Power's Edge: King of the Hill - International News for Turn 97

From the NewsWire:

From the Grapevine:

Katherin's people are protesting the lack of leadership in their Planets!

Explorers loyal to Master Geek have connected to a region belonging to Grimms!

Battle! There are reports that Grimms attacked Zerotonine at Beyond the Maze! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 3 production!

Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Master Geek invaded Zerotonine at Mordor! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 1 production!

Fighting! There are reports that Zerotonine fought with Master Geek at Dilbert! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Fighting! There are reports that Zerotonine fought with Empress Cordelia at Haven! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Revolution! The people of Dalka have overthrown the inactive Hitchhiker Katherin!
... Some regions are joining the Independents, others are dissolving in chaos!

Region 42 has declared itself Independent!

Region New Magrathea has declared itself Independent!

Region Arzkadas has declared itself Independent!

Exile! The Hitchhiker Katherin of Dalka is without a Planet and has gone into exile.
... May Katherin rise to greater glory in a new nation!

Cubicle in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Cubicle Dilbert owned by Pointy Hair Boss Master Geek. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Cubicles.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Dilbert and HP 30 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

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

Region Disconnect: The connection between Dilbert and Slide Rule has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Region Disconnect: The connection between Scarwood and Jump Drive has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

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

CD in Crisis: Disaster has struck the CD D-fect owned by Producer Zerotonine. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent CDs.

Region Disconnect: The connection between D-fect and Umbar has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between D-fect and Mordor has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between D-fect and Arnor has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between D-fect and Cardolan has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

P.E. Census Report: The Universe now contains a total of 108 regions controlled by a total of 6 Leaders. 99 of these regions belong to the 5 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.

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The Leading Leaders on Turn 97

(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. Grimms 40

2. Empress Cordelia 31

3. Master Geek 13

4. Zerotonine 10

5. Panther 1

1. Empress Cordelia 915

2. Grimms 875

3. Zerotonine 313

4. Master Geek 234

5. Panther 33

1. Grimms 81

2. Empress Cordelia 79

3. Zerotonine 25

4. Master Geek 24

5. Panther 2

1. Empress Cordelia 2.5

2. Zerotonine 2.5

3. Grimms 2.0

4. Panther 2.0

5. Master Geek 1.8

1. Panther 33.0

2. Zerotonine 31.3

3. Empress Cordelia 29.5

4. Grimms 21.9

5. Master Geek 18.0

1. Panther 16.5

2. Zerotonine 12.5

3. Empress Cordelia 11.6

4. Grimms 10.8

5. Master Geek 9.8

Strategic Status Summary for Turn 97

Units and Production

Leader	Nation	Regions	Units	Production	Prod/Region	Units/Region	Units/Prod
Empress Cordelia	Kenetian Empire	31	915	79	2.5	29.5	11.6
Grimms	Grimms	40	875	81	2.0	21.9	10.8
Katherin	Dalka	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Master Geek	Battle Zone	13	234	24	1.8	18.0	9.8
Panther	Panther	1	33	2	2.0	33.0	16.5
Zerotonine	Noise	10	313	25	2.5	31.3	12.5

Connections, Borders and Links

Leader	Nation	Regions	Neighboring Nations	Established Borders	Internal Links	Borders per Region	Links per Region
Empress Cordelia	Kenetian Empire	31	4	19	56	0.61	1.81
Grimms	Grimms	40	4	21	88	0.53	2.20
Katherin	Dalka	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Master Geek	Battle Zone	13	4	14	14	1.08	1.08
Panther	Panther	1	1	1	0	1.00	0.00
Zerotonine	Noise	10	3	11	14	1.10	1.40

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