User blog comment:LaviBookman/Interest Check: Sandbox Universe (again)/@comment-2089817-20120609205748/@comment-973828-20120610022744

I wasn't the only one who objected to it, so you probably dropped the manipulation of Russia from general unpopularity. I do remember you had Korea controlling Russia though: it was so ridiculously out there and I was madly against it.

Clans like Naruto are very similar to what I had in mind for schools, except clans being more familial while schools were not (the latter being less prone to nomadic lifestyles, too). The focus on government role-playing is minimal either way: a clan can work. In my eyes, a role-played clan is no different than a role-played government: it's merely a matter of scale. I used the term school because it fitted better with a martial arts-themed setting. If you have a suggestion for a possible setting, I'm listening reading.