Population
One of the biggest issues challenged by the administration was
population, as we saw a distinct stagnation in our population, which remained at ~150 nations for most of my term. At the time of this speech's writing, we have
defeated that stagnation as we are seeing a
steady increase in the population, as we've risen above the 160 mark, with around 162 nations right now. This number will steadily increase if we continue the efforts we put into this issue.
Before anything,
I really have to thank Krovx, Bertilistan, and Oimatsu for helping me with manual recruitment. We couldn't have tackled this issue without their help. With all four of us
combined, it's safe to say
we sent more than 25,000 telegrams in those four months - maybe even thirty thousand! This quiet victory couldn't have been done without them.
A big reason for this stagnation is simply natural phenomenon across NS, however, a couple of people don't believe me and think I'm making excuses, despite the fact I've heavily advocated and involved myself in tackling this issue. Last month, I interviewed three
Heads of Government - from FNR, UDS, and Thaecia - all of which have embassies to Force. I asked them about the issue, and here's they said about it:
Free Nations Region
PRESIDENT OF FNR: The population numbers [of FNR] are mostly stagnating, while number of WA nations is raising very slowly, albeit steadily.
That's good to hear, we at Force have a similar stagnation but every now and then it slowly declines. Do you have any advice to help fight against this?
put a lot of effort into manual recruitment & retention - being friendly and open community is very important, as is swiftly dealing with any spammers, catfishers and so on, any OOC troubles need to be solved very quickly. That is something I often see as inadequate in some regions. Immediately making contact with new recruits - inviting them to Discord or cultural events, being available as "living helpdesk" and communicating on RMB is paramount. We are also strong in recruitment at all times, not only at times when NS population spikes, which helps us stay stable long-term.
How was FNR's population after the Drewpocalypse?
We did get a very high boost, and did actually manage to gain some stable, very active members out of it, but most of the population we received is gone by now; the spike, as we expected, did not last at all, and was only temporary |
Union of Democratic States
First off, we at Force are experiencing a major population stagnation, where our population won't increase despite government efforts and will slightly decline every now and then. May I ask if UDS is experiencing something similar?
PRESIDENT OF UDS: The UDS has experienced similar, actually we're currently in a downwards trend despite recruitment efforts. One has to think when this occurs, if its a game-wide occurrence or if you just aren't doing enough for you region, the process of figuring that out can be irritating, because you can't necessarily tell who is actively recruiting. You can get clues from making puppets or even refounding puppets, but typically only a small ideal of it.
Very relatable, I feel the same way as the PM. I think the summer lull was worsened with the horrible conditions the world is currently in. How was UDS's population after the Drewpocalypse?
Extremely high but obviously only lasted for so long. I've had the absolute honor of working with a great team in getting telegrams sent out, accepting those who desired citizen, etc. However, like I said earlier, it only lasted so long. Our retention I feel was luckily at the start, but 3 months after or so, we begin to really see who stayed and was unique players and those who made a ton of puppets. Obviously I can't confirm if it was a majority of puppets, but we definitely saw something fishy in our trends when we were actively looking at statistics.
I see, now for perhaps my last question, since we're both experiencing similar problems in stagnancy, what do you think is the best way to try and curb this?
Hm, that's a hard question. I'd say our best effort in curbing this is to just keep trying to do what we do now. I'm not completely aware of Force's recruitment policies but I believe the next term President for the UDS will be needing to work on manual recruitment, which maybe something that Force should look into. Asides from that, the grind of NationStates I feel is a grind of rinse and repeat. Changing recruitment telegrams, etc. |
Thaecia
First off, we at Force are having a population instability, where our population won't increase and sometimes slowly declines. Looking at Thaecia's History page, it seems it experienced something similar but has now started to curb that decline. May I ask how Thaecia has done that?
PM OF THAECIA: Thaecia takes initiative to curb these declines by promoting various forms of recruitment programs
Currently our recruitment is rewarding manual recruiters with roles in the server and same goes for stamp donaters
Our recruitment is headed by our Founder Andusre and President The Marconian State under the Home Affairs Ministry
I see, and all your efforts are working it seems  Do you have any advice for us or other regions who are experiencing population stagnations?
My best advice would be to raise the issue with your region and have a discussion on who to target and who will do the recruitment and who will be accountable
Also be prepared to face unrewarding times with little to no recruits joining and don't let it discourage you
Thank you so much, that's very insightful information. May I also ask, how was Thaecia's population after the Drewpocalypse?
The drewpocalypse saw a huge decline in every region who recruited
We peaked at 450 nations I believe yet fell almost 200. I can imagine the devastation in other regions who enjoyed even greater drewbie numbers than we did |
To further support these claims, below are the population graphs of each region I had the honor of interviewing, as well
as a couple other regions we have embassies to.
And for comparison, here is Force's population chart:
Not much difference is there?
