jamescfm wrote: rather they are an organic result of the interrelationships between players and nations. The status of the 'Big 5' was determined based on their role-play, their role-play was not determined by their status.
But in fact, about Trigunia and Vanuku, it was just a secondary comment, "just to say" and I have no too much interest to debate on this, but about Indrala, given the statement of yours which I quoted, what the other players perceive about Indrala today? If a player don't check the E&M ranking, what he must to say about Indrala? And what we can conclude looking at the RP on the forum about Indrala?
One of the major power of the world which seems like, wait, not seems, it is actually desappeared by the international stage, which has no involvement in the international RPs, events, etc... which has no partecipation to the World Congress and to the RPs which was developed thanks to the WC, etc... even about the regional affairs or with other nation since more than a century Indrala had no involvement and during a period of strong isolationsism some parties withdrew by all single treaty which Indrala had ratified (and in fact currently the most ancient treaty we can find in the Diplomatic Details of Indrala goes back only to 4142).
I think that the situation in fact is worst than the end of the URSS! At least the Russia post-Urss tried to maintain a certain involvement with the other former republics of the Urss and tried also to maintain a certain military status.
But what did Indrala?
NB: This is not a crusade against Indrala due to some problems I could have with the players or with Indrala itself, it is just to debate on an observation made by Aquinas but that I consider interesting and very important and given the fact that always the mods and other players insisted on the importance of the RP and on how the other players perceive the other nations through the RP, and given also the fact that these E&M rankings in theory had to be changed each 6 months on the basis of the RP and the perception of other players, I think that the position of Indrala had to change already months ago and that the Team should consider very well the effect on the global scale of the measures adopted by the Indralan nation of today, which personally I think it is nowhere near to the other members of the big 5 nations! I always respected the RP made in the past by other players and I always show my respect about the situation which I find when I began to be active also in the global RP, and I adapted all my RP on the previous situation, but currently for a player like me, after the RPs I developed and those which I joined since July or August, Indrala is simply a very very secondary nation today, an ancient great power, and personally I can know this just thanks the rankings and because I spent hours to read its RP months old, which has progressively lost its influence, power and place on the international stage; since months I had never to do with Indrala, a part just a state visit during which however I perceived serious trouble in the this nation, as well as all the other players in particracy (Which players can say to have had any kind of involvement with Indrala in the last six months, a part those which played in Indrala?) and I have never seen Indrala like a nation which should be one of the big 5. Once maybe, but today I don't think so.