[@RhineQueen]

Well to pass you a suggestion for what to post then you don't need to think externally when you post at all in an NRP. This is something I and my friends have taught ourselves when going about our posting.

Given we all run large "nations" (quote-unquote) we are in possession of several hundred-thousand up to a million individuals all within our control. And what I can tell what [@Brink_] is doing is something of internalized establishment of what things are in-country. And that's something what everyone should have in mind. A good NRP shouldn't have to play out as a game of Age of Empires where all the "characters" are unit pawns of some grand design no one questions. What we have as citizens are individuals or groups with their own aspirations, intriques, and ambitions. These should and need to be explored.

And when we're in question about something external not moving in synch with the rest of us there's always these internalized stories. And an internalized story is also what I'm doing.

As a force of habit I begin what I've started to refer to as a "root arch" as an internalized story so I can explore and peck about what my nation is about, and from there develop anything that'd be developmental from a Civilization or Age of Empire sort of stance, but because it suits the ambitions of the characters I discover along the way. I leave a lot to be determines until I get there with these actors, because I don't know how often they'll organically evolve until I do write them (Dr. Paston for instance).

Brink I think looks like he's doing something similar, albeit slower. I don't know if he's already writer block'd himself or if he somehow became disenfranchised with what may have been planned. But my suspicions suggest that maybe he's figuring out who could or who will become a perspective character.