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This might be a bit outlandish, but have you considered a flash forum? In the particular layout that you're shooting for, it would be MUCH easier and overall less taxing on the bandwidth because of less clicks. Here's the idea:
You have for example the After Colony thread. You click that, a second cell slides underneathe and has Earth or the Colonies or whatever else, select Colonies and another cell slides under displaying the different colonies. If you have a new post in L01, you don't want to have to go to AC -> Colonies -> L01. The other problem is that when you have such a massive build, if you're looking at the After Colony thread on the Index, it'll say almost every day that you have a new post in that thread because it encompasses both all of Earth and all of the Colonies posts + their governments + whatever else. With the flash breakdown, it is possible to view the threads that the user feels is specifically related to themselves and their world.
Just looking for methods of making it easier, especially for the future if this really gets that big.
[edit]Uh.. Yeah. I just made a post in the colonies, and on the main index it didn't register as me having made a new post. It seems the only new posts it notices are on the After Colonies thread, however if you make a post on one of the colonies or nations, it will not say there is a new post in those threads on the main index next to the After Colony cell. Sorry if that was all confusing, talk to me if you need clarification.

