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First Steps
NationStates Basics
Frequently Asked Questions
Essential Guides

Your First Steps

• Block Those Recruitment Telegrams
  If you're new to the game, you may be being bombarded by recruitment telegrams. They can get annoying, fast, and we recommend you block them as they can go on for days. To do that, go to your Telegrams Page, and then "Preferences" (or just click here), and set telegram type "Recruitment" to "Block All" (make sure to click "Update Filter" before you leave the page).
  

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• Join the World Assembly & Endorse Delegate MadJack
  The World Assembly - NationStates' United Nations. It serves as the home of international law and regularly votes on different resolutions, as well as being vital for security. Every endorsement the Delegate receives is one more endorsement invaders will need to take the region, and it is one extra vote (alongside yours!) on resolutions. Go to "World Assembly", click "Apply To Join", check your email and you should have an invite, just accept that and congratulations - welcome to the World Assembly! Now's the important part: Go to MadJack's nation page, and scroll to the bottom. Click "Endorse MadJack". If you need extra help completing these steps, we have a full guide below:
  page=dispatch/id=2555990

• Introduce Yourself
  Introduce yourself, we'd love to meet you! Head on over to our Regional Message Board and introduce yourself, or feel free to reach out to any of our Delegate with a telegram to say hi. Please just make sure you follow our rules when you do.

NationStates Basics
New to NationStates? This section's for you. Here we'll quickly cover the basic mechanics of the game. For a full breakdown of the website's rules, check out the One Stop Rules Shop: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=260044

Issues, Factbooks & Roleplay
Issues & Dispatches/Factbooks are the main way you get to control your nation, and show NationStates what it's all about.

Issues are NationStates' bread and butter. It's how you make decisions about how your nation should work. Issues cover a wide range of topics (there are over 1600 in the game) and are how you change your nation's policies, government, economy and stats. In the beginning, issues come thick and fast, but this pace slows down and issues will eventually come every 6 hours. When you answer an issue, you also have a chance to generate a trading card pack. Opening it yields 5 random trading cards which are added to your deck. Trading cards are a collectibles minigame on NationStates.

Dispatches and Factbooks are how you can write about your nation history, it's where you can add anything you want (within site rules) to flesh out what you want your nation to be. Player dispatches range from detailed backgrounds of how their nation was formed, to recounts of elections or newspaper articles, it's entirely up to you. Each dispatch can be upvoted or downvoted using the arrows in the top right corner.

World Assembly
The World Assembly is NationStates' version of the United Nations. It hosts two chambers, the Security Council & the General Assembly. The General Assembly writes and votes on laws that impact how you govern your nation. Each resolution passed has a small impact on your nations stats. The General Assembly, however, does not affect how you may do things in your own nation. You can still roleplay however you want - it only has a small impact on your stats. The Security Council by contrast focusing on the recognition of people and regions through commendations and condemnations, and has the power to intervene in what regions can do using Liberations & Injunctions.

In both chambers every World Assembly member gets to vote for or against the proposal, or you could choose to not vote at all. In addition to that, World Assembly Delegates play an important role as on top of their vote they get an extra vote for every nation that's endorsing them. In regions like ours, where our citizenry generally decides how the Delegate votes, that gives the entire region more power.

If you'd like to learn more about the World Assembly, please read our deep dive found here.

Frequently Asked Questions
For a significantly longer list of FAQs, please visit this forum thread: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=338766.

• Q: "Can I have multiple nations?"
  A: Yes, you can have as many as you want, but only one can be in the World Assembly at any time.

• Q: "How do I increase my population?"
  A: Population increases naturally over time, increasing once per day. The exact figures for how much it increases by varies based on your existing population, and with a little bit of RNG thrown in.

• Q: "Can I be ejected from here?"
  A: Yes, you can. Despite being the Rejected Realms, we have the ability to eject and ban nations - we just almost never use it.

Essential Guides
Below are a list of our Essential Guides:

• The Regional Message Board Guide
  The RMB Guide is a must read covering our rules and expectations for good faith participants on the RMB
  page=dispatch/id=1269269

• Getting Involved
  This dispatch covers the government of the Rejected Realms, and how you can get involved
  page=dispatch/id=1521360

• The Index
  The one stop shop for all of our dispatches
  page=dispatch/id=1588635
  

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Table of Contents

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First Steps
NationStates Basics
Frequently Asked Questions
Essential Guides

Your First Steps

• Block Those Recruitment Telegrams
  If you're new to the game, you may be being bombarded by recruitment telegrams. They can get annoying, fast, and we recommend you block them as they can go on for days. To do that, go to your Telegrams Page, and then "Preferences" (or just click here), and set telegram type "Recruitment" to "Block All" (make sure to click "Update Filter" before you leave the page).
  

  Example

  
  

• Join the World Assembly & Endorse Delegate MadJack
  The World Assembly - NationStates' United Nations. It serves as the home of international law and regularly votes on different resolutions, as well as being vital for security. Every endorsement the Delegate receives is one more endorsement invaders will need to take the region, and it is one extra vote (alongside yours!) on resolutions. Go to "World Assembly", click "Apply To Join", check your email and you should have an invite, just accept that and congratulations - welcome to the World Assembly! Now's the important part: Go to MadJack's nation page, and scroll to the bottom. Click "Endorse MadJack". If you need extra help completing these steps, we have a full guide below:
  page=dispatch/id=2555990

• Introduce Yourself
  Introduce yourself, we'd love to meet you! Head on over to our Regional Message Board and introduce yourself, or feel free to reach out to any of our Delegate with a telegram to say hi. Please just make sure you follow our rules when you do.

NationStates Basics
New to NationStates? This section's for you. Here we'll quickly cover the basic mechanics of the game. For a full breakdown of the website's rules, check out the One Stop Rules Shop: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=260044

Issues, Factbooks & Roleplay
Issues & Dispatches/Factbooks are the main way you get to control your nation, and show NationStates what it's all about.

Issues are NationStates' bread and butter. It's how you make decisions about how your nation should work. Issues cover a wide range of topics (there are over 1600 in the game) and are how you change your nation's policies, government, economy and stats. In the beginning, issues come thick and fast, but this pace slows down and issues will eventually come every 6 hours. When you answer an issue, you also have a chance to generate a trading card pack. Opening it yields 5 random trading cards which are added to your deck. Trading cards are a collectibles minigame on NationStates.

Dispatches and Factbooks are how you can write about your nation history, it's where you can add anything you want (within site rules) to flesh out what you want your nation to be. Player dispatches range from detailed backgrounds of how their nation was formed, to recounts of elections or newspaper articles, it's entirely up to you. Each dispatch can be upvoted or downvoted using the arrows in the top right corner.

World Assembly
The World Assembly is NationStates' version of the United Nations. It hosts two chambers, the Security Council & the General Assembly. The General Assembly writes and votes on laws that impact how you govern your nation. Each resolution passed has a small impact on your nations stats. The General Assembly, however, does not affect how you may do things in your own nation. You can still roleplay however you want - it only has a small impact on your stats. The Security Council by contrast focusing on the recognition of people and regions through commendations and condemnations, and has the power to intervene in what regions can do using Liberations & Injunctions.

In both chambers every World Assembly member gets to vote for or against the proposal, or you could choose to not vote at all. In addition to that, World Assembly Delegates play an important role as on top of their vote they get an extra vote for every nation that's endorsing them. In regions like ours, where our citizenry generally decides how the Delegate votes, that gives the entire region more power.

If you'd like to learn more about the World Assembly, please read our deep dive found here.

Frequently Asked Questions
For a significantly longer list of FAQs, please visit this forum thread: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=338766.

• Q: "Can I have multiple nations?"
  A: Yes, you can have as many as you want, but only one can be in the World Assembly at any time.

• Q: "How do I increase my population?"
  A: Population increases naturally over time, increasing once per day. The exact figures for how much it increases by varies based on your existing population, and with a little bit of RNG thrown in.

• Q: "Can I be ejected from here?"
  A: Yes, you can. Despite being the Rejected Realms, we have the ability to eject and ban nations - we just almost never use it.

Essential Guides
Below are a list of our Essential Guides:

• The Regional Message Board Guide
  The RMB Guide is a must read covering our rules and expectations for good faith participants on the RMB
  page=dispatch/id=1269269

• Getting Involved
  This dispatch covers the government of the Rejected Realms, and how you can get involved
  page=dispatch/id=1521360

• The Index
  The one stop shop for all of our dispatches
  page=dispatch/id=1588635
  

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Forums - Discord - Index

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