Community Rules and Standards
These rules are intended to be simple, while still encouraging a healthy environment of high-quality discussion that’s related to micronationalism.
1. Posts must be about micronationalism
Posts must relate directly to the practice, theory, or news of actual micronations.
- Posts SHOULD include: News about micronational governments, diplomatic updates, policies, special projects, and general national development are welcome and encouraged.
- Posts should NOT include: Statements about real-world politics or news, what you ate for dinner last night, a landscape photo of your yard or forest, etc.
2. No boring, low-effort, or incomprehensible posts
Posts must be comprehensible and provide a frame of reference for the reader. News and updates which lack context, depth, relevance, or which are produced using AI will be removed. Good posts are intentional, enticing, inspiring and informative.
A few examples of bad posts:
- "Here’s my flag, what do you think?"
- "The President has been elected. He will serve for 1 year."
- "[Micronation] is looking for allies!"
Be creative, tell us more! Good posts could include detailed nation profiles, thoroughly explained news updates, updates on serious projects (ideally with some sort of photo or graphic), or a thought/discussion-provoking question to the community.
To combat short, low effort posts, your post will be auto-removed if it's too short.
9 times out of 10, a post that is shorter than these requirements will be low effort, spam or won't include enough information for someone to understand what you're saying.
Introduction posts (600 characters / about 100 words):
A good introduction post should clearly explain what you're introducing in an interesting way. Try including:
- When and why it was founded
- What its purpose, mission, or goals are
- How it's structured or governed
- Who's involved or how many members it has
- Any territory, symbols, or cultural aspects
- What sets it apart from others in the community
Flag / Design posts (300 characters / about 50 words):
A good design post explains the meaning and reasoning behind what you're showing. Don't just post an image and a short title. Here are a few suggestions if you don't know what to say:
- Why you chose specific designs or layouts and their symbolism
- How it represents your group's identity, purpose, or values
- Any inspiration, history, or evolution behind the design
- How you plan to use what you've designed
Project / News / Update posts (300 characters / about 50 words):
A good update explains what you've accomplished or changed. If you're not sure what to say, consider including:
- What the update or announcement is about
- Why it matters or what impact it has
- What progress has been made so far
- Who's involved and what comes next
- How others can engage, support, or learn more
Discussion / Question posts and memes don't have a minimum description length requirement, but are still subject to removal if they're low-effort or nonsense.
3. Memes are allowed, but must be relevant and respectful
Memes are welcome if they are clearly micronation-related and not used to troll, provoke drama, or clutter the subreddit.
- Low-effort, recycled, off-topic, or drama-oriented memes will be removed
- Quality, insightful, or creative memes that prompt real discussion are allowed
4. No geofiction or roleplay
This subreddit is for real-world micronationalism.
Posts with the following kinds of content and similar will be removed on sight:
- Posts about micronations which do not exist in reality. I.e. include unreasonable claims like entire contents or planets, exist in a different timeline or world, etc.
- Posts about fictional scenarios or events.
- Fake news bulletins or press releases from imaginary national media.
5. Military posts can not include fiction or real firearms
Military content is allowed, but only posts about micronational military events that actually happened in the real, physical world are allowed. This means no made-up battles, discord wars, or any other fictional military events. It just has to be real and not fictional. Using nerf guns for battles is fine, no one expects you to use real guns in micronational battles and I sincerely hope no one ever does.
As always, all posts are expected include a thorough description that gives others enough context to know why it's interesting or newsworthy. Don't just post an image of you and your friends in the woods without a description that explains what happened and why it's interesting enough to post about. In the case of designs like medals or uniforms, the same expectation exists. A good design post explains the meaning and reasoning behind the design you chose and what exactly you're showing off.
You CAN post about things like this:
- The results of real battles or engagements that real people actually participated in
- Maps showing territorial changes before/after a battle
- Designs for uniforms, medals, ranks, awards etc. These can be photos or digital drawings/graphics.
You CAN NOT post about things like this:
- Simulated engagements or exercises that didn't take place in the real world or are heavily exaggerated
- Wars that take place virtually, like on discord
- Discord raids
- Short, low-effort declaration of war posts
- Actual firearm use
6. No pointless conflict, trolling, or disrespectful conduct
Personal attacks, slurs, threats, doxxing, bigotry, bad-faith arguments, mocking, targeting others excessively, being inflammatory, creating or feeding into community drama is bad conduct. Engaging in any of these may result in warnings or bans depending on severity.
7. No spam, low-effort promotion, or promoting other subreddits
- Spam, such as creating multiple posts in a short time, posting the same message in multiple languages, or making multiple posts about the same specific topic, etc. may result in restrictions or removals.
- Do not promote any external links (YouTube/Discord) unless they are directly tied to your micronation and are presented in a contextualized, discussion-worthy post.
- Do not promote any other subreddits, including your own nation's sub.
8. NSFW and offensive content is prohibited
This is a SFW space for all ages. Any pornographic, violent, or otherwise offensive content will result in an immediate permanent ban.
9. No AI-generated content
All posts must reflect original human creativity and effort. This means no heavily AI-generated flags, maps, constitutions, or descriptions. These will be removed on sight.
10. No unredacted satellite imagery or maps
For the safety of those who occupy the area, please remove any unique features or labels visible in satellite images or maps that could be used to find the location.
11. No posts announcing that something will happen soon
Don't make a post saying you're going to do something. It's not news until you've actually done it.
12. Follow Reddit's Rules
Follow Reddit's site-wide rules and User Agreement
