Power's Edge: Silent Bloodshed - International News for Turn 239

From the NewsWire:

yumi Retires
Turn 239 - (P.E. Census)
Somewhere - Alas, Leader yumi has not started a new nation and is no longer with us.

From the Grapevine:

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

Explorers loyal to Beneficial have connected to a region belonging to Amy Melitain!

Explorers loyal to Magnus have connected to a region belonging to Majestic12!

Explorers loyal to Beneficial have connected to a region belonging to SB-Independents!

Elendil has renamed the region Byzantine-97 as Antalioa.

Amy Melitain has renamed the region Amy Melitain-136 as New Beggar Nest.

Majestic12 has renamed the region Majestic12-122 as Berlin.

Majestic12 has renamed the region Majestic12-128 as Rome.

Amy Melitain has renamed the region PeaceToAmy as Sewers.

Battle! There are reports that Plautus attacked Magnus at Paperweights-20! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 2 production!

Skirmish! A small force loyal to Laura challenged SB-Independents at Arashikage-227! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Skirmish! A small force loyal to Laura challenged SB-Independents at Kuzzens Peace?! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Skirmish! A small force loyal to Laura challenged SB-Independents at Amy-AllyVsMagnus?! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

Fighting! There are reports that Laura fought with SB-Independents at Independent-37! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Laura-37 and capture its 2 production!

Spies claim that Units loyal to Amy Melitain were spotted Scouting out the forces of redsoxsyskins at Bostonia-79.

Battle! There are reports that Wet Furry Muumuus attacked SB-Independents at Independent-68! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region W.F.M.-68 and capture its 1 production!

Battle! There are reports that Magnus attacked Plautus at Plautus-78! The overmatched defenders fought bravely!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 5 production!

Fighting! There are reports that Wet Furry Muumuus fought with SB-Independents at Independent-89! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region W.F.M.-89 and capture its 1 production!

Battle! There are reports that Amy Melitain attacked SB-Independents at Badger! The overmatched defenders fought bravely!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 4 production!

Battle! There are reports that Amy Melitain attacked redsoxsyskins at Bostonia-13! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 5 production!

Skirmish! A small force loyal to Plautus challenged Magnus at Plautus-78! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

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

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

Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Beneficial-11 owned by Leader Beneficial. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Beneficial-11 and Beneficial-133 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Beneficial-11 and Beneficial-32 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Amy Melitain-38 and Thanks Amy! has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

P.E. Census Report: The Universe now contains a total of 161 regions controlled by a total of 13 Leaders. 108 of these regions belong to the 7 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 239

(To be listed this turn, a Leader must control 1 or more Regions and be among the top 12 Leaders for a given stat.)

Most
Regions Most
Units Most
Production Best Regions
(Prod./Region) Best Defenses
(Units/Region) Maxing Out
(Units/Prod.)

1. Amy Melitain 31

2. Magnus 24

3. Beneficial 14

4. Laura 13

5. Plautus 9

6. Majestic12 9

7. redsoxsyskins 7

8. Elendil 7

9. Wet Furry Muumuus 6

10. Mozart 6

11. Self-righteous 4

12. Kam Tze 2

1. Amy Melitain 1026

2. Magnus 908

3. Beneficial 379

4. Laura 288

5. Kam Tze 220

6. Self-righteous 213

7. Plautus 197

8. Wet Furry Muumuus 195

9. Majestic12 175

10. redsoxsyskins 174

11. Mozart 171

12. Elendil 150

1. Amy Melitain 85

2. Magnus 74

3. Beneficial 33

4. Laura 30

5. Plautus 27

6. Elendil 22

7. Majestic12 19

8. Wet Furry Muumuus 17

9. Mozart 16

10. redsoxsyskins 15

11. Self-righteous 13

12. Kam Tze 8

1. Kam Tze 4.0

2. Self-righteous 3.2

3. Elendil 3.1

4. Magnus 3.1

5. Plautus 3.0

6. Wet Furry Muumuus 2.8

7. Amy Melitain 2.7

8. Mozart 2.7

9. Beneficial 2.4

10. Laura 2.3

11. redsoxsyskins 2.1

12. Majestic12 2.1

1. Kam Tze 110.0

2. Self-righteous 53.2

3. Magnus 37.8

4. Amy Melitain 33.1

5. Wet Furry Muumuus 32.5

6. Mozart 28.5

7. Beneficial 27.1

8. redsoxsyskins 24.9

9. Laura 22.2

10. Plautus 21.9

11. Elendil 21.4

12. Majestic12 19.4

1. Kam Tze 27.5

2. Self-righteous 16.4

3. Magnus 12.3

4. Amy Melitain 12.1

5. redsoxsyskins 11.6

6. Beneficial 11.5

7. Wet Furry Muumuus 11.5

8. Mozart 10.7

9. Laura 9.6

10. Majestic12 9.2

11. Plautus 7.3

12. Elendil 6.8

Strategic Status Summary for Turn 239

Units and Production

Leader	Nation	Regions	Units	Production	Prod/Region	Units/Region	Units/Prod
Amy Melitain	Amy Melitain	31	1026	85	2.7	33.1	12.1
Beneficial	Beneficial	14	379	33	2.4	27.1	11.5
Diplomats	Diplomats	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Elendil	Byzantine	7	150	22	3.1	21.4	6.8
Kam Tze	Kam Tze	2	220	8	4.0	110.0	27.5
Laura	Laura	13	288	30	2.3	22.2	9.6
Magnus	Magnus	24	908	74	3.1	37.8	12.3
Majestic12	Majestic12	9	175	19	2.1	19.4	9.2
Mozart	Mozart	6	171	16	2.7	28.5	10.7
Plautus	Paperweights	9	197	27	3.0	21.9	7.3
Self-righteous	Self-righteous	4	213	13	3.2	53.2	16.4
Wet Furry Muumuus	W.F.M.	6	195	17	2.8	32.5	11.5
redsoxsyskins	Bostonia	7	174	15	2.1	24.9	11.6

Connections, Borders and Links

Leader	Nation	Regions	Neighboring Nations	Established Borders	Internal Links	Borders per Region	Links per Region
Amy Melitain	Amy Melitain	31	6	24	46	0.77	1.48
Beneficial	Beneficial	14	3	12	20	0.86	1.43
Diplomats	Diplomats	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Elendil	Byzantine	7	1	8	20	1.14	2.86
Kam Tze	Kam Tze	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
Laura	Laura	13	3	9	16	0.69	1.23
Magnus	Magnus	24	6	26	26	1.08	1.08
Majestic12	Majestic12	9	2	3	16	0.33	1.78
Mozart	Mozart	6	1	1	12	0.17	2.00
Plautus	Paperweights	9	3	9	18	1.00	2.00
Self-righteous	Self-righteous	4	0	0	6	0.00	1.50
Wet Furry Muumuus	W.F.M.	6	0	0	10	0.00	1.67
redsoxsyskins	Bostonia	7	1	4	10	0.57	1.43

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