Right, so Slack has been very active again, this time discussing some very major ideas that I think deserved to be looked at in a more substantive way.

Primarily, we are considering dropping the idea of Aunice almost entirely in favor of moving straight into Aquora, to be settled near the coral reef in between the portal and 0,0 on Naunet. "Aunice" would be a small mining station at 0,0. We think this might be a good idea for several reasons. First of all, /u/BelovedDictator recently brought it to our attention that Naunet might have mobs falling from the sky. While this in itself might be just an annoyance, we also have to consider that the major reason we were thingking of Aunice in the first place (fostering trade routes) is not really going to happen given Naunet's position in the shard map. An idea was floated to instead have Aunice focus on being a miner supplier, but I've never seen a country in Civcraft thrive off of selling supplies to miners. I think moving directly to Aquora would allow us to get our most important construction project underway much quicker, thus allowing us to advertise more broadly and much quicker. However, this is an absolutely huge decision and I would love to hear everyone's input on it.

Second, we really do have to get our megafarms going. I'm currently planning on a large beet field, a mushroom field, and a potato field. Does anything else grow in Tjikko? We need these for two reasons: one, we need to get our farming economy set up ASAP. We're going to have to race towards a Pylon if we want to be an XP producing nation, and that Pylon will need to be in Tjikko pursuant to our agreement with Aquila, but we'll need to get it done quickly. Pylons are going to be highly contested and we want a good claim to having had the first, or at least one of the first, Pylons in Tjikko. Farms and infrastructure also have to be developed to extend and solidify our colonial land claims. Concordia has already annexed everything to the north of us, as well as quite a bit of the west, so we have to stake our claim to territory now to avoid being boxed in. Any and all help with farms, including checking and replanting the megafarms once they're up, would be immensely appreciated.

Any other ideas on how to increase border security and just how much land we should claim would be greatly appreciated, as would any knowledge or contact information for our neighbors.

Long live the Republic!