Section 9 - Forum-Based Countries1. Players interested in assuming control over a forum-based country must have a forum account over 30 days old and be in good standing with the Particracy Game Rules;
2. Players who meet the above mentioned criteria should request control in the Forum-Based Countries Control Requests thread located
HERE;
-- 2a. Players who request control must contain the name of the nation they are seeking to control;
-- 2b. Players are generally asked to disclose their plans for the nation, if they do not Moderation can require that they do so;
3. Players may request control for a nation that is currently occupied, Moderation (or the Forum-Based Countries Coordinator) will make a decision based on the factors present at the time of request;
4. Moderation retains authority on permitting, removing or otherwise overseeing operations of the forum-based countries alongside the Forum-Based Countries Coordinator (if present) and may change, alter, "ret-con" as a matter of basis;
5. Players in control of forum-based countries are permitted governance over all domestic and foreign affairs, cultural affairs are restricted to the national descriptions provided by the Forum-Based Countries Information thread located
HERE. Forum-based countries are also included in the Particracy Military and Economic Rankings located
HERE;
6. Forum-based countries are members of the World Congress and thus are permitted to contribute to its discussions;
7. Forum-based countries cannot be controlled, re-colonized or other source of direct assumption of power by an in-game nation. These nations are intended for role-play opportunities that may not be possible;
8. Players are expected to respect the established role-play history of a forum-based country if assuming control from another player or other circumstances;
Revised 01/27/2020