Golden Nations is a geopolitical Minecraft server where players make nations and try to survive politics and war. You can lead with diplomacy or just go full conflict and see who lasts.
It runs on version 1.21.11 and the world is 5000 by 5000 so people are forced to interact early. With no elytras travel and borders matter a lot.
The economy is player driven so the market is controlled by players. You can still sell food crops and ores but the rest is shaped by trading and what nations decide to do.
Wars are high stakes because if you die in an official war you get banned for 24 hours and your character is fully reset. Fishing is also changed with custom loot tables so it can give rare stuff that matters.
There are no villagers so there is no infinite trading and no easy shortcuts. It feels competitive and every alliance and betrayal can change the map.
