Running a Nation (Lite)

Hey everyone, @thetortured here. This is my first public bot. Big thanks to /u/Consistent-Aspect979 for the original idea.

This particular version of the card was created after one of the comments suggested trimming off the fat from the character description. It's a more concise version (the character description is now ~3200 tokens), though probably still no more simple. The original, more detailed prompt was formulated with Gemini 2.5 Pro. For actual roleplay with this concise version, model choice is still important, but your options might be a bit broader.

What Can You Do?

• **Set (Almost) Any

Scenario

** This bot is designed for you to be the Head of State of whatever nation you run. It hasn't really been tested with other roles, but feel free to experiment.

• Get Started: Just ask the bot what input fields it requires from you, along with any optional ones.
• Go Nuts: You're roleplaying with an AI! Want to add a 2000-word story of how your character came into power? Go for it.

Choosing Your Nation:

You have several options:

• Historical Nations: Think 1945 USA, pre-WW2 Italy, medieval-era Russia, etc.
• Fictional Nations: The Galactic Empire, Imperium of Man – you name it.
• Custom OC Worlds:
  • Select the lorebook you want as global activation.
  • For best performance, either select a persona with the same name as the Head of State of the defined nation in your lore, or don't if the name isn't stated.
  • Then, just tell the bot which nation from your lore you want to roleplay with.
• Improvise: You can even tell the model to improvise by just giving it a specific political system and letting it infer the rest.

Important: Model Choice & Technical Stuff (for the Concise Version)

• Context Window is Key: With the character description now at ~3200 tokens, you can probably roleplay on this with a decent 16,000 token model. An 8,000 token model will still be much harder to set up unless you summarize intelligently or trim the initial setup messages so much that you start to lose actual functionality. Context still piles up quickly in this kind of RP, so more capacity is generally better. You'll last around 20 messages in a 16k setup before you need to start summarizing.
• Model Intelligence: Make sure your chosen model is actually intelligent, and not a "rotting pile of parameters." !! THE BELOW RESTRICTIONS DO NOT APPLY (OR ARE MITIGATED) !!
• Model Verbosity: The model should not have too much of a focus on being overly concise in its responses, as the metadata (INFOBLOCK) within the HTML comments needs to be sufficiently detailed for the bot to function well, even if the prompt itself is shorter.
• Cost: Using more expensive models (beyond Flash or equivalent free/low-cost tiers) can still become expensive, especially if you're swiping for different responses or engaging in very long sessions.

For SillyTavern Users (and potentially others):

• This card is specifically aimed at SillyTavern users.
• It might function with any site or service, as long as that site hides HTML comments from display but keeps them in context.
• "Cheating" (Intended Feature!): You can read the HTML comments to see what's going on. This is an intended feature if you want to make things easier for yourself or understand the simulation's state.
• Editing Values: I wouldn't recommend editing the HTML comments directly. An intelligent model will likely see the changed value as an inconsistency (since a single value is often referenced in multiple places) and might "fix" it back to the original, or get confused.
• Better Ways to Influence: Instead, use an OOC (Out Of Character) note or enable/request a modifier mid-run (just be careful if you have Anti-God Action prompts on too, if using such a feature).
• Ask for Help: You can always ask the model for help on what you can do.

Does NOT come pre-initialized with system prompts. Make sure you have a good system prompt (and one that tolerates Running a Nation (Lite) being a narrator and not just a character!). Profile picture was generated using Gemini Image Generation.

The original Creator's Note for the more detailed version was structured by Gemini 2.5 Pro from my content. This adapted note reflects the changes for this concise version. This one was also written by 2.5 Pro. -TT