/u/TheCareBear42 has given me permission to post here.

I'm from the /r/Civcraft server, and here I represent the Auroran Republic. I'm in talks with /u/TheCareBear42 right now regarding the movement of the Socialist Commune of Minecraft onto the Civcraft server. The Auroran Republic is offering to assist in the settlement of SCoM through our Sponsorship program.

Here's how I explained the Sponsorship program to /u/TheCareBear42 on the Civcraft subreddit:

If you're looking for a snowy region for sure, Aurora has a huge snowy biome area just to it's south (if you go on www.txapu.com and look at Aurora's region it's basically everything in the yellow from "Kryopolis" and south) and we could sponsor your colony there. Specifically, what we could do is grant you a piece or all of this snowy area to develop, depending on whatever agreement we reached. As the sponsor of your new colony, Aurora would grant you the land and assist in your defense and development. We could help you construct factories and get infrastructure down, connect you to the rail network, possibly allow you to use/rent space in the vault, and just generally help you get firmly established in your new position. We're very well suited to do this, as we're a long-established city with a very active populace, great international transport links, and a lot of infrastructure, such as public factories, that would be very helpful for a new town just starting out. You'd also have a lot of autonomy from the Auroran Republic; we'd leave you to govern your internal affairs, but ask that you let us control your foreign policy as a part of the Republic since we don't want to bring down too much external drama on our heads. The specifics of the deal, such as the voting rights of your citizenry, would be negotiated between the Republic and your settlement, but it would be a win-win for everyone. You'd get a lot of help setting up your settlement and dipping your feet into the world of Civcraft, and we'd both get a more active region in which to trade, explore, and develop together.

As I mentioned in the post, Aurora has a lot to offer in terms of development assistance. We have infrastructure and industry that would help a young settlement get on it's feet quickly, and we have a huge amount of activity to help build the settlement and encourage keeping it alive. We'd leave you almost entirely to your own devices, asking only for your compliance with national criminal standards laws (basically very simple "no grief") and control over foreign policy as you'd be an Autonomous Zone/Sponsorship of the Republic. We're just trying to avoid external drama, as we've always done. We're socialist-capitalist. Though we have shops, we tend to act more like socialists, sharing resources and helping each other out. In foreign affairs, we, as a rule, stay neutral and concentrate on making the Republic better and not fighting other people's wars. We have a commitment to democracy, though, again, we'd let you run your local affairs however you want. We're a very diverse group politically, with everything from Anarcho-Capitalists to Communists living within our Republic and participating in elections. How SCoM would relate to the elections within the Republic would be subject to negotiation, though our current government is leaning very far towards extending voting rights in the election of Chancellor to any Sponsorships as well.

/u/TheCareBear42 asked a very cognizant question during the discussion. He wanted to know what Aurora would get out of making you guys a Sponsorship. Well, the answer is very simple: we'd love to have you with us in Aurora. We get a more active region, which is something we're working on to better retain citizens in the Republic, and we get to better utilize lands which Aurora owns but currently under-utilizes or doesn't utilize at all due to inactivity. The trade possibilities are attractive as well, but the new people are the most important part.

Aurora has always thrived off of diversity, politics, and activity, and we'd love it if you joined us in making our region a better place.

If you have any questions for me, any at all, ask away. I shall do my best to answer. :)