Power's Edge: Crisis of Integrity - International News for Turn 103

From the NewsWire:

P.E. Population now 37
Turn 103 - (P.E. Census)
P.E. H.Q. - With these 1 new Leaders, there are now 37 Leaders in the Power's Edge Universe.

New Leader: Merlin
Turn 103 - (P.E. Census)
Somewhere - Welcome to Power's Edge, Merlin!

Tenchu Retires
Turn 103 - (P.E. Census)
scipioafricanus-336 - Alas, Leader Tenchu has not started a new nation and is no longer with us.

From the Grapevine:

  • Qin's people are protesting the lack of leadership in their Provinces!

  • inferno's people are protesting the lack of leadership in their Regions!

  • Sergeant's people are protesting the lack of leadership in their Regions!

  • Napoleon's people are protesting the lack of leadership in their Regions!

  • Sir Mol's people are protesting the lack of leadership in their Regions!

  • Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between Fast Food Maven and Black Bart.
  • Emissaries of Ainokar carry this message to all:
    J Fo Mac Man, my empire also wishes to expand without incurring any hostilities.

  • Emissaries of Tacitus carry this message to all:
    To Mockingbird: Agreed. Send details.

  • Emissaries of Fast Food Maven carry this message to all:
    Atthrus talks a good game but fails on 3 points. 1st, no attempt was made to follow my lead and stand down. 2nd, all of his conditions are a tad one sided. 3rd, Att felt obliged to scout our border last turn. I have not. This is the first time I have reinforced my border in 5 turns. More next time.

  • Emissaries of MuscularPacifists carry this message to all:
    J Fo Mac Man - The Muscular Pacifists also have a national policy of peaceful expansion. We make deals where we can, invest where it is profitable, and will not fight unless someone should attack us first. Peace to you!

  • Explorers loyal to Hanibal have connected to a region belonging to Boosmer!
  • Explorers loyal to Tom Kington have connected to a region belonging to CI-Independents!
  • Explorers loyal to Boosmer have connected to a region belonging to CI-Independents!
  • Region Muirfield has declared itself Independent!
  • Region Spyglass has declared itself Independent!
  • Region Pinehurst has declared itself Independent!
  • Region Huntercombe has declared itself Independent!
  • Region St. George's has declared itself Independent!
  • Region Birkdale has declared itself Independent!
  • Region Devil's Cauldron has declared itself Independent!
  • Region Bethpage has declared itself Independent!
  • Region Eagle Creek has declared itself Independent!
  • Karaliene has renamed the region Karaliene-429 as Dvyliktas.
  • Karaliene has renamed the region Karaliene-425 as Vienuoliktas.
  • Qux has renamed the region Tree-398 as Home ot. Eremites.
  • FIREWORKER has renamed the region Qirb-400 as RiversEdge.
  • Qux has renamed the region Tree-428 as Atu Null.
  • Spies claim that 8 Slaves loyal to Hanibal were spotted Scouting out the forces of Boosmer at Ghosthame.
  • Battle! There are reports that Atthrus attacked Sergeant at Sergeant-256! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 1 production!

  • Fighting! There are reports that Senile One fought with CI-Independents at Independent-440! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Insanity-440 and capture its 1 production!

  • Fighting! There are reports that Karaliene fought with CI-Independents at Independent-442! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Karaliene-442 and capture its 1 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Citizen Erased attacked CI-Independents at Independent-353! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Stage-353 and capture its 2 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Senile One attacked CI-Independents at Independent-449! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Insanity-449 and capture its 5 production!

  • Fighting! There are reports that elzar fought with CI-Independents at Independent-444! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Battle! There are reports that Ainokar attacked CI-Independents at Independent-390! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Cavitas Imperium-390 and capture its 3 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Woody attacked Atthrus at Sergeant-256! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 1 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that J Fo Mac Man attacked CI-Independents at Independent-446! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region J Fo Mac Man-446 and capture its 2 production!

  • Spies claim that Units loyal to Atthrus were spotted Scouting out the forces of Mockingbird at DieHard.
  • Fighting! There are reports that FIREWORKER fought with CI-Independents at Independent-436! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region gRoWINgJuNgLE-436 and capture its 1 production!

  • Fighting! There are reports that Hanibal fought with CI-Independents at Independent-427! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region The Fallen-427 and capture its 3 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Citizen Erased attacked CI-Independents at Independent-201! But the defenders outnumbered the attackers!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Battle! There are reports that Woody attacked Qin at China-35! But the defenders outnumbered the attackers!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Exile! The Master Jones of Jones-AJ is without a Course and has gone into exile.
    ... May Jones rise to greater glory in a new nation!

  • Exile! The Leader Sergeant of Azurite Empire is without a Region and has gone into exile.
    ... May Sergeant rise to greater glory in a new nation!

  • Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region maria-120 owned by Leader maria. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between maria-120 and Mourning Widow has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between maria-120 and maria-555 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Iron Maiden-237 owned by Leader Boosmer. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Iron Maiden-237 and Cherokee has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Iron Maiden-237 and Iron Maiden-152 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Iron Maiden-237 and Iron Maiden-56 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Sankt Gallen owned by Chief Pacifist MuscularPacifists. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Sankt Gallen and Zug has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Sankt Gallen and Aargau has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Sankt Gallen and Glarus has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Burgald and Tortalis has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • P.E. Census Report: The Universe now contains a total of 505 regions controlled by a total of 37 Leaders. 379 of these regions belong to the 17 Leaders controlling Major (i.e. interconnected) nations.

  • Region Crises Expected: The Major nations in the Universe have grown larger than the sustainable equilibrium. There are likely to be more Region Crises next turn.

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

    The Leading Leaders on Turn 103

    (To be listed this turn, a Leader must control 10 or more Regions and be among the top 10 Leaders for a given stat.)

    Most
    Regions    		Most
    Units    		Most
    Production    		Best Regions
    (Prod./Region)    		Best Defenses
    (Units/Region)    		Maxing Out
    (Units/Prod.)
    1.Mockingbird 36
    2.Atthrus 35
    3.Tacitus 33
    4.Woody 33
    5.Boosmer 32
    6.MuscularPacifists 31
    7.Fast Food Maven 29
    8.Black Bart 24
    9.Tom Kington 22
    10.Qin 16
    1.Boosmer 1206
    2.Woody 1022
    3.MuscularPacifists 1000
    4.Atthrus 966
    5.Tacitus 799
    6.Mockingbird 738
    7.Fast Food Maven 728
    8.Black Bart 566
    9.The MCP 468
    10.Qin 388
    1.Boosmer 90
    2.MuscularPacifists 85
    3.Woody 77
    4.Mockingbird 74
    5.Fast Food Maven 70
    6.Atthrus 65
    7.Tacitus 60
    8.Black Bart 53
    9.Tom Kington 44
    10.Hanibal 34
    1.Hanibal 2.8
    2.Boosmer 2.8
    3.MuscularPacifists 2.7
    4.The MCP 2.4
    5.Fast Food Maven 2.4
    6.Senile One 2.4
    7.Woody 2.3
    8.maria 2.3
    9.Karaliene 2.3
    10.Vermis 2.2
    1.The MCP 39.0
    2.Boosmer 37.7
    3.MuscularPacifists 32.3
    4.Woody 31.0
    5.Atthrus 27.6
    6.Fast Food Maven 25.1
    7.Qin 24.2
    8.Tacitus 24.2
    9.Magus 24.0
    10.Black Bart 23.6
    1.The MCP 16.1
    2.Atthrus 14.9
    3.Boosmer 13.4
    4.Tacitus 13.3
    5.Woody 13.3
    6.Magus 12.0
    7.MuscularPacifists 11.8
    8.Qin 11.8
    9.Black Bart 10.7
    10.Fast Food Maven 10.4

    Strategic Status Summary for Turn 103

    Units and Production

    LeaderNationRegionsUnitsProductionProd/RegionUnits/RegionUnits/Prod
    AinokarCavitas Imperium5  122  17   3.4   24.4   7.2  
    AtthrusAtthrus35  966  65   1.9   27.6   14.9  
    Black BartWild West24  566  53   2.2   23.6   10.7  
    BoosmerBoosmer32  1206  90   2.8   37.7   13.4  
    Citizen ErasedStage6  138  17   2.8   23.0   8.1  
    FIREWORKERgRoWINgJuNgLE8  187  22   2.8   23.4   8.5  
    Fast Food MavenJunkFoodHaven[R]29  728  70   2.4   25.1   10.4  
    HanibalThe Fallen12  265  34   2.8   22.1   7.8  
    J Fo Mac ManJ Fo Mac Man6  158  24   4.0   26.3   6.6  
    JonesJones-AJ0  0  0   0.0   0.0   0.0  
    KaralieneKaraliene14  270  32   2.3   19.3   8.4  
    Konck1Konck12  197  10   5.0   98.5   19.7  
    MagusHexadecimal Realm13  312  26   2.0   24.0   12.0  
    MerlinMerlin2  226  9   4.5   113.0   25.1  
    MockingbirdMockingbird36  738  74   2.1   20.5   10.0  
    MuscularPacifistsMuscularPacifists31  1000  85   2.7   32.3   11.8  
    NapoleonNapoleon5  238  16   3.2   47.6   14.9  
    OrionOrion5  158  15   3.0   31.6   10.5  
    QinChina16  388  33   2.1   24.2   11.8  
    QuxTree4  178  11   2.8   44.5   16.2  
    Senile OneInsanity10  161  24   2.4   16.1   6.7  
    SergeantAzurite Empire0  0  0   0.0   0.0   0.0  
    Sir MolGrunn4  163  17   4.2   40.8   9.6  
    TacitusGermania33  799  60   1.8   24.2   13.3  
    The MCPSystem 0112  468  29   2.4   39.0   16.1  
    ThorporanThorporan2  156  10   5.0   78.0   15.6  
    Tom Kingtonthe Meddlings22  372  44   2.0   16.9   8.5  
    Unstable ElementUnstable Element4  84  14   3.5   21.0   6.0  
    VermisBlurp Union12  258  27   2.2   21.5   9.6  
    VishbarImperium Vishbar5  128  15   3.0   25.6   8.5  
    WoodyThe Ents33  1022  77   2.3   31.0   13.3  
    alphosromeoAlienRepublic5  70  18   3.6   14.0   3.9  
    elzarMillenium10  197  22   2.2   19.7   9.0  
    infernoinferno2  206  9   4.5   103.0   22.9  
    invisiblerockerinvisiblerocker2  203  8   4.0   101.5   25.4  
    mariamaria12  235  28   2.3   19.6   8.4  
    scipioafricanusscipioafricanus2  221  12   6.0   110.5   18.4  

    Connections, Borders and Links

    LeaderNationRegionsNeighboring
    Nations    		Established
    Borders    		Internal
    Links    		Borders
    per Region    		Links
    per Region
    AinokarCavitas Imperium5  1  3  10   0.60   2.00  
    AtthrusAtthrus35  8  21  74   0.60   2.11  
    Black BartWild West24  10  19  52   0.79   2.17  
    BoosmerBoosmer32  14  44  66   1.38   2.06  
    Citizen ErasedStage6  1  1  10   0.17   1.67  
    FIREWORKERgRoWINgJuNgLE8  1  2  14   0.25   1.75  
    Fast Food MavenJunkFoodHaven[R]29  9  24  64   0.83   2.21  
    HanibalThe Fallen12  3  4  26   0.33   2.17  
    J Fo Mac ManJ Fo Mac Man6  1  2  12   0.33   2.00  
    JonesJones-AJ0  0  0  0   0.00   0.00  
    KaralieneKaraliene14  5  7  32   0.50   2.29  
    Konck1Konck12  1  2  2   1.00   1.00  
    MagusHexadecimal Realm13  4  5  26   0.38   2.00  
    MerlinMerlin2  0  0  2   0.00   1.00  
    MockingbirdMockingbird36  11  29  98   0.81   2.72  
    MuscularPacifistsMuscularPacifists31  10  30  60   0.97   1.94  
    NapoleonNapoleon5  1  2  8   0.40   1.60  
    OrionOrion5  1  2  8   0.40   1.60  
    QinChina16  5  8  32   0.50   2.00  
    QuxTree4  1  2  6   0.50   1.50  
    Senile OneInsanity10  1  2  20   0.20   2.00  
    SergeantAzurite Empire0  0  0  0   0.00   0.00  
    Sir MolGrunn4  1  2  10   0.50   2.50  
    TacitusGermania33  8  25  84   0.76   2.55  
    The MCPSystem 0112  3  6  26   0.50   2.17  
    ThorporanThorporan2  1  1  0   0.50   0.00  
    Tom Kingtonthe Meddlings22  9  12  52   0.55   2.36  
    Unstable ElementUnstable Element4  1  3  6   0.75   1.50  
    VermisBlurp Union12  6  6  24   0.50   2.00  
    VishbarImperium Vishbar5  1  3  8   0.60   1.60  
    WoodyThe Ents33  10  31  64   0.94   1.94  
    alphosromeoAlienRepublic5  1  2  8   0.40   1.60  
    elzarMillenium10  3  7  20   0.70   2.00  
    infernoinferno2  0  0  2   0.00   1.00  
    invisiblerockerinvisiblerocker2  0  0  2   0.00   1.00  
    mariamaria12  8  10  26   0.83   2.17  
    scipioafricanusscipioafricanus2  0  0  2   0.00   1.00  

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