I've been away from the game for a long time so please excuse me if I'm violating any rules here. Someone told me that trading is not as illegal as it used to be, and I've seen a number of "kingdom looking for player" posts so I'm guessing this is accepted practice now.
I started playing Utopia more than 8 years ago (Age 10) and have probably played about 12 ages since then. I've built my own kingdom from scratch on two occasions and seen it achieve a respectable level of success. In my later years I spent more time playing in kingdoms made by other people (Desire, Paragon, Playboys), so I got the chance to play a winning role in two different #1 land/nw kingdoms.
I'm looking for a kingdom full of mature, social people who haven't had too much experience placing high in the rankings. I have absolutely no desire to be monarch, but I would very much like to be in a role where I can offer advice and experience to help develop younger players - that was always my favorite part about building a kingdom.
As far as activity goes, in the past I've been an extremely active player, but this time around I'm going to take it a little slower. Frankly, I no longer have the time to spend 1-2 hours finding a random grab target. I also can't log in from work to make a wave. Most other things, I don't anticipate any problems.
Just PM me or find me on IRC ("Rune") if you're interested. I'm from the US.