In the most ideal cases, they are a lot more than talk shops, and provide potential territorial claims to nations or micronations without claims. May also provide a good foundation for intermicronational relations or basic foreign affairs.

In the most ideal cases, they are international organisations that provide a rationale for membership in the Commonwealth of Nations.

In the most ideal cases, they provide generic professional registration for authentic professionals. May also provide a sounder foundation for micronational registration. Moreover, they may provide intellectual property instruments independent of any other nation, organisation, or international convention, and a sounder foundation for the recognition of states, nations, and other kinds of entities.

In the most ideal cases, they provide professional registration for authentic health professionals. May also provide a sounder foundation for micronational registration.

In the most ideal cases, they provide certain kinds of institutions — real service-providing government agencies, professional registries, employment agencies, chambers of commerce, universities, schools, news agencies, root nameserver systems, etc. — with accreditation when they meet the highest standards as real and reliable public services.

In the most ideal cases, they provide strong and/or important nations, nations enjoying an unusual degree of legitimacy, or nations with great complexity and realism, with hosting, email, and third-level domain redirection services.

In the most ideal cases, they provide the foundation for legitimate land, sea, or outerspace claims. Moreover, they may also provide incentives to the powers that be to clean up the environment, and/or to begin to take greater responsibility for their actions.

In the most ideal cases, they are both embryonic tertiary educational institutions and intermicronational communities of scholars.

In the most ideal cases, they provide relatively free micronational news sources and forums for intermicronational socialisation.

In the most ideal cases, they provide environmental research and education. They also deal with the problem of greenwashing, which is often done by corporations, propaganda-driven Fourth World environmental organisations, and governments.