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# Nations

## What Is a Nation?

A nation is a group of lands.

The land that creates the nation becomes the capital. The nation can then invite other lands to join.

Create a nation with `/nations create`.

Your current edit land becomes the capital. You must own that land, and it cannot already be in a nation.

## Invite Lands

Use `/nations trust <land>` to invite a land to join your nation. If the same player owns the capital and the invited land, the land can join automatically.

The invited land can accept with `/nations accept <nation>` or deny with `/nations deny <nation>`.

## Nation Members in Your Land

Lands can give nation members permissions through the nation role.

Open your land menu, go to roles, and edit the nation role to decide what members of your nation can do in your land.

## Nation Upkeep

On some servers, lands in a nation pay upkeep to the nation instead of directly to the server.

The nation may also need to pay upkeep to the server. Nation owners can set how much member lands pay in the nation menu.

Open the nation menu with `/nations`.

Nation owners can open the nation taxes menu with `/nations menu taxes`.

If you are in multiple lands and want to manage a different nation, select the land first with `/lands edit <land>`.

## Nations in Wars

Nations can fight other nations or lands with `/wars declare <land or nation>`.

When a nation is in a war, its lands fight together. Allies that are part of the war can also be attacked by the enemy.

If you are trusted in lands on both sides of the same war, your team is chosen once for that war. Defending lands are prioritized.

## Nation Levels

Nations can level up if your server has nation levels enabled.

Levels can give the nation and its lands extra benefits, such as more claims or other server-defined rewards.

Use `/nations level` to view the current progress.

If your server gives potion effects or similar benefits through nation levels, open `/nations menu effects`.