Happenings in Iria

The train station In one week we have gone from just a railstation base to mining up roof, constructing pillars and even starting on shops and side buildings. All the designing and most construction by Retyu.

Overview of station

Newfreind area

Gives quick access to enchanting tables, ore smelter and trade built by Bellamorte and Ladykat.

Also very patriotic

Recruitment successes and failures

Activity has been good with even more people joining us. Windowsfreak joined after he came here for a silk touch and has mined many, many diamonds this week. Windowsfreaks' cozy house

Alas we still have struggled at recruiting newfreinds - an essential part of Iria's identity. People (still) believe we are dead or do not exist on classics. And how would they know better? Even as we have grown we remain mostly in secret. Few Irians are active on other discord channels or the subreddit.

Recruitment suggestions

Joining and promoting alliances such as the NEA and Order of the White Lotus would be helpful. There are many small nations in our quadrant which lack infrastructure and we could mutually benefit with a closer relationship.

Minor subreddit changes (see last post) and minor discord changes: Make #building public - it contains no classified information and post in #general chat if the topic is not secret. Having a stale chat puts off potential new friends

Can anyone help with the wiki? I have mostly just copied snippets of history. There is a large gap from late 2014 to classics. Additionally, the recent history on classics and its present is barely sketched out. You dont have to know how to edit the wiki, just post the content in discord and I can add it.

An aside: Citizens can be recruited from more than just the classics community. Oldfriends can be brought back, and more significantly we can directly recruit from external communities. Look how effective This SPQR post was. Iria, being more broadly focused faces more of a challenge on finding a related subreddit. There are subreddits like /r/worldbuilding or there is keeping it minecraft related on /r/Minecraft or /r/mcservers . (Don't shill so hard you get removed for advertsing- Make organic content that actually appeals to the audience)

Building community spirit

Irian banners are being used everywhere. But gone are the days when Irian's gathered with patriotism. We need events - and we do have a new brewery- perfect to create a celebration. A celebration of what I do not know, but any large scale event where we invite some allies would be fun. An NEA meeting? Some historical anniversary? Whatever it is, involving the broader server population would 'put us on the map'.

Large projects and other cultural works are also benifical projects it is much less painful to arrange a time and work together for a few hours - maybe do this with the rail statio. We can also use VC more.

Other ways to build community: Windows has suggested naming streets. Statues are another way to honor Iria's rich history. To build on history special occasion flags and crests have been suggested. These would not replace the current and iconic Irian flag but instead be used for specific areas similar to how some nations have modified flags specifically for war.

Miscellaneous

I have dropchested all the things that should have been dropchested a long time ago. We really need to keep up with dropchesting as with it raiders can only take a tiny percentage of our wealth.

Construction will soon begin on a small vault to deal with petty criminals. Having allies to deal with more powerful invaders is just, if not more important.

Though our diamond income remains steady, XP has slowed down. Because there is a fair amount stockpiled I don't think we should be too worried. however it is something to keep an eye on, don't underestimate how quick we will go through it on repairs alone. If we want more god tier gear stockpiled-i.e. Enchanting all those enchanted armor sets, making actual god bows- we will exhaust are supply quite quickly.

A lot of building has been completed this week too. Wolf has constructed the Greenville ranch. An Alleyway with shops sits by the rail station. The rail to Anguish has been creatively re purposed. Finally the Little details bring everything together.

Did I miss anything? Sorry for the wall of text and the rushed writing quality, comment if you have thoughts on or suggestions to improve these write ups and of course comment if you have suggestions for improving Iria itself.

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