Power's Edge: Sudden Conflict - International News for Turn 218

From the NewsWire:

P.E. Population now 15
Turn 218 - (P.E. Census)
P.E. H.Q. - With these 2 new Leaders, there are now 15 Leaders in the Power's Edge Universe.

New Leader: Rayya
Turn 218 - (P.E. Census)
Somewhere - Welcome to Power's Edge, Rayya!

New Leader: Salacious Crumb
Turn 218 - (P.E. Census)
Somewhere - Welcome to Power's Edge, Salacious Crumb!

Paysinzeass Retires
Turn 218 - (P.E. Census)
Independents-23 - Alas, Leader Paysinzeass has not started a new nation and is no longer with us.

From the Grapevine:

Hippie has renamed the region Flowerpower-160 as Yellow Hibiscus.

Battle! There are reports that Zanuda attacked ap3loverage at ap3loverage-67! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 5 production!

Spies claim that 8 Units loyal to Miss Granger were spotted Scouting out the forces of SC-Independents at Disneyland-113.

Battle! There are reports that Miss Granger attacked SC-Independents at Independent-177! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Miss Granger-177 and capture its 3 production!

Fighting! There are reports that Maccabeus fought with SC-Independents at Independent-126! The overmatched defenders fought bravely!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Judea-126 and capture its 2 production!

Battle! There are reports that DisasterJynx attacked SC-Independents at Independent-60! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region DisasterJynx-60 and capture its 4 production!

Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to ap3loverage invaded Hippie at USB 2! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 3 production!

Battle! There are reports that Hippie attacked ap3loverage at USB 2! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Region Disconnect: The connection between Zanuda-80 and JimiStewed-14 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

P.E. Census Report: The Universe now contains a total of 176 regions controlled by a total of 15 Leaders. 136 of these regions belong to the 8 Leaders controlling Major (i.e. interconnected) nations.

The next update is scheduled for Saturday at 20:00 U.S. Pacific Time.

The Leading Leaders on Turn 218

(To be listed this turn, a Leader must control 1 or more Regions and be among the top 15 Leaders for a given stat.)

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

1. Hippie 32

2. Frederick 21

3. Zanuda 21

4. Danes 17

5. Onyx 14

6. Miss Granger 14

7. Maccabeus 11

8. Master of Insanity 7

9. ap3loverage 6

10. DisasterJynx 5

11. BG Higson 2

12. Great Mastermind 2

13. MASTER HOWARD 2

14. Salacious Crumb 2

15. Rayya 2

1. Hippie 808

2. Zanuda 569

3. Danes 506

4. Frederick 460

5. Miss Granger 388

6. Master of Insanity 357

7. Onyx 315

8. Maccabeus 294

9. Salacious Crumb 238

10. Great Mastermind 229

11. Rayya 226

12. BG Higson 218

13. MASTER HOWARD 214

14. DisasterJynx 200

15. ap3loverage 178

1. Hippie 110

2. Zanuda 59

3. Danes 50

4. Miss Granger 44

5. Onyx 44

6. Master of Insanity 35

7. Frederick 34

8. Maccabeus 33

9. DisasterJynx 20

10. BG Higson 11

11. ap3loverage 11

12. Rayya 10

13. MASTER HOWARD 10

14. Salacious Crumb 9

15. Great Mastermind 9

1. BG Higson 5.5

2. Master of Insanity 5.0

3. Rayya 5.0

4. MASTER HOWARD 5.0

5. Salacious Crumb 4.5

6. Great Mastermind 4.5

7. DisasterJynx 4.0

8. Hippie 3.4

9. Miss Granger 3.1

10. Onyx 3.1

11. Maccabeus 3.0

12. Danes 2.9

13. Zanuda 2.8

14. ap3loverage 1.8

15. Frederick 1.6

1. Salacious Crumb 119.0

2. Great Mastermind 114.5

3. Rayya 113.0

4. BG Higson 109.0

5. MASTER HOWARD 107.0

6. Master of Insanity 51.0

7. DisasterJynx 40.0

8. Danes 29.8

9. ap3loverage 29.7

10. Miss Granger 27.7

11. Zanuda 27.1

12. Maccabeus 26.7

13. Hippie 25.2

14. Onyx 22.5

15. Frederick 21.9

1. Salacious Crumb 26.4

2. Great Mastermind 25.4

3. Rayya 22.6

4. MASTER HOWARD 21.4

5. BG Higson 19.8

6. ap3loverage 16.2

7. Frederick 13.5

8. Master of Insanity 10.2

9. Danes 10.1

10. DisasterJynx 10.0

11. Zanuda 9.6

12. Maccabeus 8.9

13. Miss Granger 8.8

14. Hippie 7.3

15. Onyx 7.2

Strategic Status Summary for Turn 218

Units and Production

Leader	Nation	Regions	Units	Production	Prod/Region	Units/Region	Units/Prod
BG Higson	Boico	2	218	11	5.5	109.0	19.8
Danes	Danes	17	506	50	2.9	29.8	10.1
DisasterJynx	DisasterJynx	5	200	20	4.0	40.0	10.0
Frederick	Great Nation	21	460	34	1.6	21.9	13.5
Great Mastermind	Dominion	2	229	9	4.5	114.5	25.4
Hippie	Flowerpower	32	808	110	3.4	25.2	7.3
MASTER HOWARD	HOWARDS NATION	2	214	10	5.0	107.0	21.4
Maccabeus	Judea	11	294	33	3.0	26.7	8.9
Master of Insanity	Insanity	7	357	35	5.0	51.0	10.2
Miss Granger	Miss Granger	14	388	44	3.1	27.7	8.8
Onyx	Onyx	14	315	44	3.1	22.5	7.2
Rayya	Arcadia	2	226	10	5.0	113.0	22.6
Salacious Crumb	Erehwon	2	238	9	4.5	119.0	26.4
Zanuda	Zanuda	21	569	59	2.8	27.1	9.6
ap3loverage	ap3loverage	6	178	11	1.8	29.7	16.2

Connections, Borders and Links

Leader	Nation	Regions	Neighboring Nations	Established Borders	Internal Links	Borders per Region	Links per Region
BG Higson	Boico	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
Danes	Danes	17	4	12	32	0.71	1.88
DisasterJynx	DisasterJynx	5	0	0	8	0.00	1.60
Frederick	Great Nation	21	6	21	50	1.00	2.38
Great Mastermind	Dominion	2	1	2	2	1.00	1.00
Hippie	Flowerpower	32	7	25	76	0.78	2.38
MASTER HOWARD	HOWARDS NATION	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
Maccabeus	Judea	11	2	2	26	0.18	2.36
Master of Insanity	Insanity	7	0	0	12	0.00	1.71
Miss Granger	Miss Granger	14	5	10	26	0.71	1.86
Onyx	Onyx	14	2	10	36	0.71	2.57
Rayya	Arcadia	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
Salacious Crumb	Erehwon	2	0	0	2	0.00	1.00
Zanuda	Zanuda	21	5	12	40	0.57	1.90
ap3loverage	ap3loverage	6	5	12	4	2.00	0.67

Power's Edge - Home