So I got to thinking, and when I get to thinking I have awesome ideas. First, I was trying to decide how we could setup some monthly events on the site. Some little In Character gatherings to spice things up and give us a break from the regular storyline. While I was thinking about that though, I had another idea that would fit into this but have its own purpose.
See, we spend all of this time in our respective villages, but how often do we actually interact with them? We're just...there. We just do missions for them. We just have these wars but ultimately recover from them with a flick of the wrist and a little 'lol- we rebuilt stuff'. So, I thought it might be a good idea to establish an economy system for the villages. This encourages our nin to go out on missions that support the village's wealth. The actual Economy of the villages could be represented by tiers with choices for the Kages to make. Low tiers require them to make a decision that hinders an all-around stat of their village's nins (Food shortage/Water shortage/supply shortage-things like that), while high tiers can provide bonuses.
And now we get back to the monthly events. I could setup an NPC Daimyo with extremely wealthy lands that calls together the main villages for a peaceful assembly. We'd host contests for all the nin (Chunin and up) from beauty contests to game competitions, and the winner would gain a reward for their village. Meanwhile, the Kages would be given the opportunity to show and join the Daimyo in a game to gamble some of their village's money. To ensure damage isn't serious, there's a fair limit set down between each village that while safe still gives a generous pot to take home.
Kages have the right to send someone representing them to remain in their village, but there will be a powerful force for their home sent by the Daimyo if they choose to make a personal appearance. Since the events are largely designated by OOC for fun, this would be our cushion to ensure that nothing changes while everyone is present. Ground rules set by the Daimyo for his own parties would demand peace while in progress.
Basically, we get our own opportunity to have characters that wouldn't normally interact meet up and even let loose. We set a system that keeps us motivated to support our villages, and we have something to encourage alliances or spark war. We also get our opportunity to establish HOW people create organizations, or their own villages. Running high-end missions hardcore with the nin involved in its generation to try and pick up its own financial stability, or in the case of a village bolster its numbers with fodder-nin and workers.
This might take a little thought all around, and some hammering down...so go ahead and tell me what you guys think.