Rules

In order to play on the server, each player must agree to and follow a set of rules laid out by server staff. These rules apply to all players, regardless of server experience or staff position. These rules can be found on the Rules channel and the War Rules channel on the Discord.

## Discord Server Rules

1. Reading the rules is a rule in itself, the usage of the excuse that you hadn't read it to try and escape punishment will be laughed off.
2. Trying to exploit the rules through "loopholes" or the claim that it wasn't specifically mentioned will not be accepted.
3. Discrimination of other players based off any matter of "Sex, Gender, Orientation, Disability, Race, Ethnicity, Class, Occupation, or Religion" will not be tolerated.
4. Usage of other languages then English is not allowed in any other channel then #international.
5. Trying to fool or convince somebody into breaking the rules is prohibited.
6. Common sense is one of the most important virtues for a person. Disrespecting players & staff, being toxic, spamming, advertising and causing chaos are not allowed.
7. Trying to bypass auto-mod chat censors will result in being muted or banned, examples being the N-word or telling somebody to off themselves.
8. Attempting to conceal information during a investigation or cleanup is directly detrimental to the server and the player base and thus is not allowed.
9. Excessively long or difficult names are disallowed, it must be pingable and writable I.E. English letters only and relatively short.
10. Doxxing, Illegal media (CP, etc) and leaking info on pictures of players or staff, applying to servers even outside of LtFE is strictly prohibited and will end with a permanent no appeal ban.

## Minecraft Server Rules

1. Gold farms and farms that cause lag are not allowed, you will be punished and the farm dismantled.
2. Massive terrain alterations are prohibited unless given staff exemption, however Irl-like mega projects are allowed such as dams canals and some degree of flattening.
3. Attempting to lag or cause harm to the server in any shape or form is not allowed.
4. Duplication, Hacking and exploiting is not allowed in any form, clients and mods that give a unfair advantages in wars or outside are included in this. (E.g. X-Ray, Kill Aura, Labymod, Healthmod)
	1. however Lunar, Badlion, Litematica, Iris Sodium are allowed.
5. Inactive/Dead factions will be disbanded and creation of a faction inside the land (not to be confused with claim) of another faction is not allowed.
6. If you have lost items due to a server related issue you must provide a screenshot of the lost items to be reimbursed.
7. Starting a civil war or a independence movement is only allowed if you have been apart of the faction for 2 weeks.
8. Killing players of a faction inside their own land is not allowed unless attacked first, on that if you are trespassing on said factions land they can legally kill you.
9. Wild killing is allowed in all three dimensions with the exception of the main End island.
10. /F Enemy is disallowed in every case.
11. Faction names must meet the season standard and not break rule #2 of LtFE Rules, and player nicks must also not break said rule.
12. Donators cannot use their perks for other players.
13. Griefing a nation inside its land is not allowed in any form.

## General War Rules

1. Declaration of war against a single faction at the same time by several other factions is not allowed and will be postponed.
2. In the situation both leaders cannot agree on a time for a war it will be chosen by the staff.
	1. If absolutely no date can be reached it will automatically rescheduled 5 days forward.
	2. Once the war declaration has been sent you many only be able to move the date 4 days forward.
	3. If one party of the war does not show up to the chosen battle they automatically forfeit either that battle or the war.
3. Allies of the aggressors as well as the defenders must state their stance in war-documentation.
4. Once you participate in a war, you can only declare a war or join a war after 2 days since the past war declaration.
5. Creating a nation with the sole purpose to engage in war with a faction is prohibited.
6. Declaring war on a country across the world without sea access is not allowed and will be punished.

## Warfare Rules

1. War must be carried out in cities or villages of the nation defending.
2. Players can still join in if late by a maximum of 10 minutes.
3. If you die as a result of your electricity going out or losing internet connection you will be allowed back as long as you can prove such has happened.
4. Using commands such as /F neutral or /F ally during a war is not allowed and will result in surrendering.
5. Apon a wars conclusion leaders/representatives of the factions must join a discord call and negotiate the terms.
6. Puppets/Vassals are required to join in on a overlords war.
7. You may not be allowed to participate in a war if you were not in the faction during the time of declaration.
8. Factions must state what they desire from the defender of a war in their declaration.
9. End Crystals and Totems of undying are not allowed under any circumstance during war.

## Volunteering Rules

1. If all members of the host faction are dead volunteers must surrender, hiding so the volunteers can carry the war is not allowed.
2. Too be eligible to volunteer you must have been in a faction for 4 days.
3. A nation can only send one volunteer.

## Alliance Rules

1. Alliance chaining is not allowed.
2. In game allies do not count as diplomatic allies, for a alliance to be official it has to be stated in factions-diplomacy.
3. A Coalition can be created by a group of nations as long as the nation that is the target of the coalition is stronger then several of the nations involved.

## Puppet Rules

1. A puppet state/vassal state has to have less members then the overlord.
2. In the case of a independence war, allies cannot join the war.
3. If the overlord creates or joins a pact the subject must join.

## Colonial Rule

Colonialism is allowed only if a country holds an open sea access towards the ocean, Artificial access does not count and neither do rivers