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Roles & Permissions

Nations are run through roles. A role is a named rank (e.g. Leader, Officer, Member) that carries a set of permissions. Members hold a role; changing a role's permissions changes it for everyone who holds that role.

Open Nation Menu → Nation Management → Members & Permissions (Java), or use commands:

Command What it does
/nation roles List your nation's roles and how many members each has.
/nation role create <name> Make a new role.
/nation role delete <name> Delete a role — it must have no members first.
/nation role set <player> <role> Assign a member to a role.
/nation role title <role> <new title> Rename a role's display title (shown on nameplates).
/nation perms ... Inspect and toggle a role's permissions (or use the GUI's green/red toggles).

The leader always holds every permission and can't be reassigned or kicked. If you don't have permission to manage members or roles yourself, the Members panel becomes a read-only roster.

The permission list

Permission Grants
Claim Land Claim chunks for the nation
Unclaim Land Release nation chunks
Place Blocks Place blocks in nation territory
Break Blocks Break blocks in nation territory
Open Containers Open chests and other containers in nation territory
Invite Players Invite players to the nation
Kick Players Remove members
Manage Roles Create, edit, and delete roles, and assign them to members
Manage Diplomacy Treaties, enemies, neutrality toggle, declaring/cancelling/surrendering wars, reinforcing allies, and letters
Bank Deposit Deposit to the nation bank
Bank Withdraw Withdraw from the bank, send foreign aid, and collect received aid
Manage Taxes (Reserved — a tax system is planned but not built yet)
Edit Labels Colour, description, government, ideology, capital location, and banner
Edit Banner Edit the nation banner
Rename Nation Rename the nation and change its tag
Send Announcements Broadcast nation announcements
Disband Nation Disband the nation (leader only)

Default roles

  • Member (default) can build, break, and open containers inside claims, and deposit to the bank — but cannot claim/unclaim land by default.
  • Officer (default) adds Claim/Unclaim Land, Invite/Kick Players, Manage Roles, and Send Announcements.
  • The Leader always has every permission, regardless of role edits.

Claiming is officer-level by default

A plain Member can't claim or unclaim land unless their role is specifically granted the Claim Land / Unclaim Land permissions. If you want all members to be able to claim, grant those two permissions to the Member role.