First of all, I think RP forum is a great thing, but now we need something new and more interesting. I suggest to create new forum called "In-game roleplay"(which includes topics: Species, Nations etc.). There you can create your actual species/nation (which are going to be in-game). Of course to create them you will need to complete nation(or whatever) application. Example:
And now about nation points. Each nation in the start will have 10 points, and skills (Technology, Armour Crafting, Weapon Crafting, Spaceship Building and something like this. ). When someone wants to join your nation, in his enlist app he needs to write one of given skills(if he will join, nation will add one point to written skill). Those skills will unlock some in-game advantages. Ex. Armour Crafting => nation armor is stronger etc. Now you get the main idea, thank you for reading