If you love MineCraft and you've been searching for a world where exploring, mining and crafting are the only ways to create resources ... where you're a part of a community of intelligent, honorable and respectable people who can be trusted to find self-actualization by bringing their creative vision to life through painstakingly hard work -- merging it creatively and seamlessly with the dreams and visions of other community members ... where trust rules player transactions and rules of conduct arise from the members of the community rather than the dictates of an overlord ... where the results of your efforts are highlighted and published for the world to see ... where the only griefing you have to worry about comes from Creepers, Ghasts, and Endermen ... the Notably Republic may be the world for you.
We run the latest officially released version of MineCraft on a state of the art dedicated server (10GB RAM, solid state drives, 10 gigabit datacenter). We use only a few mods (HawkEye, iConomy, PEX, and WorldGuard) maintaining limited abilities for visitors, as well as tracking and selectively rolling-back the effects of griefing if it occurs. This enables us to provide a MineCraft experience which is as lag-free as possible.
It is our intention to fill membership based on normal playing times to ensure an even server load and nominal performance at all times. We are hoping to establish a community of creative and active artists, writers, designers, musicians, and filmmakers all with good imaginations. Together we can build a unique world setting for exploration, plot-development, intellectual digression, roleplay, relaxation and fun!
Our world web site at http://www.notablyrepublic.com/ provides a forum, photo and video galleries, calendars, e-mail, and personal web tools for members to document their MineCraft journey. A world map is generated once per week showing the current state of all areas explored so far while builds are photographed and written up on a regular basis. We also have a vent server for easy and relaxing communication between members.
We have an extensive and rather unique application process. More will be rejected than accepted. We're not building the biggest world, but we are building an insanely great world. If you're interested in helping us build this world, apply now at http://www.notablyrepublic.com/

Additional Notes

Survival SMP Server, 120 slots, no white-list (requires approved application to build), Dedicated Server: 10GB RAM, SSD Drives, 10Gbit Data Center Server. Mods: HawkEye, iConomy, PEX, WorldGuard.