Power Of Older Nations (series)

**Power Of Older Nations *(PON)*** is a series of nation simulation games primarily created by Gerald Net and Derek Lugar.

It has 10 mainline number entry games, with 5 extra test-based "experimental" games, and 2 spinoffs, one of which being official and the other being unofficial.

## History

The series began when Net, the founder of the series, created the first game, Power Of Older Nations, with the help of Lugar. There was positive reception, and Net had the idea to make a sequel to the game. In the next 2 years, the first PON game received 2 sequels, which are Power Of Older Nations 2 and Power Of Older Nations 3, respectively. The first 3 PON games were all created by Net, with the help of Lugar.

The series later had more installments that were created with the help of other players and developers, with Net and Lugar still being the primary developers. These include the installments from PON 4 all the way up to PON 15.

## Trivia

* Interestingly, the abbreviation that was chosen for *Power Of Older Nations* was *PON*, and not *POON*. This is because Net, the main developer and writer who created the series, stated that he found the acronym POON to be "too silly and very informal", especially when talking about the series in a professional manner.

* The main developers, Net and Lugar, have been responsible for the creation of most of the factions within the PON series. They took a few inspirations from media that they have seen in the past, but the factions were mostly original creations of Net and Lugar that were created without much, if any, inspiration from other media.

* Gerald Net has confirmed that every official PON game (except for PON: Mini) is closely linked with all the other official PON games, "more so than you would think". This has resulted in a significant amount of speculation from the PON community, and there has been several theories that attempt to uncover what Net was referring to.

* A small unaffiliated group - after having considered what Net could have possibly been referring to when he said the games were closely linked - has speculated that all the official PON games are set in the same universe, or even timeline. Net has neither confirmed nor denied this, but it is heavily and considerably implied throughout the PON games that they are set in different timelines, each with different sets of events. However, this does not rule out the possibility of the PON games being in the same universe.

## Notes

1. ↑ The 5 test-based "experimental" games were just regular games that were created by Net, but with several internal factors (e.g. unknown threat is plaguing the planet, only military bases are allowed on the planet, the entire planet only has one continent, etc) in order to test various unique scenarios.
2. ↑ "Yeah, haha. When I was creating those older games, I thought to myself about the acronym of the games, POON, and then I said to myself: **'Oh dear... that's not a very good acronym. It's far too silly and very informal when I am trying to explain the game to new players.'** So, after that realization, I changed the acronym from POON to PON. Now you know why I changed it." - Gerald Net, 2023 (from QNA interview)
3. ↑ "Oh, and I've received some questions about if the games are connected or not. The answer might possibly shock some people, but the answer is yes. Every official game is connected, **more so than you would think.**" - Gerald Net, 2023 (from QNA interview)