Towns & Nations — Build Your Empire

Two Layers: Towns and Nations

CivSMP's player-organisation system has two layers:

• Towns — small to large groups of players sharing claimed land. Towns are the base unit. Every player who wants to protect their builds needs to be in a town.
• Nations — alliances of multiple towns. Nations sit above towns and provide a shared identity, badge, levels, achievements, and bank.

You can be in a town without being in a nation. You can't be in a nation without being in a town first.

Founding a Town

Stand somewhere in the wilderness you'd like to claim, then:

/town new <name>

This makes you the Mayor of a new town. The chunk you're standing in is claimed automatically. The town spawn is set there too.

Town creation has a small fee. Check /town new without arguments to see the current cost.

Joining a Town

Don't want to lead? Join an existing town instead:

/town list           — browse all towns
/town join <name>    — request to join (if the town is public)

Most towns require an invite. Ask in chat or check the Discord for towns that are recruiting.

Town Basics

Command	What it does
/town	Show your town's info
/town claim	Claim the chunk you're in (must touch existing claim)
/town unclaim	Release the chunk you're in
/town add <player>	Invite a player
/town kick <player>	Remove a resident
/town leave	Leave your current town
/town spawn (or /t spawn)	Teleport to town spawn
/town deposit <amount>	Top up the town bank
/town withdraw <amount>	Withdraw from town bank (Mayor/Assistant)

Founding a Nation

Once your town is established, you can found a nation. You must be the Mayor of a town that isn't already part of a nation:

/nation new <name>

You become the King of the new nation, and your town becomes its capital. Other towns can now join your nation under your leadership.

Joining a Nation

If you're a Mayor and want to join an existing nation, ask the King to invite you:

/nation add <yourtown>     — issued by the King
/nation join <nation>      — sometimes possible if the nation is open

Once accepted, your entire town becomes part of the nation — all residents inherit the nation membership.

The Nation Menu

CivSMP has a dedicated GUI for nations. Open it with:

/nmenu

This is where you'll spend most of your nation-management time. It shows:

• Your nation's custom badge — a stylized shield with border, colors, and patterns
• Current level and XP progress
• The full town strip showing every town in your nation with the Mayor's head
• Quick access to the badge designer, levels grid, achievements, and settings

Nation Badges

Every nation gets a fully customizable shield-style badge — pick a border, background color, and two pattern layers each with their own color. The King is the only one who can edit it, via /nmenu. Once set, the badge shows up:

• In the Nation menu for everyone in the nation
• As an inline icon next to player names in TAB (top-right player list)

Nation Levels

Nations level up from 1 to 15, earning XP through several sources:

Source	Detail
⏱️ Passive ticks	+1 XP every 20 min for nations with online residents
🏆 Achievements	Score, Towns, Bank, and Level milestone payouts
⚔️ Quests & events	One-off XP rewards from Aldoria's questlines

Each level unlocks:

• More badge patterns and borders to customize your shield
• More town slots (3 at level 1, up to 12 at the top)
• Higher position on the leaderboards

Hitting level 15 is the ultimate nation-prestige milestone.

Nation Achievements

Open /nmenu → Achievements to see four progression tracks:

Track	Examples
🏆 Level	Reach nation level 2, 5, 10, 15
📊 Score	Earn lifetime XP — 100, 500, 1k, 5k, 15k, 33k
🏘️ Towns	Grow to 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 towns
💰 Bank	Bank balance — $10k, $50k, $100k, $500k, $1m, $10m

Every achievement pays out bonus XP, so the more you complete the faster your nation grows.

The Nation Bank

Nations have a shared bank account that all member towns can deposit to. Use it to:

• Pay for nation-level upkeep
• Fund collective dungeon runs and gear
• Save up for cosmetic upgrades and Landlord chunks
• Trigger the Bank achievement tier

Deposit via /nation deposit <amount>. The King controls withdrawals via /nation withdraw <amount>.

Nation Ranks

Towny's default nation rank hierarchy maps onto CivSMP as:

Rank	Permissions
👑 King	Full control — promote, demote, kick, disband, badge design
🛡️ Chancellor (Assistant)	Most King powers except disband/transfer
🏘️ Mayor	Each town's leader; manages their own town inside the nation
👤 Citizen	Regular town resident in a nation

Promote a Mayor to Chancellor with /nation rank add <player> assistant.

Useful Commands

Town

Command	What it does
/town	Open your town's info screen
/town new <name>	Found a new town
/town list	Browse all towns
/town add <player>	Invite a player
/town claim	Claim adjacent chunk
/town deposit <amount>	Top up the town bank
/town spawn	Teleport to town spawn
/town delete	Disband your town

Nation

Command	What it does
/nation	Open your nation's info screen
/nmenu	Open the CivSMP Nation GUI
/nation new <name>	Found a new nation (Mayor only)
/nation list	Browse all nations
/nation add <town>	Invite a town (King only)
/nation deposit <amount>	Top up the nation bank
/nation toggle open	Allow towns to join without invite
/nation rank add <player> <rank>	Promote a town Mayor
/nation delete	Disband your nation (King only)

Tips for Aspiring Kings

• Found your town first, recruit, then form the nation — don't form a nation with no allies waiting
• Keep both banks topped up — town AND nation have daily upkeep; running dry triggers ruin
• Customize your badge early — it's free and gives your nation real identity
• Chase achievements — score and bank achievements give the biggest XP returns
• Recruit complementary towns — a Builder-focused town pairs well with a Miner town
• Coordinate dungeon runs — a nation that grinds together levels faster than a nation that doesn't