Lodestone is a Minecraft geopol and worldbuilding server that is trying to do something new in this genre. It has custom features and the whole server is based around land power trade and politics.

The main thing that stood out to me is the Spice Trades system. You harvest spices and sell them at spawn and the environment you pick changes how good the spices are. So getting better land actually matters a lot for money and it can even start wars over the best areas.

There is Towny so players can form towns and nations. These groups can go to war with each other so it is not just building. You also get chest shops so players can make their own shops with chests and signs and trade with other players.

The server also uses Auraskills. You can level up a bunch of different skills and unlock different abilities which changes the normal gameplay loop and makes grinding feel more interesting.

Right now Lodestone is in a closed beta stage. You have to apply to be one of the first beta testers and then you can join with the IP they give you. It feels like a server for people who like serious worldbuilding politics and wars over land instead of just casual minigames.