Nation projects and effective standing
A stronger nation needs towns that can support it. Supplies, consent, reserves and continuing standing all matter to development.
Visual overview
Diagram of reported mechanics. The text retains the full conditions and settings.
Earn national development
NDP is a progression record. A nation retains an achieved level, while its effective standing can fall when current support no longer qualifies. The table is bounded in use by the server’s maximum number of towns per nation.
| Level | NDP | Age / verified hold | Required eligible contributors | Member cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Compact | 0 | — / — | 1 Hamlet | 2 |
| 2 Confederation | 200 | 12 h / 60 min | 2 Villages | 4 |
| 3 Federation | 600 | 36 h / 120 min | 3 Towns | 8 |
| 4 Commonwealth | 1,400 | 72 h / 180 min | 5 Boroughs | 16 |
| 5 Union | 3,000 | 168 h / 240 min | 8 Cities | 32 |
Qualify contributors and collect supplies
Contributors need 12 civic hours of membership, active/no-assessment-debt standing, minimum town tier, distinct mayors and a mayor with 2 recorded play hours who was recently active. Admin-assigned town levels do not count above Hamlet. Setting a town’s level administratively does not manufacture natural progression evidence.
| Target | Whole-project supplies | Share per required town | Nation reserve days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | 64 iron; 64 copper; 256 stone; 128 glass | Exactly half from each of 2 | 3 |
| Federation | 192 iron; 192 copper; 768 stone; 96 redstone | Exactly one third from each of 3 | 5 |
| Commonwealth | 320 iron; 320 copper; 1,280 stone; 160 redstone; 320 glass | Exactly one fifth from each of 5 | 7 |
| Union | 512 iron; 512 copper; 2,048 stone; 256 redstone; 512 glass | Exactly one eighth from each of 8 | 7 |
The national reserve is target reserve days × (10 + 2 × member towns) × index. Each contributor separately holds 3 days of its own assessment. Supplies and reserves are separate gates.
Open, approve and complete
The leader selects exactly the required contributors at a Treaty Table in the capital. Each contributing mayor pledges its town’s share; residents deposit at their own Charter Desk. A majority of all member towns, floor(n/2)+1, approves through mayor delegate votes lasting 72 civic hours.
Pledges/votes bind to a roster fingerprint. Membership, capital or mayor changes invalidate stale consent. After verified readiness/hold, the leader confirms at the capital table. Changing contributors currently means canceling/reopening; leader/admin cancellation exists, while majority-vote cancellation is planned. Open-project expiry follows the default 168 civic-hour development setting.
Preserve achieved level through standing loss
Each evaluation checks which achieved tier the current towns can support. Lost support starts default 24-hour grace: capacities remain, but new admissions pause. At expiry the effective level drops, with Compact as floor. Qualified support can automatically restore it without repeating the project. Existing members are not expelled merely because standing falls.
Use nation management for invitations, levies and departures, and town development for the contributing towns’ natural tiers.
Admin & server owner reference
Exact identifiers, original fields and source locators are preserved below. These records describe the documented mod version; they are not commands to run or proof of a new gameplay test.
Registry IDs
civic_frontier:treaty_tablecivic_frontier:charter_desk
Original fields and wording
the base nations.max_towns setting
Sources & verification
Evidence: pdf-derived. Feature status: implemented-static. Article coverage: ready.
PDF pages 32, 70-71 · 20 Nation development · E13, E51-E52, E97
Civic Frontier report, reviewed October 23, 2026. Implementation and historical tests are reported findings unless a direct catalog inspection is separately identified. Pack overrides unknown.
The wiki has not independently playtested report-derived instructions. Your server or modpack settings may change them.