User blog:Bandar Seri Begawan/Policy on What Nations Could Be Edited

Hello there editors of the SverigesWiket!

I have gotten many questions regards to what nations could be added to in this wiki. The short answer is, only nations in the Sverigesriket universe can be added. Of course, you still need to define what the "Sverigesriket universe" (SU from now on) is, and that's what this post is for.

The Commandments!
There are certain criteria to met if a nation wants to be part of the SU. As they don't have a name yet, let's call them "the Commandments."

1. Be on Earth
This will be the Great Filter for most nations. If you want to be on the SU, your nation has to be geographically on the real-world map. It doesn't have to be a present nation or even past nation, it just needs to be on the world map. Another way of looking at this is that your nation can exist on a world map without having to add islands or change coastlines. This is because a new landmass would significantly disrupt history, and history is already heavily disrupted with our alternate nations.

Big Exception
I am considering one big exception though - nations such as St. Scarlett or Schultzheim don't exist on the world map, as they're fictional islands in the North Sea, but as they don't seem to affect geopolitical history that much due to their isolationist nature (i.e. if those islands were IRL, history wouldn't change). This is still under consideration, so don't add those countries yet.

2. Be Down-to-Earth
What this means is your nation needs to be realistic. This means no magic, no futuristic technology, no aliens, and no unbelievably high populations. The German Empire currently breaks this rule but it will be changed (we will slice off some zeroes!), so there is no circumvention. Space travel is allowed, but to a small scale only or at least a little PMT.

This might change as the years advance, as more and more technology is unlocked from a scientific standpoint, but as of the moment of writing (5 November 2019 IRL, 11 February 2020 SU) stick to modern weapons. Magic is strictly prohibited.

3. Share the Earth
This means that do not have conflicting land claims with current nations. Many nations in the SU are a part of other nations (for instance, Belarus is owned by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, among others), but a large amount - mainly in the Americas, Asia, and Africa) aren't. Feel free to use puppets for this, I wouldn't mind.