Power's Edge: Crisis of Integrity - International News for Turn 132

From the NewsWire:

Vishbar Retires
Turn 132 - (P.E. Census)
Somewhere - Alas, Imperator Vishbar has not started a new nation and is no longer with us.

From the Grapevine:

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

  • FIREWORKER's people are protesting the lack of leadership in their Valleys!

  • Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between Taurus and Ali Baba IV.
  • Emissaries of Fast Food Maven carry this message to all:
    I have vacated region 345 for immediate occupancy by Merlin of Midland

  • Emissaries of MuscularPacifists carry this message to all:
    MPs are now lending units to small new nations to help them finish expanding. Also, Tacitus - Thanks for being graceful and respecting my claim to Tanneth. Please occupy the region known as Zug, as a gift of continued friendship. I've already transferred its contents to you.

  • Emissaries of Merlin carry this message to all:
    Any transfer of land between MP and Midland is part of a land-for-units swap. original state is restored on either side's request. Midland commits to non-agression w all neighbors, unless its cancellation is openly declared 5 turns in advance.

  • Explorers loyal to J Fo Mac Man have connected to a region belonging to Taurus!
  • Explorers loyal to Senile One have connected to a region belonging to Mockingbird!
  • Explorers loyal to Fast Food Maven have connected to a region belonging to Star!
  • Explorers loyal to MuscularPacifists have connected to a region belonging to Woody!
  • Explorers loyal to Taurus have connected to a region belonging to Woody!
  • Explorers loyal to Taurus have connected to a region belonging to Black Bart!
  • Explorers loyal to khobius have connected to a region belonging to Mockingbird!
  • Region Fenian-B2 has declared itself Independent!
  • Region Fenian-C3 has declared itself Independent!
  • Ali Baba IV has renamed the region New Babylonia-186 as Corell.
  • Star has renamed the region Sky-31 as Perseus.
  • Star has renamed the region Sky-4 as Leo.
  • Senile One has renamed the region Sham as Crazy-21.
  • Fighting! There are reports that Philbert fought with CI-Independents at Independent-410! But the defenders outnumbered the attackers!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Karaliene invaded CI-Independents at Thistlewaite! The overmatched defenders fought bravely!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 6 production!

  • Fighting! There are reports that Tacitus fought with CI-Independents at Jib-Jibs-200! But the defenders outnumbered the attackers!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Battle! There are reports that Karaliene attacked CI-Independents at A5! The overmatched defenders fought bravely!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 1 production!

  • Fighting! There are reports that Ainokar fought with CI-Independents at Independent-477! But the defenders outnumbered the attackers!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Black Bart invaded Boosmer at Ramses! But the defenders outnumbered the attackers!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Skirmish! A small force loyal to Boosmer challenged Black Bart at Millenium-534! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 2 production!

  • Spies claim that 39 Forces loyal to MuscularPacifists were spotted joining with the forces of Merlin at Midland-26.
  • Battle! There are reports that khobius attacked CI-Independents at Independent-334! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region terra externus-334 and capture its 1 production!

  • Spies claim that 30 Forces loyal to MuscularPacifists were spotted joining with the forces of Tacitus at Chaucia.
  • Exile! The Emperor Mahatma Kabbish of Fenian is without a Planet and has gone into exile.
    ... May Mahatma Kabbish rise to greater glory in a new nation!

  • Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Power Station 2 owned by Leader Mockingbird. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Power Station 2 and Kern's Korner has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Power Station 2 and Babel has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Power Station 2 and Jellybean has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Power Station 2 and ISeeU has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Jellybean owned by Leader Mockingbird. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Jellybean and 4sp4rt4m3 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Jellybean and Boone has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Freiburg owned by Leader Boosmer. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Freiburg and Solothurn has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Freiburg and Ramses has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Valley in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Valley gRoWINgJuNgLE-380 owned by Fireworker FIREWORKER. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Valleys.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between gRoWINgJuNgLE-380 and Crazy-13 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between gRoWINgJuNgLE-380 and White Sands has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Nightly Guest owned by Leader Boosmer. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Nightly Guest and The Pit has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Nightly Guest and Ghosthame has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Room in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Room Crazy-21 owned by Mad Scientist Senile One. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Rooms.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Crazy-21 and Power Station 1 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Crazy-21 and Crazy-14 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Arborvitae owned by Leader Woody. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Arborvitae and Interlaken has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Arborvitae and Karaliene-531 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Arborvitae and Gum has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Arborvitae and Persimmon has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • P.E. Census Report: The Universe now contains a total of 426 regions controlled by a total of 26 Leaders. 373 of these regions belong to the 19 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 Saturday at 20:00 U.S. Pacific Time.

    The Leading Leaders on Turn 132

    (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.Woody 39
    2.Mockingbird 38
    3.Tacitus 36
    4.MuscularPacifists 32
    5.Fast Food Maven 30
    6.Boosmer 27
    7.Senile One 20
    8.Karaliene 18
    9.J Fo Mac Man 14
    10.Star 13
    1.Woody 1210
    2.MuscularPacifists 1166
    3.Mockingbird 1009
    4.Tacitus 970
    5.Fast Food Maven 915
    6.Boosmer 717
    7.maria 459
    8.Karaliene 440
    9.J Fo Mac Man 390
    10.FIREWORKER 388
    1.Woody 105
    2.MuscularPacifists 91
    3.Boosmer 83
    4.Mockingbird 80
    5.Fast Food Maven 78
    6.Tacitus 75
    7.Senile One 61
    8.J Fo Mac Man 43
    9.Karaliene 42
    10.maria 37
    1.Ali Baba IV 3.4
    2.Boosmer 3.1
    3.J Fo Mac Man 3.1
    4.Senile One 3.0
    5.khobius 3.0
    6.maria 2.8
    7.MuscularPacifists 2.8
    8.Black Bart 2.8
    9.GregoriusXVI 2.7
    10.Woody 2.7
    1.FIREWORKER 38.8
    2.MuscularPacifists 36.4
    3.maria 35.3
    4.Woody 31.0
    5.Fast Food Maven 30.5
    6.khobius 30.3
    7.GregoriusXVI 28.3
    8.J Fo Mac Man 27.9
    9.Tacitus 26.9
    10.Boosmer 26.6
    1.FIREWORKER 16.9
    2.Tacitus 12.9
    3.MuscularPacifists 12.8
    4.Mockingbird 12.6
    5.maria 12.4
    6.Fast Food Maven 11.7
    7.Woody 11.5
    8.GregoriusXVI 10.5
    9.Karaliene 10.5
    10.Star 10.2

    Strategic Status Summary for Turn 132

    Units and Production

    LeaderNationRegionsUnitsProductionProd/RegionUnits/RegionUnits/Prod
    AinokarCavitas Imperium12  252  31   2.6   21.0   8.1  
    Ali Baba IVNew Babylonia11  184  37   3.4   16.7   5.0  
    Black BartWild West10  192  28   2.8   19.2   6.9  
    BoosmerBoosmer27  717  83   3.1   26.6   8.6  
    FIREWORKERgRoWINgJuNgLE10  388  23   2.3   38.8   16.9  
    Fast Food MavenJunkFoodHaven[R]30  915  78   2.6   30.5   11.7  
    GregoriusXVIGregoriusXVI10  283  27   2.7   28.3   10.5  
    J Fo Mac ManJ Fo Mac Man14  390  43   3.1   27.9   9.1  
    KaralieneKaraliene18  440  42   2.3   24.4   10.5  
    Mahatma KabbishFenian0  0  0   0.0   0.0   0.0  
    MerlinMidland9  299  26   2.9   33.2   11.5  
    MockingbirdMockingbird38  1009  80   2.1   26.6   12.6  
    MojoMojo2  196  9   4.5   98.0   21.8  
    MuscularPacifistsMuscularPacifists32  1166  91   2.8   36.4   12.8  
    OrionOrion6  264  18   3.0   44.0   14.7  
    PhilbertUphoria5  55  18   3.6   11.0   3.1  
    Senile OneInsanity20  362  61   3.0   18.1   5.9  
    ShionShion5  203  17   3.4   40.6   11.9  
    StarSky13  266  26   2.0   20.5   10.2  
    TacitusGermania36  970  75   2.1   26.9   12.9  
    TaurusCovenant13  243  31   2.4   18.7   7.8  
    Unstable ElementUnstable Element6  245  22   3.7   40.8   11.1  
    WoodyThe Ents39  1210  105   2.7   31.0   11.5  
    khobiusterra externus11  333  33   3.0   30.3   10.1  
    mariamaria13  459  37   2.8   35.3   12.4  
    pestesPestesia6  160  15   2.5   26.7   10.7  

    Connections, Borders and Links

    LeaderNationRegionsNeighboring
    Nations    		Established
    Borders    		Internal
    Links    		Borders
    per Region    		Links
    per Region
    AinokarCavitas Imperium12  7  9  30   0.75   2.50  
    Ali Baba IVNew Babylonia11  5  8  22   0.73   2.00  
    Black BartWild West10  10  20  12   2.00   1.20  
    BoosmerBoosmer27  15  45  52   1.67   1.93  
    FIREWORKERgRoWINgJuNgLE10  4  4  16   0.40   1.60  
    Fast Food MavenJunkFoodHaven[R]30  11  32  62   1.07   2.07  
    GregoriusXVIGregoriusXVI10  5  5  18   0.50   1.80  
    J Fo Mac ManJ Fo Mac Man14  7  10  32   0.71   2.29  
    KaralieneKaraliene18  8  12  32   0.67   1.78  
    Mahatma KabbishFenian0  0  0  0   0.00   0.00  
    MerlinMidland9  3  5  16   0.56   1.78  
    MockingbirdMockingbird38  13  38  76   1.00   2.00  
    MojoMojo2  0  0  2   0.00   1.00  
    MuscularPacifistsMuscularPacifists32  15  35  60   1.09   1.88  
    OrionOrion6  1  3  12   0.50   2.00  
    PhilbertUphoria5  1  2  10   0.40   2.00  
    Senile OneInsanity20  9  13  40   0.65   2.00  
    ShionShion5  0  0  8   0.00   1.60  
    StarSky13  4  8  24   0.62   1.85  
    TacitusGermania36  10  29  78   0.81   2.17  
    TaurusCovenant13  6  9  30   0.69   2.31  
    Unstable ElementUnstable Element6  1  3  10   0.50   1.67  
    WoodyThe Ents39  14  37  66   0.95   1.69  
    khobiusterra externus11  5  7  20   0.64   1.82  
    mariamaria13  9  16  24   1.23   1.85  
    pestesPestesia6  0  0  10   0.00   1.67  

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