Civcraft2Import:Nationbuilding sashimii

Foreword
I'm no expert, but I do have over a year's worth of experience Kinging around as the Monarch of The Commonwealth. I see a lot of towns and nations which rise and fall, and when these towns die a silent death, it makes me a bit sad: especially if it results in players quitting the server. You can learn about server mechanics all you'd like, but in many instances that isn't enough.

This guide will also consist of biases: my own beliefs about how things work. This includes ideological beliefs of a primarily classical liberal strain. However, despite this framework of thought, I will be relatively agnostic in the left versus right paradigm. If you have a problem with that, you may choose to make your own guide: with blackjack, hookers, and communism.

The brunt of this information has come about from the collective experience of a variety of citizens from The Commonwealth, and neighbouring towns and cities. These experiences may be successful, or even failures. However, they are helpful towards our shared learning. These sources will be cited whenever possible, and if I have missed crediting someone: feel free to make an edit.

Anywho, here goes.

Cheers,

anarchomaniac

Finding Your Promised Land
Remember that the server uses Realistic Biomes. Now, whether you're a fan of the mod or not doesn't really matter, but what this means is that if you wish to see your town get a head start, you need to look for locations on the map where multiple biomes converge. After all, the more biomes you have in your near vicinity, the less you need to worry about building expensive rail infrastructure to disparate areas on the map just to be able to fulfill a particular Factory Recipe, such as that of The Diamond Cauldron.