So they're hyenas disguised as Skrulls pretending to be cows. Got it!

And working for the Wolf's Dragoons.

(Which I hope will be in a Battletech Mafia at some point! Which someone will do! In order to make the Lantern a HAPPY Lantern!)

Hey, we love unattached countries. Of course, that love comes with an additional 5% ocean transport surcharge, but it's still love. And just to prove we value you equally, we'll charge everyone a 5% transport surcharge! Surcharges for everyone!

Wow. With that reception, I should have named my country the U.S and been done with it.

The first World News Report is up in the game thread, and it's explosive!

I'm now accepting day 2 moves.

As always, all comments in this thread only, thanks

Tch. How can the Hive-Mind believe a pantheon of distant weak deities is mightier than the God King of Sopdet? Fully understandable that the Archduke would be insulted by the ignorance of beings that don't understand the sheer glory and power of Elder Beings that interact with this reality instead of hide behind myths.

We could not agree more, though the Archduke is pleased that the woeful ignorance of this world is not as widespread as he had feared.

I, too cannot beleive the amount of godlessness there is in our world. Although of differing faiths, it is nice to see that my humble country is not the only island in this sea of ignorance.

HA! We Kentraalians are not surprised by the reaction of the other nations. It is not uncommon for an inferior mind to be angry upon hearing that what they believe in is wrong or inferior. It must be hard to come to terms with such emotions.

The Velvet sisters would like to extend their happiness at spending the evening among such esteemed company. Our deepest gratitude to the nation of Tinpotia for hosting this gala evening. It was both pleasant and enlightening to meet with the heads-of-state of each of your principalities. We are saddened that the vaunted leaders of Akbeezlestan were unable to attend. Perhaps they will grant a private visit at some future point.

To The All Knowing Faur, We bend our knee and beg your forgiveness at our indiscretion. We trust that the carriage of fresh fruits and delicacies meets with your satisfaction.

Until such time as we meet again, my august colleagues.
The Velvets

Wisdom from the Illuminati

The seven statistics can have both active and passive aspects.

Military, for instance, has the passive effect of defending your borders at all times. Should you declare war, or a peace keeping action, they become active and can be directed.

Espionage at passive is simply sifting world events, and has a small chance (depending on the quality of your spies) of getting titbit's of world news. Active, they can be directed against other nations, or used to plant fake news (see below).

Several of the stats, such as science and manufacturing, are almost always passive, and influence your other stats in mysterious ways not readily apparent. They would only become active if used to counter a problem that arose.

You can court nations with diplomacy (or use it to look generally good on an international stage), Economic to purchase military aid from another nation, or buy off their threat. Security can keep out enemy spies, or keep your own population passive. Be creative, THIS IS A VERY OPEN GAME.

Active resource is on a day to day basis (IE I'll spy on X today, I'll court Y today).

Resource points can be split between objectives as you wish.


The World News Report is information that everyone receives. Sources include:

Information freely put out by a nation.
Propaganda of a nation.
Secrets discovered and revealed by an enemy power
False news planted by an enemy power.
Happenings that a nation fails to contain.

News can be countered by further propaganda, truths can undue lies, spies can be revealed.

Win smart.

The fruits are fine, Velvet sisters. This incident shall be forgotten and forgiven.

The eldars of Kentraal are willing to open their borders to other nations. However, let it be known that we will not be joining you, you will be joining us.

Mr. Grimm and the powerful nation of Utopia are very pleased from the first International Summit. Before that day, we did not have an enemy in sight to brutally murder and destroy...But now we do. The pathetic country of Hynorbia will be ours for the taking. As "The All Knowing Faur" was in the midst of being insulted, I, Mr. Grimm had snuck around behind everyone to spit on the Hynorbian flag. This spitting went on for several minutes, and was well worth the effort.

After speaking with Mr. Grimm, his Government Type has been revised to Totalitarian Communism. A seemingly small, but important redefinition.