Region (NationStates)

Adapted from NSindex.

A region is an integral grouping of all nations on NationStates. Nations can choose which region to be in, although Founders, executive World Assembly Delegates and Regional Officers with ‘border control’ powers can eject or ban nations.

There are two types of regions: Game regions are built into the game to serve a particular purpose, such as hosting new, ejected or recreated nations. Player-created regions are created by the players themselves, although the founder can now choose whether to grant themselves access to the Region Control.

Game regions

Feeder regions

• The Pacific
• The North Pacific
• The East Pacific
• The South Pacific
• The West Pacific

Fifteen of the many founderless regions are built-in Game regions which serve a particular purpose. In these regions, the World Assembly Delegate has executive access to Region Control, although the delegate must spend some of their influence (except in Warzones) to make any changes.

There are three subcategories of Game Regions: Feeders, Sinkers and Warzones. Delegates from Feeder and Sinker regions are usually influential due to the size of the Game regions, with plenty of new, ejected and returning nations to keep them in the top ten regions in the world by number of resident nations.

Sinker regions

• The Rejected Realms
• Lazarus
• Balder
• Osiris

Four of the game regions are Sinker regions. The Rejected Realms takes in nations who were ejected or banned from other regions, while Lazarus, Balder, Osiris jointly takes in reactivated nations. Delegates cannot password-protect any of these regions, and furthermore the delegate of The Rejected Realms cannot eject or ban nations because of its integral role.

NationStates introduced Balder and Osiris on October 19th, 2011 to balance membership numbers at Lazarus with other Feeder and Sinker regions.

Warzone regions

• Warzone Africa
• Warzone Asia
• Warzone Australia
• Warzone Europe
• Warzone Airspace
• Warzone Sandbox

Six of the game regions are Warzone regions, introduced on June 28th, 2004 and designated specifically for raiding and defending. While Warzone delegates can only ban nations temporarily and cannot password-protect the region, they do not need to spend any influence to do so. Warzone region pages show the longest-serving delegate in their respective regions.