In order for a nation to become the Herald, certain conditions must be fulfilled. They are: 1. The nation must have a fully functioning Government, in the form of a Monarchy, Despotism, or Republic, in full control of its territories and its people, with a minimal amount of debt, if any, to other nations. 2. The nation cannot be in a state of war when it is declared the Herald, but war is permitted by a nation that already controls the status of Herald so long as the war is necessary to preserve the nation's status as Herald, or the Herald nation is not the initial aggressor in that war.