I'm not interested in starting a territory or anything, I do find the whole thing quite interesting from a behavior standpoint though.

looking at the general comments, it seems like most people go with the line that 'it doesn't matter if a territory is profitable if you want to make money, do something else'. personally, I don't find the expectation of some return, even symbolic to be outrageous, especially since most people here are free-market maxis.

but again, looking at the comments, basically, the current motivation seems to be public service/martyr . But, can SN grow to be bigger if it requires purely idealistic territory founders? if there are only a few neiche active territories, is that enough to entice and retain new people?