Webs of Power: Tournament 2009 - International News for Turn 16

From the NewsWire:

From the Grapevine:

  • Explorers loyal to Bilbo have connected to a region belonging to EXP971!
  • Explorers loyal to Bilbo have connected to a region belonging to EXP971!
  • Adam Smith has renamed the region Dead Capitalists-45 as Bell.
  • EXP971 has renamed the region The Firmament Grid-49 as 1011.
  • EXP971 has renamed the region The Firmament Grid-42 as 1010.
  • Adam Smith has renamed the region Dead Capitalists-38 as Edison.
  • Spies claim that Units loyal to Bilbo were spotted Scouting out the forces of EXP971 at 1010.
  • Fighting! There are reports that Adam Smith fought with 09-Independents at Independent-65! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Dead Capitalists-65 and capture its 2 production!

  • W.P. Census Report: The Universe now contains a total of 67 regions controlled by a total of 5 Leaders. 56 of these regions belong to the 4 Leaders controlling Major (i.e. interconnected) nations.

    The next update is scheduled for Wednesday at 08:00 U.S. Pacific Time.

    The Leading Leaders on Turn 16

    (To be listed this turn, a Leader must control 1 or more Regions and be among the top 5 Leaders for a given stat.)

    Most
    Regions    		Most
    Units    		Most
    Production    		Best Regions
    (Prod./Region)    		Best Defenses
    (Units/Region)    		Maxing Out
    (Units/Prod.)
    1.Sunshine 16
    2.Adam Smith 16
    3.EXP971 13
    4.Bilbo 11
    5.Tada 5
    1.Sunshine 304
    2.EXP971 252
    3.Adam Smith 243
    4.Bilbo 160
    5.Tada 159
    1.Sunshine 47
    2.EXP971 46
    3.Adam Smith 39
    4.Tada 18
    5.Bilbo 17
    1.Tada 3.6
    2.EXP971 3.5
    3.Sunshine 2.9
    4.Adam Smith 2.4
    5.Bilbo 1.5
    1.Tada 31.8
    2.EXP971 19.4
    3.Sunshine 19.0
    4.Adam Smith 15.2
    5.Bilbo 14.5
    1.Bilbo 9.4
    2.Tada 8.8
    3.Sunshine 6.5
    4.Adam Smith 6.2
    5.EXP971 5.5

    Strategic Status Summary for Turn 16

    Units and Production

    LeaderNationRegionsUnitsIndustryTradeTot. ProductionProd/RegionUnits/RegionUnits/Prod
    Adam SmithDead Capitalists16  243  30  9  39   2.4   15.2   6.2  
    BilboBilbo11  160  14  3  17   1.5   14.5   9.4  
    EXP971The Firmament Grid13  252  32  14  46   3.5   19.4   5.5  
    SunshineField of Flowers16  304  36  11  47   2.9   19.0   6.5  
    TadaX435  159  15  3  18   3.6   31.8   8.8  

    Connections, Borders and Links

    LeaderNationRegionsNeighboring
    Nations    		Established
    Borders    		Internal
    Links    		Borders
    per Region    		Links
    per Region
    Adam SmithDead Capitalists16  3  7  30   0.44   1.88  
    BilboBilbo11  2  5  20   0.45   1.82  
    EXP971The Firmament Grid13  3  7  30   0.54   2.31  
    SunshineField of Flowers16  2  7  36   0.44   2.25  
    TadaX435  1  2  8   0.40   1.60  

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