Nations are groups of towns that form a country together. There are many advantages to being a member of a nation, but it may also drag your town into war.
Creating and managing a nation is no easy task, and you're advised to learn the ropes under an existing nation. However, this guide will introduce you to the basics.
¶ Becoming Non-Peaceful
Main article: Town Peacefulness and Occupation
- All towns begin as peaceful towns that cannot be attacked in sieges.
- However, only non-peaceful towns can found nations. They also enjoy other benefits such as the ability to use spawners, brew more potions and use electric Potion Brewers.
- If you want to create a nation, your first step is to make your town non-peaceful using the command
/t toggle peaceful. - This will start a countdown that you can see through
/t. - When your town becomes non-peaceful, other nations will be able to besiege it. However, all towns begin with temporary siege immunity.
- Check
/tto see whether your town still has siege immunity.
- Check
¶ Reinforcing Non-Peaceful Towns
- During sieges, enemies may bombard your non-peaceful towns using cannons and Movecraft vehicles.
- While most explosion damage will be automatically rolled back after the siege, having your defenses breached can still be a major setback in a siege.
- Fortunately, there are a wide range of blocks that can withstand multiple explosions.
- Make sure to arm your defenses with cannons.
- Consider moving your town spawn to a bunker connected to the surface using elevators, or at least somewhere which won't be easily breached.
Note: Make sure your non-peaceful town still looks like a town or castle. Cubes, boxes and other simple low-effort structures are against the rules, and will damage the prestige of your nation.
¶ Creating the Nation
- Once your town becomes non-peaceful and it has 10 residents, you are ready to create a nation.
- This will cost money that is taken from your town's bank. Check
/towny pricesto see the price. - Type
/n new <name of your nation>. This will create a new nation with your town as the capital. As mayor of the capital, you also become the nation leader ("king").- Make sure your nation's name complies with the nation naming rules. It has to have a realistic name. Read the rules for more information.
¶ Global Market Access
The Global Market (/ah) can only be accessed through shop plots inside your nation's Trade Capital. By default, the Trade Capital is the capital city, but you can change this using /n set tradecapital <new town>.
Make sure the shop plots are actually accessible! You may wish to take advantage of people visiting your Trade Capital by establishing player shops nearby.
¶ Inviting Towns
- As leader of your nation, you can invite towns to your nation with
/n add. - Invited towns must be no further than 12,000 blocks from the capital. If the invited town is peaceful, it must also be within 4,000 blocks of any non-peaceful town in the nation.
- You can check the distance between two towns using
/distance <town 1> <town 2>.
- You can check the distance between two towns using
- Once invited, towns can join using
/n invite accept <nation name>. - As you invite more towns to your nation, your nation bonus increases. The nation bonus increases the claim limit of every town in the nation. You can see this through
/t. - You can chat with nation members using the
/ncchat channel.
¶ Diplomacy
Main article: Diplomatic Points and Diplomatic Stances
- Most diplomatic actions cost diplomatic points. You can see how many your nation has with
/n diplomaticpoints.- The number of diplomatic points your nation spends is affected by its diplomatic stance.
/n set diplomaticstance
- The number of diplomatic points your nation spends is affected by its diplomatic stance.
- Consider striking alliances with other nations quickly, as allied nations can assist you in sieges.
- To send an ally request, use
/n ally add. - You can chat with allied nations using the
/allychat channel.
- To send an ally request, use
- Be wary of joining so-called ‘mega-alliances’. They will almost certainly draw you into a war with other powerful nations.
- If your nation is in a vulnerable position, consider becoming a vassal of a more powerful nation. Vassal nations exchange some of their freedoms for more protection and bonus claims.
- You can also enemy other nations using
/n enemy add. Enemying a nation is required to besiege their towns and take their assault regions.
¶ Nation Bank
- Like towns, nations have their own banks.
- Nations do not pay upkeep, but money in the nation bank is still used to pay for starting sieges.
- It can also be used to pay nation salaries.
/n salaries - To deposit money in your nation's bank, type
/n deposit <amount>from a bank plot. - Nations also have an XP bank which functions like a nation bank, but specifically for storing XP.
¶ Taxes
- You can tax residents in your nation using wealth taxes,
/n set wealthtax. - You can see the total wealth of your nation's residents using
/wealth nation <nation name>. - Wealth tax can either be a percentage of your residents' balances (maximum: 2%) or a fixed amount taken from their balances (maximum: $72).
- You can toggle between the two modes using
/n toggle wealthtaxpercent. - Wealth tax is collected every 24 real life hours and deposited in the nation bank.
- You can toggle between the two modes using
- You can also set income taxes using
/n set incometax.- Income tax is levied on most transactions that earn your residents money, such as selling gold to
/bank.
- Income tax is levied on most transactions that earn your residents money, such as selling gold to
¶ Nation Ranks
Nation leaders can give nation residents ranks with /n rank add <username> <rank>.
| Rank | Abilities |
|---|---|
| Coleader | All abilities of the nation leader, except being able to delete the nation and change the capital/leader. |
| General | Can begin sieges for the nation. |
| Soldier | Can fight in sieges for the nation. |
| Diplomat | Can add and remove allies or enemies. |
| Helper | Can invite towns to the nation. |
| Chancellor | Same as Diplomat and Helper, and can additionally kick towns from the nation. |
| Xpbanker | Can deposit and withdraw XP from the nation XP bank. |
¶ Government Type
/n constitution GUI.
By default, your nation's government type will be Autocracy: absolute power will rest with you, the unelected leader. However, you can become a democratic Constitutional Monarchy or Republic by changing your nation's Constitution (/n constitution). Democracies receive several benefits, such as cheaper alliances and increased nation resource output.
¶ Other Features
¶ National Flag
If you want your nation's flag to be displayed on the map, follow the flag guide.
¶ National Announcements & News
Feel free to share statements, news and announcements with the rest of the server using the announcements forum on the CCNet website.
¶ Nation Wiki Page
If your nation has a page on the CCNet Community Wiki, you can set it in-game using /n set wikipage <wiki page url>. It will then be accessible on the map by clicking on your nation's name.