I found a server that is starting a new season but it keeps the same world from last time. That means you spawn into a place with old builds and leftovers. You can explore and find roads or ruins and decide to finish what someone started.
It is vanilla plus on Fabric. It is meant to feel open ended with no handholding. There are no land claims and there is no economy plugin.
It uses Xaeros Minimap and it has a Dynmap you can view in a browser. There are building focused block mods for more detail options. It also has Friend and Foe.
The server is 18 plus and LGBTQ friendly. You have to apply to join.
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GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPBuild Ventures Get Rich Sell Everything

I found a brand new Minecraft server that is all about starting your own venture and trying to get rich.
It uses a custom made plugin where you extract resources from land then you specialize in making stuff and selling it to other players. The economy is meant to be balanced and the currency is gold ingots.
There is also a must see map and it has a big train which makes the world feel extra cool. Also yes there are drugs.
GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPAegea Semi-Vanilla SMP Economy Ranks

Aegea is a semi vanilla Spigot SMP with a really simple style. It has a few plugins that make life easier like basic economy and ranks. You can use commands like help back and sethome. You can teleport to other players with tpa and tpahere and you can rtp to go out into the wild.
The server has a trading system where players set up trade signs. You can sell items with sell and sell hand to earn money. You can lock your chests and doors with lock so people do not mess with your stuff. Staff can rollback grief using CoreProtect so people feel safe building big projects.
Ranks are based on playtime. Everyone starts as Nomad and then gets promoted to Peasant which has more sethomes. After that you can aim for ranks like Artisan and Noble which give more commands and more sethomes. There is also a special rank called Premier that players vote for every month and the winner is Premier for one month.
Players can join teams which are like factions. Teams share a name home and warps so they can build together. The whole idea is to make a close community where players make friends and build cool stuff over time.
The rules are pretty simple. No griefing or stealing. No pvp without consent. No spamming or hacks or dupes. No lag machines and no toxicity. Basically just be chill and have fun.
GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IPRosedalean SMP 1.21.10 Enhanced Vanilla

Rosedalean SMP is a newer Minecraft world that is trying to grow into a strong community. It is an 18 plus server and it is whitelisted so people have to apply first. The server is enhanced vanilla and it runs on add ons so you do not need any mods.
From what I can tell the community is really friendly and wants players who actually talk and play together instead of a dead world. There are factions you can join or you can make your own group. You can focus on making your team the strongest or you can just build a cute village with friends.
They are planning events like a colosseum battle arena and even a Secret Santa event. There is simple voice chat so talking is easier. The world has Terralith biomes so exploring feels more interesting. There is also a ticket system that looks easy to use if you need help with something.
They use a blue map so you can see how the explored world looks and where stuff is. The staff seems to care about suggestions and they say they take the community seriously. If something is missing they want players to say so they can improve the server.
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