Power's Edge: Crisis of Integrity - International News for Turn 123

From the NewsWire:

P.E. Population now 35
Turn 123 - (P.E. Census)
P.E. H.Q. - With these 1 new Leaders, there are now 35 Leaders in the Power's Edge Universe.

New Leader: pestes
Turn 123 - (P.E. Census)
Somewhere - Welcome to Power's Edge, pestes!

Vermis Retires
Turn 123 - (P.E. Census)
Somewhere - Alas, President Vermis has not started a new nation and is no longer with us.

From the Grapevine:

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

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

Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between Fast Food Maven and Tacitus.

Emissaries of Tacitus carry this message to all:

So you have returned Gregorius?

Emissaries of MuscularPacifists carry this message to all:

MPs lay claim to the independent Tanneth, as its sole neighbor. MPs are also continuing to exchange regions with Boosmer.

Emissaries of maria carry this message to all:

I herby claim the rigth to the Independant regions: Ind-590 and Olaf.

Explorers loyal to Senile One have connected to a region belonging to CI-Independents!

Explorers loyal to Woody have connected to a region belonging to MuscularPacifists!

Explorers loyal to MuscularPacifists have connected to a region belonging to CI-Independents!

Explorers loyal to maria have connected to a region belonging to FIREWORKER!

Explorers loyal to Fast Food Maven have connected to a region belonging to CI-Independents!

Explorers loyal to Fast Food Maven have connected to a region belonging to Boosmer!

Explorers loyal to Tacitus have connected to a region belonging to CI-Independents!

Explorers loyal to Mockingbird have connected to a region belonging to CI-Independents!

Region victory has declared itself Independent!

Region Highbury has declared itself Independent!

Region Thistlewaite has declared itself Independent!

Region Stokie has declared itself Independent!

Region Dalston has declared itself Independent!

Region West End has declared itself Independent!

Region Maximegalon has declared itself Independent!

Senile One has renamed the region Insanity-168 as Crazy-06.

Fast Food Maven has renamed the region Osmoian as Chik-Fil-A.

Woody has renamed the region Minnesota as Sourwood.

Ali Baba IV has renamed the region New Babylonia-424 as Kuzmani Highlands.

Philbert has renamed the region Uphoria-1 as Bribie Island.

Mahatma Kabbish has renamed the region Fenian-111 as Fenian-A1.

Senile One has renamed the region Devil's Cauldron as Crazy-08.

Woody has renamed the region The Ents-452 as Sourgum.

Ali Baba IV has renamed the region New Babylonia-230 as Byzantiar.

Fast Food Maven has renamed the region Rime as Krispy Kreme.

Fighting! There are reports that Ali Baba IV fought with CI-Independents at Independent-444! The overmatched defenders fought bravely!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to MuscularPacifists invaded CI-Independents at Sector 1401! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 2 production!

Spies claim that 2 burgers loyal to Fast Food Maven were spotted Scouting out the forces of Boosmer at Millenium-534.

Battle! There are reports that Tacitus attacked GregoriusXVI at GregoriusXVI-428! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Fighting! There are reports that MuscularPacifists fought with Boosmer at Ratae Coritanorum! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 2 production!

Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Woody invaded CI-Independents at Narayan! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Spies claim that Forces loyal to MuscularPacifists were spotted Scouting out the forces of CI-Independents at Independent-39.

Battle! There are reports that Merlin attacked CI-Independents at Independent-26! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Midland-26 and capture its 1 production!

Fighting! There are reports that Philbert fought with CI-Independents at Independent-410! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Battle! There are reports that Tacitus attacked CI-Independents at Illinois! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Fighting! There are reports that Ali Baba IV fought with CI-Independents at Independent-100! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region New Babylonia-100 and capture its 1 production!

Fighting! There are reports that Mockingbird fought with CI-Independents at 4sp4rt4m3! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 1 production!

Fighting! There are reports that Boosmer fought with CI-Independents at Independent-224! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Boosmer-224 and capture its 1 production!

Battle! There are reports that Boosmer attacked CI-Independents at The Pit! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Spies claim that 9 Units loyal to Tacitus were spotted Scouting out the forces of CI-Independents at Tanneth.

Exile! The Leader Tom Kington of the Meddlings is without a Region and has gone into exile.
... May Tom Kington rise to greater glory in a new nation!

Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Vermont owned by Leader Tacitus. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Vermont and Rhode Island has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Vermont and New Hampshire has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Vermont and Reudignia has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Vermont and Langobardia has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Amardillo owned by Leader Black Bart. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Amardillo and Bloodbane has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Amardillo and HangingTree has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Reudignia and Jib-Jibs-246 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

P.E. Census Report: The Universe now contains a total of 470 regions controlled by a total of 35 Leaders. 343 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 123

(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 43

2. Woody 38

3. Tacitus 37

4. MuscularPacifists 33

5. Fast Food Maven 31

6. Boosmer 26

7. Karaliene 17

8. Senile One 16

9. maria 14

10. Magus 12

1. MuscularPacifists 1175

2. Woody 1109

3. Tacitus 921

4. Fast Food Maven 802

5. Mockingbird 752

6. Boosmer 672

7. Karaliene 474

8. maria 413

9. Black Bart 411

10. Magus 398

1. MuscularPacifists 95

2. Woody 93

3. Mockingbird 86

4. Boosmer 82

5. Fast Food Maven 78

6. Tacitus 68

7. Senile One 51

8. Karaliene 39

9. maria 39

10. J Fo Mac Man 38

1. J Fo Mac Man 3.5

2. Senile One 3.2

3. Boosmer 3.2

4. Dr Slappy 3.0

5. MuscularPacifists 2.9

6. Jibbles 2.8

7. maria 2.8

8. Black Bart 2.6

9. Fast Food Maven 2.5

10. Ainokar 2.5

1. Black Bart 37.4

2. MuscularPacifists 35.6

3. Magus 33.2

4. Dr Slappy 31.4

5. maria 29.5

6. Woody 29.2

7. J Fo Mac Man 28.4

8. FIREWORKER 28.1

9. Karaliene 27.9

10. Jibbles 26.9

1. Magus 15.3

2. Black Bart 14.2

3. Tacitus 13.5

4. MuscularPacifists 12.4

5. Karaliene 12.2

6. Woody 11.9

7. FIREWORKER 11.6

8. maria 10.6

9. Dr Slappy 10.5

10. Fast Food Maven 10.3

Strategic Status Summary for Turn 123

Units and Production

Leader	Nation	Regions	Units	Production	Prod/Region	Units/Region	Units/Prod
Ainokar	Cavitas Imperium	11	261	27	2.5	23.7	9.7
Ali Baba IV	New Babylonia	5	129	19	3.8	25.8	6.8
Black Bart	Wild West	11	411	29	2.6	37.4	14.2
Blaze	Blaze	2	204	9	4.5	102.0	22.7
Boosmer	Boosmer	26	672	82	3.2	25.8	8.2
Dr Slappy	terra externus	10	314	30	3.0	31.4	10.5
FIREWORKER	gRoWINgJuNgLE	12	337	29	2.4	28.1	11.6
Fast Food Maven	JunkFoodHaven[R]	31	802	78	2.5	25.9	10.3
GregoriusXVI	GregoriusXVI	9	223	21	2.3	24.8	10.6
J Fo Mac Man	J Fo Mac Man	11	312	38	3.5	28.4	8.2
Jibbles	Jib-Jibs	10	269	28	2.8	26.9	9.6
Karaliene	Karaliene	17	474	39	2.3	27.9	12.2
Kurvante	Bortige	3	174	11	3.7	58.0	15.8
Magus	Hexadecimal Realm	12	398	26	2.2	33.2	15.3
Mahatma Kabbish	Fenian	5	172	16	3.2	34.4	10.8
Merlin	Midland	9	116	25	2.8	12.9	4.6
Mockingbird	Mockingbird	43	752	86	2.0	17.5	8.7
Mojo	Mojo	2	219	9	4.5	109.5	24.3
MuscularPacifists	MuscularPacifists	33	1175	95	2.9	35.6	12.4
Orion	Orion	6	219	18	3.0	36.5	12.2
Philbert	Uphoria	5	74	17	3.4	14.8	4.4
Senile One	Insanity	16	317	51	3.2	19.8	6.2
Shion	Shion	4	141	15	3.8	35.2	9.4
Star	Sky	8	211	17	2.1	26.4	12.4
Tacitus	Germania	37	921	68	1.8	24.9	13.5
Taurus	Covenant	6	220	15	2.5	36.7	14.7
Tom Kington	the Meddlings	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unstable Element	Unstable Element	6	171	22	3.7	28.5	7.8
Vishbar	Imperium Vishbar	6	199	19	3.2	33.2	10.5
Woody	The Ents	38	1109	93	2.4	29.2	11.9
alelee	alelee	2	206	9	4.5	103.0	22.9
exxos	exxos	2	227	11	5.5	113.5	20.6
maria	maria	14	413	39	2.8	29.5	10.6
pestes	pestes	2	242	9	4.5	121.0	26.9
tharfallumial	tharfallumial	2	210	9	4.5	105.0	23.3

Connections, Borders and Links

Leader	Nation	Regions	Neighboring Nations	Established Borders	Internal Links	Borders per Region	Links per Region
Ainokar	Cavitas Imperium	11	5	7	28	0.64	2.55
Ali Baba IV	New Babylonia	5	1	3	10	0.60	2.00
Black Bart	Wild West	11	9	14	18	1.27	1.64
Blaze	Blaze	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
Boosmer	Boosmer	26	11	39	56	1.50	2.15
Dr Slappy	terra externus	10	4	5	20	0.50	2.00
FIREWORKER	gRoWINgJuNgLE	12	5	5	22	0.42	1.83
Fast Food Maven	JunkFoodHaven[R]	31	10	31	66	1.00	2.13
GregoriusXVI	GregoriusXVI	9	2	2	16	0.22	1.78
J Fo Mac Man	J Fo Mac Man	11	6	9	24	0.82	2.18
Jibbles	Jib-Jibs	10	5	6	20	0.60	2.00
Karaliene	Karaliene	17	7	11	38	0.65	2.24
Kurvante	Bortige	3	1	1	4	0.33	1.33
Magus	Hexadecimal Realm	12	4	5	22	0.42	1.83
Mahatma Kabbish	Fenian	5	0	0	8	0.00	1.60
Merlin	Midland	9	1	4	16	0.44	1.78
Mockingbird	Mockingbird	43	10	39	98	0.91	2.28
Mojo	Mojo	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
MuscularPacifists	MuscularPacifists	33	14	39	60	1.18	1.82
Orion	Orion	6	1	3	12	0.50	2.00
Philbert	Uphoria	5	1	3	10	0.60	2.00
Senile One	Insanity	16	10	11	28	0.69	1.75
Shion	Shion	4	1	1	6	0.25	1.50
Star	Sky	8	1	2	14	0.25	1.75
Tacitus	Germania	37	10	31	78	0.84	2.11
Taurus	Covenant	6	1	4	10	0.67	1.67
Tom Kington	the Meddlings	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Unstable Element	Unstable Element	6	1	3	10	0.50	1.67
Vishbar	Imperium Vishbar	6	1	3	12	0.50	2.00
Woody	The Ents	38	10	35	62	0.92	1.63
alelee	alelee	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
exxos	exxos	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
maria	maria	14	10	17	26	1.21	1.86
pestes	pestes	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
tharfallumial	tharfallumial	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00

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