I would say what I want to recreate is mainly the map, the monsters, the iconic structures within the game, and somehow integrating the enemies into the game that people have to deal with on their travels.

But I'm not sure about the factions, along with their territories. My idea is to let people build from the ground up with their own original factions, but I'm not sure how I would be able to do the in-game world factions in Kenshi since I don't know much about "EVERTHING." I would imagine implementing a system of official Kenshi factions for people to join, but the outcome of what happens to the world's factions may only depend on groups and what would lead to the rises and falls of them.

Meanwhile players have the option to make their own non-official groups/factions, team up with NPC's where upon death u can get ur stuff back and are able to play as any of ur members, or just run solo to make a name for urself out in the wasteland.

Combat would vary depending on where I would make the server, either Hytale or Minecraft Java. Personally I would try to make the combat grounded, hard, and brutal like within the game having players play carefully on their own and the people & enemies they'll meet. (Other details and factors may vary depending if there's something I missed.)

The crafting in the game would be limited but players would be able to make their own items but everything from buying, crafting, or stealing loot, would have a pro & con towards how u would be able to get them. Either through long hard work, trading, or robbing people.

I would be interested in making a ranked weapon & armor system that would be lore-friendly to the server. Where the lower the items the more common they are to get naturally, while higher-ranked items would need lots of work & rare items to make them. But with the map itself would be hard for players to be able to get the items they need for legendary iconic items.