some people have time to check. creating a fair and civilized government takes time. you are set on Reptaria’s almost arbitrary number requirement, i am saying those number’s can be flexible. as for relying purely on numbers, you’re asking for crews to mass-recruit. For starters, we can check the status of a crew member’s last activity… my next issue: should an “Empire” be required to build certain structures to be considered an empire? you’re asking for a crew to mass-recruit & not require them to build anything and the next day they are an “empire”. in my opinion judging purely on recruit numbers is lazy, and the point of this forum is to work together to agree on the status of our crews & countries. i think Reptaria’s ideas are a great starting point and deserve further attention/elaboration.