Creating a Group

Establishing a group in Landfall SMP helps define your role in the world—whether you're founding a mighty empire, running a merchant company, leading a small village, or forming a covert rebel cell. This guide outlines how to create and formally declare each recognized group type, based on the Types of Groups system.

📖 Overview of Group Types

🏛️ Nations & Empires

Nations and Empires are sovereign states with formal war, conquest, and diplomacy powers. To declare one:

1. Choose a Nation Identity

• Name and Color: Unique and symbolic
• 2-Letter Code: Used as the official shorthand (e.g., EG)
• Leaders: List Minecraft usernames (add Discord tags in parentheses if desired)

2. Write Legal Documentation

• Include: governance type, laws, leadership structure, succession method
• Host on Google Drive, Notion, or similar

3. Announce in Discord

Post in the appropriate channel:

**Nation Name:** 
**Nation Color:**
**Nation Code:**
**Head(s) of State:**
**Legal Docs:**
(Optional: Lore blurb or vision statement)

4. Maintain Your Post

• Edit when leadership changes
• Keep documents up to date

🛍️ Corporations

Corporations are non-sovereign economic entities. They may register publicly or operate privately, but must have permission from a host nation to hold land.

Corporations must be formally registered to participate in any form of espionage, sabotage, or contract-based warfare. Unregistered corporations that interfere in conflict will be considered rogue entities and may be penalized or disbanded by the Divine Entity.

To Register (Recommended):

• Name, CEO/Founder (Discord username(s))
• Focus Area (trade, weapons, tech, logistics, etc.)
• Host Nation (if applicable)
• Optional Charter (mission, structure, regulations)

Example Format:

**Corporation Name:**
**Founder/CEO:**
**Focus:**
**Operating In:**
**Charter:** [Link] (optional)

🏠 Towns

Towns are independent or semi-autonomous communities. Registration is not required but highly encouraged for visibility, protection, and roleplay.

While registration is not required, unregistered towns are not protected under divine oversight and may be absorbed, claimed, or targeted in narrative warfare without official recourse. Only registered towns receive divine recognition. Additionally, towns that align with a Nation or Empire gain protection under that group's military defense, and access to shared infrastructure, trade, and diplomacy.

Recommended Info:

• Town Name & Mayor (Discord username(s))
• Affiliated Nation (if any)
• Lore or Cultural Theme

Example Post:

**Town Name:**  
**Mayor:**
**Affiliation:**
**Local Laws:**
**Lore:**

🕵️ Guerilla Factions

Guerilla groups are non-sovereign asymmetric factions that engage in sabotage, rebellion, and/or fear-based influence. These groups are declared publicly, but their existence must still be discovered in-character to be acted upon—players may not metagame knowledge of a group's presence or base.

Public declaration is mandatory but does not equate to in-character discovery—enemy factions must still uncover your presence through RP. Once declared, your group may operate under guerilla rules. If you claim territory or start a rebellion, you must declare a siege and, if successful, transition into a Nation.

Required for Recognition:

• Group Name
• Leader/Spokesperson (Discord username(s))
• Narrative Justification

Example Format:

**Guerilla Faction Name:**
**Leader/Spokesperson:**
**Narrative Justification:**
(Optional: Known targets, goals, or threats)

✨ Final Notes

• All groups must obey the Rules of War, Sabotage Mechanic, and Frontline Mechanic where applicable.
• Proxy groups created to evade rules (e.g., fake towns masking nations) may be reclassified by Divine Entity.
• Groups may evolve over time: Town → Nation, Corporation → Nation, Guerilla → Nation via rebellion.

Declare wisely, and shape the world with purpose.