) that breaks this rule.
Your roleplay must be realistic to the region's setting. Contact a member of the regional management team if you need advice.
Do not use information you have learnt through out-of-character discussion or story planning in roleplay if your nation or character does not have access to that information in canon. The management team has the right to decanonise roleplay (including factbook content) that breaks this rule.
Do not include gratuitous descriptions of injury, violence, corporal punishment, torture, death, capital punishment, war crimes, genocide, ethnic cleansing, discrimination or anything similar in your posts. Do not write posts that revolve solely or largely around descriptions of physical violence. If you are unsure whether your post is acceptable, contact a member of the management team.
Do not plagiarise or copy content to write your Regional Message Board posts, factbooks, dispatches or other content for your country. The management team will decanonise plagiarised content.
Do not use AI (for example ChatGPT, Bard or any other AI provider) to write your Regional Message Board posts, factbooks, dispatches or other text content for your country. The management team will decanonise text generated by AI.
You may use a puppet nation/second account in roleplay, but you must not use puppets simply to increase the military strength of your primary nation.
The management team has the right to allow a post with elements of godmodding if it is for the greater good of roleplay in the region.
Roleplay events that occur in your telegrams are not considered canon.
Time must flow at a constant speed for everybody involved in a roleplay arc.
You must make national or military roleplay posts in the third person. The management team has the right to decanonise national/military posts not made in the third person.
Statistics, Factbooks and Equipment
NationStates site statistics are ignored in roleplay. This includes your population and military.
You have the right to choose your own national population. You can ignore the population given to you by NationStates. When you choose your national population (when making a
map application), follow the guidelines.To update your national population, telegram or message Grenopia or
The Soviet state of Svalbard.You must include custom military equipment and their capabilities in a factbook if you intend to use them in public roleplay. The management team has the right to decanonise message board posts that reference custom military equipment not described in a factbook.
Do not describe military equipment as being the best in X or more powerful than Y. Try to describe your equipment and capabilities in detail.
When you introduce new military equipment or technology, you must make at least two message board posts about the construction period (start/finish).
You must explain hypothetical futuristic weaponry or technology in a factbook before you use it in roleplay. The management team has the right to decanonise message board posts that reference futuristic weaponry or technology not described in a factbook.
Types of Roleplay
Internal Roleplay involves only one nation. It has little impact on the world stage.
Closed Roleplay involves a host and contributions by trusted members.
Private Roleplay is privately planned. Uninvited members should not quote these posts or reply to them.
Public/Open Roleplay cannot have a planned ending. Anybody can take part. You must provide dates for all public roleplay events.
Punishment Rules
The management team has the right to suppress any Regional Message Board post that breaks the rules.
The management team has the right to eject or ban any immediate threats to the region.
The management team has the right to eject or ban any member of the region who breaks the most important rules, repeatedly breaks the rules or does not obey management instructions. The team must log a valid reason for the ejection/banning.
The management team has the right to use warnings, temporary Regional Message Board bans and other methods of punishment not listed here.