I found Calito Nations and it is a survival civilization server where politics actually changes what happens. It just opened Early Access and they want founding players to start towns and set the vibe.
You can found a town and pick how it is governed. There are five government types and each one changes stuff like upkeep land claims and expansion. Some are cheaper but force voting and some let you control more but cost more.
Elections use ranked choice voting so it is not just a simple one and done vote. Your vote weight depends on things like how long you lived there how much gold you put in the treasury and if you have been active recently. There is also a cap so one person cannot own the whole town.
Every town has a tension score and if it gets too high bad things start happening. Impeachment petitions can spawn residents can defect and towns can try to break away from their nation. You cannot just take power and go AFK.
There is siege warfare too with scheduled weekend battle sessions. If a nation wins they can plunder and occupy the town and collect a big part of the daily resource production. The server runs on Java 1.21.6+ and it is running on Folia.
Civilization Survival With Real Politics
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It stays up all day and there is a 20 player cap. PVP is allowed and looting is allowed and even encouraged but people are still expected to not be total jerks. Cheating is not wanted and can get you banned.
There is an optional boon system with small buffs to keep things spicy. Hate stuff like racism homophobia and sexual assault is not tolerated. Also lava cast attempts will not work because of command block protection.
Every new player who joins adds 25 blocks to the world border so the map slowly grows with the community.GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPTowny Wars With Heists And Stakes
Termina is a Towny server that tries to bring back that old school Minecraft feeling where towns matter and wars actually happen.
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The server uses add ons so you do not need to install complicated mods. You join with a normal game launch and then you go through an interview and approval process. This is there to keep out trolls and griefers so the place stays friendly.
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