Getting Started
How to join MERKOPA 54, what the setting is, and what is expected of a new participant.
What MERKOPA 54 is
MERKOPA 54 is a persistent geopolitical roleplay network set in the world of Suzerain, permanently anchored in the year 1954. It is an unofficial, non-commercial fan project.
The network is built so that separate communities may eventually operate separate nations within one shared continental setting. The Republic of Lespia is the first playable nation and the reference implementation of the shared standards.
First steps
A new participant is normally expected to work through the following:
- 01Read the Roleplay Philosophy page before writing anything in character.
- 02Read the Canon Policy so you know which facts are fixed and which are open.
- 03Register a character file under the conventions in Characters.
- 04Choose a field of activity: government, party politics, industry, press, labour or the armed forces.
- 05Introduce your character in the appropriate community channel.
House conventions
Dates are written in the period style — 14 OCTOBER 1954. References follow the archive convention (for example M54/INT/1954 or ARCHIVE REF. 54-LES-001). Out-of-character discussion is kept out of in-character records.