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Ismael Todochev
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Post by Ismael Todochev »

Hello guys. I just wanted to know what you think makes a good micras nation?
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A dead one.

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Maximilian Barsk wrote:A dead one.
He said a good one, not a typical one :wink:

A good Micras nation is one whose culture evolves over time from several sources into something unique, instilling a sense of identity and belonging among its citizens. It's why I came back here after a 5 year absence because that little bit of Shirerithian in me wouldn't go away. It's why 'Babkhan' and 'Antican' are still widely used terms for people, ideologies and methods despite those nations having officially expired.

I'd say a minimum of three dedicated citizens is required to make this happen. A one man project pulling in nothing but jaded multi-citters is essentially doomed to failure. You may get away with less if the whole Archipelago/Green/whatever concept can be made to work, but the whole thing's an organic process which actively defies the application of method, so even that isn't certain.

tl/dr: Culture mainly, but meh.

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Culture is such a vague concept though. Is it culture to post pictures by someone else and claim they are of your city? Is it culture to make long posts about something that no one reads? Is it culture to make elaborate political systems? Is it culture to make your own religion? This is not a negative post, I just consider "culture" in the micronational context to be the most difficult concept to define. Along with "activity" possibly.

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Activity: Five unique posts per day constituting constructive or useful comment.
Culture: Something you wanted to write that someone else wanted to read.

Does this place fail by those benchmarks? Who can say...

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Why five per day? That sounds like an arbitrary number.

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Haifa has 7 active to very active citizens and 3 semi active. In 3 and 1/2 weeks we have made over 550 posts. I am more looking for what sets nations like Shireroth apart from the rest?
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Culture doesn't have to be something that somebody wants to read. Case in point.

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Can we please have Micrasian benign fundamentalist cults? They're either too mainstream or violent deathcults it seems. I dunno. B'Caw's Witnesses?

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Who is B'Caw? Oh yeah, almighty creator who has been telling us the world is going to end soon for the last 1,970 years. Right.

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Cedrist god of spicy chicken.

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Actually that god might be pretty cool

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B'Caw is more than pretty cool - he's burning hot.

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Krasniy Yastreb wrote:A one man project pulling in nothing but jaded multi-citters is essentially doomed to failure.
Oh, I dunno. That approach seems to work with Craitland :P
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A god that is both pretty cool and burning hot at the same time is a great god indeed hitherto thou.

It worked for Sullifree as well, we managed to get attacked by a creation of the BBC.

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Maximilian Barsk wrote:Why five per day? That sounds like an arbitrary number.
Of course it is an arbitrary number, but if you ain't got the throughput, you're fucked (in the non-recreationally stimulating sense).

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Krasniy Yastreb wrote:B'Caw is more than pretty cool - he's burning hot.
ME MEAL ON FIRE
ME GOD ON FIRE
FEELIN HOT HOT HOT!



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