Nations & diplomacy

Towns band together into nations: a capital, a leader, a treasury, allies and enemies. Nations are who goes to war on Meridian.

Founding a nation

1. 1
   Found it

   A mayor uses /n new <name> (500 gold). Their town becomes the capital and they become the nation's leader.

2. 2
   Invite towns

   /n add <town> invites a town. Once its mayor accepts, the town is part of your nation.

3. 3
   Fund it

   The nation bank pays 100 gold a day in upkeep. Leaders can tax member towns with /n set taxes <amount>, and anyone can add to the bank with /n deposit <amount>.

4. 4
   Grow

   More players means a higher nation level, a grander title for the leader, and bonus claims for every member town.

Nation sizes

Friends and enemies

• Allies/n ally add <nation>. Allies share the /ac chat channel, can travel to each other's nation spawn, and fight on the same side in sieges.
• Enemies/n enemy add <nation>. Enemies of your nation can't use your towns' ports.
• Nation spawn/n spawn takes you to your capital. Towns in your nation are reachable with /t spawn <town> for 3 gold.
• Talk/nc is your nation's chat channel. Put a Discord invite on your nation screen with /n set discord <invite>.

Ranks

• Assistants/n rank add <player> assistant lets trusted players help run the nation, set trade policy and more.
• War ranksPrivate, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, major, colonel and general, given with /n rank add <player> <rank>. Generals can start and run sieges. Every war rank needs 3 days of honor in the nation. See Sieges.

More than war

• Trade warEmbargo rival nations, sanction players and put tariffs on their trade. See Trade war.
• Passports/passport opens a passport that gets a stamp the first time you set foot in each nation.
• Faith and cultureThe nation screen shows what its people believe and the cultures of its towns. See Religion & culture.
• On the webEvery nation has a page on the stats website with its towns, allies, enemies and bank.