Aeia
is a defunct region in NationStates (NS) and a community for role-playing fictional countries. In Nationstates, it was a medium-sized region that rose to prominence in 2017. Unlike many other regions of NS, Aeia made extensive use of IIwiki, a website dedicated to concountries.
The region was founded in 2016 by NS user Midrasia. Throughout its life, the region was not password protected and welcomed newcomers. However, the canon was closed, meaning one had to become a member to participate in roleplays, which could be achieved by submitting an application. By 2019, several countries had joined and left, but there were an appreciated number of people who had chosen to remain in the region for an indefinite time.
In contrast to some other regions, Aeia largely detached itself from IRL entities, either by renaming them or replacing them altogether. For example, Scandinavian is renamed Lhedwinic, and Christianity is replaced by the fictional religions Alydianism and Trúathi. For the sake of reader understanding, the tropes and country descriptions have their IRL culture name attached to them.
In early 2020, several of the region's prominent members left the region due to fading interest, including the founder Midrasia. At the same time, newer members such as Glytter and Welch began to exert larger influence, eventually attempting to significantly change the foundation of the region, including the map. Experienced members noted that the suggested changes were an attempt to give space for more eurocentric and white nations, and rejected the changes. The ensuing conflict caused the newer members to have tantrums in Discord and rage-quit the region. Glytter later rejoined for three days and was welcomed to work on new lore by moderators; this insulted the Aeia's older, more helpful members, prompting them to leave. Some of the people who left ultimately joined Kylaris, where there was room for nations that the newer members wanted to create, and which they had already been neglecting Aeia in favor of. The combination of these events caused the disintegration of the region by July 2020.
Aeia contains the following tropes:
- Fake Memories: Retcons to well-established national traits have the tendency to leave large gaps in regional RP.
- Fantasy Counterpart Religion: In contrast with other worldbuilding regions, Aeia is known for not using any real-world religions.
- Hand Wave: Various questions have been waived in terms of worldbuilding. Most notoriously, the plausibility of human migration patterns, if they have even been considered, are frequently tossed aside.
- Verbal Tic: Crylante and Vrnallia favor the usage of "ah" as a response to, well, anything.
- Women Are Delicate: Averted on quite a few levels. Female-identifying people such as Vrnallia know well to protest when needed.
