I found EchelonMC and it is a hand built survival server that has been in active development for about two months. It is hosted in Canada and the owner Eddy builds it based on what players suggest. They say over 100 player suggestions are already in.
The vibe is long term survival with real progression and a strong community. There is no pay to win and they are not planning main world resets. It is also not a copy paste plugin pack kind of server and it is built from scratch with updates every week.
The server has its own currency called Echelites. You earn it just by playing like mining farming fishing exploring and building. You can use it for progression and quality of life stuff.
There is advanced land claiming so your builds stay safe. It has visual borders and settings per chunk plus options like TNT and creeper control fire spread protection raid prevention fluid freeze and mob spawn control. There is also claim decay with syncing options and claim bundling for big projects.
You can make paths just by walking and get speed bonuses on them and it is toggleable. There are teams so you can invite friends manage members share access and use private team chat. You can list builds publicly so other players can visit vote and climb rankings. There are timed graves that protect your items with balanced recovery.
