Statistics
As of 7 December 2004, players had set up over 3,000,000 individual nations since NationStates premiered in late 2002. At any time around 100,000 remain in existence despite inactivity, or as a result of deletion due to various rule infractions. Though the specific time has varied greatly over the years on-line, NationStates has a current inactivity limit of 28 days (or 60 days if nation-owners enable "Vacation Mode"), after which the system automatically deletes the quiescent nation.
Until 18 March 2008, Moderators could only resurrect nations deleted for inactivity (though not for rule-violations, unless circumstances warrant a repeal of the deletion) on the request of the nation's original owner. Since then, users are able to resurrect nations, by logging as usual with a valid password, and then confirming the password again.
Resurrected nations arrive in one of three specially designated resurrection regions, rather than the Pacific regions where newly made nations start out.
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