Webs of Power: Tournament 2009 - International News for Turn 230

From the NewsWire:

From the Grapevine:

Explorers loyal to Ben Franklin have connected to a region belonging to 09-Independents!

Explorers loyal to Ben Franklin have connected to a region belonging to Sunshine!

Explorers loyal to Sunshine have connected to a region belonging to Ben Franklin!

Ben Franklin has renamed the region M-113 as Recyclers.

Ben Franklin has renamed the region soapwort as Healing Herbs.

Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Ben Franklin invaded UniNet at heather! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 3 production!

Fighting! There are reports that Ben Franklin fought with UniNet at Mgmt2! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Battle! There are reports that Sunshine attacked UniNet at Grid 2.0-13! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 2 production!

Spies claim that Workers loyal to Ben Franklin were spotted Scouting out the forces of 09-Independents at Romulus.

Producer in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Producer Wealth Of Nations owned by Leader Ben Franklin. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Producers.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Wealth Of Nations and Solar Installers has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Wealth Of Nations and 7-Eleven has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Wealth Of Nations and Monsanto has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

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

Region Disconnect: The connection between nasturtium and UniGrid 86 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

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

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

Region Disconnect: The connection between orange blossoms and ageratum has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

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

Region Disconnect: The connection between purple coneflower and JP Morgan has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

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

Region Disconnect: The connection between WindTurbineMakers and 4-Rs-Educators has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between WindTurbineMakers and ExperimentOver-17 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between WindTurbineMakers and prairie orchid has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

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

Region Disconnect: The connection between ANewGrid - 30 and ANewGrid - 89 has broken. The connection has been permanently damaged and must be rebuilt.

Region Disconnect: The connection between ANewGrid - 89 and ANewGrid - 94 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

W.P. Census Report: The Universe now contains a total of 85 regions controlled by a total of 3 Leaders. 86 of these regions belong to the 3 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 230

(To be listed this turn, a Leader must control 1 or more Regions and be among the top 3 Leaders for a given stat.)

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

1. Sunshine 33

2. Ben Franklin 33

3. UniNet 15

1. Ben Franklin 1583

2. Sunshine 1412

3. UniNet 968

1. Ben Franklin 149

2. Sunshine 122

3. UniNet 88

1. UniNet 5.9

2. Ben Franklin 4.5

3. Sunshine 3.7

1. UniNet 64.5

2. Ben Franklin 48.0

3. Sunshine 42.8

1. Sunshine 11.6

2. UniNet 11.0

3. Ben Franklin 10.6

Strategic Status Summary for Turn 230

Units and Production

Leader	Nation	Regions	Units	Industry	Trade	Tot. Production	Prod/Region	Units/Region	Units/Prod
Ben Franklin	Real Capitalists	33	1583	104	46	149	4.5	48.0	10.6
Sunshine	Field of Flowers	33	1412	96	26	122	3.7	42.8	11.6
UniNet	Mgmt TKOVR	15	968	62	26	88	5.9	64.5	11.0

Connections, Borders and Links

Leader	Nation	Regions	Neighboring Nations	Established Borders	Internal Links	Borders per Region	Links per Region
Ben Franklin	Real Capitalists	33	3	16	68	0.48	2.06
Sunshine	Field of Flowers	33	3	17	40	0.52	1.21
UniNet	Mgmt TKOVR	15	2	11	20	0.73	1.33

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