Microstate RP

[Proselyte]

I mean yeah, if we're talking along the lines of growing another CR or Auxo from nothing with grand political ambitions, I lose interest. I think that period of Disco history is well left behind. The term "playing Stellaris" gets passed around from time to time, and I think it captures missing the point of roleplay in this game pretty well. Natio is a nice example, being that Canberra has suddenly tooted out of existence (I liked that base). They had their own IFF and everything. Did it add anything to the game that lasted beyond the people who made it? I wish, but just memories, as far as I can tell. You could focus on making those instead from the get-go. Hope I'm getting across what I mean here.

Kind of hard for me to imagine factions like Auxo or CR as "micro"states anyway, if they have aim to have sovereignty over a whole planet, with shipyards. Even in the Sirian context, they're just states at that point from my PoV. Look at real ones. San Marino doesn't have a military, and is dependent on Italy.

And yes, realpolitik in Sirius is nasty and brutal and even if it was a little new state that wasn't fighting to have a physical presence in space or trying to get big, someone will eventually force them to compromise on their sovereignty or have powerful benefactors (meaning quid pro quo) and make enemies doing so almost no matter where you are.

fairly confident GMG beat the microstate allegations when they won the eighty years war

lmao real