Micronation Ranking Tools – Grand Duchy of Scheinhafen

Micronational Index Tools

Tool 1 of 3

David’s Micronational Potential Index

Five equally-weighted categories, averaged to a score out of 5.

I. Population (excl. website members)

II. Website activeness — average days between posts

No website yet

III. Diplomacy — number of allies

IV. Sphere of Influence

V. Basic Information

0.0out of 5

Tool 2 of 3

Freayth’s System of Classification

Six categories scored 1–3, summed and divided by 3.

Politics

Development

Budget – US$ spent in the last year

Cultural & nationalistic development

Freedoms

Influence within the community

0.0/ 6

Tool 3 of 3

Economic Potential Index

Seven weighted categories, some conditional on others, summed and divided by 9.

1 · Gross Domestic Product

Consumer spending (C)

Investment (I)

Exports (X)

Imports (M)

Government spending (G)

Computed GDP (Y = C + I + (X − M) + G), intl$

GDP is uncalculable — leave this category out

2 · Type of economy

Only counts if the GDP category scores 3 or higher.

Type

One or more gender roles face occupational, educational, or other oppression (halves this category’s value)

3 · Human resources

Citizens able & available to work

Weighted 2× if this value is 3 or lower.

4 · Unemployment rate

Only counts if Human resources scores 1 or higher.

Unemployment – % of labour pool unemployed

5 · Size of the middle class

Only counts if Human resources scores 4 or higher.

Middle class – % of total population

6 · Natural & capital resources

Usable resources (extractable/processable)

No claimed land (−1)

Has land but no ability to produce food (−1)

Weighted 2× in the total.

7 · Means of distribution

Doesn’t count if Natural & capital resources scores 0.

Means available to the micronation itself

0.0EPI

Categories marked “doesn’t count” are excluded from the sum; the total is still divided by 9 per the fixed formula, so an excluded category will lower the result rather than being re-normalised out.