[quote=@ASTA] A few Earth-native species are biologically immortal. [i]Turritopsis dohrnii[/i], colloquially known as the "immortal jellyfish", is one such creature. Lobsters are technically biologically immortal, but they eventually succumb to pestilence, fold to predation, or die from sheer exhaustion during a molt attempt during the later stages of their adult lives. Other animals like the three-toed box turtle, certain species of sturgeon fish, or the rougheye rockfish do die from old age, but are negligibly senescent: they do not show any declines in locomotive capacity or reproductive capability as the years pack on. The ring worlder's greatest cultural achievement was finally rendering the Four Horsemen (Famine, Pestilence, War, and Death) effectively null and void by reaching a sufficiently advanced echelon of technological standing. Their nation's fundamental design philosophy was principally predicated on the unorthodox concept of "Gross National Happiness", maximizing this unique measure of national prosperity, and climbing ever forward up the ladder of hedonistic indulgence. Still being constrained by the comparatively petty challenges of 21st century human civilization doesn't make much sense for a people who can pump out interstellar fabrication projects at a whim, traverse the stars at frightening velocities, produce artificial gravity, and wield handheld weapons that can turn a modern 60 ton MBT into a heaping pile of molten slag with one pull of a trigger. [/quote] Yeaaaahhh... that's extremely O.P. and I laughed when I read your post. Immortality and disease immunity is ridiculous. I'm not going to allow it. And while it may be possible for some species, I will not allow it for anything remotely resembling humans- we aren't any of those species. Perhaps you'd like to play a jellyfish? If not, then it's against the rules. It's unfair to every other player. I'm not allowing any nation that absurdly high tech. Such technology could NOT be achieved by 2323. This is three-hundred years in the future, not three thousand. If that's what you want to do, then this isn't the RP for you. It would make your nation better than all others. Don't argue with me on it again. Either play fair or leave. I'm not going to change my mind, so stop wasting your breath. Get real.