I never really got into Nation roleplays all that much mostly because I see it as too removed from being... personal? I don't know. It's definitely an interesting concept to run a nation and see how they interact, but at the same time I could just play Dwarf Fortress and get the same result by looking through the legends files and learning how the civilizations generated had interacted with each other. In newer versions I could probably even define how they interact myself as I continue playing and making fortresses that interact not only with existing civilizations but even fortresses that I've created myself. Could be really interesting...

I'm pretty sure this is your most successful GM'ing experience to date. Or, at least to me it certainly seems like that. There's just something [i]about[/i] Aurora. I imagine it could be very interesting to have as a Nation Roleplay. Just as fun as it is playing the singular characters we've made already. Oh, reminds me... I should be building a sheet for Mathras and send it to you sometime.