NOmad towns

[Crashlander04]

How many towns exist in real life that are independent of nations? 0. But, many towns and nations came and fell in 2.0, and the staff want more stable communities in Revamped. Nations sre a huge part in that, as towns were far more likely to stick around if hey were in a nation

The Vatican City, Singapore, and Monaco.

I understand the point that is made, mind you. I can't say whether, statistically, nomad towns fall more often than towns in a nation or not. I believe this system has been set up with the best intentions, though greatly based around the idealistic Helvanthar.

Many towns that were in nations either fell or disbanded throughout 2.0 in addition to the nomad towns. I believe more attention is drawn to singular towns falling, however, as they create their own image as a sort of individual faction whereas nations are more of a combined faction.

As well, there probably just as many towns that fell within nations during 2.0. The idea of nations being more stable only arises out of the fact that nations could exist with only a single town, allowing them to stand as a nation until more were recruited. A lot of what made a nation stay up was the abundance of money.

Fun Fact: Even the great Helvanthar had only two towns (RIP Midgar) for a very long time, both of which were particularly inactive as a whole.

Even in Revamped so far we're already seeing nations disband.
All in all, I believe the stability of towns depends more on the reliability and commitment players give to that town in order for it to thrive, and that we shouldn't generalize based on inferences from the loose standards from 2.0.