Not sure if I should count, but anyway...

1. What is your main character's nation?
Serenwilde
2. What is your nation's fundamental purpose? Use no more than one sentence.
To restore life, unaltered, to the Basin of Life.
3. What is your nation's definition of the Taint?
Taint is one of the many ways life has been corrupted.
4. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Taint?
Not in the long run, but it might well tolerate it for now, for strategic purposes, while waiting for the right time to get rid of it.
5. What is your nation's definition of the Light?
Maybe it was a good idea at one time but it ended up just another way to corrupt life.
6. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Light?
Not in the long run, but it might well tolerate it for now, for strategic purposes, while waiting for the right time to get rid of it.
7. What is your nation's definition of the Wyrd?
I left before they did the whole Wyrd thing, but from what I hear, Gwylifar would probably consider it to be a "second stage of evolution" of Taint. It's even worse than Taint or Light because it corrupts life at a more fundamental and more insidious level.
8. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Wyrd?
Not in the long run, but it might well tolerate it for now, for strategic purposes, while waiting for the right time to get rid of it.
9. What is your nation's definition of Nature?
Nature is Life, as it was originally formed, as it was meant to be. Nature is ever-changing, but cyclical.
10. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Nature?
Of course!
11. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the undead?
Good question. While the natural inclination is to assume undeath is unnatural, a breaking of the cycle of life, the histories are unclear. Gwylifar never really dug too deeply into the question.
12. Which nation has given yours the most reason to oppose them? Why? (Briefly)
Glomdoring, because the wyrd is (as described above) a more fundamental and more insidious threat against Life.
13. Is there any nation with which you have little to no disagreement? If so, which?
At any given time, we have no active disagreement with as many of them as possible, because the time is not yet right to strike against them, and preserving the seed is more important than planting it until that time.
14. Are there any races which receive special treatment in your nation? Which and why? (Briefly)
Gwylifar doesn't consider the viscanti a true race, but merely mutants of other races, so no. If you consider the viscanti a race, then yes: they need to be cured. They'll thank you for it later, once they're back in their right minds.
15. Does your nation believe individual freedom is more important than collective responsibility and duty?
It shouldn't. Sometimes, though, it mistakenly thinks it does.
16. Does your nation believe that its people or its physical and planar areas have more influence on its culture?
Not sure what you're getting at. I think the latter should have more influence but of course due to the nature of the game (NPCs being inanimate, for instance) the former is always true.
17. Does your nation believe that their Guides (Cosmic/Elemental Lords and Great Spirits) are infallible?
No. But they're awfully keen.
18. Does your nation believe that their Guides should override their mortal leadership?
If necessary, yes. Serenwilde has had long experience with bad or even treasonous leaders.
19. Does your nation seek expansion and conquest? (Not counting swaying villages)
Yes. But it wouldn't call it that. After all, it's really restoration of what used to be there, so it's not really conquest so much as liberation.
20. Finally, list three to five core beliefs unique to your nation alone that do not reference individual entities. (Not "we follow White Hart" for instance).
Natural life with its cycles of life and death is sacred in its balance; it alters itself just fine, and doesn't need anything outside to alter it.
Cities and other signs of civilization are a seductive mistake. Those who have been seduced by it are incapable of realizing their own delusion until they're freed of it.
Predation is a vital part of nature. Underhunting is just as bad as overhunting, and overprotecting things is as unnatural as massacring them.

I wrote my answers without reading anyone else's. I think I misread 14 but I'm leaving my answer there anyway because I like it.

An interesting set of questions. Here are the answers I'm trying to have Zalandrus follow, as well as some of the spiteful annoyances I dislike about Celest right now

1. What is your main character's nation?
Celest

2. What is your nation's fundamental purpose? Use no more than one sentence.
To spread the teachings of the Light and to atone/fix for the mistakes of the Old Celestian Empire


3. What is your nation's definition of the Taint?
Touch of Kethuru, a force of suffering and cruelty, outside the brilliance of the Light

4. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Taint?
Um...no

5. What is your nation's definition of the Light?
A healing force opposing the Taint, meant to strike awe and wonder at its purity and brilliance (or something like that)

6. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Light?
I would certainly hope so.

7. What is your nation's definition of the Wyrd?
Something separate from the Taint, that's for sure. A creation of when Viravain and Isune and who knows what else incubated together.

8. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Wyrd?
Yes, because we can't fight a 3 on 1 war

9. What is your nation's definition of Nature?
The natural world. All those trees and animals and such.

10. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Nature?
Yes, because again, we can't fight a 3 on 1 war.

11. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the undead?
Nope.

12. Which nation has given yours the most reason to oppose them? Why? (Briefly)
Magnagora, because in the system of duality Lusternia has set, they're our opposite. Simple as that.

13. Is there any nation with which you have little to no disagreement? If so, which?
Not really. There are tensions with all three. I'd say there's the least tension with Glomdoring right now.


14. Are there any races which receive special treatment in your nation? Which and why? (Briefly)
Merians don't receive special treatment necessarily, but are the most common and most tied to our history


15. Does your nation believe individual freedom is more important than collective responsibility and duty?
I don't think this is really an issue that comes up. Everyone in Celest has to follow the Light, and thus, everybody must work towards the same goals, really.

16. Does your nation believe that its people or its physical and planar areas have more influence on its culture?
Planar areas: Celestia, by far. It's the Plane of Light, we're the City of Light.

17. Does your nation believe that their Guides (Cosmic/Elemental Lords and Great Spirits) are infallible?
Hm...I would say Elohora is for the most part infallible, but Methrenton and Raziela seem to have some flaws, the former being too focused on militaristic activity and the latter being the opposite, loving too much. Japhiel is too bookish, really, and Shakiniel...well, I always saw her as more closely tied to Methrenton, but I suppose there is a difference.

18. Does your nation believe that their Guides should override their mortal leadership?
Hm...I think our nation is highly unsatisfied with its mortal leadership right now, so anything that will override them will be listened to, basically. Then again, it's just a select few very loud people who are raising up a ruckus and whining about everything, so who knows. Perhaps we just believe the loudest and strongest should be able to override everything.

19. Does your nation seek expansion and conquest? (Not counting swaying villages)
It's not 'conquest', it's 'preaching'. We have to spread the Light.

20. Finally, list three to five core beliefs unique to your nation alone that do not reference individual entities. (Not "we follow White Hart" for instance).
1. The Taint is an evil entity that must be banished from the Basin for the good of all humanity. The Light, being opposed to the Taint, is the best force to do that, and we will wield it in our holy crusade.
2. We must atone for the mistakes of our ancestors (ties in to goal 1)
3. (Supposedly:) We must act always with the teachings of all 5 supernals in mind, not only willing to use strength when we need to, but also to be able to love and reason.
4. The ends often justify the means, when dealing with the Taint (this is more in recent events)

I could add in a lot more sarcasm, but I think that'd be mean, and plus, I don't want to get started on my rant

1. What is your main character's nation?
The Mighty Dominion of Magnagora

2. What is your nation's fundamental purpose? Use no more than one sentence.
Eradication of the Light, spreading the glory of the Taint.

3. What is your nation's definition of the Taint?
The lingering touch of the Almighty Kethuru.

4. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Taint?
Of course.

5. What is your nation's definition of the Light?
A driving force of hypocrisy and lies, glorifying ignorance and weakness.

6. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Light?
Never.

7. What is your nation's definition of the Wyrd?
A twisted version of the Taint.

8. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Wyrd?
The Engine will eventually consume it.

9. What is your nation's definition of Nature?
The spirits, the fae, and so on.

10. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Nature?
See 8.

11. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the undead?
Of course, undeath is a superior state of being.

12. Which nation has given yours the most reason to oppose them? Why? (Briefly)
Celest, for harboring the Light and attempting to hinder the mighty Engine's progress.

13. Is there any nation with which you have little to no disagreement? If so, which?
Serenwilde.

14. Are there any races which receive special treatment in your nation? Which and why? (Briefly)
The Viscanti, being touched most directly by the Taint, are vastly superior to all other races. Any Elfen or Merian, regretably tied to the Light by their very nature, are treated as lessers.

15. Does your nation believe individual freedom is more important than collective responsibility and duty?
No.

16. Does your nation believe that its people or its physical and planar areas have more influence on its culture?
The physical and planar areas.

17. Does your nation believe that their Guides (Cosmic/Elemental Lords and Great Spirits) are infallible?
Perhaps not infallible, but less so than the mortals that follow them.

18. Does your nation believe that their Guides should override their mortal leadership?
Perhaps not override, but provide a strong influence.

19. Does your nation seek expansion and conquest? (Not counting swaying villages)
Of course, gotta spread the love undeath and all that.

20. Finally, list three to five core beliefs unique to your nation alone that do not reference individual entities. (Not "we follow White Hart" for instance).
* One must embrace the touch of the Almighty, or be consumed by it.
* Change and adaptation is the way of the Taint.
* The Light is little but a beacon of ignorance and greed. Those that gaze into it eventually become blinded to the truth, desperately seeking to depict themselves as paragons of love and virtue. As such, it must be eliminated.

Sorry if the typing/spelling/whatever is off, but I just realized that I have no spellcheck on this computer, and this keyboard hates me. A lot.

I'm going to answer the questions from Richter's perspective, and from Deepnight's future one. Unfortunately, while I built the city, most of the culture and ideals are in my head alone, but I hope that someday, other characters would answer similarly on here.

1. What is your main character's nation?
The Aethercity of Deepnight
2. What is your nation's fundamental purpose? Use no more than one sentence.
To exist, free from the bounds of the other organizations.
3. What is your nation's definition of the Taint?
Byproduct of Kethuru, no longer possessed by him it is useful in some instances.
4. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Taint?
Yes, but not within the city and not encroaching on any territories.
5. What is your nation's definition of the Light?
Whereas the Taint is a physical thing, the Light does not appear to be. The light is a set of codes and ethics, etc, though it tends to blind the Celestians.
6. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Light?
Sure, whatever does it for you.
7. What is your nation's definition of the Wyrd?
Changed taint, but not taint now.
8. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Wyrd?
Sure. It's just weird forest anyway.
9. What is your nation's definition of Nature?
Again, a physical thing. Nature is nice, natural, and we like it, especially mixing building and such with it in pleasing ways.
10. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Nature?
Yes, and we like to incorporate it.
11. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the undead?
We don't have a reason to not tolerate them. Kind of gross sometimes though.
12. Which nation has given yours the most reason to oppose them? Why? (Briefly)
Serenwilde, though it's been a long time since there was conflict.
13. Is there any nation with which you have little to no disagreement? If so, which?
Celest.
14. Are there any races which receive special treatment in your nation? Which and why? (Briefly)
No, everyone should be treated equally, but we're partial to changelings, due to their uniqueness and adaptability.
15. Does your nation believe individual freedom is more important than collective responsibility and duty?
Yes and no. Individual freedom is everything to us, but we can pull together for our responsibilities.
16. Does your nation believe that its people or its physical and planar areas have more influence on its culture?
Planar, obviously.
17. Does your nation believe that their Guides (Cosmic/Elemental Lords and Great Spirits) are infallible?
Not at all.
18. Does your nation believe that their Guides should override their mortal leadership?
n/a
19. Does your nation seek expansion and conquest? (Not counting swaying villages)
Expansion, eventually.
20. Finally, list three to five core beliefs unique to your nation alone that do not reference individual entities. (Not "we follow White Hart" for instance).
How about six? Rationality, pride, strength, greatness, command, and nonaggression (though each of those has a detailed explaination)

I was going to do the quiz, but the answers above are almost identical to my own except that I'd add freedom to the beliefs

But...

1. What is your main character's nation?
Magnagora

2. What is your nation's fundamental purpose? Use no more than one sentence.
to spread the taint to all of the basin.

3. What is your nation's definition of the Taint?
The blessed touch of Kethuru.

4. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Taint?
yes

5. What is your nation's definition of the Light?
A belief system which creates stupidity, false-truths, and a overall idea of self righteousness among it's followers.
6. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Light?
No

7. What is your nation's definition of the Wyrd?
The Taint's natural transformation with the creations of nature.

8. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Wyrd?
No, but for the sole reason that it is not a part of Magnagora.

9. What is your nation's definition of Nature?
A resource to be used by the Engine.

10. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Nature?
Only in the confines of that which is usefully. I.E. tree's provide lumber for the engine

11. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the undead?
Yes, undeath is one of the greatest forms anyone can strive for.

12. Which nation has given yours the most reason to oppose them? Why? (Briefly)
Celest because of there complete opposition of the Taint

13. Is there any nation with which you have little to no disagreement? If so, which?
Serenwilde? though it is more a temporary strategical peace

14. Are there any races which receive special treatment in your nation? Which and why? (Briefly)
Viscanti because of their emulation of the Taint's power. elfins and merians because of there connection to the light

15. Does your nation believe individual freedom is more important than collective responsibility and duty?
i would say that freedom is ok as long as one's wishes are not in direct opposition to the city

16. Does your nation believe that its people or its physical and planar areas have more influence on its culture?
I would guess evenly

17. Does your nation believe that their Guides (Cosmic/Elemental Lords and Great Spirits) are infallible?
no. there words are taken in high regard though and the occasions of them being wrong are extremely rare

18. Does your nation believe that their Guides should override their mortal leadership?
no, each should have equal voicing in decisions. It would be up to the people on who to follow.

19. Does your nation seek expansion and conquest? (Not counting swaying villages)
Yes

20. Finally, list three to five core beliefs unique to your nation alone that do not reference individual entities. (Not "we follow White Hart" for instance).
Power, conquest, control, Domination, Transformation

You're one of mine. You and Shishi should both do the survey.

I'd prefer we didn't get too many comic responses. A few is ok, and while I understand that rogues want to have a go too... it doesn't really help us understand the current snapshot of nation ideologies.

1. What is your main character's nation?
New Celest

2. What is your nation's fundamental purpose? Use no more than one sentence.
To force the entire basin to follow the light, kill those that oppose it and think little of heathens that follow nature.

3. What is your nation's definition of the Taint?
The touch of Kethuru on the basin of life

4. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Taint?
No

5. What is your nation's definition of the Light?
The teachings of the supernals (twisted to suit us mortals)

6. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Light?
We are the light (cough wheeze)

7. What is your nation's definition of the Wyrd?
There are two, The wyrd is a separate entity from the taint.
And the Anisu side of celest: Wyrd is taint but less dangerous then Magnagorian taint, does first destroy magnagora and abuse wyrdlings, then destroy the wyrd.

8. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Wyrd?
Yes (for now)

9. What is your nation's definition of Nature?
All non tainted things that where not altered by mortal hands.

10. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Nature?
As long as it does not get in our way

11. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the undead?
No, it is unnatural

12. Which nation has given yours the most reason to oppose them? Why? (Briefly)
Magnagora (it is tainthub duh)

13. Is there any nation with which you have little to no disagreement? If so, which?
Glomdoring, because they do not bother us to much and provide alchemy

14. Are there any races which receive special treatment in your nation? Which and why? (Briefly)
Merians, because they are the founders and the dominant race

15. Does your nation believe individual freedom is more important than collective responsibility and duty?
It would be collective responsibility, but try making most of celest to see this.

16. Does your nation believe that its people or its physical and planar areas have more influence on its culture?
Planar areas

17. Does your nation believe that their Guides (Cosmic/Elemental Lords and Great Spirits) are infallible?
Yes

18. Does your nation believe that their Guides should override their mortal leadership?
Yes

19. Does your nation seek expansion and conquest? (Not counting swaying villages)
Yes

20. Finally, list three to five core beliefs unique to your nation alone that do not reference individual entities. (Not "we follow White Hart" for instance).
- The light must be spread to all
- The unenlightened have to be brought to the light or in the end must die
- All Taint must be eradicated

While I don't mean to pick on your "money" reputation, what sense of "incorporate" did you intend here? Because the one in line with your reputation is more amusing.

Poor Prax is young and learning that she doesn't seem to have the same ideas as everyone else in Celest
Needless to say she's still trying to find her niche

1. What is your main character's nation?
New Celest
2. What is your nation's fundamental purpose? Use no more than one sentence.
To be a compassionate force in the basin, and see to the care of all the original creations of the Elder gods
3. What is your nation's definition of the Taint?
A corrupting force created by the souless gods
4. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Taint?
No
5. What is your nation's definition of the Light?
A creation of the half-formed gods of celestia, and generally a force for good
6. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Light?
Yes
7. What is your nation's definition of the Wyrd?
A creation of the taint and so of the souless gods, it is at best taint kin and is not of the original creations of the elder gods
8. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Wyrd?
No
9. What is your nation's definition of Nature?
All of the original creations of the elder gods before the war with the souless gods
10. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Nature?
Yes
11. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the undead?
No, they are also not of the elder gods original creations
12. Which nation has given yours the most reason to oppose them? Why? (Briefly)
Magnagora and Glomdoring as they are both a product of the souless gods
13. Is there any nation with which you have little to no disagreement? If so, which?
Serenwilde, we are as concerned about nature as anything else. We have so much in common it's rediculous, if we could both get over ourselves.
14. Are there any races which receive special treatment in your nation? Which and why? (Briefly)
Well the Merians do have the history, and the Viscanti are a product of the souless so they're unacceptable
15. Does your nation believe individual freedom is more important than collective responsibility and duty?
No, we do not succeed alone
16. Does your nation believe that its people or its physical and planar areas have more influence on its culture?
It's people, we contain the spark of the elder gods, or of their works I suppose with faelings I guess, within us and so we are the driving force in the basin.
17. Does your nation believe that their Guides (Cosmic/Elemental Lords and Great Spirits) are infallible?
Certainly not, nothing is infallible
18. Does your nation believe that their Guides should override their mortal leadership?
That is a case by case decision, but we as the decendants of the Elders bare the final responsibility
19. Does your nation seek expansion and conquest? (Not counting swaying villages)
I don't think so, we seek cooperation with others, and the extermination of all that the souless have created, we don't want to conquer them we want them obliterated
20. Finally, list three to five core beliefs unique to your nation alone that do not reference individual entities. (Not "we follow White Hart" for instance).
-Compassion should guide all our actions
-We must nurture and honour the divine spark that is entrusted to each of us
-The first world must be restored to it's original state before it's corruption by the souless

fine I won't be lazy and do it

1. What is your main character's nation?
The Aethercity of Deepnight
2. What is your nation's fundamental purpose? Use no more than one sentence.
To support Richter in his quest to make a city other than the four normal organizations
3. What is your nation's definition of the Taint?
the substance that came from Ketheru that is corrosive to anything that touches it
4. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Taint?
of course, it's useful sometimes
5. What is your nation's definition of the Light?
the thoughts celestians have about their ideals and such, it tends to make a lot of the people who follow it blind moraly to everything other than it
6. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Light?
Sure, it doesn't bother us normally
7. What is your nation's definition of the Wyrd?
nature changed by the taint, but not taint anymore
8. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Wyrd?
yah, it doesn't bother us
9. What is your nation's definition of Nature?
Anything not changed by mortal hand
10. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Nature?
of course
11. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the undead?
yes, they may be usefull at some point in the future
12. Which nation has given yours the most reason to oppose them? Why? (Briefly)
None really
13. Is there any nation with which you have little to no disagreement? If so, which?
not sure on this one
14. Are there any races which receive special treatment in your nation? Which and why? (Briefly)
Nope, but Richter seems to like Changelings for some strange reason
15. Does your nation believe individual freedom is more important than collective responsibility and duty?
yes, freedom is more important but usually if richter needs something we help out a little
16. Does your nation believe that its people or its physical and planar areas have more influence on its culture?
planar for obvious reasons
17. Does your nation believe that their Guides (Cosmic/Elemental Lords and Great Spirits) are infallible?
we have these??
18. Does your nation believe that their Guides should override their mortal leadership?
not even if we do have them
19. Does your nation seek expansion and conquest? (Not counting swaying villages)
more about expansion and survival right now
20. Finally, list three to five core beliefs unique to your nation alone that do not reference individual entities. (Not "we follow White Hart" for instance).
freedom
strength
pride
knowledge
gold is good...

Here is how Aerenna viewed Serenwilde and other orgs. So it was more about her views than the commune's views, although she thought the rest of the commune shares the views, or at least SHOULD.



1. What is your main character's nation?
Serenwilde

2. What is your nation's fundamental purpose? Use no more than one sentence.
Making the lands outside the Basin habitable again.

3. What is your nation's definition of the Taint?
A twisting, malevolent force.

4. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Taint?
No.

5. What is your nation's definition of the Light?
Just a term, used as an excuse for Celest's actions.

6. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Light?
No.

7. What is your nation's definition of the Wyrd?
Taint.

8. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the Wyrd?
No.

9. What is your nation's definition of Nature?
Everything which isn't Tainted or covered by a civilised structure.

10. Will your nation tolerate the existence of Nature?
Being dedicated to the Nature, there really aren't any options.

11. Will your nation tolerate the existence of the undead?
No.

12. Which nation has given yours the most reason to oppose them? Why? (Briefly)
Magnagora, as it had the strongest anti-Nature influence in it. Glomdoring was considered too weak and self-conflicted to be a real danger.

13. Is there any nation with which you have little to no disagreement? If so, which?
No.

14. Are there any races which receive special treatment in your nation? Which and why? (Briefly)
No, although the Moondancers tried to consider Faelings special due to their affinity with the Fae. It wasn't commune-specific though.

15. Does your nation believe individual freedom is more important than collective responsibility and duty?
No.

16. Does your nation believe that its people or its physical and planar areas have more influence on its culture?
Its areas, I believe. Although the people mattered too.

17. Does your nation believe that their Guides (Cosmic/Elemental Lords and Great Spirits) are infallible?
Aerenna believed that the "stupid" part of the commune believed yes, the "smart" believed no. Being Shards, mortals had the same potential for greatness as other, more powerful beings, so they shouldn't trust them blindly.

18. Does your nation believe that their Guides should override their mortal leadership?
As above.

19. Does your nation seek expansion and conquest? (Not counting swaying villages)
Yes.

20. Finally, list three to five core beliefs unique to your nation alone that do not reference individual entities. (Not "we follow White Hart" for instance).
We are the only righteous ones - Glomdoring and the cities are dangerous.
Everyone should donate to the greater cause, but in the way they can - a scholar doesn't have to fight, but can, and should, write books.
United, we are stronger than the sum of parts. BUT, everyone should try to get stronger on their own.
And finally, loud-mouthed pacifists are bad.