User blog comment:Vivaporius/New project for Conworlds/@comment-1267731-20151006143425/@comment-122715-20151006162012

I think this is the best approach, because otherwise we'll end up with 50 countries that all end up dying one by one as people go inactive or become otherwise indisposed. We should really try to work together on something to make it a thoughtful, well-designed, and complete work, rather than darting out in different directions to build a bunch of thin countries which only focus on a couple of key facets of what should be a complete state.

I'm open to other approaches, but I really need to be convinced that the thing won't fall apart a week after we all stake out plots of land, if we don't just work on a single colony.